Communication method and device

Abstract

A communication method and device are provided that meet the requirements for reporting measurement reports in a timely manner when the coverage area of ​​a beam is small and the terminal is moving. In the communication method, when the terminal determines that information about a first beam group of a first cell that satisfies a condition for reporting a measurement report differs from information about beams of the first cell included in a previous measurement report, the terminal transmits a first measurement report. The first measurement report includes identification information and signal quality of beams in the first beam group, or the number of beams in the first beam group, or the identification information of beams in the first beam group. The terminal may report information about beams that satisfy the condition to the base station in a timely manner. [Effect] The terminal can be handed over to a beam that satisfies the conditions in a timely manner, thereby avoiding interruptions in the terminal's service.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001]

[0002] The present application relates to the field of communications technology, and in particular to communication methods and devices. [Background technology]

[0003] As mobile communication technology develops in terms of aspects such as high speed and large amount of data services, the demand for spectrum during communication transmission is increasing. Spectrum in high frequency bands, including centimeter wave and millimeter wave, has a large amount of available bandwidth, and therefore will be an important resource to meet the demand for large capacity and high bandwidth in future communications.

[0004] The remarkable development of mobile communication technology is accompanied by increasing user demands. As users demand greater capacity, transmitting and receiving data with higher quality and multi-antenna technology gains greater interest, and thus beamforming emerges.

[0005] There is currently an urgent need for a solution to meet the requirement for timely measurement reports when the coverage area of ​​the beam is small and the terminal is moving. Summary of the Invention

[0006] The embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and related devices, in which a terminal may report information about a beam that satisfies a condition to a base station in a timely manner, so that the terminal can be handed over to the beam that satisfies the condition in a timely manner, and the service interruption of the terminal can be avoided.

[0007] According to a first aspect, the present application provides a communication method, comprising the steps of: a terminal determining that information about a first beam group of a first cell, which satisfies a condition for reporting a measurement report, is different from information about beams of the first cell included in a previous measurement report.

[0008] The terminal sends a first measurement report to the network device, where the first measurement report includes identification information of beams in the first beam group and signal quality of the beams in the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams in the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes identification information of beams in the first beam group.

[0009] In a possible design, the terminal determining that information about the first beam group of the first cell that satisfies the condition for reporting a measurement report is different from information about the beams of the first cell included in a previous measurement report may mean that the terminal determines that identification information of the beams of the first beam group of the first cell that satisfies the condition for reporting a measurement report is different from identification information of the beams of the first cell included in the previous measurement report, and / or may mean that the terminal determines that a quantity of beams of the first beam group of the first cell that satisfies the condition for reporting a measurement report is different from a quantity of beams of the first cell included in the previous measurement report.

[0010] The beam identification information includes at least one of a beam identifier, an antenna port identifier for the beam, a reference signal for the beam, and a beam index.

[0011] The conditions for reporting the measurement report include reporting parameters related to a quantity of beams used to determine the signal quality of the first cell, and the reporting parameters include at least one of a signal quality threshold, a hysteresis, a trigger time, and an offset for reporting.

[0012] By implementing this embodiment of the present application, when a terminal acquires through measurement that information about a beam that satisfies a condition for reporting a measurement report is different from information about the beam in a previous measurement report, the terminal may report the measured information about the beam to a network device, so that the terminal is handed over to a beam that satisfies the condition in a timely manner to avoid service interruption for the terminal.

[0013] In a possible design, the first measurement report sent by the terminal may further include a signal quality of a first cell to which the first beam group belongs. Specifically, the manner of determining the signal quality of the first cell may include the terminal determining the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal quality of up to M beams having the highest signal quality in the first cell, or the terminal determining the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal quality of a beam in the first cell whose signal quality is higher than a first preset threshold.

[0014] When the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below a first preset threshold, in the prior art, the terminal sets the signal quality of the first cell to a minimum value. However, this method cannot faithfully reflect the signal quality of the first cell, and will result in a relatively large error when the network device compares the signal qualities of the cells. As a result, the network device will perform inaccurate mobility control, which will cause the terminal to interrupt service.

[0015] In a possible design, when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below a first preset threshold, in an optional implementation example, the terminal may determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal quality of X beams having the signal quality with the smallest difference from the first preset threshold, thereby accurately reflecting the signal quality of the first cell, helping the network device to perform accurate mobility control, and avoiding service interruption of the terminal. X may be set by the network device or may be predefined. In addition, the value of X is an integer greater than 0.

[0016] Alternatively, when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below the first preset threshold, in another optional implementation example, the terminal may determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal qualities of the Y beams whose signal quality differs from the signal quality of the target beam by less than a second preset threshold, where the target beam is the beam whose signal quality differs least from the first preset threshold.

[0017] In one possible design, the terminal may determine a signal quality of the first cell based on an offset, where the offset is determined based on the first quantity.

[0018] In a possible design, the terminal receives first indication information sent by the network device, and the terminal sends a first measurement report, where the first measurement report includes identification information and signal quality of a beam in a first beam group, or the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams in the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes identification information of a beam in the first beam group.

[0019] In this embodiment of the present application, the terminal reports beam measurement information based on the network configuration, so that the network device can make handover decisions more accurately.

[0020] According to a second aspect, the present application provides another communication method, comprising: acquiring signal quality of each beam of a first cell; and when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell is below a first preset threshold, determining the signal quality of the first cell based on signal quality of X beams having a signal quality with the smallest difference from the first preset threshold, where X beams belong to the first cell and X is an integer greater than 0, or determining the signal quality of the first cell based on signal quality of Y beams having a signal quality with a difference with a target beam less than a second preset threshold, where the target beam belongs to the first cell and is the beam having a signal quality with the smallest difference from the first preset threshold, where Y beams belong to the first cell and Y is an integer greater than 0.

[0021] In the present application, the terminal may determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal qualities of the X beams having signal qualities that have the smallest difference from a first preset threshold, thereby accurately reflecting the signal quality of the first cell, assisting the network device to perform accurate mobility control, and avoiding service interruption of the terminal.

[0022] According to a third aspect, the present application provides another communication method, comprising: a step of receiving, by a network device, a first measurement report transmitted by a terminal, the first measurement report being transmitted by the terminal when the terminal determines that information about a first beam group of a first cell, which satisfies a condition for reporting the measurement report, is different from information about beams of the first cell included in a previous measurement report, the first measurement report including identities of beams of the first beam group and signal qualities of beams of the first beam group, or the first measurement report including a quantity of beams of the first beam group, or the first measurement report including identities of beams of the first beam group.

[0023] In another possible design, the network device receives an initial signal quality of a first cell and a first quantity of beams used to determine the signal quality of the first cell.

[0024] The network device determines a signal quality of the first cell by referring to an initial signal quality of the first cell and an offset, where the offset is determined based on the first quantity.

[0025] In another possible design, the network device sends first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate that a first measurement report to be reported by the terminal includes identification information and signal quality of beams of the first beam group, or the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams of the first beam group, or the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group.

[0026] In another possible design, the network device sends second indication information to the terminal, where the second indication information is used to indicate a maximum number of identities to be included in a first measurement report to be reported by the terminal and / or a maximum number of signal quality values ​​of beams to be included in the first measurement report.

[0027] According to a fourth aspect, the present application provides a terminal, the terminal comprising a module or unit configured to perform a communication method according to the first or second aspect.

[0028] According to a fifth aspect, the present application provides another terminal, the terminal comprising a processor, a communication module and a memory, the memory configured to store instructions, the processor configured to read the instructions in the memory to perform the communication method according to the first or second aspect.

[0029] According to a sixth aspect, the present application provides a network device, the network device comprising a module or unit configured to perform a communication method according to the third aspect.

[0030] According to a seventh aspect, the present application provides another network device, the network device comprising a processor, a communication module and a memory, the memory configured to store instructions, the processor configured to read the instructions in the memory to perform the communication method according to the third aspect.

[0031] According to an eighth aspect, the present application provides a communication system, the communication system comprising a terminal and a network device, where the terminal is the terminal as described in the fourth or fifth aspect, and the network device is the network device as described in the third aspect.

[0032] According to a ninth aspect, the present application provides a computer storage medium, configured to store computer software instructions for use by the terminal as described above, the computer software instructions comprising a program designed to perform the aspects described above.

[0033] According to a tenth aspect, the present application provides another computer storage medium, the computer storage medium being configured to store computer software instructions for use by the terminal as described above, the computer software instructions comprising a program designed to perform the aspects described above.

[0034] The beneficial effects of implementing the embodiments of the present application are as follows:

[0035] When a terminal acquires through measurements that information about a beam that satisfies the conditions is different from information about the beam in a previous measurement report, the terminal may report the measured information about the beam to a network device, thereby assisting the network device in configuring a beam for the terminal and avoiding service interruption for the terminal. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0036] In order to describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application more clearly, the accompanying drawings necessary for describing the embodiments are briefly described below.

[0037] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0038] [Diagram 2]1 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0039] [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a schematic architecture diagram of another communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0040] [Figure 4] 4 is a schematic flowchart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0041] [Diagram 5] 4 is a schematic flowchart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0042] [Figure 6] 4 is a schematic flowchart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0043] [Figure 7] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0044] [Figure 8] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0045] [Figure 9] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0046] [Figure 10] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0047] [Figure 11] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0048] [Figure 12] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0049] [Figure 13] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present application; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0050]

[0051] 1, which is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system in one embodiment of the present application. The communication system 100 includes a network device 101 and a terminal 102.

[0052] The network device 101 may be a network device using a New Radio (NR) technology, and may be a Node B (NB) of a 3G (e.g., Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), and Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA)) system, or may be an evolved Node B (eNB) of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. In addition, in this embodiment of the present application, the network device 101 may further control the gain value of the direction (or channel) of each transmitting antenna configured as an array antenna to form multiple beams. The network device 101 communicates with the terminal 102 by using the beams. In addition, the network device 101 may have other names, including, but not limited to, a base station (BS) and an evolved base station, in the NR system.

[0053] Any device that may perform data communication with the network device 101 may be considered as the terminal 102. The terminal 102 may be referred to as a mobile station, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, a user equipment, or other user equipment. The terminal 102 may further be a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication capability, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a mobile station of a future 5G network, or a terminal device of a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, etc. In this embodiment of the present application, the terminal 102 may use a beam to measure the signal transmitted by the network device 101 and report the measurement result to the network device 101 to assist the network device 101 in making a handover decision.

[0054] In the application scenario of the present application, the network device 101 transmits a reference signal and / or a synchronization signal (SS) to the terminal 102 based on a beam. The reference signal may be a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) or the like. The terminal 102 measures the reference signal and / or synchronization signal of the serving cell, the intra-frequency neighboring cell, the inter-frequency neighboring cell, or the inter-RAT neighboring cell, and reports the measurement result to the network device 101. Thereby, the network device 101 configures the beam or cell with the highest signal quality for the terminal 102.

[0055] EMBODIMENT 1

[0056] 2, this embodiment of the present application provides a schematic flowchart of a communication method, which includes but is not limited to the following steps:

[0057] S201: A terminal determines that information about a first beam group of a first cell, which satisfies a condition for reporting a measurement report, is different from information about the beams of the first cell included in a previous measurement report.

[0058] It will be understood that the measurement report may include information about multiple beam groups, each beam group corresponding to one cell. In this specification, the first beam group belongs to a cell, for example, the first cell. The terminal then compares the information about the first beam group of the first cell with the information about the beams of the first cell in the previous measurement report.

[0059] In this embodiment of the present application, the first beam group may have at least one beam, and the information about the first beam group may include identification information of the beams in the first beam group and / or a quantity of the beams in the first beam group.

[0060] Step S201 may be a step in which the terminal determines that the condition for reporting a measurement report is satisfied and the beam identification information of the first beam group of the first cell is different from the beam identification information of the first cell included in the previous measurement report, or a step in which the terminal determines that the condition for reporting a measurement report is satisfied and the number of beams of the first beam group of the first cell is different from the number of beams of the first cell included in the previous measurement report, or a step in which the terminal determines that the condition for reporting a measurement report is satisfied and the beam identification information of the first beam group of the first cell is different from the beam identification information of the first cell included in the previous measurement report and the number of beams of the first beam group is different from the number of beams of the first cell included in the previous measurement report. In this specification, "different" includes "not matching" or "completely different".

[0061] For example, the identification information of the beam of the first beam group is different from the identification information of the beam included in the previous measurement report means that the identification information of the beam of the first beam group does not match the identification information of the beam included in the previous measurement report. For example, it is assumed that the identification information of the beam included in the previous measurement report is beam1-1, beam1-2, and beam1-3, and the terminal determines that the identification information of the beam of the first beam group that satisfies the condition for reporting the measurement report is beam1-1, beam1-2, and beam1-4. The identification information of the beam of the first beam group, beam1-4, does not have the same corresponding identification information in the previous measurement report. In this case, the terminal determines that the identification information of the beam of the first beam group that satisfies the condition for reporting the measurement report is different from the identification information of the beam included in the previous measurement report. Alternatively, the terminal determines that the identification information of the beam included in the previous measurement report is beam1-1, beam1-2, and beam1-3, and the identification information of the beam of the first beam group that satisfies the condition for reporting the measurement report is beam1-1 and beam1-2. The beam identification information beam1-3 in the previous measurement report does not have the same corresponding identification information as the beam identification information of the first beam group. In this case, the terminal determines that the beam identification information of the first beam group that satisfies the condition for reporting the measurement report is different from the beam identification information included in the previous measurement report. Alternatively, the terminal determines that the beam identification information included in the previous measurement report is beam1-1, beam1-2, and beam1-3, and the beam identification information of the first beam group that satisfies the condition for reporting the measurement report is beam1-4, beam1-5, and beam1-6. None of the beam identification information of the first beam group has the same corresponding identification information in the previous measurement report. In this case, the terminal determines that the beam identification information of the first beam group that satisfies the condition for reporting the measurement report is different from the beam identification information included in the previous measurement report.

[0062] The beam identification information may include a beam identifier, a beam antenna port identifier, a beam reference signal, or a beam index, etc., and is used to uniquely identify the beam. In this embodiment of the present application, the beams may be designated by multiple combinations of letters, numbers, or symbols, for example, beam1-1, beam1-2, or beam1-3.

[0063] Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a schematic architecture diagram of another communication system according to this embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 3, the measurement report that the terminal plans to report at time T1 includes information on a total of three beams, beam1-1, beam1-2, and beam1-3. As the terminal moves, the terminal obtains through measurement that the beams that meet the condition for reporting the measurement report at time T2 are a total of three beams, beam1-4, beam1-5, and beam1-6. The terminal may determine that the identification information of the beams measured at time T2 that meet the condition for reporting the measurement report is different from the identification information of the beams included in the measurement report at time T1. It should be noted that the beams beam1-1, beam1-2, beam1-3, beam1-4, beam1-5, and beam1-6 belong to the same cell, and the two base stations in FIG. 3 are the same base station, and are just examples of positions at different times.

[0064] It will be understood that the conditions for reporting a measurement report herein may be set by the network device. The conditions for reporting a measurement report may include a quality threshold and a hysteresis, such as, for example, the signal quality of the beam is higher than the quality threshold.

[0065] S202: The terminal sends a first measurement report to the network device, where the first measurement report includes identification information of beams in a first beam group and signal quality of the beams in the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams in the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes identification information of beams in the first beam group.

[0066] By implementing this embodiment of the present application, when the terminal obtains through measurement that the information on the beam that satisfies the condition for reporting the measurement report is different from the information on the beam in the previous measurement report, the terminal may report the measured information on the beam to the network device, so that the terminal is handed over to the beam that satisfies the condition in a timely manner to avoid the service interruption of the terminal. Referring to Figure 3, when the terminal obtains through measurement that the information on the beam that satisfies the condition at time T2 is different from the information on the beam included in the measurement report at time T1, the terminal may send the information on the beams measured at time T2, beam1-4, beam1-5, and beam1-6, to the network device to assist the network device in making a handover decision, thereby preventing the network device from still selecting a beam from among the beams in the beam information reported at time T1, beam1-1, beam1-2, and beam1-3, and configuring a beam for the terminal, and avoiding the service interruption of the terminal.

[0067] It should be understood that the first measurement report sent by the terminal may further include the signal quality of the first cell to which the first beam group belongs. For a specific manner of determining the signal quality of the first cell, please refer to the description of the following embodiment 2.

[0068] It should be noted that when the first measurement report only includes the identifier or quantity of the beams of the first beam group, the handover decision may be made by further referring to the previously reported signal quality of the first cell or the currently reported signal quality of the first cell. A specific handover decision may be made by referring to the relevant description in the following embodiment or in another manner. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

[0069] EMBODIMENT 2

[0070] This embodiment provides a method for determining the signal quality of a cell, which is applicable to any scenario where the signal quality of a cell needs to be determined.

[0071] Optionally, the method of embodiment 2 may be independent of other embodiments, or may be combined with embodiment 1, embodiment 3, or embodiment 4.

[0072] As shown in FIG. 4, the method for determining the signal quality of a cell may include the following steps.

[0073] S401: A terminal obtains the signal quality of each beam of a first cell.

[0074] S402a: Determine a signal quality of a first cell based on signal qualities of up to M beams having the highest signal quality in the first cell.

[0075] M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and M may be set or predefined.

[0076] Optionally, the terminal may calculate an average value of the signal qualities of up to M beams in order from the one with the highest signal quality to the other, and use the calculated average value as the signal quality of the cell.

[0077] For example, the signal qualities of the beams of a cell, beam1-4, beam1-5, and beam1-6, are 2 dB, 12 dB, and 9 dB, respectively, and M is equal to 2. In this case, the terminal calculates the average value of the signal qualities of the two beams, beam1-5 and beam1-6, in descending order of signal quality, as follows: (12+9) / 2=10.5 dB, and uses the average value 10.5 dB as the signal quality of the cell.

[0078] Optionally, the terminal may alternatively determine the signal quality of the first cell in the following manner.

[0079] S402b: Determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal quality of a beam in the first cell whose signal quality is higher than a first preset threshold. Optionally, the terminal may use the average value of the signal quality of the beam whose signal quality is higher than the first preset threshold as the signal quality of the cell. It should be understood that the first preset threshold in this specification may be set by the network device or may be predefined. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

[0080] For example, the signal qualities of beams, beam1-4, beam1-5, and beam1-6, of the first cell are 2 dB, 12 dB, and 9 dB, respectively, and the first preset threshold is 5 dB. In this case, the terminal calculates the average value of the signal qualities of beams, beam1-5 and beam1-6, whose signal qualities are higher than the first preset threshold of 5 dB, as follows: (12+9) / 2=10.5 dB, and uses the average value 10.5 dB as the signal quality of the first cell.

[0081] When the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below a first preset threshold, in the prior art, the terminal sets the signal quality of the first cell to a minimum value. However, this method cannot faithfully reflect the signal quality of the first cell, and will result in a relatively large error when the network device compares the signal qualities of the cells. As a result, the network device will perform inaccurate mobility control, which will cause the terminal to interrupt service.

[0082] S402c: When the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below a first preset threshold, the terminal may determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal quality of X beams having the smallest signal quality difference from the first preset threshold, thereby accurately reflecting the signal quality of the first cell, helping the network device to perform accurate mobility control, and avoiding the service interruption of the terminal. X may be set by the network device or may be predefined. And the value of X is an integer greater than 0.

[0083] For example, the signal qualities of beams, beam1-4, beam1-5, and beam1-6, of the first cell are 2 dB, 12 dB, and 9 dB, respectively, the first preset threshold is 15 dB, and the signal quality of each beam of the first cell is below 15 dB. When X is equal to 1, the terminal may use the signal quality of the beam, 12 dB, which is the smallest difference from the first preset threshold of 15 dB, as the signal quality of the first cell.

[0084] S402d: When the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below a first preset threshold, the terminal may determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal quality of Y beams whose difference with the signal quality of the target beam is less than a second preset threshold. Here, the target beam is the beam whose signal quality has the smallest difference with the first preset threshold. Y may be set by the network device or may be predefined. And, the value of Y is an integer greater than 0. The target beam may be determined based on a certain condition. For example, the beam with the highest signal quality may be used as the target beam.

[0085] For example, the signal qualities of beams, beam1-4, beam1-5, and beam1-6, of the first cell are 2 dB, 12 dB, and 9 dB, respectively, the first preset threshold is 15 dB, and the second preset threshold is 4 dB. It can be seen that the signal quality of each beam of the first cell is below 15 dB. The beam, beam1-5, having the highest signal quality in the first cell may be set as the target beam. In this case, the terminal may determine the signal quality of the cell based on the signal qualities of the beams, 12 dB and 9 dB, whose difference from the signal quality of the target beam, beam1-5, is less than the second preset threshold of 4 dB.

[0086] Optionally, the terminal may obtain an average value of the signal qualities of beams whose difference from the signal quality of the target beam is less than a second preset threshold, and use the average value as the signal quality of the cell.

[0087] Continuing with the above example, the terminal determines that the signal qualities of the beams whose difference with the signal quality of the target beam, beam1-5, is less than the second preset threshold of 4 dB are 12 dB and 9 dB. In this case, the terminal may obtain the average value of the signal qualities of 12 dB and 9 dB, i.e., (12+9) / 2=10.5 dB, and use the average value of 10.5 dB as the signal quality of the cell.

[0088] In this embodiment of the present application, a rollback mechanism is used to reflect the cell's signal quality as accurately as possible, preventing network devices from making inaccurate mobility decisions.

[0089] S403: The terminal sends the determined signal quality of the first cell to the network device.

[0090] EMBODIMENT 3

[0091] To improve the robustness of handover decisions, yet another embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, which is applicable to any scenario requiring a handover decision.

[0092] Optionally, the method of embodiment 3 may be independent of other embodiments, or may be combined with embodiment 1, embodiment 2, or embodiment 4.

[0093] As shown in FIG. 5, the communication method may include the following steps.

[0094] S501: A terminal obtains a first quantity of beams used to determine a signal quality of a first cell.

[0095] S502: A terminal determines a signal quality of a first cell based on an offset, where the offset is determined based on a first quantity.

[0096] There is a specific correspondence between the first quantity and the offset, which may be set by the network device for the terminal, negotiated between the network device and the terminal, or predefined in a communication protocol.

[0097] Optionally, the correspondence may be explicit or implicit.

[0098] Specifically, an explicit relationship means that there is a direct correspondence between the offset and the first quantity, for example, when the first quantity is less than 5, the offset is 1, and when the first quantity is 5 or more, the offset is 2.

[0099] The implicit relationship means determining a coefficient of a basic measurement offset, delta, based on the first quantity to obtain a further offset. The basic measurement offset, delta, may be configured by the network device for the terminal, negotiated between the network device and the terminal, or predefined in a communication protocol.

[0100] Optionally, the coefficient of delta may be a first quantity. For example, the base measurement offset, delta, is set by the network device, and the first quantity is 4. In this case, the coefficient of delta is 4, and the offset is 4×delta.

[0101] After the offset is obtained in the above manner, the signal quality of the first cell directly obtained based on the beam may be adjusted.

[0102] For example, the signal quality of the first cell directly obtained based on the beam is 10.5 dB, the first quantity is 2, and the offset corresponding to the first quantity being less than 5 is 2. In this case, the terminal determines that the final signal quality of the cell is Q=10.5+2. Alternatively, the first quantity is 4, the basic measurement offset delta is 0.6, and the offset is 4×0.6. In this case, the terminal determines that the final signal quality of the cell is Q=10.5+2.4.

[0103] S503: The terminal reports the signal quality of the first cell to the network device.

[0104] It should be noted that in this embodiment of the present application, the terminal transmits the finally determined signal quality of the cell to the network device. Optionally, alternatively, the adjustment of the signal quality of the cell may be implemented by the network device.

[0105] For example, S502 may not be performed, but when reporting the signal quality of the first cell to the network device in S503, the terminal may further report a first quantity to the network device, so that the network device may adjust the reported signal quality of the first cell according to a method similar to that described in S502.

[0106] Optionally, some other parameters may also be adjusted in the terminal or network device according to a similar method to that described in S502 and S503. The above-mentioned parameters may include at least one of a signal quality threshold, a hysteresis, a trigger time, and an offset for reporting. It should be understood that different parameters may have different base offsets or different corresponding relationships between offsets and the first quantity. In this embodiment of the present application, no examples are given one by one.

[0107] In this embodiment of the present application, by adjusting the above-mentioned parameters with reference to the first quantity, the robustness of the handover decision can be improved.

[0108] In each of the above-described embodiments, the terminal may report the signal quality of the beam and / or the signal quality of the cell to the network device by using measurement reports.

[0109] EMBODIMENT 4

[0110] This embodiment of the present application provides a communication method. Optionally, the method of embodiment 4 may be independent of other embodiments, or may be combined with embodiment 1, embodiment 2, or embodiment 3.

[0111] As shown in FIG. 6, the method may include the following steps.

[0112] S601: A terminal receives first indication information sent by a network device.

[0113] The first indication information may be used to indicate that the measurement report that the terminal plans to report needs to carry measurement information of the beam.

[0114] Optionally, the first indication information may be sent together with another reporting condition parameter or separately. The terminal may use the first indication information in combination with the other reporting condition parameters.

[0115] The measurement information of the beams includes, but is not limited to, beam identity and beam signal quality, or beam quantity, or beam identity.

[0116] For example, there are four beams that satisfy the condition for reporting a measurement report, the identification information of the four beams are beam1-4, beam1-5, beam1-6, and beam1-7, and the signal qualities of the four beams are 2 dB, 12 dB, 9 dB, and 10 dB. The first instruction information indicates that the measurement report should hold the identification information of the beams and the signal qualities of the beams. In this case, the terminal transmits the four identification information, beam1-4, beam1-5, beam1-6, and beam1-7, and the corresponding four signal quality values, 2 dB, 12 dB, 9 dB, and 10 dB, to the network device by the measurement report. Alternatively, the first instruction information indicates that the measurement report should hold the quantity of beams. In this case, the terminal transmits the quantity 4 of the beams that satisfy the condition for reporting a measurement report to the network device by the measurement report. Alternatively, the first instruction information indicates that the measurement report should hold the identification information of the beams. In this case, the terminal transmits four pieces of identification information, beam1-4, beam1-5, beam1-6, and beam1-7, to the network device.

[0117] Optionally, the terminal receives second indication information sent by the network device. The second indication information is used to indicate the maximum quantity Z of the beams of the first beam group. For the meaning and determination manner of the first beam group, please refer to the relevant description in the above embodiment. Details are not described again here.

[0118] Optionally, the second indication information may be sent together with another reporting condition parameter and / or the first indication information, or may be sent separately. The terminal may use the second indication information in combination with the other reporting condition parameter and / or the first indication information.

[0119] The maximum number of beam identifiers held by the terminal in the measurement report may be limited by using the second indication information. Z may be different from or the same as the number of beams used during the measurement.

[0120] S602: The terminal sends a first measurement report, where the first measurement report includes identification information and signal quality of a beam in a first beam group, or the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams in the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes identification information of a beam in the first beam group.

[0121] In this embodiment of the present application, the terminal reports beam measurement information based on the network configuration, so that the network device can make handover decisions more accurately.

[0122] It should be understood that the communication method described in embodiment 4 is applicable to any scenario requiring a handover decision. Optionally, the method of embodiment 4 may be independent of or combined with other embodiments.

[0123] It should be understood that the terminal may perform some or all of the steps of the embodiment. These steps or operations are merely examples. In this embodiment of the present application, other operations or variations of operations may also be performed.

[0124] EMBODIMENT 5

[0125] This embodiment of the present application provides a communication method. A network device receives a first measurement report sent by a terminal. Wherein, the first measurement report is sent by the terminal when the terminal determines that information about a first beam group of a first cell, which satisfies a condition for reporting the measurement report, is different from information about a beam of the first cell included in a previous measurement report. The first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group and signal quality of beams of the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams of the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group.

[0126] In another possible design, the network device receives an initial signal quality of a first cell and a first quantity of beams used to determine the signal quality of the first cell, and the network device determines the signal quality of the first cell with reference to the initial signal quality of the first cell and an offset, where the offset is determined based on the first quantity.

[0127] In another possible design, the network device sends first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate that a first measurement report to be reported by the terminal includes identification information and signal quality of beams of the first beam group, or the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams of the first beam group, or the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group.

[0128] In another possible design, the network device sends second indication information to the terminal, where the second indication information is used to indicate a maximum number of identities to be included in a first measurement report to be reported by the terminal and / or a maximum number of signal quality values ​​of beams to be included in the first measurement report.

[0129] In this embodiment of the present application, for the method for the network device to determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the initial signal quality and offset of the first cell, and the meanings of the first measurement report, the first indication information, and the second indication information, please refer to the above-mentioned embodiment 1, embodiment 3, and embodiment 4. Details will not be described again here.

[0130] EMBODIMENT 6

[0131] This embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, which may implement the functions of the terminal in the methods described in the above embodiments of the present application.

[0132] Optionally, as shown in FIG. 7, a terminal 700 may include a first communication unit 701 and a first processing unit 702.

[0133] The first processing unit 702 is configured to determine that information about a first beam group of a first cell that satisfies a condition for reporting a measurement report is different from information about beams of the first cell included in a previous measurement report.

[0134] The first communication unit 701 is configured to send a first measurement report, where the first measurement report includes identities and signal qualities of beams in the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams in the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes identities of beams in the first beam group.

[0135] Optionally, the first communication unit 701 is further configured to receive the first instruction information and / or the second instruction information sent by the network device.

[0136] It should be noted that for the functions and implementation examples of the functional units of the terminal 700 described in this embodiment of the present application, and the meanings of related parameters and the acquisition manners thereof, reference is made to the relevant descriptions of the corresponding terminal in the above-mentioned embodiment 1. The details are not described again here.

[0137] Optionally, this embodiment of the present application provides another terminal. As shown in FIG. 8, a terminal 800 may include a second communication unit 801 and a second processing unit 802.

[0138] The second communication unit 801 is configured to obtain the signal quality of each beam of the first cell.

[0139] The second processing unit 802 is configured to determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal quality of up to M beams having the highest signal quality among the signal qualities of the beams of the first cell acquired by the second communication unit 801.

[0140] Alternatively, the second processing unit 802 is further configured to determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal qualities of X beams of the first cell acquired by the second communication unit 801, which have the smallest signal quality difference from the first preset threshold, when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below the first preset threshold.

[0141] Alternatively, the second processing unit 802 is further configured to determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal qualities of Y beams whose difference from the signal quality of the target beam is less than a second preset threshold when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below a first preset threshold.

[0142] It should be noted that for the functions and implementation examples of the functional units of the terminal 800 described in this embodiment of the present application, and the meanings of related parameters and the acquisition manners thereof, reference is made to the relevant descriptions of the corresponding terminal in the above-mentioned embodiment 2. The details are not described again here.

[0143] Optionally, this embodiment of the present application provides another terminal. As shown in FIG. 9, a terminal 900 may include a third communication unit 901 and a third processing unit 902.

[0144] The third communication unit 901 is configured to obtain a first quantity of beams used to determine a signal quality of a first cell.

[0145] The third processing unit 902 is configured to determine a signal quality of the first cell based on an offset, where the offset is determined based on the first quantity obtained by the third communication unit 901.

[0146] The third communication unit 901 is further configured to report the signal quality of the first cell determined by the third processing unit 902 to the network device.

[0147] It should be noted that for the functions and implementation examples of the functional units of the terminal 900 described in this embodiment of the present application, and the meanings of related parameters and the acquisition manners thereof, reference is made to the relevant descriptions of the corresponding terminal in the above-mentioned embodiment 3. The details are not described again here.

[0148]

[0149] Optionally, this embodiment of the present application provides another terminal. As shown in FIG. 10, a terminal 1000 may include a receiving unit 1001 and a transmitting unit 1002.

[0150] The receiving unit 1001 is configured to receive first indication information sent by the network device. The sending unit 1002 is configured to send a first measurement report according to the first indication information. For details of the manner of sending the first measurement report according to the first indication information, please refer to embodiment 4. The details will not be described again here.

[0151] It should be noted that for the functions of the functional units of the terminal 1000 described in this embodiment of the present application, reference is made to the relevant descriptions of the corresponding terminal in the above-mentioned embodiment 4. The details are not described again here.

[0152] As described in the embodiment of the method, it is understood that the embodiments 1 to 4 may be implemented independently or combined, and the functions that may be included in the communication unit or processing unit of the terminal of this embodiment of the present application may also be combined. For example, the first communication unit 701 may also implement the functions of one or more units of the second communication unit, the third communication unit, the receiving unit, and the transmitting unit, the first processing unit may also implement the functions of the second processing unit and the third processing unit, or the second communication unit may also implement the functions of one or more units of the first communication unit, the third communication unit, the receiving unit, and the transmitting unit, and so on. In this embodiment of the present application, we will not give examples one by one.

[0153] EMBODIMENT 7

[0154] This embodiment of the present application provides a network device, which may implement the functions of the network device in the methods described in the above embodiments of the present application.

[0155] As shown in FIG. 11, the network device may include a communication unit 1101 and a processing unit 1102.

[0156] The communication unit 1101 is configured to receive a first measurement report transmitted by a terminal, where the first measurement report is transmitted by the terminal when the terminal determines that information about a first beam group of a first cell, which satisfies a condition for reporting a measurement report, is different from information about beams of the first cell included in a previous measurement report, where the first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group and signal qualities of beams of the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams of the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group.

[0157] Optionally, the communication unit 1101 is further configured to receive an initial signal quality of the first cell and a first quantity of beams used to determine the signal quality of the first cell.

[0158] The processing unit 1102 is configured to determine a signal quality of the first cell with reference to an initial signal quality of the first cell and an offset, where the offset is determined based on the first quantity.

[0159] Optionally, the communication unit 1101 is further configured to send first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate that a first measurement report to be reported by the terminal includes identification information and signal quality of beams of the first beam group, or the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams of the first beam group, or the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group.

[0160] Optionally, the communication unit 1101 is further configured to send second indication information to the terminal, where the second indication information is used to indicate a maximum quantity of identification information included in a first measurement report that the terminal will report, and / or a maximum quantity of signal quality values ​​of beams included in the first measurement report.

[0161] It should be noted that for the functions of the functional units of the network device 1100 described in this embodiment of the present application, reference is made to the relevant descriptions of the corresponding network device in the above-mentioned embodiment 5. The details are not described again here.

[0162]

[0163] 12 shows a terminal 1200 according to another embodiment of the present application. The terminal 1200 includes a processor 1201, a memory 1202, and a communication module 1203.

[0164] The memory 1202 may be, but is not limited to, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), or an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM). The memory 1202 is configured to store relevant program code and relevant data.

[0165] The processor 1201 may be one or more central processing units (CPUs). When the processor 1201 is a CPU, the CPU may be a single-core CPU or a multi-core CPU.

[0166] In the first implementation example, the processor 1201 of the terminal 1200 reads the program code stored in the memory 1202 and performs the following operations.

[0167] The processor 1201 is configured to determine that information about a first beam group of a first cell that satisfies a condition for reporting a measurement report is different from information about the beams of the first cell included in a previous measurement report.

[0168] The communication module 1203 is configured to transmit a first measurement report, where the first measurement report includes identities and signal qualities of beams in the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams in the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes identities of beams in the first beam group.

[0169] Specifically, the processor 1201 is configured to determine that identification information of a beam of a first beam group of a first cell that satisfies a condition for reporting a measurement report is different from identification information of a beam of the first cell included in a previous measurement report.

[0170] and / or

[0171] The processor 1201 is configured to determine that the quantity of beams of the first beam group of the first cell that meets a condition for reporting a measurement report is different from the quantity of beams of the first cell included in a previous measurement report.

[0172] The beam identification information includes at least one of a beam identifier, an antenna port identifier for the beam, a reference signal for the beam, and a beam index.

[0173] The first measurement report may further include a signal quality of the first cell.

[0174] The processor 1201 is further configured to determine a signal quality of the first cell based on an offset, where the offset corresponds to a quantity of beams used to determine the signal quality of the first cell.

[0175] The conditions for reporting the measurement report include reporting parameters related to a quantity of beams used to determine the signal quality of the first cell, and the reporting parameters include at least one of a signal quality threshold, a hysteresis, a trigger time, and an offset for reporting.

[0176] The communication module 1203 is further configured to receive first indication information sent by the network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes identification information and signal quality of beams of the first beam group, or the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams of the first beam group, or the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group.

[0177] The communication module 1203 is further configured to receive second indication information sent by the network device, where the second indication information is used to indicate a maximum number of identification information included in the first measurement report and / or a maximum number of signal quality values ​​of beams included in the first measurement report.

[0178] In another implementation example, the processor 1201 of the terminal 1200 reads the program code stored in the memory 1202 to perform the following operations.

[0179] The communication module 1203 is configured to obtain a signal quality of each beam of the first cell.

[0180] The processor 1201 is configured to: determine, when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell is below a first preset threshold, based on the signal quality of X beams having a signal quality that is the smallest difference from a first preset threshold, where X beams belong to the first cell and X is an integer greater than 0; or determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the signal quality of Y beams having a difference from the signal quality of a target beam that is less than a second preset threshold, where the target beam belongs to the first cell and is the beam having a signal quality that is the smallest difference from the first preset threshold, where Y beams belong to the first cell and Y is an integer greater than 0.

[0181] It should be noted that for the functions of the functional modules of the terminal 1200, reference is made to the relevant descriptions of the corresponding terminals of the embodiments shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6. Details will not be described again here. Optionally, the processor 1201 may be configured to implement the functions of one or more units among a first processing unit, a second processing unit, and a third processing unit, and the communication module 1203 may be configured to implement the functions of one or more units among a first communication unit, a second communication unit, a third communication unit, a receiving unit, and a transmitting unit. In some embodiments provided in the present application, it is understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the embodiment of the described apparatus is only an example. For example, the division of the units is only a division of logical functions, and may be other divisions in the actual implementation example. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not performed. In addition, the shown or described mutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections may be implemented using some interfaces. The indirect couplings or communication connections between the devices or units may be implemented in electronic, mechanical or other forms.

[0182] The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separated, and the parts shown as units may or may not be physical units, and may be located in one place or distributed among multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected based on actual requirements to achieve the objectives of the solutions of the embodiments.

[0183] In addition, the functional units of the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or the units may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware, or in the form of a software functional unit plus hardware.

[0184] Part of the above-mentioned software functions may be stored in a storage unit. The storage unit includes instructions used to enable a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) or a processor to perform part of the steps of the method described in the embodiments of the present application. The storage unit includes one or more memories, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), and an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM). The storage unit may exist independently or may be integrated with the processor.

[0185] For the purpose of easy and simple description, the above-mentioned division of functional modules is used as an example for description, as those skilled in the art can clearly understand. In practical application, the above-mentioned functions can be assigned to various functional modules and implemented based on requirements. That is, the internal structure of the device is divided into various functional modules to implement all or part of the above-mentioned functions. For the detailed operation process of the above-mentioned device, please refer to the corresponding process of the above-mentioned method embodiment. The details will not be described again here.

[0186] As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the use of serial numbers such as "first" and "second" in this application is for convenience of description and distinction only and is not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of this application.

[0187] As can be understood by those skilled in the art, the serial numbers of the above processes do not refer to the execution order in the embodiment of the present application. The execution order of the processes should be determined based on the functions and internal logic of the processes, and should not be construed as any limitation on the processes related to the implementation examples of the embodiment of the present application.

[0188] All or part of the above-described embodiments may be implemented by using software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When software is used to implement the embodiments, the embodiments may be fully or partially implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the procedures or functions described in the embodiments of the present invention are generated in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or another programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or may be transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another. For example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center in a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, or digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, radio wave, or microwave) manner. The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium accessible to a computer, or a data storage device such as a server or data center that consolidates one or more available media. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a solid state disk (SSD)), etc.

[0189] 13 shows a network device 1300 according to another embodiment of the present application. The network device 1300 includes a processor 1301, a memory 1302, and a communication module 1303.

[0190] The memory 1302 may include, but is not limited to, a random access memory RAM, a read-only memory ROM, or an erasable programmable read-only memory EPROM. The memory 1302 is configured to store relevant program code and related data.

[0191] The processor 1301 may be one or more central processing units (CPUs). When the processor 1301 is a CPU, the CPU may be a single-core CPU or a multi-core CPU.

[0192] In one implementation example, the processor 1201 of the network device 1300 reads program code stored in the memory 1202 to perform the following operations.

[0193] The communication module 1303 is configured to receive a first measurement report transmitted by the terminal, where the first measurement report is transmitted by the terminal when the terminal determines that information about a first beam group of a first cell, which satisfies a condition for reporting the measurement report, is different from information about beams of the first cell included in a previous measurement report, where the first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group and signal quality of beams of the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams of the first beam group, or the first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group.

[0194] In another possible design, the communications module 1303 is configured to receive an initial signal quality of the first cell and a first quantity of beams used to determine the signal quality of the first cell.

[0195] The processor 1301 is configured to determine a signal quality of the first cell with reference to an initial signal quality of the first cell and an offset, where the offset is determined based on the first quantity.

[0196] The communication module 1303 is configured to send first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate that a first measurement report to be reported by the terminal includes identification information and signal quality of beams of a first beam group, or the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes a quantity of beams of the first beam group, or the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement report includes identification information of beams of the first beam group.

[0197] The communication module 1303 is configured to send second instruction information to the terminal, where the second instruction information is used to indicate a maximum number of identities to be included in a first measurement report that the terminal will report and / or a maximum number of signal quality values ​​of beams to be included in the first measurement report.

[0198] For this embodiment of the present application, please refer to the relevant description of embodiment 5. Details are not described again here.

[0199] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only intended to describe the technical solutions of the present application, rather than limiting the present application. Although the present application has been described in detail in relation to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that, without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, they may further make modifications to the technical solutions described in the above embodiments, or replace part or all of the technical features of the technical solutions with equivalents. [Item 1] 1. A communication method comprising: obtaining a signal quality of each beam of a first cell; determining a signal quality of the first cell based on a signal quality of a beam having a highest signal quality in the first cell when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below a first preset threshold; A method for providing the above. [Item 2] The step of determining a signal quality of the first cell based on a signal quality of a beam having a highest signal quality in the first cell comprises: determining the signal quality of the first cell based on signal qualities of X beams having signal qualities that differ the least from the first preset threshold, the X beams belonging to the first cell, X being an integer greater than 0; The method according to item 1. [Item 3] X is equal to 1, The method according to item 2. [Item 4] A communication device, comprising: a unit configured to obtain a signal quality of each beam of the first cell; a unit configured to determine a signal quality of the first cell based on a signal quality of a beam having the highest signal quality in the first cell when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below a first preset threshold; An apparatus comprising: [Item 5] The unit configured to determine a signal quality of the first cell based on a signal quality of a beam having the highest signal quality in the first cell when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell falls below a first preset threshold specifically comprises: and determining the signal quality of the first cell based on signal qualities of X beams having signal qualities that differ the least from the first preset threshold, the X beams belonging to the first cell, and X being an integer greater than 0. 5. The apparatus according to item 4. [Item 6] X is equal to 1, Item 5. The apparatus according to item 5. [Item 7] 1. A communication method comprising: receiving indication information from a network device, the indication information being used to indicate that a measurement report to be reported by the terminal will hold a beam identifier, or the indication information being used to indicate that a measurement report to be reported by the terminal will hold a beam identifier and a signal quality of the beam; transmitting the measurement report based on the indication information; A method for providing the above. [Item 8] A communication device, comprising: A unit configured to receive indication information from a network device, the indication information being used to indicate that a measurement report to be reported by a terminal carries a beam identifier, or the indication information being used to indicate that a measurement report to be reported by a terminal carries a beam identifier and a signal quality of the beam; a unit configured to send the measurement report based on the indication information; An apparatus comprising: [Item 9] 1. A communication method comprising: determining an offset based on a first quantity, the first quantity being a number of beams used to determine a signal quality of the first cell; determining the signal quality of the first cell based on the offset; A method for providing the above. [Item 10] Determining an offset based on a first quantity comprises: determining a coefficient for a base measurement offset, delta, based on the first quantity; and multiplying the coefficient by the delta to obtain the offset corresponding to the first quantity. Item 9. The method according to item 9. [Item 11] determining the signal quality of the first cell based on the offset corresponding to the first quantity includes adjusting a signal quality directly obtained based on a beam by using the offset corresponding to the first quantity to obtain the signal quality of the first cell; The method according to item 9 or 10. [Item 12] transmitting the signal quality of the first cell. 12. The method according to any one of items 9 to 11. [Item 13] The directly obtained signal quality based on the beam is obtained based on a signal quality of a beam having the highest signal quality in the first cell when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell is below a first preset threshold. 13. The method according to any one of items 9 to 12. [Item 14] The beam with the highest signal quality in the first cell is X beams with signal qualities that have the smallest difference from the first preset threshold, the X beams belong to the first cell, and X is an integer greater than 0. Item 14. The method according to item 13. [Item 15] X is equal to 1, Item 15. The method according to item 14. [Item 16] A communication device, comprising: a unit configured to determine an offset based on a first quantity, the first quantity being a quantity of beams used in determining a signal quality of a first cell; a unit configured to determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the offset; An apparatus comprising: [Item 17] The unit configured to determine an offset based on a first quantity specifically comprises: determining a coefficient for a fundamental measurement offset, delta, based on the first quantity; configured to multiply the coefficient by the delta to obtain the offset corresponding to the first quantity. Item 17. The device according to item 16. [Item 18] The unit configured to determine the signal quality of the first cell based on the offset is specifically configured to adjust a signal quality directly obtained based on a beam by using the offset corresponding to the first quantity to obtain the signal quality of the first cell. 18. The device according to item 16 or 17. [Item 19] and a unit configured to transmit the signal quality of the first cell. 19. Apparatus according to any one of items 16 to 18. [Item 20] The signal quality directly obtained based on the beam is a signal quality obtained based on a signal quality of a beam having the highest signal quality in the first cell when the signal quality of each beam of the first cell is below a first preset threshold. 20. The device according to any one of items 16 to 19. [Item 21] The beam with the highest signal quality in the first cell is X beams with signal qualities that have the smallest difference from the first preset threshold, the X beams belong to the first cell, and X is an integer greater than 0. 21. The apparatus according to item 20. [Item 22] X is equal to 1, Item 15. The apparatus according to item 14. [Item 23] A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method according to any one of items 1 to 3, the method according to item 7, or the method according to any one of items 9 to 15. A computer-readable storage medium. [Item 24] A terminal comprising a memory and a processor, the terminal being configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the method according to claim 7, or the method according to any one of claims 9 to 15, Terminal. [Item 25] A communication system comprising a terminal according to item 24 and a base station that communicates with the terminal. [Item 26] A computer program, which when executed causes the computer to implement the method according to any one of items 1 to 3, the method according to item 7, or the method according to any one of items 9 to 15. Computer program.

Claims

1. 1. A communication method comprising: receiving indication information from a network device, the indication information having first indication information indicating whether measurement information A or measurement information B should be included in a measurement report to be reported, the measurement information A including a beam identifier and a beam measurement result associated with the beam identifier, and the measurement information B including a quantity of beams that satisfy a condition for reporting the measurement report; sending the measurement report to the network device based on the instruction information, the measurement report including measurement information instructed by the first instruction information; A communication method comprising:

2. The communication method of claim 1 , wherein the instruction information further comprises second instruction information, the second instruction information being usable to set a maximum number of beam identifiers to be retained in the measurement report.

3. 1. A communication method comprising: A step of transmitting indication information to a terminal, the indication information having first indication information indicating whether measurement information A or measurement information B should be included in a measurement report to be reported, the measurement information A including a beam identifier and a beam measurement result associated with the beam identifier, and the measurement information B including a quantity of beams that satisfy a condition for reporting the measurement report; receiving the measurement report including measurement information indicated by the first indication information from the terminal; A communication method comprising:

4. The communication method of claim 3 , wherein the instruction information further comprises second instruction information, the second instruction information being usable to set a maximum number of beam identifiers to be retained in the measurement report.

5. 1. A communication device, comprising: Apparatus arranged to implement the communication method according to claim 1 or 2.

6. 1. A communication device, comprising: Apparatus arranged to implement a communication method according to claim 3 or 4.

7. A computer-readable medium having at least one instruction, A computer readable medium, the at least one instruction which, when executed, causes an apparatus to perform the communication method of claim 1 or 2.

8. A computer-readable medium having at least one instruction, A computer readable medium, the at least one instruction which, when executed, causes an apparatus to perform the communication method of claim 3 or 4.

9. A terminal having a memory and a processor, The memory is configured to store at least one instruction; A terminal, the processor being configured to execute the at least one instruction to cause the terminal to perform the communication method according to claim 1 or 2.

10. A computer program which, when executed, causes an apparatus to carry out the communication method according to claim 1 or 2.

11. A computer program which, when executed, causes an apparatus to carry out the communication method according to claim 3 or 4.

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