Method and apparatus for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing - Patents.com

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for combining wireless communication and wireless sensing, the method including a communication device transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal, and receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends.

Description

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[0001] (CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS) This disclosure claims priority to a Chinese patent application having application number 202110076227.4, filed in China on January 20, 2021, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technology, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing. [Background technology]

[0003] Radar-based wireless sensing technology includes two types of sensing: passive sensing and active sensing. In the passive sensing method, the sensor senses by acquiring electromagnetic waves emitted (e.g., infrared) or reflected from a target object. In the active sensing method, the sensor transmits electromagnetic waves, and after the electromagnetic waves are reflected by the target object, the sensor senses by receiving the echo. During sensing, the distance between the target object being sensed and the sensor is unknown, so the sensor needs to receive the reflected signal corresponding to the sensing signal in real time.

[0004] Currently, the fusion of wireless sensing and communication mainly adopts a method of fusion of different frequency bands, that is, wireless sensing and wireless communication operate using different operating frequency bands to reduce the influence between them. Generally, wireless sensing operates in a high frequency band, while wireless communication operates in a low frequency band. As frequency resources become scarce, the operating frequency band of wireless communication systems becomes higher and higher, and the tendency for the two to be fused and operate in the same frequency band becomes more and more prominent. However, if the two are simply arranged to operate in the same frequency band, the echo signal needs to be received in real time for radar-based wireless sensing, which increases the requirements for the transmitter and receiver of the sensor, and also affects the communication system. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing to solve the problem that communication function is affected after the sensing function is introduced into the system. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing, the method comprising: the communication device transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends.

[0007] Optionally, the target slot position is: a slot position having a duration τ until an end time of a first slot, the first slot being a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position having a duration τ from a start time of a second slot, the second slot being an adjacent slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position of duration τ that starts before the end time of the first slot and ends after the start time of the second slot; Here, τ represents the duration of each transmission of the wireless sensing signal.

[0008] Optionally, when the communication device is a base station, the first slot is a downlink slot and the second slot is an idle slot or an uplink slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; When the communication device is a terminal, the first slot is an uplink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or a downlink slot following the last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal.

[0009] Optionally, the wireless sensing signal occupies all or a portion of an operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position.

[0010] Selectively transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal includes: transmitting a wireless sensing signal N times in a target period within a sensing probe period; Here, N×T1 <Tであり、 T1 represents the target period, which is an integer multiple of a subframe time for transmitting the wireless communication signal, and T represents the sensing probe period.

[0011] Optionally, when the communication device operates in a full duplex mode, the time to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr1=T1-τ, Here, Tr1 represents the time to receive the echo signal, and τ represents the duration of transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time.

[0012] Optionally, when the communication device operates in a time division multiplexing mode, the time for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr2=T1-τ-Td1-T0, Here, Tr2 represents the time for receiving the echo signal, τ represents the duration for transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time, Td1 represents the time of the transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and T0 represents the conversion time between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal.

[0013] Optionally, the method further comprises: generating a first transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the first transmission control signal being used to control a first transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; When a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, a first reception control signal is generated to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal, the first reception control signal being used to control a first reception channel to receive the echo signal.

[0014] Selectively transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal includes: transmitting the wireless sensing signal over the first transmission channel based on the first transmission control signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends; When the first receiving channel is turned on, receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the first receiving channel based on the first receiving control signal.

[0015] Optionally, the method further comprises: generating a second transmission control signal for transmitting a wireless communication signal, the second transmission control signal being used to control a second transmission channel to transmit the wireless communication signal; After transmitting the wireless communication signal, generating a second reception control signal for receiving the wireless communication signal, the second reception control signal being used to control a second reception channel to receive the wireless communication signal; Before transmitting the wireless sensing signal, generating a third transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the third transmission control signal being used to control a third transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; When the transmission of the wireless sensing signal is completed and the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, generating a third receiving control signal for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal, the third receiving control signal being used to control a third receiving channel to receive the echo signal.

[0016] Optionally, the method further comprises: When the second transmission channel is turned on, transmitting a wireless communication signal through the second transmission channel according to the second transmission control signal; When the second receiving channel is turned on, receiving a wireless communication signal via the second receiving channel based on the second receiving control signal.

[0017] Selectively transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal includes: When the third transmission channel is turned on, transmitting the wireless sensing signal through the third transmission channel at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal according to the third transmission control signal; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends; When the third receiving channel is turned on, receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the third receiving channel based on the third receiving control signal.

[0018] Optionally, before transmitting the wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal, the method further comprises: generating a wireless sensing signal.

[0019] Optionally, before transmitting the wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal, the method further comprises: generating a wireless communication signal.

[0020] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing, the apparatus including a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable by the processor; When the processor executes the computer program, transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal; When a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is received.

[0021] Optionally, the target slot position is: a slot position having a duration τ until an end time of a first slot, the first slot being a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position having a duration τ from a start time of a second slot, the second slot being an adjacent slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position of duration τ that starts before the end time of the first slot and ends after the start time of the second slot; Here, τ represents the duration of each transmission of the wireless sensing signal.

[0022] Optionally, when the communication device is a base station, the first slot is a downlink slot and the second slot is an idle slot or an uplink slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; When the communication device is a terminal, the first slot is an uplink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or a downlink slot following the last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal.

[0023] Optionally, the wireless sensing signal occupies all or a portion of an operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position.

[0024] Selectively transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal may specifically include: transmitting a wireless sensing signal N times in a target period within a sensing probe period; Here, N×T1 <Tであり、 T1 represents the target period, which is an integer multiple of a subframe time for transmitting the wireless communication signal, and T represents the sensing probe period.

[0025] Optionally, when the communication device operates in a full duplex mode, the time to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr1=T1-τ, Here, Tr1 represents the time to receive the echo signal, and τ represents the duration of transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time.

[0026] Optionally, when the communication device operates in a time division multiplexing mode, the time for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr2=T1-τ-Td1-T0, Here, Tr2 represents the time for receiving the echo signal, τ represents the duration for transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time, Td1 represents the time of the transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and T0 represents the conversion time between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal.

[0027] Optionally, the processor, when executing the computer program, further comprises: generating a first transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the first transmission control signal being used to control a first transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; When a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, a first receiving control signal is generated to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal, and the first receiving control signal is used to control a first receiving channel to receive the echo signal.

[0028] Selectively transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal may specifically include: transmitting the wireless sensing signal over the first transmission channel based on the first transmission control signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal; When the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, the echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is received, specifically, When the first receiving channel is turned on, receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the first receiving channel based on the first receiving control signal.

[0029] Optionally, the processor, when executing the computer program, further comprises: generating a second transmission control signal for transmitting a wireless communication signal, the second transmission control signal being used to control a second transmission channel to transmit the wireless communication signal; After transmitting the wireless communication signal, generating a second reception control signal for receiving the wireless communication signal, the second reception control signal being used to control a second reception channel to receive the wireless communication signal; Before transmitting the wireless sensing signal, generating a third transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the third transmission control signal being used to control a third transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; When the transmission of the wireless sensing signal is completed and the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, a third receiving control signal is generated to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal, and the third receiving control signal is used to control the third receiving channel to receive the echo signal.

[0030] Optionally, the processor, when executing the computer program, further comprises: When the second transmission channel is turned on, transmitting a wireless communication signal through the second transmission channel according to the second transmission control signal; When the second receiving channel is turned on, the second receiving channel is used to realize receiving a wireless communication signal through the second receiving channel according to the second receiving control signal.

[0031] Selectively transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal may specifically include: When the third transmission channel is turned on, transmitting the wireless sensing signal through the third transmission channel at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal according to the third transmission control signal; When the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, the echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is received, specifically, When the third receiving channel is turned on, receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the third receiving channel based on the third receiving control signal.

[0032] Optionally, before transmitting the wireless sensing signal at the target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal, the processor, when executing the computer program, further comprises: It is used to realize generating wireless sensing signals.

[0033] Optionally, before transmitting the wireless sensing signal at the target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal, the processor, when executing the computer program, further comprises: It is used to realize the generation of wireless communication signals.

[0034] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing, the apparatus comprising: transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of a wireless communication signal ends.

[0035] Optionally, the target slot position is: a slot position having a duration τ until an end time of a first slot, the first slot being a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position having a duration τ from a start time of a second slot, the second slot being an adjacent slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position of duration τ that starts before the end time of the first slot and ends after the start time of the second slot; Here, τ represents the duration of each transmission of the wireless sensing signal.

[0036] Optionally, when the communication device is a base station, the first slot is a downlink slot and the second slot is an idle slot or an uplink slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; When the communication device is a terminal, the first slot is an uplink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or a downlink slot following the last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal.

[0037] Optionally, the wireless sensing signal occupies all or a portion of an operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position. Optionally, the signal transmitting / receiving unit is specifically configured to perform:

[0038] transmitting a wireless sensing signal N times in a target period within a sensing probe period; Here, N×T1 <Tであり、 T1 represents the target period, which is an integer multiple of a subframe time for transmitting the wireless communication signal, and T represents the sensing probe period.

[0039] Optionally, when the communication device operates in a full duplex mode, the time to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr1=T1-τ, Here, Tr1 represents the time to receive the echo signal, and τ represents the duration of transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time.

[0040] Optionally, when the communication device operates in a time division multiplexing mode, the time for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr2=T1-τ-Td1-T0, Here, Tr2 represents the time for receiving the echo signal, τ represents the duration for transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time, Td1 represents the time of the transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and T0 represents the conversion time between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal.

[0041] Optionally, the device further comprises a first signal transmission / reception controller; the first signal transceiver controller is configured to generate a first transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the first transmission control signal being used to control a first transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; The first signal transmission / reception controller is further configured to generate a first reception control signal to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, and the first reception control signal is used to control a first reception channel to receive the echo signal.

[0042] Optionally, the signal transmitting / receiving unit: transmitting the wireless sensing signal over the first transmission channel based on the first transmission control signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal; The wireless sensing signal is transmitted to a first time division duplex transmitting / receiving unit configured to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the first receiving channel based on the first receiving control signal when the first receiving channel is turned on.

[0043] Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: generating a second transmission control signal for transmitting a wireless communication signal, the second transmission control signal being used to control a second transmission channel to transmit the wireless communication signal; After transmitting the wireless communication signal, generating a second reception control signal for receiving the wireless communication signal, the second reception control signal being used to control a second reception channel to receive the wireless communication signal; Before transmitting the wireless sensing signal, generating a third transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the third transmission control signal being used to control a third transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; When transmission of the wireless sensing signal is completed and a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, generating a third reception control signal for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal, the third reception control signal being used to control a third reception channel to receive the echo signal.

[0044] Optionally, the signal transmitting / receiving unit: When the second transmission channel is turned on, transmitting a wireless communication signal through the second transmission channel according to the second transmission control signal; and a second time division duplex transceiver unit configured to, when turning on the second receive channel, receive a wireless communication signal via the second receive channel based on the second receive control signal.

[0045] Optionally, the signal transmitting / receiving unit further comprises: When turning on the third transmission channel, transmitting the wireless sensing signal through the third transmission channel at a target slot position related to a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal according to the third transmission control signal; When the third receiving channel is turned on, the same time-frequency full-duplex transmitting / receiving unit is configured to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the third receiving channel based on the third receiving control signal.

[0046] Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: The wireless sensing signal generating unit is configured to generate a wireless sensing signal.

[0047] Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: A wireless communication signal generating unit configured to generate a wireless communication signal is included.

[0048] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a processor-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing described above. Effect of the Invention

[0049] The beneficial effects of the above technical solutions of the present disclosure are as follows: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a wireless sensing signal is transmitted using the transmission / reception conversion timing of a wireless communication signal, and reception of an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is started after transmission of the wireless communication signal is completed, thereby minimizing the mutual influence when a wireless communication signal and a wireless sensing signal are multiplexed in the same frequency band, and reducing the requirements for a transceiver. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0050] [Figure 1] 1 is a flow diagram of a method for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a transmission position of a wireless sensing signal when a communication device is a base station (part 1); [Diagram 3] 1 is a schematic diagram of the transmission position of a wireless sensing signal when the communication device is a base station (part 2). [Figure 4] 13 is a schematic diagram of the transmission position of a wireless sensing signal when the communication device is a base station (part 3). [Diagram 5] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a transmission position of a wireless sensing signal when a communication device is a terminal (part 1); [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the transmission position of a wireless sensing signal when the communication device is a terminal (part 2). [Figure 7] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the transmission position of a wireless sensing signal when the communication device is a terminal (part 3). [Figure 8a] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an operating frequency band for transmitting a wireless sensing signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (part 1); [Figure 8b] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an operating frequency band for transmitting a wireless sensing signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (part 2). [Figure 8c] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an operating frequency band for transmitting a wireless sensing signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (part 3). [Figure 9] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a frame format according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 10] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a device configuration that combines wireless communication and wireless sensing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (part 1). [Figure 11]FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a device that combines wireless communication and wireless sensing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (part 2). [Figure 12] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for combining wireless communication and wireless sensing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (part 3). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0051] In order to clarify the technical problem, technical solution and advantages that the present application is to solve, the following will be described in detail with reference to drawings and specific embodiments. In the following description, details such as specific configurations and components are described to facilitate understanding of the present disclosure. Therefore, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made to the embodiments described in this specification without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. Note that known functions and configurations are omitted for clarity and conciseness.

[0052] It should be understood that references throughout the specification to "one embodiment" or "one embodiment" mean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic associated with that embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Thus, the appearances of "in one embodiment" or "in one embodiment" in various places throughout the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

[0053] In various embodiments of the present disclosure, the order of numbers of the following processes does not imply the order of execution, and the order of execution of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and does not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0054] Also, the terms "system" and "network" are always used interchangeably herein.

[0055] The term "and / or" in the embodiments of the present disclosure describes a related relationship between related objects and represents that three relationships can exist, for example, A and / or B can represent three cases, such as the presence of only A, both A and B, and only B. The sign " / " generally represents that the preceding and following related objects have an "or"-like relationship.

[0056] The term "plurality" in the embodiments of this disclosure refers to two or more and other quantifiers similar thereto.

[0057] Specifically, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for combining wireless communication and wireless sensing to solve the problem that communication function is affected after the sensing function is introduced into the system.

[0058] As shown in FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing, which may specifically include the following steps 101-102.

[0059] In step 101, the communication device transmits a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal.

[0060] In this embodiment, the wireless sensing signal may be used to sense information such as distance, image, etc. of a target object, which may be a communication device such as a base station or a terminal, or may be other objects such as a vehicle, a building, etc. The communication device may be a base station or a terminal.

[0061] The target slot positions where the communication devices do not simultaneously transmit wireless sensing signals are different. When the communication devices are base stations, the base stations transmit wireless sensing signals at positions near a switching point between downlink transmission and uplink reception of wireless communication signals, and when the communication devices are terminals, the terminals transmit wireless sensing signals at positions near a switching point between uplink transmission and downlink reception of wireless communication signals. By transmitting the wireless sensing signals, the communication devices can determine whether a target object and other sensing parameters of the target object are present.

[0062] In step 102, an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is received when a signal transmission slot of a wireless communication signal ends.

[0063] The communication device starts receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal after the transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends. Here, when a target object exists after the communication device transmits the wireless sensing signal, the target object reflects an echo signal, and the communication device can perform sensing processing based on the echo signal.

[0064] When the communication device is a base station, the base station starts receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal after a downlink transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, and when the communication device is a terminal, the terminal starts receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal after an uplink transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends.

[0065] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a wireless sensing signal is transmitted using the transmission / reception conversion timing of a wireless communication signal, and reception of an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is started after transmission of the wireless communication signal is completed, thereby minimizing the mutual influence when a wireless communication signal and a wireless sensing signal are multiplexed in the same frequency band, and reducing the requirements for a transceiver.

[0066] Specifically, the target slot position is: a slot position having a duration τ until an end time of a first slot, the first slot being a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position having a duration τ from a start time of a second slot, the second slot being an adjacent slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position of duration τ starting before the end time of the first slot and ending after the start time of the second slot; Here, τ represents the duration of each transmission of the wireless sensing signal.

[0067] Here, when the communication device is a base station, the first slot is a downlink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or an uplink slot after the last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and when the communication device is a terminal, the first slot is an uplink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or a downlink slot after the last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal.

[0068] In this embodiment, the target slot position is a time interval, and the adjacent slot after the last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal may be an idle slot or a reception slot, where the adjacent slot may be an idle slot or an uplink slot when the communication device is a base station, and the adjacent slot may be an idle slot or a downlink slot when the communication device is a terminal. When the target slot position is a slot position with a duration τ that starts before the end time of a first slot and ends after the start time of a second slot, the specific time before the end time of the first slot and the specific time after the start time of the second slot for the duration τ are not limited, for example, the duration τ may start at a τ / 2 point before the end time of the first slot and end at a τ / 2 point after the start time of the second slot. That is, for the duration τ, the specific time before the end time of the first slot and the specific time after the start time of the second slot may be equal or not equal.

[0069] When the communication device is a base station, the following is an example.

[0070] The target slot position may be a slot position corresponding to a time interval of duration τ at the end of the last downlink transmission slot of the wireless communication signal in the frame structure, as shown in (a1) and (a2) in FIG. 2, where the adjacent slot after the last signal transmission slot (i.e., the last downlink slot) of the wireless communication signal in (a1) is an uplink slot, and the adjacent slot in (a2) is an idle slot.

[0071] Alternatively, the target slot position may be a slot position corresponding to a time interval of duration τ at a header portion of an adjacent slot after the last downlink transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, as shown in (b1) and (b2) in FIG. 3, where the adjacent slot after the last signal transmission slot (i.e., the last downlink slot) of the wireless communication signal in (b1) is an uplink slot, and the adjacent slot in (b2) is an idle slot.

[0072] Alternatively, the target slot position may be a slot position corresponding to a time interval spanning an end time of the first slot and a start time of the second slot and having a duration of τ, as shown in (c1) and (c2) in FIG. 4, where the adjacent slot after the last signal transmission slot (i.e., the last downlink slot) of the wireless communication signal in (c1) is an uplink slot, and the adjacent slot in (c2) is an idle slot.

[0073] When the communication device is a terminal, the following is an example.

[0074] The target slot position may be a slot position corresponding to a time interval of duration τ at the end of the last uplink transmission slot of the wireless communication signal in the frame structure, as shown in (a1) and (a2) in FIG. 5, where the adjacent slot after the last signal transmission slot (i.e., the last uplink slot) of the wireless communication signal in (a1) is a downlink slot, and the adjacent slot in (a2) is an idle slot.

[0075] Alternatively, the target slot position may be a slot position corresponding to a time interval having a duration of τ at a header portion of an adjacent slot after the last uplink transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, as shown in (b1) and (b2) in FIG. 6, where the adjacent slot after the last signal transmission slot (i.e., the last uplink slot) of the wireless communication signal in (b1) is a downlink slot, and the adjacent slot in (b2) is an idle slot.

[0076] Alternatively, the target slot position may be a slot position corresponding to a time interval spanning an end time of the first slot and a start time of the second slot and having a duration of τ, as shown in (c1) and (c2) in FIG. 7, where the adjacent slot after the last signal transmission slot (i.e., the last uplink slot) of the wireless communication signal in (c1) is a downlink slot, and the adjacent slot in (c2) is an idle slot.

[0077] According to Figures 3, 4, 6 and 7, if the target slot position is a slot position with a duration of τ after the start time of the second slot, or if the target slot position is a slot position with a duration of τ that starts before the end time of the first slot and ends after the start time of the second slot, when the communication device transmits the wireless sensing signal, the communication device needs to perform transmission and reception operations simultaneously, that is, the communication device has the function of simultaneously transmitting and receiving in the same frequency band. Specifically, the communication device can adopt a full duplex method or a multi-transmit receive point (TRP) cooperative sensing method.

[0078] Further, the wireless sensing signal occupies the whole or a part of the operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position. Here, when the wireless sensing signal occupies a part of the operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position, the wireless sensing signal may be configured to transmit or not transmit a wireless communication signal in the remaining frequency band of the target slot. When the wireless sensing signal occupies a part of the operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position and transmits a wireless communication signal in a frequency band other than the part of the operating frequency band, the wireless sensing signal and the wireless communication signal can be multiplexed and operated using the same time-frequency division, thereby making it possible to maximize the use of frequency resources.

[0079] Specifically, transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot position related to a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal includes one of the following (1) to (3).

[0080] (1) Transmitting the wireless sensing signal in the entire operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position. In this embodiment, when the communication device transmits a wireless sensing signal, it can only transmit the wireless sensing signal in an operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position, and the wireless sensing signal occupies the entire frequency band as shown in Fig. 8a, where if the communication device is a base station, the slot in Fig. 8a is a downlink slot, and if the communication device is a terminal, the slot in Fig. 8a is an uplink slot, and the shaded part in Fig. 8a is the frequency band for transmitting the wireless sensing signal. In this case, the wireless communication signal can be transmitted in a frequency band before the operating frequency band shown in Fig. 8a.

[0081] (2) Transmitting the wireless sensing signal in a portion of an operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position. In this embodiment, when the communication device transmits a wireless sensing signal, it can transmit the wireless sensing signal in a part of the frequency band of the operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position, and the wireless sensing signal occupies a part of the frequency band as shown in Fig. 8b, where if the communication device is a base station, the slot in Fig. 8b is a downlink slot, and if the communication device is a terminal, the slot in Fig. 8b is an uplink slot, and the shaded part in Fig. 8b is the frequency band for transmitting the wireless sensing signal. In Fig. 8b, the wireless sensing signal and the wireless communication signal are not frequency division multiplexed.

[0082] (3) Transmitting the wireless sensing signal and the wireless communication signal in an operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position using a frequency division multiplexing scheme. In this embodiment, when transmitting a wireless sensing signal, the communication device can transmit the wireless sensing signal in a part of the frequency band of the operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position, and transmit the wireless communication signal in another part of the frequency band of the operating frequency band, and as shown in Fig. 8c, the wireless sensing signal occupies a part of the frequency band, and the wireless communication signal occupies the remaining part of the frequency band, where if the communication device is a base station, the slot in Fig. 8c is a downlink slot, and if the communication device is a terminal, the slot in Fig. 8c is an uplink slot, the shaded part in Fig. 8c is the frequency band part for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, and the remaining blank part of the operating frequency band is the frequency band part for transmitting the wireless communication signal. In Fig. 8c, the wireless sensing signal and the wireless communication signal are frequency division multiplexed.

[0083] According to this embodiment, wireless sensing and wireless communication are integrated and operate using the same operating frequency band, thereby making maximum use of frequency resources.

[0084] Further, transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal includes: During the sensing probe period, it includes transmitting the wireless sensing signal N times with the target period, where N×T1 < T, T1 represents the target period and is an integer multiple of the subframe time for transmitting the wireless communication signal, and T represents the sensing probe period.

[0085] In this embodiment, for the wireless sensing signal transmitted N times with the target period within the sensing probe period, it may be the same wireless sensing signal or different sensing signals. Thereby, blurring removal and / or scanning of the environment can be realized.

[0086] Specifically, when the communication device is a base station, the frame formats of the wireless sensing signal and the wireless communication signal can be as shown in FIG. 9. The wireless sensing signal can be generated by adopting signal generation methods widely used in radar systems, such as linear frequency modulation and phase shift pulse modulation. Within the sensing probe period, the wireless sensing signal is transmitted N times with the target period T1, and the duration of each transmission is τ, and N×T1 < T. By setting two periods (sensing probe period and target period) for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, blurring can be removed, and the sensing accuracy can be improved by transmitting the wireless sensing signal multiple times. And when one period is set, the situation that an echo signal cannot be received within the period of transmitting the wireless sensing signal and the transmission position of the echo signal cannot be known when the echo signal is received in the next period can be avoided.

[0087] As an optional embodiment, when the communication device operates in full-duplex mode, the time for receiving the echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is Tr1 = T1 - τ, where Tr1 represents the time for receiving the echo signal, τ represents the duration of each transmission of the wireless sensing signal, and the conversion time between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal is zero.

[0088] In another alternative embodiment, when the communication device operates in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode, the time to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr2=T1-τ-Td1-T0, Here, Tr2 represents the time for receiving the echo signal, τ represents the duration for transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time, Td1 represents the time of the transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and T0 represents the conversion time between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal.

[0089] Here, the time window for receiving the echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal can be self-determined by the sensing receiver of the communication device based on the sensing probe range. The sensing receiver of the communication device detects the echo signal within the time for receiving the echo signal, and determines the arrival time, phase, intensity, etc. of the echo signal through a detection algorithm such as sliding filtering of the local wireless sensing signal and the echo signal, thereby detecting information such as target position, attitude, image, etc. of the target object.

[0090] Below, using specific embodiments, the implementation process of the method for combining wireless communication and wireless sensing when the communication device is a base station, and the implementation process of the method for combining wireless communication and wireless sensing when the communication device is a terminal will be described respectively.

[0091] As an example 1, a base station transmits a wireless sensing signal.

[0092] The base station transmits a sensing signal near a switching point from its downlink transmission to its uplink reception, and when its downlink transmission ends, begins receiving for an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal.

[0093] Here, "near the switch point from downlink transmission to uplink reception" means being at the end of the last slot of downlink transmission in the frame structure (as shown in Figure 2), being at the header of the slot (including two cases, an idle slot or an uplink slot) following the last slot of downlink transmission (as shown in Figure 3), or straddling the end of the last slot and the header of the slot following (as shown in Figure 4).

[0094] Specifically, the phrase "when downlink transmission is completed" refers to "after the downlink slot corresponding to the transmission of wireless communication signals is completed". For the two types of wireless sensing signal transmission methods, the method at the end of the last slot of downlink transmission and the method spanning the end of the last slot and the header of the next slot, the base station needs to perform transmission and reception operations simultaneously, that is, the base station has the function of simultaneously transmitting and receiving in the same frequency band. Specifically, the base station can adopt a full duplex method or a multi-TRP cooperative sensing method.

[0095] As shown in Figures 8a to 8c, when transmitting a wireless sensing signal, only the wireless sensing signal can be transmitted in the operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position, occupying all or a part of the operating frequency band, or the wireless communication signal and the wireless sensing signal can be transmitted simultaneously, and both of them adopt a frequency division multiplexing scheme.

[0096] As an example 2, the terminal transmits a wireless sensing signal.

[0097] The terminal transmits a wireless sensing signal near a switching point from its uplink transmission to its downlink reception, and when its uplink transmission ends, starts receiving for an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal.

[0098] Here, "near the switch point from uplink transmission to downlink reception" means being at the end of the last slot of uplink transmission in the frame structure (as shown in FIG. 5), being at the header of the slot (including two cases of an idle slot or a downlink slot) following the last slot of uplink transmission (as shown in FIG. 6), or straddling the end of the last slot and the header of the slot following (as shown in FIG. 7).

[0099] Specifically, the phrase "when the downlink transmission is completed" means "after the uplink slot corresponding to the transmission of the wireless communication signal is completed." If the wireless sensing signal is transmitted in one slot after the last slot of the uplink transmission, the terminal needs to perform the transmission and reception operations simultaneously, that is, the terminal has the function of simultaneously transmitting and receiving in the same frequency band.

[0100] As shown in Figures 8a to 8c, when transmitting a wireless sensing signal, only the wireless sensing signal can be transmitted in the operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position, occupying all or a part of the operating frequency band, or the wireless communication signal and the wireless sensing signal can be transmitted simultaneously, and both of them adopt a frequency division multiplexing scheme.

[0101] Optionally, prior to transmitting the wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switch point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal, the method may further include generating a wireless communication signal. Prior to transmitting the wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switch point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal, the method may further include generating a wireless communication signal.

[0102] As an alternative embodiment, the method may further include generating a first transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the first transmission control signal being used to control a first transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal, and generating a first reception control signal for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, the first reception control signal being used to control a first reception channel to receive the echo signal. Specifically, transmitting the wireless sensing signal at a target slot position related to a switching point of signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal may include transmitting the wireless sensing signal through the first transmission channel at a target slot position related to a switching point of signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal based on the first transmission control signal. Receiving the echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends may include receiving the echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal through the first reception channel based on the first reception control signal when the first reception channel is turned on.

[0103] The embodiment is applied to a scene in which the communication device transmits a wireless sensing signal at a slot position where the duration until the end time of the first slot is τ. The communication device transmits the wireless communication signal and the wireless sensing signal through the first transmission channel, and when the transmission slot (downlink slot or uplink slot) of the wireless communication signal ends, the communication device can turn off the first transmission channel and turn on the first reception channel regardless of whether the slot after the transmission slot is a reception slot (uplink slot or downlink slot) or an idle slot. After transmitting the wireless communication signal and the wireless sensing signal, the communication device performs conversion between the first transmission channel and the first reception channel, and receives an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when turning on the first reception channel. Specifically, the wireless sensing signal is located at the end of the last transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and may occupy the entire operating frequency band or only a part of the operating frequency band, or may be frequency division multiplexed in the same operating frequency band as the wireless communication signal.

[0104] In order to support that the wireless sensing signal can be transmitted in a slot subsequent to the last transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, as another optional embodiment, the method may further include: generating a second transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless communication signal, wherein the second transmission control signal is used to control a second transmission channel to transmit the wireless communication signal; generating a second reception control signal for receiving the wireless communication signal after transmitting the wireless communication signal, wherein the second reception control signal is used to control the second reception channel to receive the wireless communication signal; generating a third transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal before transmitting the wireless sensing signal, wherein the third transmission control signal is used to control the third transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; and generating a third reception control signal for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when the transmission of the wireless sensing signal is completed and the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, wherein the third reception control signal is used to control the third reception channel to receive the echo signal.

[0105] The communication device transmits a wireless communication signal through the second transmission channel based on the second transmission control signal when the second transmission channel is turned on, and receives the wireless communication signal through the second reception channel based on the second reception control signal when the second reception channel is turned on. Specifically, transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot position related to a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal may include transmitting the wireless sensing signal through the third transmission channel at a target slot position related to a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal based on the third transmission control signal when the third transmission channel is turned on, and receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends may include receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal through the third reception channel based on the third reception control signal when the third reception channel is turned on.

[0106] In this embodiment, the communication device turns on the second transmission channel before transmitting the wireless sensing signal, and when the second transmission channel is turned on, transmits the wireless communication signal via the second transmission channel, thereby performing conversion between the second transmission channel and a second receiving channel, and when the second receiving channel is turned on, can receive the wireless communication signal via the second receiving channel.

[0107] The communication device may turn on the third transmission channel before transmitting the wireless sensing signal, and when the third transmission channel is turned on, transmit the wireless sensing signal via the third transmission channel, and when the transmission of the wireless sensing signal is completed, turn off the third transmission channel (or may not be turned off). When the transmission slot (downlink slot or uplink slot) of the wireless communication signal is completed, the communication device may turn on the third reception channel, receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the third reception channel, and when the reception of the echo signal is completed, turn off the third reception channel (or may not be turned off). Specifically, the wireless sensing signal may be located at the end of the last transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, or at the header of the slot following the last transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, or may straddle the end of the last transmission slot of the wireless communication signal and the header of the following slot, and may occupy the entire operating frequency band or only a part of the operating frequency band, or may be frequency division multiplexed in the same operating frequency band as the wireless communication signal.

[0108] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a wireless sensing signal is transmitted using the transmission / reception conversion timing of a wireless communication signal, and reception of an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is started after transmission of the wireless communication signal is completed, thereby minimizing the mutual influence when a wireless communication signal and a wireless sensing signal are multiplexed in the same frequency band, and reducing the requirements for a transceiver.

[0109] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to various systems, particularly 5G systems. For example, the applied systems may be global system of mobile coMunication (GSM) systems, code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) general packet radio service (GPRS) systems, long term evolution (LTE) systems, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) systems, LTE time division duplex (TDD) systems, long term evolution advanced (LTE-A) systems, universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) systems, 5G New Radio (NR) (New Radio, NR) systems, etc. All of these systems include terminal equipment and network equipment. The system may further include a core network portion, such as an Evolved Packet System (EPS), a 5G system (5GS), etc.

[0110] In the above embodiments, the method for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing of the present disclosure has been described. In the following embodiments, the corresponding device of the method will be further described with reference to the drawings.

[0111] An apparatus for implementing the above method is illustrated in FIG. 10, which includes a wireless communication signal generating unit 1010, a wireless sensing signal generating unit 1020, a first signal transceiver controller 1030 and a first time division duplex transceiver unit 1040, where the wireless communication signal generating unit 1010 is responsible for generating and transmitting a wireless communication signal to the first time division duplex transceiver unit 1040, and the wireless sensing signal generating unit 1020 is responsible for generating and transmitting a wireless sensing signal to the first time division duplex transceiver unit 1040.

[0112] The first signal transmission / reception controller 1030 controls the conversion timing of the first time division duplex transmission / reception unit 1040 based on the frame structure. Specifically, the first signal transmission / reception controller 1030 is configured to execute the following steps 1 and 2. In step 1, when a transmission slot (downlink slot or uplink slot) of a wireless communication signal ends, regardless of whether the slot following the transmission slot is a reception slot (uplink slot or downlink slot) or an idle slot, the first transmission channel is turned off (or may not be turned off) and the first reception channel is turned on. In step 2, a time-frequency multiplexing strategy of the communication signal and the sensing signal is clarified and notified to the first time division duplex transmission / reception unit 1040.

[0113] The first time division duplex transceiver unit 1040 is configured to perform the following operations based on the instruction of the first signal transceiver controller 1030: transmit the received wireless communication signal and wireless sensing signal when the first transmission channel is turned on; perform conversion between the first transmission channel and the first receiving channel; and receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when the first receiving channel is turned on.

[0114] In addition, the device is applied to a scene in which the communication device transmits the wireless sensing signal at the end of the last transmission slot, and the transmission of the wireless sensing signal may occupy the entire operating frequency band, or only a part of the operating frequency band, or frequency division multiplexing may be performed in the same operating frequency band as the wireless communication signal.

[0115] An apparatus for implementing the above method is illustrated in FIG. 11, which includes a wireless communication signal generating unit 1010, a wireless sensing signal generating unit 1020, a second signal transceiver controller 1130, a second time division duplex transceiver unit 1140 and a same-time-frequency full-duplex transceiver unit 1150, where the wireless communication signal generating unit 1010 is responsible for generating and transmitting wireless communication signals to the second time division duplex transceiver unit 1140, and the wireless sensing signal generating unit 1020 is responsible for generating and transmitting wireless sensing signals to the same-time-frequency full-duplex transceiver unit 1150.

[0116] The second signal transceiver controller 1130 is configured to perform the following steps 1, 2 and 3. In step 1, the second signal transceiver controller 1130 controls the conversion timing of the second time division duplex transceiver unit 1140 based on the frame structure. In step 2, the second signal transceiver controller 1130 controls the conversion timing of the same time-frequency full-duplex transceiver unit 1150, specifically, controls the third transmission channel of the same time-frequency full-duplex transceiver unit 1150 to be turned on before transmitting the wireless sensing signal, controls the third transmission channel to be turned off when the transmission of the wireless sensing signal is completed, controls the third reception channel of the same time-frequency full-duplex transceiver unit 1150 to be turned on when the transmission slot (downlink slot or uplink slot) of the wireless communication signal is completed, and controls the third reception channel to be turned off when the reception of the echo signal is completed. In step 3, the time-frequency multiplexing method of the wireless communication signal and the wireless sensing signal is clarified and notified to the second time division duplex transceiver unit 1140 and the same time-frequency full-duplex transceiver unit 1150.

[0117] The second time division duplex transceiver unit 1140 is configured to perform the following operations based on instructions from the second signal transceiver controller 1130: transmit a received wireless communication signal when the second transmission channel is turned on, perform conversion between the second transmission channel and the second reception channel, and receive a wireless communication signal when the second reception channel is turned on.

[0118] The same time-frequency full-duplex transceiver unit 1150 is configured to perform the following operations based on the instruction of the second signal transceiver controller 1130: transmit a received wireless sensing signal when the third transmission channel is turned on; perform conversion between the ongoing third transmission channel and the third receiving channel; and receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when the third receiving channel is turned on.

[0119] In addition, the device may be applied to any one of three types of scenes: a scene in which the communication device is related to the end of the last transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, a scene in which the communication device is related to the header of the slot following the last transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and a scene in which the communication device is related to the end of the last transmission slot of the wireless communication signal and the header of the subsequent slot. The transmission of the wireless sensing signal may occupy the entire operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position, or may occupy only a part of the operating frequency band, or may be frequency division multiplexed in the same operating frequency band as the wireless communication signal.

[0120] Specifically, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for combining wireless communication and wireless sensing, which is applied to a communication device, the communication device may be a base station or a terminal, and the apparatus includes: transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal by a communication device; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of a wireless communication signal intended for the wireless sensing signal ends.

[0121] Optionally, the target slot position is: a slot position having a duration τ until an end time of a first slot, the first slot being a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position having a duration τ from a start time of a second slot, the second slot being an adjacent slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position of duration τ that starts before the end time of the first slot and ends after the start time of the second slot; Here, τ represents the duration of each transmission of the wireless sensing signal.

[0122] Optionally, when the communication device is a base station, the first slot is a downlink slot and the second slot is an idle slot or an uplink slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; When the communication device is a terminal, the first slot is an uplink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or a downlink slot following the last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal.

[0123] Optionally, the wireless sensing signal occupies all or a portion of an operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position. Optionally, the signal transmitting / receiving unit is specifically configured to perform:

[0124] transmitting a wireless sensing signal N times in a target period within a sensing probe period; Here, N×T1 <Tであり、 T1 represents the target period, which is an integer multiple of a subframe time for transmitting the wireless communication signal, and T represents the sensing probe period.

[0125] Optionally, when the communication device operates in a full duplex mode, the time to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr1=T1-τ, Here, Tr1 represents the time to receive the echo signal, and τ represents the duration of transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time.

[0126] Optionally, when the communication device operates in a time division multiplexing mode, the time for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr2=T1-τ-Td1-T0, Here, Tr2 represents the time for receiving the echo signal, τ represents the duration for transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time, Td1 represents the time of the transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and T0 represents the conversion time between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal.

[0127] As an alternative embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the device further includes a first signal transceiving controller 1030; the first signal transceiver controller 1030 is configured to generate a first transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the first transmission control signal being used to control a first transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; The first signal transmission / reception controller 1030 is further configured to generate a first reception control signal to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, and the first reception control signal is used to control the first reception channel to receive the echo signal.

[0128] Optionally, as shown in FIG. 10, the signal transceiver unit includes a first time division duplex transceiver unit 1040; The first time division duplex transceiver unit 1040 can receive control signals from the first signal transceiver controller 1030, and the control signals may include a control signal that controls the conversion timing of the first time division duplex transceiver unit 1040 based on a frame structure, and a control signal that specifies a time-frequency multiplexing strategy for communication signals and sensing signals.

[0129] Specifically, the first time division duplex transceiver unit comprises: transmitting the wireless sensing signal over the first transmission channel based on the first transmission control signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal; When the first receiving channel is turned on, the device may be configured to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the first receiving channel based on the first receiving control signal.

[0130] In one alternative embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the device further comprises: generating a second transmission control signal for transmitting a wireless communication signal, the second transmission control signal being used to control a second transmission channel to transmit the wireless communication signal; After transmitting the wireless communication signal, generating a second reception control signal for receiving the wireless communication signal, the second reception control signal being used to control a second reception channel to receive the wireless communication signal; Before transmitting the wireless sensing signal, generating a third transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the third transmission control signal being used to control a third transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; The second signal transmission / reception controller 1130 is configured to: generate a third reception control signal for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when the transmission of the wireless sensing signal is completed and the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, the third reception control signal being used to control a third reception channel to receive the echo signal.

[0131] Optionally, as shown in FIG. 11, the signal transceiver unit includes a second time division duplex transceiver unit 1140; The second time division duplex transceiver unit 1140 can receive control signals from the second signal transceiver controller 1130, and the control signals may include a control signal that controls the conversion timing of the second time division duplex transceiver unit 1140 based on a frame structure, and a control signal that specifies a time-frequency multiplexing strategy for communication signals and sensing signals.

[0132] Specifically, the second time division duplex transceiver unit comprises: When the second transmission channel is turned on, transmitting a wireless communication signal through the second transmission channel according to the second transmission control signal; When the second receive channel is turned on, the second receive channel may be configured to receive a wireless communication signal via the second receive channel based on the second receive control signal.

[0133] Optionally, as shown in FIG. 11, the signal transmitting and receiving unit further includes a same-time-frequency full-duplex transmitting and receiving unit 1150; The same-time-frequency full-duplex transceiver unit 1150 can receive control signals from the second signal transceiver controller 1130, and the control signals may include a control signal for controlling the conversion timing of the same-time-frequency full-duplex transceiver unit 1150 based on a frame structure, and a control signal for defining a time-frequency multiplexing strategy for communication signals and sensing signals.

[0134] Specifically, the same time-frequency full duplex transceiver unit comprises: When turning on the third transmission channel, transmitting the wireless sensing signal through the third transmission channel at a target slot position related to a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal according to the third transmission control signal; When the third receive channel is turned on, the device may be configured to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the third receive channel based on the third receive control signal.

[0135] Optionally, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the apparatus may further include: The wireless sensing signal generating unit 1020 is configured to generate a wireless sensing signal.

[0136] Optionally, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the apparatus may further include: It includes a wireless communication signal generating unit 1010 configured to generate a wireless communication signal.

[0137] It should be noted that the device embodiment corresponds to the method embodiment of the above-mentioned wireless communication and wireless sensing integration, and all the implementations of the method embodiment can be applied to the device embodiment to achieve the same technical effects. The method embodiment and the device embodiment are based on the same application concept and have similar principles for solving problems, so they can refer to each other and the description of the overlapping points will be omitted.

[0138] The division into units in the embodiments of the present disclosure is merely a schematic and merely a logical functional division, and other division methods may be used when actually realizing the present disclosure. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present disclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The integrated units may be realized in the form of hardware or software functional units.

[0139] When the integrated unit is realized in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in one processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be essentially or in part of the prior art or the whole or part of the technical solution can be expressed in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes some commands to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor execute all or part of the steps of the method in each embodiment of the present disclosure. The storage medium includes various media that can store program codes, such as a U disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0140] As shown in FIG. 12 , an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an apparatus for combining wireless communication and wireless sensing, which is applied to a communication device, the communication device may be a base station or a terminal, and the apparatus includes a memory 1220, a transceiver 1200, and a processor 1210, where the memory 1220 is used to store a computer program, and the transceiver 1200 is used to transmit and receive data under the control of the processor 1210; The processor 1210 reads the computer program in the memory 1220 and transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal; When a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is received.

[0141] Optionally, the target slot position is: a slot position having a duration τ until an end time of a first slot, the first slot being a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position having a duration τ from a start time of a second slot, the second slot being an adjacent slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position of duration τ that starts before the end time of the first slot and ends after the start time of the second slot; Here, τ represents the duration of each transmission of the wireless sensing signal.

[0142] Optionally, when the communication device is a base station, the first slot is a downlink slot and the second slot is an idle slot or an uplink slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; When the communication device is a terminal, the first slot is an uplink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or a downlink slot following the last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal.

[0143] Optionally, the wireless sensing signal occupies all or a portion of an operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position.

[0144] Selectively transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal may specifically include: transmitting a wireless sensing signal N times in a target period within a sensing probe period; Here, N×T1 <Tであり、 T1 represents the target period, which is an integer multiple of a subframe time for transmitting the wireless communication signal, and T represents the sensing probe period.

[0145] Optionally, when the communication device operates in a full duplex mode, the time to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr1=T1-τ, Here, Tr1 represents the time to receive the echo signal, and τ represents the duration of transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time.

[0146] Optionally, when the communication device operates in a time division multiplexing mode, the time for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr2=T1-τ-Td1-T0, Here, Tr2 represents the time for receiving the echo signal, τ represents the duration for transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time, Td1 represents the time of the transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and T0 represents the conversion time between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal.

[0147] Optionally, the processor, when executing the computer program, further comprises: generating a first transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the first transmission control signal being used to control a first transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; When a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, a first receiving control signal is generated to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal, and the first receiving control signal is used to control a first receiving channel to receive the echo signal.

[0148] Selectively transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal may specifically include: transmitting the wireless sensing signal over the first transmission channel based on the first transmission control signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal; When the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, the echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is received, specifically, When the first receiving channel is turned on, receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the first receiving channel based on the first receiving control signal.

[0149] Optionally, the processor, when executing the computer program, further comprises: generating a second transmission control signal for transmitting a wireless communication signal, the second transmission control signal being used to control a second transmission channel to transmit the wireless communication signal; After transmitting the wireless communication signal, generating a second reception control signal for receiving the wireless communication signal, the second reception control signal being used to control a second reception channel to receive the wireless communication signal; Before transmitting the wireless sensing signal, generating a third transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the third transmission control signal being used to control a third transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; When the transmission of the wireless sensing signal is completed and the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, a third receiving control signal is generated to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal, and the third receiving control signal is used to control the third receiving channel to receive the echo signal.

[0150] Optionally, the processor, when executing the computer program, further comprises: When the second transmission channel is turned on, transmitting a wireless communication signal through the second transmission channel according to the second transmission control signal; When the second receiving channel is turned on, the second receiving channel is used to realize receiving a wireless communication signal through the second receiving channel according to the second receiving control signal.

[0151] Selectively transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal may specifically include: When the third transmission channel is turned on, transmitting the wireless sensing signal through the third transmission channel at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal according to the third transmission control signal; When the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, the echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is received, specifically, When the third receiving channel is turned on, receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal via the third receiving channel based on the third receiving control signal.

[0152] Optionally, before transmitting the wireless sensing signal at the target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal, the processor, when executing the computer program, further comprises: It is used to realize generating wireless sensing signals.

[0153] Optionally, prior to the wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal, the processor, when executing the computer program, further comprises: It is used to realize the generation of wireless communication signals.

[0154] Here, in FIG. 12, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically connecting various circuits of one or more processors, represented by processor 1210, and memory, represented by memory 1220. The bus architecture may further connect various other circuits, such as peripherals, regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described here. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1200 may be multiple elements, i.e., may include a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices via a transmission medium. The processor 1210 is responsible for managing and general processing of the bus architecture, and the memory 1220 may store data used by the processor 1210 when performing operations.

[0155] The processor 1210 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), and the processor may employ a multi-core architecture.

[0156] The processor is used to execute any of the methods provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure in response to the executable instructions obtained by calling the computer program stored in the memory. The processor and the memory may be physically separated.

[0157] In addition, the above-mentioned network device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can realize all the steps in the method realized by the above-mentioned method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects, and therefore, a detailed description of the parts that are the same as those in the method embodiment of this embodiment and the beneficial effects will be omitted here.

[0158] In addition, a specific embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a processor-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, realizes the steps of the method for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing. The same technical effect can be achieved, and the description will be omitted here to avoid duplication. Here, the computer storage medium may be any available medium or data storage device accessible to a computer. This includes, but is not limited to, magnetic memory (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disk (MO) etc.), optical memory (e.g., CD, DVD, BD, HVD etc.), semiconductor memory (e.g., ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid state disk (SSD)), etc.

[0159] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided as a method, a system, or a computer program product. Thus, the present disclosure may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware. The present disclosure may also take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk memory, optical memory, etc.) that contain computer usable program code.

[0160] The present disclosure will be described with reference to flowcharts and / or block diagrams of methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be understood that each flow and / or block in the flowcharts and / or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and / or blocks in the flowcharts and / or block diagrams, can be realized by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to generate an apparatus, and the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device generate an apparatus for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows of the flowcharts and / or one or more blocks of the block diagrams.

[0161] These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, and the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory may generate an article of manufacture that includes an instruction apparatus, which implements the functions specified in one or more flows of the flowcharts and / or one or more blocks of the block diagrams.

[0162] These processor-executable instructions may also be loaded into a computer or other programmable data processing device and cause the computer or other programmable device to perform a series of operational steps to produce a computer-implemented process, whereby the commands executed on the computer or other programmable device provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows of the flowcharts and / or one or more blocks of the block diagrams.

[0163] It should be understood that the division of each module described above is merely a division of logical functions, and that when actually realized, all or part of the modules may be integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated. In addition, these modules may all be realized in a form in which software is called by a processing element, all may be realized in a form in which the processing element calls software, or some modules may be realized in a form in which the processing element calls software. For example, the determination module may be a processing element established independently, or may be integrated and implemented in a chip of the device, or may be stored in the memory of the device in the form of program code, or may be executed by calling the function of the determination module by a processing element of the device. The same applies to the realization of other modules. It should be noted that these modules may all or partly be integrated or independently implemented. The processing element described herein may be an integrated circuit having a signal processing capability. In the realization process, each step of the method or each module may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor element or by instructions in the form of software.

[0164] For example, each module, unit, sub-unit, or sub-module may be configured as one or more integrated circuits that perform the above method, such as one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), one or more microprocessors (digital signal processors, DSPs), or one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). For example, when a certain module is realized in a form in which a processing element calls a program code, the processing element may be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a processor that can call other program code. For example, these modules may be integrated together and realized in the form of a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

[0165] The terms "first", "second", and the like in the specification and claims of the present disclosure are not used to describe a particular order or sequence, but are used to distinguish between similar objects. It should be understood that the data so used may be appropriately exchanged so that the embodiments of the present application described herein are performed, for example, in an order other than that shown or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprise" and "have" and any variations thereof are intended to be non-exclusive, for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that includes a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units that are specifically recited, but may include other steps or units that are not specifically recited or that are inherent to the process, method, product, or apparatus. Also, "and / or" as used in the specification and claims means at least one of the connected objects. For example, A and / or B and / or C include seven types of cases: A alone, B alone, C alone, both A and B are present, both B and C are present, both A and C are present, and both A, B, and C are present. Similarly, "at least one of A and B" as used in the specification and claims should be understood to mean "there is a single A, a single B, or both A and B."

[0166] The above are the selectable embodiments of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art can make various improvements and modifications without departing from the principles described in the present disclosure. These improvements and modifications should also be considered as part of the protection scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. 1. A method for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing, comprising: the communication device transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends; The target slot position is a slot position having a duration τ until an end time of a first slot, the first slot being a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position having a duration τ from a start time of a second slot, the second slot being an adjacent slot after a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position of duration τ starting before the end time of the first slot and ending after the start time of the second slot; where τ represents the duration of each transmission of the wireless sensing signal.

2. When the communication device is a base station, the first slot is a downlink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or an uplink slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; When the communication device is a terminal, the first slot is an uplink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or a downlink slot following the last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal. The method of claim 1.

3. the wireless sensing signal occupies a full or partial operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position; transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal; transmitting a wireless sensing signal N times in a target period within a sensing probe period; Here, N×T1<T, T1 represents the target period, which is an integer multiple of a subframe time for transmitting the wireless communication signal, and T represents the sensing probe period. The method of claim 1.

4. When the communication device operates in a full-duplex mode, the time to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is Tr1=T1-τ, where Tr1 represents the time to receive the echo signal, and τ represents the duration of transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time; Or, When the communication device operates in a time division multiplexing mode, the time to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is Tr2=T1-τ-Td1-T0, Here, Tr2 represents the time to receive the echo signal, τ represents the duration of transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time, Td1 represents the time of the transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and T0 represents the conversion time between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal. The method according to claim 3.

5. The method further comprises: generating a first transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the first transmission control signal being used to control a first transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; generating a first reception control signal for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, the first reception control signal being used to control a first reception channel to receive the echo signal; transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal; transmitting the wireless sensing signal over the first transmission channel based on the first transmission control signal at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal through the first receiving channel based on the first receiving control signal when the first receiving channel is turned on. The method of claim 1.

6. The method further comprises: generating a second transmission control signal for transmitting a wireless communication signal, the second transmission control signal being used to control a second transmission channel to transmit the wireless communication signal; generating a second reception control signal for receiving the wireless communication signal after transmitting the wireless communication signal, the second reception control signal being used to control a second reception channel to receive the wireless communication signal; Before transmitting the wireless sensing signal, a third transmission control signal is generated for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the third transmission control signal being used to control a third transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; When the transmission of the wireless sensing signal is completed and the signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal is ended, a third reception control signal is generated to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal, and the third reception control signal is used to control a third reception channel to receive the echo signal. The method of claim 1.

7. The method further comprises: When the second transmission channel is turned on, transmitting a wireless communication signal via the second transmission channel based on the second transmission control signal; receiving a wireless communication signal via the second receiving channel based on the second receiving control signal when the second receiving channel is turned on; transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal; When the third transmission channel is turned on, transmitting the wireless sensing signal via the third transmission channel at a target slot position associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal according to the third transmission control signal; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal through the third receiving channel based on the third receiving control signal when the third receiving channel is turned on. The method according to claim 6.

8. Prior to transmitting the wireless sensing signal at the target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal, the method further comprises: generating a wireless sensing signal; and / or generating a wireless communication signal. The method of claim 1.

9. 1. An apparatus for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing, comprising: transmitting a wireless sensing signal at a target slot location associated with a switching point between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends; The target slot position is a slot position having a duration τ until an end time of a first slot, the first slot being a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position having a duration τ from a start time of a second slot, the second slot being an adjacent slot after a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; a slot position of duration τ starting before the end time of the first slot and ending after the start time of the second slot; where τ represents the duration for each transmission of the wireless sensing signal.

10. When the communication device is a base station, the first slot is a downlink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or an uplink slot following a last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal; When the communication device is a terminal, the first slot is an uplink slot, and the second slot is an idle slot or a downlink slot following the last signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal.

10. The apparatus of claim 9.

11. the wireless sensing signal occupies a full or partial operating frequency band corresponding to the target slot position; The signal transmitting and receiving unit specifically includes: configured to perform transmitting the wireless sensing signal N times in a target period within a sensing probe period; Here, N×T1<T, T1 represents the target period, which is an integer multiple of a subframe time for transmitting the wireless communication signal, and T represents the sensing probe period.

10. The apparatus of claim 9.

12. When the communication device operates in a full-duplex mode, the time to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is: Tr1=T1-τ, where Tr1 represents the time to receive the echo signal, and τ represents the duration of transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time; Or, When the communication device operates in a time division multiplexing mode, the time to receive an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal is Tr2=T1-τ-Td1-T0, Here, Tr2 represents the time to receive the echo signal, τ represents the duration of transmitting the wireless sensing signal each time, Td1 represents the time of the transmission slot of the wireless communication signal, and T0 represents the conversion time between signal transmission and signal reception of the wireless communication signal.

12. The apparatus of claim 11.

13. The apparatus further includes a first signal transmission / reception controller; the first signal transceiver controller is configured to generate a first transmission control signal for transmitting the wireless sensing signal, the first transmission control signal being used to control a first transmission channel to transmit the wireless sensing signal; The first signal transmission / reception controller is further configured to generate a first reception control signal for receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal when a signal transmission slot of the wireless communication signal ends, and the first reception control signal is used to control a first reception channel to receive the echo signal; The signal transmitting and receiving unit includes: transmitting the wireless sensing signal over the first transmission channel based on the first transmission control signal at a target slot position associated with a switch point between signal transmission and signal reception of a wireless communication signal; receiving an echo signal corresponding to the wireless sensing signal through the first receiving channel based on the first receiving control signal when the first receiving channel is turned on.

10. The apparatus of claim 9.

14. A processor-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, A processor-readable storage medium, the computer program causing, when executed by a processor, to implement the steps of the method for fusing wireless communication and wireless sensing according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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