Reference signal resource configuration method, device, equipment, and storage medium

Abstract

The present application provides a reference signal resource configuration method, device, apparatus, and storage medium, the method including: configuring a plurality of frequency domain units, which are frequency domain resources of a preset frequency band, as a frequency domain unit set; configuring a reference signal resource pool corresponding to the plurality of frequency domain units, the reference signal resource pool including a plurality of reference signal resources, at least some of which have a relationship established based on a predetermined rule or a relationship established by a relationship indication between the frequency domain units; and configuring preset resource attributes for the plurality of reference signal resources having a relationship. The reference signal resources are used to estimate channel characteristics, thereby improving the accuracy of channel characteristic estimation.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present application relates to mobile communication technology, and more particularly to a method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium for configuring reference signal resources. [Background technology]

[0002] Generally, the larger the bandwidth of a signal, the more accurate the estimation of channel characteristics by the receiver. However, due to factors such as terminal capabilities, interference coordination, etc., the available continuous frequency domain units of a signal are limited, which further affects the accuracy of channel characteristic estimation. For example, the location of the initial path is an important channel feature, which plays an important role in signal synchronization and signal transmission time estimation, and the accuracy of the estimation of the location of the initial path is highly dependent on the bandwidth of the signal, because the larger the bandwidth, the larger the sampling time resolution. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0003] The present application provides a method, device, apparatus, and storage medium for configuring reference signal resources that improves the accuracy of channel estimation. [Means for solving the problem]

[0004] The embodiment of the present application is Setting a plurality of frequency domain units, which are frequency domain resources of a preset frequency band, as a frequency domain unit set; A reference signal resource pool corresponding to a plurality of the frequency domain units is set, and a plurality of reference signal resources are included in the reference signal resource pool, and at least some of the reference signal resources have a relationship relationship established based on a predetermined rule or a relationship relationship established by a relationship instruction between the frequency domain units; and setting preset resource attributes on the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship. A method for configuring reference signal resources is provided.

[0005] The embodiment of the present application is A frequency domain unit setting module for setting a plurality of frequency domain units, which are frequency domain resources of a preset frequency band, as a frequency domain unit set; A reference signal resource pool setting module for setting a reference signal resource pool corresponding to a plurality of the frequency domain units, the reference signal resource pool including a plurality of reference signal resources, and at least some of the reference signal resources have a relationship relationship established based on a predetermined rule or a relationship relationship established by a relationship instruction between the frequency domain units; A resource attribute setting module for setting preset resource attributes on the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship. A reference signal resource configuration device is provided.

[0006] The embodiment of the present application is A memory and one or more processors, the memory is adapted to store one or more programs; When the one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors implement any of the methods of the embodiments of the present application. Provide equipment.

[0007] The embodiment of the present application is A storage medium on which a computer program is stored, The computer program, when executed by a processor, implements any of the methods of the present application. Provide a storage medium.

[0008] According to an embodiment of the present application, the reference signal resources having an associated relationship can be used to estimate the location of the initial path of the channel and improve the accuracy of the estimation of the location of the initial path.

[0009] The above examples and other aspects of the present application and its realizations are provided in more detail in the description of the drawings, in specific embodiments and in the claims. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 2 is a flowchart of a reference signal resource configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application; [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a frequency domain unit and a reference signal resource pool according to an embodiment of the present application; [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a frequency domain unit and a reference signal resource pool according to an embodiment of the present application; [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a reference signal resource configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application; [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Hereinafter, the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Estimation of the location of the initial path plays an important role in signal synchronization and signal transmission time estimation. In the related art, there are two ways to improve the estimation accuracy of the location of the initial path. The first is to improve the estimation accuracy by the algorithm of the receiving side. The second is to improve the bandwidth of the signal. The former method can improve the accuracy of searching the location of the initial path, but the time resolution cannot be improved because the time resolution depends on the bandwidth of the signal. Therefore, the latter method improves the time resolution by improving the bandwidth of the signal. However, due to the influence of factors such as terminal capability and interference coordination, the available continuous frequency domain units of the signal are limited, which further affects the estimation accuracy of the location of the initial path. The present application aims to provide frequency domain units having a related relationship for improving the estimation accuracy of channel features by jointly estimating channel characteristics.

[0012] In an embodiment of the present application, FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of a reference signal resource configuration method, which includes the following steps:

[0013] In S110, a plurality of frequency domain units, which are frequency domain resources of a preset frequency band, are configured as a frequency domain unit set.

[0014] At S120, a reference signal resource pool corresponding to a plurality of frequency domain units is configured, the reference signal resource pool includes a plurality of reference signal resources, and at least some of the reference signal resources have an association relationship established based on a predetermined rule or an association relationship established by an association relationship indication between the frequency domain units.

[0015] At S130, preset resource attributes are set for a plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship.

[0016] The frequency domain units are consecutive frequency domain resources, and these frequency domain units in the frequency domain unit set may be consecutive or not consecutive in the frequency domain. There is a relationship between the frequency domain units, and such a relationship between the frequency domain units may indicate that two frequency domain units have a relationship when configuring a frequency domain unit set, in which case the reference signal resources respectively configured in the two frequency domain units have a relationship. The relationship between the frequency domain units may be such that the frequency domain units corresponding to the reference signal resources having a relationship have a relationship after the reference signal resources configured in the frequency domain unit have a relationship. And, when it is indicated that two frequency domain units have a relationship, the same reference signal resource pool can be configured in the two frequency domain units. A plurality of reference signal resources having a relationship need to have the same or corresponding attributes in some features in order to estimate channel features. The preset resource attributes of the reference signal resource may include at least one of preset frequency domain characteristics, preset time domain characteristics, preset power characteristics, and preset spatial characteristics, and may include associated attributes of the frequency band resource occupied by the reference signal resource.

[0017] After establishing the association relationship between the reference signal resources, the channel characteristics can be jointly estimated using the reference signal resources having the association relationship, for example, the estimation of the position of the initial path can improve the time resolution by improving the signal bandwidth, and further improve the accuracy of the position estimation of the initial path.

[0018] In one implementation, configuring a reference signal resource pool corresponding to a plurality of frequency domain units includes: Configuring a corresponding reference signal resource pool for each frequency domain unit, the reference signal resource pool being configured to include multiple reference signal resources or to include multiple reference signal resource sets including multiple reference signal resources, wherein the architecture of the frequency domain unit and the reference signal resource pool is as shown in FIG. 2.

[0019] A plurality of reference signal resources each belonging to a different reference signal resource pool include: A method of establishing a correlation according to the numbers of reference signal sets in which a plurality of reference signal resources are located; A method of establishing an association relationship by numbers of multiple reference signal resources; A method of establishing an association relationship by configuration information for determining power control of multiple reference signal resources; A method of establishing a correlation relationship by using spatial filters or configuration information for determining a spatial relationship of a plurality of reference signal resources; determining a correlation relationship between the reference signal resources through one of the above;

[0020] Here, the multiple reference signal resources having an association relationship should belong to different reference signal resource pools, that is, should be located in different frequency domain units. When the reference signal resource pool is configured to include multiple reference signal resources, an association relationship is established between multiple reference signal resources having the same number in different reference signal resource pools. When the reference signal resource pool is configured to include multiple reference signal resource sets including multiple reference signal resources, an association relationship is established between multiple reference signal sets having the same number in different reference signal resource pools. When an association relationship is established between multiple reference signal resources having the same configuration information for determining the power control of multiple reference signal resources in different reference signal resource pools, the configuration information for determining the power control may be configuration information for determining a path loss. When an association relationship is established between reference signal resources having the same configuration information for determining the spatial filter or spatial relationship of multiple reference signal resources in different reference signal resource pools.

[0021] In this implementation, setting preset resource attributes on a plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship includes: The method includes setting at least one of a preset frequency domain characteristic, a preset time domain characteristic, a preset power characteristic, and a preset spatial characteristic for a plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship.

[0022] Wherein, setting preset frequency domain features for a plurality of reference signal resources having a related relationship includes: A method of independently setting the start position of the frequency domain of each reference signal resource; A method of independently setting the bandwidth size of each reference signal resource; A method of independently configuring the comb configuration of each reference signal resource; A method of independently setting the frequency shift amount within one resource block (RB) of each reference signal resource; Includes at least one of the following:

[0023] Wherein, setting the preset time domain feature on a plurality of reference signal resources having a related relationship includes: A method of configuring time domain operations of multiple reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be consistent; A method of setting a transmission time interval in the time domain of a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship within a preset time; Includes at least one of the following:

[0024] Here, setting the time domain behaviors of multiple reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be consistent includes: A method in which a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship are all periodically transmitted, and the transmission periods are set to be the same; A method in which a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship are all semi-continuously transmitted and have the same transmission period; A method of setting a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be transmitted aperiodically; Includes at least one of the following:

[0025] Here, setting the interval between transmission times in the time domain of a plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship to be within a preset time includes: A method of configuring multiple reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to transmit signals in the same slot; A method of setting a transmission time interval of a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be equal to or less than a preset time unit; Includes at least one of the following:

[0026] Wherein, setting the preset power characteristics for multiple reference signal resources having an associated relationship includes: A method of setting a plurality of reference signal resources having an association relationship to be associated with a reference signal for calculating the same path loss; A method of setting the transmission power of each resource element RE of a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be the same; A method of configuring multiple reference signal resources having a related relationship such that the sum of the power of multiple symbols in one slot for any RE is the same; A method of configuring multiple reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to perform dynamic power adjustment simultaneously; Includes at least one of the following:

[0027] Here, setting the preset spatial features on a plurality of reference signal resources having a related relationship includes: A method of configuring a plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship to use the same spatial filter or spatial relationship when transmitting; A method of configuring a plurality of reference signal resources having a related relationship to simultaneously update spatial filters or spatial relationships quasi-statically or dynamically; Includes at least one of the following:

[0028] A plurality of reference signal resources having an association relationship established according to the above method include: It can be used to jointly estimate at least one of the following channel features: channel impulse response, reference signal receiving power (RSRP), reference signal receiving quality (RSRQ), initial path location, reference signal time difference (RSTD), reference signal transmission / reception time difference (Rx-Tx time difference), delay spread, signal reception angle, signal reception angle spread, Doppler and Doppler spread.

[0029] The base station can transmit the reference signal resource set in the above implementation to the user terminal, and the user terminal estimates channel characteristics using the reference signal resource and feeds back to the base station or an entity of the core network, and the feedback operation of the user terminal comprises: When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one channel impulse response needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one RSRP needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one RSRQ needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one initial path position needs to be fed back; The feedback includes at least one of the following:

[0030] When multiple reference signal resources having a related relationship are used to calculate the time difference of reference signals, the reference signals of the multiple reference signal resources having a related relationship correspond to one reference signal, and the time difference of the reference signals refers to the difference in time between receiving two different reference signals.

[0031] When multiple reference signal resources having a related relationship are used to calculate the transmission and reception time difference of a reference signal, the reference signals of the multiple reference signal resources having a related relationship correspond to one reference signal. The transmission and reception time difference of the reference signal means the time difference between the reception time of one reference signal and the transmission time of another reference signal.

[0032] Furthermore, the feedback operation of the user terminal is When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one delay spread needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one signal reception angle needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one signal reception angle spread needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one Doppler needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one Doppler spread needs to be fed back; The feedback includes at least one of the following:

[0033] The base station can transmit the reference signal resource set in the above implementation to the user terminal, and the user terminal transmits the reference signal resource. The base station estimates channel characteristics using the reference signal resource and feeds them back to other base stations or an entity of the core network, and the feedback operation of the base station is: When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one channel impulse response needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one RSRP needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one RSRQ needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one initial path position needs to be fed back; The feedback includes at least one of the following:

[0034] When multiple reference signal resources having a related relationship are used to calculate the time difference of reference signals, the reference signals of the multiple reference signal resources having a related relationship correspond to one reference signal, and the time difference of the reference signals refers to the difference in time between receiving two different reference signals.

[0035] When multiple reference signal resources having a related relationship are used to calculate the transmission and reception time difference of a reference signal, the reference signals of the multiple reference signal resources having a related relationship correspond to one reference signal. The transmission and reception time difference of the reference signal means the time difference between the reception time of one reference signal and the transmission time of another reference signal.

[0036] Furthermore, the feedback operation of the user terminal is When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one delay spread needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one signal reception angle needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one signal reception angle spread needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one Doppler needs to be fed back; When multiple reference signal resources have a related relationship, only one Doppler spread needs to be fed back; The feedback includes at least one of the following:

[0037] In one implementation, configuring a reference signal resource pool corresponding to a plurality of frequency domain units includes: This includes configuring one reference signal resource pool including multiple reference signal resources in every frequency domain unit, and the architecture of the frequency domain unit and the reference signal resource pool is as shown in FIG. 3.

[0038] A method of setting a frequency domain start position and a corresponding bandwidth size of only one frequency band resource; A method of setting a starting position and a corresponding bandwidth size of a frequency band resource for each frequency domain unit having a related relationship; The frequency band resource occupied by the reference signal resource is set according to one of the above.

[0039] Here, when setting the frequency domain starting position and corresponding bandwidth size of only one frequency band resource, the sequence for transmitting the reference signal resource is: The sequence is a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence, and the sequence length can be determined by at least one of the bandwidth size, the subcarrier spacing, and the comb structure; The sequence is an m-sequence (maximum length linear shift register sequence), and the sequence length can be determined by at least one of the bandwidth size, the subcarrier spacing, and the comb configuration; Includes at least one of the following:

[0040] Within a frequency domain range included in the frequency band resource, some frequency domain resources are set not to transmit the sequence, and the frequency domain units transmitting signals within the frequency band resource may be discontinuous, so that some frequency domain units do not transmit signals, and correspondingly, the RBs corresponding to some frequency domain units not transmitting signals are free.

[0041] Here, when setting the starting position and corresponding bandwidth size of one frequency band resource for each frequency domain unit having a related relationship, the sequence of transmitting the reference signal resource is: The sequence is a plurality of ZC sequences, the plurality of ZC sequences correspond one-to-one to a plurality of frequency domain units having a related relationship, and the amount of cyclic shift of the sequence can be set independently for each frequency domain unit, and the sequence length of each ZC sequence can be determined by at least one of the bandwidth size set for the corresponding frequency domain unit, the subcarrier interval set for the corresponding frequency domain unit, and the comb-like configuration of the corresponding frequency domain unit; The sequence is a plurality of m-sequences, and the plurality of m-sequences correspond one-to-one to a plurality of frequency domain units having a related relationship, and an initialization seed of the sequence may be set for each frequency domain unit, and the sequence length of each m-sequence can be determined by at least one of the following: a bandwidth size set for the corresponding frequency domain unit, a subcarrier interval set for the corresponding frequency domain unit, and a comb-like configuration of the corresponding frequency domain unit; The frequency shift amount within one RB is different in each frequency domain unit. The comb configurations in each frequency domain unit are different; The subcarrier spacing within each frequency domain unit is different; Includes at least one of the following:

[0042] The reference signal resource set according to the above method includes a frequency band resource including a plurality of frequency domain units, It can be used to jointly estimate at least one of the channel features: channel impulse response, reference signal receiving power (RSRP), reference signal receiving quality (RSRQ), initial path location, reference signal time difference, reference signal transmission and reception time difference, delay spread, signal reception angle, signal reception angle spread, Doppler and Doppler spread.

[0043] The base station can transmit the reference signal resource set in the above implementation to the user terminal, and the user terminal uses the reference signal resource to estimate channel characteristics and feed them back to the base station or an entity in the core network.

[0044] The base station can transmit the reference signal resource configured in the above implementation to the user terminal, and the user terminal transmits the reference signal resource, and the base station estimates channel characteristics using the reference signal resource and feeds them back to other base stations or an entity in the core network.

[0045] In an embodiment of the present application, FIG. 4 shows a structural schematic diagram of a reference signal resource configuration device, where the reference signal resource configuration device 400 includes: A frequency domain unit setting module 410 for setting a plurality of frequency domain units, which are frequency domain resources of a preset frequency band, as a frequency domain unit set; A reference signal resource pool setting module 420 for setting a reference signal resource pool corresponding to a plurality of the frequency domain units, the reference signal resource pool including a plurality of reference signal resources, and at least some of the reference signal resources have a relationship relationship established based on a predetermined rule or a relationship relationship established by a relationship instruction between the frequency domain units; a resource attribute setting module 430 for setting preset resource attributes on the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship; Equipped with.

[0046] In one implementation, the reference signal resource pool configuration module 420 specifically comprises: It is used to set a corresponding reference signal resource pool for each frequency domain unit, and the reference signal resource pool is configured to include multiple reference signal resources or to include multiple reference signal resource sets including multiple reference signal resources.

[0047] A plurality of reference signal resources each belonging to a different reference signal resource pool include: A method of establishing a correlation according to the numbers of reference signal sets in which a plurality of reference signal resources are located; A method of establishing an association relationship by numbers of multiple reference signal resources; A method of establishing an association relationship by configuration information for determining power control of multiple reference signal resources; A method of establishing a correlation relationship by using spatial filters or configuration information for determining a spatial relationship of a plurality of reference signal resources; The correlation relationship between the reference signal resources is determined by one of the above.

[0048] In this implementation, the resource attribute setting module 430 specifically: The preset frequency domain characteristic is used to set at least one of a preset frequency domain characteristic, a preset time domain characteristic, a preset power characteristic, and a preset spatial characteristic to a plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship.

[0049] Wherein, setting preset frequency domain features for a plurality of reference signal resources having a related relationship includes: A method of independently setting the start position of the frequency domain of each reference signal resource; A method of independently setting the bandwidth size of each reference signal resource; A method of independently configuring the comb configuration of each reference signal resource; A method of independently setting the frequency shift amount within one resource block (RB) of each reference signal resource; Includes at least one of the following:

[0050] Wherein, setting the preset time domain feature on a plurality of reference signal resources having a related relationship includes: A method of configuring time domain operations of multiple reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be consistent; A method of setting a transmission time interval in the time domain of a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship within a preset time; Includes at least one of the following:

[0051] Here, setting the time domain behaviors of multiple reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be consistent includes: A method in which a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship are all periodically transmitted, and the transmission periods are set to be the same; A method in which a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship are all semi-continuously transmitted and have the same transmission period; A method of setting a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be transmitted aperiodically; Includes at least one of the following:

[0052] Here, setting the interval between transmission times in the time domain of a plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship to be within a preset time includes: A method of configuring multiple reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to transmit signals in the same slot; A method of setting a transmission time interval of a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be equal to or less than a preset time unit; Includes at least one of the following:

[0053] Wherein, setting the preset power characteristics for multiple reference signal resources having an associated relationship includes: A method of setting a plurality of reference signal resources having an association relationship to be associated with a reference signal for calculating the same path loss; setting the transmission power of each resource element RE of a plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be the same; A method of configuring multiple reference signal resources having a related relationship such that the sum of the power of multiple symbols in one slot for any RE is the same; A method of configuring multiple reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to perform dynamic power adjustment simultaneously; Includes at least one of the following:

[0054] Here, setting the preset spatial features on a plurality of reference signal resources having a related relationship includes: A method of configuring a plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship to use the same spatial filter or spatial relationship when transmitting; A method of configuring a plurality of reference signal resources having a related relationship to simultaneously update spatial filters or spatial relationships quasi-statically or dynamically; Includes at least one of the following:

[0055] In one implementation, the reference signal resource pool configuration module 420 specifically comprises: It is used to configure one reference signal resource pool containing multiple reference signal resources for all frequency domain units.

[0056] A method of setting a frequency domain start position and a corresponding bandwidth size of only one frequency band resource; A method of setting a starting position and a corresponding bandwidth size of a frequency band resource for each frequency domain unit having a related relationship; The frequency band resource occupied by the reference signal resource is set according to one of the above.

[0057] Here, when setting the frequency domain starting position and corresponding bandwidth size of only one frequency band resource, the sequence for transmitting the reference signal resource is: The sequence is a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence, and the sequence length is determined by at least one of a bandwidth size, a subcarrier spacing, and a comb structure; The sequence is an m-sequence (maximum length linear shift register sequence), the sequence length being determined by at least one of the bandwidth size, the subcarrier spacing, and the comb configuration; Includes at least one of the following:

[0058] Here, when setting the starting position and corresponding bandwidth size of one frequency band resource for each frequency domain unit having a related relationship, the sequence of transmitting the reference signal resource is: The sequence is a plurality of ZC sequences, the plurality of ZC sequences correspond one-to-one to a plurality of frequency domain units having a related relationship, and the amount of cyclic shift of the sequence can be set independently for each frequency domain unit, and the sequence length of each ZC sequence can be determined by at least one of the bandwidth size set for the corresponding frequency domain unit, the subcarrier interval set for the corresponding frequency domain unit, and the comb-like configuration of the corresponding frequency domain unit; The sequence is a plurality of m-sequences, and the plurality of m-sequences correspond one-to-one to a plurality of frequency domain units having a related relationship, and an initialization seed of the sequence may be set for each frequency domain unit, and the sequence length of each m-sequence can be determined by at least one of the following: a bandwidth size set for the corresponding frequency domain unit, a subcarrier interval set for the corresponding frequency domain unit, and a comb-like configuration of the corresponding frequency domain unit; The frequency shift amount within one RB is different in each frequency domain unit. The comb configurations in each frequency domain unit are different; The subcarrier spacing within each frequency domain unit is different; Includes at least one of the following:

[0059] 5 is a structural schematic diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 5, the apparatus according to the present application includes a processor 510 and a memory 520. The number of processors 510 in the apparatus may be one or more, and FIG. 5 takes one processor 510 as an example. The number of memories 520 in the apparatus may be one or more, and FIG. 5 takes one memory 520 as an example. The processor 510 and memory 520 of the apparatus can be connected via a bus or other manner, and FIG. 5 takes the connection via a bus as an example.

[0060] The memory 520 can be used as a computer-readable storage medium to store software programs, computer-executable programs and modules, such as program instructions / modules corresponding to the device of any embodiment of the present application (e.g., a frequency domain unit setting module, a reference signal resource pool setting module, and a resource attribute setting module in a reference signal resource setting device). The memory 520 may include a program storage area and a data storage area, where the program storage area can store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function, and the data storage area can store data created based on the use of the device, etc. The memory 520 may also include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory, or other non-volatile solid-state storage device. In some embodiments, the memory 520 may include memories provided remotely to the processor 510, and these remote memories can be connected to the device via a network. Examples of the network may include, but are not limited to, the Internet, an intranet, a local area network, a mobile communication network, and combinations thereof.

[0061] The device may be configured to perform the reference signal resource configuration method according to any of the above embodiments, and has corresponding functions and effects.

[0062] An embodiment of the present application further provides a storage medium including computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by a computer processor, are used to perform a reference signal resource configuration method, the method including: configuring a plurality of frequency domain units, which are frequency domain resources of a preset frequency band, as a frequency domain unit set; configuring a reference signal resource pool corresponding to the plurality of frequency domain units, in which the reference signal resource pool includes a plurality of reference signal resources, and at least some of the reference signal resources have an association relationship established based on a predetermined rule or an association relationship established by an association relationship indication between the frequency domain units; and setting preset resource attributes to the plurality of reference signal resources having an association relationship.

[0063] The above are only illustrative embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present application.

[0064] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the term user terminal includes any suitable type of wireless user equipment, including, for example, a mobile phone, a portable data processing device, a portable network browser, or a mobile station mounted on a vehicle.

[0065] In general, various embodiments of the present application may be implemented in hardware or special purpose circuits, software, logic, or any combination thereof For example, some aspects may be implemented in hardware and other aspects may be implemented in firmware or software executable by a controller, microprocessor or other computing device, and the present application is not limited thereto.

[0066] Embodiments of the present application may be implemented by execution of computer program instructions by a data processor of a mobile device, for example in a processor entity, by hardware, or by a combination of software and hardware. The computer program instructions may be assembly instructions, Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine-related instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or source or target code written in any combination of one or more programming languages.

[0067] Any logic flow block diagrams in the figures of this application may represent program steps, interconnected logic circuits, modules, and functions, or combinations of program steps and logic circuits, modules, and functions. The computer program may be stored in a memory. The memory may have any type suitable for the local technology environment and may be implemented with any suitable data storage technology. For example, it may include, but is not limited to, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), an optical storage device and system (Digital Video Disc (DVD) or Compact Disc (CD)), etc. The computer readable medium may include a non-transitory storage medium. The data processor may be of any type suitable for the local technology environment, such as, but not limited to, a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a microprocessor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and a processor based on a multi-core processor architecture.

Claims

1. A plurality of frequency domain units, which are frequency domain resources of a preset frequency band, are set as a frequency domain unit set, and the plurality of frequency domain units include a plurality of frequency domain units that are consecutive in the frequency domain, or a plurality of frequency domain units that are not consecutive in the frequency domain; Configure a reference signal resource pool corresponding to a plurality of the frequency domain units, the reference signal resource pool including a plurality of reference signal resources; and setting preset resource attributes for the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship; Configuring a reference signal resource pool corresponding to the plurality of frequency domain units includes: Configuring a corresponding reference signal resource pool for each of the frequency domain units, the reference signal resource pool being configured to include a plurality of reference signal resources or a plurality of reference signal resource sets including a plurality of the reference signal resources; The reference signal resources each belonging to a different reference signal resource pool include Establishing an association relationship between a plurality of reference signal sets having the same number in different reference signal resource pools; Establishing an association relationship between a plurality of reference signal resources having the same number in different reference signal resource pools; determining a correlation relationship between the reference signal resources by one of: A plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship include: can be used to jointly estimate at least one of the following channel characteristics: channel impulse response, reference signal received power, reference signal received quality, initial path location, reference signal time difference, reference signal transmission / reception time difference, delay spread, signal reception angle, signal reception angle spread, Doppler, and Doppler spread; How to configure reference signal resources.

2. Setting preset resource attributes on the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship includes: and configuring at least one of a preset frequency domain characteristic, a preset time domain characteristic, a preset power characteristic, and a preset spatial characteristic for the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship. The method of claim 1.

3. Setting the preset frequency domain features on the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship includes: Independently setting a frequency domain start position of each of the reference signal resources; independently setting a bandwidth size of each of the reference signal resources; independently configuring a comb configuration for each of the reference signal resources; Independently setting a frequency shift amount within one resource block (RB) of each of the reference signal resources; At least one of the following is included: The method of claim 2.

4. Setting the preset time domain feature on the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship includes: Configuring time domain operations of a plurality of the reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be consistent; Setting an interval between transmission times in a time domain between the first transmitted reference signal resource and the last transmitted reference signal resource among a plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship within a preset time; At least one of the following is included: The method of claim 2.

5. Configuring the time domain behaviors of the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship to be consistent with each other includes: Setting the plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be transmitted periodically and to have the same transmission period; Setting the plurality of reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to be transmitted semi-continuously and have the same transmission period; Setting each of the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship to be transmitted aperiodically; At least one of the following is included: The method according to claim 4.

6. Setting the interval between transmission times in the time domain of the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship to be within a preset time, Configuring a plurality of said reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to transmit signals in the same slot; Setting an interval between a transmission time of the first transmitted reference signal resource and a transmission time of the last transmitted reference signal resource among a plurality of the reference signal resources having an associated relationship to be equal to or less than a preset time unit; At least one of the following is included: The method according to claim 4.

7. Setting the preset power characteristics on the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship includes: Setting a plurality of reference signal resources having an association relationship so as to be associated with a reference signal for calculating the same path loss; Setting the transmission power of each resource element RE of the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship to be the same; Setting a plurality of related reference signal resources such that a sum of powers of a plurality of symbols in one slot for any RE is the same; Configuring a plurality of the reference signal resources having a correlation relationship to perform dynamic power adjustment simultaneously; At least one of the following is included: The method of claim 2.

8. Setting the preset spatial characteristics on the plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship includes: configuring a plurality of said reference signal resources having an associated relationship to use the same spatial filter or spatial relationship when transmitting; Setting a plurality of said reference signal resources having a related relationship to simultaneously update a spatial filter or a spatial relationship quasi-statically or dynamically; At least one of the following is included: The method of claim 2.

9. Configuring a reference signal resource pool corresponding to a plurality of the frequency domain units includes: Configuring one reference signal resource pool including a plurality of reference signal resources in all the frequency domain units; Setting a common frequency domain start position and a corresponding bandwidth size of one frequency band resource for each of the frequency domain units having an associated relationship; Setting a starting position and a corresponding bandwidth size of a frequency band resource for each of the frequency domain units having a related relationship; and setting a frequency band resource occupied by each of the plurality of reference signal resources by one of the following: The method of claim 1.

10. When setting the frequency domain start position and the corresponding bandwidth size of only one frequency band resource, the sequence for transmitting the reference signal resource is: The sequence is a ZC sequence; The sequence is an m-sequence; and setting a part of frequency domain resources within a frequency domain range included in the frequency band resource not to transmit the sequence; 10. The method of claim 9.

11. When setting a start position and a corresponding bandwidth size of one frequency band resource for each of the frequency domain units having a related relationship, the sequence of transmitting the reference signal resource is: The sequence is a plurality of ZC sequences, and the plurality of ZC sequences correspond one-to-one to the plurality of frequency domain units having a related relationship; The sequence is a plurality of m-sequences, and the plurality of m-sequences correspond one-to-one to the plurality of frequency domain units having an associated relationship; The frequency domain unit has a different frequency shift amount within one RB; The comb configurations in each of the frequency domain units are different; The subcarrier spacing within each of the frequency domain units is different; At least one of the following is included:

10. The method of claim 9.

12. A frequency domain unit setting module configured to set a plurality of frequency domain units, which are frequency domain resources of a preset frequency band, as a frequency domain unit set, the plurality of frequency domain units including a plurality of frequency domain units that are consecutive in the frequency domain or a plurality of frequency domain units that are not consecutive in the frequency domain; Configure a reference signal resource pool corresponding to a plurality of the frequency domain units, the reference signal resource pool including a plurality of reference signal resources; a resource attribute setting module configured to set preset resource attributes on a plurality of the reference signal resources having an associated relationship; Configuring a reference signal resource pool corresponding to the plurality of frequency domain units includes: Configuring a corresponding reference signal resource pool for each of the frequency domain units, the reference signal resource pool being configured to include a plurality of reference signal resources or a plurality of reference signal resource sets including a plurality of the reference signal resources; The reference signal resources each belonging to a different reference signal resource pool include Establishing an association relationship between a plurality of reference signal sets having the same number in different reference signal resource pools; Establishing an association relationship between a plurality of reference signal resources having the same number in different reference signal resource pools; determining a correlation relationship between the reference signal resources by one of: A plurality of reference signal resources having an associated relationship include: can be used to jointly estimate at least one of the following channel characteristics: channel impulse response, reference signal received power, reference signal received quality, initial path location, reference signal time difference, reference signal transmission / reception time difference, delay spread, signal reception angle, signal reception angle spread, Doppler, and Doppler spread; A reference signal resource configuration device.

13. A memory and at least one processor, The memory is configured to store at least one program for carrying out the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, When said at least one program is executed by said at least one processor, said at least one processor implements the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11. device.

14. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, The computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11. A computer-readable storage medium.

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