Information processing methods, information processing devices, network equipment and terminals

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an information processing method, an information processing device, a network device, and a terminal, in which the information processing method includes determining instruction information related to an antenna, and transmitting the instruction information used for power saving of the network device to the terminal by dynamic signaling.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] (Cross-reference to Related Applications) This disclosure claims the priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 202210471015.0 filed in China on April 28, 2022, and all of its contents are incorporated herein by reference. This disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and particularly to information processing methods, information processing apparatuses, network devices, and terminals.

Background Art

[0002] Compared with 4G mobile communications, the New Radio (NR) system needs to support high-frequency bands, large bandwidths, and massive antenna technologies. While the system performance is improved, the power consumption of 5G base stations is increased to 2-3 times that of 4G base stations. Energy consumption is a major indicator of operator operating capital (Operating Expense: OPEX). According to operator data, the operating cost of energy consumption in mobile networks accounts for about 23% of the total operating cost, which becomes a heavy burden for the extensive deployment of 5G networks. Due to the energy consumption problem, the application in vertical industry fields and the large-scale popularization of 5G terminals are also restricted. According to the actual measurement results, most of the energy consumption of the base station comes from the radio access network, especially the massive antenna array active antenna unit (Active Antenna Unit: AAU) part. The AAU includes at least radio frequency and an antenna.

[0003] Currently, for the above problems, a scheme of turning off the base station in the time domain is provided, but there are defects such as the inability to guarantee the continuity of services, poor user experience, and the existence of static channel power consumption, so the optimal power-saving effect cannot be achieved.

[0004] From the above, it can be seen that the information processing schemes for power saving in related technologies have defects such as the inability to guarantee the continuity of services, poor user experience, and the inability to achieve the optimal power-saving effect. [Overview of the Initiative] [Problems that the invention aims to solve]

[0005] The purpose of this disclosure is to provide an information processing method, information processing device, network equipment, and terminal to solve the problems that exist in information processing schemes for power saving in related technologies, such as the inability to guarantee service continuity, poor user experience, and inability to achieve optimal power saving effects. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] To solve the technical problems described above, embodiments of this disclosure provide an information processing method applicable to network equipment, which includes determining instruction information relating to an antenna and transmitting the instruction information used to reduce power consumption of the network equipment to a terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0007] Selectively, the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal.

[0008] Selectively, the resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration.

[0009] Selectively, the antenna port indication information is used to indicate at least one of port activation information and port deactivation information.

[0010] Selectively transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes at least one of transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by terminal-specific dynamic signaling and transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by group-common dynamic signaling.

[0011] Selectively, the antenna port instruction information is bitmap instruction information where the instruction granularity is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports.

[0012] Selectively, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, and this first correspondence is either predefined or configured by the network equipment and instructed to the terminal.

[0013] Selectively transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal and transmitting a first index used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set to the terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0014] Selectively, when transmitting a first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal, the system further includes transmitting resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set to the terminal.

[0015] Selectively, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration.

[0016] Selectively determining antenna instruction information includes receiving first information transmitted from a terminal and determining antenna port instruction information for a reference signal based on the first information. Here, the first information includes at least one of channel status information (CSI) and priority information for the antenna port of a reference signal. The CSI is measurement report information for a target resource.

[0017] Selectively, the priority information includes priority channel status information - reference signal CSI-RS antenna port configuration information.

[0018] Selectively, the CSI includes CSIs corresponding to different antenna ports.

[0019] Optionally, there is a correlation between the antenna port indication information corresponding to each partial bandwidth part (BWP).

[0020] Optionally, the correlation includes that at least some of the content is the same.

[0021] Optionally, the indication information is resource identifier information of a reference signal.

[0022] Optionally, transmitting the indication information to the terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a second set of the resource identifier information to the terminal and transmitting, by dynamic signaling, a second index used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set to the terminal.

[0023] Optionally, the indication information is transmission power information of a reference signal.

[0024] Optionally, determining the indication information regarding the antenna includes receiving priority power back-off information transmitted from the terminal and determining transmission power information of a reference signal based on the priority power back-off information.

[0025] Optionally, the reference signal is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

[0026] Optionally, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource of a channel state information resource configuration (CSI-ResourceConfig) related to a channel state information reporting configuration (CSI-ReportConfig).

[0027] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an information processing method applied to a terminal, including receiving indication information regarding an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device and determining state information regarding the antenna based on the indication information.

[0028] Optionally, the indication information is antenna port indication information of a reference signal, and determining state information regarding an antenna based on the indication information includes determining state information of an antenna port of the reference signal based on the antenna port indication information of the reference signal.

[0029] Optionally, a resource corresponding to the antenna port indication information is determined based on first pre-defined information or network device configuration.

[0030] Optionally, the antenna port indication information is used to indicate at least one of port activation information and port deactivation information.

[0031] Optionally, receiving indication information regarding an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving at least one of the antenna port indication information transmitted by dedicated dynamic signaling from the network device to a terminal and the antenna port indication information transmitted by group common dynamic signaling from the network device.

[0032] Optionally, the antenna port indication information is bitmap indication information with an indication granularity of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports, and determining state information of an antenna port of the reference signal based on the antenna port indication information of the reference signal includes determining state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap indication information.

[0033] Selectively, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, and the first correspondence is either predefined or configured and indicated by the network equipment. Determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information and the first correspondence.

[0034] Selectively receiving antenna-related instruction information transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device, receiving a first index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and the first index. Here, the first index is used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set.

[0035] Selectively receiving a first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from a network device further includes receiving resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set transmitted from the network device. Obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and a first index includes obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set, a first index and resource identifier information.

[0036] Selectively, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration.

[0037] The process further includes selectively transmitting first information to the network equipment before receiving instruction information regarding the antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network equipment, wherein the first information includes at least one of channel status information (CSI) and priority information regarding the antenna port of a reference signal. The CSI is measurement report information for the target resource.

[0038] Selectively, the priority information includes priority channel state information - reference signal CSI - RS antenna port configuration information.

[0039] Selectively, the CSI includes CSIs corresponding to different antenna ports.

[0040] Selectively, there is a correlation between the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each partial bandwidth BWP.

[0041] Selectively, the aforementioned relationships include having at least some of the same content.

[0042] Selectively, the instruction information is resource identifier information of a reference signal, and determining state information relating to an antenna based on the instruction information includes determining state information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the resource identifier information.

[0043] Selectively receiving instructional information about an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a second set of resource identifier information transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, receiving a second index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining resource identifier information as target identifier information based on the second set and the second index. Here, the second index is used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set.

[0044] Selectively, the instruction information is the transmission power information of a reference signal, and determining state information relating to an antenna based on the instruction information includes determining the transmission power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the transmission power information.

[0045] The system further includes selectively transmitting preferred power backoff information for the terminal to the network equipment before receiving instruction information regarding the antenna transmitted from the network equipment via dynamic signaling.

[0046] This includes selectively receiving instructional information about an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device, and then further refraining from receiving information about the corresponding resource that is indicated as unavailable or muted by the instructional information.

[0047] Selectively, the reference signal is the channel status information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0048] Selectively, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource from the Channel status information resource configuration CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the Channel status information reporting configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

[0049] Selectively, the state information relating to the antenna includes at least one of the following: activation or deactivation status information of the antenna port, activation or deactivation status information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal, and the transmission power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal.

[0050] Embodiments of this disclosure further provide network equipment including memory, transceivers, and a processor. The memory is used to store computer programs. The transceivers are used to send and receive data under the control of the processor. The processor is used to read computer programs from the memory and perform the following operations. Determine the instruction information regarding the antenna. The instruction information used to reduce power consumption of the network equipment is transmitted to the terminal by dynamic signaling via the transceiver.

[0051] Selectively, the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal.

[0052] Selectively, the resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration.

[0053] Selectively, the antenna port indication information is used to indicate at least one of port activation information and port deactivation information.

[0054] Selectively transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes at least one of transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by terminal-specific dynamic signaling and transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by group-common dynamic signaling.

[0055] Selectively, the antenna port instruction information is bitmap instruction information where the instruction granularity is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports.

[0056] Selectively, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, and this first correspondence is either predefined or configured by the network equipment and instructed to the terminal.

[0057] Selectively transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal and transmitting a first index used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set to the terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0058] Selectively, the operation further includes transmitting resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal via the transceiver.

[0059] Selectively, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration.

[0060] Selectively determining antenna instruction information includes receiving first information transmitted from a terminal in the transceiver and determining reference signal antenna port instruction information based on the first information. Here, the first information includes at least one of channel status information CSI and priority information regarding the reference signal antenna port. The CSI is measurement report information for the target resource.

[0061] Selectively, the priority information includes priority channel state information - reference signal CSI - RS antenna port configuration information.

[0062] Selectively, the CSI includes CSIs corresponding to different antenna ports.

[0063] Selectively, there is a correlation between the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each partial bandwidth BWP.

[0064] Selectively, the aforementioned relationships include having at least some of the same content.

[0065] Selectively, the instruction information is resource identifier information of the reference signal.

[0066] Selectively transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a second set of resource identifier information to the terminal and transmitting a second index used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set to the terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0067] Selectively, the instruction information is the transmission power information of the reference signal.

[0068] Selectively determining instruction information regarding the antenna includes receiving preferred power backoff information transmitted from a terminal in the transceiver and determining the transmission power information of a reference signal based on the preferred power backoff information.

[0069] Selectively, the reference signal is the channel status information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0070] Selectively, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource from the Channel status information resource configuration CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the Channel status information reporting configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

[0071] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a terminal including memory, transceivers, and a processor. The memory is used to store computer programs. The transceivers are used to send and receive data under the control of the processor. The processor is used to read computer programs from the memory and perform the following operations. The transceiver receives instruction information regarding the antenna transmitted from the network equipment via dynamic signaling. Based on the aforementioned instruction information, status information regarding the antenna is determined.

[0072] Selectively, the instruction information is antenna port instruction information of a reference signal, and determining state information relating to an antenna based on the instruction information includes determining state information of the antenna port of the reference signal based on the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal.

[0073] Selectively, the resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration.

[0074] Selectively, the antenna port indication information is used to indicate at least one of port activation information and port deactivation information.

[0075] Selectively receiving antenna-related instruction information transmitted from network equipment via dynamic signaling includes at least one of receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted from network equipment via terminal-specific dynamic signaling, and receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted from network equipment via group-common dynamic signaling.

[0076] Selectively, the antenna port indication information is bitmap indication information with an indication granularity of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports, and determining the state information of the antenna ports of the reference signal based on the antenna port indication information of the reference signal includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap indication information.

[0077] Selectively, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, and the first correspondence is either predefined or configured and indicated by the network equipment. Determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information and the first correspondence.

[0078] Selectively receiving antenna-related instruction information transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device, receiving a first index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and the first index. Here, the first index is used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set.

[0079] Selectively, the operation further includes the transceiver receiving resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set transmitted from the network device when receiving the first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device. Obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and the first index includes obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set, the first index and the resource identifier information.

[0080] Selectively, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration.

[0081] Selectively, the operation further includes transmitting first information to the network device via the transceiver before receiving instructional information regarding the antenna transmitted from the network device by dynamic signaling. Here, the first information includes at least one of channel status information CSI and priority information regarding the antenna port of a reference signal. The CSI is measurement report information for the target resource.

[0082] Selectively, the priority information includes priority channel state information - reference signal CSI - RS antenna port configuration information.

[0083] Selectively, the CSI includes CSIs corresponding to different antenna ports.

[0084] Selectively, there is a correlation between the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each partial bandwidth BWP.

[0085] Selectively, the aforementioned relationships include having at least some of the same content.

[0086] Selectively, the instruction information is resource identifier information of a reference signal, and determining state information relating to an antenna based on the instruction information includes determining state information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the resource identifier information.

[0087] Selectively receiving instructional information about an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a second set of resource identifier information transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, receiving a second index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining resource identifier information as target identifier information based on the second set and the second index. Here, the second index is used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set.

[0088] Selectively, the instruction information is the transmission power information of a reference signal, and determining state information relating to an antenna based on the instruction information includes determining the transmission power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the transmission power information.

[0089] Selectively, the operation further includes transmitting preferred power backoff information for the terminal to the network device via the transceiver before receiving instructional information regarding the antenna transmitted from the network device by dynamic signaling.

[0090] Selectively, the operation further includes, after receiving instructional information about an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device, refraining from receiving information for the corresponding resource that is indicated as unavailable or muted by the instructional information.

[0091] Selectively, the reference signal is the channel status information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0092] Selectively, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource from the Channel status information resource configuration CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the Channel status information reporting configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

[0093] Selectively, the state information relating to the antenna includes at least one of the following: activation or deactivation status information of the antenna port, activation or deactivation status information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal, and the transmission power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal.

[0094] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information processing device applicable to network equipment, including a first determination unit used for determining instruction information relating to an antenna, and a first transmission unit used for transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling, which is used to reduce the power consumption of the network equipment.

[0095] Selectively, the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal.

[0096] Selectively, the resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration.

[0097] Selectively, the antenna port indication information is used to indicate at least one of port activation information and port deactivation information.

[0098] Selectively transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes at least one of transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by terminal-specific dynamic signaling and transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by group-common dynamic signaling.

[0099] Selectively, the antenna port instruction information is bitmap instruction information where the instruction granularity is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports.

[0100] Selectively, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, and this first correspondence is either predefined or configured by the network equipment and instructed to the terminal.

[0101] Selectively transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal and transmitting a first index used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set to the terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0102] The system optionally includes a second transmitting unit used to transmit resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal when transmitting the first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal.

[0103] Selectively, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration.

[0104] Selectively determining antenna instruction information includes receiving first information transmitted from a terminal and determining antenna port instruction information for a reference signal based on the first information. Here, the first information includes at least one of channel status information (CSI) and priority information for the antenna port of a reference signal. The CSI is measurement report information for a target resource.

[0105] Selectively, the priority information includes priority channel state information - reference signal CSI - RS antenna port configuration information.

[0106] Selectively, the CSI includes CSIs corresponding to different antenna ports.

[0107] Selectively, there is a correlation between the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each partial bandwidth BWP.

[0108] Selectively, the aforementioned relationships include having at least some of the same content.

[0109] Selectively, the instruction information is resource identifier information of the reference signal.

[0110] Selectively transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a second set of resource identifier information to the terminal and transmitting a second index used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set to the terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0111] Selectively, the instruction information is the transmission power information of the reference signal.

[0112] Selectively determining instruction information regarding an antenna includes receiving preferred power backoff information transmitted from a terminal and determining the transmission power information of a reference signal based on the preferred power backoff information.

[0113] Selectively, the reference signal is the channel status information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0114] Selectively, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource from the Channel status information resource configuration CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the Channel status information reporting configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

[0115] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information processing device applicable to a terminal, including a first receiving unit used to receive instruction information about an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device, and a second determining unit used to determine state information about the antenna based on the instruction information.

[0116] Selectively, the instruction information is antenna port instruction information of a reference signal, and determining state information relating to an antenna based on the instruction information includes determining state information of the antenna port of the reference signal based on the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal.

[0117] Selectively, the resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration.

[0118] Selectively, the antenna port indication information is used to indicate at least one of port activation information and port deactivation information.

[0119] Selectively receiving antenna-related instruction information transmitted from network equipment via dynamic signaling includes at least one of receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted from network equipment via terminal-specific dynamic signaling, and receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted from network equipment via group-common dynamic signaling.

[0120] Selectively, the antenna port indication information is bitmap indication information with an indication granularity of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports, and determining the state information of the antenna ports of the reference signal based on the antenna port indication information of the reference signal includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap indication information.

[0121] Selectively, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, and the first correspondence is either predefined or configured and indicated by the network equipment. Determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information is used to determine the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information and the first correspondence.

[0122] Selectively receiving antenna-related instruction information transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device, receiving a first index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and the first index. Here, the first index is used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set.

[0123] Selectively, the system further includes a second receiving unit used to receive resource identifier information associated with the reference signal corresponding to the first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from a network device, when receiving a first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from a network device. Obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and a first index includes obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set, a first index, and resource identifier information.

[0124] Selectively, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource associated with the reference signal in the signaling configuration.

[0125] The system further includes a third transmitting unit used to selectively transmit first information to a network device before receiving instructional information about an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, wherein the first information includes at least one of channel status information (CSI) and priority information about an antenna port of a reference signal. The CSI is measurement report information for a target resource.

[0126] Selectively, the priority information includes priority channel state information - reference signal CSI - RS antenna port configuration information.

[0127] Selectively, the CSI includes CSIs corresponding to different antenna ports.

[0128] Selectively, there is a correlation between the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each partial bandwidth BWP.

[0129] Selectively, the aforementioned relationships include having at least some of the same content.

[0130] Selectively, the instruction information is resource identifier information of a reference signal, and determining state information relating to an antenna based on the instruction information includes determining state information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the resource identifier information.

[0131] Selectively receiving instructional information about an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a second set of resource identifier information transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, receiving a second index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining resource identifier information as target identifier information based on the second set and the second index. Here, the second index is used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set.

[0132] Selectively, the instruction information is the transmission power information of a reference signal, and determining state information relating to an antenna based on the instruction information includes determining the transmission power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the transmission power information.

[0133] The system further includes a fourth transmitting unit used to selectively transmit preferential power backoff information of the terminal to the network equipment before receiving instructional information regarding the antenna transmitted from the network equipment by dynamic signaling.

[0134] The system further includes a first processing unit used to selectively receive instruction information regarding an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device, and then refrain from receiving information for the corresponding resource that is indicated as unavailable or muted by the instruction information.

[0135] Selectively, the reference signal is the channel status information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0136] Selectively, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource from the Channel status information resource configuration CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the Channel status information reporting configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

[0137] Selectively, the state information relating to the antenna includes at least one of the following: activation or deactivation status information of the antenna port, activation or deactivation status information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal, and the transmission power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal.

[0138] Embodiments of this disclosure further provide a processor-readable storage medium. The processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program that causes the processor to execute the information processing method on the network device side. Alternatively, the processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program that causes the processor to execute the information processing method on the terminal side. [Effects of the Invention]

[0139] In the above scheme, the information processing method determines instruction information regarding the antenna and transmits this instruction information, used for power saving of the network equipment, to the terminal via dynamic signaling, thereby supporting the realization of a dynamic channel turn-off scheme. This allows the base station to perform scheduling based on the latest information reported from the terminal, thus avoiding impacts on the continuity of transmission traffic and increased delays. Furthermore, it ensures a match between the traffic load and the actual transmission environment, and, under the premise of providing better service to the terminal, it more effectively reduces the energy consumption of the network (e.g., the base station). This effectively solves the problems that exist in information processing schemes for power saving in related technologies, where the continuity of service cannot be guaranteed, resulting in a poor user experience and the inability to achieve optimal power saving effects. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0140] [Figure 1]This is a schematic diagram of the wireless communication system architecture of an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 2] This is a schematic diagram of the antenna channel off in an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 3] This is flowchart 1 of the information processing method of the embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 4] This is flowchart number 2 of the information processing method of the embodiment of this disclosure. [Figure 5] This is a schematic diagram (1) of the antenna port of an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 6] This is a schematic diagram (part 2) of the antenna port in the embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 7] This is a schematic diagram, part 3, of the antenna port in the embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 8] This is a schematic diagram of the resource identifier and antenna port muting instruction in an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 9] This is a diagram showing the configuration of the network equipment in an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 10] This is a configuration diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 11] This is diagram 1 of the configuration of the information processing device according to the embodiment of this disclosure. [Figure 12] This is a second diagram showing the configuration of the information processing device according to the embodiment of this disclosure. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0141] Hereinafter, the technical schemes in the embodiments of this disclosure will be clearly and completely described in relation to the drawings of the embodiments of this disclosure. Clearly, the embodiments described are some, but not all, embodiments of this disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work based on the embodiments of this disclosure are within the scope of this disclosure.

[0142] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the term "and / or" describing the relationship between related objects means that three relationships may exist. For example, "A and / or B" indicates that A exists alone, A and B exist together, or B exists alone. The letter " / " generally indicates that the preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0143] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the term “plural” means two or more, and the same applies to other classifiers.

[0144] Furthermore, the technical schemes provided in the embodiments of this disclosure can be applied to various systems, particularly 5G systems. For example, applicable systems include global system of mobile communication (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 systems (UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) systems, and 5G New Radio (NR) systems. Many of these systems include terminal equipment and network equipment. Systems such as the Evolved Packet System (EPS) and 5G (5GS) also include the core network component.

[0145] Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to embodiments of this disclosure. The wireless communication system includes terminal equipment (which may be abbreviated as terminals) and network equipment.

[0146] The terminal equipment in the embodiments of this disclosure refers to equipment that provides voice and / or data communication to a user, and includes handheld devices with wireless connectivity, or other processing equipment connected to a wireless modem. The name of terminal equipment may differ in different systems. For example, in a 5G system, terminal equipment is called User Equipment (UE). Wireless terminal equipment communicates with one or more Core Networks (CN) via a Radio Access Network (RAN). Wireless terminal equipment includes mobile devices such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile devices, such as portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-integrated, or in-vehicle mobile devices, which exchange language and / or data with the Radio Access Network. Examples include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Wireless terminal equipment is also called a system, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, or user device, and is not limited to these in the embodiments of this application.

[0147] Examples of network equipment relating to embodiments of this disclosure include base stations comprising multiple cells that provide services to terminals. Depending on the specific application scenario, a base station may be an access point, a device that communicates with wireless terminal equipment via one or more sectors on an air interface in an access network, or by other names. The network equipment is used to exchange received air frames and Internet Protocol (IP) packets alternately and acts as a router between wireless terminal equipment and the rest of the access network, where the rest of the access network includes an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network equipment can also coordinate attribute management for the air interface. For example, the network equipment relating to the embodiments of this disclosure may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a NodeB in a Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), an evolutionary Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in a long-term evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a next-generation system, a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay node, a femto, a pico base station, etc., and is not limited to the embodiments of this disclosure. In some network structures, the network equipment includes centralized unit (CU) nodes and distributed unit (DU) nodes, and the centralized unit and distributed unit may be geographically separated.

[0148] Network equipment and terminal devices use one or more antennas to perform multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transmission. MIMO transmission is either single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) or multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO). Depending on the combination and number of antennas, MIMO transmission may be 2-dimensional MIMO (2D-MIMO), 3-dimensional MIMO (3D-MIMO), full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), or massive MIMO, and may also be diversity transmission, pre-coding transmission, or beamforming transmission.

[0149] The following describes the scheme according to the embodiments of this disclosure.

[0150] Currently, from an implementation standpoint, multi-antenna channel turn-off is being considered for base stations, such as turning off a portion of the antenna port or antenna panel. Specifically, as shown in Figure 2, turning off channels N-1 and N deactivates the corresponding antenna ports (corresponding to the right-hand structure in the figure) (in the figure, Baseband indicates the fundamental frequency band, RF indicates the radio frequency, and PA indicates the power amplifier). Compared to 4G base stations, the number of channels in 5G base stations has increased dramatically, so channel turn-off can reduce not only the power consumption of the amplifier but also the static power consumption of the channel. Currently, base station manufacturers are making channel turn-off the mainstream power saving scheme. Compared to turning off the base station in the time domain, channel turn-off has clear advantages in ensuring the continuity of service, and its application is not limited to light traffic load scenarios at the base station.

[0151] Specifically, current base station manufacturers employ a semi-static channel turn-off scheme. Based on load conditions and UE (endpoint) traffic characteristics, the base station predicts that it can turn off a portion of the AAU (Active Antenna Unit) channels within a long period of time. Turning off channels for extended periods can achieve significant power savings, especially during specific time periods such as at night. Here, the "semi-static channel turn-off scheme" is determined by the turn-off time. For example, if traffic is low in some areas at night, a base station manufacturer turning off radio frequency channels (RF chains) (links) for an extended period is called a semi-static channel turn-off.

[0152] However, while semi-static AAU channel turn-off is widely adopted in actual systems by base station manufacturers, in reality, due to the abrupt and random characteristics of traffic arrival in mobile communications, it is difficult, or impossible, for base stations to accurately pre-configure the incoming load and traffic conditions. Although semi-static radio frequency channel turn-off is simple, it tends to disrupt continuous transmission, significantly increase user transmission delays and degrade the user experience, and limit its application scenarios, being applicable only to light load and discontinuous traffic.

[0153] From the above, it was found that the information processing schemes for power saving in networks in related technologies have drawbacks such as poor user experience and inability to meet user needs.

[0154] Based on the above, embodiments of this disclosure provide an information processing method, information processing device, network equipment, and terminal to solve the problems that exist in information processing schemes for power saving in related technologies, such as the inability to guarantee service continuity, poor user experience, and inability to achieve optimal power saving effects. Here, the method, device, network equipment, and terminal are based on the same application concept. Since the principles of solving the problem are similar, the implementations of the method, device, network equipment, and terminal can refer to each other, and redundant points will not be explained again.

[0155] The information processing method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to network equipment and includes, as shown in Figure 3, a step 31 of determining instruction information relating to an antenna and a step 32 of transmitting the instruction information used for power saving of the network equipment to a terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0156] The information processing method according to the embodiments of this disclosure can support the realization of a dynamic channel turn-off scheme by determining instruction information regarding the antenna and transmitting the instruction information used for power saving of the network equipment to the terminal by dynamic signaling. This allows the base station to perform scheduling based on the latest information reported from the terminal, thereby avoiding impacts on the continuity of transmission traffic and increased delays. Furthermore, it can match the traffic load with the actual transmission environment and, under the premise of providing better service to the terminal, more effectively reduces the energy consumption of the network (e.g., the base station). This effectively solves the problems that information processing schemes for power saving in related technologies cannot guarantee the continuity of service, resulting in a poor user experience and the inability to achieve optimal power saving effects.

[0157] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the instruction information may include antenna port instruction information, reference signal resource identifier information, reference signal transmission power information, etc., and each of these will be explained below with examples.

[0158] Example 1: The instruction information is the antenna port instruction information for the reference signal. (1) The resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on the first predefined information or the network equipment configuration. This allows for the diversification and determination of resources corresponding to the antenna port indication information. Here, the antenna port indication information is used to indicate at least one of port activation information and port deactivation information. In the embodiments of this disclosure, transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes at least one of transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by terminal-specific dynamic signaling and transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by group-common dynamic signaling. This allows for diversified transmission of antenna port instruction information. (2) The antenna port instruction information is bitmap instruction information in which the instruction granularity is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports. This makes it possible to support the implementation of instructions at multiple levels of granularity. Here, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, and this first correspondence is either predefined or configured by the network equipment and instructed to the terminal. This allows for the determination of a more diverse range of the first correspondence. (3) Transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal and transmitting a first index used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set to the terminal by dynamic signaling. This means that when sending instructions to a terminal multiple times, it is not necessary to send the complete instructions each time, resulting in some power savings. Hereinafter, when transmitting the first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal, it is also included to transmit resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set to the terminal. This further ensures the accuracy of the transmission of instruction information. In the embodiments of this disclosure, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration. This will allow for further energy savings. (4) Determining instruction information for an antenna includes receiving first information transmitted from a terminal and determining antenna port instruction information for a reference signal based on the first information. Here, the first information includes at least one of channel state information (CSI) and priority information for the antenna port of a reference signal. The CSI is measurement report information for a target resource. This allows for a better fit to the needs of the devices. Target resources are configured by network equipment or are pre-configured. 1) The priority information includes priority channel status information, reference signal (CSI-RS), and antenna port configuration information. Here, the preferred CSI-RS antenna port configuration information includes at least one of the preferred CSI-RS antenna port number, preferred CSI-RS antenna port pattern, and preferred CSI-RS resource index. 2) The CSI includes CSIs corresponding to different antenna ports. (5) There is a relationship between the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each bandwidth part (BWP). This allows for mutual reference between instructional information, eliminating the need to check everything individually. Here, the aforementioned relationship includes the fact that at least some of the content is the same. For example, a nested format can be given. For example, BWP1 is a low-bandwidth BWP consisting of two antenna port patterns corresponding to two CSI-RS resources with 2 and 4 ports respectively. BWP2 is a high-bandwidth BWP consisting of four CSI-RS antenna port patterns corresponding to four CSI-RS resources with antenna ports 2, 4, 8, and 16. The set of CSI-RS antenna port patterns corresponding to BWP1 is a subset of the set of CSI-RS antenna port patterns corresponding to BWP2.

[0159] Example 2: The instruction information is resource identifier information for the reference signal. This enables the transmission of instruction information for specific resources. Here, transmitting the instruction information to the terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a second set of resource identifier information to the terminal and transmitting a second index used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set to the terminal by dynamic signaling. This means that when sending instructions to a terminal multiple times, it is not necessary to send the complete instructions each time, resulting in some power savings.

[0160] Example 3: The instruction information is the transmission power information of the reference signal. This is advantageous for obtaining accurate reference signal measurement results on the terminal side. Here, determining the instruction information regarding the antenna includes receiving priority power backoff information transmitted from the terminal and determining the transmission power information of the reference signal based on the priority power backoff information. This allows for dynamic changes to the transmission power of the reference signal, thereby avoiding deterioration of link adaptive performance. In each of the above examples, the reference signal may be a channel status information reference signal CSI-RS. Here, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource among the Channel status information resource configurations (CSI-ResourceConfig) associated with the Channel status information reporting configuration (CSI-ReportConfig).

[0161] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information processing method applicable to a terminal, which includes, as shown in Figure 4, a step 41 of receiving instruction information regarding an antenna transmitted from a network device by dynamic signaling, and a step 42 of determining state information regarding the antenna based on the instruction information used for power saving of the network device.

[0162] The information processing method according to the embodiments of this disclosure supports the realization of a dynamic channel turn-off scheme by receiving instruction information regarding an antenna transmitted from network equipment by dynamic signaling and determining state information regarding the antenna based on the instruction information. This enables the base station to perform scheduling based on the latest information reported from the terminal, thereby avoiding impacts on the continuity of transmission traffic and increased delays. Furthermore, it achieves a match between the traffic load and the actual transmission environment, and while providing better service to the terminal, it more effectively reduces the energy consumption of the network (e.g., the base station). This effectively solves the problems that information processing schemes for power saving in related technologies cannot guarantee the continuity of service, resulting in a poor user experience and the inability to achieve optimal power saving effects.

[0163] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the instruction information may include antenna port instruction information, reference signal resource identifier information, reference signal transmission power information, etc., and each of these will be explained below with examples.

[0164] Example 1: The instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal. Determining the state information of the antenna based on the instruction information includes determining the state information of the antenna port of the reference signal based on the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal. In this example, the state information of the antenna port may include, but is not limited to, information on the activated state or deactivated state of the antenna port. (1) The resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on the first predefined information or the network equipment configuration. This allows for the diversification and determination of resources corresponding to the antenna port indication information. Here, the antenna port indication information is used to indicate at least one of port activation information and port deactivation information. In embodiments of the present disclosure, receiving instruction information relating to an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes at least one of receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted by terminal-specific dynamic signaling from a network device, and receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted by group-common dynamic signaling from a network device. This allows for diversified transmission of antenna port instruction information. (2) The antenna port indication information is bitmap indication information where the indication granularity is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports. Determining the state information of the antenna ports of the reference signal based on the antenna port indication information of the reference signal includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap indication information. This makes it possible to support the implementation of instructions at multiple levels of granularity. Here, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, and the first correspondence is either predefined or configured and indicated by the network equipment. Determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information and the first correspondence. This allows for the determination of a more diverse range of the first correspondence. (3) Receiving antenna instruction information transmitted from a network device by dynamic signaling includes receiving a first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device, receiving a first index transmitted from the network device by dynamic signaling, and obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and the first index. Here, the first index is used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set. This means that when sending instructions to a terminal multiple times, it is not necessary to send the complete instructions each time, resulting in some power savings. Here, receiving a first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from a network device further includes receiving resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set transmitted from the network device. Obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and a first index includes obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set, a first index, and resource identifier information. This further ensures the accuracy of the transmission of instruction information. Obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set, first index, and resource identifier information is achieved, for example, by having a terminal receive CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern indexes indicated by dynamic signaling and analyzing the corresponding CSI-RS ports. In the embodiments of this disclosure, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration. This will allow for further energy savings. (4) The process further includes transmitting first information to the network equipment before receiving instruction information regarding the antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network equipment, wherein the first information includes at least one of channel status information CSI and priority information regarding the antenna port of the reference signal, the CSI being measurement report information for the target resource. This allows for a better fit to the needs of the devices. Target resources are configured by network equipment or are pre-configured. 1) The priority information includes priority channel status information - reference signal CSI - RS antenna port configuration information. Here, the preferred CSI-RS antenna port configuration information includes at least one of the preferred CSI-RS antenna port number, preferred CSI-RS antenna port pattern, and preferred CSI-RS resource index. 2) The CSI includes CSIs corresponding to different antenna ports. (5) There is a relationship between the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each partial bandwidth BWP. This allows for mutual reference between instructional information, eliminating the need to check everything individually. Here, the aforementioned relationship includes the fact that at least some of the contents are the same. For example, a nested format can be given. For example, BWP1 is a low-bandwidth BWP consisting of two antenna port patterns corresponding to two CSI-RS resources, with 2 and 4 ports respectively. BWP2 is a high-bandwidth BWP consisting of four CSI-RS antenna port patterns corresponding to four CSI-RS resources, with antenna ports 2, 4, 8, and 16. The set of CSI-RS antenna port patterns corresponding to BWP1 is a subset of the set of CSI-RS antenna port patterns corresponding to BWP2.

[0165] Example 2: The instruction information is resource identifier information of a reference signal. Determining state information relating to an antenna based on the instruction information includes determining state information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the resource identifier information. In this example, the state information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal may include, but is not limited to, activation state information or deactivation state information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal. This enables the transmission of instruction information for specific resources. Here, receiving instruction information regarding an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a second set of resource identifier information transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, receiving a second index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining resource identifier information as target identifier information based on the second set and the second index. Here, the second index is used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set. This means that when sending instructions to a terminal multiple times, it is not necessary to send the complete instructions each time, resulting in some power savings.

[0166] Example 3: The instruction information is the transmission power information of the reference signal. Determining the state information of the antenna based on the instruction information includes determining the transmission power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the transmission power information. In this example, the state information of the antenna includes, but is not limited to, the transmission power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal. This is advantageous for obtaining accurate reference signal measurement results on the terminal side. This further includes transmitting preferred power backoff information for the terminal to the network equipment before receiving instruction information regarding the antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network equipment. This allows for dynamic changes to the transmission power of the reference signal, thereby avoiding deterioration of link adaptive performance.

[0167] In each of the above examples, after receiving instruction information regarding an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device, the system further includes not receiving information for the corresponding resource that is indicated as unavailable or muted by the instruction information. This will allow for further energy savings.

[0168] Here, the reference signal may be a channel status information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0169] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource among the channel status information resource configurations (CSI-ResourceConfig) associated with the channel status information reporting configuration (CSI-ReportConfig).

[0170] In this scheme, the CSI-RS antenna port is (preferably) a group of ports and is a time / frequency, code resource (i.e., a time (domain) + frequency (domain) resource, or a time (domain) + frequency (domain) + code division resource). From the terminal's perspective, whether two transmission signals are traveling through the same channel is determined solely by whether they are transmitted through the same antenna port. In this disclosure, the antenna refers to a logical antenna port, for example, a CSI-RS antenna port. The antenna-related information may include, but is not limited to, information related to the antenna port, such as muting information and availability information for the antenna port, and may also include, but is not limited to, reference signal-related information, such as CSI-RS resource-related information (e.g., CSI-RS resource index).

[0171] The information processing method according to the embodiments of this disclosure will be described below with examples, with a base station as the network equipment and CSI-RS as the reference signal.

[0172] To address the technical challenges described above, the embodiments of this disclosure provide an information processing method, specifically implemented as dynamic channel turn-off, which can provide a finer spatial granularity compared to semi-static channel turn-off, better matching traffic load with the actual transmission environment, and, on the premise of providing better service to the UE, can better reduce the energy consumption of the network (e.g., base station). This scheme mainly relates to the following aspects: The base station dynamically instructs the terminal side with antenna instruction information (corresponding to the instruction information regarding the antenna mentioned above) using dynamic signaling. The terminal side performs data transmission based on the antenna instruction information instructed from the base station. Here, dynamic signaling may be physical layer signaling (e.g., Physical Downlink Control Channel: PDCCH) or high-layer signaling (e.g., Medium Access Control Control Element: MAC-CE). Antenna indication information may be CSI-RS antenna port muting information and is carried by CSI-RS antenna port information. Performing data transmission may include measuring the channel and / or acquiring and reporting the CSI and / or receiving the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH.

[0173] The operation by which the base station dynamically instructs the terminal side with antenna indication information using dynamic signaling can be achieved by at least one of the following four schemes. 1. The base station uses dynamic signaling to specify CSI-RS transmission pattern information. The transmission pattern information is used to specify CSI-RS antenna port muting information (corresponding to one specific example of the antenna port indication information described above). 2. The base station configures a transmission pattern set (corresponding to one specific example of the first set described above) and dynamically specifies a pattern index (corresponding to one specific example of the first index described above). 3. Each base station (BWP) configures multiple CSI-RS resources and uses dynamic signaling to notify terminals of the CSI-RS resources that need to be activated (corresponding to cases where the above instruction information is resource identifier information of the reference signal). 4. The base station notifies the terminal of CSI-RS antenna port information (corresponding to cases where antenna port indication information for the reference signal is determined based on the first information) using dynamic signaling, based on the priority instruction pattern and / or pattern index reported by the terminal. 5. Based on the priority power backoff information reported by the terminal, the base station notifies the terminal of the transmission rate information corresponding to the CSI-RS signal (corresponding to the case where the transmission power information of the reference signal is determined based on the priority power backoff information) via dynamic signaling.

[0174] Based on the above, this scheme relates to the following aspects: The base station determines the transmitting antenna indication information (corresponding to the above antenna indication information). The base station dynamically indicates the transmitting antenna indication information (i.e., transmitting antenna indication information) using dynamic signaling. The terminal performs actions such as receiving downlink signals and / or channels, and performing CSI reporting, based on the antenna indication information indicated by the base station. Specifically, the base station indicates antenna indication information to the terminal using PDCCH and / or MAC-CE, and the terminal performs actions such as measuring channels and / or acquiring and reporting CSIs and / or receiving Physical Downlink Shared Channels (PDSCH), based on the antenna indication information dynamically indicated by the base station. Here, the antenna indication information specifically includes, but is not limited to, CSI-RS antenna port information, CSI-RS resource identifier information, and CSI-RS transmit power. Here, the CSI-RS antenna port information may also include CSI-RS antenna port muting information. Specifically, for example, each Physical Resource Block (PRB) has one CSI-RS pattern piece of information, and this pattern can support orthogonal pilots for M paths, meaning there are M ports. Now, some of these M ports are deactivated by dynamic signaling. From the pattern, it can be understood that holes are created for some REs (Resource Units), and nothing is transmitted. The contents of this scheme will be explained further with examples below.

[0175] Scheme 1: The base station uses PDCCH and / or MAC-CE to indicate the reference signal transmission pattern information. This information includes CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability indication information (sections 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 below may be used together or individually). 1.1: First, the base station uses Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling to configure CSI-RS resources (corresponding to the resources corresponding to the antenna port instruction information mentioned above) for the terminal. Selectively, these CSI-RS resources are those used for acquiring and reporting CSI. Specifically, the CSI-RS resource mentioned above is a CSI-RS resource related to CSI-ReportConfig. More specifically, the CSI-RS resource is at least one CSI-RS resource from the CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the CSI-ReportConfig. The terminal determines the CSI-RS resource based on a predetermined rule or the base station configuration (corresponding to "the resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on the first predefined information or the network equipment configuration"). 1.2: The base station provides CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability information corresponding to the CSI-RS resources configured with the above RRC signaling via dynamic signaling. Here, antenna port muting and / or availability information may be carried using a bitmap (corresponding to the fact that the antenna port indication information is bitmap indication information). The base station notifies the terminal of the mapping relationship between the bitmap and the antenna port using high-layer signaling or a predefined method (corresponding to the statement that "there is a first correspondence between the antenna port indication information and each antenna port, and the first correspondence is either predefined or configured by the network equipment and instructed to the terminal"). in particular, (1) Each bit indicates one port. (2) Each bit indicates a group of ports. (3) "1" indicates that the corresponding port is muted, and "0" indicates that the corresponding port is active. (4) A value of "0" indicates that the availability of the compatible port is "unavailable," and a value of "1" indicates that the availability of the compatible port is "available." 1.3: The UE receives dynamic signaling and instructs the antenna port to update and perform downlink reception based on the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability carried by the dynamic signaling (for example, if the dynamic signaling is 111, the UE determines the antenna port status information based on this signaling and the mapping relationship described above, and instructs the antenna port to update and perform downlink reception based on this status information). Here, the UE assumes that there is no CSI-RS resource corresponding to an antenna port indicated as "unavailable" or "muted" by the dynamic signaling, or that it is holed up. Here, the UE determines the CSI-RS resource corresponding to the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability indication from the CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the CSI-ReportConfig, based on the base station configuration information or a predetermined rule (e.g., a predetermined correspondence).

[0176] Scheme 2: The base station uses high-layer signaling to configure a CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern set (corresponding to the first set above). The base station uses dynamic signaling PDCCH and / or MAC-CE to instruct the terminal with a CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern index (corresponding to the first index above). Here, the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern set is a sub-concept of the reference signal transmission pattern information. The distribution of CSI-RS ports within a single PRB is itself a pattern, and since there are many options as to how this pattern is muted, it is also a muting pattern. Here, the high-layer signaling may include CSI-RS resource identifier information in addition to the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern set (corresponding to transmitting resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set above to the terminal). Specifically, the CSI-RS resource identifier is implicitly indicated by the location information of the CSI-RS resource in the signaling configuration (corresponding to "the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration").

[0177] Scheme 3: The base station configures multiple CSI-RS resources per BWP (each BWP). After determining which CSI-RS resources need to be activated, the base station notifies the terminal of the update of the CSI-RS resource information (corresponding to the case where the above instruction information is resource identifier information of the reference signal) via dynamic signaling. In schemes 1 and 2 above, a large CSI-RS pattern is configured and the terminal instructs the muting pattern, but here, instead of instructing a pattern, multiple resources are directly configured and the set of CSI-RS resources to be activated is instructed. Here, (1) CSI-RS resource information includes at least an activated or updated CSI-RS resource index. (2) The UE receives the updated CSI-RS resources and assumes that no inactive CSI-RS resources exist (it does not receive inactive CSI-RS resources). Regarding "the UE receives the updated CSI-RS resources," it is assumed that CSI-RS resources not indicated at the time of update will be deactivated. Specifically, resources configured with RRC signaling are activated only if their existence is indicated by L1 (Layer 1) signaling and / or MAC-CE.

[0178] Scheme 4: A method by which a base station determines transmitting antenna instruction information includes at least one of the following: 4.1: The base station determines the transmit (side) antenna designation information based on the UE's preferred transmit antenna information reported by the UE (corresponding to the preferred information regarding the antenna port described above). Here, the UE may periodically report preferred CSI-RS antenna port configuration information. This configuration information includes at least one of the preferred CSI-RS antenna port number, preferred CSI-RS antenna port pattern, and preferred CSI-RS resource index. 4.2: The base station determines the transmitting antenna indication information based on the channel quality-related information corresponding to different CSI-RS antenna ports reported by the UE (corresponding to the fact that the first information above includes channel state information CSI). Here, the UE reports channel quality-related information corresponding to different CSI-RS antenna ports to the network side based on the base station configuration. This relates to the following aspects: (1) The base station configures antenna port information that requires measurement by the UE. (2) The base station sends a multi-port measurement report instruction to the UE based on the antenna port information that requires measurement by the UE. The UE then reports the channel quality-related information based on the instruction.

[0179] In this scheme, the base station configures a single CSI-RS antenna port pattern set or a single antenna port set of different CSI-RS resources for the terminal. The terminal measures the channel based on the base station's instructions and obtains CSI-report information such as Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and / or Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), and reports it to the base station periodically.

[0180] Selectively, the base station transmits an instruction to the UE using high-layer signaling and / or physical layer signaling, instructing the UE to report channel measurements and / or channel quality information corresponding to different antenna ports to the base station. The UE reports channel measurements and / or channel quality information based on the base station's instruction. For example, the base station simply configures a single CSI-RS resource corresponding to one antenna port pattern in one BWP for a terminal. After receiving the multi-port measurement reporting instruction transmitted from the base station, the UE performs a CSI report to the base station using its implementation method, reporting antenna port information corresponding to the CSI-RS resource. It can be understood that for the same antenna port pattern, multiple UEs each perform measurements using their own implementation method, assuming that there are no CSI-RSs corresponding to some of the ports within it, and report the measurement results to the base station. Next, the base station makes a comprehensive decision based on the status of the multiple UEs it serves (including determining the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each UE).

[0181] Here, in sections 4.1 and 4.2 above, the index within the pattern or pattern set is ultimately determined by the base station and transmitted to the terminal. Specifically, in section 4.1, it is determined based on priority information reported by the terminal, while in section 4.2, it is determined based on channel quality reported by the UE.

[0182] Furthermore, the relationships between schemes 1 to 4 described above are and / or, and are not limited to those described herein.

[0183] The following provides specific examples of schemes based on embodiments of this disclosure.

[0184] Example 1 (corresponding to 1.1 and 1.3 of Scheme 1 above. It belongs to the case where the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal): This example concerns a base station notifying terminals of antenna-related instructions via signaling. Here, the signaling is selectively dynamic signaling such as PDCCH or MAC-CE. PDCCH is physical layer dynamic signaling and can rapidly transmit antenna information notifications from the base station in formats such as Downlink Control Information (DCI) 1_1, DCI format 0_1, DCI format 1_2, and DCI format 0_2 transmitted in the UE-specific Search Space (USS) or type 3 CC (i.e., Common Search Space (CSS)). MAC-CE is a media access control-control unit that supports Hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback and ensures agreement on the signaling understanding between the terminal and base station through a handshake mechanism. While dynamic signaling is a preferred choice, this scheme does not exclude the base station from notifying antenna information by other signaling, such as semi-static RRC signaling.

[0185] Base station notifications may selectively notify terminals of information regarding the base station's transmitting antenna in a terminal-specific manner (corresponding to "transmitting the antenna port indication information to the terminal via terminal-specific dynamic signaling"). Selectively, the base station may notify a group of terminals of information regarding the base station's antenna via group common dynamic signaling and / or semi-static signaling. Since a base station's multi-antenna often serves a single group of UEs simultaneously, the base station may notify terminals of its antenna information via group common signaling (corresponding to "transmitting the antenna port indication information to the terminal via group common dynamic signaling"). For example, DCI format2_x transmitted in type 3 CSS can better match antenna information with the corresponding UE, significantly reducing signaling overhead and notification delay.

[0186] The antenna information transmitted from the base station is either reference signal configuration information or reference signal transmission pattern information. Here, configuration information refers to CSI-RS transmission pattern information, not configuration information of CSI-RS transmission timing (occasion). The former indicates how each occasion is periodically configured, while the latter is the transmission pattern and / or pattern information for a single occasion. Selectively, the reference signal configuration information may also be reference signal antenna port information, and more preferably CSI-RS antenna port information. More specifically, the CSI-RS antenna port information is a CSI-RS antenna port turn-off indication or a CSI-RS antenna port availability indication. Based on the above, the process of the scheme in this example includes the following. 1) First, the base station configures CSI-RS resources for the terminal using RRC signaling. Selectively, these CSI-RS resources are those used for acquiring and reporting CSIs (such as CQI, PMI, LI, RI, L1-RSRP, L1-SINR, etc.). These CSI-RS resources are those associated with the high-layer signaling CSI-ReportConfig. More specifically, these CSI-RS resources are a first number of CSI-RS resources from the CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the CSI-ReportConfig. These first number of CSI-RS resources are selectively defined by a predefined method (e.g., protocol predefined) or notified to the terminal by signaling from the base station (corresponding to "the resources corresponding to antenna port indication information are determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration"). For example, assuming there is only one CSI-RS resource, the protocol promises that the CSI-RS resource is the one with the largest number of CSI-RS resource ports associated with the CSI-ReportConfig. Alternatively, the base station notifies the terminal by high-layer signaling that the resource is one of the first number of CSI-RS resources in the CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the CSI-ReportConfig. Selectively, the base station notifies the terminal by high-layer signaling the corresponding non-zero power CSI-RS resource identifier, i.e., nzp-CSI-RS-ResourceId. Here, CQI stands for Channel Quality Indicator, PMI stands for Precoding Matrix indicator, RI stands for Rank Indicator, and L1 stands for Physical side or Layer 1. For example, the CSI-RS resource in question is an N-port CSI-RS. As shown in Figure 5, let's assume that the CSI-RS resource has 24 antenna ports and is composed of 6 Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) groups, with each CDM group containing 4 ports. In NR (New Radio), a K-port CDM group means that the K antenna ports' CSI-RS ports actually occupy exactly the same K REs (Resource Units), and the transmitting side multiplexes the CSI-RS signals from the different antenna ports using orthogonal codewords. Each CDM group shown in Figure 5 provides 4 antenna ports to one UE, and the different CDM groups constitute the 24 antenna port CSI-RS through a combination of Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) and Time Division Multiplexing (TDM). Here, the different CDM groups in Figure 5 can be understood as corresponding to different paddings, and one padding corresponds to one CDM group. 2) The base station uses dynamic signaling to indicate CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability. The base station uses MAC CE or PDCCH to indicate CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability. An example of CSI-RS antenna port muting is shown in Figure 6. Of the 24 CSI-RS antenna ports shown in Figure 5, ports 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are muted and become unusable. That is, the multiple REs marked with muting in Figure 6 will no longer transmit their corresponding reference signals. Therefore, the CSI-RS shown in Figure 6 is available on the remaining 16 antenna ports. 3) The UE receives dynamic signaling and, based on the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability carried by the dynamic signaling, instructs the UE to perform transmit / receive operations, such as performing CSI measurements and CSI reporting. The UE assumes that there are no inactive CSI-RS resources or muted CSI-RS ports, i.e., does not receive CSI-RS on the muting port. Here, the UE receives a CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability instruction. The UE determines a first number of CSI-RS resources associated with the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability instruction. These CSI-RS resources are a first number of CSI-RS resources from the CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the high-layer signaling CSI-ReportConfig. This association is notified to the terminal by high-layer signaling from the base station or obtained by the terminal in a predefined manner (corresponding to "resources corresponding to antenna port instruction information are determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration"). The method by which the UE determines the corresponding CSI-RS resource is not limited to this example, and subsequent examples will not be repeated. Based on the above, in this example, the base station notifies the terminal of CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability-related information through signaling, and the terminal can perform accurate channel estimation, channel and signal measurement, and feedback using the latest CSI-RS port configuration. This is advantageous for reducing the number of transmitting antennas on the base station side, thereby reducing the number of RF chains (radio frequency links) and significantly saving network energy consumption.

[0187] Example 2: (Corresponding to 1.2 and 1.3 of Scheme 1 above. Regarding the design details of the indication and signaling of CSI-RS antenna port muting-related information by dynamic signaling PDCCH and / or MAC-CE. This applies when the indication information is antenna port indication information of the reference signal): The base station can achieve dynamic antenna adaptation based on the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability indicated by dynamic signaling. The specific indication method in this example is shown below. One method of indicating CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability by dynamic signaling is to selectively use one bitmap (corresponding to the fact that the antenna port indication information is bitmap indication information) and use both MAC CE and PDCCH as bearer signaling. Specifically, it is as follows. The dynamic signaling PDCCH and / or MAC-CE includes a bitmap for one antenna port muting and / or availability. For example, the bitmap is a two-dimensional (time and frequency) bitmap, and as shown in Figure 7, the number of available antenna ports for CSI-RS is reduced to 16. The area enclosed by the dashed line indicates muting CSI-RS ports, for example, ports 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are muted. Also, in the bitmap, "1" indicates that the corresponding port is muted, and "0" indicates that the corresponding port is active. Of course, for example, "0" may indicate that the availability of the corresponding port is "unavailable," and "1" may indicate that the availability of the corresponding port is "available." The maximum length of the bitmap is 32 bits, and the antenna port muting and / or availability indications for 24 ports occupy the first 24 bits of the bitmap, with the last 8 positions being reserved bits. Selectively, the bitmap is bearered by a non-scheduled DCI. In the above description, the granularity of the indication by the bitmap is per antenna port. That is, each bit indicates one port (corresponding to the indication granularity of the bitmap indication information being one antenna port). Considering the large signaling overhead involved in per-antenna-port indication, we propose an alternative method. That is, one bit of the bitmap indicates one group of ports, i.e., a per-antenna-port group indication (corresponding to the indication granularity of the bitmap indication information being one group of antenna ports). The grouping and / or mapping method of the antenna port group is selectively notified to the terminal by a predefined method, or notified to the terminal from the base station by high-layer signaling. Using a predefined method as an example, the protocol pre-determines that the group of antenna ports corresponds to a CDM group of one antenna port. Refer to Example 1 for the definition of a CDM group. If the base station configures the granularity of antenna ports corresponding to the muting instruction, for example granularity 2, by high-layer signaling, then one bit in the bitmap corresponds to two adjacent ports. Of course, the bitmap may be selectively indicated using MAC-CE. MAC-CE includes the CSI-RS resource ID and antenna port muting information, as shown in Figure 8. Note that the proportion of each field and the number of rows in Figure 8 are examples only and are not particularly limited. In this example, the UE receives the corresponding dynamic signaling (e.g., PDCCH and / or MAC-CE signaling) and obtains the CSI-RS antenna port muting information instruction carried by the signaling. Based on the dynamically indicated CSI-RS port, the UE performs receiving and transmitting operations such as channel estimation, CSI acquisition, and reporting. Based on the above, in this example, the network side uses PDCCH and / or MAC-CE to carry antenna port muting and / or availability instruction information, which is advantageous for the base station to dynamically perform antenna channel turn-off, and provides a specific instruction scheme based on a bitmap of dynamic signaling, with each bit indicating one port, thereby providing the most flexible antenna port instruction. Indicating one group of ports with each bit significantly reduces signaling overhead.

[0188] Example 3: (This corresponds to Scheme 2 above. It concerns a base station configuring multiple CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability patterns, and the base station using dynamic signaling to indicate the port muting and / or availability pattern index. This applies when the indication information is antenna port indication information of the reference signal.) In this example, the base station uses dynamic signaling to indicate the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern index (corresponding to the first index described above). Here, the base station uses high-layer signaling to configure the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern set (corresponding to the first set described above). The base station indicates the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern index to the terminal using dynamic signaling PDCCH and / or MAC-CE. The specific procedure is as follows. 1) The base station uses high-layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling) to configure CSI-RS resources for the terminal (see the current NR scheme). 2) The base station uses high-layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling) to configure a CSI-RS antenna port pattern set for the terminal, consisting of at least one CSI-RS antenna port pattern. The antenna port pattern set corresponds to the CSI-RS resource configured for the UE in step 1. 3) The base station uses dynamic signaling (e.g., PDDCH and / or MAC-CE) to instruct the terminal on the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern index. 4) The terminal receives the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern index indicated by dynamic signaling, analyzes the corresponding CSI-RS port, and uses the updated CSI-RS port to receive, measure, and provide feedback on channels and / or signals. Selectively, the high-layer signaling constituting the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern set may include CSI-RS resource identifier information (corresponding to "transmitting resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set to the terminal"), and each carrier or BWP constitutes only one CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern set and corresponds to one CSI-RS resource. The CSI-RS resource identifier is implicitly indicated using a predetermined rule. For example, this scheme does not exclude cases where the base station constitutes multiple CSI-RS resources for a single carrier. If the base station constitutes multiple CSI-RS resources for CSI-RS measurement and reporting for each carrier, selectively, the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern set corresponds to one CSI-RS resource, such as the CSI-RS resources with the largest antenna port. Considering that CSI-RS resource IDs can occupy significant signaling overhead, they are selectively implicitly indicated by the location information of the CSI-RS resource in the signaling configuration (corresponding to "resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource with respect to the reference signal in the signaling configuration"). For example, the first or last configured CSI-RS resource in high-layer signaling corresponds to the CSI-RS resources with the largest antenna port, or the set of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability pattern set. Based on the above, in this example, the base station selectively configures a CSI-RS resource set and, at the same time, uses high-layer signaling to configure an antenna port pattern set corresponding to the CSI-RS resource set. This is advantageous in reducing the overhead of signaling by indicating antenna port pattern index information (selectively including index value and CSI-RS resource identifier information) through dynamic signaling, and is particularly suitable for the CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability indication information to be transported to the scheduling DCI.

[0189] Example 4: (This corresponds to Scheme 3 above. It concerns the base station configuring multiple CSI-RS resources for the terminal, with each resource corresponding to different transmitting antenna information. This applies when the instruction information is resource identifier information for the reference signal.) The base station's transmitting antenna instruction information described in Example 1 is actually CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability instruction information in Examples 2 and 3. The transmitting antenna instruction information may also be CSI-RS resource identifier information. Here, the base station configures multiple candidate CSI-RS resources for one BWP. After the base station determines which CSI-RS resources require subsequent activation (the determination method is described in the example below), it notifies the terminal of the CSI-RS resource identifier information to be activated by dynamic signaling. Upon receiving this instruction information, the terminal uses the CSI-RS resource corresponding to the CSI-RS resource index to perform channel and / or signal reception, measurement, and CSI feedback based on the instruction for the CSI-RS resource index. Assuming that a base station configures three CSI-RS resources in one BWP, corresponding to 32, 16, 8, and 4 ports respectively, and that the corresponding CSI-RS resource indices are 0, 1, 2, and 3, when the base station uses dynamic signaling to indicate identifier "2", the UE will receive only the 8-port CSI-RS resource. Subsequently, when the base station indicates identifier "0", the terminal will change to receive the 32-port CSI-RS configured with RRC signaling.

[0190] Example 5: (Corresponding to Scheme 4 above. Regarding the base station side identifying the transmitting antenna instruction information using Method 1. This applies when the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal): The base station needs to determine the transmit antenna indication information before notifying the terminal of the transmit antenna indication information. Here, the base station determines the transmit antenna indication information based on the UE-preferred transmit antenna information reported by the UE (corresponding to "preferred information regarding the antenna port of the reference signal"). More specifically, the UE reports preferred CSI-RS antenna port configuration information to the base station (corresponding to "preferred information includes preferred channel state information - reference signal CSI-RS antenna port configuration information") based on the base station's configuration. Selectively, the UE periodically reports preferred CSI-RS antenna port configuration information to the base station, such as preferred CSI-RS antenna port number, preferred CSI-RS antenna port pattern, or preferred CSI-RS resource index. For example, as shown in Example 3 or Example 4, the base station configures a different CSI-RS resource for a single set of CSI-RS antenna port patterns or a single set of antenna ports for the terminal. The terminal measures, for example, RSRP and / or RSRQ based on the base station's instructions. The terminal determines the preferred transmitting antenna port configuration information and reports it to the base station, providing a reference for the base station to determine the transmitting antenna instruction information. Based on the above, in this example, the UE reports the direct priority transmitting antenna information, which is advantageous for the UE to determine the optimal number of antenna ports using the implementation method. Furthermore, because it reports directly to the terminal, the UE's feedback information is small, and the implementation complexity is low.

[0191] Example 6: (Corresponds to 4.2 of Scheme 4 above. It concerns the base station determining the transmitting antenna instruction information using Method 2. It belongs to the case where the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal): In this example, the method by which the base station determines the transmit antenna instruction information includes the UE periodically and / or aperiodicly reporting channel quality information (corresponding that the first information includes CSI) corresponding to different transmit antenna configuration information to the base station on the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and / or Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) based on the base station configuration. More specifically, the UE reports channel quality-related information (corresponding that the CSI includes CSI corresponding to different antenna ports) to the network side based on the base station configuration. For example, as shown in Example 3 or Example 4, the base station first configures the antenna port information that needs to be measured for the UE. For example, the base station configures a set of CSI-RS antenna port patterns or a set of different CSI-RS resources for a terminal. The terminal, based on the base station's instructions, performs channel measurements of CSI-report information such as RSRP and / or RSRQ and reports them periodically to the base station. Selectively, the base station uses high-layer signaling and / or physical layer signaling to send an instruction to the UE to "instruct the base station to report channel measurements and / or channel quality information corresponding to different antenna ports." The UE then instructs the base station to provide channel measurements and / or channel quality information based on the base station's instruction. For example, the base station simply configures a single BWP for a terminal with a CSI-RS resource corresponding to one antenna port pattern. The base station sends a multi-antenna port measurement report instruction to the UE. After receiving the multi-(antenna) port measurement report instruction from the base station, the UE uses its implementation method to perform a CSI report to the base station, reporting antenna port information corresponding to the CSI-RS. Based on the above, in this example, the base station can accurately determine the transmitting antenna-related information on the base station side based on the multi-port CSI-report information, and can effectively avoid deterioration of the receiving performance on the UE side.

[0192] Example 7 (Corresponds to cases where the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal): In Examples 1-4, the base station explicitly instructs the terminal with antenna information via dynamic signaling and / or semi-static signaling. Alternatively, the base station implicitly instructs the terminal with antenna information via dynamic signaling. Selectively, the base station configures a set of CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability patterns for the terminal per BWP (corresponding to the base station configuring a group of CSI-RS antenna ports) used for UE measurement and CSI-RS acquisition and reporting. The set of CSI-RS antenna port muting and / or availability patterns corresponds to a group of CSI-RS resources (e.g., each CSI-RS resource corresponds to one CSI-RS antenna port pattern) or to a single CSI-RS resource (in this case, selectively, one CSI-RS resource corresponds to one CSI-RS antenna port pattern, and multiple subsets of that CSI-RS antenna port pattern correspond to the set of CSI-RS antenna port patterns). The terminal acquires antenna port patterns based on different CSI-RS configurations set by the base station, obtains channel quality information, and generates a CSI report. Selectively, the CSI-RS resource port information configured by the base station for a terminal per BWP has a relationship (corresponding to the relationship between the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each partial bandwidth BWP). For example, the multiple antenna port patterns configured for each BWP may be the same, or they may have a nesting relationship (corresponding to the relationship including the fact that at least some of the content is the same). For example, BWP1 is a low-bandwidth BWP with two antenna port patterns configured, corresponding to two CSI-RS resources with 2 and 4 ports respectively. BWP2 is a high-bandwidth BWP with four CSI-RS antenna port patterns configured, corresponding to four CSI-RS resources with antenna ports 2, 4, 8, and 16. The set of CSI-RS antenna port patterns corresponding to BWP1 is a subset of the set of CSI-RS antenna port patterns corresponding to BWP2. The base station changes the CSI-RS antenna port configuration on its side by triggering BWP switching using dynamic signaling based on channel quality information or antenna port priority information corresponding to different CSI-RS antenna ports reported by the UE, for example, as described in Example 5 or 6. In this example, antenna-related information includes at least CSI-RS antenna port information. The CSI-RS antenna port may be availability information or CSI-RS antenna port muting information, and may also include, but is not limited to, CSI-RS transmit power information related to Embodiment 8. Based on the above, in this example, the base station configures a set of CSI-RS antenna port patterns that require measurement by the UE. Because there is a correlation between the antenna ports configured in each BWP, obtaining CSI measurement results within one BWP in a single carrier is equally applicable to other BWPs. The base station can achieve switching of CSI-RS resources on different ports on the base station side through a route that triggers BWP switching by DCI, thereby favoring the base station side to dynamically close radio frequency channels. The most significant advantage of this method is that it does not require BWP switching and does not adversely affect Legacy UEs (including UEs that support older versions of standards, such as UEs that support standards like R15, R16, and R17).

[0193] Example 8 (Corresponding to the case where the instruction information is the transmission power information of the reference signal): The instruction information regarding the antenna may further include transmit power information for the CSI-RS resource (corresponding to the transmit power information of the reference signal). Selectively, the transmit power information is the bias of the CSI-RS transmit power and the SSB transmit power. Selectively, the terminal reports power backoff information (corresponding to the above-mentioned preferred power backoff information) to the base station. Selectively, based on the power backoff information reported by the UE, the base station instructs the terminal by dynamic signaling to transmit power information corresponding to the CSI-RS signal, such as the bias of the CSI-RS transmit power and the SSB transmit power. Based on the above, in this example, while the conventional technique uses semi-static signaling to configure the transmit power information of the CSI-RS resource, we propose using dynamic signaling to configure the transmit power of the CSI-RS resource, which is advantageous for the UE side in obtaining accurate CSI measurement results. This is because if the base station side directly reduces the transmit power of the PDSCH based on the power backoff value fed back from the UE side, it will affect the UE side's estimation of SINR, affect the reception effect of Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) reception, ultimately affect the channel quality feedback result, and affect the link adaptation performance. The method in this example can dynamically change the transmit power of the reference signal, thus avoiding deterioration of link adaptation performance. As described above, given that the energy consumption of the AAU on the base station side is the most significant energy consumption of a 5G base station, the embodiments of this disclosure provide the above-mentioned information processing method, which enables dynamic antenna turn-off on the base station side without significantly affecting the performance of the UE, is advantageous for realizing dynamic adaptation of the transmitting antenna on the network side, and achieves high efficiency and power saving on the network side. Here, since the terminal reports channel measurement and / or channel quality information based on dynamic instructions, and the base station schedules the terminal based on the latest information reported from the terminal, it is possible to avoid impacts on the continuity of transmission traffic and increases in latency, and to achieve traffic load matching.

[0194] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a network device, as shown in Figure 9, including a memory 91, a transceiver 92, and a processor 93. The memory 91 is used to store computer programs. The transceiver 92 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 93. The processor 93 is used to read computer programs from the memory 91 and perform the following operations. Determine the instruction information regarding the antenna. The instruction information used to reduce power consumption of the network equipment is transmitted to the terminal by dynamic signaling via the transceiver 92.

[0195] The network equipment according to the embodiments of this disclosure can support the realization of a dynamic channel turn-off scheme by determining instruction information regarding the antenna and transmitting the instruction information used for power saving of the network equipment to the terminal by dynamic signaling. This allows the base station to schedule based on the latest information reported from the terminal, thus avoiding impacts on the continuity of transmission traffic and increased delays. Furthermore, it can match the traffic load with the actual transmission environment and, under the premise of providing better service to the terminal, more effectively reduces the energy consumption of the network (e.g., the base station). This effectively solves the problems that information processing schemes for power saving in related technologies cannot guarantee the continuity of service, resulting in a poor user experience and the inability to achieve optimal power saving effects.

[0196] Specifically, the transceiver 92 is used to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 93.

[0197] In Figure 9, the bus architecture includes any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 93 and memory represented by memory 91. The bus architecture also links various other circuits such as peripherals, regulators, and power management circuits. These are known in the art and will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 92 may consist of multiple elements, i.e., a transmitter and a receiver, and provides a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. These transmission mediums include wireless channels, wired channels, and optical cables. Processor 93 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and normal processing, and memory 91 stores data used for execution by processor 93.

[0198] The processor 93 may include a Central Process Unit (CPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD). The processor may also employ a multi-core architecture.

[0199] The processor is used to execute any of the methods according to embodiments of this disclosure in accordance with the executable instructions obtained by calling a computer program stored in memory. The processor and memory may also be physically separated.

[0200] Here, the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal.

[0201] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration.

[0202] Here, the antenna port instruction information is used to indicate at least one of the port activation information and the port deactivation information.

[0203] In the embodiments of this disclosure, transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes at least one of transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by terminal-specific dynamic signaling and transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by group-common dynamic signaling.

[0204] Here, the antenna port instruction information is bitmap instruction information where the instruction granularity is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports.

[0205] In the embodiments of this disclosure, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, and the first correspondence is either predefined or configured by the network equipment and instructed to the terminal.

[0206] Here, transmitting the instruction information to the terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal and transmitting a first index used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set to the terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0207] Furthermore, the operation further includes transmitting resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal via the transceiver when transmitting the first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal.

[0208] Here, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration.

[0209] In embodiments of the present disclosure, determining antenna instruction information includes receiving first information transmitted from a terminal in the transceiver and determining reference signal antenna port instruction information based on the first information. Here, the first information includes at least one of channel status information CSI and priority information relating to the reference signal antenna port. The CSI is measurement report information for a target resource.

[0210] Here, the priority information includes priority channel status information - reference signal CSI - RS antenna port configuration information.

[0211] In embodiments of this disclosure, the CSI includes CSIs corresponding to different antenna ports.

[0212] Here, there is a relationship between the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each partial bandwidth BWP.

[0213] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the aforementioned relationships include having at least some of the same content.

[0214] Here, the instruction information is the resource identifier information of the reference signal.

[0215] In embodiments of the present disclosure, transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a second set of resource identifier information to the terminal and transmitting a second index used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set to the terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0216] Here, the instruction information is the transmission power information of the reference signal.

[0217] In embodiments of the present disclosure, determining instruction information relating to an antenna includes receiving priority power backoff information transmitted from a terminal in the transceiver and determining the transmission power information of a reference signal based on the priority power backoff information.

[0218] Here, the reference signal is the channel status information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0219] In embodiments of this disclosure, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource from the Channel Status Information Resource Configuration CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the Channel Status Information Report Configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

[0220] Furthermore, the network equipment according to the embodiments of this disclosure can implement all the steps of the method realized by the method embodiment on the network equipment side and can achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment will not be specifically described here.

[0221] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a terminal including a memory 101, a transceiver 102, and a processor 103, as shown in Figure 10. The memory 101 is used to store computer programs. The transceiver 102 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 103. The processor 103 is used to read the computer programs in the memory 101 and perform the following operations. The transceiver 102 receives instruction information regarding the antenna transmitted from the network equipment via dynamic signaling. Based on the aforementioned instruction information, status information regarding the antenna is determined.

[0222] The terminal according to the embodiment of this disclosure can support the realization of a dynamic channel turn-off scheme by receiving instruction information regarding the antenna transmitted from network equipment by dynamic signaling and determining state information regarding the antenna based on the instruction information, and because the base station can perform scheduling based on the latest information reported from the terminal, it avoids impacts on the continuity of transmission traffic and increases in delays, and furthermore, it can match the traffic load with the actual transmission environment and provide better service to the terminal, while more effectively reducing the energy consumption of the network (e.g., base station), and effectively solves the problem that information processing schemes for power saving in related technologies cannot guarantee the continuity of service, resulting in a poor user experience and failure to achieve optimal power saving effects.

[0223] Specifically, the transceiver 102 is used to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 103.

[0224] Here, in Figure 10, the bus architecture includes any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 103 and memory represented by memory 101. The bus architecture also links various other circuits such as peripherals, regulators, and power management circuits. These are known in the art and will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 102 may consist of multiple elements, i.e., a transmitter and a receiver, and provides a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. These transmission mediums include wireless channels, wired channels, and optical cables. Depending on the user equipment, the user interface 104 may be an interface that allows external or internal connection of required equipment. Connected equipment includes, but is not limited to, keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, and joysticks.

[0225] The processor 103 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and normal processing, and the memory 101 stores the data used for execution by the processor 103.

[0226] Selectively, the processor 103 may be a CPU, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD). The processor may also employ a multi-core architecture.

[0227] The processor is used to execute any of the methods according to embodiments of this disclosure in accordance with the executable instructions obtained by calling a computer program stored in memory. The processor and memory may also be physically separated.

[0228] Here, the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal. Determining the state information of the antenna based on the instruction information includes determining the state information of the antenna port of the reference signal based on the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal.

[0229] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration.

[0230] Here, the antenna port instruction information is used to indicate at least one of the port activation information and the port deactivation information.

[0231] In embodiments of the present disclosure, receiving instruction information relating to an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes at least one of receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted by terminal-specific dynamic signaling from a network device, and receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted by group-common dynamic signaling from a network device.

[0232] Here, the antenna port indication information is bitmap indication information where the indication granularity is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports. Determining the state information of the antenna ports of the reference signal based on the antenna port indication information of the reference signal includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap indication information.

[0233] In embodiments of the present disclosure, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, the first correspondence being predefined or configured and indicated by the network equipment. Determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information and the first correspondence.

[0234] Here, receiving antenna instruction information transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device, receiving a first index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and the first index. Here, the first index is used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set.

[0235] Furthermore, the operation further includes the transceiver receiving resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set transmitted from the network device when receiving the first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device. Obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and the first index includes obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set, the first index and the resource identifier information.

[0236] Here, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration.

[0237] Furthermore, the operation further includes transmitting first information to the network device by the transceiver before receiving instruction information regarding an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device. Here, the first information includes at least one of channel state information CSI and priority information regarding an antenna port of a reference signal. The CSI is measurement report information for a target resource.

[0238] Here, the priority information includes priority channel state information-reference signal CSI-RS antenna port configuration information.

[0239] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the CSI includes CSI corresponding to different antenna ports.

[0240] Here, there is a correlation between the antenna port indication information corresponding to each sub-bandwidth BWP.

[0241] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the correlation includes that at least some contents are the same.

[0242] Here, the indication information is resource identifier information of a reference signal. Determining state information regarding an antenna based on the indication information includes determining state information of a resource corresponding to the reference signal based on the resource identifier information.

[0243] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, receiving instruction information regarding an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a second set of the resource identifier information transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, receiving a second index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining resource identifier information as target identifier information based on the second set and the second index. Here, the second index is used to indicate resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set.

[0244] Here, the indication information is transmission power information of a reference signal. Determining state information regarding an antenna based on the indication information includes determining the transmission power of a corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the transmission power information.

[0245] Furthermore, the operation further includes transmitting, by the transceiver, priority power back-off information of the terminal to the network device before receiving indication information regarding an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device.

[0246] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, after receiving indication information regarding an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device, the operation further includes not receiving for resources corresponding to unavailable or mute indicated by the indication information.

[0247] Here, the reference signal is a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0248] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource among channel state information resource configurations CSI-ResourceConfig related to a channel state information reporting configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

[0249] Here, the state information regarding the antenna includes at least one of activation state information or deactivation state information of an antenna port, activation state information or deactivation state information of a corresponding resource of a reference signal, and transmission power of a corresponding resource of the reference signal.

[0250] Note that the terminal according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can implement all method steps of the method according to the embodiment on the terminal side, and can achieve the same technical effects. Here, the same parts and beneficial effects in the method embodiment in this embodiment will not be specifically described.

[0251] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information processing device applicable to network equipment, which includes, as shown in Figure 11, a first determination unit 111 used to determine instruction information relating to an antenna, and a first transmission unit 112 used to transmit the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling for use in saving power of the network equipment.

[0252] The information processing device according to the embodiment of this disclosure can support the realization of a dynamic channel turn-off scheme by determining instruction information regarding the antenna and transmitting the instruction information used for power saving of the network equipment to the terminal by dynamic signaling. This enables the base station to perform scheduling based on the latest information reported from the terminal, thereby avoiding impacts on the continuity of transmission traffic and increased delays. Furthermore, it can achieve a match between the traffic load and the actual transmission environment, and while providing better service to the terminal, it can more effectively reduce the energy consumption of the network (e.g., the base station). This effectively solves the problems that information processing schemes for power saving in related technologies cannot guarantee the continuity of service, resulting in a poor user experience and the inability to achieve optimal power saving effects.

[0253] Here, the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal.

[0254] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration.

[0255] Here, the antenna port instruction information is used to indicate at least one of the port activation information and the port deactivation information.

[0256] In the embodiments of this disclosure, transmitting the instruction information to a terminal by dynamic signaling includes at least one of transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by terminal-specific dynamic signaling and transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by group-common dynamic signaling.

[0257] Here, the antenna port instruction information is bitmap instruction information where the instruction granularity is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports.

[0258] In the embodiments of this disclosure, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, and the first correspondence is either predefined or configured by the network equipment and instructed to the terminal.

[0259] Here, transmitting the instruction information to the terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal and transmitting a first index used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set to the terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0260] Furthermore, the information processing device further includes a second transmitting unit used to transmit resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set to the terminal when transmitting the first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal.

[0261] Here, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource relating to the reference signal in the signaling configuration.

[0262] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, determining the indication information related to the antenna includes receiving first information transmitted from a terminal and determining antenna port indication information of a reference signal based on the first information. Here, the first information includes at least one of channel state information CSI and priority information regarding an antenna port of a reference signal. The CSI is measurement report information for a target resource.

[0263] Here, the priority information includes priority channel state information-reference signal CSI-RS antenna port configuration information.

[0264] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the CSI includes CSI corresponding to different antenna ports.

[0265] Here, there is a correlation between the antenna port indication information corresponding to each sub-bandwidth part BWP.

[0266] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the correlation includes that at least some contents are the same.

[0267] Here, the indication information is resource identifier information of a reference signal.

[0268] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, transmitting the indication information to the terminal by dynamic signaling includes transmitting a second set of the resource identifier information to the terminal and transmitting a second index used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set to the terminal by dynamic signaling.

[0269] Here, the indication information is transmission power information of a reference signal.

[0270] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, determining the indication information related to the antenna includes receiving priority power back-off information transmitted from a terminal and determining transmission power information of a reference signal based on the priority power back-off information.

[0271] Here, the reference signal is the channel status information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0272] In embodiments of this disclosure, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource from the Channel Status Information Resource Configuration CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the Channel Status Information Report Configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

[0273] Furthermore, the apparatus according to the embodiment of this disclosure can implement all the steps of the method embodiment on the network equipment side and achieve the same technical effects, and therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects as in the method embodiment of this embodiment will not be specifically described here.

[0274] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information processing device applicable to a terminal, which includes, as shown in Figure 12, a first receiving unit 121 used to receive instruction information about an antenna transmitted from a network device by dynamic signaling, and a second determination unit 122 used to determine state information about the antenna based on the instruction information.

[0275] The information processing device according to the embodiment of this disclosure can support the realization of a dynamic channel turn-off scheme by receiving instruction information regarding an antenna transmitted from network equipment by dynamic signaling and determining state information regarding the antenna based on the instruction information, enabling the base station to perform scheduling based on the latest information reported from the terminal, thereby avoiding impacts on the continuity of transmission traffic and increased delays, and further realizing a match between traffic load and the actual transmission environment, thereby more effectively reducing the energy consumption of the network (e.g., base station) while providing better service to the terminal. This effectively solves the problems that information processing schemes for power saving in related technologies cannot guarantee the continuity of service, resulting in a poor user experience and failure to achieve optimal power saving effects.

[0276] Here, the instruction information is the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal. Determining the state information of the antenna based on the instruction information includes determining the state information of the antenna port of the reference signal based on the antenna port instruction information of the reference signal.

[0277] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the resource corresponding to the antenna port instruction information is determined based on first predefined information or network equipment configuration.

[0278] Here, the antenna port instruction information is used to indicate at least one of the port activation information and the port deactivation information.

[0279] In embodiments of the present disclosure, receiving instruction information relating to an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes at least one of receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted by terminal-specific dynamic signaling from a network device, and receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted by group-common dynamic signaling from a network device.

[0280] Here, the antenna port indication information is bitmap indication information, and the indication granularity of the bitmap indication information is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports. Determining the state information of the antenna ports of the reference signal based on the antenna port indication information of the reference signal includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap indication information.

[0281] In embodiments of the present disclosure, there is a first correspondence between the antenna port instruction information and each antenna port, wherein the first correspondence is predefined or configured and indicated by the network equipment. Determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information and the first correspondence.

[0282] Here, receiving antenna instruction information transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device, receiving a first index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and the first index. Here, the first index is used to indicate the antenna port instruction information as target instruction information in the first set.

[0283] Furthermore, the information processing device further includes a second receiving unit used to receive resource identifier information related to the reference signal corresponding to the first set transmitted from the network device when receiving a first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device. Obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set and the first index includes obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set, the first index and the resource identifier information.

[0284] Here, the resource identifier information is implicitly indicated by the location information of the resource associated with the reference signal in the signaling configuration.

[0285] In embodiments of the present disclosure, the information processing device further includes a third transmitting unit used to transmit first information to a network device before receiving instruction information regarding an antenna transmitted from the network device by dynamic signaling. The first information includes at least one of channel status information (CSI) and priority information regarding an antenna port of a reference signal. The CSI is measurement report information for a target resource.

[0286] Here, the priority information includes priority channel status information - reference signal CSI - RS antenna port configuration information.

[0287] In embodiments of this disclosure, the CSI includes CSIs corresponding to different antenna ports.

[0288] Here, there is a relationship between the antenna port instruction information corresponding to each partial bandwidth BWP.

[0289] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the aforementioned relationships include having at least some of the same content.

[0290] Here, the instruction information is resource identifier information of the reference signal. Determining state information relating to the antenna based on the instruction information includes determining state information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the resource identifier information.

[0291] In embodiments of the present disclosure, receiving instruction information relating to an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device includes receiving a second set of resource identifier information transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, receiving a second index transmitted by dynamic signaling from the network device, and obtaining resource identifier information as target identifier information based on the second set and the second index. Here, the second index is used to indicate the resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set.

[0292] Here, the instruction information is the transmission power information of the reference signal. Determining state information relating to the antenna based on the instruction information includes determining the transmission power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the transmission power information.

[0293] Furthermore, the information processing device further includes a fourth transmitting unit used to transmit preferential power backoff information of the terminal to the network device before receiving instruction information regarding the antenna transmitted from the network device by dynamic signaling.

[0294] In embodiments of the present disclosure, the information processing device further includes a first processing unit used to refrain from receiving information for corresponding resources that are indicated as unavailable or muted by the information after receiving instruction information for an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from a network device.

[0295] Here, the reference signal is the channel status information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0296] In embodiments of this disclosure, the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource from the Channel Status Information Resource Configuration CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the Channel Status Information Report Configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

[0297] Here, the state information relating to the antenna includes at least one of the following: activation or deactivation status information of the antenna port, activation or deactivation status information of the corresponding resource of the reference signal, and transmission power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal.

[0298] Furthermore, the apparatus according to the embodiment of this disclosure can implement all the steps of the method realized by the terminal-side method embodiment and achieve the same technical effects, and therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment will not be specifically described here.

[0299] The unit classifications in the embodiments of this disclosure are general in nature and merely represent logical function classifications; other classification methods may be used in actual implementation. Furthermore, each functional unit in each embodiment of this disclosure may be aggregated into a single processing unit, each unit may exist physically independently, or two or more units may be aggregated into a single unit. The aggregated unit may be implemented in hardware form or in the form of a software functional unit.

[0300] The aggregated units may be implemented as software function units and, if sold or used as independent products, may be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, parts of the technical scheme of this disclosure that contribute to the essential or related technology, or all or part of the technical scheme, may be embodied in the form of a software product. Such computer software product stored in a single storage medium includes a number of instructions for causing a single computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or processor to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in each embodiment of this disclosure. On the other hand, the storage medium may include a variety of media capable of storing program code, such as U disks, removable hard disks, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0301] Embodiments of this disclosure further provide a processor-readable storage medium. The processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program that causes the processor to execute the information processing method on the network device side. Alternatively, the processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program that causes the processor to execute the information processing method on the terminal side.

[0302] The processor-readable storage medium is any usable medium or data storage device accessible by the processor, and includes, but is not limited to, magnetic memory (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical (MO) disks, etc.), optical memory (e.g., laser discs (Compact Disk: CD), digital versatile discs (DVD), Blu-ray discs (Blu-ray® Disc: BD), high-definition versatile discs (HVD), etc.), and semiconductor memory (e.g., ROM, Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state hard disks (SSD)).

[0303] Herein, the above-mentioned embodiments of the information processing method on the network device side or the terminal side can both be applied to the embodiment of the information processing method on the network device side, and the same technical effects can be achieved.

[0304] It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the embodiments of this disclosure can be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Accordingly, the embodiments of this disclosure can take the form of entirely hardware embodiments, entirely software embodiments, or embodiments combining software and hardware. Furthermore, the embodiments of this disclosure can take the form of computer program products implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, magnetic disk memory, optical memory, etc.) containing computer-usable program code.

[0305] This disclosure will be described with reference to flowcharts and / or block diagrams of methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of this disclosure. 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, are implemented by computer executable instructions. By providing these computer executable instructions to the processor of a general-purpose computer, a dedicated computer, a embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device, a machine is generated, thereby generating means for implementing a function specified in one or more flows of a flowchart and / or one or more blocks of a block diagram through instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device.

[0306] These processor-executable instructions may be stored in processor-readable memory that can guide a computer or other programmable data processing device to function in a particular way. The instructions stored in the processor-readable memory generate a product that includes instruction means for implementing a function specified in one or more flows of a flowchart and / or one or more blocks of a block diagram.

[0307] These processor-executable instructions may be loaded into a computer or other programmable data processing device such that the instructions executed by the computer or other programmable device perform a series of operational steps to generate computer implementation processes, thereby providing steps for implementing a function specified in one or more flows of a flowchart and / or one or more blocks of a block diagram.

[0308] Those skilled in the art will understand that the steps of the units and algorithms described in the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are ultimately performed by hardware or by software depends on the specific application of the technical means and the design limitations. Those skilled in the art may implement the described functions in different ways for each specific application, but these implementations should not exceed the scope of this disclosure.

[0309] For convenience and simplicity, the specific operating processes of the systems, apparatus, and units described above will not be repeated here; please refer to the corresponding processes in the above-described method embodiments. This will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

[0310] The units described above as individual components may or may not be physically separated. The components shown as units may or may not be physical units. That is, they may be located in one place or in multiple network units. Some or all of these units can be selected as needed to achieve the objectives of the scheme of the embodiments of this disclosure.

[0311] Furthermore, each functional unit in each embodiment of this disclosure may be integrated into a single processing unit, physically provided separately, or two or more may be integrated.

[0312] Clearly, a person skilled in the art can make various modifications and alterations to this disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of this disclosure. Thus, if such modifications and alterations of this disclosure fall within the scope of the claims of this application and the equivalent art, this disclosure is intended to include such modifications and alterations as well.

Claims

1. An information processing method applicable to network equipment, To determine the instruction information regarding the antenna, This includes transmitting the instruction information used to reduce power consumption of the network equipment to a terminal by dynamic signaling, The aforementioned instruction information is antenna port instruction information for the reference signal, The resource corresponding to the aforementioned antenna port instruction information is determined based on the first predefined information or network equipment configuration. The aforementioned antenna port indication information is used to indicate at least one of port activation information and port deactivation information. Transmitting the aforementioned instruction information to the terminal by dynamic signaling means Transmission of the aforementioned antenna port instruction information to the terminal via terminal-specific dynamic signaling, and, An information processing method comprising at least one of the following: transmitting the antenna port instruction information to a terminal by group common dynamic signaling.

2. The aforementioned antenna port instruction information is bitmap instruction information where the instruction granularity is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports. There is a first correspondence between the aforementioned antenna port instruction information and each antenna port. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the first correspondence is predetermined or configured by the network device and instructed to the terminal.

3. Transmitting the aforementioned instruction information to the terminal by dynamic signaling means The first set of the aforementioned antenna port instruction information is transmitted to the terminal, This includes transmitting a first index used to indicate antenna port indication information as target indication information in the first set to a terminal by dynamic signaling, When transmitting the first set of antenna port instruction information to the terminal, further, The information processing method according to claim 1, comprising transmitting resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set to a terminal.

4. The instruction information is resource identifier information of the reference signal, Transmitting the aforementioned instruction information to the terminal by dynamic signaling means The second set of resource identifier information is transmitted to the terminal, This includes sending a second index used to indicate resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set to the terminal by dynamic signaling, Or, The aforementioned instruction information is the transmission power information of the reference signal, Determining the instruction information regarding the antenna is Receiving priority power backoff information transmitted from the terminal, This includes determining the transmission power information of a reference signal based on the aforementioned priority power backoff information, Or, The aforementioned reference signal is the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource from the channel state information resource configuration CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the channel state information reporting configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

5. An information processing method applied to a terminal, Receiving instructional information about the antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from network equipment, This includes determining state information regarding the antenna based on the aforementioned instruction information, The aforementioned instruction information is antenna port instruction information for the reference signal, Based on the aforementioned instruction information, determining the status information regarding the antenna is: This includes determining the state information of the antenna port of the reference signal based on the antenna port indication information of the reference signal, The resource corresponding to the aforementioned antenna port instruction information is determined based on the first predefined information or network equipment configuration. The aforementioned antenna port indication information is used to indicate at least one of port activation information and port deactivation information. Receiving instructional information about an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from network equipment is, Reception of the antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device by terminal-specific dynamic signaling, and An information processing method comprising at least one of receiving the antenna port instruction information transmitted from a network device by group common dynamic signaling.

6. The aforementioned antenna port instruction information is bitmap instruction information where the instruction granularity is one antenna port or one group of antenna ports. Determining the state information of the antenna port of the reference signal based on the antenna port indication information of the reference signal is: This includes determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information, There is a first correspondence between the aforementioned antenna port instruction information and each antenna port. The first correspondence described above is either predefined or configured and indicated by the network device. Determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information is: The information processing method according to claim 5, comprising determining the state information of one antenna port or one group of antenna ports of the reference signal based on the bitmap instruction information and a first correspondence relationship.

7. Receiving instructional information about an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from network equipment is, Receiving the first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device, Receiving a first index transmitted from a network device via dynamic signaling, This includes obtaining antenna port indication information as target indication information based on the first set and the first index, Here, the first index is used to indicate antenna port indication information as target indication information in the first set, When receiving the first set of antenna port instruction information transmitted from the network device, further, Includes receiving resource identifier information relating to the reference signal corresponding to the first set transmitted from a network device, Based on the first set and the first index, obtaining antenna port indication information as target indication information is: The information processing method according to claim 5, comprising obtaining antenna port instruction information as target instruction information based on the first set, the first index, and resource identifier information.

8. Before receiving instructional information about the antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from network equipment, This includes transmitting first information to the aforementioned network device, Here, the first information includes at least one of channel state information CSI and priority information relating to the antenna port of the reference signal, The information processing method according to claim 5, wherein the CSI is measurement report information for a target resource.

9. The instruction information is resource identifier information of the reference signal, Based on the aforementioned instruction information, determining the status information regarding the antenna is: This includes determining the status information of the resource corresponding to the reference signal based on the resource identifier information, Receiving instructional information about an antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from network equipment is, Receiving a second set of resource identifier information transmitted from a network device by dynamic signaling, Receiving a second index transmitted from a network device via dynamic signaling, This includes obtaining resource identifier information as target identifier information based on the second set and the second index, Here, the second index is used to indicate resource identifier information as target identifier information in the second set, Or, The aforementioned instruction information is the transmission power information of the reference signal, Based on the aforementioned instruction information, determining the status information regarding the antenna is: This includes determining the transmit power of the corresponding resource of the reference signal based on the transmit power information, Before receiving instructional information about the antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from network equipment, This includes transmitting priority power backoff information for the terminal to the network equipment. Or, After receiving instructional information about the antenna transmitted by dynamic signaling from network equipment, For the corresponding resources indicated as unavailable or muted by the aforementioned instruction information, this includes not receiving any data. Or, The aforementioned reference signal is the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS. The information processing method according to claim 5, wherein the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS is at least one CSI-RS resource from the channel state information resource configuration CSI-ResourceConfig associated with the channel state information reporting configuration CSI-ReportConfig.

10. Network equipment including memory, transceivers and processors, The aforementioned memory is used to store computer programs. The transceiver is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor. The processor is a network device used to read a computer program in the memory and execute the information processing method described in claim 1.

11. A terminal including memory, transceiver and processor, Memory is used to store computer programs. The transceiver is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor. A terminal used to read a computer program in the memory and execute the information processing method described in claim 5.

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