Communication method, terminal, network device, and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium. The communication method comprises: a terminal receives first information sent by a network device, wherein the first information is used for indicating beam information corresponding to a plurality of time instances. In the present disclosure, the terminal receives the first information sent by the network device, wherein the first information indicates the beam information corresponding to the plurality of time instances, achieving the simultaneous indication of beam information of a plurality of time instances, saving signaling, reducing latency, and improving communication efficiency.

Description

Communication method, terminal, network device and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to a communication method, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In related technologies, for new radio networks (NR), especially when the communication frequency band is in frequency range 2, beam-based transmission and reception are required to ensure coverage due to the rapid attenuation of high-frequency channels.

[0003] In some beam management processes, in order to reduce the number of beams or beam pairs measured by the terminal, an artificial intelligence (AI) model can be used to perform beam prediction.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] When performing beam indication, signaling consumption is large and delay is more obvious.

[0006] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium.

[0007] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is proposed, the method comprising: a terminal receiving first information sent by a network device, the first information being used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

[0008] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is proposed, which includes: a network device sends first information to a terminal, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

[0009] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is proposed, which includes: a network device sends first information to a terminal, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances; and the terminal receives the first information.

[0010] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is proposed, comprising: a transceiver module, configured to receive first information sent by a network device, wherein the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to a plurality of time instances.

[0011] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is proposed, including: a transceiver module, used to send first information to a terminal, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

[0012] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the terminal is configured to execute the first aspect and any one of the communication methods in the first aspect.

[0013] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the network device is used to execute the second aspect and any one of the communication methods in the second aspect.

[0014] According to the eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, comprising a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the first aspect and any one of the communication methods in the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the first aspect and any one of the communication methods in the first aspect.

[0015] According to a ninth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes a communication method as described in the first aspect and any one of the first aspects.

[0016] According to a tenth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the communication method as described in the second aspect and any one of the second aspects.

[0017] In the present disclosure, the terminal receives the first information sent by the network device, and the first information indicates the beam information corresponding to multiple time instances, thereby realizing the simultaneous indication of the beam information of multiple time instances, saving signaling, reducing latency, and improving communication efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced. The following drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0019] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing a communication system architecture according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] FIG2 is a schematic diagram showing an interaction of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] FIG3 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIG4 is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG5 is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG6 a is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] FIG6 b is a schematic diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0026] Fig. 7a is a schematic diagram showing a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0027] FIG7 b is a schematic diagram showing a chip structure according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, apparatus, device, and storage medium.

[0029] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method, which includes: a terminal receives first information sent by a network device, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

[0030] In the above embodiment, by receiving the first information, the first information indicates the beam information corresponding to multiple time instances, thereby achieving simultaneous indication of the beam information of multiple time instances, saving signaling, reducing latency, and improving communication efficiency.

[0031] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is also used to indicate at least one of the following: the number of time instances N, where N is a positive integer; M time values, where one time value represents the application time of the beam information corresponding to one time instance in the multiple time instances, where the application time includes a start time or an end time, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; L time interval values, where one time interval value represents the time interval between the application times of different beam information, where the application time includes a start time or an end time, and L is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0032] In the above embodiment, by indicating at least one of the numerical value N, M time values, and L time interval values, it is possible to indicate the application time of multiple time instances in a variety of ways, so as to simultaneously indicate the application time of beams of multiple time instances, save resource consumption, and improve communication efficiency.

[0033] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information includes first signaling and second signaling; the second signaling is used to pre-configure multiple groups of parameters, each group of parameters in the multiple groups of parameters includes one or more of the M time values, the number of time instances N, and the L time interval values; the third signaling is used to activate one or more groups of parameters in the multiple groups of parameters.

[0034] In the above embodiment, multiple sets of parameters can be preconfigured by first signaling, where each set of parameters includes one or more of a numerical value N, M time values, and L time interval values, and one of the sets of parameters is activated by second signaling. This enables faster indication of beam application times at multiple time instances.

[0035] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, one time instance corresponds to a set of beam information, where the set of beam information includes information of one or more beams.

[0036] In the above embodiment, beam information for multiple time instances can be configured using the first information. The beam information corresponding to each time instance includes a set of beam information, each of which includes information about one or more beams. This allows for simultaneous indication of information about one or more beams corresponding to each of the multiple time instances. This reduces signaling overhead, lowers latency, and improves communication efficiency.

[0037] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the beam information includes at least one of the following: first beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to a code point; second beam information of a time instance corresponding to a code point; third beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, at least one of the multiple code points corresponds to multiple time instances; fourth beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, at least one of the multiple code points corresponds to one time instance.

[0038] In the above embodiment, the first information can indicate beam information for multiple instances using a single code point, beam information for a single time instance using a single code point, or beam information for multiple time instances using multiple code points. If a single code point indicates beam information for multiple instances, fewer code points are required, saving code points. If multiple code points indicate multiple time instances, and each code point indicates a single time instance, more code points are required, but the code points and time instances have a one-to-one correspondence, eliminating the need to determine the time instance to which the code point corresponds.

[0039] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, one code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to H first beams; K is determined based on the third signaling; K is an integer greater than 1.

[0040] In the above embodiment, when one code point corresponds to multiple time instances, and the number of time instances is determined based on the third signaling, the beam information of the multiple time instances is indicated simultaneously.

[0041] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in the H first beam information.

[0042] In the above embodiment, the first information may determine the code point corresponding to the first beam information, the time instance in which the first beam information corresponds to the code point, the beam information in which the first beam information corresponds to the time instance, etc., thereby achieving simultaneous indication of beam information of multiple time instances.

[0043] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, one code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to H first beams; the K is determined based on the fourth signaling; and the K is an integer greater than 1.

[0044] In the above embodiment, when one code point corresponds to multiple time instances, and the number of time instances is determined based on the fourth signaling, the beam information of multiple time instances is indicated simultaneously.

[0045] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; whether the first beam information corresponding to each time instance appears; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in the H first beam information.

[0046] In the above embodiment, the first information can determine the code point corresponding to the first beam information, the time instance in which the first beam information corresponds to the code point, and the beam information number in which the first beam information corresponds to the time instance, thereby simultaneously indicating beam information for multiple time instances. Furthermore, the number of time instances can be determined by determining whether the first beam information corresponding to each time instance appears.

[0047] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, one code point corresponds to a time instance, the one time instance corresponds to P second beam information, and the P second beam information represents information corresponding to P second beams; the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the second beam information; the number P of second beams corresponding to the one code point; the position of the second beam information in the P second beam information.

[0048] In the above embodiment, when a code point corresponds to the second beam information of a time instance, the first information can determine the code point corresponding to the second beam information, the number of second beams P, and the position of the second beam information within the P second beam information. Code points and time instances have a one-to-one correspondence, eliminating the need to further determine the time instance to which the code point corresponds.

[0049] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the position of the code point corresponding to the third beam information in the multiple code points is based on a fifth signaling indication.

[0050] In the above embodiment, when multiple code points indicate multiple time instances, and at least one code point corresponds to multiple time instances, the code point corresponding to the third beam information can be indicated by the fifth signaling. This allows the code point to be determined by the fifth signaling, and the specific beam information can then be determined based on the code point.

[0051] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the position of the code point corresponding to the fourth beam information among the multiple code points is based on a fifth signaling indication; the number of time instances corresponding to the fourth beam information is based on at least one configuration of the first signaling, the second signaling, the third signaling, the fourth signaling, and the fifth signaling.

[0052] In the above embodiment, when multiple code points indicate multiple time instances, where at least one code point corresponds to one time instance, the code point of the fourth beam information can be based on the fifth signaling indication, and the number of time instances can be based on any one of the above signaling configurations, thereby realizing beam information that indicates multiple time instances at the same time, saving signaling and reducing latency.

[0053] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the beam information includes a transmission configuration indication TCI state, and the TCI state includes at least one of the following: a joint TCI state; an uplink transmission TCI state; and a downlink transmission TCI state.

[0054] In the above embodiment, the beam information may include a TCI state, which may also be at least one of a joint, uplink, and downlink TCI state. This allows simultaneous indication of at least one of the uplink, downlink, and joint TCI states corresponding to multiple time instances, thereby improving communication efficiency.

[0055] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, the method comprising: sending first information, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

[0056] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is also used to indicate at least one of the following: the number of time instances N, where N is a positive integer; M time values, where one time value represents the application time of the beam information corresponding to one time instance in the multiple time instances, where the application time includes a start time or an end time, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; L time interval values, where one time interval value represents the time interval between the application times of different beam information, where the application time includes a start time or an end time, and L is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0057] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information includes first signaling and second signaling; the second signaling is used to pre-configure multiple sets of parameters, each set of parameters in the multiple sets of parameters includes one or more of the M time values, the number of time instances N, and the L time interval values; the third signaling is used to activate one or more sets of parameters in the multiple sets of parameters.

[0058] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, one time instance corresponds to a set of beam information, where the set of beam information includes information of one or more beams.

[0059] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the beam information includes at least one of the following: first beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to a code point; second beam information of a time instance corresponding to a code point; third beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, at least one of the multiple code points corresponds to multiple time instances; fourth beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, at least one of the multiple code points corresponds to one time instance.

[0060] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, one code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to H first beams; K is determined based on the third signaling; K is an integer greater than 1.

[0061] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in the K time instances; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in the H first beam information.

[0062] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, one code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to H first beams; the K is determined based on the fourth signaling; and the K is an integer greater than 1.

[0063] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; whether the first beam information corresponding to each time instance appears; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in the H first beam information.

[0064] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, one code point corresponds to a time instance, the one time instance corresponds to P second beam information, and the P second beam information represents information corresponding to P second beams; the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the second beam information; the number P of second beams corresponding to the one code point; the position of the second beam information in the P second beam information.

[0065] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the position of the code point corresponding to the third beam information in the multiple code points is based on a fifth signaling indication.

[0066] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the position of the code point corresponding to the fourth beam information among the multiple code points is based on the fifth signaling indication; the number of time instances corresponding to the fourth beam information is based on at least one configuration of the first signaling, the second signaling, the third signaling, the fourth signaling, and the fifth signaling.

[0067] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the beam information includes a transmission configuration indication TCI state, and the TCI state includes at least one of the following: a joint TCI state; an uplink transmission TCI state; and a downlink transmission TCI state.

[0068] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, the method comprising: a network device sends first information to a terminal, the first information being used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances; and the terminal receives the first information.

[0069] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, including: a transceiver module, used to receive first information sent by a network device, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

[0070] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, including: a transceiver module, used to send first information to a terminal, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

[0071] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the terminal is configured to execute the first aspect and any one of the communication methods in the first aspect.

[0072] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the network device is configured to execute the second aspect and any one of the communication methods in the second aspect.

[0073] According to the eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, including a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the first aspect and any one of the communication methods in the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the first aspect and any one of the communication methods in the first aspect.

[0074] According to the ninth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes a communication method such as the first aspect and any one of the first aspects or the second aspect and any one of the second aspects.

[0075] According to a tenth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0076] According to an eleventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the embodiments of the present disclosure propose a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0077] According to a twelfth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chip or a chip system, wherein the chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first or second aspect.

[0078] It is understandable that the terminal, access network device, first network element, other network elements, core network device, communication system, storage medium, program product, computer program, chip, or chip system involved in each embodiment of the present disclosure are all used to perform the method proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding method and will not be repeated here.

[0079] The present disclosure provides communication methods, devices, equipment, and storage media. In some embodiments, the terms "communication method," "information processing method," and "communication method" are interchangeable; the terms "communication device," "information processing device," and "communication device" are interchangeable; and the terms "information processing system," "communication system," and "communication system" are interchangeable.

[0080] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0081] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and may be referenced by each other. The technical environments in different embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0082] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0083] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0084] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0085] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0086] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0087] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0088] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and "the performance of each AI model" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0089] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0090] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0091] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0092] In some embodiments, devices and equipment can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. In some cases, they can also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject", etc.

[0093] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.

[0094] In some embodiments, "access network device (AN device)" may also be referred to as "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station", "fixed station", and in some embodiments may also be understood as "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission and / or reception point (TRP)" "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)", etc.

[0095] In some embodiments, "terminal" or "terminal device" may be referred to as "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal" "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc.

[0096] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0097] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0098] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0099] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing a communication system architecture according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0100] As shown in FIG1 , a communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102 .

[0101] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0102] In some embodiments, the network device 102 may include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

[0103] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0104] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0105] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0106] In some embodiments, a core network device may be a device including one or more network elements, or may be multiple devices or device groups, each including all or part of the one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0107] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0108] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1 , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1 , or may include other entities outside of FIG1 . The number and form of the entities are arbitrary, and the entities may be physical or virtual. The connection relationships between the entities are illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0109] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0110] In the disclosed embodiments, in NR, especially when the communication frequency band is in frequency range 2, since the high-frequency channel attenuates rapidly, beam-based transmission and reception are required to ensure coverage.

[0111] In some traditional beam management processes, network equipment configures a set of reference signal resources for beam measurement. The terminal measures the reference signal resources in this set and reports the IDs of some of the stronger reference signal resources, along with the corresponding layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) and / or layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio (L1-SINR), to the network equipment.

[0112] In related art, it is assumed that the reference signal resource set configured by a network device includes X reference signal resources, each of which corresponds to a different transmit beam of the network device. For each reference signal resource, the terminal needs to use all receive beams to measure the reference signal. This results in obtaining the beam measurement qualities corresponding to all receive beams. In some cases, one or more best beam measurement qualities and / or the beam identifier corresponding to the best beam measurement quality can be determined. Therefore, the number of beam pairs that the terminal needs to measure is G*H. Here, G represents the number of transmit beams of the network device, and H represents the number of receive beams of the terminal.

[0113] In some embodiments, an AI model and / or AI function is provided to implement beam prediction, wherein an AI function can be considered as one or more AI models that implement the same function and purpose.

[0114] In some embodiments, the AI ​​model used for beam prediction can be referred to as a beam prediction model. Of course, it can also be referred to as a beam prediction AI model, a prediction AI model, a predicted beam model, etc. This disclosure does not limit the names of such AI models.

[0115] In some implementations, when the beam prediction model uses spatial prediction, the terminal measures the L1-RSRP of set B and inputs the measured value into the beam prediction model. The beam prediction model can predict the L1-RSRP of the best beam and / or beam pair in set A, and / or the identifier of the best beam and / or beam pair in set A.

[0116] The relationship between set B and set A includes the following two types:

[0117] The first relationship is that set B is a subset of set A. For example, if set A contains 32 reference signal resources (each reference signal resource corresponds to a beam direction), then set B contains some of them, for example, set B contains 8 of the 32 reference signal resources.

[0118] The second relationship is that set B is a wide beam and set A is a narrow beam. For example, set A contains 32 reference signal resources (each reference signal resource corresponds to a beam direction, and the 32 reference signal resources cover a 120-degree direction). Set B contains another Y reference signal resources, for example, Y = 8. These Y reference signal resources also cover a 120-degree direction, that is, the beam direction of each reference signal resource in set B covers the beam directions of multiple reference signal resources in set A. It can be understood that the relationship between the 32 / Y reference signal resources in set A and the one reference signal resource in set B is QCL Type D.

[0119] It should be understood that the examples of the first and second relationships described above only describe the transmit beam case. When considering beam pairs consisting of transmit and receive beams, the terminal's receive beams must also be considered. For example, if there are 32 transmit beams and 4 receive beams, then set A consists of 32*4 beam pairs, and set B can consist of 32 beam pairs, 16 beam pairs, and so on.

[0120] In some embodiments, if the performance of the beam prediction model does not need to be monitored, assuming that the AI ​​model has been trained in advance, the network device only needs to periodically send the reference signal on the reference resource of set B (for example, the first period). The terminal then measures the L1-RSRP of the reference signal on the reference signal resource in set B and inputs it into the beam prediction model. This outputs the L1-RSRP corresponding to the reference signal resource of set A or the strongest one or more reference signal resource IDs among the 32 reference signal resources in set A.

[0121] In some embodiments, if it is necessary to monitor the performance of the beam prediction model, the network device is required to periodically send the reference signal on the reference signal resource of set A (for example, the second period). Then the terminal needs to measure the L1-RSRP of the reference signal on the reference signal resource of set B. For the terminal side model, the terminal inputs the measured L1-RSRP of the reference signal on the reference signal resource of set B into the beam prediction model, obtains the predicted beam information, and reports it to the network device; for the network side model, the terminal reports the measured L1-RSRP and / or identifier of the reference signal on the reference signal resource of set B to the network device, and the network device inputs the L1-RSRP and / or identifier of the reference signal on the reference signal resource of set B into the beam prediction model to obtain the predicted beam information. At the same time, the terminal also measures the L1-RSRP of the reference signals on all reference signal resources in set A, and reports the measured L1-RSRP and / or identifier of the reference signals on all reference signal resources in set A, and / or the L1-RSRP and / or identifier of the best L beams / beam pairs as the beam information obtained by the traditional method to the base station.

[0122] In various embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms "terminal-side model" and "AI model deployed on the terminal" can be used interchangeably. The terms "network device-side model" and "AI model deployed on the network device" can be used interchangeably.

[0123] In some implementations, when the beam prediction model uses time-domain prediction, the terminal measures the L1-RSRP at historical time set B and inputs this into the beam prediction model to predict the L1-RSRP at future time value set A. In addition to the two aforementioned relationships between set B and set A, there is another relationship in which set B and set A are identical.

[0124] When beam measurement is performed using the related art method, the base station also needs to transmit reference signals for future time values. The terminal measures the reference signals for future time values ​​and reports the measured beam information to the network device. Specifically, the terminal needs to measure and report the beam information for all beams and / or beam pairs in set A to the network device.

[0125] In some embodiments, the beam information of a time instance can be indicated, for example, by a medium access control element (MAC CE) or downlink control information (DCI). However, for time-domain beam prediction, if the AI ​​model can predict the beam information of multiple time instances, then the beam information of each time instance is indicated separately through MAC CE or DCI, resulting in excessive signaling consumption and large latency.

[0126] FIG2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an interaction of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2 , the present disclosure embodiment relates to a communication method for use in a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0127] Step S2101 , the network device 102 sends first information to the terminal 101 .

[0128] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 receives first information sent by the network device 102 .

[0129] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0130] In some embodiments, "obtain", "get", "get", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from protocols, obtaining from higher layers, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0131] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", and "parameter" can be used interchangeably.

[0132] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

[0133] In some embodiments, a time instance can be a predicted time instance. For example, in time-domain beam prediction, an AI model outputs beam information for multiple time instances, and this time instance is a predicted time instance. A time instance can also be a measured time instance. For example, a terminal actually measures beam information for multiple time instances and sends it to a network device, and this time instance is a measured time instance. The multiple time instances can include measured time instances and / or predicted time instances.

[0134] In some embodiments, the beam information includes one or more of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state and spatial relationship information (spacingrelationinfo). The TCI state includes at least one of the following: a joint TCI state; a downlink TCI state; and an uplink TCI state.

[0135] In some embodiments, terms such as "uplink", "uplink", "physical uplink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "downlink", "downlink", "physical downlink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "side", "sidelink", "side communication", "sidelink communication", "direct connection", "direct link", "direct communication", "direct link communication" can be interchangeable with each other.

[0136] In some embodiments, the terms "downlink control information (DCI)", "downlink (DL) assignment", "DL DCI", "uplink (UL) grant", "UL DCI" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0137] In some embodiments, the terms "precoding", "precoder", "weight", "precoding weight", "quasi-co-location (QCL)", "transmission configuration indication (TCI) state", "spatial relation", "spatial domain filter", "transmission power", "phase rotation", "antenna port", "antenna port group", "layer", "the number of layers", "rank", "resource", "resource set", "resource group", "beam", "beam width", "beam angular degree", "antenna", "antenna element", "panel" and the like can be used interchangeably.

[0138] In some embodiments, the combined TCI state may also be referred to as an uplink and downlink combined TCI state. The combined TCI state may be used for both uplink and downlink transmissions.

[0139] In some embodiments, the first information is further used to indicate at least one of the following: the number N of time instances, where N is a positive integer; M time values, where each time value represents an application time (application time) of the beam information corresponding to a time instance among the multiple time instances. The application time includes a start time or an end time, where M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; and L time interval values, where each time interval value represents a time interval between application times of different beam information, where the application time includes a start time or an end time, where L is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0140] In some embodiments, the first information may be used to indicate the number N of time instances, where N is a positive integer.

[0141] For example, the network device may indicate the number of time instances N to the terminal, and the terminal may determine the time interval value between each time instance by itself, thereby determining the application time of each time instance. The application time of the time instance represents the time when the beam information corresponding to the time instance is applied. The application time may be the start time, that is, the start time of applying the beam information corresponding to the time instance. The application time may also be the end time, that is, the end time of applying the beam information of the time instance. For example, the number of time instances is N, and the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance may be determined by the terminal. For example, it may be determined based on the time when the first information is received, or the time after a preset time offset after the first information is received. The start time of the beam information corresponding to the second time instance may be the time after the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance passes the time interval value, and the start time of the beam information corresponding to the Nth time instance may be the time after the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance passes the (N-1) time interval value. The time interval value may be determined based on preconfiguration or predefinition. The time interval values ​​between two different adjacent time instances may be the same or different.

[0142] In some embodiments, the first information may be used to indicate M time values.

[0143] For example, the network device can indicate M time values ​​to the terminal. Each time value represents the start time or end time of the beam information corresponding to a time instance in multiple time instances. Among them, M is a positive integer less than or equal to N. For example, when the time value represents the start time of the beam information corresponding to the time instance, the start time of the first time instance can be determined based on the time when the first information is received, or the time after a preset time offset after the first information is received. That is, the start time of the first time instance does not need to be indicated. In this case, M is less than N. When the time value represents the end time of the beam information corresponding to the time instance, the end time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance needs to be indicated. The end time of the beam information corresponding to the last time instance may also not be indicated. If the end time of the beam information corresponding to the last time instance is indicated, that is, the end time of the beam information corresponding to each time instance needs to be indicated. In this case, M is equal to N. If the end time of the beam information corresponding to the last time instance does not need to be indicated, for example, the end time of the beam information corresponding to the last time instance is the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance indicated by the next first information, in this case, M is less than N.

[0144] In some embodiments, the first information may be used to indicate L time interval values, where L is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0145] For example, the network device may indicate L time interval values ​​to the terminal. Each time interval value represents the time interval between application times of beam information corresponding to different time instances.

[0146] In some embodiments, the time interval value may be a start time and a time interval between the start times. For example, the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance may be determined by the terminal. For example, the terminal determines the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance based on the time when the first information is received, or the time after a preset time offset after receiving the first information. The start time of the beam information corresponding to the second time instance may be determined based on the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance, and the time interval value between the first time instance and the second time instance in the L time interval values. The start time of the beam information corresponding to the Nth time instance may be determined based on the start time of the beam information corresponding to the (N-1)th time instance, and the time interval value between the (N-1)th time instance and the Nth time instance in the L time interval values. At this time, the N time instances correspond to a total of (N-1) time interval values, that is, L is less than N. The time interval values ​​between two different adjacent time instances may be the same or different.

[0147] In some embodiments, the time interval value can be the end time and the time interval between the end times. For example, the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance can be determined by the terminal, and the end time can be configured by the network device or determined based on predefined rules. The end time of the beam information corresponding to the second time instance can be determined based on the end time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance, and the time interval value between the first time instance and the second time instance in the L time interval values. The end time of the beam information of the Nth time instance can be determined based on the end time of the beam information corresponding to the (N-1)th time instance, and the time interval value between the (N-1)th time instance and the Nth time instance in the L time interval values. At this time, the N time instances correspond to a total of (N-1) time interval values, that is, L is less than N. The time interval values ​​between two different adjacent time instances may be the same or different.

[0148] In some embodiments, the time interval value may be the time interval between the start time and the end time. For example, the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance may be determined by the terminal. The end time of the first time instance may be determined based on the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance and the time interval value between the start time and the end time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance in the L time interval values. The start time of the beam information corresponding to the Nth time instance may be determined based on the end time of the beam information corresponding to the (N-1)th time instance. The end time of the Nth time instance may be determined based on the start time of the beam information corresponding to the Nth time instance and the time interval value between the start time and the end time of the beam information corresponding to the Nth time instance in the L time interval values. At this time, the N time instances correspond to a total of N time interval values, that is, L is equal to N. The time interval values ​​between two different adjacent time instances may be the same or different.

[0149] In some embodiments, the time interval value may be the time interval between the end time and the start time. The end time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance is the same as the start time of the beam information corresponding to the second time instance. For example, the time interval value may be the time interval between the end time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance and the start time of the beam information corresponding to the third time instance. The time interval value may also be considered as the time interval between the start time and the end time of the beam information corresponding to the second time instance.

[0150] For example, the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance can be determined by the terminal, and the end time can be configured by the network device or determined based on predefined rules. The start time of the beam information corresponding to the second time instance can be determined based on the end time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance. The end time of the beam information corresponding to the second time instance can be determined based on the end time corresponding to the first time instance, and the time interval value between the end time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance and the start time of the beam information corresponding to the third time instance in the L time interval values. The end time of the beam information corresponding to the (N-1)th time instance can be determined based on the end time of the beam information corresponding to the (N-2)th time instance, and the time interval value between the end time of the beam information corresponding to the (N-2)th time instance and the start time of the beam information corresponding to the Nth time instance in the L time interval values. The start time of the beam information corresponding to the Nth time instance is determined based on the end time of the beam information corresponding to the (N-1)th time instance. The end time of the beam information corresponding to the Nth time instance can be determined by the terminal, or can be configured by the network device or determined based on predefined rules. In this case, N time instances correspond to (N-2) time interval values ​​in total, that is, L is less than N. Two different adjacent time interval values ​​may be the same or different.

[0151] In some embodiments, the first information may be radio resource control (RRC), where RRC is used to configure M time values. Alternatively, RRC is used to configure N number of time instances and L time interval values.

[0152] In some embodiments, RRC is used to configure M time values.

[0153] In some embodiments, RRC is used to configure the number N of time instances and L time interval values. The time interval value may be at least one of the time interval value between a start time and a start time, the time interval value between an end time and an end time, the time interval value between a start time and an end time, and the time interval value between an end time and a start time. For example, the network device may indicate the number N of time instances and the time interval value between each time instance to the terminal, thereby determining the application time of each time instance. The terminal does not need to independently determine the time interval value between each time instance.

[0154] In some embodiments, the first information may indicate M time values ​​and L time interval values. For example, the M time values ​​may be the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance, and the L time interval values ​​may be the time interval values ​​of the start time of the beam information corresponding to each time instance. For another example, the M time values ​​may be the start time and end time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance, and the L time interval values ​​may be the time interval values ​​of the end time of the beam information corresponding to each time instance. For another example, the M time values ​​may be the start time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance. The L time intervals may be the time interval values ​​between the start time and the end time. For another example, the M time values ​​may be the start time and end time of the beam information corresponding to the first time instance and the end time of the beam information corresponding to the Nth time instance, and the L time interval values ​​may be the time interval values ​​between the end time and the start time.

[0155] In some embodiments, the first information may indicate a number N of time instances, M time values, and L time interval values.

[0156] In some embodiments, the first information is configured based on first signaling and second signaling. The first signaling is used to pre-configure multiple sets of parameters, each of which includes one or more of the number of time instances (N), M time values, and L time interval values. The second signaling is used to activate one or more of the multiple sets of parameters.

[0157] In some embodiments, the multiple groups of parameters may include, for example, group A parameters and group B parameters. Group A parameters include M time values, and group B parameters include N number of time instances and L time interval values. The second signaling may be used to activate group A parameters, group B parameters, or both.

[0158] Of course, the above-mentioned group A parameters and group B parameters are merely exemplary. For example, group C parameters may also be included, where group C parameters include M time values ​​and L time interval values, or group C parameters also include M time values, or group C parameters also include N number of time instances and L time interval values. This disclosure does not list all of these examples, and the above-mentioned exemplary examples are not limiting.

[0159] In some embodiments, the first signaling may be used to configure L time interval values. The second signaling is used to configure the number N of time instances.

[0160] In some embodiments, the first signaling may be RRC and the second signaling may be MAC CE.

[0161] In some embodiments, one time instance corresponds to a set of beam information, wherein the set of beam information includes information of one or more beams.

[0162] In some embodiments, the beam information includes at least one of the following: first beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to a code point; second beam information of one time instance corresponding to a code point; third beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, and at least one code point among the multiple code points corresponds to multiple time instances; fourth beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, and at least one code point among the multiple code points corresponds to one time instance.

[0163] In some embodiments, one code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H pieces of first beam information, and the H pieces of first beam information represent information about H first beams. K is determined based on the third signaling. K is an integer greater than 1. The number H of first beam information corresponding to different time instances can be the same or different.

[0164] In some embodiments, the third signaling may be RRC.

[0165] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in H first beam information.

[0166] In some embodiments, the first information may be a MAC CE.

[0167] In some embodiments, the first information may be used to activate beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to one code point.

[0168] In some embodiments, the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in the K time instances may be determined according to the bit position of the first information corresponding to the first beam information.

[0169] In some embodiments, the first information may include multiple subscripts corresponding to the first beam information. Different subscripts are used to determine the code point corresponding to the first beam information, the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in the K time instances, the position of the first beam information in the H first beam information, etc. For example, the beam information may be a TCI state, and the first subscript of the TCI is used to indicate the code point corresponding to the TCI. The second subscript indicates the time instance to which the TCI corresponds. The third subscript indicates the TCI state in the corresponding time instance. For example, the first TCI state or the second TCI state. The first information may also include a first identifier, for example, the first identifier may be called a Pi identifier, which is used to determine the number of first beams corresponding to each time instance.

[0170] For example, the beam information may be a TCI state, and the beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to a code point indicated by the first information may be shown in Table 1. Table 1 also includes a Pi identifier.

[0171] Table 1 represents the beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to the 0th code point. Among them, P0, P1, and P2 represent the first identifier in the fourth signaling, that is, the Pi identifier. For example, P0 represents the number of beam information corresponding to the 0th time instance. P1 represents the number of beam information corresponding to the 1st time instance. P2 represents the number of beam information corresponding to the 2nd time instance. TCI0,0,0 and TCI0,0,1 represent the two TCI states of the 0th time instance corresponding to the 0th code point. Among them, TCI0,0,0 represents the 0th TCI state of the 0th time instance corresponding to the 0th code point. TCI0,0,1 represents the 1st TCIstate of the 0th time instance corresponding to the 0th code point. TCI0,1,0 and TCI0,1,1 represent the two TCI states corresponding to the 1st time instance. Among them, TCI0,1,0 represents the 0th TCI state of the 1st time instance corresponding to the 0th code point. TCI0,1,1 represents the first TCI state of the first time instance corresponding to the 0th code point. TCI0,2,0 and TCI0,2,1 represent the two TCI states corresponding to the 2nd time instance. Among them, TCI0,2,0 represents the 0th TCI state of the 2nd time instance corresponding to the 0th code point. TCI0,2,1 represents the first TCI state of the 2nd time instance corresponding to the 0th code point. Among them, the number of beam information corresponding to each time instance is not limited to the two in Table 1, and can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or even more. The multiple beam information corresponding to each time instance can also correspond to different transmission and receiving points (TRP) or different control resource set pool indexes (CORESETPoolIndex) or different cells. For example, a TRP identifier can be added, the 0th time instance corresponds to TPR0, and the 1st time instance corresponds to TRP1.

[0172] In some embodiments, one code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to the H first beams. K may be determined based on the fourth signaling. K is an integer greater than 1.

[0173] In some embodiments, the fourth signaling may be a MAC CE.

[0174] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; whether the first beam information corresponding to each time instance appears; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in H first beam information.

[0175] For example, the first information configures the beam information corresponding to the first time instance and indicates, through a bit field, whether the beam information corresponding to other time instances appears. For example, the first information may include a second identifier, which may also be referred to as an Ni identifier. The second identifier may indicate whether the first beam information corresponding to the time instance appears. The number of time instances K may be determined based on the number of time instances in which the beam information appears.

[0176] In some embodiments, if the beam information corresponding to the time instance determined by the first information does not appear, the beam information corresponding to the time instance is indicated based on other first information.

[0177] In some embodiments, if the beam information corresponding to the time instance determined by the first information does not appear, the beam information corresponding to the time instance is determined based on the beam information corresponding to the most recent time instance before the time instance indicated by the first information.

[0178] For example, the beam information may be a TCI state, and the first beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to a code point indicated by the first information may be shown in Table 2. Table 2 also includes a Pi identifier and a Ni identifier.

[0179] Table 2 shows the beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to the 0th code point. Among them, N0, N1, and N2 represent the second identifier in the first information, that is, the Ni identifier. For example, N0 indicates whether the beam information of the 0th time instance appears. N1 indicates whether the beam information of the 1st time instance appears. N2 indicates whether the beam information of the 2nd time instance appears. Except for some minor differences, P0, P1, P2 and TCI0,0,0, TCI0,0,1 in Table 2 have the same meaning as those in Table 1, and the present disclosure will not repeat them here. The minor differences include: in Table 2, if Ni indicates that the beam information corresponding to the time instance appears, Pi is an integer greater than 0; if Ni indicates that the beam information corresponding to the time instance does not appear, Pi is equal to 0 or Pi does not appear either. .

[0180] In some embodiments, a code point corresponds to a time instance, a time instance corresponds to P second beam information, and the P second beam information represents the information corresponding to the P second beams; the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the second beam information; the number P of second beams corresponding to one code point; the position of the second beam information in the P second beam information.

[0181] In some embodiments, the first information may be used to activate a beam at a time instance corresponding to a code point.

[0182] The first information may include multiple subscripts corresponding to the first beam information. Different subscripts are used to determine the code point corresponding to the first beam information, the position of the first beam information in the H first beam information, etc. For example, the beam information may be a TCI state, and the first subscript of the TCI is used to indicate the code point corresponding to the TCI. The second subscript indicates the TCI state number of the code point corresponding to the TCI. The first information may also include a first identifier, for example, the first identifier may be called a Pi identifier, which is used to determine the number of first beams corresponding to each time instance.

[0183] In some embodiments, since a code point corresponds to a time instance, the first information can determine the time instance corresponding to the second beam information by determining the code point corresponding to the second beam information. That is, the first information does not need to separately determine the time instance corresponding to the second beam information.

[0184] For example, the beam information may be a TCI state, and the beam information of a time instance corresponding to a code point indicated by the first information may be shown in Table 3. Table 3 also includes a Pi identifier.

[0185] Table 3 shows the beam information of a time instance corresponding to each code point. Among them, P0, P1, and P2 have the same meanings as P0, P1, and P2 in Table 1, and are not repeated here in this disclosure. TCI0,0 and TCI0,1 represent the TCI state corresponding to the 0th code point. TCI0,0 represents the 0th TCI state of the 0th code point. TCI0,1 represents the 1st TCI state of the 0th code point. TCI1,0 and TCI1,1 represent the TCI state corresponding to the 1st code point. TCI1,0 represents the 0th TCI state of the 1st code point. TCI1,1 represents the 1st TCI state of the 1st code point. TCI2,0 and TCI2,1 represent the TCI state corresponding to the 2nd code point. TCI2,0 represents the 0th TCI state of the 2nd code point. TCI2,1 represents the 1st TCI state of the 2nd code point.

[0186] In some embodiments, a position of the code point corresponding to the third beam information in the plurality of code points is based on a fifth signaling indication.

[0187] For example, the fifth signaling may be DCI.

[0188] In some embodiments, the first information includes third beam information for multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points. At least one code point among the multiple code points corresponds to third beam information for multiple time instances. The first information can activate beam information for one or more time instances corresponding to each of the multiple code points. Each of the multiple code points corresponds to one or more time instances. When a code point corresponds to multiple time instances, for example, the 0th code point corresponds to Q time instances, and each of the Q time instances corresponds to W third beam information; the 1st code point corresponds to T time instances, and each of the T time instances corresponds to V third beam information. The fifth signaling is used to indicate the position of the code point corresponding to the third beam information among the multiple code points, that is, to indicate the code point to which the third beam information corresponds. The first information can be used to determine at least one of the following: the position of the time instance corresponding to the third beam information among the multiple time instances of its corresponding code point, the number of third beams corresponding to each time instance, and the position of the third beam information among the multiple third beam information. For example, for the 0th code point, the first information is used to determine at least one of the following: the position of the time instance corresponding to the third beam information in the Q time instances; the number W of third beams corresponding to each time instance; and the position of the third beam information in the W third beam information. For another example, for the 1st code point, the first information is used to determine at least one of the following: the position of the time instance corresponding to the third beam information in the T time instances; the number V of third beams corresponding to each time instance; and the position of the third beam information in the V third beam information. When a code point corresponds to a time instance, for example, the 0th code point corresponds to Z third beam information, the first information is used to determine at least one of the following: the number Z of third beam information corresponding to each code point; and the position of the third beam information in the Z third beam information.

[0189] In some embodiments, the first information includes third beam information for multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, where the number of code points may be multiple, and the number of bits of the fifth signaling is determined based on the number of code points, and the number of bits of the fifth signaling is greater than a first threshold. For example, the number of code points may be greater than 8, and accordingly, the number of bits of the fifth signaling needs to be greater than 3.

[0190] In some embodiments, the first information includes fourth beam information for multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, with at least one of the multiple code points corresponding to the fourth beam information for one time instance. The first information can activate the beam information for one time instance corresponding to each of the multiple code points. For example, the 0th code point corresponds to X pieces of fourth beam information; the 1st code point corresponds to Y pieces of fourth beam information. The fifth signaling is used to determine the position of the code point corresponding to the fourth beam information among the multiple code points, that is, to determine the code point to which the fourth beam information corresponds. The first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the number of fourth beam information corresponding to each code point; the position of the fourth beam information within the multiple pieces of fourth beam information corresponding to that code point. For example, for the 0th code point, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the number X of fourth beam information; the position of the fourth beam information within the X pieces of fourth beam information. For another example, for the 1st code point, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the number Y of fourth beam information; the position of the fourth beam information within the Y pieces of fourth beam information. The number N of time instances corresponding to the fourth beam information is configured based on at least one of the first signaling, the second signaling, the third signaling, the first information, and the fifth signaling. The number of time instances corresponding to the fourth beam information is the same as the number of code points corresponding to the fourth beam information.

[0191] In some embodiments, N may be configured based on the first signaling or the third signaling, for example, the first signaling or the third signaling includes N. N may also be determined based on the second signaling or the fourth signaling, for example, by a bit field in the fourth signaling.

[0192] In some embodiments, N can be indicated based on the fifth signaling. For example, it can be indicated via an indication field in the fifth signaling. For example, the fifth signaling includes a first indication field that indicates the value of N. Alternatively, the value of N can be obtained by counting the code points indicated by the fifth signaling. Since each time instance corresponds to one code point, if the beam information corresponding to the time instance does not appear, the code point corresponding to the time instance is not counted.

[0193] In some embodiments, if N indicated by the fifth signaling is smaller than N determined by the first signaling, the second signaling, the third signaling, or the fourth signaling, it can be considered that the beam information corresponding to the time instances other than the N time instances indicated by the fifth signaling does not appear.

[0194] In some embodiments, if the number of time instances corresponding to the fourth beam information is determined based on the second signaling or the fourth signaling, the fourth signaling can also be used to determine whether the fourth beam information corresponding to each time instance appears. The number of time instances, N, is determined based on the number of time instances in which the fourth beam information appears. For example, if the number of time instances determined based on the first signaling or the third signaling is N+i, and the bit field in the fourth signaling indicates that the beam information corresponding to i of the time instances does not appear, the actual number of time instances indicated is N.

[0195] For example, the fourth beam information may be shown in Table 4. Table 4 also includes a Pi identifier and a Ni identifier.

[0196] The meanings of N0, N1, N2, P0, P1, and P2 in Table 4 can refer to N0, N1, N2, P0, P1, and P2 in the above Table 2, and the meanings of TCI0,0, and TCI0,1 can refer to TCI0,0, and TCI0,1 in Table 3, etc., and the present disclosure will not repeat them here.

[0197] In some embodiments, the name of the first information is not limited and may be, for example, "indication information", "beam information", etc.

[0198] FIG3 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which is executed by terminal 101 and includes:

[0199] Step S3101, obtain first information.

[0200] The optional implementation of step S3101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0201] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 receives the first information sent by the network device 102, but is not limited thereto and may also receive the first information sent by other entities.

[0202] In some embodiments, terminal 101 obtains first information specified by a protocol.

[0203] In some embodiments, terminal 101 obtains the first information from upper layer(s).

[0204] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 performs processing to obtain the first information.

[0205] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to indicate at least one of the following: the number of time instances N, where N is a positive integer; M time values, where one time value represents the application time of the beam information corresponding to one time instance in multiple time instances, where the application time includes the start time or the end time, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; L time interval values, where one time interval value represents the time interval between the application times of different beam information, where the application time includes the start time or the end time, and L is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0206] In some embodiments, the first information includes first signaling and second signaling; the second signaling is used to pre-configure multiple sets of parameters, each set of parameters in the multiple sets of parameters includes M time values, the number of time instances N, and one or more of L time interval values; the third signaling is used to activate one or more sets of parameters in the multiple sets of parameters.

[0207] In some embodiments, one time instance corresponds to a set of beam information, where the set of beam information includes information of one or more beams.

[0208] In some embodiments, the beam information includes at least one of the following: first beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to a code point; second beam information of one time instance corresponding to a code point; third beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, and at least one code point among the multiple code points corresponds to multiple time instances; fourth beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, and at least one code point among the multiple code points corresponds to one time instance.

[0209] In some embodiments, a code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to H first beams; K is determined based on the third signaling; K is an integer greater than 1.

[0210] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in H first beam information.

[0211] In some embodiments, a code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to the H first beams; K is determined based on the fourth signaling; K is an integer greater than 1.

[0212] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; whether the first beam information corresponding to each time instance appears; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in H first beam information.

[0213] In some embodiments, a code point corresponds to a time instance, a time instance corresponds to P second beam information, and the P second beam information represents the information corresponding to the P second beams; the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the second beam information; the number P of second beams corresponding to one code point; the position of the second beam information in the P second beam information.

[0214] In some embodiments, a position of the code point corresponding to the third beam information in the plurality of code points is based on a fifth signaling indication.

[0215] In some embodiments, the position of the code point corresponding to the fourth beam information among multiple code points is based on the fifth signaling indication; the number of time instances corresponding to the fourth beam information is based on at least one configuration of the first signaling, the second signaling, the third signaling, the fourth signaling, and the fifth signaling.

[0216] In some embodiments, the beam information includes a transmission configuration indication TCI state, and the TCI state includes at least one of the following: a joint TCI state; an uplink transmission TCI state; and a downlink transmission TCI state.

[0217] FIG4 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which includes:

[0218] Step S4101, sending the first information.

[0219] The optional implementation of step S4101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0220] In some embodiments, the network device 102 sends the first information to the terminal 101, but is not limited thereto and may also send the first information to other entities.

[0221] FIG5 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, and the method includes:

[0222] Step S5101: The network device 102 sends first information to the terminal 101.

[0223] The optional implementation of step S5101 can refer to the optional implementation of S2102 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0224] In some embodiments, the above method may include the method of the above embodiments related to the communication system 100, the terminal 101, the network device 102, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0225] Step S5102: Terminal 101 receives first information.

[0226] The optional implementation of step S5102 can refer to the optional implementation of S2102 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0227] In some embodiments, the above method may include the method of the above embodiments related to the communication system 100, the terminal 101, the network device 102, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0228] The present disclosure also provides a communication method as follows:

[0229] In some embodiments, a terminal receives first information, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances, wherein the beam information includes TCI state, joint / DL TCI state, UL TCI state, and spationrelationinfo.

[0230] In some embodiments, how the application time corresponding to the beam information is indicated.

[0231] Method 1: Based on RRC configuration.

[0232] In some embodiments, RRC configures multiple application times corresponding to beams, and can directly give N time values, or RRC configures the value of N and the time interval value (time gap) between each two times.

[0233] Method 2: Based on RRC configuration or MAC CE activation.

[0234] In some embodiments, RRC configures multiple groups of parameters (the method includes any one of method 1), and MAC CE activates one of the groups.

[0235] In some embodiments, RRC gives the time gap and MAC CE indicates the value of N

[0236] In some embodiments, how the beams at multiple time points are indicated.

[0237] In some embodiments, a point in time may be equivalent to an instance in time.

[0238] Method 1: MAC CE

[0239] In some embodiments, the beams corresponding to N time points of a codepoint are activated.

[0240] In some embodiments, for example, each time point corresponds to one or more beams, and the beams may be DL TCI state, joint TCI state, or UL TCI state.

[0241] In some embodiments, if the RRC determines the N value, then the codepoint corresponds to at least N TCI states, that is, each time point corresponds to at least one TCI state, and the time point is determined according to the bit position of the MAC CE corresponding to the TCI state. The MAC CE also needs to indicate whether each time point corresponds to one or more TCI states.

[0242] In some embodiments, as shown in Table 1, TCI has three subscripts. The first subscript indicates the codepoint number, the second subscript indicates the time point, and the third subscript indicates whether the codepoint corresponds to the first or second TCI state at the time point.

[0243] In some embodiments, the Pi identifier corresponds to several TCI states, and / or when it corresponds to one, whether it is a DL or UL TCI state

[0244] In some embodiments, if the MAC CE determines the N value, the TCI state at the first time point must exist, and whether the TCI state exists at subsequent time points needs to be indicated by a bit field, thereby determining the value of N.

[0245] In some embodiments, as shown in Table 2, compared to Table 1, the main difference is the addition of a Ni field, which indicates whether the TCI state corresponding to the time value is indicated. If not indicated, there are two interpretations: one is that the subsequent MAC CE will indicate the next time; if not, only the most recent MAC CE will continue to indicate it; the other is that the TCI state at the subsequent time point remains unchanged.

[0246] In some embodiments, a beam corresponding to one time point of N codepoints may be activated, where the first codepoint corresponds to the first time point, the second codepoint corresponds to the second time point, and so on, as shown in Table 3.

[0247] Method 2: MAC CE+DCI.

[0248] Method 2-1:

[0249] In some embodiments, the MAC CE may activate one or more TCI states corresponding to multiple time points for one codepoint in the same manner as in method 1.

[0250] In some embodiments, the DCI indicates the codepoint, but since there are many beam combinations corresponding to different time points, the current 3-bit DCI may need to be increased.

[0251] Method 2-2:

[0252] In some embodiments, a MAC CE activates one or more TCI states corresponding to a codepoint at a time point.

[0253] In some embodiments, as shown in Table 3 below, each TCI has only two subscripts: the first corresponding to the codepoint, and the second corresponding to the TCI state of the codepoint. The MAC CE determines the N value similarly to Table 2, except that the TCI state subscripts are similar to those in Table 3.

[0254] In some embodiments, the DCI indicates a codepoint, and each time point corresponds to a codepoint, that is, the DCI needs to have N codepoint bit values.

[0255] In some embodiments, the value of N included in the DCI may be determined by RRC configuration or MAC CE.

[0256] In some embodiments, the value of N included in the DCI is indicated by a certain field of the DCI. If the value of N indicated in the DCI is smaller than the value of N determined by the RRC or MAC CE, it means that the beam information at the subsequent time point is not indicated.

[0257] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0258] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0259] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of a hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document to implement the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0260] FIG6a is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6a, the terminal 6100 may include a transceiver module 6101. In some embodiments, the transceiver module receives first information indicating beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

[0261] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to indicate at least one of the following: the number of time instances N, where N is a positive integer; M time values, where one time value represents the application time of the beam information corresponding to one time instance in multiple time instances, where the application time includes the start time or the end time, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; L time interval values, where one time interval value represents the time interval between the application times of different beam information, where the application time includes the start time or the end time, and L is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0262] In some embodiments, the first information includes first signaling and second signaling; the second signaling is used to pre-configure multiple sets of parameters, each set of parameters in the multiple sets of parameters includes M time values, the number of time instances N, and one or more of L time interval values; the third signaling is used to activate one or more sets of parameters in the multiple sets of parameters.

[0263] In some embodiments, one time instance corresponds to a set of beam information, where the set of beam information includes information of one or more beams.

[0264] In some embodiments, the beam information includes at least one of the following: first beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to a code point; second beam information of one time instance corresponding to a code point; third beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, and at least one code point among the multiple code points corresponds to multiple time instances; fourth beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, and at least one code point among the multiple code points corresponds to one time instance.

[0265] In some embodiments, a code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to H first beams; K is determined based on the third signaling; K is an integer greater than 1.

[0266] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in H first beam information.

[0267] In some embodiments, a code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to the H first beams; K is determined based on the fourth signaling; K is an integer greater than 1.

[0268] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; whether the first beam information corresponding to each time instance appears; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in H first beam information.

[0269] In some embodiments, a code point corresponds to a time instance, a time instance corresponds to P second beam information, and the P second beam information represents the information corresponding to the P second beams; the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the second beam information; the number P of second beams corresponding to one code point; the position of the second beam information in the P second beam information.

[0270] In some embodiments, a position of the code point corresponding to the third beam information in the plurality of code points is based on a fifth signaling indication.

[0271] In some embodiments, the position of the code point corresponding to the fourth beam information among multiple code points is based on the fifth signaling indication; the number of time instances corresponding to the fourth beam information is based on at least one configuration of the first signaling, the second signaling, the third signaling, the fourth signaling, and the fifth signaling.

[0272] In some embodiments, the beam information includes a transmission configuration indication TCI state, and the TCI state includes at least one of the following: a joint TCI state; an uplink transmission TCI state; and a downlink transmission TCI state.

[0273] FIG6b is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6b , the network device 6200 may include a transceiver module 6201. The transceiver module 6201 is configured to send first information indicating beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

[0274] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to indicate at least one of the following: the number of time instances N, where N is a positive integer; M time values, where each of the M time values ​​represents the start time or end time of the beam information corresponding to one of the multiple time instances, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; L time interval values, where each of the L time interval values ​​represents the time interval between the application times of different beam information, and the application time includes the start time or end time of the application beam information, and L is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0275] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to indicate at least one of the following: the number of time instances N, where N is a positive integer; M time values, where one time value represents the application time of the beam information corresponding to one time instance in multiple time instances, where the application time includes the start time or the end time, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; L time interval values, where one time interval value represents the time interval between the application times of different beam information, where the application time includes the start time or the end time, and L is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0276] In some embodiments, the first information includes first signaling and second signaling; the second signaling is used to pre-configure multiple sets of parameters, each set of parameters in the multiple sets of parameters includes M time values, the number of time instances N, and one or more of L time interval values; the third signaling is used to activate one or more sets of parameters in the multiple sets of parameters.

[0277] In some embodiments, one time instance corresponds to a set of beam information, where the set of beam information includes information of one or more beams.

[0278] In some embodiments, the beam information includes at least one of the following: first beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to a code point; second beam information of one time instance corresponding to a code point; third beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, and at least one code point among the multiple code points corresponds to multiple time instances; fourth beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, and at least one code point among the multiple code points corresponds to one time instance.

[0279] In some embodiments, a code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to H first beams; K is determined based on the third signaling; K is an integer greater than 1.

[0280] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in H first beam information.

[0281] In some embodiments, a code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to the H first beams; K is determined based on the fourth signaling; K is an integer greater than 1.

[0282] In some embodiments, the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the first beam information; the position of the time instance corresponding to the first beam information in K time instances; whether the first beam information corresponding to each time instance appears; the number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; the position of the first beam information in H first beam information.

[0283] In some embodiments, a code point corresponds to a time instance, a time instance corresponds to P second beam information, and the P second beam information represents the information corresponding to the P second beams; the first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: the code point corresponding to the second beam information; the number P of second beams corresponding to one code point; the position of the second beam information in the P second beam information.

[0284] In some embodiments, a position of the code point corresponding to the third beam information in the plurality of code points is based on a fifth signaling indication.

[0285] In some embodiments, the position of the code point corresponding to the fourth beam information among multiple code points is based on the fifth signaling indication; the number of time instances corresponding to the fourth beam information is based on at least one configuration of the first signaling, the second signaling, the third signaling, the fourth signaling, and the fifth signaling.

[0286] In some embodiments, the beam information includes a transmission configuration indication TCI state, and the TCI state includes at least one of the following: a joint TCI state; an uplink transmission TCI state; and a downlink transmission TCI state.

[0287] Figure 7a is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 7100 can be a network device, a terminal, a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device in implementing any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal in implementing any of the above methods. Optionally, the network device can be an access network device, a core network device, or the like. Optionally, the terminal can be a user equipment, or the like. Communication device 7100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0288] As shown in Figure 7a, communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. Processor 7101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, while the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device, execute programs, and process program data. Communication device 7100 is used to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the communication device can be a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or CU, etc.

[0289] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 7102 may be located outside the communication device 7100.

[0290] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the transceiver 7103 performs the communication step S2101 such as sending and / or receiving in the above method, and the processor 7101 performs other steps.

[0291] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter. The receiver and transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0292] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 may include one or more interface circuits 7104. Optionally, the interface circuit 7104 is connected to the memory 7102. The interface circuit 7104 may be configured to receive signals from the memory 7102 or other devices, and may be configured to send signals to the memory 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 7104 may read instructions stored in the memory 7102 and send the instructions to the processor 7101.

[0293] The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiments may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by FIG. 7a. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0294] FIG7 b is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 7200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 7100 can be a chip or a chip system, reference can be made to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 7200 shown in FIG7 b , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0295] The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201 , and the chip 7200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0296] In some embodiments, the chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202. Optionally, the interface circuit 7202 is connected to the memory 7203. The interface circuit 7202 can be used to receive signals from the memory 7203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 7203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 7202 can read instructions stored in the memory 7203 and send the instructions to the processor 7201.

[0297] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 7202 executes the communication step S2101 of sending and / or receiving in the above method, and the processor 7201 executes other steps.

[0298] In some embodiments, terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver may be used interchangeably.

[0299] In some embodiments, the chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 7203 may be located outside the chip 7200.

[0300] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the communication device 7100, the communication device 7100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0301] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 7100, enables the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0302] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The terminal receives first information sent by a network device, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first information is further used to indicate at least one of the following: the number of time instances N, where N is a positive integer; M time values, where one time value represents an application time of beam information corresponding to one time instance among the multiple time instances, the application time includes a start time or an end time, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; L time interval values, one time interval value represents the time interval between application times of beam information corresponding to different time instances, the application time includes a start time or an end time, and L is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

3. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the first information comprises a first signaling and a second signaling; The first signaling is used to pre-configure multiple groups of parameters, each group of parameters in the multiple groups of parameters includes one or more of the M time values, the number of time instances N, and the L time interval values; The second signaling is used to activate one or more groups of parameters among the multiple groups of parameters.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: One time instance corresponds to a set of beam information, where the set of beam information includes information of one or more beams.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The beam information includes at least one of the following: First beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to a code point; Second beam information of a time instance corresponding to a code point; third beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, at least one code point of the multiple code points corresponding to multiple time instances; The fourth beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, at least one code point of the multiple code points corresponds to one time instance.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The one code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to the H first beams; The K is determined based on the third signaling; The K is an integer greater than 1.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that The first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: A code point corresponding to the first beam information; A position of a time instance corresponding to the first beam information in the K time instances; The number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; The position of the first beam information in the H first beam information.

8. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The one code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to the H first beams; The K is determined based on the fourth signaling; The K is an integer greater than 1.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that The first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: A code point corresponding to the first beam information; A position of a time instance corresponding to the first beam information in the K time instances; Whether the first beam information corresponding to each time instance appears; The number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; The position of the first beam information in the H first beam information.

10. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that The one code point corresponds to a time instance, the one time instance corresponds to P second beam information, and the P second beam information represents information corresponding to the P second beams; The first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: A code point corresponding to the second beam information; The number P of second beams corresponding to the one code point; The position of the second beam information in the P second beam information.

11. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that The position of the code point corresponding to the third beam information in the multiple code points is based on a fifth signaling indication.

12. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that A position of the code point corresponding to the fourth beam information in the plurality of code points is based on a fifth signaling indication; The number of time instances corresponding to the fourth beam information is configured based on at least one of the first signaling, the second signaling, the third signaling, the fourth signaling, and the fifth signaling.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that: The beam information includes a transmission configuration indication TCI state, where the TCI state includes at least one of the following: Joint TCI status; Uplink transmission TCI status; Downlink transmission TCI status.

14. A communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that The first information is further used to indicate at least one of the following: the number of time instances N, where N is a positive integer; M time values, where one time value represents an application time of beam information corresponding to one time instance among the multiple time instances, the application time includes a start time or an end time, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; L time interval values, one time interval value represents the time interval between application times of different beam information, the application time includes a start time or an end time, and L is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

16. The method according to any one of claims 14-15, wherein the first information comprises a first signaling and a second signaling; The first signaling is used to pre-configure multiple groups of parameters, each group of parameters in the multiple groups of parameters includes one or more of the M time values, the number of time instances N, and the L time interval values; The second signaling is used to activate one or more groups of parameters among the multiple groups of parameters.

17. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that: One time instance corresponds to a set of beam information, where the set of beam information includes information of one or more beams.

18. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that: The beam information includes at least one of the following: First beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to a code point; Second beam information of a time instance corresponding to a code point; third beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, at least one code point of the multiple code points corresponding to multiple time instances; The fourth beam information of multiple time instances corresponding to multiple code points, at least one code point of the multiple code points corresponds to one time instance.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The one code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to the H first beams; The number of the plurality of time instances is determined based on third signaling; The K is an integer greater than 1.

20. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that The first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: A code point corresponding to the first beam information; A position of a time instance corresponding to the first beam information in the K time instances; The number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; The position of the first beam information in the H first beam information.

21. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The one code point corresponds to K time instances, each of the K time instances corresponds to H first beam information, and the H first beam information represents information corresponding to the H first beams; The number of the plurality of time instances is determined based on fourth signaling; The K is an integer greater than 1.

22. The method according to claim 21, characterized in that The first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: A code point corresponding to the first beam information; A position of a time instance corresponding to the first beam information in the K time instances; Whether the first beam information corresponding to each time instance appears; The number H of first beams corresponding to each time instance; The position of the first beam information in the H first beam information.

23. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The one code point corresponds to a time instance, the one time instance corresponds to P second beam information, and the P second beam information represents information corresponding to the P second beams; The first information is also used to determine at least one of the following: A code point corresponding to the second beam information; The number P of second beams corresponding to the one code point; The position of the second beam information in the P second beam information.

24. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The position of the code point corresponding to the third beam information in the multiple code points is based on a fifth signaling indication.

25. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that A position of the code point corresponding to the fourth beam information in the plurality of code points is based on a fifth signaling indication; The number of time instances corresponding to the fourth beam information is configured based on at least one of the first signaling, the second signaling, the third signaling, the fourth signaling, and the fifth signaling.

26. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 25, characterized in that: The beam information includes a transmission configuration indication TCI state, where the TCI state includes at least one of the following: Joint TCI status; Uplink transmission TCI status; Downlink transmission TCI status.

27. A communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances; The terminal receives the first information.

28. A terminal, characterized in that: include: The transceiver module is used to receive first information sent by a network device, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

29. A network device, characterized in that: include: The transceiver module is used to send first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate beam information corresponding to multiple time instances.

30. A terminal, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The processor is used to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 13.

31. A network device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The processor is used to execute the communication method described in any one of claims 14-26.

32. A communication system, characterized in that: It comprises a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, and the network device is configured to implement the communication method according to any one of claims 14 to 26.

33. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1-13 or 14-26.

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