Interference measurement method, terminal, and network side device

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of wireless communications, and discloses an interference measurement method, a terminal, and a network side device. An interference measurement configuration method in an embodiment of the present application comprises: a network side device obtaining at least one interference measurement hypothesis configured for a terminal, wherein the at least one interference measurement hypothesis comprises a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and each interference measurement reference signal is associated with N interference transmission layers, N being an integer greater than 0; and the network side device indicating the at least one interference measurement hypothesis to the terminal.

Description

Interference measurement method, terminal and network side equipment

[0001] Cross-references

[0002] This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the China Patent Office on January 8, 2024, with application number 202410028951.3 and invention name “Interference Measurement Method, Terminal and Network Side Equipment”. The entire contents of the application are incorporated by reference into this application. Technical Field

[0003] The present application belongs to the field of wireless communication technology, and specifically relates to an interference measurement method, a terminal, and a network-side device. Background Art

[0004] In related technologies, network-side devices may configure a non-zero power (NZP) channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) to perform more accurate interference measurement.

[0005] However, the related art does not provide an effective solution for how the terminal performs interference measurement. Summary of the Invention

[0006] The embodiments of the present application provide an interference measurement method, a terminal, and a network-side device, which can solve the problem that multiple interference measurement hypotheses cannot be measured, and for one interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal cannot perform interference selection, making the interference measurement inflexible.

[0007] In a first aspect, an interference measurement method is provided, including: a terminal obtains at least one interference measurement hypothesis, wherein the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, each of the interference measurement reference signals is associated with N interference transmission layers, and N is an integer greater than 0; the terminal performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0008] In a second aspect, an interference measurement configuration method is provided, including: a network side device obtains and configures at least one interference measurement hypothesis for a terminal, wherein the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, each of the interference measurement reference signals is associated with N interference transmission layers, and N is an integer greater than 0; the network side device indicates the at least one interference measurement hypothesis to the terminal.

[0009] In a third aspect, an interference measurement device is provided, including: a first acquisition module, used to obtain at least one interference measurement hypothesis, wherein the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and each of the interference measurement reference signals is associated with N interference transmission layers, where N is an integer greater than 0; a measurement module, used to perform interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0010] In a fourth aspect, an interference measurement configuration device is provided, including: a second acquisition module, used to acquire and configure at least one interference measurement hypothesis for a terminal, wherein the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and each of the interference measurement reference signals is associated with N interference transmission layers, where N is an integer greater than 0; a third transmission module, used to indicate the at least one interference measurement hypothesis to the terminal.

[0011] In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0012] In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, and the communication interface is used to couple with the processor.

[0013] In the seventh aspect, a network side device is provided, which includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0014] In an eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect, and the communication interface is used to couple with the processor.

[0015] In the ninth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0016] In the tenth aspect, a wireless communication system is provided, comprising: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0017] In the eleventh aspect, a chip is provided, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0018] In the twelfth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, which is stored in a storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0019] In this embodiment of the present application, a terminal obtains at least one interference measurement hypothesis, wherein the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and each interference measurement reference signal is associated with N interference transmission layers, where N is an integer greater than 0. The terminal performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis. This allows the terminal to perform interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, thereby improving system transmission performance. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] FIG1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application may be applied;

[0021] FIG2 shows a schematic flow chart of an interference measurement method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0022] FIG3 shows another flow chart of the interference measurement method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0023] FIG4 shows another flow chart of the interference measurement method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] FIG5 shows a schematic flow chart of an interference measurement configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] FIG6 shows a schematic structural diagram of an interference measurement device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] FIG7 shows another schematic structural diagram of the interference measurement device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] FIG8 shows another structural diagram of an interference measurement device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0028] FIG9 shows a schematic structural diagram of an interference measurement configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] FIG10 shows a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] FIG11 is a schematic diagram showing the hardware structure of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0031] FIG12 shows a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a network-side device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The following will be combined with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this application to clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application. Obviously, the embodiments described are part of the embodiments of this application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0033] The terms "first", "second", etc. in this application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and do not limit the number of objects, for example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "or" in this application represents at least one of the connected objects. For example, "A or B" covers three options, namely, Option 1: including A but not including B; Option 2: including B but not including A; Option 3: including both A and B. The character " / " generally indicates that the objects associated before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0034] The term "indication" in this application can be either a direct indication (or explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or implicit indication). A direct indication can be understood as the sender explicitly informing the receiver of specific information, the operation to be performed, or the requested result, etc. in the instruction sent; an indirect indication can be understood as the receiver determining the corresponding information based on the instruction sent by the sender, or making a judgment and determining the operation to be performed or the requested result, etc. based on the judgment result.

[0035] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as 6th Generation (6G) communication systems.

[0036] FIG1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a mobile internet device (MID), an augmented reality (AR), a virtual reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), an aircraft (Flight Vehicle), a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a ship-mounted device, a pedestrian user equipment (PUE), a smart home (home appliances with wireless communication capabilities, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), a game console, a personal computer (PC), an ATM, or a self-service machine, or other terminal-side devices. Wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among them, the vehicle-mounted device can also be called a vehicle-mounted terminal, a vehicle-mounted controller, a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip or a vehicle-mounted unit, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device may also be called a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN) device, a radio access network function or a radio access network unit. The access network device may include a base station, a wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) access point (Access Point, AP) or a wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, WiFi) node, etc.Among them, the base station can be referred to as Node B (NB), Evolved Node B (eNB), the next generation Node B (gNB), New Radio Node B (NR Node B), access point, Relay Base Station (RBS), Serving Base Station (SBS), Base Transceiver Station (BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, Basic Service Set (BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), Home Node B (HNB), Home evolved Node B (home evolved Node B), Transmission Reception Point (TRP) or other appropriate terms in the relevant field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical vocabulary. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0037] The core network equipment may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: core network node, core network function, mobility management entity (MME), access mobility management function (AMF), session management function (SMF), user plane function (UPF), policy control function (PCF), policy and charging rules function unit (PCRF), edge application service discovery function (EASDF), unified data management (UDM), unified data repository (UDR), home user server (HSS), centralized network configuration (CNC), network storage function (NRF), network exposure function (NEF), local NEF (L-NEF), binding support function (BSF), application function ( Function, AF), Location Management Function (LMF), Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC), Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF), etc. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the core network equipment in the NR system is taken as an example to introduce, and the specific type of the core network equipment is not limited.

[0038] In order to better understand the technical solutions provided by this application, we first introduce the relevant technologies involved in this application.

[0039] 1. CSI Architecture

[0040] Generally, the CSI architecture can be divided into two parts: downlink CSI and uplink CSI. The downlink CSI architecture includes downlink physical channels and downlink reference signals, while the uplink CSI architecture includes uplink physical channels and uplink reference signals.

[0041] The downlink physical channel is usually used to transmit data, and the downlink reference signal is usually used to perform channel estimation to obtain downlink channel state information (CSI). The uplink physical channel is usually used to transmit uplink data, and the uplink reference signal is usually used to perform channel estimation to obtain uplink channel state information (CSI).

[0042] In 5G systems, CSI is mainly used in adaptive beamforming and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technologies to improve wireless transmission bandwidth and reliability.

[0043] In general, the 5G CSI architecture is a very important technology in 5G communication systems, playing an important role in improving wireless transmission bandwidth and reliability and interference coordination.

[0044] 2. CSI Report Content

[0045] Typically, the terminal may determine through higher layer signaling or default rules that the CSI report may include one of: 'none', 'cri-ri-pmi-cqi', 'cri-RI-i1', 'cri-RI-CQI', 'cri-RSRP', 'cri-SINR', 'ssb-Index-RSRP', 'ssb-Index-SINR' or 'cri-RI-LI-PMI-CQI'.

[0046] If the terminal is configured with CSI-ReportConfig and the upper-layer parameter reportQuantity is set to "none", the terminal will not report anything for CSI-ReportConfig.

[0047] If the reportQuantity field in the high-level parameter CSI-ReportConfig is set to 'cri-RI-CQI', the terminal assumes that the precoding matrix indicator (PMI) is a unit matrix and only needs to report the CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource indicator (CSI-RS Resource Indicator, CRI), rank indicator (RI) and channel quality indicator (CQI), without reporting PMI.

[0048] For the Type 2 series CSI reports carried on the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), they are usually divided into two parts, CSI report part 1 and CSI report part 2. Each part is independently encoded, and the size of CSI report part 2 can be determined by CSI report part 1.

[0049] 3. Interference measurement reference signal configuration

[0050] In related technologies, one possible implementation scheme is that the network-side device can configure two types of interference measurement reference signal configurations. The first type is associated with at least one CSI interference measurement (IM) resource, which is typically used to measure inter-cell interference power. For single transmission and reception point (STRP) measurement, the number of CSI-IM resources is usually equal to the number of channel measurement reference signals (CSI-RS for channel measurement). For multi-transmission and reception point (MTRP) CSI measurement, there may be one CSI-IM resource corresponding to multiple channel measurement reference signals (CSI-RS for channel measurement). The second type is to associate at least one non-zero power (NZP) CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) for interference measurement. In this case, for each CSI-RS port, the terminal assumes an interfering transmission layer, and the terminal further calculates the channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the interference measured by all CSI-RS ports.

[0051] When the terminal obtains the CQI, the interference obtained is the sum of the interferences obtained based on the two interference measurement reference signal configurations. It can be understood that the terminal obtains the CQI based on the sum of the inter-cell interference and the inter-user interference.

[0052] However, in the above possible interference measurement, the terminal assumes that each interference measurement reference signal port is an interference transmission layer, which cannot support the terminal to perform interference selection, and the network side device needs to send a precoded interference measurement reference signal so that each interference measurement reference signal port corresponds to a transmission layer, making the interference measurement not flexible enough.

[0053] To address the above issues, an embodiment of the present application provides an interference measurement solution.

[0054] The interference measurement solution provided in the embodiments of the present application is described in detail below through some embodiments and application scenarios in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0055] FIG2 illustrates a flow chart of an interference measurement method according to an embodiment of the present application. Method 200 may be executed by a terminal. In other words, the method may be executed by software or hardware installed on a communication device. As shown in FIG2 , the method may include the following steps.

[0056] S210: The terminal obtains at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0057] In this embodiment of the present application, the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, each interference measurement reference signal is associated with N interference transmission layers, where N is an integer greater than 0. In this embodiment of the present application, the at least one interference measurement hypothesis may be at least one interference measurement hypothesis configured by a network-side device, or may be at least one interference measurement hypothesis activated by a network-side device. For example, the network-side device or protocol may pre-configure multiple interference measurement hypotheses, and the network-side device may activate at least one of the interference measurement hypotheses through signaling.

[0058] In an optional implementation, the terminal may determine the value of N based on first network signaling sent by a network-side device, or the terminal may determine the value of N based on a rule agreed upon in a protocol, or the terminal may determine the value of N based on its own implementation. In other words, N may be determined based on network signaling, based on a rule agreed upon in a protocol, or based on measurement results. Optionally, when N is determined by the terminal, the terminal may indicate the value of N to the network.

[0059] In an optional implementation, the terminal may also determine whether to feed back precoding matrices associated with N interfering transmission layers based on second network signaling sent by the network-side device.

[0060] In an embodiment of the present application, an interference measurement hypothesis can be understood as an interference measurement method, and different interference measurement hypotheses can be understood as different interference measurement methods. For example, the interference measurement method may be one of the following: one interference measurement method is that the terminal assumes that each reference signal port of the NZP CSI-RS used for interference measurement is associated with an interference transmission layer; another measurement method is that the terminal assumes that after obtaining the precoding matrix through the reference signal port of the NZP CSI-RS, it further performs interference measurement based on the precoding matrix and the estimated channel; another measurement method is that the terminal assumes that some of the reference signal ports of the NZP CSI-RS are associated with a transmission layer, and for other reference signal ports, the terminal first obtains the PMI, and then measures the interference based on the obtained PMI; another measurement method is that the terminal assumes that the port power of each reference signal port of the NZP CSI-RS is the interference power. Therefore, in an embodiment of the present application, the network side device can flexibly configure multiple interference measurement hypotheses to allow the terminal to perform interference measurement, which increases the flexibility of interference measurement.

[0061] The above different measurement methods may also be referred to as an interference measurement hypothesis type.

[0062] In the embodiments of the present application, an interference measurement hypothesis can also be understood as an interference type, and different interference measurement hypotheses can be understood as different interference types. For example, the interference measurement type may be at least one of the following: inter-cell interference, inter-user interference, and uplink and downlink interference. Therefore, the network-side device can flexibly configure multiple interference measurement hypotheses for the terminal to perform interference measurement, increasing the flexibility of interference measurement.

[0063] In an embodiment of the present application, each interference measurement reference signal in at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with N interference transmission layers. One understanding of each interference measurement reference signal being associated with N interference transmission layers can be: each interference measurement reference signal port of an interference measurement reference signal is not associated with one interference transmission layer, that is, there are at least some interference measurement reference signal ports among the multiple interference measurement signal ports of an interference measurement reference signal, and the terminal cannot assume that the interference measurement reference signal port is associated with one transmission layer. Another understanding can be understood as: each interference measurement reference signal port of an interference measurement reference signal is associated with one transmission layer. Therefore, the network-side device can also flexibly configure the reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, thereby increasing the flexibility of interference measurement.

[0064] S212: The terminal performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0065] In an embodiment of the present application, in an optional implementation, for the at least one interference measurement hypothesis obtained, the terminal may determine whether to measure each interference measurement hypothesis based on its implementation. In another optional implementation, for the at least one interference measurement hypothesis obtained, the terminal may determine the interference measurement hypothesis to be measured based on a network signaling instruction. In yet another optional implementation, for the at least one interference measurement hypothesis obtained, the terminal may measure all interference measurement hypotheses. That is, the terminal may measure all interference measurement hypotheses in the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, or may measure some of the interference measurement hypotheses, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0066] In an optional implementation, before the terminal performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, the method may further include at least one of the following:

[0067] 1) The terminal determines the interference measurement hypothesis measured by the terminal based on network high-layer signaling;

[0068] 2) The terminal obtains the at least one interference measurement hypothesis based on network high-layer signaling;

[0069] 3) The terminal determines the number of interference measurement hypotheses measured by the terminal based on network high-layer signaling;

[0070] 4) The terminal determines the interference measurement resources associated with each interference measurement hypothesis based on network high-layer signaling or protocol agreement.

[0071] For example, the network-side device may configure multiple interference measurement hypotheses through high-layer signaling, and each interference measurement hypothesis may be associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal.

[0072] Optionally, the terminal may feed back the types of interference hypotheses that the terminal supports measuring, or the terminal may feed back the number of interference hypotheses that the terminal supports measuring.

[0073] Optionally, the protocol may stipulate the number or type of interference measurement hypotheses that can be configured by the network side device under the first condition, or the terminal feedbacks the number or type of interference measurement hypotheses that can be configured by the network side device under the first condition, wherein the first condition is related to at least one of the following:

[0074] 1. Interference measurement bandwidth;

[0075] 2. Number of interference measurement ports;

[0076] 3. Number of interference measurement resources;

[0077] 4. Channel measurement bandwidth;

[0078] 5. Number of channel measurement ports;

[0079] 6. Number of channel measurement resources;

[0080] 7. Measurement type, including: periodic or non-periodic or semi-continuous.

[0081] For example, the first condition may be that the number of interference measurement resources is greater than a first number, where the first number is an integer agreed upon in a protocol. Optionally, the terminal does not expect the network-side device to configure more than two interference measurement hypotheses.

[0082] The channel measurement can be understood as useful signal measurement, corresponding to interference measurement.

[0083] In this embodiment of the present application, a terminal can measure at least one interference measurement hypothesis, wherein a first interference measurement hypothesis of the at least one interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal. This allows network-side devices to flexibly configure multiple interference measurement hypotheses, facilitate more accurate acquisition of interference conditions, and further improve system transmission performance.

[0084] In an embodiment of the present application, the first interference measurement hypothesis in the at least one interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and the terminal assumes that each of the interference measurement reference signals is associated with N interference transmission layers. Optionally, N can be a positive integer less than or equal to the number of ports of the interference measurement reference signal. Optionally, N can be determined according to network signaling or determined according to protocol rules or determined by the terminal according to measurement results. Optionally, the terminal can assume that each interference measurement reference signal is associated with N interference transmission layers, and the network side device can instruct the terminal to feedback the precoding matrix associated with N interference transmission layers through the second network signaling.

[0085] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the at least one interference measurement hypothesis may also include a second interference measurement hypothesis, at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the second interference measurement hypothesis, and the terminal assumes that each interference measurement reference signal port is associated with an interference transmission layer.

[0086] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, one interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis may be associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and the interference measurement hypothesis may be used to measure neighboring cell interference.

[0087] Alternatively, one interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis may be associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and the interference measurement hypothesis may be used to measure interference within a serving cell.

[0088] Alternatively, one interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis may be associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and the terminal assumes that the received power of each interference measurement reference signal is interference power or noise power.

[0089] In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, at least one interference measurement hypothesis measured by the terminal may be associated with the same reference signal set, or one interference measurement hypothesis may be associated with one reference signal set. Optionally, when one interference measurement hypothesis is associated with one reference signal set, the network-side device may instruct the terminal to feed back precoding matrices associated with N interfering transmission layers through second network signaling, and the second network signaling may be configured in a signaling configuration associated with the reference signal set.

[0090] Optionally, the interference measurement reference signal may be an NZP CSI-RS.

[0091] For example, the network-side device configures two interference measurement assumptions for the terminal. The first measurement assumption is associated with an interference measurement reference signal set. The terminal assumes that each interference measurement reference signal port in the interference measurement reference signal set is associated with an interference transmission layer. The second measurement assumption is associated with another interference measurement reference signal set. The terminal assumes that each interference measurement reference signal in the interference measurement reference signal set is associated with N interference transmission layers, where N is an integer indicated by the network-side device. The terminal obtains the precoding matrices associated with the N interference transmission layers and then further performs interference measurement. Optionally, the two reference signal sets are associated with the same resource configuration signaling.

[0092] For another example, the network side device configures an interference measurement reference signal set including two interference measurement assumptions. The first measurement assumption is associated with part of the interference measurement reference signals in the interference measurement reference signal set. The terminal assumes that each reference signal port of the part of the interference measurement reference signal is associated with an interference transmission layer. The second measurement assumption is associated with another part of the reference signals in the interference measurement reference signal set. The terminal assumes that each interference measurement reference signal in the part of the interference measurement reference signal is associated with N interference transmission layers. After obtaining the precoding matrix associated with the N interference transmission layers, the terminal further performs interference measurement, where N is an integer indicated by the network side device.

[0093] For another example, the network-side device configures three interference measurement assumptions to associate a reference signal set with the terminal. The first measurement assumption is associated with the first part of the reference signal resources of an interference measurement reference signal set, and the terminal assumes that each reference signal port of the interference measurement reference signal associated with this part of the reference signal resources is associated with an interference transmission layer. The second measurement assumption is associated with the second part of the reference signal resources of the interference measurement reference signal set, and the terminal assumes that each interference measurement reference signal in the interference measurement reference signal associated with this part of the reference signal resources is associated with N interference transmission layers. After obtaining the precoding matrix associated with the N interference transmission layers, the terminal further performs interference measurement, where N is an integer indicated by the network-side device. The third measurement assumption is associated with the third part of the reference signal resources of the interference measurement reference signal set, and the terminal assumes that the received power of the interference measurement reference signal associated with this part of the reference signal resources is interference power or noise power.

[0094] In an optional implementation, as shown in FIG3 , S212 may include: S214, the terminal determining or selecting at least some interference measurement reference signals or at least some interference measurement reference signal ports to perform interference measurement. Optionally, the terminal may perform interference measurement based on at least some interference measurement reference signals or at least some interference measurement reference signal ports associated with the at least one interference measurement hypothesis to obtain an interference measurement result, and further optionally, obtain CSI or a CSI report.

[0095] In an optional implementation manner, the terminal may perform interference measurement based on at least one of the following manners 1 and 2:

[0096] Method 1: The terminal selects or determines M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and obtains the interference measurement result based on interference measurement of the M1 interference measurement reference signals, where M1 is an integer greater than 1.

[0097] In method 2, the terminal selects or determines M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and obtains the interference measurement result based on the interference measurement result obtained by performing interference measurement on the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports, where M2 is an integer greater than 1.

[0098] Through the above implementation, the terminal can recommend an interference combination or a scheduling combination to the network side device, so that the network side device can perform more appropriate scheduling, avoid scheduling users and strong interference at the same time, and improve system performance.

[0099] In the above-mentioned method 1, the terminal can optionally determine the value of M1 based on an instruction from the network-side device. For example, the terminal can determine the value of M1 based on network signaling sent by the network-side device, that is, the network-side device can configure the value of M1 through network signaling. Optionally, the terminal can determine the maximum value of M1 based on the network signaling sent by the network-side device, that is, the value of M1 determined by the terminal may be less than the maximum value of M1.

[0100] For example, the network-side device configures M1 through high-layer signaling, and the terminal selects M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and indicates to the network-side device which M1 interference measurement reference signals are selected. Optionally, a criterion for the terminal to select M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals may be: selecting M1 interference measurement reference signals with the maximum signal-to-noise and interference ratio (SINR) or the maximum CQI or the minimum interference power or the minimum interference measurement reference signal received power (RSRP).

[0101] Optionally, when adopting the above-mentioned method 1, the terminal selecting M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis may include: the terminal selecting M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on third network signaling. In this optional implementation, the network-side device may control whether the terminal selects M1 interference measurement reference signals through higher-layer signaling. This method facilitates the network-side device to flexibly obtain interference measurement results.

[0102] For example, the network side device configures the terminal to select M1 interference measurement signals in the CSI report setting signaling, or the network side device configures the terminal to select the interference measurement signal in the CSI report setting signaling; or the network side device configures the terminal to select M1 interference measurement signals in the CSI-associated resource setting signaling, or the network side device configures the terminal to select the interference measurement signal in the CSI-associated resource setting.

[0103] Optionally, when adopting the above-mentioned method 1, the method may further include: the terminal obtaining M3 configured by the network-side device, where M3 is used to indicate the minimum value of M1, and the terminal selecting at least M3 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, where M3 is an integer greater than 0. In this optional implementation, the network-side device configures M3 through signaling, indicating that the terminal selects at least M3 interference measurement reference signals to obtain CSI.

[0104] For example, the network side device configures M3 through high-layer signaling, that is, when the terminal selects M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals, the value of M1 is not less than the value of M3. Optionally, the network side device can indicate or the protocol can agree on a target value, for example, a target modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index (index) or a target CQI. The terminal obtains M1 interference measurement reference signals based on the target value or the first criterion, and indicates to the network side device which M1 interference measurement reference signals are selected. The first criterion can be: maximum SINR or maximum CQI or minimum interference power or minimum interference RSRP, etc.

[0105] In an optional implementation, in the above-mentioned method 1, optionally, the terminal may further feedback first indication information to the network-side device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the M1 interference measurement reference signals selected by the terminal. For example, the terminal feeds back one interference measurement reference signal indication to the network-side device to indicate the interference measurement reference signal selected by the terminal, or the terminal feeds back a combination number to the network-side device to indicate the interference measurement reference signal selected by the terminal, or the interference measurement reference signal indication may also be used to determine the value of M1, or the terminal feeds back the value of M1 to the network-side device.

[0106] For example, the network side device configures an interference measurement hypothesis to associate multiple interference measurement reference signals. The terminal selects M1 interference measurement reference signals based on the interference measurement of the multiple interference measurement reference signals to obtain the final interference measurement result, and indicates to the network side device which M1 interference measurement reference signal among the multiple interference measurement reference signals the M1 interference measurement reference signal selected by the terminal is.

[0107] Optionally, the terminal may select or determine M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on a first target value. Optionally, the network side device configuration or protocol agrees on a first target value, for example, a target MCS index or a target CQI. Optionally, the terminal obtains M1 interference measurement reference signals based on the first target value, and indicates to the network side device which M1 interference measurement reference signals are selected. One implementation manner is: the terminal obtains the maximum number of interference measurement reference signals that is not less than the first target value based on the first target value. Another implementation manner is: the terminal obtains the maximum number of interference measurement reference signals that is not greater than the first target value based on the first target value. The type of the first target value may be one of the following: MCS, MCS index, CQI, CQI index, Block Error Rate (BLER), and mutual information. For example: the terminal obtains M1 interference measurement reference signals based on the target MCS, and the MCS obtained by the terminal based on the interference measurement results of the M1 interference measurement signals is not less than the target MCS; for another example: the terminal obtains M1 interference measurement reference signals based on the target CQI, and the CQI obtained by the terminal based on the interference measurement results of the M1 interference measurement signals is not less than the target CQI.

[0108] Optionally, in the above-mentioned manner 1, the method may further include: the terminal selecting or determining M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on a first criterion, and optionally indicating to the network-side device which M1 interference measurement reference signals are selected. The first criterion may be: maximum SINR, maximum CQI, minimum interference power, minimum interference RSRP, etc.

[0109] In one embodiment, in the above-mentioned method 1, that is, when the terminal selects M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals to obtain the final interference measurement result, the terminal feeds back first indication information to the network side device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the M1 interference measurement reference signals selected by the terminal. For example, the terminal may feed back an interference measurement reference signal indication to the network side device to indicate the interference measurement reference signal selected by the terminal. Alternatively, the terminal feeds back the number of interference measurement reference signals and the number of combinations associated with the number to the network side device to indicate the interference measurement reference signal selected by the terminal. Optionally, the terminal may feed back the number of interference measurement reference signals in the first part of the CSI report, and the network side device determines the number of bits occupied by the number of combinations associated with the number through the number of interference measurement reference signals.

[0110] In one embodiment, optionally, in the above-mentioned method 1, that is, the terminal selects M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals to obtain CSI, the terminal may obtain CSI based on the sum of interference powers associated with the M1 interference measurement reference signals.

[0111] In one embodiment, in the above-mentioned method 1, the terminal selects M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals to obtain CSI, and the multiple interference measurement reference signals are interference measurement resources associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis determined by the terminal based on high-layer signaling or protocol agreement of the network side device.

[0112] Similarly, in an optional implementation, in the above-mentioned second method, when the terminal selects M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal to obtain the interference measurement result, the method may further include: the terminal determines the value of M2 according to the instruction of the network side device, for example, the terminal may obtain M2 configured by the network side device. In this implementation, the terminal may determine the value of M2 according to the network signaling sent by the network side device, and the network side device configures the value of M2 through signaling. For example, the network configures M2 through high-layer signaling, and the terminal selects M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal, and indicates to the network side device which M2 interference measurement reference signal ports are selected.

[0113] In an optional implementation, in the above-mentioned second embodiment, the terminal selecting M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal to obtain the interference measurement result may include: the terminal selecting, based on fourth network signaling, M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis. In this implementation, the network-side device controls whether the terminal selects the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports through higher-layer signaling. This facilitates the network-side device to flexibly obtain interference measurement results.

[0114] For example, the network-side device configures the terminal to select M2 interference measurement reference signal ports in the CSI report setting signaling, or the network configures the terminal to select the interference measurement reference signal port in the CSI report setting signaling; or the network configures the terminal to select M2 interference measurement reference signal ports in the CSI-associated resource setting signaling, or the network configures the terminal to select the interference measurement reference signal port in the CSI-associated resource setting.

[0115] Optionally, in the above-mentioned second method, the method may further include: the terminal obtains M4 configured by the network-side device, wherein the M4 is used to indicate the minimum value of the M2, and the terminal selects at least M4 interference measurement ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis to obtain the interference measurement result. In this optional implementation method, the network-side device can configure M4 through signaling to instruct the terminal to select at least M4 interference measurement reference signal ports to obtain the interference measurement result. For example, the network-side device configures M4 through high-layer signaling, and the terminal selects no less than M4 interference measurement reference signal ports.

[0116] Optionally, in the above-mentioned second method, the terminal may select or determine M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on a second target value. In this optional implementation method, the network side device may indicate a second target value or the protocol may agree on a second target value, for example, a target MCS index or a target CQI. The terminal obtains M2 interference measurement reference signal ports based on the second target value. Optionally, the terminal may indicate to the network side device which M2 interference measurement reference signal ports are selected.

[0117] Optionally, in the above-mentioned second embodiment, the method may further include: the terminal selecting or determining M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on a second criterion. In this optional implementation, the terminal may obtain M2 interference measurement reference signal ports based on the second criterion. Optionally, the terminal may indicate to the network-side device which M2 interference measurement reference signal ports are selected. For example, the second criterion may be: maximum SINR, maximum CQI, minimum interference power, minimum interference RSRP, etc.

[0118] In an optional implementation, in the above-mentioned second embodiment, that is, when the terminal determines or selects M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal to obtain the interference measurement result, the method may further include: the terminal feeding back second indication information to the network-side device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports selected by the terminal. For example, the terminal feeds back an interference measurement reference signal port indication to the network-side device, and the interference measurement reference signal port indication is used to determine the value of M2, or to determine the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports selected by the terminal.

[0119] Optionally, the second indication information may be multiple, for example, the terminal feeds back multiple interference measurement reference signal port indications, each interference measurement reference signal port indication is associated with an interference measurement reference signal, that is, the terminal indicates an interference measurement reference signal port selected from an interference measurement reference signal through each interference measurement reference signal port indication. Optionally, the terminal may indicate the number of interference measurement reference signal port indications to the network side device through the first part of the CSI report, or the number of the interference measurement reference signal port indications is equal to the number of interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis.

[0120] Optionally, the second indication information may also be one. For example, the terminal feeds back an interference measurement reference signal port indication, where the interference measurement reference signal port indication is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal. Optionally, the terminal indicates to the network-side device, through the first part of the CSI report, the number of interference measurement reference signal ports associated with the interference measurement reference signal port indication, or the number of interference measurement reference signal ports associated with the interference measurement reference signal port indication is equal to the number of all interference measurement reference signal ports associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis.

[0121] In an optional implementation, in the above-mentioned method 2, that is, when the terminal selects M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal to obtain the interference measurement result, the method may also include: the terminal feeds back the value of M2 to the network side device, or the terminal feeds back the number of interference measurement reference signal ports selected for each interference measurement reference signal to the network side device.

[0122] Optionally, the terminal may feed back a combination number to the network-side device, where the combination number is used to determine which of the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports among all interference measurement reference signal ports the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports selected by the terminal are.

[0123] Optionally, the terminal may also feed back multiple combination numbers to the network side device, each combination number being associated with an interference measurement reference signal, and the combination number being used to indicate which ports in the associated interference measurement reference signal the terminal selects to obtain the interference measurement result.

[0124] In an optional implementation, the terminal performing interference measurement based on at least one interference measurement hypothesis may further include at least one of the following:

[0125] 1) For one interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal selects at least one target interference measurement reference signal combination from at least one interference measurement reference signal combination, and obtains the interference measurement result based on the interference measurement result obtained by performing interference measurement on the at least one target interference measurement reference signal combination, wherein the at least one interference measurement reference signal combination is an interference measurement reference signal combination configured or indicated by the network side device for at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement hypothesis; in this implementation manner, the network side device may configure at least one interference measurement reference signal combination for the at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement hypothesis, and the terminal selects at least one interference measurement reference signal combination to obtain the interference measurement result.

[0126] 2) For one interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal selects at least one target interference measurement reference signal port combination from the at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination, and obtains the interference measurement result based on the interference measurement result obtained by performing interference measurement on the at least one target interference measurement reference signal port combination, wherein the at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination is an interference measurement reference signal port combination configured or indicated by the network side device for at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement hypothesis. In this implementation, the network side device can configure at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination for the at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement hypothesis, and the terminal selects at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination to obtain the interference measurement result.

[0127] In the above optional implementation manner, the one interference measurement hypothesis may be the first interference measurement hypothesis, may be the second interference measurement hypothesis, or may be other interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0128] In the above optional implementation, the network side device configures multiple interference conditions or multiple groups of interference conditions for the at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement hypothesis. The terminal selects at least one interference condition according to the network instruction or protocol agreement, and further obtains the interference measurement result. In this way, the network side device can more flexibly obtain the interference measurement results under different interference conditions, or the network side device can more accurately obtain the interference condition that is most suitable for the terminal, further improving the transmission performance of the terminal. The multiple interference conditions or multiple groups of interference conditions can be understood as multiple interference combinations or multiple groups of interference combinations, for example: multiple reference signal combinations or multiple reference signal port combinations or multiple reference signal set combinations or multiple reference signal group combinations or multiple reference signal port groups.

[0129] Optionally, the method may further include: the terminal sending third indication information or fourth indication information to the network-side device, where the third indication information is used to indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal combination selected by the terminal, or the fourth indication information is used to indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination selected by the terminal. Optionally, the terminal may indicate the at least one interference measurement reference signal combination or at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination selected by the terminal to the network-side device via a bit sequence in the first part of the CSI report.

[0130] Optionally, the terminal may indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal combination to the network side device, and the combination is associated with K1 interference measurement reference signals. Optionally, the terminal may also indicate an interference measurement reference signal indication to the network side device, which is used to indicate the interference measurement reference signal selected by the terminal from the interference measurement reference signal combination. One possible implementation is: the terminal indicates a bit sequence of length K1 to the network side device, and the interference measurement reference signal associated with the bit with a bit value of 1 in the bit sequence is the interference measurement reference signal selected by the terminal. Another possible implementation is: the terminal indicates a combination number to the network side device, and the combination number can be demapped in a manner agreed upon by the protocol to obtain the interference measurement reference signal selected by the terminal.

[0131] Optionally, the terminal may indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination to the network-side device, where the interference measurement reference signal port combination is associated with K2 interference measurement reference signal ports. Optionally, the terminal may also indicate an interference measurement reference signal port indication to the network-side device, used to indicate an interference measurement reference signal port combination selected by the terminal from the interference measurement reference signal port combination.

[0132] In the above, K1 and K2 are integers greater than or equal to 0.

[0133] In the above optional implementation, the terminal selects at least one interference condition based on network signaling instructions or protocol agreement. Optionally, the network-side device may indicate a target value or the protocol may agree on a target value, such as a target MCS index or a target CQI. The terminal selects at least one interference condition based on the target value. Optionally, the terminal selects at least one interference condition based on a first criterion or a second criterion. The first criterion or the second criterion may be: maximum SINR, maximum CQI, minimum interference power, minimum interference RSRP, etc.

[0134] In an optional implementation, the terminal performing interference measurement based on at least one interference measurement hypothesis may further include at least one of the following:

[0135] 1) The terminal determines the precoding matrix or equivalent channel matrix associated with the N interference transmission layers associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis according to the codebook type indicated by the fifth network signaling, and performs interference measurement based on the precoding matrix or the equivalent channel matrix; for example, the terminal can determine the N interference transmission layers and the precoding matrix associated with the N interference transmission layers based on the codebook type according to the codebook type indicated by the fifth network signaling, determine the interference measurement equivalent channel matrix (precoding matrix multiplied by channel matrix) based on the precoding matrix and the channel matrix associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and further obtain CSI based on the equivalent channel matrix associated with the N interference transmission layers.

[0136] 2) The terminal determines the precoding matrix or equivalent channel matrix associated with the N interference transmission layers associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis according to the codebook type agreed upon in the protocol, and performs interference measurement based on the precoding matrix or the equivalent channel matrix. For example, the terminal may determine N interference transmission layers according to the codebook type agreed upon in the protocol, determine the N interference transmission layers and the precoding matrix associated with the N interference transmission layers based on the codebook type, determine the interference measurement equivalent channel matrix (precoding matrix multiplied by channel matrix) based on the precoding matrix and the channel matrix associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and further obtain CSI based on the equivalent channel matrix associated with the N interference transmission layers.

[0137] In the above optional implementation, the terminal can determine the codebook type associated with the precoding matrix associated with the N interfering transmission layers based on network signaling instructions or protocol agreements. In this way, the network-side device can flexibly configure the codebook type associated with the interfering transmission layer, thereby obtaining a more accurate interference situation.

[0138] In the above optional implementation, the terminal may also determine the frequency domain granularity associated with the precoding matrices associated with the N interfering transmission layers, that is, whether the precoding matrix is ​​broadband or sub-band, according to network signaling instructions or protocol agreements.

[0139] For example, the network-side device instructs the terminal through high-layer signaling to obtain precoding matrices associated with N interfering transmission layers based on a Type 1 codebook or a Type 2 codebook.

[0140] For another example, the protocol stipulates that the terminal obtains the precoding matrices associated with N interfering transmission layers based on the Type 1 codebook or the Type 2 codebook.

[0141] In an optional implementation, after obtaining the interference measurement result, the terminal may obtain a CSI report that feeds back the interference measurement result, and report the CSI report to a network-side device.

[0142] In an optional implementation, the method may further include: the terminal determining to obtain a CSI report or determining resources occupied by the terminal for performing the interference measurement, wherein the CSI report is associated with a measurement result of the interference measurement performed by the terminal based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, for example, the CSI report is used to feedback the interference measurement result of the interference measurement performed based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis. The terminal has a limited resource pool. Before obtaining the CSI report or obtaining the interference measurement result, the terminal may determine the resources occupied by the CSI report to determine whether the resources in the resource pool are sufficient to obtain the CSI report or obtain the interference measurement result. If not, the terminal may not perform the interference measurement or update the interference measurement result.

[0143] The resource pool may include at least one of the following:

[0144] 1) Available CSI processing unit (CPU) resource pool;

[0145] 2), an activatable reference signal resource pool;

[0146] 3), activatable reference signal port resource pool;

[0147] 4), activatable interference reference signal resource pool;

[0148] 5), activatable interference reference signal port resource pool;

[0149] 6), a pool of CPU resources dedicated to interference measurement is available.

[0150] Optionally, the terminal may determine the resources occupied by obtaining the CSI report or determining the resources occupied by performing the interference measurement based on at least one of the following:

[0151] 1) Number of interference measurement assumptions;

[0152] 2) Interference measurement hypothesis type; different interference measurement hypothesis types may occupy different resources.

[0153] 3) Number of interference measurement reference signals;

[0154] 4) Number of interference measurement reference signal groups;

[0155] 5) the number of interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis;

[0156] 6) the number of interference measurement reference signal groups associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis;

[0157] 7) The number of interference measurement hypotheses associated with the predetermined codebook; wherein different codebook types may occupy different resources;

[0158] 8) The number of interference measurement reference signals associated with the interference measurement hypothesis associated with the predetermined codebook. Different codebook types may occupy different resources.

[0159] In the above implementation, the number or size of occupied resources determined by the terminal is related to at least one of 1) to 8) above. For example, the terminal determines that the number of CPUs occupied by the interference measurement is a specific multiple of the number of interference measurement hypotheses. For another example, the terminal determines that the number of CPUs occupied by the interference measurement is a specific multiple of the number of reference signals associated with the interference measurement hypothesis associated with the Type 2 codebook.

[0160] The predetermined codebook may be a codebook type configured separately by the network side device for the first interference measurement hypothesis, or may be a codebook type stipulated by the protocol as a signal measurement hypothesis or a channel measurement hypothesis.

[0161] By determining resources in the above manner, the network-side device can more effectively utilize the resources available to the terminal to obtain CSI or perform interference measurement, and try to avoid the situation where the network triggers an interference measurement or CSI measurement, and the terminal cannot complete the measurement due to insufficient available resources.

[0162] In an optional implementation, as shown in FIG4 , after the terminal performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, the method may further include:

[0163] S216: The terminal obtains CQIs associated with the plurality of interference measurement hypotheses based on the interference measurement result obtained by performing the interference measurement;

[0164] S218: The terminal feeds back the acquired CQI to the network side device.

[0165] For example, the terminal may feed back the acquired CQI to the network side device via a CSI report, wherein the CSI report for feeding back the CQI and the CSI report for feeding back the interference measurement result may be the same CSI report.

[0166] In the above implementation, optionally, S216 may include at least one of the following:

[0167] 1) For each interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal obtains a CQI based on an interference measurement result obtained by performing interference measurement on the interference measurement hypothesis.

[0168] In this embodiment, for each interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal obtains CQI respectively and indicates it to the network. In this way, the network side device can obtain more CQI information, thereby achieving more reasonable scheduling and improving user transmission efficiency.

[0169] For example, the network device configures multiple interference measurement hypotheses for the terminal. The first interference measurement hypothesis measures inter-cell interference, the second interference measurement hypothesis measures inter-user interference, and the third interference measurement hypothesis measures both inter-cell interference and inter-user interference. The terminal obtains a CQI for each interference measurement hypothesis.

[0170] For another example, the network side device configures multiple interference measurement hypotheses for the terminal. The first interference measurement hypothesis associates one transmission layer for each interference measurement reference signal port, and the second interference measurement hypothesis associates N interference transmission layers for each interference measurement reference signal. The terminal obtains CQI for each interference measurement hypothesis respectively.

[0171] 2) For each of the first interference measurement hypotheses, the terminal obtains a CQI based on interference measurement results obtained by performing interference measurement on the first interference measurement hypothesis.

[0172] In this embodiment, for each first interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal obtains the CQI respectively and indicates it to the network. In this way, the network-side device can obtain more CQI information associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, thereby achieving more reasonable scheduling and improving user transmission efficiency.

[0173] 3) The terminal determines at least one interference measurement hypothesis shared CQI based on an instruction of the sixth network signaling.

[0174] In this embodiment, the terminal can determine to obtain a CQI for at least one interference measurement hypothesis based on network signaling; in this way, the network side device configures the terminal to obtain a CQI for multiple interference measurement hypotheses, achieving more flexible CQI acquisition and saving CQI indication overhead.

[0175] For example, the network-side device configures multiple interference measurement hypotheses for the terminal. The first interference measurement hypothesis measures inter-cell interference, and the second interference measurement hypothesis measures inter-user interference. The network can instruct the terminal through signaling to associate the two interference measurement hypotheses with a CQI. The terminal then sums the interference of the two interference measurement hypotheses to obtain the CQI.

[0176] 4) The terminal determines at least one first interference measurement hypothesis shared CQI based on an instruction of the seventh network signaling.

[0177] In this implementation, the terminal can determine to obtain a CQI for at least one first interference measurement hypothesis based on network signaling; in this way, the network side device can configure the terminal to obtain a CQI for multiple first interference measurement hypotheses, thereby achieving more flexible CQI acquisition and saving CQI indication overhead.

[0178] 5) The terminal determines part of the interference measurement hypothesis in the at least one interference measurement hypothesis based on an instruction of the eighth network signaling, and obtains the CQI based on an interference measurement result obtained by performing interference measurement on the part of the interference measurement hypothesis.

[0179] In this embodiment, the terminal determines the partial interference measurement hypothesis based on network signaling and indicates the CQI to the network side device; in this way, the network side device can flexibly configure the terminal to obtain CQI for the partial interference measurement hypothesis, saving CQI indication overhead.

[0180] For example, the network side device configures multiple interference measurement hypotheses for the terminal. For one of the interference measurement hypotheses, the network side device configures a target CQI or a target MCS. For this interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal does not need to feedback CQI, or for this interference measurement hypothesis, the network side device can indicate that the terminal does not need to feedback CQI.

[0181] In S216, optionally, when the network side device configures a reference CQI, for a reference interference measurement hypothesis in the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal obtains, based on the measurement result, a difference between the CQI of the reference interference measurement hypothesis and the reference CQI, and uses the difference as the CQI to be fed back for the reference interference measurement hypothesis, wherein the reference interference measurement hypothesis is an interference measurement hypothesis for which the network side device is configured with a reference CQI. In this way, the CQI feedback overhead can be effectively reduced.

[0182] For example, the network-side device configures multiple interference measurement hypotheses for the terminal. For one of the interference measurement hypotheses, the network-side device configures a target CQI (i.e., a reference CQI). For this interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal does not need to feedback the absolute CQI, but instead feeds back the CQI offset of the absolute CQI relative to the target CQI. In this way, the CQI feedback overhead can be reduced.

[0183] In an optional implementation, the method may further include: when there are multiple CQIs fed back, the terminal determining a priority of each of the CQIs, wherein the priority of each CQI is determined by one of the following:

[0184] 1) The configuration order of the CQI-associated interference measurement reference signals.

[0185] In this embodiment, when the terminal feeds back CQIs of multiple interference measurement hypotheses, the priorities of the multiple CQIs are related to the configuration order of the interference measurement reference signals, that is, each interference measurement hypothesis determines the earliest configured target interference measurement reference signal among at least one interference measurement reference signal associated therewith, and among the multiple interference measurement hypotheses, the earliest configured second interference measurement reference signal among the earliest configured target interference measurement reference signals associated therewith has a higher priority than the second earliest configured second interference measurement reference signal, which is higher than the third earliest, and so on.

[0186] For example, the network-side device configures multiple interference measurement hypotheses for the terminal. The first interference measurement hypothesis associates a transmission layer for each interference measurement reference signal port, and associates the first configured reference signal and the second configured reference signal. The second interference measurement hypothesis associates N interference transmission layers for each interference measurement reference signal, and associates the third configured reference signal and the fourth configured reference signal. The terminal obtains the CQI for each interference measurement hypothesis respectively. When the terminal feeds back the CQI, since the earliest configured reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis is the first reference signal, and the earliest configured reference signal associated with the second interference measurement hypothesis is the third reference signal, the priority of the CQI associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis is higher than the CQI associated with the second interference measurement hypothesis, that is, it is preferentially mapped to the uplink channel resources.

[0187] 2) The configuration order of the CQI-associated interference measurement hypothesis.

[0188] In this embodiment, when the terminal feeds back CQIs of multiple interference measurement hypotheses, the priorities of the multiple CQIs are related to the order in which the interference measurement hypotheses are configured by the network side device, that is, the terminal determines the priority of the CQI according to the order in which the interference measurement hypotheses are configured.

[0189] For example, the network configures two interference measurement hypotheses for the terminal, and the terminal obtains a CQI for each interference measurement hypothesis. When the terminal feeds back the CQI, the CQI associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis has a higher priority than the CQI associated with the second interference measurement hypothesis, that is, it is preferentially mapped to the uplink channel resources.

[0190] Through the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal can perform interference measurement based on at least one interference measurement hypothesis. Therefore, the network side equipment can flexibly configure multiple interference measurement hypotheses, thereby enabling the terminal to obtain more accurate interference conditions and improve system transmission performance.

[0191] Optionally, the association described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the following explanations:

[0192] A is associated with B, which means A is B;

[0193] A is associated with B, which means that B can be obtained through A;

[0194] A is associated with B, which means that B can be determined through A.

[0195] In the embodiment of the present application, the first interference measurement hypothesis and the second interference measurement hypothesis may be the same interference measurement hypothesis or different interference measurement hypotheses, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0196] In an embodiment of the present application, the first network signaling, the second network signaling, the third network signaling, the fourth network signaling, the fifth network signaling, the sixth network signaling, the seventh network signaling, and the eighth network signaling can be the same network signaling or different network signaling. The network signaling can be high-layer signaling, low-layer signaling, MAC layer signaling, or physical layer signaling, which is not limited in the specific embodiment of the present application.

[0197] Based on the same technical concept, an embodiment of the present application also provides an interference measurement configuration method.

[0198] Figure 5 illustrates a flowchart of an interference measurement configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application. Method 500 can be executed by a network-side device. In other words, the method can be executed by software or hardware installed on the network-side device. Where necessary, the following embodiments only describe the operation of the network-side device. For other matters not covered, please refer to the above description of method 200.

[0199] S510: A network-side device obtains and configures at least one interference measurement hypothesis for a terminal.

[0200] The at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, each of the interference measurement reference signals is associated with N interference transmission layers, and N is an integer greater than 0.

[0201] S512: The network-side device indicates the at least one interference measurement hypothesis to the terminal.

[0202] Through the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, the network-side device can flexibly configure multiple interference measurement hypotheses, thereby enabling the terminal to obtain more accurate interference conditions and improve system transmission performance.

[0203] In an optional implementation, the method may further include at least one of the following:

[0204] 1) The network-side device sends a first network signaling to the terminal, where the first network signaling is used to indicate a value of N;

[0205] 2) The network-side device sends a second network signaling to the terminal, wherein the second network signaling is used to instruct the terminal whether to feed back precoding matrices associated with N interfering transmission layers;

[0206] 3) The network-side device sends a third network signaling to the terminal, wherein the third network signaling is used to instruct the terminal to select M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and obtain an interference measurement result based on the M1 interference measurement reference signals;

[0207] 4) The network-side device sends fourth network signaling to the terminal, wherein the fourth network signaling is used to instruct the terminal to select M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and obtain an interference measurement result based on the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports;

[0208] 5) The network-side device sends fifth network signaling to the terminal, wherein the fifth network signaling is used to indicate a codebook type;

[0209] 6) The network-side device sends a sixth network signaling to the terminal, wherein the sixth network signaling is used to indicate at least one of the interference measurement hypothesis shared CQIs;

[0210] 7) The network-side device sends a seventh network signaling to the terminal, wherein the seventh network signaling is used to indicate at least one first interference measurement hypothesis shared CQI;

[0211] 8) The network-side device sends an eighth network signaling to the terminal, wherein the eighth network signaling is used to indicate part of the interference measurement hypothesis in the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, and the part of the interference measurement hypothesis is used to obtain a CQI;

[0212] 9) The network-side device sends a ninth network signaling to the terminal, wherein the ninth network signaling is used to indicate a value of the M1 or the M2;

[0213] 10) The network-side device sends a tenth network signaling to the terminal, wherein the tenth network signaling is used to configure a minimum value M3 of M1 or a minimum value M4 of M2;

[0214] 11) The network side device sends an eleventh network signaling to the terminal, wherein the thirteenth network signaling is used to configure the first target value or the second target value.

[0215] It should be noted that the first network signaling, the second network signaling, the third network signaling, the fourth network signaling, the fifth network signaling, the sixth network signaling, the seventh network signaling, the eighth network signaling, the ninth network signaling, the tenth network signaling and the eleventh network signaling in the embodiment of the present application can be the same network signaling, or they can be partially the same network signaling. For example, the second network signaling, the third network signaling and the fourth network signaling are the same network signaling, and the remaining network signalings are different network signalings, or they can be completely different network signalings. For example, any two network signalings among the first network signaling, the second network signaling, the third network signaling, the fourth network signaling, the fifth network signaling, the sixth network signaling, the seventh network signaling, the eighth network signaling, the ninth network signaling, the tenth network signaling and the eleventh network signaling are not the same network signaling.

[0216] In an optional implementation, the method may further include: the network-side device receiving an interference measurement result reported by the terminal after the terminal performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0217] The terminal may obtain the interference measurement result in the manner described in the above method 200 . For details, please refer to the relevant description in the method 200 .

[0218] Optionally, the terminal may report the interference measurement result through a CSI report, which may be specifically described in the above method 200.

[0219] In an optional implementation, the method may further include at least one of the following:

[0220] 1) The network side device receives first indication information fed back by the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to obtain M1 interference measurement reference signals selected by the interference measurement result; based on the first indication information, the network side device can obtain the number of interference measurement reference signals selected by the terminal or which interference measurement reference signals among the multiple interference measurement reference signals are selected.

[0221] 2) The network-side device receives second indication information fed back by the terminal, wherein the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal to obtain the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports selected by the interference measurement result. Based on the first indication information, the network-side device can learn the number of interference measurement reference signal ports selected by the terminal or which interference measurement reference signal ports among the multiple interference measurement reference signal ports are selected.

[0222] 3) The network-side device receives third indication information sent by the terminal, wherein the third indication information is used to indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal combination selected by the terminal.

[0223] 4) The network-side device receives fourth indication information sent by the terminal, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination selected by the terminal.

[0224] In an optional implementation, the method may further include: for one interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, the network-side device associates at least one interference measurement reference signal combination with the interference measurement hypothesis or indicates at least one interference measurement reference signal combination or at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination. Through this implementation, the network-side device can more flexibly obtain CSI under different interference conditions, or the network-side device can more accurately obtain the interference condition that is most suitable for the terminal, further improving the transmission performance of the terminal.

[0225] Optionally, the method may further include: a network-side device receiving third indication information sent by the terminal, wherein the third indication information is used to indicate an interference measurement reference signal combination or interference measurement reference signal port combination selected by the terminal from the at least one interference measurement reference signal combination or the at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination. For example, the network-side device obtains the third indication information of the terminal via a bit sequence in the first part of the CSI report.

[0226] In an optional implementation, the method may further include: the network side device receiving the CQI fed back by the terminal. The terminal may obtain the CQI according to the relevant description in the above method 200. For details, please refer to the relevant description in the above method 200.

[0227] Through the above technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application, the network side equipment can flexibly configure multiple interference measurement hypotheses to facilitate obtaining more accurate interference conditions and further improve the system transmission performance.

[0228] The interference measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be performed by an interference measurement device. In the embodiment of the present application, the interference measurement device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the method of performing interference measurement by the interference measurement device as an example.

[0229] FIG6 shows a schematic structural diagram of an interference measurement device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG6 , the device mainly includes: a first acquisition module 601 and a measurement module 602 .

[0230] In an embodiment of the present application, a first acquisition module 601 is used to obtain at least one interference measurement hypothesis, wherein the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and each of the interference measurement reference signals is associated with N interference transmission layers, where N is an integer greater than 0; the measurement module 602 is used to perform interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0231] In an optional implementation, the first acquisition module is further configured to determine the value of N according to one of the following:

[0232] First network signaling;

[0233] The rules agreed upon in the agreement;

[0234] Terminal implementation.

[0235] In an optional implementation, as shown in FIG7 , the apparatus may further include: a determination module 603 , configured to determine, according to the second network signaling, whether to feed back precoding matrices associated with N interfering transmission layers.

[0236] In an optional implementation, the measurement module 602 selects or determines at least part of the interference measurement reference signals or at least part of the interference measurement reference signal ports for interference measurement according to at least one of the following:

[0237] Selecting M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, where M1 is an integer greater than 1;

[0238] M2 interference measurement reference signal ports are selected from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, where M2 is an integer greater than 1.

[0239] In an optional implementation, the measuring module 602 is further configured to:

[0240] Determine the value of M1 according to the instruction of the network side device; or

[0241] Obtain M3 configured by the network side device, where M3 is used to indicate the minimum value of M1 and M3 is an integer greater than 0.

[0242] In an optional implementation, the measuring module 602 is further configured to:

[0243] Determine the value of M2 according to the instruction of the network side device;

[0244] Obtain M4 configured by the network side device, where M4 is used to indicate the minimum value of M2 and M4 is an integer greater than 0.

[0245] In an optional implementation, as shown in FIG7 , the apparatus may further include: a first transmission module 604 configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0246] Feedback first indication information to the network side device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the M1 interference measurement reference signals selected by the terminal;

[0247] Feedback second indication information to the network side device, where the second indication information is used to indicate the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports selected by the terminal.

[0248] In an optional implementation, selecting M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis includes: selecting M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on third network signaling; or

[0249] Selecting M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, including: based on fourth network signaling, selecting M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis.

[0250] In an optional implementation, selecting or determining M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis includes at least one of the following:

[0251] Select or determine, based on a first target value, M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, where the first target value is configured by a network-side device or agreed upon by a protocol;

[0252] Based on a first criterion, M1 interference measurement reference signals are selected or determined from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis.

[0253] In an optional implementation, selecting or determining M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis includes at least one of the following:

[0254] Selecting or determining, based on a second target value, M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis;

[0255] Based on a second criterion, M2 interference measurement reference signal ports are selected or determined from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis.

[0256] In an optional implementation, the measuring module 602 performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, including at least one of the following:

[0257] For one interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, select at least one target interference measurement reference signal combination from at least one interference measurement reference signal combination, and obtain the interference measurement result based on an interference measurement result obtained by performing interference measurement on the at least one target interference measurement reference signal combination, wherein the at least one interference measurement reference signal combination is an interference measurement reference signal combination configured or indicated by a network-side device for at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement hypothesis;

[0258] For one interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, select at least one target interference measurement reference signal port combination from at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination, and obtain the interference measurement result based on the interference measurement result obtained by performing interference measurement on the at least one target interference measurement reference signal port combination, wherein the at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination is an interference measurement reference signal port combination configured or indicated by a network-side device for at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement hypothesis.

[0259] In an optional implementation, the first transmission module 604 is further configured to:

[0260] Sending third indication information to the network side device, wherein the third indication information is used to indicate the at least one interference measurement reference signal combination selected by the terminal;

[0261] Sending fourth indication information to the network side device, where the fourth indication information is used to indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination selected by the terminal.

[0262] In an optional implementation, the measuring module 602 performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, including at least one of the following:

[0263] Determine, according to the codebook type indicated by the fifth network signaling, a precoding matrix or an equivalent channel matrix associated with N interfering transmission layers associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and perform interference measurement based on the precoding matrix or the equivalent channel matrix;

[0264] According to the codebook type agreed upon in the protocol, a precoding matrix or an equivalent channel matrix associated with N interfering transmission layers associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis is determined, and interference measurement is performed based on the precoding matrix or the equivalent channel matrix.

[0265] In an optional implementation, the measurement module 602 is further configured to determine, according to an instruction from a network-side device or a protocol agreement, the frequency domain granularity associated with the precoding matrices associated with the N interfering transmission layers.

[0266] In an optional implementation, the first acquisition module 601 is further used to determine resources occupied by obtaining a CSI report or determine resources occupied by performing the interference measurement, wherein the CSI report is associated with a measurement result of interference measurement performed by the terminal based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0267] In an optional implementation, the first acquisition module 601 determines resources occupied by obtaining a CSI report or determining resources occupied by performing the interference measurement, including:

[0268] Determining the resources occupied by obtaining the CSI report based on at least one of the following:

[0269] number of interference measurement assumptions;

[0270] interference measurement assumption type;

[0271] Number of interference measurement reference signals;

[0272] Number of interference measurement reference signal groups;

[0273] the number of interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis;

[0274] the number of interference measurement reference signal groups associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis;

[0275] a number of interference measurement hypotheses associated with a predetermined codebook;

[0276] The number of interference measurement reference signals associated with the interference measurement hypothesis associated with the predetermined codebook.

[0277] In an optional implementation, the first acquisition module 601 is further used to obtain CQIs associated with multiple interference measurement hypotheses based on the interference measurement results obtained by performing interference measurement; as shown in Figure 8, the device may also include: a second transmission module 605, used to feed back the obtained CQI to the network side device.

[0278] In an optional implementation, the first acquisition module 601 acquires, based on the interference measurement result obtained by performing the interference measurement, a channel quality indicator CQI associated with multiple interference measurement hypotheses, including at least one of the following:

[0279] For each interference measurement hypothesis, obtaining a CQI based on an interference measurement result obtained by performing interference measurement on the interference measurement hypothesis;

[0280] For each of the first interference measurement hypotheses, obtaining a CQI based on interference measurement results obtained by performing interference measurement on the first interference measurement hypothesis;

[0281] Determine, based on an indication of a sixth network signaling, at least one interference measurement hypothesis shared CQI;

[0282] Determine, based on an instruction of a seventh network signaling, at least one first interference measurement hypothesis shared CQI;

[0283] Based on an instruction of the eighth network signaling, some interference measurement hypotheses in the at least one interference measurement hypothesis are determined, and the terminal obtains a CQI based on an interference measurement result obtained by performing interference measurement on the some interference measurement hypotheses.

[0284] In an optional implementation, the second transmission module 605 is further configured to, when there are multiple fed-back CQIs, determine the priority of each CQI, wherein the priority of each CQI is determined by one of the following:

[0285] a configuration order of the interference measurement reference signals associated with the CQI;

[0286] The configuration order of the interference measurement hypotheses associated with the CQI.

[0287] The interference measurement device in the embodiments of the present application can be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or chip. The electronic device can be a terminal or other device other than a terminal. For example, the terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminal 11 listed above, and the other device can be a server, a network attached storage (NAS), etc., which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0288] The interference measurement device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiments of Figures 2 to 4 and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be described here.

[0289] FIG9 shows a schematic structural diagram of an interference measurement configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG9 , the device 900 mainly includes: a second acquisition module 901 and a third transmission module 902 .

[0290] In an embodiment of the present application, a second acquisition module 901 is used to obtain at least one interference measurement hypothesis configured for a terminal, wherein the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and each interference measurement reference signal is associated with N interference transmission layers, where N is an integer greater than 0; a third transmission module 902 is used to indicate the at least one interference measurement hypothesis to the terminal.

[0291] In an optional implementation, the third transmission module 902 is further configured to:

[0292] Sending first network signaling to the terminal, where the first network signaling is used to indicate a value of N;

[0293] Sending second network signaling to the terminal, wherein the second network signaling is used to instruct the terminal whether to feed back precoding matrices associated with N interfering transmission layers;

[0294] sending third network signaling to the terminal, where the third network signaling is used to instruct the terminal to select M1 interference measurement reference signals from a plurality of interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and obtain an interference measurement result based on the M1 interference measurement reference signals;

[0295] sending fourth network signaling to the terminal, where the fourth network signaling is used to instruct the terminal to select M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and obtain an interference measurement result based on the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports;

[0296] Sending fifth network signaling to the terminal, where the fifth network signaling is used to indicate a codebook type;

[0297] Sending a sixth network signaling to the terminal, wherein the sixth network signaling is used to indicate at least one interference measurement hypothesis shared CQI;

[0298] Sending seventh network signaling to the terminal, where the seventh network signaling is used to indicate at least one first interference measurement hypothesis shared CQI;

[0299] Sending eighth network signaling to the terminal, where the eighth network signaling is used to indicate some interference measurement hypotheses in the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, where the some interference measurement hypotheses are used to obtain a CQI;

[0300] Sending a ninth network signaling to the terminal, wherein the ninth network signaling is used to indicate a value of the M1 or the M2;

[0301] Sending a tenth network signaling to the terminal, wherein the tenth network signaling is used to configure a minimum value M3 of the M1 or a minimum value M4 of the M2;

[0302] An eleventh network signaling is sent to the terminal, wherein the thirteenth network signaling is used to configure the first target value or the second target value.

[0303] In an optional implementation, the third transmission module 902 is further configured to receive an interference measurement result reported by the terminal after performing interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0304] In an optional implementation, the third transmission module 902 is further configured to:

[0305] receiving first indication information fed back by the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to obtain M1 interference measurement reference signals selected by the interference measurement result;

[0306] receiving second indication information fed back by the terminal, wherein the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal to obtain M2 interference measurement reference signal ports selected by the interference measurement result;

[0307] receiving third indication information sent by the terminal, wherein the third indication information is used to indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal combination selected by the terminal;

[0308] Receive fourth indication information sent by the terminal, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination selected by the terminal.

[0309] In an optional implementation, the third transmission module 902 is further used to configure or indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal combination or at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination for at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with one of the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0310] In an optional implementation, the third transmission module 902 is further configured to receive the CQI fed back by the terminal.

[0311] The interference measurement configuration device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 5 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.

[0312] As shown in Figure 10, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 1000, including a processor 1001 and a memory 1002. The memory 1002 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 1001. For example, when the communication device 1000 is a terminal, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1001 to implement the various steps of the above-mentioned interference measurement method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 1000 is a network-side device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1001 to implement the various steps of the above-mentioned interference measurement configuration method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0313] The present application also provides a terminal including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instruction to implement the steps in the method embodiments shown in Figures 2 to 4. This terminal embodiment corresponds to the aforementioned terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the aforementioned method embodiment can be applied to this terminal embodiment and achieve the same technical effects. Specifically, Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application.

[0314] The terminal 1100 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1101, a network module 1102, an audio output unit 1103, an input unit 1104, a sensor 1105, a display unit 1106, a user input unit 1107, an interface unit 1108, a memory 1109 and at least some of the components of the processor 1110.

[0315] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 1100 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) to power various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 1110 via a power management system, thereby enabling the power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption. The terminal structure shown in FIG11 does not limit the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or arrange the components differently, which will not be described in detail here.

[0316] It should be understood that in an embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1104 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 11041 and a microphone 11042, and the graphics processing unit 11041 processes the image data of a static picture or video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 1106 may include a display panel 11061, and the display panel 11061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1107 includes a touch panel 11071 and at least one of other input devices 11072. The touch panel 11071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 11071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 11072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here.

[0317] In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from a network-side device, the RF unit 1101 may transmit the data to the processor 1110 for processing. Furthermore, the RF unit 1101 may send uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the RF unit 1101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

[0318] The memory 1109 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1109 may mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, applications or instructions required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.). In addition, the memory 1109 may include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct RAM bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 1109 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0319] Processor 1110 may include one or more processing units. Optionally, processor 1110 integrates an application processor and a modem processor. The application processor primarily handles operations related to the operating system, user interface, and application programs, while the modem processor primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the modem processor may not be integrated into processor 1110.

[0320] Among them, the processor 1110 is used to: obtain at least one interference measurement hypothesis, wherein the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, each of the interference measurement reference signals is associated with N interference transmission layers, and N is an integer greater than 0; perform interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

[0321] It can be understood that the implementation process of each implementation method mentioned in this embodiment can refer to the relevant description of method embodiment 200 and achieve the same or corresponding technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0322] The present application also provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instruction to implement the steps of the method embodiment shown in FIG5 . This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the aforementioned network-side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the aforementioned method embodiment are applicable to this network-side device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects.

[0323] Specifically, embodiments of the present application also provide a network-side device. As shown in Figure 12, network-side device 1200 includes an antenna 1201, a radio frequency device 1202, a baseband device 1203, a processor 1204, and a memory 1205. Antenna 1201 is connected to radio frequency device 1202. In the uplink direction, radio frequency device 1202 receives information via antenna 1201 and sends the received information to baseband device 1203 for processing. In the downlink direction, baseband device 1203 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to radio frequency device 1202. Radio frequency device 1202 processes the received information and then sends it through antenna 1201.

[0324] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 1203 , which includes a baseband processor.

[0325] The baseband device 1203 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which multiple chips are arranged, as shown in Figure 12, one of which is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 1205 through a bus interface to call the program in the memory 1205 and execute the network device operations shown in the above method embodiment.

[0326] The network side device may further include a network interface 1206 , which is, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0327] Specifically, the network side device 1200 of the embodiment of the present application also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 1205 and executable on the processor 1204. The processor 1204 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 1205 to execute the method of execution of each module shown in Figure 9 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.

[0328] An embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the various processes of the above-mentioned interference measurement method embodiment or the various processes of the above-mentioned interference measurement configuration method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, they are not repeated here.

[0329] The processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transitory readable storage medium.

[0330] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned interference measurement method embodiment, or to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned interference measurement configuration method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0331] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0332] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium. The computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned interference measurement method embodiment, or to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned interference measurement configuration method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here.

[0333] An embodiment of the present application further provides a wireless communication system, including: a terminal and a network-side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the interference measurement method described above, and the network-side device can be used to execute the steps of the interference measurement configuration method described above.

[0334] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises a ..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device comprising the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the opposite order according to the functions involved. For example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0335] Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of a computer software product plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, or of course, by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.) and includes a number of instructions for enabling a terminal or network-side device to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0336] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of this application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms of implementation methods without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims. These implementation methods are all within the protection of this application.

Claims

1. An interference measurement method, comprising: The terminal obtains at least one interference measurement hypothesis, wherein the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, and the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and each of the at least one interference measurement reference signal is associated with N interference transmission layers, and N is an integer greater than 0; The terminal performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The method further includes: The terminal determines the value of N according to one of the following: First network signaling; Rules stipulated by the protocol; The implementation of the terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The method further includes: The terminal determines whether to feedback a precoding matrix associated with N interference transmission layers according to second network signaling.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein, The terminal performing interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes: The terminal selects or determines at least some interference measurement reference signals or at least some interference measurement reference signal ports for interference measurement according to at least one of the following: The terminal selects or determines M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, where M1 is an integer greater than 1; The terminal selects or determines M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, where M2 is an integer greater than 1.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein Before the terminal selects or determines M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, the method further includes at least one of the following: The terminal determines the value of M1 according to an indication of a network-side device; The terminal obtains M3 configured by the network-side device, where M3 is used to indicate the minimum value of M1, and M3 is an integer greater than 0.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein, Before the terminal selects or determines M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, the method further includes at least one of the following: The terminal determines the value of M2 according to an indication of a network-side device; The terminal obtains M4 configured by the network-side device, where M4 is used to indicate the minimum value of M2, and M4 is an integer greater than 0.

7. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein The method further includes at least one of the following: The terminal feeds back first indication information to the network-side device, where the first indication information is used to indicate the M1 interference measurement reference signals selected or determined by the terminal; The terminal feeds back second indication information to the network-side device, where the second indication information is used to indicate the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports selected or determined by the terminal.

8. The method according to claim 4, wherein, The terminal selects or determines M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, including: The terminal selects M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on third network signaling; or, The terminal selects or determines M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all the interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, including: the terminal selects M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all the interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on the fourth network signaling.

9. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 8, wherein, The terminal selects or determines M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, including at least one of the following: The terminal selects or determines M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on the first target value, where the first target value is configured by the network-side device or agreed upon by the protocol. The terminal selects or determines M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on the first criterion.

10. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 8, wherein, The terminal selects or determines M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all the interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, including at least one of the following: The terminal selects or determines M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all the interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on the second target value. The terminal selects or determines M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all the interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis based on the second criterion.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein, The terminal performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, including at least one of the following: For one interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal selects at least one target interference measurement reference signal combination from at least one interference measurement reference signal combination, and performs interference measurement on the at least one target interference measurement reference signal combination, where the at least one interference measurement reference signal combination is an interference measurement reference signal combination configured or indicated by the network-side device for at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement hypothesis. For one interference measurement hypothesis among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, the terminal selects at least one target interference measurement reference signal port combination from at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination, and performs interference measurement on the at least one target interference measurement reference signal port combination, where the at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination is an interference measurement reference signal port combination configured or indicated by the network-side device for at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement hypothesis.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein, The method further includes at least one of the following: The terminal sends third indication information to the network-side device, where the third indication information is used to indicate the at least one interference measurement reference signal combination selected by the terminal. The terminal sends fourth indication information to the network-side device, where the fourth indication information is used to indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination selected by the terminal.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein, The terminal performs interference measurement based on the first interference measurement assumption, including one of the following: The terminal determines, according to the codebook type indicated by the fifth network signaling, a precoding matrix or an equivalent channel matrix associated with N interference transmission layers associated with the first interference measurement assumption, and performs interference measurement based on the precoding matrix or the equivalent channel matrix; The terminal determines, according to the codebook type agreed upon by the protocol, a precoding matrix or an equivalent channel matrix associated with N interference transmission layers associated with the first interference measurement assumption, and performs interference measurement based on the precoding matrix or the equivalent channel matrix.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein, The method further includes: The terminal determines, according to the indication of the network-side device or the protocol agreement, the frequency-domain granularity associated with the precoding matrix of the N interference transmission layers.

15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein The method further includes: The terminal determines the resources occupied by obtaining the CSI report or determines the resources occupied by performing the interference measurement, where the CSI report is associated with the measurement result of the terminal performing interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement assumption.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein, The terminal determines the resources occupied by obtaining the CSI report or determines the resources occupied by performing the interference measurement, including: The terminal determines the resources occupied by obtaining the CSI report or determines the resources occupied by performing the interference measurement based on at least one of the following: The number of interference measurement assumptions; The type of interference measurement assumption; The number of interference measurement reference signals; The number of interference measurement reference signal groups; The number of interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement assumption; The number of interference measurement reference signal groups associated with the first interference measurement assumption; The number of interference measurement assumptions associated with a predetermined codebook; The number of interference measurement reference signals associated with the interference measurement assumption associated with a predetermined codebook.

17. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein, After the terminal performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement assumption, the method further includes: The terminal obtains channel quality indicators (CQIs) associated with multiple interference measurement assumptions based on the interference measurement results obtained from the interference measurement; The terminal feeds back the obtained CQIs to the network-side device.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein, The terminal obtains channel quality indicators (CQIs) associated with multiple interference measurement assumptions based on the interference measurement results obtained from the interference measurement, including at least one of the following: For each interference measurement assumption, the terminal respectively obtains a CQI based on the interference measurement result obtained from performing interference measurement on the interference measurement assumption; For each first interference measurement assumption, the terminal respectively obtains a CQI based on the interference measurement result obtained from performing interference measurement on the first interference measurement assumption; The terminal determines that at least one interference measurement assumption shares a CQI based on the indication of the sixth network signaling; The terminal determines that at least one first interference measurement assumption shares a CQI based on the indication of the seventh network signaling; The terminal determines some of the interference measurement hypotheses among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis based on an indication of an eighth network signaling, and the terminal obtains a CQI based on an interference measurement result obtained by performing an interference measurement on the some of the interference measurement hypotheses.

19. The method according to claim 17 or 18, wherein, The method further includes: When there are multiple CQIs in the feedback, the terminal determines the priority of each CQI, where the priority of each CQI is determined by one of the following: The configuration order of the interference measurement reference signal associated with the CQI; The configuration order of the interference measurement hypothesis associated with the CQI.

20. An interference measurement configuration method, including: The network side device obtains at least one interference measurement hypothesis configured for a terminal, where the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and each of the interference measurement reference signals is associated with N interference transmission layers, and N is an integer greater than 0; The network side device indicates the at least one interference measurement hypothesis to the terminal.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein, The method further includes at least one of the following: The network side device sends a first network signaling to the terminal, where the first network signaling is used to indicate the value of N; The network side device sends a second network signaling to the terminal, where the second network signaling is used to indicate whether the terminal feeds back a precoding matrix associated with N interference transmission layers; The network side device sends a third network signaling to the terminal, where the third network signaling is used to indicate that the terminal selects M1 interference measurement reference signals from the multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis and obtains an interference measurement result based on the M1 interference measurement reference signals; The network side device sends a fourth network signaling to the terminal, where the fourth network signaling is used to indicate that the terminal selects M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all the interference measurement reference signal ports of the at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis and obtains an interference measurement result based on the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports; The network side device sends a fifth network signaling to the terminal, where the fifth network signaling is used to indicate a codebook type; The network side device sends a sixth network signaling to the terminal, where the sixth network signaling is used to indicate that at least one of the interference measurement hypotheses shares a CQI; The network side device sends a seventh network signaling to the terminal, where the seventh network signaling is used to indicate that at least one of the first interference measurement hypotheses shares a CQI; The network side device sends an eighth network signaling to the terminal, where the eighth network signaling is used to indicate some of the interference measurement hypotheses among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, and the some of the interference measurement hypotheses are used to obtain a CQI; The network side device sends a ninth network signaling to the terminal, where the ninth network signaling is used to indicate the value of M1 or M2; The network-side device sends a tenth network signaling to the terminal, where the tenth network signaling is used to configure the minimum value M3 of M1 or the minimum value M4 of M2; The network-side device sends an eleventh network signaling to the terminal, where the eleventh network signaling is used to configure a first target value or a second target value.

22. The method according to claim 20 or 21, wherein, The method further includes: After the network-side device receives the interference measurement result reported by the terminal based on the at least one interference measurement assumption.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein, The method further includes at least one of the following: The network-side device receives first indication information fed back by the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate M1 interference measurement reference signals selected by the terminal to obtain the interference measurement result; The network-side device receives second indication information fed back by the terminal, where the second indication information is used to indicate M2 interference measurement reference signal ports selected by the terminal to obtain the interference measurement result; The network-side device receives third indication information sent by the terminal, where the third indication information is used to indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal combination selected by the terminal; The network-side device receives fourth indication information sent by the terminal, where the second indication information is used to indicate at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination selected by the terminal.

24. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein, The method further includes: For one interference measurement assumption among the at least one interference measurement assumption, the network-side device configures or indicates at least one interference measurement reference signal combination or at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination for at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement assumption.

25. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein The method further includes: The network-side device receives the CQI fed back by the terminal.

26. An interference measurement device, comprising: A first acquisition module, configured to acquire at least one interference measurement assumption, where the at least one interference measurement assumption includes a first interference measurement assumption, the first interference measurement assumption is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and each interference measurement reference signal is associated with N interference transmission layers, and N is an integer greater than 0; A measurement module, configured to perform interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement assumption.

27. The apparatus according to claim 26, wherein The first acquisition module is further configured to determine the value of N according to one of the following: First network signaling; Rules agreed upon by the protocol; Implementation of the terminal.

28. The device according to claim 26 or 27, wherein It further includes: A determination module, configured to determine whether to feed back a precoding matrix associated with N interference transmission layers according to second network signaling.

29. The device according to any one of claims 26 to 28, wherein The measurement module selects or determines at least some interference measurement reference signals or at least some interference measurement reference signal ports for interference measurement according to at least one of the following: Select or determine M1 interference measurement reference signals from at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement assumption, where M1 is an integer greater than 1; Select or determine M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement assumption, where M2 is an integer greater than 1.

30. The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein, It further includes: a first transmission module, configured to perform at least one of the following: Feedback the first indication information to the network-side device, where the first indication information is used to indicate the selected or determined M1 interference measurement reference signals; Feedback the second indication information to the network-side device, where the second indication information is used to indicate the selected or determined M2 interference measurement reference signal ports.

31. The device according to any one of claims 26 to 30, wherein The measurement module performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement assumption, including at least one of the following: For one interference measurement assumption among the at least one interference measurement assumption, select at least one target interference measurement reference signal combination from at least one interference measurement reference signal combination, and perform interference measurement on the at least one target interference measurement reference signal combination, where the at least one interference measurement reference signal combination is an interference measurement reference signal combination configured or indicated by the network-side device for at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement assumption; For one interference measurement assumption among the at least one interference measurement assumption, select at least one target interference measurement reference signal port combination from at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination, and perform interference measurement on the at least one target interference measurement reference signal port combination, where the at least one interference measurement reference signal port combination is an interference measurement reference signal port combination configured or indicated by the network-side device for at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the interference measurement assumption.

32. The device according to any one of claims 26 to 30, wherein, The measurement module performs interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement assumption, including at least one of the following: Determine the precoding matrix or equivalent channel matrix associated with N interference transmission layers associated with the first interference measurement assumption according to the codebook type indicated by the fifth network signaling, and perform interference measurement based on the precoding matrix or equivalent channel matrix; Determine the precoding matrix or equivalent channel matrix associated with N interference transmission layers associated with the first interference measurement assumption according to the codebook type agreed upon by the protocol, and perform interference measurement based on the precoding matrix or equivalent channel matrix.

33. The device according to any one of claims 26 to 32, wherein The first acquisition module is further configured to determine the resources occupied by obtaining the CSI report, where the CSI report is associated with the measurement result of performing interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement assumption.

34. The device according to claim 33, wherein, The first acquisition module determines the resources occupied by obtaining the CSI report, including: Determine the resources occupied by obtaining the CSI report based on at least one of the following: The number of interference measurement assumptions; The type of interference measurement assumption; The number of interference measurement reference signals; The number of interference measurement reference signal groups; The number of interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement assumption; The number of interference measurement reference signal groups associated with the first interference measurement assumption; The number of interference measurement assumptions associated with a predetermined codebook; The number of interference measurement reference signals associated with the interference measurement assumption associated with a predetermined codebook.

35. The apparatus according to any one of claims 26 to 34, wherein The first acquisition module is further configured to obtain the CQI associated with multiple interference measurement assumptions based on the interference measurement result obtained by performing interference measurement; The device further includes: a second transmission module, configured to feedback the obtained CQI to a network-side device.

36. The apparatus according to claim 35, wherein, Based on the interference measurement results obtained by performing interference measurement, the first acquisition module acquires channel quality indicators (CQIs) associated with multiple interference measurement hypotheses, including at least one of the following: For each interference measurement hypothesis, a CQI is acquired respectively based on the interference measurement results obtained by performing interference measurement on the interference measurement hypothesis. For each first interference measurement hypothesis, a CQI is acquired respectively based on the interference measurement results obtained by performing interference measurement on the first interference measurement hypothesis. Based on the indication of a sixth network signaling, it is determined that at least one of the interference measurement hypotheses shares a CQI. Based on the indication of a seventh network signaling, it is determined that at least one of the first interference measurement hypotheses shares a CQI. Based on the indication of an eighth network signaling, some of the interference measurement hypotheses among the at least one interference measurement hypothesis are determined, and a CQI is acquired based on the interference measurement results obtained by performing interference measurement on the some interference measurement hypotheses.

37. An interference measurement configuration device, comprising: a second acquisition module, configured to acquire at least one interference measurement hypothesis configured for a terminal, where the at least one interference measurement hypothesis includes a first interference measurement hypothesis, the first interference measurement hypothesis is associated with at least one interference measurement reference signal, and each interference measurement reference signal is associated with N interference transmission layers, and N is an integer greater than 0; a third transmission module, configured to indicate the at least one interference measurement hypothesis to the terminal.

38. The apparatus according to claim 37, wherein, The third transmission module is further configured to perform at least one of the following: Send a first network signaling to the terminal, where the first network signaling is used to indicate the value of N. Send a second network signaling to the terminal, where the second network signaling is used to indicate whether the terminal feedbacks a precoding matrix associated with N interference transmission layers. Send a third network signaling to the terminal, where the third network signaling is used to indicate that the terminal selects M1 interference measurement reference signals from multiple interference measurement reference signals associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and acquires interference measurement results based on the M1 interference measurement reference signals. Send a fourth network signaling to the terminal, where the fourth network signaling is used to indicate that the terminal selects M2 interference measurement reference signal ports from all interference measurement reference signal ports of at least one interference measurement reference signal associated with the first interference measurement hypothesis, and acquires interference measurement results based on the M2 interference measurement reference signal ports. Send a fifth network signaling to the terminal, where the fifth network signaling is used to indicate a codebook type. Send a sixth network signaling to the terminal, where the sixth network signaling is used to indicate that at least one of the interference measurement hypotheses shares a CQI. Send a seventh network signaling to the terminal, where the seventh network signaling is used to indicate that at least one of the first interference measurement hypotheses shares a CQI. Send an eighth network signaling to the terminal, where the eighth network signaling is used to indicate some of the interference measurement hypotheses in the at least one interference measurement hypothesis, and the some interference measurement hypotheses are used to obtain CQI.

39. The device according to claim 37 or 38, wherein The third transmission module is further configured to receive the interference measurement result reported by the terminal after performing interference measurement based on the at least one interference measurement hypothesis.

40. The apparatus according to claim 39, wherein, The third transmission module is further configured to perform at least one of the following: Receive first indication information fed back by the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate M1 interference measurement reference signals selected by the terminal to obtain the interference measurement result; Receive second indication information fed back by the terminal, where the second indication information is used to indicate M2 interference measurement reference signal ports selected by the terminal to obtain the interference measurement result.

41. The apparatus according to any one of claims 37 to 40, wherein, The third transmission module is further configured to receive the CQI fed back by the terminal.

42. A terminal, comprising a processor and a memory, where the memory stores a program or instruction that can run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the interference measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 19 are implemented.

43. A network-side device, comprising a processor and a memory, where the memory stores a program or instruction that can run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 20 to 25 are implemented.

44. A readable storage medium, where a program or instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the interference measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 19 are implemented, or the steps of the interference measurement configuration method according to any one of claims 20 to 25 are implemented.

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