Communication method and device, and storage medium

Abstract

Provided in the present application are a communication method and device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: a network device sending first information to a terminal device, wherein the first information can be used for indicating transmission power indication information of at least one beam; on the basis of the transmission power indication information of at least one beam in the first information, the terminal device measuring the at least one beam to generate a beam measurement result; and the terminal device sending second information to the network device, wherein the second information indicates the beam measurement result. In the method, a beam measurement result indicates the overall measurement result of at least one beam within a period of time, so that the beam measurement accuracy of a terminal device can be improved, and a network device dynamically adjusts a beam and the transmission power thereof on the basis of the beam measurement result, thereby improving the system communication performance.

Description

Communication method, device and storage medium

[0001] This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of China on February 8, 2024, with application number 202410178043.2 and application name “Communication Method, Device and Storage Medium”, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into this application. Technical Field

[0002] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a communication method, device, and storage medium. Background Art

[0003] With the development of wireless communication technology, beamforming has become a key technology for achieving efficient and high-speed wireless communications. By utilizing antenna arrays and signal processing algorithms, beamforming technology enables directional transmission and signal enhancement, thereby improving the reliability and transmission rate of wireless communications.

[0004] In wireless communications, the network can determine the appropriate beam and beam transmit power based on beam measurement results reported by terminals, thereby improving system communication performance. The accuracy of beam measurement results reported by terminals is key to network beam allocation. Improving the accuracy of terminal beam measurement is a pressing issue. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide a communication method, device, and storage medium to improve the accuracy of beam measurement.

[0006] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application proposes a communication method, which is applied to a terminal device. The method includes: receiving first information, where the first information is used to indicate relevant information of a beam, and the relevant information of the beam includes transmission power indication information of the beam; generating a measurement result of the beam based on the first information; and sending second information, where the second information is used to indicate the measurement result of the beam.

[0007] In this embodiment, the first information may indicate relevant information of one or more beams. The terminal device measures one or more beams based on the transmit power indication information of one or more beams indicated by the first information to generate measurement results of the beams. The measurement results of the beams may indicate the overall measurement results of one beam or multiple beams over a period of time, which may improve the accuracy of the beam measurement and facilitate the network device to dynamically adjust the beam and its transmit power based on the beam measurement results, thereby improving the system communication performance.

[0008] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the transmit power indication information of the beam includes: transmit power value information of the beam, or transmit power offset value information of the beam.

[0009] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the relevant information of the beam further includes at least one of the following: indication information of the effective time of the beam's transmission power indication information; indication information of the invalid time of the beam's transmission power indication information; indication information of the effective duration of the beam's transmission power indication information.

[0010] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the first information includes at least one of the following: a system information block SIB; radio resource control RRC signaling; a control element CE of a medium access control MAC; and downlink control information DCI.

[0011] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the first information is a first DCI, the first DCI is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the first DCI corresponds to one or more terminal devices in the same group.

[0012] In this embodiment, the first DCI is a group DCI, which can simultaneously indicate relevant information of the beam corresponding to each terminal device to one or more terminal devices in the same group, thereby reducing system signaling overhead.

[0013] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the first information is a second DCI, the second DCI is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the second DCI corresponds to a terminal device.

[0014] In this embodiment, the second DCI is a DCI sent to a specific terminal device to indicate relevant information of the beam corresponding to the terminal device.

[0015] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, generating a measurement result of the beam according to the first information includes: generating the measurement result of the beam according to the first information and at least one measurement mode of measuring the beam.

[0016] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam is agreed upon by a protocol.

[0017] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the method further includes: receiving third information, where the third information is used to indicate at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam.

[0018] In this embodiment, at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam is configured by the network, and the network sends third information to instruct the terminal device which measurement mode to use to measure the beam.

[0019] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the third information includes at least one of the following: RRC signaling; MAC CE; DCI.

[0020] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam includes a first measurement mode, and generating a measurement result of the beam according to the first information and the at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam includes:

[0021] According to the first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period, the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period is weighted to obtain the measurement result of the beam; the first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is negatively correlated with the transmission power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period in at least one time period.

[0022] In this embodiment, the greater the transmit power value of the beam in a certain time period, the smaller the first weight coefficient of its measurement result, and vice versa. This can balance the measurement results of the beam in each time period, and to a certain extent eliminate the impact of the beam transmit power fluctuation (too large or too small) corresponding to a certain time period on the reported beam measurement results, thereby improving the accuracy of the beam measurement results, and enabling the network device to more accurately obtain the size of the propagation path loss, the beam direction alignment, etc. based on the beam measurement results reported by the terminal device.

[0023] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam includes a second measurement mode, and generating a measurement result of the beam according to the first information and the at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam includes:

[0024] According to the second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period, the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period is weighted to obtain the measurement result of the beam; the second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is positively correlated with the transmission power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period in at least one time period.

[0025] In this embodiment, the greater the transmit power value of a beam in a certain time period, the greater the second weight coefficient of its measurement result, and vice versa. The second weight coefficient is set to weight the measurement results of the beam in at least one time period to obtain the beam measurement result. This allows the network device to more accurately obtain the actual signal quality received by the terminal device based on the beam measurement result reported by the terminal device, facilitating accurate service scheduling.

[0026] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam includes a third measurement mode, and generating a measurement result of the beam according to the first information and the at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam includes:

[0027] Obtain measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods; cluster and group the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods; obtain an overall measurement result of the beam in each group; and use the overall measurement result of at least one group of beams as the measurement result of the beam.

[0028] In this embodiment, the terminal device can group and analyze the measurement results of the beams in multiple time periods to obtain the overall measurement results of the beams in different groups, and can report the overall measurement results of one or more groups of beams to the network device so that the network device can more accurately obtain the fluctuations in the wireless signal quality.

[0029] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, clustering and grouping measurement results of the beams in multiple time periods includes:

[0030] Obtain a third weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods; cluster the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods in which the third weight coefficients are equal, or the absolute value of the difference between the third weight coefficients is less than a threshold, into the same group; the third weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beam in a first time period is positively correlated or negatively correlated with the transmission power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period among the multiple time periods.

[0031] This embodiment shows a clustering method for beam measurement results in multiple time periods.

[0032] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, obtaining an overall measurement result of each group of beams includes:

[0033] The measurement results of the beams of the first group in the at least one time period are weighted according to a third weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beams of the first group in the at least one time period to obtain an overall measurement result of the beams of the first group; or an average of the measurement results of the beams of the first group in the at least one time period is used as the overall measurement result of the beams of the first group. The first group is any one of the multiple groups.

[0034] This embodiment shows how to obtain the overall measurement results of a group of beams in a cluster grouping.

[0035] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the measurement result of the beam includes at least one of the following: the maximum value among the overall measurement results of multiple groups of beams; the minimum value among the overall measurement results of multiple groups of beams; any value among the overall measurement results of multiple groups of beams.

[0036] In an optional embodiment of the first aspect, the measurement result of the beam includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, signal received strength indication RSSI, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

[0037] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, applied to a network device, the method comprising:

[0038] Send first information, the first information is used to indicate relevant information of the beam, and the relevant information of the beam includes the transmission power indication information of the beam; receive second information, the second information is used to indicate the measurement result of the beam, and the measurement result of the beam is generated by the terminal device based on the first information.

[0039] In an optional embodiment of the second aspect, the transmit power indication information of the beam includes: transmit power value information of the beam, or transmit power offset value information of the beam.

[0040] In an optional embodiment of the second aspect, the relevant information of the beam also includes at least one of the following: indication information of the effective time of the beam's transmission power indication information; indication information of the invalid time of the beam's transmission power indication information; indication information of the effective duration of the beam's transmission power indication information.

[0041] In an optional embodiment of the second aspect, the first information includes at least one of the following: system information block SIB; radio resource control RRC signaling; control unit CE of medium access control MAC; downlink control information DCI.

[0042] In an optional embodiment of the second aspect, the first information is a first DCI, the first DCI is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the first DCI corresponds to one or more terminal devices in the same group.

[0043] In an optional embodiment of the second aspect, the first information is a second DCI, the second DCI is used to indicate relevant information of a beam, and the second DCI corresponds to a terminal device.

[0044] In an optional embodiment of the second aspect, the method further includes: sending third information, where the third information is used to indicate at least one measurement mode of the terminal device to measure the beam.

[0045] In an optional embodiment of the second aspect, at least one measurement mode is agreed upon by a protocol.

[0046] In an optional embodiment of the second aspect, the third information includes at least one of the following: RRC signaling; MAC CE; DCI.

[0047] In an optional embodiment of the second aspect, the measurement result of the beam includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, signal received strength indication RSSI, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

[0048] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, including: a receiving module for receiving first information, the first information being used to indicate relevant information of a beam, the relevant information of the beam including transmission power indication information of the beam; a processing module for generating a measurement result of the beam based on the first information; and a sending module for sending second information, the second information being used to indicate the measurement result of the beam.

[0049] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, comprising: a sending module for sending first information, the first information being used to indicate relevant information of a beam, the relevant information of the beam including transmission power indication information of the beam; a receiving module for receiving second information, the second information being used to indicate a measurement result of the beam, the measurement result of the beam being generated by the terminal device based on the first information.

[0050] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device comprising: a processor and a memory; the memory stores computer-executable instructions; the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the terminal device executes a method as described in any one of the first aspects.

[0051] In the sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application proposes a network device, comprising: a processor and a memory; the memory stores computer-executable instructions; the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the network device executes the method as described in any one of the second aspects.

[0052] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application proposes a communication system, comprising: at least one terminal device and a network device, wherein the at least one terminal device is communicatively connected to the network device; the at least one terminal device executes the method as described in any one of the first aspects, and the network device executes the method as described in any one of the second aspects.

[0053] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application proposes a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method as described in any one of the first aspect or the method as described in any one of the second aspect is implemented.

[0054] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program. When the computer program is run, it enables the computer to execute the method as described in any one of the first aspects, or the method as described in any one of the second aspects.

[0055] In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, the chip including a processor, the processor being used to call a computer program in a memory to execute a method as described in any one of the first aspects, or a method as described in any one of the second aspects.

[0056] It should be understood that the second to tenth aspects of the present application correspond to the technical solutions of the first aspect of the present application, and the beneficial effects achieved by each aspect and the corresponding optional embodiments are similar and will not be repeated. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0057] FIG1 is an architecture diagram of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0058] FIG2 is an architecture diagram of a satellite communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0059] FIG3 is a flow chart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0060] FIG4 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of time domain resources in which transmit power indication information of a beam takes effect according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0061] FIG5 is a flow chart of a first measurement mode provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0062] FIG6 is a flow chart of a second measurement mode provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0063] FIG7 is a flow chart of a second measurement mode provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0064] FIG8 is a flow chart of another communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0065] FIG9 is a structural diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0066] FIG10 is a structural diagram of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0067] FIG11 is a structural diagram of another terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0068] FIG12 is a structural diagram of another network device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0069] To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the following explanations are made.

[0070] In the embodiments of this application, the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably. The term "and / or" simply describes an association between related objects, indicating that three possible relationships exist. For example, "A and / or B" can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. Additionally, the character " / " in this document generally indicates that the related objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0071] The terms used in the embodiments of this application are intended only to explain the specific embodiments of this application and are not intended to limit this application. The terms "first," "second," "third," and so on in the specification and claims of this application and the accompanying drawings are used to distinguish different objects, not to describe a specific order. In addition, the terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

[0072] The "indication" mentioned in the embodiments of this application can be a direct indication, an indirect indication, or an indication of an association. For example, "A indicates B" can mean that A directly indicates B, for example, B can obtain it through A; it can also mean that A indirectly indicates B, for example, A indicates C, and B can obtain it through C; it can also mean that there is an association between A and B.

[0073] In the embodiment of the present application, the term "corresponding" may indicate that there is a direct or indirect correspondence between the two, or that there is an association relationship between the two, or a relationship of indication and being indicated, configuration and being configured, etc.

[0074] In the embodiments of the present application, "pre-setting" or "pre-configuration" can be implemented by pre-saving corresponding codes, tables, or other methods that can be used to indicate relevant information in a device (for example, a terminal device and a network device). The present application does not limit the specific implementation method. For example, the preset can refer to the definition in the protocol.

[0075] In the embodiments of the present application, "protocol" may refer to a standard protocol in the field of communications, for example, it may include an LTE protocol, a NR protocol, and related protocols used in future communication systems, and this application does not limit this.

[0076] In order to better understand the technical solution provided by this application, the communication system architecture of this application is first described below.

[0077] Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 exemplarily shows an architecture diagram of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0078] As shown in Figure 1, the communication system 100 includes: a terminal device 101 and a network device 102, and the terminal device 101 communicates with the network device 102. The network device 102 includes an access network device 1021 and a core network device 1022, and the terminal device 101 can communicate with the core network device 1022 through the access network device 1021.

[0079] The terminal device 101 may also be referred to as a terminal, and may be a device with wireless transceiver capabilities. It may be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld or vehicle-mounted; it may also be deployed on water (such as a ship); it may also be deployed in the air (such as an airplane, balloon, or satellite). The terminal device may be user equipment (UE), where UE includes a handheld device, vehicle-mounted device, wearable device, or computing device with wireless communication capabilities.

[0080] Exemplarily, the terminal device 101 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a computer with wireless transceiver capabilities. The terminal device may also be a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in unmanned driving, a wireless terminal in telemedicine, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in a smart city, a wireless terminal in a smart home, and the like. In the embodiments of the present application, the device for implementing the function of the terminal may be a terminal; or it may be a device that can support the terminal to implement the function, such as a chip system, which may be installed in the terminal.

[0081] The access network (RAN) device 1021 is an intermediate device that connects terminal devices to core network devices via wireless communication. It is primarily responsible for radio resource management, quality of service (QoS) management, data compression and encryption, etc. on the air interface side. For example, the access network device 1021 can be a base station NodeB, an evolved base station eNodeB, a base station in a 5G mobile communication system or a next-generation radio (NR) communication system, or a base station in a future mobile communication system.

[0082] The core network (CN) device 1022 may include a user plane function (UPF) network element, an access and mobility management function (AMF) network element, a session management function (SMF) network element, a policy control function (PCF) network element, etc. In the embodiment of the present application, the device for implementing the function of the network device may be a network device, or a device capable of supporting the network device to implement the function, such as a chip system, which may be installed in the network device.

[0083] The technical solution provided in this application can be applied to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) architecture, and can also be applied to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) architecture, or the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) / Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution (EDGE) system radio access network (GSM EDGE Radio Access Network, GERAN) architecture.

[0084] The technical solution provided by this application can also be applied to any other wireless communication systems with similar structures and functions, such as Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) system, fifth generation (5G) th Generation, 5G) communication systems (for example, new radio (NR) systems) and future mobile communication systems, etc., are not limited in any way in the embodiments of the present application.

[0085] In addition, the technical solutions provided in this application can also be applied to non-terrestrial network (NTN) systems such as satellite communication systems and high altitude platform station (HAPS) communications, for example, integrated communication and navigation (IcaN) systems and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Satellite communication systems can be integrated with traditional mobile communication systems.

[0086] Since traditional terrestrial networks cannot provide seamless coverage, especially in places where base stations cannot be deployed, such as the sea, desert, and air, satellite communications are considered an important direction for the future development of wireless communication technology.

[0087] Satellite communication refers to communications conducted by ground-based radio communication equipment using satellites as relays. The characteristics of satellite communication include a wide range, the ability to communicate between any two points within the range of the satellite's radio waves, and high reliability, which is less susceptible to land-based disasters.

[0088] As a supplement to the current terrestrial cellular communication system, satellite communication has the following advantages:

[0089] 1) Extended coverage: For areas that are not covered by current cellular communication systems or are costly to cover, such as oceans, deserts, and remote mountainous areas, satellite communications can be used to solve communication problems.

[0090] 2) Emergency communications: In extreme cases such as disasters (e.g., earthquakes), when the cellular communication system infrastructure is unavailable, satellite communications can be used to quickly establish communication connections.

[0091] 3) Provide industry applications: For example, for delay-sensitive services with long-distance transmission, satellite communications can be used to reduce the delay of service transmission.

[0092] 2 , which exemplarily shows an architecture diagram of a satellite communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0093] As shown in Figure 2, satellite 201 provides communication services to terminal device 202 via multiple beams. In this scenario, satellite 201 is a non-geostationary Earth orbit (NGEO) satellite. Satellite 201 is also connected to a ground base station 203, which can communicate with terminal device 202 via satellite 201. For example, when terminal device 202 sends data to ground base station 203 via satellite 201, this link is called an uplink. When ground base station 203 sends data to terminal device 202 via satellite 201, this link is called a downlink.

[0094] Satellites use multiple beams to cover their service areas, and different beams can communicate using at least one of time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, and space division multiplexing. Satellites can also be satellite base stations or network-side equipment onboard satellites.

[0095] Time division multiplexing (TDM) involves using different time periods to transmit different signals. Frequency division multiplexing (FDM) divides the total bandwidth of a channel into multiple frequency bands, each capable of independently transmitting a single signal. Space division multiplexing (SDM) reuses the same frequency band in different locations. In mobile communications, this fundamental technology uses array antennas to achieve spatial separation, forming distinct beams in the direction of different users.

[0096] The satellite's transmission power directly determines the range and strength of its signal coverage. Generally speaking, the greater the transmission power, the wider the signal coverage and the higher the transmission quality. For typical satellites, transmission power typically ranges from tens to hundreds of watts. The satellite's transmission bandwidth determines the capacity and data transmission rate of the satellite communication system. The greater the bandwidth, the greater the amount of data that can be transmitted simultaneously and the faster the communication rate.

[0097] Currently, due to limitations on satellite transmit power and transmission bandwidth, satellites can only serve a portion of their coverage area during a given period, impacting the performance of communication systems. For example, referring to Figure 2, during a given period, a satellite can activate, for example, four beams. The area covered by these four beams constitutes the satellite's service area during that period. This means that a satellite typically cannot activate all beams at the same time. Activating a beam by a satellite means the satellite is transmitting downlink data via that beam.

[0098] Given this, how to enhance downlink coverage and improve communication system performance has become a hot topic in the industry. Dynamically sharing and allocating transmit power across different beams is an effective means of expanding satellite coverage and increasing satellite communication system capacity. In other words, by dynamically sharing power across different beams, the efficiency of satellite transmit power utilization can be improved, thereby increasing the overall throughput of the satellite communication system.

[0099] Dynamic power sharing between different beams means that the network dynamically allocates beams and / or shares transmit power across different beams based on the number of users and signal requirements within their coverage areas. The accuracy of beam measurement results affects the network's dynamic allocation and adjustment of beams. Therefore, improving the accuracy of terminal beam measurement is a pressing issue.

[0100] In response to the above problems, an embodiment of the present application proposes a communication method, in which the terminal device can dynamically monitor the beam based on the indication information sent by the network device (such as the first information in the embodiment below) to obtain the measurement results of the beam in a timely manner. The terminal device can promptly feed back the measurement results of the beam to the network device so that the network device can accurately adjust the beam and its transmission power based on the measurement results of the beam, thereby improving the resource utilization and communication quality of the system.

[0101] It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, the network device may be a satellite or a satellite base station or a network device on a satellite, or a network device in a traditional mobile communication system. The network device may refer to an access network device such as a base station.

[0102] In the embodiments of the present application, a beam specifically refers to a transmit beam. A beam can also be described as a spatial transmission filter, and the transmit power of a beam can also be described as the transmit power of the beam. In some embodiments, a beam can also be replaced by a reference signal corresponding to the beam, an indication of a beam can be described as an indication of a reference signal corresponding to the beam, and measurement of a beam can be described as measurement of the reference signal corresponding to the beam.

[0103] For the convenience of description, the following embodiments all use beams as an example to illustrate the solutions.

[0104] The technical solution of the present application is described in detail below through specific embodiments. It should be noted that the following embodiments can exist independently or in combination with each other. For the same or similar content, such as the explanation of terms or nouns, and the explanation of steps, etc., different embodiments can refer to each other and will not be repeated.

[0105] Referring to Figure 3, Figure 3 exemplarily shows a flow chart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 3, the communication method of this embodiment includes:

[0106] S301. The network device sends first information to the terminal device, where the first information is used to indicate beam-related information.

[0107] First, the content indicated by the first information is described in detail.

[0108] In some embodiments, the information related to the beam includes transmit power indication information of the beam. The transmit power indication information of the beam can also be described as transmit power indication information of the beam.

[0109] Optionally, the beam-related information may include transmit power indication information of one or more beams. For example, during a certain time period, the network device transmits downlink data through one or more beams, and the network device may send first information to the terminal device, where the first information is used to indicate the transmit power indication information of the one or more beams.

[0110] In some embodiments, the transmit power indication information of the beam includes transmit power value information of the beam.

[0111] In one example, the transmit power value of the beam may be indicated in an explicit manner, that is, the transmit power indication information of the beam includes the transmit power value of the beam. In this example, the transmit power value of the beam is the absolute value of the transmit power of the beam, in decibel milliwatts (dBm).

[0112] In one example, the transmit power value of a beam can be indicated implicitly, that is, the transmit power indication information of the beam includes an index value corresponding to the transmit power value of the beam, where the index value is used to indicate the transmit power value of the beam, or to indicate the interval in which the transmit power value of the beam lies. The index value and its corresponding transmit power value of the beam can be agreed upon by the protocol or configured by the network.

[0113] In this embodiment, after receiving the first information, the terminal device can obtain the transmission power value of one or more beams indicated by the network device, so that the terminal device can measure the one or more beams.

[0114] In some embodiments, the transmit power indication information of the beam may be the energy per resource element (EPRE) information of the beam. The EPRE information of the beam may be the absolute value of the transmit power of the beam (calculated using the formula 101g (power linear value / 1mW)), with the unit being decibel milliwatt (dBm). Alternatively, the EPRE information of the beam may be the offset value of the transmit power value of the beam relative to a certain reference transmit power value, with the unit being decibel (dB) (see Formula 1). dB =10lg(P i / P o ) Formula 1

[0115] Where N dB Indicates the decibel value of the transmit power value of a beam relative to a certain reference transmit power value, P i Indicates the transmit power value of a beam, P o Indicates a reference transmit power value, which can be a protocol agreement or a network configuration.

[0116] In this embodiment, after receiving the first information, the terminal device can obtain the transmission power values ​​of one or more beams indicated by the network device through the transmission power offset value information of the beam, so that the terminal device can measure the one or more beams.

[0117] In some embodiments, the beam-related information may further include at least one of the following:

[0118] Indication information of the effective time of the transmission power indication information of the beam; indication information of the invalid time of the transmission power indication information of the beam; indication information of the effective duration of the transmission power indication information of the beam.

[0119] In one example, the beam-related information includes: information indicating the effective time of the beam's transmit power indication information. The effective time indication information includes an offset value of the effective time relative to the current time (hereinafter referred to as the effective time offset value).

[0120] For example, FIG4 illustrates a schematic diagram of the configuration of time domain resources in which the transmit power indication information of a beam takes effect. FIG4 uses a time slot as an example for illustration. In some embodiments, the time unit may also be a radio frame, a subframe, an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, etc.

[0121] Referring to Figure 4, if the first information indicates the transmission power value of beam 1 and the offset value K1, after the terminal device receives the first information in the nth time slot, the terminal device can measure beam 1 based on the power indicated by the first information starting from the n+K1th time slot.

[0122] In one example, if the offset value of the effective time of the transmission power indication information of the beam is agreed upon by the protocol, the relevant information of the beam includes indication information of the effective time length of the transmission power indication information of the beam.

[0123] In this example, the terminal device can measure the corresponding beam based on the power indicated by the first information within the effective duration starting from the effective moment, based on the effective duration of the transmit power indication information of the beam indicated in the first information and the offset value of the effective moment of the transmit power indication information of the beam agreed in the protocol.

[0124] In one example, if the offset value of the effective moment of the transmit power indication information of the beam is agreed upon by the protocol, the relevant information of the beam includes indication information of the invalid moment of the transmit power indication information of the beam.

[0125] In this example, the terminal device can determine the effective duration based on the offset value of the expiration time of the transmission power indication information of the beam indicated in the first information and the offset value of the effective time of the transmission power indication information of the beam agreed in the protocol, and then measure the corresponding beam based on the power indicated by the first information within the effective duration starting from the effective time.

[0126] In one example, the beam-related information includes: information indicating the effective time of the beam's transmit power indication information and information indicating the effective duration. The information indicating the effective time includes an offset value of the effective time, and the information indicating the effective duration includes the effective duration.

[0127] For example, continuing to refer to Figure 4, if the first information indicates the transmission power value of beam 1, the offset value K1 at the effective time, and the effective duration of m time slots, after the terminal device receives the first information in the nth time slot, the terminal device can measure beam 1 based on the power indicated by the first information within m time slots starting from the n+K1th time slot.

[0128] Optionally, the effective period can be agreed upon in the agreement.

[0129] In one example, the beam-related information includes: information indicating the time at which transmit power indication information of the beam takes effect and information indicating the time at which it fails to take effect. The information indicating the time at which the beam takes effect may include an offset value for the time at which the beam takes effect, and the information indicating the time at which the beam fails to take effect may include an offset value for the time at which the beam fails to take effect relative to the current time (hereinafter referred to as the offset value for the time at which the beam fails to take effect).

[0130] For example, continuing to refer to Figure 4, if the first information indicates the transmission power value of beam 1, the offset value K1 at the effective time, and the offset value K2 at the failure time, after the terminal device receives the first information in the nth time slot, the terminal device can measure the beam within the (K2-K1) time slot starting from the n+K1th time slot.

[0131] In one example, the relevant information of the beam includes: indication information of the expiration time of the beam's transmission power indication information and indication information of the validity period.

[0132] For example, continuing to refer to Figure 4, if the offset value of the expiration moment of the transmission power value of beam 1 indicated in the first information is K2, and the terminal device receives the first information in the nth time slot, the terminal device can know that the transmission power value of beam 1 begins to become invalid in the n+K2th time slot until the new first information again indicates the effective moment of the transmission power value of beam 1, or until the next effective period of the transmission power value of beam 1 begins.

[0133] In this example, the terminal device can determine the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam based on the offset value of the expiration time of the transmit power indication information of the beam indicated in the first information and the effective duration. Then, the terminal device can measure the corresponding beam based on the power indicated by the first information within the effective duration starting from the effective time.

[0134] In one example, the relevant information of the beam includes: indication information of the effective time of the beam's transmission power indication information, indication information of the effective time, and indication information of the expiration time.

[0135] In some embodiments, the beam-related information may further include a validity period of the beam's transmit power indication information. Referring to Figure 4 , the validity period of the beam's transmit power indication information may be K3 time slots.

[0136] Next, the carrying method of the first information is explained.

[0137] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: system information block (SIB); radio resource control (RRC) signaling; control element (CE) of medium access control (MAC); downlink control information (DCI).

[0138] (1) The network device may send one of the above-mentioned first information to indicate beam-related information. This will be described below through several embodiments.

[0139] In some embodiments, the network device sends an SIB to the terminal device, the SIB including first information, the first information being used to indicate beam-related information. This embodiment can also be described as: the network device sends an SIB to the terminal device, the SIB being used to indicate beam-related information.

[0140] In some embodiments, the network device sends RRC signaling to the terminal device, the RRC signaling including first information, the first information being used to indicate beam-related information. This embodiment can also be described as: the network device sends RRC signaling to the terminal device, the RRC signaling being used to indicate beam-related information.

[0141] In some embodiments, the network device sends a MAC CE to the terminal device, where the MAC CE includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate beam-related information. This embodiment can also be described as: the network device sends a MAC CE to the terminal device, where the MAC CE is used to indicate beam-related information.

[0142] In some embodiments, the network device sends a DCI to the terminal device, where the DCI includes first information, and the first information is used to indicate beam-related information. This embodiment can also be described as: the network device sends a DCI to the terminal device, where the DCI is used to indicate beam-related information.

[0143] In one example, the DCI is a first DCI, which refers to a group DCI. The network device sends the first DCI to the terminal device, where the first DCI includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams.

[0144] This example can also be described as: the first information is the first DCI, the first DCI is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the first DCI corresponds to one or more terminal devices in the same group.

[0145] For example, taking the case where beam-related information includes beam transmit power indication information, group A includes terminal device 1, terminal device 2, and terminal device 3. The network device sends group DCI to the terminal devices in group A via multicast. The group DCI is used to indicate relevant information of the three beams, such as transmit power indication information for beam 1, beam 2, and beam 3. Beam 1 corresponds to terminal device 1, and the network device sends signaling or data to terminal device 1 via beam 1. Beam 2 corresponds to terminal device 2, and the network device sends signaling or data to terminal device 2 via beam 2. Beam 3 corresponds to terminal device 3, and the network device sends signaling or data to terminal device 3 via beam 3.

[0146] In this example, the network device sends relevant information of one or more beams to the terminal devices in the group through the group DCI, indicating the relevant information of the beams of the terminal devices in the group so that the terminal devices in the group can perform beam measurements separately.

[0147] In another example, the DCI is a second DCI, which refers to a UE-specific DCI. The network device sends the second DCI to the terminal device, where the second DCI includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams.

[0148] This example can also be described as: the first information is the second DCI, the second DCI is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the second DCI corresponds to a terminal device.

[0149] In this example, the network device sends relevant information of one or more beams to a specific terminal device through UE-specific DCI, indicating the relevant information of the beam of the specific terminal device so that the terminal device can measure the one or more beams.

[0150] (2) The network device may send two or more types of information in the above-mentioned first information to jointly indicate the relevant information of the beam.

[0151] Joint indication may refer to indicating different information in the relevant information of the beam through two or more types of information.

[0152] For ease of understanding, the following describes a solution using two types of information to jointly indicate beam-related information from a network device.

[0153] For example, taking the case where the relevant information of a beam includes the transmit power indication information of the beam and the indication information of the effective time, and the two types of information jointly indicated are SIB and RRC signaling, in one example, the network device may indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending an SIB, and indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending RRC signaling. In another example, the network device may indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending an SIB, and indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending RRC signaling.

[0154] For example, taking the case where the relevant information of a beam includes the transmit power indication information of the beam and the indication information of the effective time, and the two types of information jointly indicated are SIB and MAC CE, in one example, the network device may indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending an SIB, and indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending a MAC CE. In another example, the network device may indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending an SIB, and indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending a MAC CE.

[0155] For example, taking the case where the relevant information of a beam includes the transmit power indication information of the beam and the indication information of the effective time, and the two types of information jointly indicated are SIB and DCI, in one example, the network device may indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending an SIB, and indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending a DCI. In another example, the network device may indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending an SIB, and indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending a DCI.

[0156] For example, taking the case where the relevant information of a beam includes the transmit power indication information of the beam and the indication information of the effective time, and the two types of information jointly indicated are MAC CE and RRC signaling, in one example, the network device may indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending a MAC CE, and indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending RRC signaling. In another example, the network device may indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending a MAC CE, and indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending RRC signaling.

[0157] For example, taking the case where the relevant information of a beam includes the transmit power indication information of the beam and the indication information of the effective time, and the two types of information jointly indicated are MAC CE and DCI, in one example, the network device may indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending a MAC CE, and indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending a DCI. In another example, the network device may indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending a MAC CE, and indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending a DCI.

[0158] For example, taking the case where the relevant information of a beam includes the transmit power indication information of the beam and the indication information of the effective time, and the two types of information jointly indicated are RRC signaling and DCI, in one example, the network device may indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending RRC signaling, and indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending DCI. In another example, the network device may indicate the indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending RRC signaling, and indicate the transmit power indication information of the beam by sending DCI.

[0159] It should be noted that the principle of the network device sending three or more types of information to jointly indicate the relevant information of the beam is similar to the above-mentioned principle of sending two types of information to jointly indicate the relevant information of the beam, and the embodiments of the present application will not be expanded.

[0160] In the above S301, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device so that the terminal device performs beam measurement according to the first information. The following describes how the terminal device performs beam measurement according to the first information.

[0161] S302. The terminal device generates a beam measurement result based on the first information.

[0162] In some embodiments, the terminal device may measure the beam indicated in the first information based on the first information and at least one measurement mode for the measurement beam, and generate a beam measurement result. The at least one measurement mode for the measurement beam may be protocol-specified or network-configured. For details on the network-configured measurement mode, see the embodiments below.

[0163] In some embodiments, the measurement mode may also be described as a filtering mode.

[0164] The beam measurement mode includes at least one of the following: a first measurement mode, a second measurement mode, and a third measurement mode. The first measurement mode, the second measurement mode, and the third measurement mode are described below.

[0165] (1) First measurement mode

[0166] In some embodiments, the terminal device may measure the beam indicated in the first information based on the first information and the first measurement mode to generate a measurement result of the beam.

[0167] The measurement principle of the first measurement mode is described in detail below. For ease of understanding, the following example uses the relevant information indicating a beam in the first information (including the transmission power indication information of the beam) as an example for explanation.

[0168] FIG5 exemplarily shows a flowchart of a first measurement mode provided in an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG5 , the measurement process of the first measurement mode may include:

[0169] S501. The terminal device obtains the measurement results of the beam in at least one time period and a first weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beam in at least one time period.

[0170] S502. The terminal device performs weighted processing on the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period according to the first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period to obtain the measurement result of the beam.

[0171] Among them, the first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is negatively correlated with the transmission power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period in at least one time period, for example, the first time period is the i-th time period in the following text.

[0172] In some embodiments, the terminal device may determine a first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the effective period (i.e., the effective measurement period) based on the transmit power value of the beam indicated in the first information and the preset transmit power value. For details, see Formula 2. i =A / P i Formula 2

[0173] Where, β i The first weight coefficient represents the measurement result of the beam in the i-th time period (a certain effective time period). A is a reference value, that is, a preset transmit power value. A can be configured by the network, agreed by the protocol, or determined by the terminal according to the power level information of the network device. P i Indicates the transmit power value of the beam in the i-th time period.

[0174] Formula 2 shows that the first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in time period i is negatively correlated with the transmit power value of the beam in time period i. The greater the transmit power value of the beam in time period i, the smaller the first weight coefficient of the measurement result; the smaller the transmit power value of the beam in time period i, the larger the first weight coefficient of the measurement result.

[0175] Exemplarily, Table 1 shows a mapping relationship table between measurement results of the beam in N time periods and the first weight coefficient, where N is a positive integer.

[0176] Table 1

[0177] In one example, the effective period of the transmit power value of the beam indicated in the first information is the Nth period shown in Table 1. The terminal device can obtain the final measurement result of the beam in the Nth period in the following manner: the terminal device obtains the measurement result of the beam in the Nth period (ie, M N ), and the first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the Nth time period (ie, β N ), the final measurement result of the beam in the Nth time period (denoted as F N ). F N =β N ·M N Formula 3

[0178] In this example, the terminal device uses the actual measurement result (such as the Mth time period above) of the beam in the target time period (such as the Nth time period above) to calculate the actual measurement result (such as the Mth time period above) of the beam in the target time period (such as the Nth time period above) N ) and the first weight coefficient corresponding to the target period (such as the above β N ) to balance the measurement results of the beam in the target time period. This can eliminate the impact of the beam transmission power fluctuation (too large or too small) corresponding to the target time period on the reported beam measurement results to a certain extent, and improve the accuracy of the beam measurement results. It enables the network equipment to more accurately obtain the size of the propagation path loss, the beam direction alignment, etc. according to the beam measurement results reported by the terminal equipment.

[0179] Based on this example, it should be understood that if the beam transmit power P in a certain period of time i When it is larger, the corresponding first weight coefficient β can be known based on formula 2 i Small, by multiplying the two, the effect of balancing the beam measurement results in this period can be achieved. Similarly, if the beam transmit power P in a certain period i When it is small, the corresponding first weight coefficient β can be known based on formula 2 i The beam measurement results of this period can be balanced by multiplying the two.

[0180] In another example, the effective period of the transmit power value of the beam indicated in the first information is the Nth period shown in Table 1, and the terminal device can obtain the final measurement result of the beam in the Nth period in the following manner: the terminal device obtains the measurement result of the beam in the Nth period (ie, M N ), the final measurement result of the beam in the N-1th time period (denoted as F N-1 ), the first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the Nth time period (i.e., β N ), the first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the N-1th time period (i.e., β N-1 ) and the filter coefficient of the terminal device (denoted as α, α can be configured by the network). The terminal device determines the final measurement result of the beam in the Nth time period (denoted as F N ). F N =(1-α)·F N-1 +α·β N ·M N Formula 4

[0181] Where, if N is 1, F0 can be set to β1·M1.

[0182] In this example, when the terminal device measures the measurement result of the beam in the target time period (such as the Nth time period mentioned above), it considers the measurement result of the beam in the adjacent time period before the target time period (or multiple consecutive time periods before the target time period), and obtains the weighted measurement result by weighting the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods. The weighted measurement result is used as the final measurement result of the beam in the target time period. It is worth noting that the weight coefficient β is added on the basis of the weight coefficients 1-α and α. N By balancing the measurement results of the beam in the target time period, the influence of the fluctuation of the beam transmission power (too large or too small) corresponding to the target time period on the reported beam measurement results can be eliminated to a certain extent, and the accuracy of the beam measurement results can be improved, so that the network equipment can more accurately obtain the size of the propagation path loss, the beam direction alignment, etc. according to the beam measurement results reported by the terminal equipment.

[0183] (2) Second measurement mode

[0184] In some embodiments, the terminal device may measure the beam indicated in the first information based on the first information and the second measurement mode to generate a measurement result of the beam.

[0185] The measurement principle of the second measurement mode is described in detail below. For ease of understanding, the following example uses the relevant information indicating a beam in the first information (including the transmission power indication information of the beam) as an example for explanation.

[0186] FIG6 exemplarily shows a flow chart of the second measurement mode provided in an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG6 , the measurement process of the second measurement mode may include:

[0187] S601. The terminal device obtains a measurement result of a beam in at least one time period and a second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period.

[0188] S602. The terminal device performs weighted processing on the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period according to the second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period to obtain the measurement result of the beam.

[0189] The second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is positively correlated with the transmit power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period of at least one time period.

[0190] In some embodiments, the terminal device may determine the second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the effective period according to the transmit power value of the beam in the effective period indicated in the first information and the preset transmit power value. For details, see Formula 5. i =P i / A Formula 5

[0191] Where, γ i The second weight coefficient represents the measurement result of the beam in the i-th time period (a certain effective time period). A is a reference value, that is, a preset transmit power value. A can be configured by the network, agreed by the protocol, or determined by the terminal according to the power level information of the network device. P i Indicates the transmit power value of the beam in the i-th time period.

[0192] Formula 5 shows that the second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in time period i is positively correlated with the transmit power value of the beam in time period i. The greater the transmit power value of the beam in time period i, the greater the second weight coefficient of the measurement result; the smaller the transmit power value of the beam in time period i, the smaller the second weight coefficient of the measurement result.

[0193] Exemplarily, Table 2 shows a mapping relationship table between measurement results of the beam in N time periods and the second weight coefficient, where N is a positive integer.

[0194] Table 2

[0195] In one example, the effective period of the transmit power value of the beam indicated in the first information is the Nth period shown in Table 2. The terminal device can obtain the final measurement result of the beam in the Nth period in the following manner: the terminal device obtains the measurement result of the beam in the Nth period (ie, M N ), and the second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the Nth time period (i.e., γ N ), the final measurement result of the beam in the Nth time period (denoted as F N ). F N =γ N ·M N Formula 6

[0196] In this example, the terminal device uses the actual measurement result (such as the Mth time period above) of the beam in the target time period (such as the Nth time period above) to calculate the actual measurement result (such as the Mth time period above) of the beam in the target time period (such as the Nth time period above) N ) and the second weight coefficient corresponding to the target period (such as the above-mentioned γ N ) to obtain the final measurement result of the beam in the target time period, so that the network equipment can more accurately obtain the signal quality actually received by the terminal device based on the beam measurement result reported by the terminal device, facilitating accurate service scheduling.

[0197] Based on this example, it should be understood that if the beam transmit power P in a certain period of time i When it is larger, the corresponding second weight coefficient γ can be known based on formula 5 i The beam measurement result of this period can be more accurately indicated by multiplying the two. Similarly, if the beam transmit power P in a certain period i When it is smaller, the corresponding second weight coefficient β can be known based on formula 5 i The multiplication of the two can more accurately indicate the beam measurement result of the period.

[0198] In another example, the effective period of the transmit power value of the beam indicated in the first information is the Nth period shown in Table 2, and the terminal device can obtain the final measurement result of the beam in the Nth period in the following manner: the terminal device obtains the measurement result of the beam in the Nth period (ie, M N ), the final measurement result of the beam in the N-1th time period (denoted as F N-1 ), the second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the Nth time period (i.e., γ N ), the second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the N-1th time period (i.e., γ N-1) and the filter coefficient of the terminal device (denoted as α, which can be configured by the network). The terminal device determines the final measurement result of the beam in the Nth time period (denoted as F N ). F N =(1-α)·F N-1 +α·γ N ·M N Formula 7

[0199] Where, if N is 1, F0 can be set to γ1·M1.

[0200] In this example, when the terminal device measures the measurement result of the beam in the target time period (such as the Nth time period mentioned above), it considers the measurement result of the beam in the adjacent time period before the target time period (or multiple consecutive time periods before the target time period), and obtains the weighted measurement result by weighting the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods. The weighted measurement result is used as the final measurement result of the beam in the target time period. It is worth noting that the weight coefficient γ is added on the basis of the weight coefficients 1-α and α. N , which enables network equipment to more accurately obtain the actual signal quality received by the terminal device based on the beam measurement results reported by the terminal device, facilitating accurate service scheduling.

[0201] (3) The third measurement mode

[0202] In some embodiments, the terminal device may measure the beam indicated in the first information based on the first information and the third measurement mode to generate a measurement result of the beam.

[0203] The measurement principle of the third measurement mode is described in detail below. For ease of understanding, the following example uses the relevant information indicating a beam in the first information (including the transmission power indication information of the beam) as an example for explanation.

[0204] FIG7 exemplarily shows a flowchart of a third measurement mode provided in an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG7 , the measurement process of the third measurement mode may include:

[0205] S701. The terminal device obtains measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods.

[0206] The terminal device receives first information sent by the network device, wherein the first information indicates transmit power indication information of the beam, and the terminal device can obtain measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods. The multiple time periods can include a current time period and at least one time period before the current time period, and the time period can refer to the effective time period of the beam.

[0207] For example, referring to Table 1 or Table 2, the terminal device obtains the measurement results of the beam in N time periods, which are M1 to M2. N , where M N It can be regarded as the measurement result of the beam in the current period, M1 to M N-1 It can be regarded as the measurement result of the beam in the N-1 consecutive time periods before the current time period.

[0208] S702. The terminal device clusters and groups the measurement results of the beams in multiple time periods.

[0209] In some embodiments, the terminal device may cluster and group the measurement results of the beams in multiple time periods by the following steps:

[0210] S7021. The terminal device obtains a third weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods.

[0211] In one example, the third weight coefficient may be the first weight coefficient, i.e., the first weight coefficient used by the terminal device to obtain measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods. Taking a certain time period among the multiple time periods, such as the first time period, as an example, the terminal device may determine the first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period based on the transmit power value of the beam in the first time period indicated in the first information and the preset transmit power value. Exemplarily, the terminal device may use the ratio of the preset transmit power value to the transmit power value of the beam in the first time period as the first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period, as shown in Formula 2.

[0212] In this example, the third weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is negatively correlated with the transmit power value of the beam in the first time period, where the first time period is any time period from among the multiple time periods. For an exemplary correspondence between the third weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in multiple time periods and the transmit power value of the beam in the multiple time periods, see Table 1.

[0213] In one example, the third weight coefficient may be the second weight coefficient, i.e., the second weight coefficient used by the terminal device to obtain measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods. Taking a certain time period of the multiple time periods, such as the first time period, as an example, the terminal device may determine the second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period based on the transmit power value of the beam in the first time period indicated in the first information and the preset transmit power value. Exemplarily, the terminal device may use the ratio of the transmit power value of the beam in the first time period to the preset transmit power value as the second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period, as shown in Formula 5.

[0214] In this example, the third weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is positively correlated with the transmit power value of the beam in the first time period, where the first time period is any time period from among the multiple time periods. For example, the correspondence between the third weight coefficients of the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods and the transmit power values ​​of the beam in the multiple time periods can be seen in Table 2.

[0215] S7022. The terminal device clusters the measurement results of beams in multiple time periods whose third weight coefficients are equal, or whose absolute values ​​of the differences between the third weight coefficients are less than a threshold, into the same group.

[0216] In one example, the third weight coefficient may be the first weight coefficient. Referring to Table 1, if the third weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam obtained by the terminal device in N time periods includes β1 to β N , the terminal device can make the third weight coefficient of the beam in the measurement results of N time periods equal to |β i -β j |=0, or the absolute value of the difference between the third weight coefficients is less than the threshold value |β i -β j |<b are clustered into the same group. Exemplarily, based on the clustering method of this example, the measurement results of the N beams in Table 1 can be divided into 3 groups, for example, the first group is {M1}, the second group is {M2, M N-1}, the third group is {M3,…,M N-2 ,M N}, the clustered group may include the measurement results of the beam in one time period, such as group 1, or may include the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods, such as group 2 and group 3.

[0217] In one example, the third weight coefficient may be the second weight coefficient. Referring to Table 2, if the third weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam obtained by the terminal device in N time periods includes γ1 to γ N , the terminal device can make the third weight coefficient of the beam in the measurement results of N time periods equal to |γ i -γ j |=0, or the absolute value of the difference between the third weight coefficients is less than the threshold value |γ i -γ j |<b are clustered into the same group. Exemplarily, based on the clustering method of this example, the measurement results of the N beams in Table 2 can be divided into 2 groups, for example, the first group is {M1, M2}, the second group is {M3}, and the third group is {M4, ..., M5}. N The clustered groups include the measurement results of the beam in one time period, such as group 2, and also include the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods, such as group 1 and group 3.

[0218] Through the above clustering method, the terminal device can divide the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods into multiple groups, and each group can include the measurement results of the beam in one or more time periods.

[0219] In another embodiment, the terminal device may cluster and group the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods according to the transmit power values ​​of the beam. Exemplarily, the first information may indicate the transmit power values ​​of a certain beam in multiple consecutive time periods, and the transmit power values ​​of the beam in different time periods may be different. The terminal device obtains the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods, and may group the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods according to the transmit power values ​​of the beam in different time periods. For example, the transmit power values ​​of a certain beam in time periods 1 to 5 are P1, P2, P2, P1, P1 respectively. The terminal device groups the measurement results of the beam in time periods 1, 4, and 5 into one group, and groups the measurement results of the beam in time periods 2 and 3 into one group.

[0220] S703. The terminal device obtains the overall measurement results of each group of beams.

[0221] For ease of understanding, the following takes the first group after clustering as an example to illustrate the overall measurement results of the beams of the first group obtained by the terminal device. The first group is any group among the multiple groups after clustering.

[0222] In some embodiments, the terminal device performs weighted processing on the measurement results of the first group of beams in at least one time period based on the third weight coefficient of the measurement results of the first group of beams in at least one time period to obtain an overall measurement result of the first group of beams.

[0223] In an example of this embodiment, if the third weight coefficient is the first weight coefficient, the first group includes the measurement results of the beam in a time period, and the terminal device performs weighted processing on the measurement results of the beam of the first group in a time period according to the first weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beam of the first group in a time period to obtain the overall measurement results of the beam of the first group.

[0224] Exemplarily, the terminal device may use the product of the measurement results of the first group of beams in a time period and the first weight coefficient of the measurement results in the time period as the overall measurement results of the first group of beams. For example, in the first example of step 7022, the first group after clustering is {M1}, then the overall measurement results of the beams of this group can be expressed as: β1·M1.

[0225] In an example of this embodiment, if the third weight coefficient is the first weight coefficient, the first group includes measurement results of beams in multiple time periods, and the terminal device performs weighted processing on the measurement results of the beams of the first group in multiple time periods according to the first weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beams of the first group in multiple time periods to obtain the overall measurement results of the beams of the first group.

[0226] For example, the terminal device may perform weighted summation of the measurement results of the first group of beams in multiple time periods with the first weight coefficient of the measurement results of the multiple time periods to obtain the overall measurement results of the first group of beams. For example, in the first example of step 7022, the clustered second group is {M2, M N-1}, the overall measurement result of the beam of this group can be expressed as: β2·M2+β N-1 ·M N-1 .

[0227] In an example of this embodiment, if the third weight coefficient is the second weight coefficient, the first group includes the measurement results of the beam in a time period, and the terminal device performs weighted processing on the measurement results of the beam of the first group in a time period according to the second weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beam of the first group in a time period to obtain the overall measurement results of the beam of the first group.

[0228] Exemplarily, the terminal device may use the product of the measurement result of the first group's beams in a time period and the second weight coefficient of the measurement result in the time period as the overall measurement result of the first group's beams. For example, in the second example of step 7022, if the clustered second group is {M3}, the overall measurement result of the beams of this group can be expressed as: γ3·M3.

[0229] In an example of this embodiment, if the third weight coefficient is the second weight coefficient, the first group includes measurement results of beams in multiple time periods, and the terminal device performs weighted processing on the measurement results of the beams of the first group in multiple time periods according to the second weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beams of the first group in multiple time periods to obtain the overall measurement results of the beams of the first group.

[0230] Exemplarily, the terminal device may perform a weighted summation of the measurement results of the first group's beams in multiple time periods and the second weight coefficient of the measurement results in the multiple time periods to obtain an overall measurement result of the first group's beams. For example, in the second example of step 7022, if the clustered first group is {M1, M2}, the overall measurement result of the beams in this group can be expressed as: γ1·M1+γ2·M2.

[0231] In some embodiments, the terminal device uses an average value of the measurement results of the beams of the first group in at least one time period as the overall measurement result of the beams of the first group.

[0232] In one example of this embodiment, if the first group includes measurement results of beams in multiple time periods, the terminal device uses the average value of the measurement results of the beams in the multiple time periods as the overall measurement result of the beams in the first group. For example, in the first example of step 7022, the clustered second group is {M2, M N-1}, the overall measurement result of the beam of this group can be expressed as: (M2+M N-1 ) / 2.

[0233] It should be understood that if the first group includes measurement results of the beam in a time period, the terminal device may use the measurement results of the beam in the time period as the overall measurement results of the beam in the first group.

[0234] S704. The terminal device uses the overall measurement result of at least one group of beams as the measurement result of the beams.

[0235] In some embodiments, after obtaining the overall measurement results of the clustered multiple groups of beams, the terminal device selects one group from the multiple groups of overall measurement results of the beams, and uses the overall measurement result of the beams of the group as the measurement result of the beam. The overall measurement result of the beams of the group may be the maximum value, the minimum value, or any value among the overall measurement results of the beams of the multiple groups. That is, the measurement result of the beam may be the maximum value, the minimum value, or any value among the overall measurement results of the beams of the multiple groups.

[0236] In some embodiments, after the terminal device obtains the overall measurement results of the clustered multiple groups of beams, it selects two groups from the overall measurement results of the multiple groups of beams and uses the overall measurement results of the two groups of beams as the measurement results of the beams.

[0237] For example, the measurement results for a beam include the maximum value and any value other than the maximum value of the overall measurement results for the beams of the plurality of groups. For another example, the measurement results for a beam include the minimum value and any value other than the minimum value of the overall measurement results for the beams of the plurality of groups. For another example, the measurement results for a beam include the maximum value and the minimum value of the overall measurement results for the beams of the plurality of groups.

[0238] In some embodiments, after obtaining the overall measurement results of the clustered multiple groups of beams, the terminal device uses the overall measurement results of the multiple groups of beams as the beam measurement result. That is, the beam measurement result includes the overall measurement results of the multiple groups of beams. For example, if there are three groups of overall measurement results for the clustered beams, the overall measurement results of all three groups of beams are reported to the network.

[0239] In the third measurement mode mentioned above, the terminal device can group and analyze the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods to obtain the overall measurement results of the beam in different groups, and can report the overall measurement results of one or more groups of beams to the network device so that the network device can more accurately obtain the fluctuations in the wireless signal quality.

[0240] In summary, the measurement mode agreed upon by the protocol may be at least one of the first measurement mode, the second measurement mode, or the third measurement mode. Taking a certain beam as an example, the measurement result of the beam reported by the terminal device to the network device may include at least one of the following:

[0241] The terminal device measures the beam according to the first measurement mode and determines the measurement result of the beam (see the above part (1) for details);

[0242] The measurement result of the beam determined by the terminal device by measuring the beam according to the second measurement mode (see the above part (2) for details);

[0243] The terminal device measures the beam according to the third measurement mode and determines the measurement result of the beam (see the above part (3) for details).

[0244] In an embodiment of the present application, the measurement result of the beam includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), reference signal strength indicator (RSSI), and signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

[0245] S303. The terminal device sends second information to the network device, where the second information is used to indicate the measurement result of the beam.

[0246] After generating measurement results for one or more beams, the terminal device sends second information to the network device, including the measurement results. Upon receiving the second information, the network device may adjust the beams and their transmit power based on the measurement results of the one or more beams in the second information to optimize system communication quality.

[0247] In some embodiments, the second information may be uplink control information (UCI), or MAC CE, or RRC signaling.

[0248] In the communication method shown in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device receives first information, and the first information is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams. The terminal device can perform the above-mentioned measurement on the one or more beams based on the relevant information of the one or more beams indicated by the first information and the measurement mode agreed upon by the protocol (which can be at least one of the first measurement mode, the second measurement mode or the third measurement mode) to generate measurement results of one or more beams. The terminal device reports the measurement results of the one or more beams to the network device, so that the network device adjusts the beam and its transmission power based on the report to achieve the purpose of optimizing the system communication quality.

[0249] Referring to FIG. 8 , FIG. 8 exemplarily shows a flow chart of another communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0250] As shown in FIG8 , the communication method of this embodiment includes:

[0251] S801. The network device sends first information to the terminal device, where the first information is used to indicate relevant information of the beam.

[0252] This step is similar to S301 in the aforementioned embodiment. For details, please refer to the content of S301 and will not be repeated here.

[0253] S802. The network device sends third information to the terminal device, where the third information is used to instruct the terminal device to measure at least one measurement mode of a beam.

[0254] In some embodiments, the third information includes at least one of the following: RRC signaling; MAC CE; DCI.

[0255] In some embodiments, the third information is RRC signaling, and the RRC signaling includes a first field, and the first field is used to indicate at least one measurement mode of the terminal device to measure the beam.

[0256] Exemplarily, the first field is 2 bits, 00 indicates the first measurement mode, 01 indicates the second measurement mode, and 10 indicates the third measurement mode.

[0257] Exemplarily, the first field is 3 bits, 001 indicates the first measurement mode, 010 indicates the second measurement mode, 100 indicates the third measurement mode, 011 indicates the first measurement mode and the second measurement mode, 101 indicates the first measurement mode and the third measurement mode, 110 indicates the second measurement mode and the third measurement mode, and 111 indicates the first measurement mode, the second measurement mode, and the third measurement mode.

[0258] In some embodiments, the third information is a MAC CE, the MAC CE includes a second field, and the second field is used to indicate at least one measurement mode of the terminal device to measure the beam. An example of the second field can refer to the aforementioned first field.

[0259] In some embodiments, the third information is DCI, and the DCI includes a third field, and the third field is used to indicate at least one measurement mode of the terminal device to measure the beam. An example of the third field can refer to the aforementioned first field.

[0260] In the above S802, the terminal device receives the third information sent by the network device to learn which measurement mode is used to measure the beam. The third information can indicate at least one measurement mode.

[0261] S803. The terminal device generates a measurement result of the beam based on the first information and the third information.

[0262] The terminal device can measure the beam based on the relevant information of the beam indicated in the first information and at least one measurement mode indicated in the third information to generate a measurement result of the beam.

[0263] The principle of S803 is similar to that of S302 in the aforementioned embodiment. The difference from S302 is that the measurement mode in this embodiment is configured by the network device rather than agreed upon by the protocol. Other contents can refer to the contents of S303 and will not be repeated in this embodiment.

[0264] In some embodiments, the third information may also be the first information, that is, the first information is also used to indicate at least one measurement mode for the terminal device to measure the beam. The terminal device can measure the beam based on the relevant information of the beam indicated in the first information and at least one measurement result indicated in the first information to generate a measurement result of the beam.

[0265] S804. The terminal device sends second information to the network device, where the second information is used to indicate the measurement result of the beam.

[0266] S804 is similar to S303 in the above embodiment. For details, please refer to the content of S303, which will not be described again here.

[0267] In the communication method shown in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device receives first information and third information. The terminal device can perform the above-mentioned measurement on the one or more beams based on the relevant information of the one or more beams indicated by the first information and the measurement mode indicated in the third information (which can be at least one of the first measurement mode, the second measurement mode or the third measurement mode) to generate measurement results of one or more beams. The terminal device reports the measurement results of the one or more beams to the network device so that the network device adjusts the beam and its transmission power based on the report to achieve the purpose of optimizing the system communication quality.

[0268] Referring to Figure 9, Figure 9 exemplarily shows a structural diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 9, the terminal device 900 of this embodiment includes:

[0269] A receiving module 901 is configured to receive first information, where the first information is used to indicate relevant information of a beam, and the relevant information of the beam includes transmit power indication information of the beam;

[0270] A processing module 902 is configured to generate a beam measurement result based on the first information;

[0271] The sending module 903 is used to send second information, where the second information is used to indicate the measurement result of the beam.

[0272] In an optional embodiment, the transmit power indication information of the beam includes: transmit power value information of the beam, or transmit power offset value information of the beam.

[0273] In an optional embodiment, the relevant information of the beam also includes at least one of the following: indication information of the effective time of the beam's transmission power indication information; indication information of the invalid time of the beam's transmission power indication information; indication information of the effective duration of the beam's transmission power indication information.

[0274] In an optional embodiment, the first information includes at least one of the following: system information block SIB; radio resource control RRC signaling; control unit CE of medium access control MAC; downlink control information DCI.

[0275] In an optional embodiment, the first information is a first DCI, the first DCI is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the first DCI corresponds to one or more terminal devices in the same group.

[0276] In an optional embodiment, the first information is a second DCI, the second DCI is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the second DCI corresponds to a terminal device.

[0277] In an optional embodiment, the processing module 902 is configured to generate a measurement result of the beam according to the first information and at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam.

[0278] In an optional embodiment, at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam is agreed upon by a protocol.

[0279] In an optional embodiment, the receiving module 901 is further used to receive third information, where the third information is used to indicate at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam.

[0280] In an optional embodiment, the third information includes at least one of the following: RRC signaling; MAC CE; DCI.

[0281] In an optional embodiment, the at least one measurement mode for measuring the beam includes a first measurement mode, and the processing module 902 is configured to perform weighted processing on the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period according to a first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period to obtain the measurement result of the beam;

[0282] The first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is negatively correlated with the transmit power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period of the at least one time period.

[0283] In an optional embodiment, at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam includes a second measurement mode, and the processing module 902 is configured to perform weighted processing on the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period according to a second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in at least one time period to obtain the measurement result of the beam;

[0284] The second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is positively correlated with the transmit power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period of the at least one time period.

[0285] In an optional embodiment, at least one measurement mode of the measurement beam includes a third measurement mode, and the processing module 902 is used to: obtain the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods; cluster and group the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods; obtain the overall measurement results of each group of beams; and use the overall measurement results of at least one group of beams as the measurement results of the beam.

[0286] In an optional embodiment, the processing module 902 is used to: obtain a third weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods; cluster the measurement results in which the third weight coefficients are equal in the measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods, or the absolute value of the difference between the third weight coefficients is less than a threshold, into the same group; the third weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beam in the first time period is positively correlated or negatively correlated with the transmission power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period among the multiple time periods.

[0287] In an optional embodiment, the processing module 902 is used to perform weighted processing on the measurement results of the beams of the first group in at least one time period based on the third weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beams of the first group in at least one time period to obtain the overall measurement results of the beams of the first group; or, to take the average value of the measurement results of the beams of the first group in at least one time period as the overall measurement result of the beams of the first group.

[0288] The first group is any one of the multiple groups.

[0289] In an optional embodiment, the measurement result of the beam includes at least one of the following: the maximum value among the overall measurement results of multiple groups of beams; the minimum value among the overall measurement results of multiple groups of beams; any value among the overall measurement results of multiple groups of beams.

[0290] In an optional embodiment, the measurement result of the beam includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, signal received strength indication RSSI, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

[0291] The terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to implement the technical solution of the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment. Its implementation principle and technical effects are similar and will not be repeated here.

[0292] Referring to FIG. 10 , FIG. 10 exemplarily shows a structural diagram of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0293] As shown in FIG10 , the network device 1000 of this embodiment includes:

[0294] A sending module 1001 is configured to send first information, where the first information is used to indicate relevant information of a beam, where the relevant information of the beam includes transmit power indication information of the beam;

[0295] The receiving module 1002 is used to receive second information, where the second information is used to indicate the measurement result of the beam, and the measurement result of the beam is generated by the terminal device based on the first information.

[0296] In an optional embodiment, the transmit power indication information of the beam includes: transmit power value information of the beam, or transmit power offset value information of the beam.

[0297] In an optional embodiment, the relevant information of the beam further includes at least one of the following: indication information of the effective time of the transmission power indication information of the beam; indication information of the invalid time of the transmission power indication information of the beam; and indication information of the effective duration of the transmission power indication information of the beam.

[0298] In an optional embodiment, the first information includes at least one of the following: system information block SIB; radio resource control RRC signaling; control unit CE of medium access control MAC; downlink control information DCI.

[0299] In an optional embodiment, the first information is a first DCI, and the first DCI is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the first DCI corresponds to one or more terminal devices in the same group.

[0300] In an optional embodiment, the first information is a second DCI, the second DCI is used to indicate relevant information of a beam, and the second DCI corresponds to a terminal device.

[0301] In an optional embodiment, the sending module 1001 is further used to send third information, where the third information is used to instruct the terminal device to measure at least one measurement mode of the beam.

[0302] In an optional embodiment, the at least one measurement mode is agreed upon by a protocol.

[0303] In an optional embodiment, the third information includes at least one of the following: RRC signaling; MAC CE; DCI.

[0304] In an optional embodiment, the measurement result of the beam includes at least one of the following: reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, signal received strength indication RSSI, and signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

[0305] The network device provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to implement the technical solution of the network device in the aforementioned method embodiment. Its implementation principle and technical effects are similar and will not be repeated here.

[0306] Referring to FIG. 11 , FIG. 11 exemplarily shows a structural diagram of another terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0307] As shown in Figure 11, the terminal device 1100 includes: a processor 1101 and a memory 1102; the memory 1102 stores computer execution instructions; the processor 1101 executes the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 1102, so that the terminal device 1100 performs the method steps of the terminal device in any of the aforementioned method embodiments. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar and will not be repeated here.

[0308] Referring to FIG. 12 , FIG. 12 exemplarily shows a structural diagram of another network device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0309] As shown in Figure 12, the network device 1200 includes: a processor 1201 and a memory 1202; the memory 1202 stores computer execution instructions; the processor 1201 executes the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 1202, so that the network device 1200 performs the method steps of the network device in any of the aforementioned method embodiments. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar and will not be repeated here.

[0310] This embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, comprising: at least one terminal device and a network device, wherein the at least one terminal device is communicatively connected to the network device; the at least one terminal device executes the method steps of the terminal device in any of the aforementioned method embodiments, and the network device executes the method steps of the network device in any of the aforementioned method embodiments. The implementation principles and technical effects thereof are similar to those of the aforementioned related embodiments and are not further described here.

[0311] This embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program. When executed by a processor, the computer program implements the method steps of a terminal device in any of the aforementioned method embodiments. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar to those of the aforementioned related embodiments and will not be further described here.

[0312] This embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program. When executed by a processor, the computer program implements the method steps of the network device described in any of the aforementioned method embodiments. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar to those of the aforementioned related embodiments and will not be further described here.

[0313] The present application provides a computer program product comprising a computer program. When the computer program is executed, the computer program causes the computer to execute the steps of the method described in any of the aforementioned method embodiments. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar to those of the aforementioned related embodiments and will not be further elaborated here.

[0314] The present application provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program. When the computer program is executed, it causes a computer to execute the steps of the method for a network device in any of the aforementioned method embodiments. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar to those of the aforementioned related embodiments and will not be further described here.

[0315] The present application provides a chip including a processor configured to call a computer program stored in a memory to execute the steps of a method in a terminal device as described in any of the aforementioned method embodiments. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar to those of the aforementioned related embodiments and will not be further elaborated herein.

[0316] The present application provides a chip including a processor configured to call a computer program stored in a memory to execute the steps of a method for a network device in any of the aforementioned method embodiments. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar to those of the aforementioned related embodiments and will not be further described herein.

[0317] The methods described in the above embodiments can be implemented in whole or in part through software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions can be stored as one or more instructions or codes on a computer-readable medium or transmitted on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media can include computer storage media and communication media, and can also include any medium that can transfer a computer program from one place to another. The storage medium can be any target medium that can be accessed by a computer.

[0318] Computer-readable media may include random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium designed to carry or store the desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and accessible by a computer. Moreover, any connection is appropriately referred to as a computer-readable medium. For example, if a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio and microwave are used to transmit software from a website, server or other remote source, the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio and microwave are included in the definition of medium. Disk and disc as used herein include optical disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray disc, where disks generally reproduce data magnetically, while optical discs reproduce data optically using lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.

[0319] The present application embodiment is described with reference to the flow chart and / or block diagram of the method, device (system) and computer program product according to the embodiment of the present application.It should be understood that each flow process and / or box in the flow chart and / or block diagram and the combination of the flow process and / or box in the flow chart and / or block diagram can be realized by computer program instructions.These computer program instructions can be provided to the processing unit of general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, embedded processing machine or other programmable device to produce a machine, so that the instruction executed by the processing unit of computer or other programmable data processing device produces the device for realizing the function specified in one flow chart flow or multiple flows and / or one block or multiple blocks of block diagram.

[0320] The above specific implementation methods further illustrate the objectives, technical solutions and beneficial effects of the present invention in detail. It should be understood that the above are only specific implementation methods of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made on the basis of the technical solutions of the present invention should be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: Applied to a terminal device, the method includes: receiving first information, where the first information is used to indicate relevant information of a beam, where the relevant information of the beam includes transmit power indication information of the beam; generating a measurement result of the beam according to the first information; Second information is sent, where the second information is used to indicate a measurement result of the beam.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The transmit power indication information of the beam includes: The transmit power value information of the beam, or the transmit power offset value information of the beam.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that The beam-related information further includes at least one of the following: Indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam; Indication information of the expiration time of the transmit power indication information of the beam; Indication information of the effective duration of the transmission power indication information of the beam.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that The first information includes at least one of the following: system information block SIB; radio resource control RRC signaling; control unit CE of medium access control MAC; downlink control information DCI.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that The first information is a first DCI, which is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the first DCI corresponds to one or more terminal devices in the same group.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that The first information is a second DCI, and the second DCI is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the second DCI corresponds to a terminal device.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that Generating the measurement result of the beam according to the first information includes: A measurement result of the beam is generated according to the first information and at least one measurement mode for measuring the beam.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The at least one measurement mode for measuring the beam is agreed upon by a protocol.

9. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The method further comprises: Third information is received, where the third information is used to indicate at least one measurement mode for measuring the beam.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that The third information includes at least one of the following: RRC signaling; MAC CE; DCI.

11. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The at least one measurement mode for measuring the beam includes a first measurement mode, and generating a measurement result of the beam according to the first information and the at least one measurement mode for measuring the beam includes: performing weighted processing on the measurement result of the beam in the at least one time period according to a first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the at least one time period to obtain the measurement result of the beam; The first weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is negatively correlated with the transmission power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period of the at least one time period.

12. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The at least one measurement mode for measuring the beam includes a second measurement mode, and generating a measurement result of the beam according to the first information and the at least one measurement mode for measuring the beam includes: performing weighted processing on the measurement result of the beam in the at least one time period according to a second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the at least one time period to obtain the measurement result of the beam; The second weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is positively correlated with the transmission power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period of the at least one time period.

13. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The at least one measurement mode for measuring the beam includes a third measurement mode, and generating a measurement result of the beam according to the first information and the at least one measurement mode for measuring the beam includes: Obtaining measurement results of the beam in multiple time periods; Clustering and grouping the measurement results of the beam in the multiple time periods; Obtaining an overall measurement result of the beams of each group; An overall measurement result of at least one group of the beams is used as the measurement result of the beams.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that Clustering and grouping the measurement results of the beam in the multiple time periods includes: Obtaining a third weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beam in the multiple time periods; Clustering the measurement results of the beam in the multiple time periods, in which the third weight coefficients are equal or the absolute value of the difference between the third weight coefficients is less than a threshold, into the same group; The third weight coefficient of the measurement result of the beam in the first time period is positively correlated or negatively correlated with the transmission power value of the beam in the first time period, and the first time period is any time period among the multiple time periods.

15. The method according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that The obtaining of the overall measurement result of the beam of each group includes: performing weighted processing on the measurement results of the beams of the first group in at least one time period according to a third weight coefficient of the measurement results of the beams of the first group in at least one time period to obtain an overall measurement result of the beams of the first group; or taking an average of the measurement results of the beams of the first group in the at least one time period as the overall measurement result of the beams of the first group; The first group is any one of a plurality of groups.

16. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that The measurement result of the beam includes at least one of the following: a maximum value among the overall measurement results of the plurality of groups of the beams; a minimum value among the overall measurement results of the plurality of groups of the beams; Any value of the overall measurement results of the plurality of groups of beams.

17. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that The measurement result of the beam includes at least one of the following: Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, signal received strength indicator RSSI, signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

18. A communication method, characterized in that: Applied to a network device, the method includes: Sending first information, where the first information is used to indicate relevant information of a beam, where the relevant information of the beam includes transmit power indication information of the beam; Receive second information, where the second information is used to indicate a measurement result of the beam, where the measurement result of the beam is generated by the terminal device based on the first information.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The transmit power indication information of the beam includes: The transmit power value information of the beam, or the transmit power offset value information of the beam.

20. The method according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that The beam-related information further includes at least one of the following: Indication information of the effective time of the transmit power indication information of the beam; Indication information of the expiration time of the transmit power indication information of the beam; Indication information of the effective duration of the transmission power indication information of the beam.

21. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 20, characterized in that The first information includes at least one of the following: system information block SIB; radio resource control RRC signaling; control unit CE of medium access control MAC; downlink control information DCI.

22. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 20, characterized in that The first information is a first DCI, which is used to indicate relevant information of one or more beams, and the first DCI corresponds to one or more terminal devices in the same group.

23. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 20, characterized in that The first information is a second DCI, the second DCI is used to indicate relevant information of a beam, and the second DCI corresponds to a terminal device.

24. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 23, characterized in that The method further comprises: Send third information, where the third information is used to instruct the terminal device to measure at least one measurement mode of the beam.

25. The method according to claim 24, characterized in that The at least one measurement mode is agreed upon by a protocol.

26. The method according to claim 24, characterized in that The third information includes at least one of the following: RRC signaling; MAC CE; DCI.

27. The method according to claim 18, wherein The measurement result of the beam includes at least one of the following: Reference signal received power RSRP, reference signal received quality RSRQ, signal received strength indicator RSSI, signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR.

28. A terminal device, characterized in that: include: processor and memory; The memory stores computer-executable instructions; The processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the terminal device performs the method according to any one of claims 1 to 17.

29. A network device, characterized in that: include: processor and memory; The memory stores computer-executable instructions; The processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the network device performs the method according to any one of claims 18 to 27.

30. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 17 or the method according to any one of claims 18 to 27 is implemented.

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