Information reporting method, information receiving method, terminal, network device, communication system, and medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an information reporting method, an information receiving method, a terminal, a network device, a communication system, and a medium. The information reporting method comprises: a terminal receiving configuration information of reference signal resources of a network device; obtaining quality information on the basis of a plurality of reference signal resources configured by means of the configuration information; and sending a first report to the network device, wherein the first report comprises quality information of at least one of the plurality of reference signal resources. By means of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal reports quality information of at least one of a plurality of reference signal resources to a network device, so that signaling overheads occupied by information reporting can be reduced, thereby improving the communication efficiency.

Description

Information reporting, receiving method, terminal, network equipment, communication system and medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to information reporting, receiving methods, terminals, network equipment, communication systems and media. Background Art

[0002] In New Radio (NR), especially in operating frequency range 2, beam-based transmission and reception are required to ensure coverage.

[0003] During the beam management process, the network device configures a reference signal resource set for beam measurement. The terminal measures the reference signal resources in the reference signal resource set and reports the measurement results to the network device.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] The terminal reports the quality information of the reference signal resource set in the reference signal resource set to the network device, which occupies a large signaling overhead and is a technical problem that needs to be solved.

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

[0007] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information reporting method is proposed, the method comprising: a terminal receiving configuration information of a reference signal resource of a network device, obtaining quality information based on multiple reference signal resources configured according to the configuration information, and sending a first report to the network device, wherein the first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources.

[0008] According to the second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for receiving information is proposed, the method comprising: a network device sending configuration information of a reference signal resource to a terminal; the network device receiving a first report sent by the terminal, the first report including quality information of at least one reference signal resource among a plurality of reference signal resources, the quality information being obtained based on the plurality of reference signal resources configured based on the configuration information.

[0009] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is proposed, comprising: a transceiver module, configured to obtain configuration information of reference signal resources of a network device, obtain quality information based on multiple reference signal resources configured according to the configuration information, and send a first report to the network device, wherein the first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources.

[0010] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is proposed, including: a transceiver module, sending configuration information of a reference signal resource to a terminal; the network device receives a first report sent by the terminal, the first report including quality information of at least one reference signal resource among a plurality of reference signal resources, the quality information being obtained based on the plurality of reference signal resources configured based on the configuration information.

[0011] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is configured to execute the information reporting method of the first aspect.

[0012] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to execute the information receiving method of the second aspect.

[0013] According to the seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, including a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the information reporting method of the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the information receiving method of the second aspect.

[0014] According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, and is characterized in that when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0015] Through the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal reports quality information of at least one reference signal resource among multiple reference signal resources to a network device, which can reduce signaling overhead occupied by information reporting, thereby improving communication efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced. The following drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG1 is an exemplary schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0018] FIG2 is an interactive schematic diagram of an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] FIG3 is a flow chart of an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] FIG4 is a flow chart of a method for receiving information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] FIG5 is an interactive diagram of an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIG6A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG6B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG7A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] FIG7B is a schematic diagram of the structure of the chip proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information reporting method, an information receiving method, a terminal, a network device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0027] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an information reporting method, which includes: a terminal receives configuration information of a reference signal resource of a network device, obtains quality information based on multiple reference signal resources configured according to the configuration information, and sends a first report to the network device, wherein the first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources.

[0028] In the above embodiment, the terminal reports the quality information of at least one reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources to the network device, which can reduce the signaling overhead occupied by the information reporting, thereby improving communication efficiency.

[0029] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first report includes at least one of the following: first information, second information and third information; the first information is used to indicate whether the quality information of the reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources is included in the first report; the second information is used to indicate the identifier of the second reference signal resource; the third information is used to indicate the quality information of the second reference signal resource.

[0030] In the above embodiment, the terminal reports the first report including the first information, the second information and the third information to the network device, which can reduce the signaling overhead occupied by the information reporting.

[0031] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the third information is also used to indicate the relative value between the quality information of the first reference signal resource and the quality information of the second reference signal resource, where the first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource other than the second reference signal resource in the reference signal resources corresponding to the quality information contained in the first report.

[0032] In the above embodiment, the reference signal resources other than the second reference signal resource are reported using the relative value between the quality information and the second reference signal resource, which can reduce the signaling overhead occupied by the information reporting.

[0033] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report satisfies a first condition, where the first condition includes at least one of the following: the first condition is that an absolute value of the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report is greater than a first threshold; the first condition is that a relative value is less than a second threshold, where the relative value is the relative value between the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report and the quality information of the second reference signal resource.

[0034] In the above embodiment, reference signal resources whose absolute values ​​of quality information are less than or equal to the first threshold do not need to be reported, which can reduce the signaling overhead occupied by information reporting; reference signal resources whose relative values ​​of quality information relative to the quality information of the second reference signal resource are greater than or equal to the second threshold do not need to be reported, which can reduce the signaling overhead occupied by information reporting.

[0035] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the third information is used to indicate multiple relative values ​​between the quality information of multiple first reference signal resources and the quality information of the second reference signal resources, and the arrangement order of the multiple relative values ​​is determined by the index of the multiple first reference signal resources.

[0036] In the above embodiment, the arrangement order of the relative values ​​of the first reference signal resources in the third information reported by the terminal to the network device is determined by the index of the first reference signal resource, so that the terminal does not need to report the identifier of each reference signal resource to the network device, which can reduce the signaling overhead occupied by information reporting.

[0037] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the second reference signal resource is a reference signal resource corresponding to the strongest quality information in the quality information included in the first report.

[0038] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first report is carried in a channel state information report; and / or, the first report is carried in a media access control control element; and / or, the first report is carried in a wireless resource management measurement report.

[0039] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information and the second information are carried in the first part of the channel state information report, and the third information is carried in the second part of the channel state information report.

[0040] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the quality information includes at least one of layer 1 reference signal received power L1-RSRP and layer 1 signal to interference and noise ratio L1-SINR.

[0041] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first report is used for training, derivation, or performance monitoring of an artificial intelligence (AI) model.

[0042] In the above embodiment, the signaling overhead occupied by information reporting can be reduced while ensuring the effectiveness of AI model training, derivation, or performance monitoring.

[0043] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an information receiving method, the method comprising: a network device sends configuration information of a reference signal resource to a terminal; the network device receives a first report sent by the terminal, the first report including quality information of at least one reference signal resource among a plurality of reference signal resources, the quality information being obtained based on the plurality of reference signal resources configured based on the configuration information.

[0044] In the above embodiment, the network device receives the quality information of at least one reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources reported by the terminal, which can reduce the signaling overhead occupied by the information reporting, thereby improving communication efficiency.

[0045] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first report includes at least one of the following: first information, second information and third information; the first information is used to indicate whether the quality information of the reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources is included in the first report; the second information is used to indicate the identifier of the second reference signal resource; the third information is used to indicate the quality information of the second reference signal resource.

[0046] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the third information is also used to indicate the relative value between the quality information of the first reference signal resource and the quality information of the second reference signal resource, where the first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource other than the second reference signal resource in the reference signal resources corresponding to the quality information contained in the first report.

[0047] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the quality information of the reference signal resources included in the first report satisfies a first condition, wherein the first condition includes at least one of the following: the first condition is that the absolute value of the quality information of the reference signal resources included in the first report is greater than a first threshold; the first condition is that the relative value is less than a second threshold, and the relative value is the relative value between the quality information of the reference signal resources included in the first report and the quality information of the second reference signal resources.

[0048] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the third information is used to indicate multiple relative values ​​between the quality information of multiple first reference signal resources and the quality information of the second reference signal resources, and the arrangement order of the multiple relative values ​​is determined by the index of the multiple first reference signal resources.

[0049] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second reference signal resource is a reference signal resource corresponding to the strongest quality information in the quality information included in the first report.

[0050] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first report is carried in a channel state information report; and / or, the first report is carried in a media access control control element; and / or, the first report is carried in a wireless resource management measurement report.

[0051] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information and the second information are carried in the first part of the channel state information report, and the third information is carried in the second part of the channel state information report.

[0052] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the quality information includes at least one of layer 1 reference signal received power L1-RSRP and layer 1 signal to interference and noise ratio L1-SINR.

[0053] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first report is used for training, derivation, or performance monitoring of an artificial intelligence (AI) model.

[0054] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, comprising: a transceiver module, used to receive configuration information of reference signal resources of a network device, obtain quality information based on multiple reference signal resources configured according to the configuration information, and send a first report to the network device, wherein the first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources.

[0055] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a network device, comprising: a transceiver module, used to send configuration information of reference signal resources to a terminal; and receiving a first report sent by the terminal, wherein the first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource among multiple reference signal resources, and the quality information is obtained based on multiple reference signal resources configured according to the configuration information.

[0056] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to execute the information reporting method of the first aspect.

[0057] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a network device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to execute the information receiving method of the second aspect.

[0058] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, comprising a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the information reporting method of the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the information receiving method of the second aspect.

[0059] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium storing instructions, wherein the storage medium is characterized in that when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0060] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0061] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0062] In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or a chip system, wherein the chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0063] It is understandable that the aforementioned network functions, terminals, communication systems, storage media, program products, computer programs, chips, or chip systems are all used to execute the methods proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0064] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information reporting method, an information receiving method, a terminal, a network device, a communication system, and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the terms communication method, information reporting method, information receiving method, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0065] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0066] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0067] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0068] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0069] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0070] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0071] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0072] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0073] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0074] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0075] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0076] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0077] In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0078] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

[0079] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station" "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / reception point (TRP)" "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0080] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal", "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0081] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it is also possible to set the structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by terms corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

[0082] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0083] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0084] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0085] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0086] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0087] As shown in FIG. 1 , a communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102 .

[0088] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may be a user equipment (UE), and the terminal 101 may include, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and a wireless terminal device in a smart home. At least one of these, but not limited thereto.

[0089] In some embodiments, the network device 102 may be a functional network element in a core network device. The core network device may be a device including a first network element, a second network element, etc., or may be multiple devices or a device group, each including all or part of the first network element, the second network element, etc. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an evolved packet core (EPC), a 5G core network (5GCN), and a next generation core (NGC).

[0090] In some embodiments, the network device 102 may include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

[0091] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0092] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0093] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0094] In some embodiments, a core network device may be a device including one or more network elements, or may be multiple devices or device groups, each including all or part of the one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0095] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0096] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1 , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1 , or may include other entities outside of FIG1 . The number and form of the entities are arbitrary, and the entities may be physical or virtual. The connection relationships between the entities are illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0097] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0098] In NR, especially when the communication band is in frequency range 2, beam-based transmission and reception are required to ensure coverage due to the rapid attenuation of high-frequency channels.

[0099] During beam management, the network device configures a reference signal resource set for beam measurement. The terminal measures the reference signal resources in this reference signal resource set and reports the IDs of some of the stronger reference signal resources, along with the corresponding layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) and / or layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio (L1-SINR), to the network device.

[0100] In related technologies, it is assumed that a network device configures a reference signal resource set that includes X reference signal resources, each corresponding to a different transmit beam of the network device. For each reference signal resource, a terminal needs to use all receive beams to measure the reference signal, obtain the beam measurement qualities corresponding to all receive beams, and determine one or more best beam measurement qualities. Therefore, the terminal needs to measure M*N beam pairs. Here, M represents the number of transmit beams of the network device, and N represents the number of receive beams of the terminal.

[0101] In some embodiments, a process for implementing beam prediction based on an AI (Artificial Intelligence) model and / or AI function is provided. An AI function can be considered to be one or more AI models that implement the same function or purpose.

[0102] In some embodiments, the AI ​​model used for beam prediction can be referred to as a beam prediction model. Of course, it can also be referred to as a beam prediction AI model, a prediction AI model, a predicted beam model, etc. This disclosure does not limit the names of such AI models.

[0103] In some embodiments, when the beam prediction model is a spatial domain prediction, the terminal measures the L1-RSRP of set B and inputs it into the beam prediction model. The beam prediction model can predict the L1-RSRP of the best beam and / or beam pair in set A, and / or the identifier of the best beam and / or beam pair in set A.

[0104] The relationship between set B and set A includes the following two types:

[0105] The first relationship is that set B is a subset of set A. For example, if set A contains 32 reference signal resources (each reference signal resource corresponds to a beam direction), then set B contains N partial reference signal resources, for example, set B contains 8 reference signal resources out of the 32 reference signal resources, that is, N = 8.

[0106] The second relationship is that set B is a wide beam and set A is a narrow beam. For example, set A contains 32 reference signal resources (each reference signal resource corresponds to a beam direction, and the 32 reference signal resources cover a direction of 120 degrees). Set B contains another Y reference signal resources, for example, Y = 8. These Y reference signal resources also cover a direction of 120 degrees, that is, the beam direction of each reference signal resource in set B covers the beam directions of multiple reference signal resources in set A. It can be understood that the relationship between the 32 / Y reference signal resources in set A and one reference signal resource in set B is QCL (quasi co-location) Type D.

[0107] It should be understood that the examples of the first and second relationships described above only describe the transmit beam case. When considering beam pairs consisting of transmit and receive beams, the terminal's receive beams must also be considered. For example, if there are 32 transmit beams and 4 receive beams, then set A consists of 32*4 beam pairs, and set B can consist of 32 beam pairs, 16 beam pairs, and so on.

[0108] If there is no need to monitor the performance of the AI ​​model, assuming that the AI ​​model has been trained in advance, then during the derivation process based on the AI ​​model, the network device only needs to periodically send the reference signal on the reference signal resources in set B (for example, based on the first period). The terminal then measures the L1-RSRP of the reference signal on the reference signal resources in set B and inputs it into the beam prediction model, which can output the L1-RSRP corresponding to the reference signal resources of set A or output the strongest one or more reference signal resource IDs or beam IDs among the 32 reference signal resources in set A.

[0109] If the performance of the AI ​​model needs to be monitored, the network device periodically sends the reference signal of set A on the basis of periodically sending set B (for example, based on the second period, where the second period is greater than the first period). The terminal measures the reference signal on the reference signal resource of set B, inputs the measurement result into the AI ​​model, obtains the predicted beam information, and reports it to the network device; at the same time, the terminal also measures the L1-RSRP of the reference signal on all reference signal resources in set A, and reports the measurement result of set A or the reference signal resource ID corresponding to the best beam in set A obtained based on the measurement result of set A as the beam information obtained by the traditional method to the network device.

[0110] It can be understood that if set B is a subset of set A, it is equivalent to that the terminal only needs to measure all beams or beam pairs of set A.

[0111] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms "terminal-side model" and "AI model deployed on the terminal" can be used interchangeably. The terms "network device-side model" and "AI model deployed on the network device" can be used interchangeably.

[0112] In some implementations, when the beam prediction model uses time-domain prediction, the terminal measures the L1-RSRP of set B at a historical time, inputs the measurement into the AI ​​model, and predicts the L1-RSRP of set A at a future time or the ID of the best beam in set A. In addition to the two aforementioned relationships between set B and set A, there is another relationship in which set B and set A are identical.

[0113] If beam prediction is performed based on the AI ​​model, the reference signal at future times may not be sent; that is, beam information can be obtained based on the AI ​​model output and reported to the network device.

[0114] If AI model performance monitoring is performed based on methods described in related technologies, reference signals for future time periods must also be transmitted. The terminal then measures these reference signals and obtains beam information, which it then reports to the base station. Therefore, when monitoring model performance, as with spatial beam prediction, network equipment must periodically transmit the transmit beams in Set B and Set A, and the terminal must measure all beams or beam pairs in Set B and Set A.

[0115] The AI ​​model-based beam prediction method can reduce the number of beams or beam pairs that the terminal measures. For example, the terminal originally needs to measure a total of M transmit beams. However, thanks to the AI ​​model, for spatial beam prediction, the terminal only needs to measure a portion of the M transmit beams, such as 1 / 8 or 1 / 4. The measured beam measurement quality of these beams is then input into the AI ​​model, which then outputs beam information for the M transmit beams. For time-domain beam prediction, the terminal can measure the beam quality of beams at historical times to predict beam information for beams at future times.

[0116] For the network-side model, if the AI ​​model input is the L1-RSRP of each beam in set B, the terminal needs to report the L1-RSRP corresponding to each beam in set B. If set B has a large number of beams, such as 16, 32, 64, or even more, the reported signaling bits are relatively large. Furthermore, if time-domain beam prediction may require reporting measurement results of set B at multiple historical times, the signaling bits will be even more. The signaling overhead of this model input, set B, will be very high for model training, model derivation, and model performance monitoring. Furthermore, if the model output is the L1-RSRP of all beams in set A, because set A has more beams than set B (for example, 32, 64, 128, or even more), the data used for model training or performance monitoring will need to include the L1-RSRP of all beams in set A, resulting in even greater signaling bit overhead.

[0117] Therefore, for model training, model derivation, and performance monitoring, if the L1-RSRP of all beams in a reference signal set needs to be reported, the signaling overhead will be large. How to reduce the signaling overhead occupied by information reporting is a problem that needs to be solved.

[0118] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information reporting method in which a terminal receives configuration information of reference signal resources from a network device, obtains quality information based on multiple reference signal resources configured in the configuration information, and sends a first report to the network device. The first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource from the multiple reference signal resources. Based on the information reporting method provided in embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal reports quality information of at least one reference signal resource from the multiple reference signal resources to the network device, reducing the signaling overhead occupied by information reporting and thereby improving communication efficiency.

[0119] FIG2 is an interactive diagram of an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information reporting method, which includes:

[0120] Step S2101: The network device sends configuration information of reference signal resources to the terminal.

[0121] In some embodiments, the terminal receives configuration information of reference signal resources sent by a network device.

[0122] In some embodiments, the terminal obtains configuration information of a reference signal resource of a network device.

[0123] In some embodiments, the configuration information is configuration information of a reference signal resource set, and the reference signal resource set includes multiple reference signal resources.

[0124] Step S2102: The terminal obtains quality information based on multiple reference signal resources configured by the configuration information.

[0125] In some embodiments, the terminal measures the multiple reference signal resources configured by the configuration information respectively to obtain quality information of each reference signal resource.

[0126] In some embodiments, the quality information of the reference signal resource includes at least one of L1-RSRP and L1-SINR.

[0127] Step S2103: The terminal sends a first report to the network device.

[0128] In some embodiments, the network device receives a first report sent by the terminal.

[0129] In some embodiments, the first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource among the plurality of reference signal resources.

[0130] In some embodiments, the first report includes at least one of the following: first information, second information, and third information.

[0131] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate whether quality information of a reference signal resource among the plurality of reference signal resources is included in the first report.

[0132] In some embodiments, the first information may be first bit information. For at least one reference signal resource in a reference signal resource set, each reference signal resource may correspond to 1 bit. If the quality information of the reference signal resource (e.g., L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) is reported, the corresponding bit displays "1", otherwise it displays "0".

[0133] In some embodiments, the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report satisfies a first condition, wherein the first condition includes at least one of the following: the first condition is that the absolute value of the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report is greater than a first threshold; the first condition is that the relative value is less than a second threshold, and the relative value is the relative value between the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report and the quality information of the second reference signal resource.

[0134] The values ​​of the first threshold and the second threshold can be determined according to actual conditions, and this disclosure does not limit this.

[0135] The first condition is that the absolute value of the quality information is greater than a first threshold. That is, reference signal resources whose absolute value of quality information is greater than the first threshold are included in the first report. This can also be understood as requiring reporting only for reference signal resources whose absolute value of quality information is greater than the first threshold. This is because the quality information of reference signal resources whose quality information is lower than the first threshold can be directly quantized to the same value, such as the threshold value of the first threshold, and therefore need not be reported, thereby reducing signaling overhead.

[0136] Among them, the first condition is that the relative value is less than the second threshold, that is, the reference signal resources whose relative value of quality information relative to the second reference signal resource is less than the second threshold are included in the first report. It can also be understood that only the reference signal resources whose relative value of quality information relative to the second reference signal resource is less than the second threshold need to be reported, which can reduce signaling overhead.

[0137] In some embodiments, the relative value is a value used to characterize the relative relationship between two reference signal resources. For example, the relative value can be a difference, that is, the difference between the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report and the quality information of the second reference signal resource; the relative value can also be other values ​​(such as a ratio) used to characterize the relative relationship between the two reference signal resources, and the present disclosure does not limit this.

[0138] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate whether quality information of reference signal resources other than the second reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources needs to be reported.

[0139] In some embodiments, the second reference signal resource may be a reference signal resource corresponding to the strongest quality information in the quality information included in the first report.

[0140] In some embodiments, the second reference signal resource may be a reference signal resource with the strongest quality information in the reference signal resource set.

[0141] In some embodiments, the first information may indicate whether all reference signal resources except the second reference signal resource (e.g., the reference signal resource with the strongest quality information) are reported. Because the identifier of the second reference signal resource can be reported through the second information (e.g., the reference signal resource with the strongest quality information will be reported through the second information), the first information may not need to include the 1 bit corresponding to the second reference signal resource, thereby saving the signaling overhead of information reporting.

[0142] For example, the reference signal resource set includes 8 reference signal resources, and the IDs of these 8 reference signal resources are ID1 to ID8, respectively. Then the number of bits of the first information can be 8, which is used to indicate whether the quality information of these 8 reference signal resources is included in the first report (or whether it is reported). For example, the first information is 10010101, and each bit from right to left corresponds to whether the quality information of the reference signal resources with ID1, ID2, ID3, ID4, ID5, ID6, ID7, and ID8 is included in the first report, where 1 represents inclusion in the first report and 0 represents non-inclusion in the first report, that is, the quality information of the reference signal resources corresponding to ID1, ID3, ID5, and ID8 is included in the first report, and the quality information of the reference signal resources corresponding to ID2, ID4, ID6, and ID7 is included in the first report.

[0143] For another example, the reference signal resource set includes 8 reference signal resources, and the IDs of these 8 reference signal resources are ID1 to ID8, respectively. Among them, the ID of the strongest reference signal resource is, for example, ID5. Then the number of bits of the first information can be 7, which is used to indicate whether the quality information of the 7 reference signal resources other than the reference signal resource with the strongest quality information is included in the first report (or whether it is reported). For example, the first information is 1000101, and each bit from right to left corresponds to whether the quality information of the reference signal resources with ID1, ID2, ID3, ID4, ID6, ID7, and ID8 is included in the first report, where 1 represents inclusion in the first report and 0 represents non-inclusion in the first report. That is, except for the reference signal resource corresponding to ID5, the quality information of the reference signal resources corresponding to ID1, ID3, and ID8 is included in the first report, and the quality information of the reference signal resources corresponding to ID2, ID4, ID6, and ID7 is included in the first report.

[0144] In some embodiments, the second information is used to indicate an identifier of the second reference signal resource.

[0145] In some embodiments, the second information may be second bit information, used to indicate the ID corresponding to the reference signal resource with the strongest quality information. The number of bits in the second information may be log2N rounded up, where N is the number of reference signal resources in the reference signal resource set, or N is the number of reference signal resources required to be reported as indicated in the first information.

[0146] For example, N is the number of reference signal resources in the reference signal resource set. If N is 8, for example, that is, the reference signal resource set includes 8 reference signal resources, then the number of bits of the second information can be 3; if N is 9, for example, that is, the reference signal resource set includes 9 reference signal resources, then the number of bits of the second information can be 4.

[0147] For another example, N is the number of reference signal resources required to be reported indicated in the first information. When the first information indicates whether all reference signal resources in a reference signal resource set are included in the first report, the reference signal resource set includes, for example, 8 reference signal resources. The first information is, for example, 10010101, which indicates that 4 of the 8 reference signal resources (with IDs of ID1, ID3, ID5, and ID8) are included in the first report. In this case, N is 4, i.e., the number of reference signal resources required to be reported indicated in the first information. The ID of the strongest reference signal resource is, for example, ID5. The second information may simply indicate the order of the 4 reported reference signal resources (with IDs of ID1, ID3, ID5, and ID8) that the strongest reference signal resource is.

[0148] It can be understood that the specific number of the above reference signal resources is used for illustration and is not limited in this disclosure.

[0149] In some embodiments, the third information is used to indicate quality information of the second reference signal resource.

[0150] In some embodiments, the third information may indicate the absolute value of the quality information corresponding to the reference signal resource with the strongest quality information.

[0151] For example, the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to the reference signal resource with the strongest L1-RSRP / L1-SINR is reported using an absolute value, such as X dB; and the bit corresponding to the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR is at the front, that is, close to the low bit.

[0152] In some embodiments, the third information is also used to indicate the relative value between the quality information of the first reference signal resource and the quality information of the second reference signal resource, where the first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource other than the second reference signal resource in the reference signal resources corresponding to the quality information included in the first report.

[0153] In some embodiments, the relative value between the quality information of the first reference signal resource and the quality information of the second reference signal resource may be, for example, a difference between the quality information of the first reference signal resource and the quality information of the second reference signal resource.

[0154] It can be understood that since the first reference signal resource can be a reference signal resource other than the second reference signal resource in the first report, the above-mentioned "relative value between the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report and the quality information of the second reference signal resource" may include "the relative value between the quality information of the first reference signal resource and the quality information of the second reference signal resource".

[0155] In some embodiments, the first reference signal resource may also be a reference signal resource that needs to be reported and is indicated in the first information.

[0156] For example, the first reference signal resource is a reference signal resource in which a bit in the first information is 1.

[0157] In some embodiments, the first reference signal resource may be a reference signal resource in the reference signal resource set, except for the reference signal resource with the strongest quality information, and having a quality information absolute value greater than a threshold value.

[0158] For example, based on the absolute value of L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to the strongest reference signal resource, the relative value corresponding to the reference signal resource that is not the strongest and needs to report L1-RSRP / L1-SINR is reported, that is, the relative size of the absolute value of the relative strongest L1-RSRP / L1-SINR.

[0159] For example, the absolute value threshold (i.e., the first threshold) may be -140 dBm, and the value of the quality information of the reference signal resource may be K dBm. If the value K of the quality information of the reference signal resource is less than or equal to the absolute value threshold of -140 dBm, the quality information of the reference signal resource does not need to be reported. For example, if the value of the quality information of one of the reference signal resources is -150 dBm, the quality information of the reference signal resource does not need to be reported. If the value K of the quality information of the reference signal resource is greater than the absolute value threshold of -140 dBm, the quality information of the reference signal resource needs to be reported. That is, the reference signal resource is the first reference signal resource. For example, if the value of the quality information of one of the reference signal resources is -130 dBm, the quality information of the reference signal resource needs to be reported.

[0160] In some embodiments, the first reference signal resource may be a reference signal resource in the reference signal resource set, except for the reference signal resource with the strongest quality information, and whose relative value of quality information is lower than a threshold value.

[0161] For example, the threshold value of the relative value (ie, the second threshold mentioned above) may be 60 dB, and the relative value of the quality information of the reference signal resource relative to the quality information of the strongest reference signal resource may be L dB. If the relative value L of the quality information of the reference signal resource relative to the quality information of the strongest reference signal resource is greater than or equal to the relative value threshold of 60 dB, the quality information of the reference signal resource does not need to be reported. For example, if the quality information of the strongest reference signal resource is -60 dBm and the quality information value of one of the reference signal resources is -130 dBm, that is, the relative value of the quality information of the reference signal resource relative to the quality information of the strongest reference signal resource is 70 dB, then the quality information of the reference signal resource does not need to be reported. If the relative value L of the quality information of the reference signal resource relative to the quality information of the strongest reference signal resource is less than the relative value threshold of 60 dB, then the reference signal resource needs to be reported. For example, if the quality information of the strongest reference signal resource is -60 dBm and the quality information value of one of the reference signal resources is -110 dBm, that is, the relative value of the quality information of the reference signal resource relative to the quality information of the strongest reference signal resource is 50 dB, then the quality information of the reference signal resource needs to be reported, that is, the reference signal resource is the above-mentioned first reference signal resource.

[0162] In some embodiments, there are multiple first reference signal resources, and the third information is used for multiple relative values ​​between the quality information of the multiple first reference signal resources and the quality information of the second reference signal resource. The arrangement order of these multiple relative values ​​is determined by the indexes of the multiple first reference signal resources.

[0163] In some embodiments, the reference signal resources that are not the strongest and for which quality information reporting is required are reported in the order of their IDs.

[0164] For example, a reference signal resource set includes eight reference signal resources, whose IDs are ID1 to ID8. The strongest reference signal resource has ID 5, and the reference signal resources that are not the strongest and require quality information reporting have IDs 1, 3, 6, and 7. The relative values ​​of the quality information (using RSRP as an example) of the reference signal resources with IDs 1, 3, 6, and 7 are RSRP1, RSRP3, RSRP6, and RSRP7, respectively. RSRP1, RSRP3, RSRP6, and RSRP7 are reported in that order.

[0165] In some embodiments, reference signal resources that do not need to report L1-RSRP / L1-SINR can be removed based on the first bit information, and the strongest reference signal resources can be removed. The relative values ​​of L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of other reference signal resources are reported in ascending order of ID.

[0166] For example, a reference signal resource set includes eight reference signal resources, whose IDs are ID1 to ID8, respectively. The strongest reference signal resource has ID5. The first bit, for example, 1000101, indicates whether reference signal resources other than the strongest reference signal resource are to be reported. That is, each bit, from right to left, corresponds to whether the quality information of reference signal resources ID1, ID2, ID3, ID4, ID6, ID7, and ID8 needs to be reported. A value of 1 indicates that the quality information of reference signal resources ID1, ID2, ID3, ID4, ID6, ID7, and ID8, respectively, needs to be reported, and a value of 0 indicates that the quality information of reference signal resources ID1, ID3, and ID8, other than the reference signal resource ID5, needs to be reported. In this case, the relative values ​​of the quality information of the reference signal resources ID1, ID3, and ID8 are reported, in that order.

[0167] In some embodiments, the first report is carried in a channel state information report; and / or the first report is carried in a radio resource management measurement report.

[0168] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned bit information may be included in a CSI (Channel State Information) report and reported in the form of UCI (Uplink Control Information) on PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) or PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel); or, the above-mentioned bit information may be included in MAC CE (medium access control control element) signaling for reporting; or, the above-mentioned bit information may be included in an L3 (Layer 3) or RRM (Radio Resource Management) measurement report and reported in the form of RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling.

[0169] In some embodiments, the first information and the second information are carried in a first part of a channel state information report, and the third information is carried in a second part of the channel state information report.

[0170] For example, if the CSI report is used for reporting, if the above bit information can be divided into two parts, wherein the first bit information and the second bit information are in part I, and the value of L1-RSRP / L1-SINR is in part II.

[0171] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first report may not include the ID corresponding to the first reference signal resource, because L1-RSRP or L1-SINR has been reported corresponding to the ID, thereby saving signaling overhead for reporting information.

[0172] In some embodiments, the first report is used for training or derivation or performance monitoring of the AI ​​model.

[0173] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned first report can be applicable to model training data reporting (based on RRC reporting), model derivation reporting (based on UCI reporting), or functionality / model performance monitoring reporting (based on UCI, MAC CE and / or RRC reporting, such as information related to model input and output is reported through UCI or MAC CE, and the actual measurement used as a label is reported through RRC or MAC CE).

[0174] The information reporting method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can reduce signaling overhead while ensuring the performance of AI functions / models.

[0175] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0176] In some embodiments, terms such as "moment", "time point", "time", and "time position" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "duration", "period", "time window", "window", and "time" can be replaced with each other.

[0177] In some embodiments, "obtain", "get", "get", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from protocols, obtaining from higher layers, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0178] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0179] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain", "preset", "preset", "setting", "indicated", "a certain", "any", and "first" can be interchangeable. "Specific A", "preset A", "preset A", "setting A", "indicated A", "a certain A", "any A", and "first A" can be interpreted as A pre-specified in a protocol, etc., or as A obtained through setting, configuration, or indication, etc., or as specific A, a certain A, any A, or first A, etc., but not limited to this.

[0180] In some embodiments, the determination or judgment can be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or by a true or false value (Boolean value (bool)) represented by true (true) or false (false), or by comparison of numerical values ​​(for example, comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited thereto.

[0181] In some embodiments, "not expecting to receive" can be interpreted as not receiving on time domain resources and / or frequency domain resources, or as not performing subsequent processing on the data after receiving it; "not expecting to send" can be interpreted as not sending, or as sending but not expecting the recipient to respond to the content sent.

[0182] The information reporting method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2101 to S2103. For example, step S2101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2103 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S2101+S2102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S2102+S2103 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0183] In some embodiments, steps S2101 and S2102 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0184] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2 .

[0185] FIG3 is a flow chart of an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information reporting method, which includes:

[0186] Step S3101: Acquire configuration information of reference signal resources.

[0187] The optional implementation of step S3101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0188] In some embodiments, the terminal receives configuration information of reference signal resources sent by a network device, but is not limited thereto, and may also receive configuration information of reference signal resources sent by other entities.

[0189] Step S3102: obtaining quality information based on multiple reference signal resources configured by the configuration information.

[0190] The optional implementation of step S3102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0191] Step S3103: Send the first report.

[0192] The optional implementation of step S3103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0193] In some embodiments, the terminal sends a first report to the network device.

[0194] The information reporting method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3101 to S3103. For example, step S3101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3103 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S3101+S3102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S3102+S3103 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0195] In some embodiments, steps S3101 and S3102 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0196] FIG4 is a flow chart of a method for receiving information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4 , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for receiving information, and the method includes:

[0197] Step S4101: Send configuration information of reference signal resources.

[0198] The optional implementation of step S4101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0199] In some embodiments, the network device sends configuration information of the reference signal resource to the terminal.

[0200] Step S4102, obtain the first report.

[0201] The optional implementation of step S4102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0202] In some embodiments, the network device receives a first report sent by the terminal.

[0203] The information receiving method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S4101 and S4102. For example, step S4101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S4102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0204] In some embodiments, step S4101 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0205] Figure 5 is an interactive diagram of an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information reporting method, which includes:

[0206] Step S5101: The terminal sends a first report to the network device.

[0207] Optional implementations of step S5101 can be found in step S2103 of FIG. 2 , step S3103 of FIG. 3 , step S4102 of FIG. 4 , and other related parts of the embodiments involved in FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 , and FIG. 4 , which will not be described in detail here.

[0208] In some embodiments, the above method may include the methods of the above embodiments of the communication system side, terminal side, network device side, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0209] The information reporting method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may specifically include: a terminal receiving configuration information of a network device, the configuration information including reference signal resource set configuration information; the terminal measuring the reference signal resources within the reference signal resource set, obtaining the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to the reference signal resources, and reporting.

[0210] First, the first bit indication information is reported: for at least one reference signal resource in the reference signal resource set, each reference signal resource corresponds to 1 bit; if the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of the reference signal resource is reported, the corresponding bit displays "1", otherwise it displays "0".

[0211] Among them, because the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of some reference signal resources is lower than the threshold value, they can be directly quantized to the same value, such as the threshold value, so these reference signal resources do not need to be reported, thereby reducing signaling overhead.

[0212] Among them, because the strongest reference signal resource may be indicated by the second bit information below, that is, the strongest reference signal resource will definitely be reported, the first bit indication information may not include the 1 bit corresponding to the strongest reference signal resource.

[0213] Then, the second bit indication information is reported: indicating the ID corresponding to the strongest reference signal resource. This bit number only needs to be rounded up to log2N, where N is the number of reference signal resources in the reference signal resource set.

[0214] Based on the above two bit indication information, the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to the strongest reference signal resource is reported using an absolute value, such as X dB; and the bit corresponding to the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR is at the front, that is, at the low bit; then the relative value corresponding to the reference signal resource that is not the strongest and needs to report L1-RSRP / L1-SINR is reported, that is, the relative size of the absolute value of the strongest L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and the reporting order is according to the ID order of the reference signal resource, that is, according to the first bit indication information, the reference signal resources that do not need to report L1-RSRP / L1-SINR are removed, and the strongest reference signal resources are removed. The relative values ​​of L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of other reference signal resources are reported according to the ID from small to large.

[0215] In some embodiments, the above bit information may be included in a CSI report and reported in the form of UCI on a PUCCH or PUSCH; or the above bit information may be included in an L3 or RRM measurement report and reported in RRC signaling.

[0216] In some embodiments, if the CSI report is used for reporting, the above bit information can be divided into two parts, wherein the first bit information or the second bit information is in part I, and the value of L1-RSRP / L1-SINR is in part II.

[0217] In some embodiments, the above report may not include the ID corresponding to the reference signal resource, because the L1-RSRP or L1-SINR has been reported according to the ID.

[0218] In some embodiments, the above report is applicable to model training data reporting (based on RRC reporting), model derivation reporting (based on UCI reporting), or functionality / model performance monitoring reporting (based on UCI, MAC CE and / or RRC reporting, which can be partly based on UCI and partly based on RRC or MAC CE reporting, such as UCI-based reporting related to model input and output, and RRC or MAC CE-based reporting of actual measurements used as labels).

[0219] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and their optional implementations may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, or may be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementations of other embodiments.

[0220] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0221] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0222] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and implementing the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0223] Figure 6A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6A, the terminal 6100 may include: a transceiver module 6101. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 is used to receive configuration information of reference signal resources of a network device, obtain quality information based on multiple reference signal resources configured according to the configuration information, and send a first report to the network device. Optionally, the transceiver module is used to perform at least one of the steps (such as step S2101, step S2103, but not limited to this) of the processing performed by the network function in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0224] Figure 6B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6B, network device 6200 may include a transceiver module 6201. In some embodiments, transceiver module 6201 is configured to send reference signal resource configuration information to a terminal. Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to perform at least one of the steps (e.g., steps S2101 and S2103, but not limited thereto) performed by the terminal in any of the above methods, and will not be further described here.

[0225] In some embodiments, the processing module can be a single module or can include multiple submodules. Optionally, the multiple submodules respectively execute all or part of the steps required to be executed by the processing module. Optionally, the processing module can be interchangeable with the processor.

[0226] Figure 7A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 7100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user equipment, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal to implement any of the above methods. Communication device 7100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0227] As shown in Figure 7A, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process the communication protocol and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. Optionally, the communication device 7100 is used to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, one or more processors 7101 are used to call instructions to enable the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0228] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7102. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7102, the transceiver 7102 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step S2101 and step S2103, but not limited thereto), and the processor 7101 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, step S2102, but not limited thereto). In an optional embodiment, the transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter, and the receiver and transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, transceiver circuit, interface circuit, and interface may be interchangeable, the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be interchangeable, and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be interchangeable.

[0229] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7103 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 7103 may be located outside the communication device 7100. In alternative embodiments, the communication device 7100 may include one or more interface circuits 7104. Optionally, the interface circuits 7104 are connected to the memories 7103 and may be configured to receive data from the memories 7103 or other devices, or to send data to the memories 7103 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 7104 may read data stored in the memories 7103 and send the data to the processor 7101.

[0230] The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by FIG. 7A. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0231] 7B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 7200 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 7100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 7200 shown in FIG7B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0232] The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201. The chip 7200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0233] In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202. Alternatively, terms such as interface circuit, interface, and transceiver pins may be used interchangeably. In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of memory 7203 may be located external to chip 7200. Optionally, interface circuit 7202 is connected to memory 7203 and may be used to receive data from memory 7203 or other devices, or may be used to send data to memory 7203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 7202 may read data stored in memory 7203 and send the data to processor 7201.

[0234] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 7202 performs at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step S2101 and step S2103, but not limited thereto) of the aforementioned method. The interface circuit 7202 performing the communication steps (e.g., step S2101 and step S2103, but not limited thereto) of the aforementioned method, for example, means that the interface circuit 7202 performs data exchange between the processor 7201, chip 7200, memory 7203, or a transceiver device. In some embodiments, the processor 7201 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., step S2102, but not limited thereto).

[0235] The modules and / or devices described in various embodiments, such as virtual devices, physical devices, and chips, can be arbitrarily combined or separated according to circumstances. Optionally, some or all steps can also be performed collaboratively by multiple modules and / or devices, which is not limited here.

[0236] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the communication device 7100, the communication device 7100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0237] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 7100, enables the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0238] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

Claims

1. An information reporting method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The terminal receives configuration information of reference signal resources of a network device, obtains quality information based on multiple reference signal resources configured according to the configuration information, and sends a first report to the network device, where the first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first report includes at least one of the following: First information, second information and third information; The first information is used to indicate whether quality information of a reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources is included in a first report; The second information is used to indicate an identifier of a second reference signal resource; The third information is used to indicate quality information of the second reference signal resource.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The third information is further used to indicate a relative value between quality information of a first reference signal resource and quality information of a second reference signal resource, where the first reference signal resource is a reference signal resource other than the second reference signal resource in the reference signal resources corresponding to the quality information included in the first report.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that The quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report satisfies a first condition, where the first condition includes at least one of the following: The first condition is that the absolute value of the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report is greater than a first threshold; The first condition is that a relative value is less than a second threshold, and the relative value is a relative value between the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report and the quality information of the second reference signal resource.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that The third information is used to indicate a plurality of relative values ​​between quality information of a plurality of first reference signal resources and quality information of the second reference signal resource, and an arrangement order of the plurality of relative values ​​is determined by indexes of the plurality of first reference signal resources.

6. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The second reference signal resource is a reference signal resource corresponding to the strongest quality information in the quality information included in the first report.

7. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that The first report is carried in a channel state information report; and / or, The first report is carried in a media access control control element; and / or, The first report is carried in a radio resource management measurement report.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The first information and the second information are carried in a first part of the channel state information report, and the third information is carried in a second part of the channel state information report.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that The quality information includes at least one of a layer 1 reference signal received power L1-RSRP and a layer 1 signal to interference and noise ratio L1-SINR.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that The first report is used for training, derivation or performance monitoring of an artificial intelligence (AI) model.

11. A method for receiving information, characterized in that: The method comprises: The network device sends configuration information of the reference signal resource to the terminal; The network device receives a first report sent by the terminal, where the first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource among a plurality of reference signal resources, where the quality information is obtained based on the plurality of reference signal resources configured by the configuration information.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that The first report includes at least one of the following: First information, second information and third information; The first information is used to indicate whether quality information of a reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources is included in a first report; The second information is used to indicate an identifier of a second reference signal resource; The third information is used to indicate quality information of the second reference signal resource.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that The third information is further used to indicate a relative value between quality information of a first reference signal resource and quality information of a second reference signal resource, where the first reference signal resource is a reference signal resource other than the second reference signal resource in the reference signal resources corresponding to the quality information included in the first report.

14. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that The quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report satisfies a first condition, where the first condition includes at least one of the following: The first condition is that the absolute value of the quality information of the reference signal resource included in the first report is greater than a first threshold; The first condition is that the relative value is less than the second threshold, and the relative value is the quality of the reference signal resource included in the first report. The relative value between the quality information of the second reference signal resource and the quality information of the second reference signal resource.

15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that The third information is used to indicate a plurality of relative values ​​between quality information of a plurality of first reference signal resources and quality information of the second reference signal resource, and an arrangement order of the plurality of relative values ​​is determined by indexes of the plurality of first reference signal resources.

16. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that The second reference signal resource is a reference signal resource corresponding to the strongest quality information in the quality information included in the first report.

17. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 16, characterized in that The first report is carried in a channel state information report; and / or, The first report is carried in a media access control control element; and / or, The first report is carried in a radio resource management measurement report.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that The first information and the second information are carried in a first part of the channel state information report, and the third information is carried in a second part of the channel state information report.

19. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 17, characterized in that The quality information includes at least one of a layer 1 reference signal received power L1-RSRP and a layer 1 signal to interference and noise ratio L1-SINR.

20. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 17, characterized in that The first report is used for training, derivation or performance monitoring of an artificial intelligence (AI) model.

21. A terminal, characterized in that: include: A transceiver module is used to receive configuration information of reference signal resources of a network device, obtain quality information based on multiple reference signal resources configured according to the configuration information, and send a first report to the network device, wherein the first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource among the multiple reference signal resources.

22. A network device, characterized in that: include: A transceiver module, configured to send configuration information of reference signal resources to a terminal; A first report sent by the terminal is received, where the first report includes quality information of at least one reference signal resource among a plurality of reference signal resources, where the quality information is obtained based on the plurality of reference signal resources configured by the configuration information.

23. A terminal, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The terminal is used to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

24. A network device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The network device is configured to execute the method according to any one of claims 11 to 20.

25. A communication system, characterized in that: The invention comprises a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, and the network device is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 11 to 20.

26. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 or the method according to any one of claims 11 to 20.

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