Sensing and communication method and apparatus

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications, and provide a sensing and communication method and an apparatus, for use in managing or selecting integrated sensing and communication devices for executing sensing tasks. The method comprises: determining first information, the first information indicating information of a first device for sensing; and on the basis of the first information, determining a target sensing device executing a sensing task.

Description

Perception communication method and device

[0001] This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the State Intellectual Property Office on February 28, 2024, with application number 202410228888.8 and application name “Perceptual Communication Method and Device”, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into this application. Technical Field

[0002] The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications, and in particular to a perception communication method and apparatus. Background Art

[0003] Wireless telepathy is the fifth generation (5 th As one of the key technologies for the next stage of 5G technology evolution (5G-Advanced), it can be widely used in typical application scenarios such as smart transportation, smart low-altitude areas, and smart networks. Wireless intersensory integration achieves unified design of communication and perception functions through joint signal design and hardware sharing.

[0004] The perception in communication-perception fusion can be understood as wireless perception technology based on the communication system. Devices with communication-perception fusion functions (such as telepathy devices) can transmit wireless signals to the target area or target object and receive the echo signal reflected by the object. By analyzing the received signals, corresponding perception measurement quantities are obtained, such as the number, location, movement speed, and identity of the target objects.

[0005] In the perception process of communication perception fusion, when performing perception tasks on different target areas or target objects, how to manage or select the synaesthesia integrated devices to perform the perception tasks becomes an urgent problem to be solved. Summary of the Invention

[0006] The perceptual communication method and apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application can manage or select synesthesia devices that perform perceptual tasks.

[0007] In a first aspect, a perception communication method is provided. The method can be performed by a first network element, or by a component of the first network element, such as a processor, circuit, chip, or chip system of the first network element, or by a logic module or software capable of implementing all or part of the first network element's functions. The method includes: determining first information, where the first information indicates information used by a first device for perception; and determining, based on the first information, a target perception device for performing a perception task.

[0008] Based on this solution, the first network element can determine the target sensing device for performing the sensing task based on the first information that can indicate the information used by the first device for sensing, thereby achieving management or selection of the target sensing device for performing the sensing task.

[0009] In one possible design, determining the first information includes: receiving the first information from a second network element.

[0010] Based on this possible design, the first network element can obtain the first information from other network elements (such as the second network element), simplifying the complexity of the first network element obtaining the first information, and at the same time providing basic guarantees for the first network element to determine the target perception device to perform the perception task based on the first information.

[0011] In one possible design, before determining the first information, the method also includes: sending second information to the second network element, where the second information is used to request the first information.

[0012] Based on this possible design, the first network element can send second information to the second network element to request the first information, so that the second network element can send first information to the first network element based on the second information, wherein the second information is used to request the first information; thereby providing basic guarantee for the first network element to determine the target perception device to perform the perception task based on the first information.

[0013] In one possible design, the method further includes: sending third information to the target sensing device, where the third information is used to request the sensing measurement value of the target sensing device; and receiving the sensing measurement value of the target sensing device.

[0014] Based on this possible design, after the first network element determines the target perception device, it can send third information to the target perception device, so that the target perception device can perform perception measurement on the target object, thereby obtaining the perception measurement amount. Further, the perception measurement amount can be sent to the first network element to realize perception of the target perception device.

[0015] In a second aspect, a perception communication method is provided. The method can be performed by a second network element, or by a component of the second network element, such as a processor, circuit, chip, or chip system of the second network element, or by a logic module or software capable of implementing all or part of the functions of the second network element. The method includes: determining first information, where the first information indicates information used by a first device for perception; and sending the first information.

[0016] Based on this solution, the second network element can determine the first information and send the first information. Since the first information indicates that the first device is used to perceive information, that is, the first information indicates information related to perception, the first information can assist other network elements (such as the first network element) in determining the target perception device to perform the perception task, so that the other network element can manage or select the target perception device to perform the perception task.

[0017] In one possible design, the first information is used to determine the target sensing device that performs the sensing task.

[0018] Based on this possible design, the first information is used to determine the target perception device that performs the perception task, so that when the second network element sends the first information to other network elements (such as the first network element), it can assist the other network elements in determining the target perception device that performs the perception task, thereby providing basic guarantees for the other network elements to determine (such as manage or select) the target perception device that performs the perception task based on the first information.

[0019] In one possible design, the method is executed by a perception control SC network element, and the determination of the first information includes: receiving information used for perception by a first device, where the first device is located in a management area of ​​the SC network element; and determining the first information based on the information used for perception by the first device.

[0020] Based on this possible design, the second network element can obtain information used for perception from other devices (such as the first device), so that it can determine the first information based on the information used for perception by the first device. Furthermore, when the second network element sends the first information to other network elements (such as the first network element), it can assist the other network element in determining the target perception device that performs the perception task, thereby providing basic guarantees for the other network element to determine (such as manage or select) the target perception device that performs the perception task based on the first information.

[0021] In one possible design, before determining the first information, the method also includes: sending fifth information, where the fifth information is used to request the first device to use it for perception.

[0022] Based on this possible design, the second network element can send fifth information to the first network element to request the information used by the first device for perception, so that the first device can send the information used by the first device for perception to the second network element based on the fifth information, so that the second network element can determine the first information based on the information used by the first device for perception; wherein the fifth information is used to request the information used by the first device for perception. Furthermore, when the second network element sends the first information to other network elements (such as the first network element), it can assist the other network element in determining the target perception device for performing the perception task, thereby providing a basic guarantee for the other network element to determine (such as manage or select) the target perception device for performing the perception task based on the first information.

[0023] In one possible design, the method is executed by the SC network element to determine the first information, including: receiving the first information.

[0024] Based on this possible design, the second network element can obtain the first information from other devices (such as the first device), simplifying the complexity of the second network element obtaining the first information. Furthermore, when the second network element sends the first information to other network elements (such as the first network element), it can assist the other network elements in determining the target perception device to perform the perception task, thereby providing basic guarantees for the first network element to determine the target perception device to perform the perception task based on the first information.

[0025] In one possible design, before determining the first information, the method also includes: sending sixth information, where the sixth information is used to request the first information.

[0026] Based on this possible design, the second network element can send sixth information to the first device to request the first information, so that the first device can send the first information to the second network element based on the sixth information; wherein the sixth information is used to request the first information. Furthermore, when the second network element sends the first information to other network elements (such as the first network element), it can assist the other network element in determining the target sensing device to perform the sensing task, thereby providing a basic guarantee for the other network element to determine (such as manage or select) the target sensing device to perform the sensing task based on the first information.

[0027] In one possible design, the method is performed by a target sensing device, and the method further includes: receiving third information; and sending a sensing measurement value of the target sensing device in response to the third information.

[0028] Based on this possible design, the target perception device can perform perception measurement on the target object based on the third information, thereby obtaining a perception measurement value. Further, the perception measurement value can be sent to the second network element to achieve perception of the target perception device.

[0029] Among them, the technical effects brought about by any design in the second aspect can refer to the technical effects brought about by the corresponding design in the above-mentioned first aspect, and will not be repeated here.

[0030] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in a possible design, the third information indicates the target perception service, and the perception measurement amount of the target perception device is the measurement amount obtained by the target perception device performing the target perception service.

[0031] Based on this possible design, the third information can indicate the target perception service, so that the perception measurement amount of the target perception device in the information indicated by the first information / used by the first device for perception can be the measurement amount obtained by the target perception device performing the target perception service, thereby reducing the information in the information indicated by the first information / used by the first device for perception that does not require assistance in determining the target perception device, reducing the resources for transmitting the first information / information used by the first device for perception, and saving overhead.

[0032] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in one possible design, the method is executed by a perception control SC network element, and the method also includes: receiving fourth information, the fourth information being used to request the perception measurement amount of the target perception device; and sending the perception measurement amount of the target perception device in response to the fourth information.

[0033] Based on this possible design, the first network element may determine the perception measurement amount of the target perception device based on the fourth information, where the fourth information is used to request the perception measurement amount of the target perception device. The first network element may also send the perception measurement amount of the target perception device to the network element (e.g., the perception SF network element) that requested the perception measurement amount of the target perception device, thereby achieving perception of the target perception device.

[0034] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in one possible design, the first device includes a terminal device and / or an access network device.

[0035] Based on this possible design, the terminal device and the access network device usually have a synesthesia function, so that the first device can be a terminal device and / or an access network device, so that the network element (such as the first network element) used to determine the target perception device that performs the perception task can determine the target perception device from the first device, thereby improving the accuracy of the target perception device.

[0036] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in one possible design, the information used for perception includes: the perception service type supported by the first device, and / or the perception measurement quantity type supported by the first device, wherein the perception measurement quantity is a measurement quantity obtained by the first device measuring the perception signal.

[0037] Based on this possible design, the perception service type supported by the first device and / or the perception measurement quantity type supported by the first device can assist the first network element in selecting a target perception device that can execute the target perception service type, thereby improving the accuracy of determining the target perception device.

[0038] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in a possible design, the information used for perception also includes: the ability of the first device to send and receive perception signals, and / or the perception mode applicable to the first device.

[0039] Based on this possible design, the ability of the first device to send and receive perception signals, and / or the perception mode applicable to the first device, can assist the first network element in selecting a suitable perception mode, and then determine the target perception device applicable to the perception mode, thereby improving the accuracy of determining the target perception device.

[0040] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in a possible design, the information used for perception also includes: information on the synaesthesia function of the first device, and / or information on time-frequency resources used for perception, wherein the synaesthesia function includes communication and / or perception functions.

[0041] Based on this possible design, information on the synaesthesia function of the first device, and / or information on the time-frequency resources used by the first device for perception, can assist the first network element in determining a suitable target perception device, thereby improving the accuracy of determining the target perception device.

[0042] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in one possible design, the information of the time-frequency resources used for perception includes one or more of the following information: the position of the time domain resources in the time-frequency resources used for perception; the proportion of the time domain resources used for perception in the available time domain resources of the first device; the frequency band in which the frequency domain resources in the time-frequency resources used for perception are located; and the bandwidth occupied by the frequency domain resources in the time-frequency resources used for perception.

[0043] Based on this possible design, information about the first device's synaesthesia function and / or information about the time-frequency resources used for perception by the first device can assist the first network element in determining a suitable target perception device. For example, consider determining a first device that supports perception functions, or supports both communication and perception functions, as a target perception device. For another example, different perception services require different time-frequency resources for perception. Therefore, consider selecting a target perception device suitable for the target perception service based on information about the time-frequency resources used for perception by the first device, thereby improving the accuracy of determining the target perception device.

[0044] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in a possible design, when the second information indicates a target perception service, the information used for perception in the first information determined by the second network element based on the second information includes: the perception measurement type corresponding to the target perception service in the perception measurement type supported by the first device.

[0045] Based on this possible design, the second network element sends the first information / information used by the first device for perception to the first network element based on the second information, so that the first network element can receive the first information / information used by the first device for perception, wherein the second information is used to request the first information; since the second information can indicate the target perception service type and / or target perception mode, at this time, the information used by the first device for perception (indicated by the first information) may include: information related to the target perception service, thereby reducing the information used by the first device for perception that does not need to assist in determining the target perception device, reducing the resources for transmitting the first information, and saving overhead.

[0046] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in a possible design, when the second information indicates a target perception mode, the information used for perception in the first information determined by the second network element based on the second information includes: the ability of the first device to send and receive perception signals, and the ability to send and receive perception signals corresponding to the target perception mode.

[0047] Based on this possible design, the second network element sends the first information / information used by the first device for perception to the first network element based on the second information, so that the first network element can receive the first information / information used by the first device for perception; since the second information can indicate the target perception service type and / or target perception mode, at this time, the information used by the first device for perception indicated by the first information (indicated by the first information) may include information related to the target perception mode, thereby reducing the information used by the first device for perception that does not need to assist in determining the target perception device, reducing the resources for transmitting the first information, and saving overhead.

[0048] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in a possible design, the first information also indicates area information corresponding to one or more areas, and the area information is used to indicate perception information corresponding to one or more perception services in the area corresponding to the area information.

[0049] Based on this possible design, the first information also indicates the regional information corresponding to one or more areas, so that when the target perception service is area-oriented, that is, when the target perception service is the perception of target objects within a certain area, the first network element can select a suitable target perception device based on the area information to improve the accuracy of the target perception device.

[0050] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in a possible design, when the second information indicates the target perception area, the first information determined by the second network element based on the second information also indicates area information corresponding to one or more areas, including: the first information also indicates area information corresponding to the target perception area in one or more areas.

[0051] Based on this possible design, the second information can indicate the target perception area, so that the first information indicates the area information corresponding to the target perception area in one or more areas, thereby reducing the information in the first information that is not required to assist in determining the target perception device, reducing the resources for transmitting the first information, and saving overhead.

[0052] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in one possible design, when the second network element is an SC network element, one or more areas are located within the management area of ​​the second network element.

[0053] Based on this possible design, since the target perception area is at least one area among one or more areas, when one or more areas are located in the management area of ​​the second network element, the target perception device is also located in the management area of ​​the second network element; thus, the first network element can send a perception request to the second network element, so that the target perception device located in the management area of ​​the second network element can perform the target perception service based on the perception request; that is, after the first network element determines the target perception device, it can perform the target perception service without interacting with other second network elements except the second network element, thereby reducing signaling overhead.

[0054] In combination with the first aspect or the second aspect, in one possible design, the second information also indicates the target perception service, and the first information also indicates the regional perception information corresponding to the target perception area in one or more areas, including: the first information also indicates the perception information corresponding to the target perception service in the regional information corresponding to the target perception area.

[0055] Based on this possible design, the second information can indicate the target perception service. At this time, the area information corresponding to one or more areas indicated by the first information may include: perception information corresponding to the target perception service, thereby reducing the information in the first information that is not required to assist in determining the target perception device, reducing the resources for transmitting the first information, and saving overhead.

[0056] In a third aspect, a communication device is provided for implementing any one of the above aspects or a method that may be designed in any one of the aspects. The communication device may be the first network element in the first aspect or the second network element in the second aspect, or a device included in the first network element or the second network element, such as a chip or a chip system. The communication device includes a module, unit, or means corresponding to the implementation method. The module, unit, or means can be implemented by hardware, software, or by executing the corresponding software implementation by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the functions.

[0057] In some possible designs, the communication device may include a processing module and a transceiver module. The processing module may be configured to implement the processing functionality of any of the above aspects and any possible implementations thereof. The transceiver module may include a receiving module and a transmitting module, respectively configured to implement the receiving functionality and the transmitting functionality of any of the above aspects and any possible implementations thereof.

[0058] In some possible designs, the transceiver module may be composed of a transceiver circuit, a transceiver, a transceiver or a communication interface.

[0059] In a fourth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store computer instructions, and when the processor executes the instructions, the communication device performs the method described in any aspect. The communication device can be the first network element in the first aspect or the second network element in the second aspect, or a device included in the first network element or the second network element, such as a chip or a chip system. The communication device includes a module, unit, or means corresponding to the implementation method, and the module, unit, or means can be implemented by hardware, software, or by hardware executing the corresponding software implementation. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the functions.

[0060] In a fifth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface is used to communicate with a module outside the communication device; the processor is used to execute a computer program or instruction so that the communication device performs the method described in any aspect. The communication device can be the first network element in the first aspect or the second network element in the second aspect, or a device included in the first network element or the second network element, such as a chip or a chip system. The communication device includes a module, unit, or means corresponding to the implementation method, and the module, unit, or means can be implemented by hardware, software, or by executing the corresponding software implementation through hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the functions.

[0061] In a sixth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: at least one processor; the processor is configured to execute a computer program or instruction so that the communication device performs the method described in any one aspect. The communication device may be the first network element in the first aspect or the second network element in the second aspect, or a device included in the first network element or the second network element, such as a chip or a chip system. The communication device includes a module, unit, or means corresponding to the implementation method, and the module, unit, or means may be implemented by hardware, software, or by executing the corresponding software implementation by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the functions.

[0062] In some possible designs, the communication device includes a memory for storing necessary program instructions and data. The memory may be coupled to the processor or may be independent of the processor.

[0063] In some possible designs, when the device is a chip system, it can be composed of a chip or include a chip and other discrete devices.

[0064] It can be understood that when the communication device provided in any one of the third to sixth aspects is a chip, the sending action / function of the communication device can be understood as output information, and the receiving action / function of the communication device can be understood as input information.

[0065] In a seventh aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, in which a computer program or instruction is stored. When the computer-readable storage medium is run on a communication device, the communication device can execute the method described in any one of the aspects.

[0066] In an eighth aspect, a computer program product comprising instructions is provided, which, when executed on a communication device, enables the communication device to execute the method described in any one of the aspects.

[0067] In the ninth aspect, a communication system is provided, which includes the first network element in the first aspect (or a device contained in the first network element, such as a chip or a chip system) and the second network element in the second aspect (or a device contained in the second network element, such as a chip or a chip system).

[0068] Among them, the technical effects brought about by any design method in the third to ninth aspects can refer to the technical effects brought about by different design methods in the above-mentioned first or second aspects, and will not be repeated here. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0069] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of an implementation of object perception provided by the present application;

[0070] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided by the present application;

[0071] FIG3 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of another communication system provided by the present application;

[0072] FIG4 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of another communication system provided by the present application;

[0073] FIG5 is a flow chart of a perception communication method provided by the present application;

[0074] FIG6 is a flow chart of another sensing communication method provided by the present application;

[0075] FIG7 is a flow chart of another sensing communication method provided by the present application;

[0076] FIG8 is a flow chart of another sensing communication method provided by the present application;

[0077] FIG9 is a flow chart of another sensing communication method provided by the present application;

[0078] FIG10 is a flow chart of another sensing communication method provided by the present application;

[0079] FIG11 is a flow chart of another sensing communication method provided by the present application;

[0080] FIG12 is a flow chart of another perception communication method provided by the present application;

[0081] FIG13 is a flow chart of another sensing communication method provided by the present application;

[0082] FIG14 is a flow chart of another perception communication method provided by the present application;

[0083] FIG15 is a flow chart of another perception communication method provided by the present application;

[0084] FIG16 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by the present application;

[0085] FIG17 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device provided by the present application;

[0086] FIG18 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device provided in this application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0087] In the description of this application, unless otherwise specified, " / " indicates that the objects associated before and after are in an "or" relationship, for example, A / B can represent A or B; "and / or" in this application is merely a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist, for example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone, where A and B can be singular or plural.

[0088] In the description of this application, unless otherwise specified, "plurality" means two or more than two. "At least one of the following" or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of single or plural items. For example, at least one of a, b, or c can mean: a, b, c, ab, ac, bc, or abc, where a, b, and c can be single or plural.

[0089] In addition, to facilitate the clear description of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, in the embodiments of the present application, the words "first" and "second" are used to distinguish between identical or similar items with substantially the same functions and effects. Those skilled in the art will understand that the words "first" and "second" do not limit the quantity or execution order, and the words "first" and "second" do not necessarily mean different.

[0090] In the embodiments of this application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations, or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of this application should not be construed as being preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concepts in a concrete manner to facilitate understanding.

[0091] It will be understood that the “embodiment” mentioned throughout the specification means that the specific features, structures or characteristics related to the embodiment are included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Therefore, the various embodiments throughout the specification do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. In addition, these specific features, structures or characteristics can be combined in one or more embodiments in any suitable manner. It will be understood that in the various embodiments of the present application, the size of the sequence number of each process does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiment of the present application.

[0092] It can be understood that in this application, "when" and "if" both mean that corresponding processing will be taken under certain objective circumstances, and do not limit the time, nor do they require any judgment action when implementing, nor do they mean that there are other limitations.

[0093] It is understood that some optional features in the embodiments of the present application may, in certain scenarios, be implemented independently of other features, such as the solution on which they are currently based, to solve corresponding technical problems and achieve corresponding effects. They may also be combined with other features in certain scenarios as needed. Accordingly, the devices provided in the embodiments of the present application may also implement these features or functions accordingly, which will not be described in detail here.

[0094] In this application, unless otherwise specified, the same or similar parts between the various embodiments can refer to each other. In the various embodiments in this application, and the various implementation methods / implementation methods / implementation methods in each embodiment, if there is no special explanation and logical conflict, the terms and / or descriptions between different embodiments and the various implementation methods / implementation methods / implementation methods in each embodiment are consistent and can be referenced to each other. The technical features in different embodiments and the various implementation methods / implementation methods / implementation methods in each embodiment can be combined to form new embodiments, implementation methods, implementation methods, or implementation methods according to their inherent logical relationships. The implementation methods of this application described below do not constitute a limitation on the scope of protection of this application.

[0095] In order to facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, a brief introduction to the relevant technologies of the present application is first given as follows.

[0096] Wireless telepathy technology:

[0097] Wireless telepathy is the fifth generation (5 th This technology is one of the key technologies for the next stage of 5G (5G-Advanced) evolution, and can be widely used in typical application scenarios such as smart transportation, smart low-altitude areas, and smart networks. Through joint signal design and / or hardware sharing, it achieves unified design for communication and perception functions, thereby achieving multiple benefits such as spectrum sharing, cost reduction, and simplified deployment. Wireless interawareness can also be alternatively described as communication and perception fusion.

[0098] The perception in wireless teleaesthesia can be understood as wireless sensing technology based on communication systems. Devices with wireless teleaesthesia functions (such as teleaesthesia devices) can transmit wireless signals to the target area or target object and receive the echo signal reflected by the object. By analyzing the received signals, corresponding perception measurement quantities are obtained, such as the number, location, movement speed, and identity of the target objects.

[0099] Specifically, the synaesthesia device can be a terminal device or an access network device. It can implement both per-area and per-object perception. In other words, wireless synaesthesia can be applied to both area-based and object-based synaesthesia scenarios. The perception tasks performed by the synaesthesia device can also be divided into area-based and object-based perception tasks.

[0100] Target-oriented perception targets specific target objects, such as vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Target-oriented application scenarios or target-oriented perception tasks may include perceiving target objects. Specifically, a synaesthesia device can perceive the target object using wireless synaesthesia technology based on the target object's identification.

[0101] Regional perception targets a certain area, which can be understood as a geographical area, such as urban low-altitude areas, urban roads, factories, etc.; or, it can also be understood as a time area (or time range). Among them, for geographical areas, regional application scenarios or regional perception tasks may include: perception of objects within a certain area; such as the perception of UAVs within a preset range in urban low-altitude areas. Or, perception of target objects within a certain area; such as the perception of the movement trajectory and movement speed of one or more target vehicles on urban roads.

[0102] For time zones, regional application scenarios or regional perception tasks may include: performing breathing detection, fitness monitoring, and / or gesture (or posture) recognition on target tasks. Specifically, the synaesthesia device can perceive channel changes, and further, realize breathing detection, fitness monitoring, gesture / posture recognition, etc. by analyzing signal changes. Alternatively, the weather can be detected. Specifically, the synaesthesia device perceives the signal attenuation in the communication link, and then uses the relationship between signal attenuation and weather indicators to obtain corresponding weather indicators to realize weather detection.

[0103] It is understandable that the above examples are examples of implementation of application scenarios of the synesthesia device. The application scenarios of the synesthesia device may also include other application scenarios besides the above examples, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0104] Specifically, perception tasks can include different implementation methods. Taking the target-oriented perception task as an example, if the perception task is to perceive the target object, as shown in Figure 1, the perception task can include the following six implementation methods:

[0105] (1) Using a single access network device to sense the target object. Specifically, as shown in (a) of Figure 1, the access network device can send a wireless signal to the target object and receive the echo signal reflected by the target object, thereby obtaining the measurement quantity of the target object and realizing the perception of the target object.

[0106] (2) Using a single terminal device to sense the target object. Specifically, as shown in (b) of Figure 1, the terminal device can send a wireless signal to the target object and receive the echo signal reflected by the target object, thereby obtaining the measurement value of the target object and realizing the perception of the target object.

[0107] (3) Two access network devices (access network device #1 and access network device #2) are used to sense the target object. Specifically, as shown in (c) of Figure 1, access network device #1 can send a wireless signal to the target object. In response, access network device #2 receives the echo signal reflected by the target object, thereby obtaining the measurement value of the target object and realizing the perception of the target object.

[0108] (4) Two terminal devices (terminal device #1 and terminal device #2) are used to sense the target object. Specifically, as shown in (d) of Figure 1, terminal device #1 can send a wireless signal to the target object. In response, terminal device #2 receives the echo signal reflected by the target object, thereby obtaining the measurement value of the target object and realizing the perception of the target object.

[0109] (5) A terminal device and an access network device are used to sense the target object, wherein the access network device is used to send signals and the terminal device is used to receive signals. Specifically, as shown in (e) of Figure 1, the access network device can send a wireless signal to the target object, and the terminal device correspondingly receives the echo signal reflected by the target object, thereby obtaining a measurement quantity of the target object and achieving perception of the target object.

[0110] (6) A terminal device and an access network device are used to sense the target object, wherein the terminal device is used to send signals and the access network device is used to receive signals. Specifically, as shown in (f) of Figure 1, the terminal device can send a wireless signal to the target object, and the access network device correspondingly receives the echo signal reflected by the target object, thereby obtaining the measurement quantity of the target object and realizing the perception of the target object.

[0111] The above six implementation methods can also be called different perception modes, that is, the perception task can be implemented based on the above six perception modes. For the convenience of description, in the following embodiments, the above six implementation methods are collectively referred to as six perception modes, which are described uniformly here and will not be repeated.

[0112] For example, the perception mode shown in (a) in Figure 1 can be called perception mode #1, the perception mode shown in (b) in Figure 1 can be called perception mode #2, the perception mode shown in (c) in Figure 1 can be called perception mode #3, the perception mode shown in (d) in Figure 1 can be called perception mode #4, the perception mode shown in (e) in Figure 1 can be called perception mode #5, and the perception mode shown in (f) in Figure 1 can be called perception mode #6.

[0113] However, in the wireless synaesthesia perception process, when performing perception tasks for different target areas or objects, there is no consideration of how to select the device (such as a synaesthesia device) to perform the perception task. Instead, the device used to perform the perception task is assumed to be known, and the perception request (such as the perception task) is directly sent to the device to achieve perception of the target area or target object. However, the default device performing the perception task is generally fixed and cannot be flexibly adjusted. It may not be able to perceive the target area or target object well. Therefore, how to manage or select the device to perform the perception task has become an urgent problem to be solved.

[0114] Based on this, an embodiment of the present application provides a perception communication method and device, in which the first network element can determine the target perception device used to perform the perception task based on the first information indicating the information used by the first device for perception, thereby realizing the management or selection of the target perception device to perform the perception task.

[0115] The technical solution provided in this application can be used in various communication systems, which may be cellular systems related to the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), such as fourth generation (4G) long term evolution (LTE) systems, evolved LTE systems (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A) systems, 5G new radio (NR) systems, vehicle to everything (V2X) systems, LTE and NR hybrid networking systems, or device to device (D2D) systems, machine to machine (M2M) communication systems, Internet of Things (IoT), and other next generation communication systems, such as sixth generation (6G) communication systems.

[0116] Alternatively, the communication system may also be a non-3GPP communication system, such as an open radio access network (O-RAN or ORAN), a cloud radio access network (CRAN), a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, or a communication system that integrates multiple of the above communication systems, which is not limited in this application.

[0117] Among them, the above-mentioned communication system applicable to the present application is an example, and the communication system applicable to the present application is not limited to this. It is uniformly described here and will not be repeated below.

[0118] The present application provides an exemplary communication system. The communication system may include at least one first network element, and further, the communication system may include at least one second network element. Exemplarily, the communication system may be implemented based on the following different scenarios:

[0119] Scenario 1: The communication system includes at least one first network element and at least one second network element. The first network element is used to provide a sensing function (SF) for a terminal device. The second network element is used to perform a sensing task.

[0120] For example, in the following scenario, the first network element may be deployed in the core network. For example, the first network element may be deployed in a location management function (LMF) network element, or may be co-located with an LMF network element; in this case, the first network element may also be referred to as an LMF network element. Alternatively, the first network element may be independently deployed in the core network; in this case, the first network element may also be referred to as an SF network element.

[0121] For the convenience of description, the network elements "used to provide SF for terminal devices" are collectively referred to as SF network elements below, and are described uniformly here without further elaboration. It is understood that the above examples are illustrative of possible names of the first network element, and the first network element may have other names besides the above names, such as perception function network element, perception demand network element, perception management network element, etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0122] In a possible implementation, the second network element may be a synaesthesia device, for example, a terminal device or an access network device.

[0123] Refer to Figure 2, which shows a communication architecture provided for an embodiment of the present application. In Figure 2, the first network element may be a SF network element, and correspondingly, the second network element may be an access network device (such as access network device #1 or access network device #2) or a terminal device. Wherein, when the second network element is a terminal device, the second network element may communicate with the first network element through the access network device associated therewith. When the second network element is an access network device, the second network element may communicate directly with the SF network element, or the second network element may communicate with the first network element through a user plan function (UPF) network element and / or an access and mobility management function (AMF) network element. For example, when the first network element is an LMF network element, the access network device (such as the second network element) may communicate with the first network element through an AMF network element.

[0124] It can be understood that the access network device associated with the terminal device can be understood as: the access network device that provides services for the terminal device.

[0125] For example, the access network device can communicate with the UPF network element through the NG-U interface; the access network device can communicate with the AMF network element through the NG-C interface; the access network devices can communicate with each other through the Xn interface, and the terminal device can communicate with the access network device through the Uu interface.

[0126] For example, when the access network device communicates with the first network element through the UPF network element and the AMF network element, the first network element may also be divided into an SF control plane (SF control plan, SF-C) network element and an SF user plane (SF user plan, SF-U) network element. At this time, the access network device communicates with the SF-U network element through the UPF network element and communicates with the SF-C network element through the AMF network element.

[0127] Specifically, the UPF network element is mainly responsible for processing user messages, such as forwarding, billing, etc. The AMF is mainly responsible for mobility management in the mobile network, such as user location update, user network registration, user switching, etc.

[0128] It can be understood that the communication between the access network device associated with the second network element and the first network element is similar to the implementation of the communication between the second network element and the first network element when the second network element is an access network device. For details, please refer to the relevant description of the communication between the second network element and the first network element when the second network element is an access network device, and no further details will be given here.

[0129] Optionally, in the following scenario, the first network element may also select (or determine) a target sensing device for performing the sensing task.

[0130] Scenario 2: The communication system includes at least one first network element and at least one second network element. The first network element is used to provide a sensing function (SF) for a terminal device, and the second network element is used to control or manage a device or apparatus capable of performing a sensing task.

[0131] Exemplarily, the second network element may be deployed independently, or the second network element may be deployed in an access network device.

[0132] In this application, the equipment or device used to control or manage the equipment or device capable of performing perception tasks can be called a sensing control (SC) network element; or other names, such as a sensing control device, a control network element, a sensing control node, an edge sensing function, an edge control network element, an edge control node, etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of this application.

[0133] For the convenience of description, the network elements that "control or manage equipment or devices capable of performing perception tasks" are collectively referred to as SC network elements. They are described uniformly here and will not be repeated.

[0134] Refer to (a) in Figure 3, which is another communication architecture provided in an embodiment of the present application. In (a) in Figure 3, the first network element is an SF network element, and the second network element is an SC network element. The second network element can control or manage access network device #1 and access network device #2, that is, access network device #1 and access network device #2 can communicate with the first network element through the second network element. At this time, access network device #1 and access network device #2 are indirectly connected to the first network element through the second network element. In addition, the access network device can also be directly connected to the first network element without going through the second network element, such as access network device #3 can be directly connected to the first network element.

[0135] Refer to (b) in Figure 3, which is another communication architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application. In (b) in Figure 3, the first network element is an SF network element, the second network element is an SC network element, and the second network element is deployed in an access network device (such as access network device #1); it is equivalent to access network device #1 being able to control or manage access network device #2 and access network device #3, and access network device #2 and access network device #3 can communicate with the first network element through access network device #1. At this time, access network device #2 and access network device #3 are indirectly connected to the first network element through access network device #1 (i.e., the second network element).

[0136] It can be understood that (a) in FIG3 and (b) in FIG3 illustrate the implementation of a single SC network element by way of example. An SF network element can also communicate with multiple SC network elements, and multiple SC network elements can also communicate with each other. The implementation of each of the multiple SC network elements can refer to the description of a single SC network element in (a) in FIG3 and (b) in FIG3, and will not be repeated here.

[0137] The above two scenarios can also be integrated, that is, the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to the communication architecture that integrates the above two scenarios. That is, the communication architecture shown in Figure 2 can also include SC network elements; in this case, the first network element is the SF network element, and the second network element is the SC network element.

[0138] Exemplarily, in the case where the SC network element is deployed independently, combined with the communication architecture shown in (a) of Figures 2 and 3 above, the SC network element can be deployed between the access network device and the SF network element; specifically, taking the access network device #1 and access network device #2 in Figure 2 as an example where they are respectively managed or controlled by different SC network elements, as shown in (a) of Figure 4, access network device #1 can communicate with the SF network element through SC network element #1, and access network device #2 can communicate with the SF network element through SC network element #2. Furthermore, SC network element #1 (or SC network element #2) can communicate directly with the SF network element, or SC network element #1 (or SC network element #2) can communicate with the SF network element through the UPF network element and / or the AMF network element.

[0139] Specifically, the implementation of SC network element #1 (or SC network element #2) communicating with the SF network element through the UPF network element and / or the AMF network element is similar to the implementation of the access network device communicating with the SF network element through the UPF network element and / or the AMF network element in Figure 2 above. For details, please refer to the relevant description of Figure 2 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0140] Exemplarily, when the SC network element is deployed in the access network device, combined with the communication architecture shown in (b) of Figures 2 and 3 above, the SC network element can be deployed in the access network device #1 and / or the access network device #2 in Figure 2. Specifically, taking the SC network element deployed in the access network device #1 and the access network device #2 in Figure 2 as an example, the communication architecture can be as shown in (b) of Figure 4. At this time, the implementation of the communication between the various network elements in (b) of Figure 4 is similar to the implementation of the corresponding inter-network element communication in Figure 2 above. For details, please refer to the relevant description of Figure 2 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0141] Scenario three: The communication system includes at least one first network element and at least one second network element, the first network element is used to control or manage equipment or devices capable of performing perception tasks, such as an SC network element, and the second network element is used to perform perception tasks.

[0142] Exemplarily, in scenario three, the first network element is deployed independently, or the first network element can be deployed in an access network device.

[0143] Exemplarily, the second network element may be an access network device or a terminal device. It is understood that the implementation of the first network element is similar to the implementation of the SC network element in the above scenario 2, and the implementation of the second network element is similar to the implementation of the access network device or the terminal device in the above scenario 2. For details, please refer to the relevant description of the above scenario 2 and will not be repeated here.

[0144] Optionally, in scenario three, the communication system may further include an SF network element.

[0145] For example, the implementation of the SF network element can refer to the relevant description of the above scenario one, which will not be repeated here.

[0146] Optionally, in scenarios 2 and 3, the first network element may further select (or determine) a target sensing device for performing the sensing task. Alternatively, the second network element may further select (or determine) a target sensing device for performing the sensing task.

[0147] Optionally, the access network device in the embodiment of the present application is a device that accesses a terminal device to a wireless network. The access network device may be a node in a wireless access network, which may also be referred to as a base station, or may also be referred to as a radio access network (RAN) node (or device). For example, the access network device may include an evolved base station (NodeB or eNB or e-NodeB, evolutionary Node B) in an LTE system or an LTE-A system, such as a traditional macro base station eNB and a micro base station eNB in ​​a heterogeneous network scenario. Alternatively, it may include a next generation node B (gNB) of wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA). Alternatively, it may include a transmission reception point (TRP), a home base station (e.g., a home evolved NodeB, or home Node B, HNB), a base band unit (BBU), a base band pool (BBU pool), a base transceiver station (BTS) in a global system for mobile communication (GSM) or code division multiple access (CDMA) network, or a WiFi access point (AP). Alternatively, it may include a base station in a non-terrestrial network (NTN), that is, a base station deployed on a high-altitude platform or a satellite. In the NTN, the access network equipment may function as a layer 1 (L1) relay, a base station, a distributed unit (DU), or an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node. Alternatively, the access network device may be a device that implements a base station function in IoT, such as a device that implements a base station function in V2X, D2D, or machine to machine (M2M), or may include a vehicle-mounted device or a wearable device, or may include an access network device in a 5G network or a public land mobile network (PLMN) evolved after 5G, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

[0148] In some possible scenarios, the access network device in the embodiments of the present application may also be a module or unit that can implement some of the functions of the base station. For example, the access network device may be a centralized unit (CU), a distributed unit (DU), a CU-control plane (CP), a CU-user plane (UP), or a radio unit (RU). The CU and DU may be configured separately or included in the same network element, such as a baseband unit (BBU). The RU may be included in a radio frequency device or radio frequency unit, such as a remote radio unit (RRU), an active antenna unit (AAU), or a remote radio head (RRH).

[0149] In different systems, CU (or CU-CP and CU-UP), DU or RU may also have different names, but those skilled in the art can understand their meanings. For example, in the ORAN system, CU can also be called open (open, O)-CU, DU can also be called O-DU, CU-CP can also be called O-CU-CP, CU-UP can also be called O-CU-UP, and RU can also be called O-RU. For the convenience of description, this application uses CU, CU-CP, CU-UP, DU and RU as examples for description. Any unit of CU (or CU-CP, CU-UP), DU and RU in this application can be implemented by a software module, a hardware module, or a combination of a software module and a hardware module.

[0150] Optionally, the base station in the embodiment of the present application may include various forms of base stations, such as: macro base stations, micro base stations (also called small stations), relay stations, access points, home base stations, TRPs, transmitting points (TPs), mobile switching centers, etc., and the embodiments of the present application do not make specific limitations on this.

[0151] Optionally, the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application may be a user-side device for implementing wireless communication functions, such as a terminal or a chip that can be used in a terminal. The terminal may be a user equipment (UE), an access terminal, a terminal unit, a terminal station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a wireless communication device, a terminal agent, or a terminal device in a 5G network or a PLMN evolved after 5G. The access terminal may be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device or a wearable device, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical care, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in a smart city, a wireless terminal in a smart home, a wireless data card, a tablet computer, a wireless modem, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a machine type communication (MTC) terminal, etc. Alternatively, the terminal may be a terminal with communication functionality in IoT, such as a terminal in V2X (e.g., a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) device), a terminal in D2D communication, or a terminal in M2M communication. The terminal may be mobile or fixed.

[0152] Optionally, access network devices and terminal devices, access network devices and access network devices, or terminal devices and terminal devices can communicate through authorized spectrum, or can communicate through unauthorized spectrum, or can communicate through both authorized spectrum and unauthorized spectrum.

[0153] Optionally, access network devices and terminal devices, access network devices and access network devices, or terminal devices and terminal devices may communicate using a spectrum below 6 gigahertz (GHz), or may communicate using a spectrum above 6 GHz, or may communicate using both a spectrum below 6 GHz and a spectrum above 6 GHz. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the spectrum resources used for wireless communications.

[0154] The following will describe the perceptual communication method provided in the embodiments of the present application in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the first network element or the second network element can perform some or all of the steps in the embodiments of the present application. These steps or operations are only examples, and the embodiments of the present application can also perform other operations or variations of various operations. In addition, the various steps can be performed in a different order than those presented in the embodiments of the present application, and it is possible that not all operations in the embodiments of the present application need to be performed.

[0155] 5 is a flowchart of a perception communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application. The perception communication method may include the following steps S501 to S502:

[0156] S501. A first network element determines first information, where the first information indicates information used by a first device for perception.

[0157] Optionally, as described above, the first network element may be an SF network element, or an SC network element, or may also be an access network device (such as a base station). For example, when the first network element is an access network device, the SC network element may be deployed on the access network device, or the access network device may have some or all of the functions of the SC network element.

[0158] For the convenience of description, the following explanation is made using the example that the first network element is an SF or SC network element. The implementation of the first network element as an access network device is similar to the implementation of the first network element as an SC network element. For details, please refer to the relevant description when the first network element is an SC network element below, which will not be repeated here.

[0159] Optionally, the first device is a device capable of sensing and / or communicating. For example, the first device may be an access network device or a terminal device. When the first device is an access network device, the first device is different from the first network element.

[0160] Exemplarily, the information used by the first device for perception can be understood as: information related to perception in the configuration information of the first device. The configuration information of the first device can be used to configure the first device to have perception and / or communication capabilities. For example, the information used by the first device for perception can include information used to determine the target perception device for performing the perception task. Furthermore, if the first device has the perception function / capability to perform the perception task, the information used by the first device for perception can also include information required to perform the perception task.

[0161] Furthermore, the scenario may also extend the side link. For example, the first network element in the above step S501 may also be a terminal device.

[0162] For the convenience of description, the following embodiments are described by taking the first device as an access network device as an example, which is described uniformly here and will not be repeated.

[0163] In one example, a first network element may receive first information from a second network element.

[0164] In this example, the second network element may be a first device, that is, the second network element may be a device capable of perception and / or communication, such as a terminal device or an access network device. Correspondingly, the first network element may be a SF network element, that is, the first network element may be a network element capable of providing SF for the terminal device. Alternatively, the first network element may be an SC network element, that is, the first network element may be a device or apparatus capable of controlling or managing a device or apparatus capable of performing a perception task. Specifically, the implementation method may refer to the contents described in the embodiment corresponding to the following Figure 6 (such as (a) in Figure 6 or (b) in Figure 6).

[0165] In another example, the first network element may determine the first information based on information used by the first device for perception.

[0166] In this example, the first network element may be an SC network element, that is, the first network element may be a device or apparatus capable of controlling or managing a device or apparatus capable of performing a sensing task. Specifically, the implementation method may refer to the content described in the embodiment corresponding to (a) in FIG. 10 below.

[0167] S502. The first network element determines a target sensing device that performs a sensing task based on the first information.

[0168] Optionally, since the first information indicates information used by the first device for sensing, the first network element can combine the sensing task with the information used by the first device for sensing to determine a target sensing device capable of performing the sensing task. Exemplarily, the target sensing device includes a device capable of performing the sensing task.

[0169] For example, when the first device is a device that cannot perform perception, the first network element may consider selecting other devices that can perform perception tasks other than the first device as target perception devices when determining the target perception device, that is, the target perception device does not include the first device, and the first device will not be considered as the target perception device.

[0170] When the first device is a device capable of perception, or when the first device is a device capable of communication and perception, the first network element may consider selecting the first device as the target perception device when determining the target perception device, and the target perception device may include the first device.

[0171] Exemplarily, the first network element can determine one or more target sensing devices, that is, the one or more target sensing devices can participate in performing the sensing task (such as the target sensing service). For the convenience of description, the following embodiments are all introduced as an example of the first network element determining a target sensing device, which is described uniformly here and is not repeated.

[0172] In the sensing communication method provided in the present application, the first network element can determine the target sensing device for performing the sensing task based on the first information indicating the information used by the first device for sensing, thereby achieving management or selection of the target sensing device for performing the sensing task.

[0173] The above describes the overall process of the perception communication method provided by this application. The following describes in detail the "process of the first network element determining the first information" involved in the above embodiment. Exemplarily, the process of the first network element determining the first information can be implemented based on the following three scenarios:

[0174] Scenario 1: The communication system includes a first network element and a second network element. The second network element is a first device, and the first network element can be an SC network element or a SF network element. In this case, the information sensed by the first device is the information sensed by the second network element.

[0175] Optionally, when the first network element is an SC network element, the first device may be an access network device managed or controlled by the first network element. Alternatively, the first device may be an access network device managed or controlled by another SC network element other than the first network element.

[0176] Exemplarily, in the case where the first device is an access network device managed or controlled by other SC network elements other than the first network element, the information used by the first device for perception may be informed to the first network element by other SC network elements.

[0177] For the convenience of description, the following introduction is made by taking the case where the first network element is an SC network element and the first device is an access network device managed or controlled by the first network element as an example. At this time, the second network element can also be considered as an access network device managed or controlled by the first network element, and no further details will be given here for unified explanation.

[0178] Optionally, the first network element determines the first information, including: the first network element receives the first information from the second network element.

[0179] Optionally, the first network element receives first information from a second network element, including: the first network element receives first information from one or more second network elements. Correspondingly, the first network element determines a target sensing device for performing a sensing task based on the first information, including: the first network element determines a target sensing device for performing a sensing task based on the first information from one or more second network elements.

[0180] For the convenience of description, the following takes the interaction between a first network element and a second network element as an example to introduce the process of the first network element receiving the first information from the second network element. The description is unified here and no further details are given. For example, the first network element can receive the first information from the second network element based on the following two examples:

[0181] As an example, the second network element proactively informs the first network element of the first information.

[0182] Exemplarily, the second network element may determine the first information and send the first information to the first network element so that the first network element can obtain the first information. Specifically, as shown in (a) of FIG6 , the second network element may inform the first network element of the first information based on the following steps S5001 to S5002. That is, the above step S501 may be replaced by the following steps S5001 to S5002:

[0183] S5001. The second network element determines first information.

[0184] Optionally, the second network element determining the first information includes: the second network element determining the first information from configuration information of the second network element. That is, the configuration information of the second network element includes information used by the first device to perceive, and the second network element determines the information used by the first device to perceive in the configuration information of the second network element (or the information used by the second network element itself to perceive) as the first information. In this case, the second network element determining the first information can also be understood as the first information being generated by the second network element.

[0185] Optionally, in order to improve the accuracy of determining the target perception device, the information used by the first device for perception may include the perception service type supported by the first device, and / or the perception measurement quantity type supported by the first device, so that the first network element can select a suitable target perception device based on the perception service type and / or the perception measurement quantity type corresponding to the perception service type.

[0186] Exemplarily, the perception measurement quantity type can be understood as a parameter type of a measurement quantity obtained by the first device measuring a perception signal (or also referred to as a wireless signal for perception). The measurement quantity can be alternatively described as a perception measurement quantity.

[0187] In this application, different types of sensing services correspond to different types of sensing measurement quantities. For example, the sensing service type may also be referred to as sensing service, which is not limited in this embodiment of the application.

[0188] For example, sensing service types include, but are not limited to, object detection / probe services (e.g., UAV detection, V2X traffic detection, etc.), object (e.g., UAV) tracking services, and weather detection services. Accordingly, for object detection / probe services, sensing measurement types include, but are not limited to, the target object's location, target object type, target object outline, and target object speed. For object tracking services, sensing measurement types include, but are not limited to, the target object's motion path. For weather detection services, sensing measurement types include, but are not limited to, weather type, temperature, and precipitation.

[0189] Optionally, in order to improve the accuracy of determining the target sensing device, the information used by the first device for perception may include the ability of the first device to send and receive sensing signals, and / or the sensing mode applicable to the first device, to assist the first network element in selecting a suitable sensing mode, and then determine the target sensing device applicable to the sensing mode.

[0190] Exemplarily, the ability of the first device to send and receive perception signals may include whether the first device supports reception, and / or whether the first device supports transmission. For example, the first device may be a device that only supports transmission, or the first device may be a device that only supports reception. Alternatively, the first device may be a device that only supports sending perception signals, or the first device may be a device that only supports receiving perception signals. For another example, the first device may be a device that supports self-transmission and self-reception (or duplex mode), or it may be a device that supports self-transmission and other-reception, or it may be a device that supports multiple transmissions and one reception. Furthermore, the ability of the first device to send and receive perception signals may also include the specific types of perception signals that can be sent / received, the ability to process signals, etc.

[0191] Exemplarily, the perception modes applicable to the first device may include one or more of the above six perception modes.

[0192] Specifically, the perception mode applicable to the first device can be represented by 3 bits. For example, when the 3 bits are 000, it indicates that the perception mode applicable to the first device is perception mode #1; when the 3 bits are 001, it indicates that the perception mode applicable to the first device is perception mode #1; when the 3 bits are 010, it indicates that the perception mode applicable to the first device is perception mode #3; when the 3 bits are 011, it indicates that the perception mode applicable to the first device is perception mode #4; when the 3 bits are 100, it indicates that the perception mode applicable to the first device is perception mode #5; when the 3 bits are 101, it indicates that the perception mode applicable to the first device is perception mode #6.

[0193] It should be understood that the above exemplary description describes a correspondence between the value of the three bits and the perception mode applicable to the first device when the perception mode applicable to the first device is represented by three bits; in fact, other correspondences may exist between the value of the three bits and the perception mode applicable to the first device; for example, when the three bits are 000, it indicates that the perception mode applicable to the first device is perception mode #6; or, when the three bits are 000, it indicates that the perception mode applicable to the first device is perception mode #5, etc. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the correspondence between the value of the three bits and the perception mode applicable to the first device, and it is only necessary to ensure that each value of the three bits can correspond to one of the six perception modes.

[0194] Specifically, the perception mode applicable to the first device can be represented by a bit map including 6 bits. For example, when the bit map is 000001, it can be indicated that the perception mode applicable to the first device includes perception mode #6; when the bit map is 010101, it can be indicated that the perception mode applicable to the first device includes perception mode #2, perception mode #4, and perception mode #6; when the bit map is 001111, it can be indicated that the perception mode applicable to the first device includes perception mode #3 to perception mode #6.

[0195] It should be understood that the above exemplary description describes a correspondence between the value of the bitmap and the perception mode applicable to the first device when the perception mode applicable to the first device is represented by a bitmap including 6 bits. In fact, there may be other correspondences between the value of the bitmap and the perception mode applicable to the first device. For example, when the bitmap is 111110, it indicates that the perception mode applicable to the first device includes perception mode #6; or when the bitmap is 101010, it indicates that the perception mode applicable to the first device includes perception mode #2, perception mode #4, and perception mode #6. When the bitmap is 110000, it may indicate that the perception mode applicable to the first device includes perception mode #3 to perception mode #6, etc. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the correspondence between the value of the bitmap and the perception mode applicable to the first device. It is only necessary to ensure that the value of each bitmap can correspond to one or more of the six perception modes.

[0196] For example, the specific implementation of perception mode #1 to perception mode #6 in the above example can refer to the relevant description of Figure 1 above, and will not be repeated here.

[0197] Optionally, in order to improve the accuracy of determining the target perception device, the information used by the first device for perception may include information on the synesthesia function of the first device, and / or information on the time-frequency resources used by the first device for perception, so as to determine the first device that supports the perception function or supports the communication and perception function as the target perception device and / or select a suitable target perception device based on the information on the time-frequency resources used by the first device for perception.

[0198] The synaesthesia function includes a communication and / or perception function. The synaesthesia function information of the first device may indicate the communication and / or perception functions supported by the first device. For example, the first device may support the communication function, that is, the first device is capable of communication; or the first device may support the perception function, that is, the first device is capable of perception. Alternatively, the first device may support both the communication and perception functions, that is, the first device is capable of communication and perception.

[0199] Exemplarily, when the information on the synaesthesia function of the first device indicates that the first device supports communication and perception functions, the information used by the first device for perception includes the synaesthesia function of the first device and information on time-frequency resources used by the first device for perception.

[0200] It is understandable that the above-mentioned synaesthesia integration function may also have other names, such as synaesthesia function, synaesthesia collaboration function, perception resource allocation function, communication perception collaboration function, etc., which is not limited in the embodiments of this application.

[0201] Optionally, the information of the time-frequency resources used to perceive by the first device may include one or more of the following information: the position of the time domain resources in the time-frequency resources used to perceive by the first device (for example, starting position and size); the proportion of the time domain resources used to perceive by the first device in the available time domain resources of the first device; the frequency band in which the frequency domain resources in the time-frequency resources used to perceive by the first device are located; and the bandwidth occupied by the frequency domain resources in the time-frequency resources used to perceive by the first device.

[0202] Exemplarily, the position of the time domain resource in the time-frequency resource used for perception by the first device can be represented by the starting position of the time unit and the number of consecutive time units.

[0203] Exemplarily, the time unit can be understood as the minimum time unit for scheduling the first device. The time unit can be a minislot, a slot, a subframe, a symbol, or a transmission time interval (TTI).

[0204] S5002. The second network element sends first information to the first network element. Correspondingly, the first network element receives the first information from the second network element.

[0205] Based on the method shown in (a) in Figure 6, the second network element sends the first information to the first network element, so that the first network element can receive the first information, providing basic guarantee for the first network element to determine the target perception device to perform the perception task based on the first information.

[0206] As another example, the second network element sends the first information to the first network element based on the second information, wherein the second information is used to request the first information.

[0207] For example, in this example, before receiving the first information, the first network element may send the second information to the second network element. Thus, the second network element can determine and send the first information to the first network element based on the triggering of the second information. Alternatively, the second network element can determine and send the first information to the first network element based on the second information, enabling the first network element to obtain the first information.

[0208] Exemplarily, based on the foregoing, the first network element may receive the first information from one or more second network elements. Thus, in this example, the first network element may send the second information to the one or more second network elements respectively before receiving the first information from the one or more second network elements.

[0209] Specifically, taking the interaction between the first network element and a second network element as an example, as shown in (b) of FIG6 , before step S5001, the perception communication method may further include step S5003:

[0210] S5003. The first network element sends second information to the second network element. Correspondingly, the second network element receives the second information from the first network element.

[0211] In a possible implementation, the second information may indicate a target-aware service.

[0212] Optionally, in this possible implementation, the information used by the first device for perception indicated by the first information may refer to information used by the first device for perceiving a target perception service. In this case, the information used by the first device for perception may specifically be information related to the target perception service.

[0213] For example, when the information used for perception by the first device includes a perception measurement type, the perception measurement type is a perception measurement type corresponding to the perception service type to which the target perception service belongs among the perception measurement types supported by the first device. Exemplarily, if the perception service type to which the target perception service belongs is an object detection / probing service, the perception measurement type includes, but is not limited to: the position of the target object, the type of the target object, the outline of the target object, the movement speed of the target object, etc. If the perception service type to which the target perception service belongs is an object tracking service, the perception measurement type includes, but is not limited to: the movement path of the target object, etc. If the perception service type to which the target perception service belongs is a weather detection service, the perception measurement type includes, but is not limited to: weather type, temperature, precipitation, etc.

[0214] In another possible implementation, the second information may indicate a target perception mode.

[0215] Optionally, in this possible implementation, the information used by the first device for perception indicated by the first information may refer to information used by the first device for perceiving a target perception mode. In this case, the information used by the first device for perception may specifically be information related to the target perception mode.

[0216] Exemplarily, if the information used by the first device for perception includes the capability of the first device to send and receive perception signals, the capability of the first device to send and receive perception signals is the capability of sending and receiving perception signals corresponding to the target perception mode among the capabilities of the first device to send and receive perception signals.

[0217] Exemplarily, if the target perception mode is perception mode #1 or perception mode #3, the ability of the first device to send and receive perception signals may include: whether the first device supports receiving perception signals and whether the first device supports sending perception signals. If the target perception mode is perception mode #2 or perception mode #4, the ability of the first device to send and receive perception signals may be empty, or in other words, the information used by the first device for perception at this time does not need to include the ability of the first device to send and receive perception signals. If the target perception mode is perception mode #5, the ability of the first device to send and receive perception signals may include: whether the first device supports sending perception signals. If the target perception mode is perception mode #6, the ability of the first device to send and receive perception signals may include: whether the first device supports receiving perception signals.

[0218] In another possible implementation, the second information may also indicate a target-aware service and a target-aware mode.

[0219] Optionally, in this possible implementation, the information used for perception by the first device indicated by the first information may be information related to the target perception service and information related to the target perception mode. Specifically, the implementation of the first information can refer to the relevant description of the first information when the second information indicates the target perception service and the second information indicates the target perception mode, and will not be repeated here.

[0220] In combination with the above three possible implementations, exemplarily, when the second information indicates the target perception service and / or target perception mode, the second information may include the target perception service and / or target perception mode to directly indicate the target perception service and / or target perception mode. Alternatively, the second information may indicate a parameter that corresponds to the target perception service and / or target perception mode, thereby implicitly indicating the target perception service and / or target perception mode corresponding to the parameter, or the signaling format of the second information may correspond to the target perception service and / or target perception mode, thereby implicitly indicating the target perception service and / or target perception mode corresponding to the signaling format, or the second information may also indicate the target perception service and / or target perception mode in any other possible way, which is not limited by the embodiments of the present application.

[0221] Based on the three possible implementations described above, the second network element sends the first information to the first network element based on the second information, so that the first network element can receive the first information; wherein the second request is used to request the first information. Since the second information can indicate the target perception service and / or the target perception mode, at this time, the information indicated by the first information for the first device to perceive may include: information related to the target perception service and / or information related to the target perception mode, thereby reducing the information used by the first device for perception that is not necessary to assist in determining the target perception device, reducing resources for transmitting the first information, and saving overhead.

[0222] Combining the above two examples, in the following scenario, optionally, after determining a target sensing device for performing a sensing task, the first network element may further send third information to the target sensing device, where the third information is used to request a sensing measurement value of the target sensing device. Exemplarily, the third network element may send the third information to the target sensing device to obtain a sensing measurement value from the target sensing device. The third information is used to request a sensing measurement value of the target sensing device.

[0223] Optionally, the third information may indicate the target sensing device. Exemplarily, the third information may include an identifier (ID) of the target sensing device. Alternatively, the third information may indicate the target sensing device in any other possible manner, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0224] It should be understood that the ID of the target sensing device is the ID of the target sensing device determined in step S502. Thus, the first network element can communicate with the designated target sensing device and instruct the target sensing device to participate in sensing.

[0225] Optionally, the third information may indicate a target sensing service performed by the target sensing device. In this case, the sensing measurement amount of the target sensing device is a measurement amount obtained by the target sensing device performing the target sensing service.

[0226] Optionally, the third information may also indicate whether the target perception device is used to send a perception signal, receive a perception signal (i.e., receive an echo signal corresponding to the perception signal), or transmit and receive a perception signal when performing the target perception service.

[0227] Optionally, when the first network element determines multiple target sensing devices, the first network element may send third information to the multiple target sensing devices respectively. At this time, the third information sent by the first network element to each target sensing task may be different. The third information sent to each target sensing device may carry whether the target sensing device is used to send a sensing signal when performing a target sensing service, or is used to receive a sensing signal (i.e., receive an echo signal corresponding to the sensing signal), or is used to send and receive a sensing signal. In the case where the third information indicates that the target sensing device is used to send a sensing signal when performing a target sensing service, the target sensing device may send a sensing signal to the target object after receiving the third information; in the case where the third information indicates that the target sensing device is used to receive a sensing signal when performing a target sensing service, the target sensing device may receive an echo signal (i.e., a sensing signal) reflected by the target object after receiving the third information, determine a sensing measurement amount, and send the sensing measurement amount to the first network element.

[0228] For example, if perception mode #3 is adopted to perform target perception services, and among the two target perception devices determined by the first network element, target perception device #1 is used to send perception signals, and target perception device #2 is used to receive perception signals, at this time, the first network element can send third information #1 to target perception device #1, where the third information #1 indicates that target perception device #1 is used to send perception signals; thus, after receiving the third information #1, target perception device #1 can send a perception signal to the target object.

[0229] The first network element may send third information #2 to target sensing device #2, where the third information #2 instructs target sensing device #1 to receive the sensing signal. Thus, after receiving the third information #2, target sensing device #2 may receive the echo signal (i.e., the sensing signal) reflected by the target object, determine a sensing measurement value, and send the sensing measurement value to the first network element.

[0230] For the convenience of description, the following is introduced as an example in which the third information indicates that the target perception device is used to send and receive perception signals when performing the target perception service, that is, the target perception device determined by the first network element is used to send and receive perception signals.

[0231] As a possible implementation, the first network element is the SF network element, and the target sensing device is the second network element. As shown in FIG7 , after step S502 , the sensing communication method may further include the following steps S503 to S505 :

[0232] S503: The first network element sends third information to the second network element. Correspondingly, the second network element receives the third information from the first network element.

[0233] S504: The second network element determines a perception measurement value.

[0234] Optionally, the second network element may perform perception measurement on the target object based on the target perception service (e.g., send a perception signal to the target object), thereby determining a perception measurement quantity. Exemplarily, the perception measurement quantity may be an echo signal reflected by the target object, or the perception measurement quantity may be a point cloud obtained by the second network element processing the echo signal reflected by the target object, or the perception measurement quantity may be a parameter corresponding to a perception measurement quantity type obtained by the second network element processing the point cloud.

[0235] S505: The second network element sends the perception measurement value to the first network element; correspondingly, the first network element receives the perception measurement value from the second network element.

[0236] As another possible implementation, the first network element is an SC network element, and the target sensing device determined by the first network element is a second network element. Exemplarily, the first network element may obtain the sensing measurement amount from the target sensing device based on the following two methods:

[0237] Method 1: The first network element actively requests the target sensing device to obtain sensing measurement data.

[0238] Optionally, the first network element may send third information to the target sensing device, so that the target sensing device responds to the third information and sends the sensing measurement value to the first network element, so that the first network element can obtain the sensing measurement value.

[0239] For example, as shown in (a) of FIG8 , after step S502 , the perception communication method may further include the following steps S506 to S508 :

[0240] S506. The first network element sends third information to the second network element. Correspondingly, the second network element receives the third information from the first network element.

[0241] S507: The second network element determines a perception measurement value.

[0242] Exemplarily, the realization of the perception measurement amount may refer to the relevant description in the above step S504, which will not be repeated here.

[0243] S508: The second network element sends the sensing measurement value to the first network element; correspondingly, the first network element receives the sensing measurement value from the second network element.

[0244] Optionally, in the first method, the first network element (i.e., the SC network element) can also be used to provide SF for the terminal device, that is, at this time the SC network element has all the functions of the SF network element, or it can also be considered that, in the first method, the SC network element and the SF network element are both deployed in the first network element.

[0245] Method 2: The first network element requests the target sensing device for sensing measurement values ​​based on the triggering of the fourth information. The fourth information comes from the SF network element and is used to request the sensing measurement values ​​of the target sensing device. In this case, the sensing communication system also includes the SF network element.

[0246] Exemplarily, as shown in (b) of FIG8 , before step S506 , the perception communication mode may further include the following step S509 :

[0247] S509: The SF network element sends the fourth information to the first network element. Correspondingly, the first network element receives the fourth information from the SF network element.

[0248] Optionally, the fourth information may indicate the target sensing device. Exemplarily, the fourth information may include the ID of the target sensing device. Alternatively, the fourth information may indicate the target sensing device in any other possible manner, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0249] Based on this optional scheme, the third information can indicate the target perception service, so that the perception measurement amount of the target perception device in the information indicated by the first information / the first device used for perception can be the measurement amount obtained by the target perception device performing the target perception service, thereby reducing the information in the information indicated by the first information / the first device used for perception that does not require assistance in determining the target perception device, reducing the resources for transmitting the first information / the information used by the first device for perception, and saving overhead.

[0250] Optionally, the first network element executes step S506 based on the triggering of the fourth information; or in other words, the first network element determines the third information based on the fourth information.

[0251] For example, the third information and the fourth information may have different functions. For example, if the third information is used to request the sensing measurement value of the target sensing device, and the third information indicates the target sensing device, then the fourth information may be used to request the sensing measurement value of the target sensing device.

[0252] Alternatively, the fourth information and the third information may have the same function. For example, the third information and the fourth information may be the same information, i.e., the SF network element may send the third information to the first network element, and the first network element, after receiving the third information, may forward the third information to the second network element; or, the SF network element may send the fourth information to the first network element, and the first network element, after receiving the fourth information, may recompile the fourth information to obtain the third information, and send the third information to the second network element.

[0253] Optionally, in the second mode, after the first network element receives the sensing measurement amount from the target sensing device, it needs to send the sensing measurement amount to the SF network element. For example, as shown in (b) of Figure 8, after step S509, the sensing communication mode may further include the following step S510:

[0254] S510: The first network element sends a sensing measurement value to the SF network element. Correspondingly, the SF network element receives the sensing measurement value from the first network element.

[0255] Exemplarily, step S510 may be regarded as a response of the first network element to the fourth information, that is, in response to the fourth information, the first network element sends the perception measurement value to the SF network element.

[0256] Based on this optional solution, the first network element may determine the perception measurement amount of the target perception device based on the fourth information, wherein the fourth information is used to request the perception measurement amount of the target perception device. The first network element may also send the perception measurement amount of the target perception device to the network element (e.g., the SF network element) that requested the perception measurement amount of the target perception device, thereby achieving perception of the target perception device.

[0257] Optionally, under the second method, the first network element (ie, the SC network element) and the SF network element are deployed independently, for example, the first network element and the SF network element are deployed in different devices or equipment respectively.

[0258] Based on the above two possible implementation methods, the first network element determines the target perception device. Furthermore, the first network element can send a perception request (such as the third information) to the target perception device, thereby obtaining the perception measurement value of the target perception device and realizing perception of the target object.

[0259] Scenario 2: The communication system includes a first network element, a second network element, and a first device. The first network element is an SF network element, the second network element is an SC network element, and the first device is one of one or more first devices managed or controlled by the second network element.

[0260] Optionally, the first device may be an access network device managed or controlled by the second network element. Alternatively, the first device may be an access network device managed or controlled by another SC network element other than the second network element. Exemplarily, when the first device is an access network device managed or controlled by another SC network element other than the second network element, the information used by the first device for perception may be notified to the second network element by the other SC network element.

[0261] For the convenience of description, the following is introduced by taking the first device as an access network device managed or controlled by the second network element as an example, and no further details are given here.

[0262] As a possible implementation manner, the first network element determines the first information, including: the first network element receives the first information from the second network element.

[0263] Optionally, the first network element receives first information from a second network element, including: the first network element receives first information from one or more second network elements. Correspondingly, the first network element determines a target sensing device for performing a sensing task based on the first information, including: the first network element determines a target sensing device for performing a sensing task based on the first information from one or more second network elements.

[0264] For the convenience of description, the following takes the interaction between a first network element and a second network element as an example to introduce the process of the first network element receiving the first information from the second network element. The description is unified here and no further details are given.

[0265] Optionally, the second network element may determine the first information and send the first information to the first network element, so that the first network element can determine the first information. Exemplarily, as shown in FIG9 , the second network element may send the first information to the second network element based on steps S5004 to S5005, that is, the above step S501 may be replaced by the following steps S5004 to S5005:

[0266] S5004. The second network element determines the first information.

[0267] S5005. The second network element sends the first information to the first network element. Correspondingly, the first network element receives the first information from the second network element.

[0268] For example, in step S5004, the second network element may determine the first information based on the following two methods:

[0269] As an example, the second network element determines the first information, including: the second network element generates the first information.

[0270] Optionally, the first information is generated based on the information used for sensing of one or more first devices. Exemplarily, the second network element may obtain the information used for sensing of one or more first devices based on the following two implementations:

[0271] In a possible implementation, the information used for sensing of one or more first devices is pre-stored by the second network element.

[0272] Exemplarily, the implementation of the information sensed by the first device may refer to the relevant description of the information sensed by the first device in the above step S5001, which will not be repeated here.

[0273] In another possible implementation, the information used for sensing by the one or more first devices is sent by the one or more first devices to the second network element. In this case, the second network element determines the first information, including: the second network element receives the information used for sensing from the one or more first devices managed or controlled by the second network element, and determines the first information based on the information used for sensing by the one or more first devices.

[0274] Exemplarily, taking the interaction between the second network element and a first device as an example, as shown in (a) of FIG10 , before step S5004, the perception communication method may further include the following steps S5006 to S5007:

[0275] S5006. The first device determines information used by the first device for perception.

[0276] Exemplarily, the implementation of the information sensed by the first device may refer to the relevant description of the information sensed by the first device in step S5001 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0277] S5007. The first device sends information used by the first device for perception to the second network element. Correspondingly, the second network element receives the information used by the first device for perception from the first device.

[0278] In combination with the above two possible implementations, after the second network element obtains the information used by one or more first devices for perception, it can generate first information based on the information used by the one or more first devices for perception. In this case, the first information indicating the information used by the first device for perception may include: the first information indicating the information used by the one or more first devices for perception.

[0279] Exemplarily, the first information indicates information used for perception by one or more first devices, which can be understood as: the first information indicates information fused together from the information used for perception by one or more first devices. For example, the first indication information may include fused perception information, where the fused perception information is determined based on the information used for perception by the one or more first devices. In other words, the SC network element may integrate the information used for perception by the one or more first devices to obtain fused perception information.

[0280] Optionally, the fused perception information includes a perception service type and / or a perception measurement type. Exemplarily, the perception service type in the fused perception information includes a perception service type in information used by one or more first devices for perception. Similarly, the perception measurement type in the fused perception information includes a perception measurement type in information used by one or more first devices for perception.

[0281] Taking two first devices (i.e., first device #1 and first device #2) as an example, if the perception service type supported by the first device #1 includes perception service type #1, and the perception measurement quantity type includes perception measurement quantity type #1, and the perception service type supported by the first device #2 includes perception service type #2, and the perception measurement quantity type includes perception measurement quantity type #2; then the perception service type in the fused perception information includes: perception service type #1 and perception service type #2. Similarly, the perception measurement quantity type in the fused perception information includes: perception measurement quantity type #1 and perception measurement quantity type #2.

[0282] Exemplarily, the implementation of sensing the service type and sensing the measurement quantity type may refer to the relevant description of sensing the service type and sensing the measurement quantity type in the above step S5001, which will not be repeated here.

[0283] Optionally, the first information may further indicate area information corresponding to one or more areas, wherein the area information indicates perception information corresponding to one or more perception services in the area corresponding to the area information.

[0284] Optionally, one or more areas may be located in the management area of ​​the second network element (ie, the SC network element).

[0285] Exemplarily, the management area of ​​the SC network element may include the coverage area of ​​the access network equipment managed or controlled by the SC network element. For example, the management area of ​​the SC network element may be divided into one or more areas; in each area, different perception services correspond to different perception information.

[0286] Based on this optional solution, since the target perception area is at least one area among one or more areas, when one or more areas are located in the management area of ​​the second network element, the target perception device is also located in the management area of ​​the second network element; thus, the first network element can send a perception request to the second network element, so that the target perception device located in the management area of ​​the second network element can perform the target perception service based on the perception request; that is, after the first network element determines the target perception device, it can perform the target perception service without interacting with other second network elements except the second network element, thereby reducing signaling overhead.

[0287] In this application, different perception services refer to different types of perception services; therefore, different perception services correspond to different perception information, which can also be understood as different perception information corresponding to different perception service types.

[0288] For example, for object measurement services, regional perception information includes but is not limited to: the maximum number of target objects that can be detected in the area corresponding to the regional information; for object tracking services, regional perception information includes but is not limited to: the maximum number of target objects that can be tracked in the area corresponding to the regional information, the minimum value of the tracking interval, and the resolution.

[0289] As another example, the second network element determines the first information, including: the second network element receives the first information from the first device.

[0290] Exemplarily, the second network element receives first information from the first device, including: the second network element receives first information from one or more first devices. Correspondingly, the second network element sends first information to the first network element, including: the second network element sends first information from one or more first devices to the first network element. Further, the first network element determines a target sensing device for performing a sensing task based on the first information, including: the first network element determines a target sensing device for performing a sensing task based on the one or more first information.

[0291] Exemplarily, taking the interaction between the second network element and a first device as an example, as shown in (b) of FIG10 , the second network element may obtain the first information based on the following steps S5008 to S5009. That is, the above step S5004 may be replaced by steps S5008 to S5009:

[0292] S5008. The first device determines the first information.

[0293] Exemplarily, the implementation of the first device determining the first information is similar to the implementation of the second network element determining the first information in the above step S5001. For details, please refer to the relevant description of the above step S5001, which will not be repeated here.

[0294] S5009. The first device sends the first information to the second network element. Correspondingly, the second network element receives the first information from the first device.

[0295] Based on the above two examples, the second network element can determine and send the first information to the first network element, providing basic guarantee for the first network element to determine the target sensing device for the specified sensing task based on the first information.

[0296] The above two examples respectively describe two ways in which a second network element determines first information. In practice, these two examples can also be used in combination. That is, the second network element can receive first information #1 from the first device (such as the first information in the other example above), or generate first information #2 based on the first device's sensing information (such as the first information in the one example above). Thus, the second network element can send first information #1 and first information #2 to the first network element, enabling the first network element to determine the target sensing device based on first information #1 and second information #2. Specifically, the implementation of first information #1 and second information #2 can refer to the relevant descriptions of the above two examples and will not be repeated here. The above two examples illustrate the process of the first network element determining the first information by taking the second network element as an example, in which the first device proactively notifies the second network element of the first information and the first device proactively notifies the second network element of the first information / information used by the first device for sensing. In practice, the second network element can also send the first information to the first network element based on a trigger from the second information, where the second information is used to request the first information. Similarly, the first device can also send the first information / information used by the first device for sensing to the second network element based on a sensing request.

[0297] Optionally, the second network element may determine and send the first information to the first network element based on the triggering of the second information. In other words, the second network element may determine and send the first information to the first network element based on the second information, wherein the second information is used to request the first information.

[0298] Optionally, the first network element sending the second information to the second network element includes: the first network element sending the second information to one or more second network elements respectively. Correspondingly, the first network element receiving the first information from the second network element includes: the first network element receiving the first information from the one or more second network elements. Thus, the first network element can determine a target sensing device for performing the sensing task based on the one or more first information.

[0299] Exemplarily, taking the interaction between a first network element and a second network element as an example, as shown in FIG11, before step S5004 (such as before step S5004 shown in (a) of FIG9 or FIG10 above, or before step S5009 shown in (b) of FIG10 above), the perception communication method may further include step S5010:

[0300] S5010. The first network element sends second information to the second network element. Correspondingly, the second network element receives the second information from the first network element.

[0301] Illustratively, based on the different ways in which the second network element determines the first information in the above two examples, the second information may be implemented based on the following two situations:

[0302] Case 1: The second network element generates the first information.

[0303] As an example, the second information may indicate a target sensing service. In this case, the information indicated by the first information for the first device to sense may refer to information related to the target sensing service used by the first device to sense. That is, the information used by the first device to sense may specifically be information related to the target sensing service.

[0304] Exemplarily, the implementation of the information related to the target perception service can refer to the relevant description of the information related to the target perception service in the above step S5003, which will not be repeated here.

[0305] Optionally, when the second information indicates a target perception service, the area information corresponding to the one or more areas indicated by the first information may refer to the perception information corresponding to the target perception service in the area information corresponding to each area in the one or more areas.

[0306] For example, taking the case where the management area of ​​the SC network element includes three areas (i.e., area #1 to area #3), and each area corresponds to three perception services (perception service #1 to perception service #3), if the target perception service is perception service #1, then the first information indicates the perception information corresponding to perception service #1 in the regional perception information corresponding to each area in one or more areas.

[0307] As another example, the second information may indicate a target perception area. In this case, the area perception information corresponding to the one or more areas indicated by the first information may refer to area information corresponding to the target perception area in the one or more areas.

[0308] For example, taking the example that the management area of ​​the SC network element includes three areas (i.e., area #1 to area #3), and each area corresponds to three perception services (perception service #1 to perception service #3), if the target perception area is area #1, then the first information indicates the area perception information corresponding to area #1, where the area perception information includes the perception information corresponding to perception services #1 to perception services #3.

[0309] As another example, the second information may indicate the target perception area and the target perception service; at this time, the first information also indicates that the regional information corresponding to one or more regions may refer to the perception information corresponding to the target perception service in the regional perception information corresponding to the target perception area.

[0310] For example, taking the example that the management area of ​​the SC network element includes three areas (i.e., area #1 to area #3), and each area corresponds to three perception services (perception service #1 to perception service #3), if the target perception area is area #1 and the target perception service is perception service #1, then the first information indicates the perception information corresponding to perception service #1 in the regional perception information corresponding to area #1.

[0311] Based on the above three examples, the second network element can send the first information to the first network element based on the second information, so that the first network element can receive the first information, wherein the second information is used to request the first information; in addition, since the second information can indicate the target perception area and / or the target perception service, the regional perception information corresponding to one or more areas indicated by the first information can be the regional perception information corresponding to the target perception area and / or the target perception service, thereby reducing the information in the first information that is not required to assist in determining the target perception device, reducing the resources for transmitting the first information, and saving overhead.

[0312] Optionally, under certain circumstances, the first device may also send information used by the first device for perception to the second network element based on the triggering of the perception request.

[0313] Exemplarily, the perception request may be the fifth information, that is, the first device may send the information used by the first device for perception to the second network element based on the triggering of the fifth information. In other words, the fifth information is used to request the first device for perception information.

[0314] Specifically, as shown in (a) of FIG12 , the perception communication method may further include step S5011:

[0315] S5011. The second network element sends fifth information to the first device. Correspondingly, the first device receives the fifth information from the second network element.

[0316] Exemplarily, step S5011 may be performed before step S5010, or step S5011 may be performed after step S5010, or step S5011 may be performed simultaneously with step S5010, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0317] Exemplarily, step S5011 may be performed before step S5010, or, in the case where step S5011 may be performed simultaneously with step S5010, the fifth information may be represented by 1 bit, where the 1 bit may be 1, or the 1 bit may be 0. Alternatively, the presence of the fifth information (i.e., the first device can receive the fifth information) indicates information requesting the first device to sense.

[0318] Exemplarily, in the case that step S5011 can be performed after step S5010, the second network element can send fifth information to the first device based on the triggering of the second information.

[0319] Specifically, the functions of the second information and the fifth information may be different. For example, if the second information is used to request the first device to sense information, and the second information indicates a target sensing service, then the fifth information may be used to request the first device to sense information.

[0320] Alternatively, the functions of the second information and the fifth information may be the same. For example, if the second information is used to request the first device for information to be perceived, then correspondingly, the fifth information may also be used to request the first device for information to be perceived; in addition to being used to request the first device for information to be perceived, the second information may also indicate a target perception service, and correspondingly, the fifth information may also indicate a target perception service. For example, the second information and the fifth information may be the same information, that is, the SF network element may send the fifth information to the first network element, and then after the first network element receives the fifth information, it may forward the fifth information to the second network element; or, the SF network element may send the second information to the first network element, and then after the first network element receives the second information, it may recompile the second information to obtain the fifth information, and send the fifth information to the second network element.

[0321] Based on this optional solution, the second network element can send fifth information to the first network element to request the information used by the first device for perception, so that the first device can send the information used by the first device for perception to the second network element based on the fifth information, so that the second network element can determine the first information based on the information used by the first device for perception; wherein the fifth information is used to request the information used by the first device for perception. Furthermore, when the second network element sends the first information to other network elements (such as the first network element), it can assist the other network element in determining the target perception device for performing the perception task, thereby providing a basic guarantee for the other network element to determine (such as manage or select) the target perception device for performing the perception task based on the first information.

[0322] Optionally, the second information may indicate a target perception area. Thus, if step S5011 may be performed after step S5010, the second network element may send fifth information to the first device in the target perception area. In this case, the fifth information is used to request the first device for perception information. Thus, the second network element can receive the perception information from the first device in the target perception area.

[0323] Case 2: The second network element receives the first information from the first device.

[0324] Optionally, in case 2, the second information may indicate a target-aware service and / or a target-aware mode.

[0325] Exemplarily, the implementation of the second information and the first information is the same as the implementation of the second information and the first information in the above step S5003. For details, please refer to the relevant description in the above step S5003, which will not be repeated here.

[0326] Based on the above two situations, the second network element can send the first information to the first network element based on the second information, so that the first network element can receive the first information, wherein the second information is used to request the first information; in addition, since the second information can indicate the target perception area and / or target perception service, the regional perception information corresponding to one or more areas indicated by the first information can be the regional perception information corresponding to the target perception area and / or target perception service; or, the second information can indicate the target perception service and / or target perception mode, so the information used for perception by the first device indicated by the first information can be information related to the target perception service and / or information related to the target perception mode, thereby reducing the information in the first information that does not need to assist in determining the target perception device, reducing the resources for transmitting the first information, and saving overhead.

[0327] Optionally, in case 2, the first device may also send the first information to the second network element based on the triggering of the perception request. Exemplarily, the perception request may be the sixth information, that is, the first device may send the first information to the second network element based on the triggering of the sixth information. In other words, the sixth information is used to request the first information.

[0328] Specifically, as shown in (b) of FIG12 , the perception communication method may further include step S5012:

[0329] S5012. The second network element sends sixth information to the first device. Correspondingly, the first device receives the sixth information from the second network element.

[0330] Exemplarily, step S5012 may be performed before step S5010, or step S5012 may be performed after step S5010, or step S5012 may be performed simultaneously with step S5010, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0331] Exemplarily, step S5012 may be performed before step S5010, or, in the case where step S5012 may be performed simultaneously with step S5010, the sixth information may be represented by 1 bit, where the 1 bit may be 1, or the 1 bit may be 0. Alternatively, the presence of the sixth information (i.e., the first device can receive the sixth information) indicates a request for the first information.

[0332] Exemplarily, in the case that step S5012 can be performed after step S5010, the second network element can send sixth information to the first device based on the triggering of the second information.

[0333] Specifically, the functions of the second information and the sixth information may be different. For example, if the second information is used to request the first information and the second information indicates a target sensing service, then the sixth information may be used to request the first information.

[0334] Alternatively, the functions of the second information and the sixth information may be the same. For example, if the second information is used to request the first information, then correspondingly, the sixth information may also be used to request the first information; in addition to being used to request the first information, the second information may also indicate a target perception service, and correspondingly, the sixth information may also indicate a target perception service. For example, the second information and the sixth information may be the same information, that is, the SF network element may send the sixth information to the first network element, and then after the first network element receives the sixth information, it may forward the sixth information to the second network element; or, the SF network element may send the second information to the first network element, and then after the first network element receives the second information, it may recompile the second information to obtain the sixth information, and send the sixth information to the second network element.

[0335] Based on this optional solution, the second network element can send sixth information to the first device to request the first information, so that the first device can send the first information to the second network element based on the sixth information; wherein the sixth information is used to request the first information. Furthermore, when the second network element sends the first information to other network elements (such as the first network element), it can assist the other network element in determining the target sensing device to perform the sensing task, thereby providing a basic guarantee for the other network element to determine (such as manage or select) the target sensing device to perform the sensing task based on the first information.

[0336] Optionally, the second information may indicate a target perception area. Thus, if step S5012 is performed after step S5010, the second network element may send sixth information to the first device in the target perception area. In this case, the sixth information is used to request the first information. Thus, the second network element can receive the first information from the first device in the target perception area.

[0337] As another possible implementation manner, the first network element determines the first information, including: the first network element generates the first information.

[0338] Optionally, the first network element generates the first information, including: the first network element generates the first information based on the information used for perception of one or more first devices, and then determines the target perception device for performing the perception task based on the first information.

[0339] Exemplarily, the information used for perception of one or more first devices may come from one or more second network elements; that is, one or more second network elements may respectively send information used for perception of at least one first device to the first network element, so that the first network element can obtain the information used for perception of one or more first devices.

[0340] For the convenience of description, the following description is made using the example that the information used for perception by one or more first devices can come from the same second network element. The unified description is given here and no further details are given.

[0341] Optionally, the second network element may determine the information used for perception of one or more first devices, and send the information used for perception of the one or more first devices to the first network element, so that the first network element can generate first information based on the information used for perception of the one or more first devices.

[0342] Exemplarily, taking the interaction between a first device and a second network element as an example, as shown in FIG13 , the second network element may send the information used by the first device for perception to the first network element based on steps S5013 to S5014. That is, before step S501, the perception communication method may further include the following steps S5013 to S5014:

[0343] S5013. The second network element determines information used by the first device for perception.

[0344] For example, the information used by the first device for perception may be pre-stored by the second network element; alternatively, the information used by the first device for perception may be sent by the first device to the second network element. Specifically, the implementation of the second device obtaining (or determining) the information used by the first device for perception can refer to the description of the second device obtaining the information used by the first device for perception as a possible implementation above, and will not be repeated here.

[0345] S5014. The second network element sends information used by the first device for perception to the first network element. Correspondingly, the first network element receives the information used by the first device for perception from the second network element.

[0346] Exemplarily, the first network element may use the information used by the first device for perception as the first information.

[0347] Optionally, the second network element may send information used by the first device for sensing to the first network element based on the triggering of the sensing request. In other words, the second network element determines and sends information used by the first device for sensing to the first network element based on the indication of the sensing request.

[0348] Exemplarily, the perception request may be the seventh information, that is, the second network element may send the first device perception information to the first network element based on the triggering of the seventh information. In other words, the seventh information is used to request the first device to perceive the information.

[0349] Specifically, as shown in FIG13 , before step S5013, the perception communication method may further include step S5015:

[0350] S5015. The first network element sends the seventh information to the second network element. Correspondingly, the second network element receives the seventh information from the first network element.

[0351] Optionally, the seventh information may indicate the target perception area, so that the information used for perception by the first device in step S5014 may refer to the information used for perception by the first device within the target perception area; and / or, the seventh information may indicate the target perception service, so that the information used for perception by the first device in step S5014 may refer to information related to the target perception service in the information used for perception by the first device.

[0352] Exemplarily, the implementation of the seventh information is similar to the implementation of the fifth information mentioned above. For details, please refer to the relevant description of the fifth information mentioned above, which will not be repeated here.

[0353] In combination with the above two possible implementation methods, in scenario two, optionally, after determining the target perception device used to perform the perception task, the first network element can also send fourth information to the second network element in the management area where the target perception device is located, wherein the fourth information is used to request the perception measurement quantity of the target perception device.

[0354] Exemplarily, as shown in FIG14 , after step S502 , the perception communication mode may further include the following steps S511 to S515 :

[0355] S511. The first network element sends fourth information to the second network element. Correspondingly, the second network element receives the fourth information from the first network element.

[0356] Optionally, the fourth information may indicate the ID of the target sensing device. Exemplarily, the implementation of the fourth information may refer to the relevant description of the fourth information in step S509 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0357] Optionally, the fourth information may also indicate whether the target perception device is used to send a perception signal, receive a perception signal (i.e., receive an echo signal corresponding to the perception signal), or transmit and receive a perception signal when performing the target perception service.

[0358] Exemplarily, since the first network element can determine one or more target sensing devices, when the one or more target sensing devices are within the management area of ​​the same second network element, the fourth information can indicate the functions of the one or more target sensing devices related to sending and receiving sensing signals during the target sensing service (that is, whether each of the one or more target sensing devices is used to send sensing signals, receive sensing signals, or send and receive sensing signals during the target sensing service). When the one or more target sensing devices are within the management areas of different second network elements, the fourth information can indicate the functions of at least one target sensing device related to sending and receiving sensing signals when performing the target sensing service.

[0359] For example, taking the example that the first network element can determine two target perception devices, if the two target perception devices (such as target perception device #1 and target perception device #2) belong to the same second network element, the fourth information can indicate that the target perception device #1 is used to send perception signals when performing target perception services, and the target perception device #2 is used to receive perception signals when performing target perception services.

[0360] If the two target perception devices (such as target perception device #1 and target perception device #2) belong to different second network elements (such as target perception device #1 belongs to second network element #1, and target perception device #2 belongs to second network element #2), the first network element can send fourth information #1 to the second network element #1, and the fourth information #1 indicates that the target perception device #1 is used to send perception signals when performing target perception services; the first network element can send fourth information #2 to the second network element #2, and the fourth information #2 indicates that the target perception device #2 is used to receive perception signals when performing target perception services.

[0361] S512. The second network element sends third information to the target sensing device. Correspondingly, the target sensing device receives the third information from the second network element, wherein the third information is used to request the sensing measurement value of the target sensing device.

[0362] Exemplarily, the implementation of the third information can refer to the relevant description of the third information in the above scenario one, which will not be repeated here.

[0363] S513: The target sensing device determines a sensing measurement value.

[0364] Exemplarily, the target sensing device determines the sensing measurement amount, which is the same as the implementation of the second network element determining the sensing measurement amount in the above step S508. For details, please refer to the relevant description of the above step S508, which will not be repeated here.

[0365] S514. The target sensing device sends the sensing measurement value to the second network element; correspondingly, the second network element receives the sensing measurement value from the target sensing device.

[0366] S515. The second network element sends the sensing measurement value from the target sensing device to the first network element; correspondingly, the first network element receives the sensing measurement value from the second network element.

[0367] Scenario 3: The communication system includes a first network element, and the first network element is a SF network element. Furthermore, the communication system can also be a first device and / or an SC network element.

[0368] Optionally, in scenario three, the first network element determining the first information includes: the first network element receiving the first information from a second network element, where the second network element may be a first device or an SC network element.

[0369] Exemplarily, the first network element receiving first information from a second network element includes: the first network element receiving the first information from one or more second network elements. That is, the first network element determining a target sensing device for a sensing task based on the first information includes: the first network element determining the target sensing device for the sensing task based on the first information from the one or more second network elements.

[0370] For the convenience of description, the following introduction is made by taking the example of a first network element receiving the first information from a second network element. The implementation of the first network element receiving the first information from one or more second network elements is similar to the implementation of the first network element receiving the first information from a second network element described below. For details, please refer to the relevant description of the first network element receiving the first information from a second network element described below, which will not be repeated here.

[0371] Exemplarily, based on different implementations of the second network element, the first network element may receive the first information from the second network element based on the following two situations:

[0372] Case 1: The second network element is the first device. In this case, the communication system includes the first network element and the first device.

[0373] Optionally, in some cases, the first information may indicate information used by the first device for perception.

[0374] Exemplarily, the first device may actively send the first information to the first network element, or the first device may send information used by the first device for perception to the first network element based on the triggering of a perception request (the perception request is the second information).

[0375] Exemplarily, when the first device actively sends the first information to the first network element, step S501 can be replaced with steps S5017 to S5018 shown in (a) of FIG. 15 below. When the first device can send information for perception by the first device to the first network element based on the triggering of the second information, step S501 can be replaced with steps S5016 to S5018 shown in (a) of FIG. 15 below:

[0376] S5016. The first network element sends second information to the first device. Correspondingly, the first device receives the second information from the first network element.

[0377] Exemplarily, the implementation of the second information can refer to the relevant description in the above scenario one, which will not be repeated here.

[0378] S5017. The first device determines the first information.

[0379] Exemplarily, the implementation of the first information may refer to the relevant description in the above step S5001, which will not be repeated here.

[0380] S5018. The first device sends first information to the first network element. Correspondingly, the first network element receives the first information from the first device.

[0381] Optionally, in the following case, after determining the target sensing device for performing the sensing task, the first network element may further send third information to the target sensing device, so that the target sensing device can respond to the third information and send the sensing measurement value to the first network element.

[0382] Exemplarily, the implementation of the third information may refer to the relevant description of step S503 in the above scenario 1, which will not be repeated here.

[0383] Case 2: The second network element is an SC network element. In this case, the communication system includes the first network element and the SC network element.

[0384] Optionally, in case 2, the first information may indicate information used by the SC network element for perception.

[0385] Optionally, the information used by the SC network element for perception may include: supported perception service types, whether the SC network element has the ability of perception fusion computing, and further, specific fusion computing capability information may be provided, such as supported fusion types, such as support for signal-level fusion, support for point cloud-level fusion, support for target-level fusion, etc.

[0386] Exemplarily, the SC network element may actively send the first information to the first network element, or the SC network element may send information used by the first device for perception to the first network element based on the triggering of a perception request (the perception request is the second information).

[0387] Exemplarily, when the SC network element actively sends the first information to the first network element, step S501 can be replaced by steps S5020 to S5021 shown in (b) of FIG. 15 below. When the SC network element can send the first information to the first network element based on the triggering of the second information, step S501 can be replaced by steps S5019 to S5021 shown in (b) of FIG. 15 below:

[0388] S5019. The first network element sends the second information to the SC network element. Correspondingly, the SC network element receives the second information from the first network element.

[0389] Exemplarily, the implementation of the second information can refer to the relevant description in the above scenario 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0390] S5020. The SC network element determines the first information.

[0391] S5021. The SC network element sends the first information to the first network element. Correspondingly, the first network element receives the first information from the SC network element.

[0392] Optionally, in the second scenario, after determining the target sensing device for performing the sensing task, the first network element may further send fourth information to the SC network element in the management area where the target sensing device is located. The SC network element may then send third information to the target sensing device, enabling the target sensing device to respond to the third information and send a sensing measurement value to the SC network element. Furthermore, the SC network element may send the sensing measurement value to the first network element. Both the third and fourth information are used to request the sensing measurement value of the target sensing device.

[0393] Optionally, the fourth information may indicate the ID of the target sensing device. Exemplarily, the implementation of the fourth information may refer to the relevant description of the fourth information in step S509 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0394] Optionally, the fourth information may further indicate whether the target sensing device is used to send a sensing signal, receive a sensing signal, or transceive a sensing signal when performing the target sensing service. Correspondingly, the third information may also indicate whether the target sensing device is used to send a sensing signal, receive a sensing signal, or transceive a sensing signal when performing the target sensing service.

[0395] Exemplarily, since the first network element can determine one or more target sensing devices, when the one or more target sensing devices are in the management area of ​​the same SC network element, the fourth information can indicate the functions of the one or more target sensing devices related to sending and receiving sensing signals during the target sensing service (that is, whether each of the one or more target sensing devices is used to send sensing signals, receive sensing signals, or send and receive sensing signals during the target sensing service). Thus,

[0396] In the case where the one or more target sensing devices are located in the management areas of different SC network elements, the fourth information may indicate functions related to sending and receiving sensing signals of at least one target sensing device when performing target sensing services.

[0397] For example, taking the example of a first network element determining two target sensing devices, if the two target sensing devices (such as target sensing device #1 and target sensing device #2) are within the management area of ​​the same SC network element, the fourth information may indicate that target sensing device #1 is used to send a sensing signal when performing a target sensing service, and that target sensing device #2 is used to receive a sensing signal when performing a target sensing service. Thus, the SC network element may send third information to target sensing device #1 and target sensing device #2, respectively. Specifically, the SC network element may send third information #1 to target sensing device #1, wherein the third information #1 indicates that target sensing device #1 is used to send a sensing signal; further, after receiving the third information #1, target sensing device #1 may send a sensing signal to the target object. The SC network element may send third information #2 to target sensing device #2, wherein the third information #2 indicates that target sensing device #2 is used to receive a sensing signal; thus, after receiving the third information #2, target sensing device #2 may receive an echo signal (i.e., a sensing signal) reflected by the target object, determine a sensing measurement value, and send the sensing measurement value to the first network element.

[0398] If the two target sensing devices (such as target sensing device #1 and target sensing device #2) belong to different SC network elements (such as target sensing device #1 belongs to SC network element #1, and target sensing device #2 belongs to SC network element #2), the first network element can send fourth information #1 to SC network element #1, and the fourth information #1 indicates that target sensing device #1 is used to send a sensing signal when performing a target sensing service; thus, SC network element #1 can send third information #1 to target sensing device #1, wherein the third information #1 indicates that target sensing device #1 is used to send a sensing signal; further, after receiving the third information #1, target sensing device #1 can send a sensing signal to the target object. The first network element can send fourth information #2 to SC network element #2, and the fourth information #2 indicates that target sensing device #2 is used to receive a sensing signal when performing a target sensing service. Thus, SC network element #2 can send third information #2 to target sensing device #2, where the third information #2 indicates that target sensing device #2 is used to receive the sensing signal; thus, after receiving the third information #2, target sensing device #2 can receive the echo signal (i.e., the sensing signal) reflected by the target object, determine the sensing measurement amount, and send the sensing measurement amount to the first network element.

[0399] The above two situations respectively introduce two ways of "the first network element determining the first information". In fact, the above two situations can also be used in combination, that is, the first network element can receive the first information #1 from the first device (such as the first information in the above situation 1), and can also receive the first information #2 from the SC network element (such as the first information in the above situation 1); thereby, the first network element can determine the target sensing device based on the first information #1 and the second information #2. Specifically, the implementation of the first information #1 and the second information #2 can refer to the relevant descriptions of the above two situations and will not be repeated here.

[0400] Optionally, when Case 1 and Case 2 are used in combination, after determining the target sensing device for performing the sensing task, the first network element may further send fourth information to the SC network element in the management area where the target sensing device is located. The SC network element may thereby send third information to the target sensing device, enabling the target sensing device to respond to the third information and send a sensing measurement value to the SC network element. Furthermore, the SC network element may send the sensing measurement value to the first network element. Both the third information and the fourth information are used to request the sensing measurement value of the target sensing device.

[0401] Exemplarily, the implementation of the third information and the fourth information can refer to the relevant description in the above situation 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0402] It can be understood that in the above three scenarios, taking the case where both the CU network element and the DU network element are deployed inside as an example, the process of the first device determining information (such as first information, perception measurement quantity, information used by the first device for perception, etc.), sending information (such as first information, perception measurement quantity, information used by the first device for perception, etc.) and / or the first device receiving information (such as second information, third information, fifth information, sixth information, etc.) is described; for example, the CU network element within the first device can be used to receive and / or send information, and the DU network element within the first device can be used to determine information.

[0403] In addition to the implementation of the first device in the above three scenarios, the first device may also include the function of the CU network element, that is, the first device described in the above three scenarios can also be understood as a CU network element; at this time, the process of determining information by the first device in the above three scenarios can be replaced by other devices to determine information, such as the other device can be a second device, where the second device includes the function of the DU network element.

[0404] Alternatively, the first device may also include the function of a DU network element, that is, the first device described in the above three scenarios may also be understood as a DU network element; at this time, the process of the first device receiving and / or sending information in the above three scenarios may be replaced by other devices receiving and / or sending information, such as the other device may be a third device, wherein the third device includes the function of a CU network element.

[0405] It is understandable that in each of the above embodiments, the methods and / or steps implemented by the first network element may also be implemented by components (e.g., processors, chips, chip systems, circuits, logic modules, or software) applicable to the first network element; and the methods and / or steps implemented by the second network element may also be implemented by components (e.g., processors, chips, chip systems, circuits, logic modules, or software) applicable to the second network element. The chip system may be composed of chips, or the chip system may include chips and other discrete devices.

[0406] It is understandable that, in order to realize the above functions, the communication device includes hardware structures and / or software modules corresponding to the execution of each function. It should be easily appreciated by those skilled in the art that, in combination with the units and algorithm steps of each example described in the embodiments disclosed herein, the present application can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is executed in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this application.

[0407] The embodiment of the present application can divide the functional modules of the communication device according to the above method embodiment. For example, each functional module can be divided according to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated into one processing module. The above integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional modules. It should be noted that the division of modules in the embodiment of the present application is schematic and is only a logical functional division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods.

[0408] 16 shows a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 1600. The communication device 1600 includes a processing module 1601 and a transceiver module 1602. The communication device 1600 can be used to implement the functions of the first network element or the second network element described above.

[0409] In some embodiments, the communication device 1600 may further include a storage module (not shown in FIG. 16 ) for storing program instructions and data.

[0410] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 1602, which may also be referred to as a transceiver unit, is configured to implement a transmitting and / or receiving function. The transceiver module 1602 may be composed of a transceiver circuit, a transceiver, a transceiver, or a communication interface.

[0411] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 1602 may include a receiving module and a sending module, which are respectively used to execute the receiving and sending steps performed by the above-mentioned first network element or the second network element in the above-mentioned method embodiment, and / or used to support other processes of the technology described in this document; the processing module 1601 may be used to execute the processing steps (such as determination, etc.) performed by the above-mentioned first network element or the second network element in the above-mentioned method embodiment, and / or used to support other processes of the technology described in this document.

[0412] When the communication device 1600 is used to implement the function of the first network element:

[0413] In some embodiments, the processing module 1601 is used to determine first information, where the first information indicates information used by the first device for perception; and determine a target perception device for performing a perception task based on the first information.

[0414] Optionally, the transceiver module 1602 is configured to receive first information from a second network element.

[0415] Optionally, the transceiver module 1602 is further configured to send second information to the second network element, where the second information is used to request the first information.

[0416] Optionally, the transceiver module 1602 is further configured to send third information, where the third information is used to request the perception measurement value of the target perception device; and receive the perception measurement value of the target perception device.

[0417] When the communication device 1600 is used to implement the function of the second network element:

[0418] In some embodiments, the processing module 1601 is used to determine first information, where the first information indicates information used by the first device to perceive; and the transceiver module 1602 is used to send the first information.

[0419] Optionally, the transceiver module 1602 is further used to receive information used by the first device for perception, where the first device is located in the management area of ​​the SC network element; the processing module 1601 is used to determine the first information based on the information used by the first device for perception.

[0420] Optionally, the transceiver module 1602 is further used to send fifth information, where the fifth information is used to request the first device to use it for perception.

[0421] Optionally, the transceiver module 1602 is further configured to receive first information.

[0422] Optionally, the transceiver module 1602 is further configured to send sixth information, where the sixth information is used to request the first information.

[0423] Optionally, the transceiver module 1602 is further configured to receive third information; and send the sensing measurement value of the target sensing device in response to the third information.

[0424] Optionally, the transceiver module 1602 is further configured to receive fourth information, where the fourth information is used to request the perception measurement value of the target perception device; and send the perception measurement value of the target perception device in response to the fourth information.

[0425] Among them, all relevant contents of each step involved in the above method embodiment can be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module and will not be repeated here.

[0426] In the present application, the communication device 1600 may be presented in the form of various functional modules divided in an integrated manner. Here, "module" may refer to a specific application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a circuit, a processor and memory that executes one or more software or firmware programs, an integrated logic circuit, and / or other devices that can provide the above functions.

[0427] In some embodiments, when the communication device 1600 in Figure 16 is a chip or a chip system, the function / implementation process of the transceiver module 1602 can be implemented through the input and output interface (or communication interface) of the chip or chip system, and the function / implementation process of the processing module 1601 can be implemented through the processor (or processing circuit) of the chip or chip system.

[0428] Since the communication device 1600 provided in this embodiment can execute the above method, the technical effects that can be obtained can refer to the above method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0429] As a possible product form, the first network element or the second network element described in the embodiment of the present application can also be implemented using the following: one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), controllers, state machines, gate logic, discrete hardware components, any other suitable circuits, or any combination of circuits that can perform the various functions described throughout this application.

[0430] As another possible product form, the first network element or the second network element described in the embodiment of the present application can be implemented by a general bus architecture. For ease of explanation, refer to Figure 17, which is a structural diagram of a communication device 1700 provided in an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 1700 includes a processor 1701. The communication device 1700 can be a first network element, or a chip or chip system therein; or, the communication device 1700 can be a second network element, or a chip or module therein. Figure 17 only shows the main components of the communication device 1700.

[0431] It can be understood that the communication device 1700 includes necessary forms of means such as modules, units, elements, circuits, or interfaces, which are appropriately configured together to perform the perceptual communication method described in this embodiment. The communication device 1700 can be a RAN node, terminal device, core network device or other network device in any of Figures 2 to 4 above, or a component (such as a chip) in these devices, used to implement the perceptual communication method described in the above method embodiment. The communication device 1700 includes one or more processors 1701. The processor 1701 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor. For example, it can be a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a RAN node, terminal, or chip, etc.), execute software programs, and process software program data.

[0432] Optionally, in one possible design, the processor 1701 may include a program 1703 (sometimes also referred to as code or instructions), and the program 1703 may be run on the processor 1701, so that the communication device 1700 performs the perceptual communication method described in the above embodiment.

[0433] In another possible design, the communication device 1700 includes a circuit (not shown in FIG17 ), which is used to implement the functions of the first network element or the second network element in the above embodiments.

[0434] Optionally, the communication device 1700 may include one or more memories 1702, on which a program 1704 (sometimes also referred to as code or instructions) is stored. The program 1704 can be run on the memory 1702, so that the communication device 1700 executes the perceptual communication method described in the above embodiment.

[0435] Optionally, the processor 1701 and / or the memory 1702 may include an AI module 1707 and / or 1708, which is configured to implement AI-related functions. The AI ​​module may be implemented using software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware. For example, the AI ​​module may include a RAN intelligence controller (RIC) module. For example, the AI ​​module may be a near real-time RIC or a non-real-time RIC.

[0436] Optionally, data may be stored in the processor 1701 and / or the memory 1702. The processor and memory may be provided separately or integrated together.

[0437] Optionally, the communication device 1700 may further include a transceiver 1705 and / or an antenna 1706. The processor 1701 may also be sometimes referred to as a processing unit, and controls the communication device (e.g., a RAN node or terminal). The transceiver 1705 may also be sometimes referred to as a transceiver unit, a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, or a transceiver, and is configured to implement the transceiver functions of the communication device through the antenna 1706.

[0438] In some embodiments, in terms of hardware implementation, those skilled in the art may conceive that the above-mentioned communication device 1600 may take the form of the communication device 1700 shown in FIG. 17 .

[0439] As an example, the functions / implementation process of the processing module 1601 in FIG16 can be implemented by the processor 1701 in the communication device 1700 shown in FIG17 calling the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory 1702. The functions / implementation process of the transceiver module 1602 in FIG16 can be implemented by the transceiver 1705 in the communication device 1700 shown in FIG17.

[0440] As another possible product form, the first network element or the second network element in this application may adopt the structure shown in Figure 18, or include the components shown in Figure 18. Figure 18 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 1800 provided in this application. The communication device 1800 may be a terminal device or a chip or system-on-chip in the terminal device; or it may be a module, chip, or system-on-chip in the first network element or the second network element.

[0441] As shown in FIG18 , the communication device 1800 includes at least one processor 1801 and at least one communication interface ( FIG18 is merely an example of one communication interface 1804 and one processor 1801). Optionally, the communication device 1800 may further include a communication bus 1802 and a memory 1803.

[0442] Processor 1801 can be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a general-purpose processor, a network processor (NP), a digital signal processor (DSP), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a programmable logic device (PLD), or any combination thereof. Processor 1801 can also be other devices with processing capabilities, such as circuits, devices, or software modules, without limitation.

[0443] Communication bus 1802 is used to connect the various components in communication device 1800, enabling communication between them. Communication bus 1802 may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus or an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, for example. This bus can be categorized as an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and so on. For ease of illustration, FIG18 shows a single bold line, but this does not imply that there is only one bus or type of bus.

[0444] Communication interface 1804 is used to communicate with other devices or communication networks. Exemplarily, communication interface 1804 can be a module, circuit, transceiver, or any other device capable of communication. Optionally, communication interface 1804 can also be an input / output interface within processor 1801, used to implement signal input and output to the processor.

[0445] The memory 1803 may be a device with a storage function, used to store instructions and / or data, wherein the instructions may be computer programs.

[0446] Exemplarily, the memory 1803 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and / or instructions, or a random access memory (RAM) or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and / or instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compact discs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs, Blu-ray discs, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, etc., without limitation.

[0447] It should be noted that the memory 1803 can exist independently of the processor 1801 or can be integrated with the processor 1801. The memory 1803 can be located within the communication device 1800 or outside the communication device 1800, without limitation. The processor 1801 can be used to execute instructions stored in the memory 1803 to implement the methods provided in the following embodiments of the present application.

[0448] As an optional implementation, the communication device 1800 may further include an output device 1805 and an input device 1806. The output device 1805 communicates with the processor 1801 and can display information in a variety of ways. For example, the output device 1805 can be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display device, a cathode ray tube (CRT) display device, or a projector. The input device 1806 communicates with the processor 1801 and can receive user input in a variety of ways. For example, the input device 1806 can be a mouse, a keyboard, a touch screen device, or a sensor device.

[0449] In some embodiments, in terms of hardware implementation, those skilled in the art may conceive that the communication device 1600 shown in FIG. 16 may take the form of the communication device 1800 shown in FIG. 18 .

[0450] As an example, the functions / implementation process of the processing module 1601 in FIG16 can be implemented by the processor 1801 in the communication device 1800 shown in FIG18 calling the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory 1803. The functions / implementation process of the transceiver module 1602 in FIG16 can be implemented by the communication interface 1804 in the communication device 1800 shown in FIG18.

[0451] It should be noted that the structure shown in Figure 18 does not constitute a specific limitation on the first network element or the second network element. For example, in other embodiments of the present application, the first network element or the second network element may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine or split certain components, or arrange the components differently. The components shown in the figure may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

[0452] In some embodiments, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, which includes a processor for implementing the method in any of the above method embodiments.

[0453] As a possible implementation, the communication device further includes a memory. The memory is used to store necessary computer programs and data. The computer program may include instructions, and the processor may invoke the instructions in the computer program stored in the memory to instruct the communication device to execute any of the above-described method embodiments. Of course, the memory may not be located in the communication device.

[0454] As another possible implementation, the communication device also includes an interface circuit, which is a code / data read / write interface circuit, and the interface circuit is used to receive computer execution instructions (computer execution instructions are stored in a memory, may be read directly from the memory, or may pass through other devices) and transmit them to the processor.

[0455] As another possible implementation, the communication device further includes a communication interface, where the communication interface is used to communicate with a module outside the communication device.

[0456] It can be understood that the communication device can be a chip or a chip system. When the communication device is a chip system, it can be composed of chips or include chips and other discrete devices. The embodiments of the present application do not specifically limit this.

[0457] The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program or instruction stored thereon, which implements the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0458] The present application also provides a computer program product, which implements the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0459] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that, for the sake of convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, devices, and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0460] It is understood that the systems, devices, and methods described in this application may also be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the units is merely a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interface, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, and may be electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

[0461] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, i.e., they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Components shown as units may or may not be physical units. Some or all of these units may be selected to achieve the objectives of this embodiment as needed.

[0462] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

[0463] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments may be implemented by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using a software program, all or part of the embodiments may be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are generated. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) method. The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more media integrated therein. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state drive (SSD)). In the embodiment of the present application, the computer may include the aforementioned device.

[0464] Although the present application is described herein in conjunction with various embodiments, in the process of implementing the claimed application, those skilled in the art can understand and implement other changes to the disclosed embodiments by reviewing the drawings, the disclosure, and the appended claims. In the claims, the word "comprising" does not exclude other components or steps, and "a" or "an" does not exclude multiple situations. A single processor or other unit can implement several functions listed in the claims. Certain measures are recorded in different dependent claims, but this does not mean that these measures cannot be combined to produce good results.

[0465] Although the present application has been described with reference to specific features and embodiments thereof, it is apparent that various modifications and combinations may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Accordingly, this specification and the drawings are merely illustrative of the present application as defined by the appended claims and are deemed to cover any and all modifications, variations, combinations or equivalents within the scope of the present application. Obviously, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and variations to the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Thus, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A perception communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: determining first information, where the first information indicates information used by the first device to sense; According to the first information, a target sensing device for performing the sensing task is determined.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The determining of the first information includes: Receive the first information from the second network element.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that Before determining the first information, the method further includes: Second information is sent to the second network element, where the second information is used to request the first information.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that The information used for perception includes: A sensing service type supported by the first device, and / or a sensing measurement quantity type supported by the first device, wherein: The perception measurement amount is a measurement amount obtained by the first device measuring a perception signal.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The second information indicates a target sensing service, and the information used for sensing includes: a sensing measurement quantity type corresponding to the target sensing service among the sensing measurement quantity types supported by the first device.

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that The information used for perception also includes: The capability of the first device to send and receive sensing signals, and / or the sensing mode applicable to the first device.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that The second information indicates a target perception mode, and the information used for perception includes: among the capabilities of the first device to send and receive perception signals, the capability of sending and receiving perception signals corresponding to the target perception mode.

8. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that: The information used for perception also includes: Information about the synaesthesia function of the first device, and / or information about time-frequency resources used for perception, The synaesthesia function includes communication and / or perception functions.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that The information of the time-frequency resources used for sensing includes one or more of the following information: The position of the time domain resource in the time-frequency resource used for sensing; a proportion of the time domain resources used for sensing in the available time domain resources of the first device; The frequency band of the frequency domain resources in the time-frequency resources used for sensing; The bandwidth occupied by the frequency domain resources.

10. The method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that The first information further indicates area information corresponding to one or more areas, where the area information is used to indicate perception information corresponding to one or more perception services in the area.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The second information indicates the target perception area, The first information further indicates area information corresponding to one or more areas, including: The first information further indicates area information corresponding to the target perception area in the one or more areas.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that The second information further indicates a target sensing service, The first information further indicates area information corresponding to the target perception area in the one or more areas, including: The first information further indicates perception information corresponding to the target perception service in the area information corresponding to the target perception area.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that The method further comprises: Sending third information, where the third information is used to request a sensing measurement value of the target sensing device; A sensing measurement of the target sensing device is received.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that The third information indicates a target sensing service, and the sensing measurement amount of the target sensing device is a measurement amount obtained by the target sensing device performing the target sensing service.

15. The method according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that The method is performed by a perception control SC network element, and the method further includes: receiving fourth information, where the fourth information is used to request a sensing measurement value of the target sensing device; In response to the fourth information, the sensing measurement quantity of the target sensing device is sent.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that The first device includes a terminal device and / or an access network device.

17. A perception communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: determining first information, where the first information indicates information used by the first device to sense; The first information is sent.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that The first information is used to determine a target sensing device that performs a sensing task.

19. The method according to claim 17 or 18, characterized in that The method is performed by a perception control (SC) network element, and the determining of the first information includes: receiving information used by the first device for sensing, where the first device is located within a management area of ​​the SC network element; The first information is determined based on information sensed by the first device.

20. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that Before determining the first information, the method further includes: Send fifth information, where the fifth information is used to request the first device to sense the information.

21. The method according to claim 17 or 18, characterized in that The method is performed by an SC network element, and the determining of the first information includes: The first information is received.

22. The method according to claim 21, characterized in that Before determining the first information, the method further includes: Send sixth information, where the sixth information is used to request the first information.

23. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 22, characterized in that: The method is performed by the first device, and the method further includes: receiving third information; In response to the third information, the sensing measurement quantity of the target sensing device is sent.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein The third information indicates a target sensing service, and the sensing measurement amount of the target sensing device is a measurement amount obtained by the target sensing device performing the target sensing service.

25. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 24, characterized in that The method is performed by an SC network element, and the method further includes: receiving fourth information, where the fourth information is used to request a sensing measurement quantity; In response to the fourth information, the sensing measurement quantity of the target sensing device is sent.

26. A communication device, characterized in that: The communication device includes a transceiver module and a processing module. The transceiver module is used to perform the receiving behavior or the sending behavior in the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, or to perform the receiving behavior or the sending behavior in the method according to any one of claims 17 to 25; The processing module is used to execute the processing behavior in the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, or to execute the processing behavior in the method according to any one of claims 17 to 25.

27. A communication device, characterized in that: The communication device includes a processor; the processor is configured to execute a computer program or instruction to enable the communication device to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, or to enable the communication device to execute the method according to any one of claims 17 to 25.

28. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that The computer-readable storage medium stores computer instructions or programs. When the computer instructions or programs are executed on a computer, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16 is executed, or the method according to any one of claims 17 to 25 is executed.

29. A computer program product, characterized in that The computer program product includes computer instructions; when part or all of the computer instructions are run on a computer, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16 is executed, or the method according to any one of claims 17 to 25 is executed.

30. A chip, characterized in that: include: a memory for storing computer program instructions; A processor, configured to execute the computer program instructions so that a communication device including the chip performs the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, or a communication device including the chip performs the method according to any one of claims 17 to 25.

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