Communication method, apparatus and system

Abstract

The embodiments of the present application provide a communication method, an apparatus and a system. The method comprises: sending / receiving first signaling, wherein the first signaling is used for indicating N sets of first resources, and the first resources are not used for first uplink transmission; and, optionally, sending / receiving second signaling, wherein the second signaling is used for indicating whether the first resources are activated / effective. The embodiments of the present application, on the basis of the indicated first resources, can avoid the impact of uplink transmission of base stations on inter-station interference or channel measurement, thus ensuring the accuracy of inter-station interference or channel measurement.

Description

Communication method, apparatus and system TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of communication, and more particularly, to a communication method and apparatus. BACKGROUND

[0002] To solve the problems of less uplink time slots in the existing TDD system, leading to large uplink time delay, limited uplink coverage, and the like, the Rel-19 standard introduces a subband full duplex (SBFD) technical solution for the TDD system. In the SBFD technical solution, one carrier can be divided into a plurality of subbands with different link directions, and a base station can simultaneously transmit a signal on a downlink subband and receive a signal on an uplink subband, which can reduce the uplink time delay and improve the uplink coverage. However, the SBFD introduces interference between different links, for example, a downlink signal transmitted by one base station on a downlink subband can interfere with an uplink signal received by another base station on an uplink subband, which is referred to as inter-site cross-link interference. In order to manage the inter-site cross-link interference, the base station needs to perform interference or channel measurement on the inter-site cross-link interference. However, the uplink transmission of the base station can affect the inter-site cross-link interference or channel measurement, affecting the accuracy of the inter-site cross-link interference or channel measurement. SUMMARY

[0003] The present application provides a communication method, apparatus and system for the design of uplink mute resources, the configuration method of uplink mute resources, and the power transmission method of uplink non-mute resources.

[0004] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the embodiments of the present application adopt the following technical solutions:

[0005] In a first aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a terminal device or by a component (such as a chip, a chip system, a processor or a circuit, etc.) for a terminal device, and the present application does not limit this.

[0006] The method includes receiving first signaling, the first signaling being used to indicate N sets of first resources, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. The first resources are not used for first uplink transmission, which can also be referred to as uplink mute resources. The first resources include one or more first resource elements (REs), and the first resources include one or more time domain symbols in the time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain.

[0007] In combination with the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the first resources are located in one or more time slots.

[0008] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the first resource is BWP-specific, or the first resource is UE-specific, or the first resource is cell-specific.

[0009] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the first resource includes at most two time domain symbols in a time domain in one slot.

[0010] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the reference starting point of the time domain symbol is the first symbol of the slot, or the reference starting point of the time domain symbol is the first symbol of the first uplink transmission.

[0011] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that one of the two time domain symbols is located in the first three time domain symbols in the one slot, and the other time domain symbol is located in the fourth and subsequent time domain symbols in the one slot.

[0012] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the second signaling indicates that the N sets of first resources are not effective or not activated, or the second signaling indicates that N1 sets of first resources in the N sets of first resources are effective or activated, where N1≤N, and N1 is a positive integer.

[0013] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the first signaling is radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a system information block (SIB).

[0014] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the second signaling is downlink control information (DCI) or a MAC control element (MAC CE).

[0015] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the first value on the time domain symbol including the first resource unit is greater than the first value on the time domain symbol not including the first resource unit, and the first value is a ratio of energy per resource element (EPRE) of the first uplink transmission to EPRE of the DMRS of the first uplink transmission.

[0016] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further can include that the first resources are located at consecutive odd-numbered subcarriers, or consecutive even-numbered subcarriers.

[0017] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further can include that the first value on the time-domain symbol including the first resource unit is equal to the first value on the time-domain symbol not including the first resource unit plus 3 dB or 2 times.

[0018] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further can include that the first resource unit is a valid resource when the first resource unit is located at an SBFD symbol.

[0019] With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further can include that the first uplink transmission is a PUSCH.

[0020] The patent improves system performance by defining the design, configuration method of uplink mute resources, and power transmission of uplink non-mute resources, and guarantees the flexibility of base station scheduling.

[0021] The second aspect provides a method of communication, which can be executed by a network device, or can be executed by a component (such as a chip, a chip system, a processor or a circuit, etc.) for the network device, and the present application does not limit this.

[0022] The method includes: sending first signaling, the first signaling being used for indicating N sets of first resources, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. The first resources are not used for first uplink transmission, and can also be referred to as uplink mute resources. The first resources include one or more first resource units RE, and include one or more time-domain symbols in the time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain.

[0023] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further can include that the first resources are located at one or more slots.

[0024] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further can include that the first resources are BWP-specific, or the first resources are UE-specific, or the first resources are cell-specific.

[0025] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further can include that the first resources include at most two time-domain symbols in the time domain within one slot.

[0026] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further can include that a reference starting point of the time-domain symbol is a first symbol of a slot, or the reference starting point of the time-domain symbol is a first symbol of the first uplink transmission.

[0027] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that one of the two time domain symbols is located in the first three time domain symbols within the one slot, and the other time domain symbol is located in the fourth and subsequent time domain symbols within the one slot.

[0028] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the second signaling indicates that the N sets of first resources are not effective or not activated, or the second signaling indicates that N1 sets of first resources of the N sets of first resources are effective or activated, where N1≤N, and N1 is a positive integer.

[0029] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the first signaling is radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a system information block (SIB).

[0030] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the second signaling is downlink control information (DCI) or a MAC control element (MAC CE).

[0031] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the first value on the time domain symbol including the first resource unit is greater than the first value on the time domain symbol not including the first resource unit, and the first value is a ratio of energy per resource element (EPRE) of the first uplink transmission to EPRE of DMRS of the first uplink transmission.

[0032] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the first resource is located at subcarriers with consecutive odd indexes, or subcarriers with consecutive even indexes.

[0033] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that the first value on the time domain symbol including the first resource unit is equal to the first value on the time domain symbol not including the first resource unit plus 3dB or 2 times.

[0034] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method can further include that when the first resource unit is located at an SBFD symbol, the first resource unit is an effective resource.

[0035] With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further can comprise: the first uplink transmission is a PUSCH.

[0036] In a third aspect, a device is provided. The device includes at least one processor coupled with at least one memory for storing a computer program or instructions. The at least one processor is configured to invoke and run the computer program or instructions from the at least one memory, so that the device performs the method in the first aspect to the second aspect and any possible implementation thereof.

[0037] In a fourth aspect, a chip or chip system is provided. The chip includes a processor and a communication interface. The processor reads instructions through the communication interface and performs the method in any possible implementation of the first aspect to the second aspect.

[0038] In a fifth aspect, a computer readable storage medium is provided. The computer readable storage medium stores computer instructions. When the computer instructions are run on a computer, the method in any possible implementation of the first aspect to the second aspect is implemented.

[0039] In a sixth aspect, a computer program product is provided. The computer program product includes computer program codes. When the computer program codes are run on a computer, the method in any possible implementation of the first aspect to the second aspect is implemented.

[0040] In a seventh aspect, a communication system is provided. The communication system includes the device in the first aspect to the third aspect and any possible implementation thereof. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0041] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0042] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0043] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a possible application framework of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0044] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another possible application framework of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0045] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of time-frequency resource allocation in a TDD system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0046] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of time-frequency resource allocation in an SBFD scheme according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0047] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of time-frequency resource allocation in another SBFD scheme according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0048] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of different types of CLI in an SBFD scheme according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0049] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a flexible TDD scenario according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0050] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a first resource according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0051] FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an uplink muting resource configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0052] FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0053] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the present application, unless otherwise specified, “ / ” represents an “or” relationship between the associated objects, for example, A / B can represent A or B; “and / or” in the present application is only a description of the associated relationship between the associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B, which can represent the following three cases: A alone, A and B together, and B alone, where A and B can be singular or plural. In addition, in the description of the present application, unless otherwise specified, “multiple” means two or more than two. “At least one of the following” or similar expressions means any combination of these items, including any combination of single item or multiple items. For example, at least one of a, b, or c can represent a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, where a, b, and c can be single or multiple. In addition, in order to clearly describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following points are explained before introducing the solutions of the present application.

[0054] (1) In the present application, “indication” can include direct indication, indirect indication, explicit indication, and implicit indication. When describing that certain indication information is used to indicate A, it can be understood that the indication information carries A, directly indicates A, or indirectly indicates A.

[0055] In this application, the information indicated by the indication information is referred to as to-be-indicated information. In the specific implementation process, there are many ways to indicate the to-be-indicated information, for example, but not limited to, the to-be-indicated information can be directly indicated, such as the to-be-indicated information itself or the index of the to-be-indicated information. The to-be-indicated information can also be indirectly indicated by indicating other information, wherein the other information and the to-be-indicated information have an association relationship. The to-be-indicated information can also be only indicated in part, and the other part of the to-be-indicated information is known or agreed in advance. For example, the indication of a specific information can also be achieved by means of the arrangement order of each information agreed in advance (for example, the protocol stipulates), thereby reducing the indication overhead to a certain extent. In addition, the to-be-indicated information can be sent as a whole, or can be sent separately into multiple sub-information, and the sending period and / or sending opportunity of these sub-information can be the same or different.

[0056] (2) In this application, "sending" and "receiving" represent the direction of signal transmission. For example, "sending information to XX" can be understood as that the destination of the information is XX, which can include direct sending through the air interface, or indirect sending through the air interface by other units or modules. "Receiving information from YY" can be understood as that the source of the information is YY, which can include direct receiving from YY through the air interface, or indirect receiving from YY through the air interface from other units or modules. "Sending" can also be understood as "output" of the chip interface, and "receiving" can also be understood as "input" of the chip interface. In other words, sending and receiving can be carried out between devices, for example, between network devices and terminal devices, or can be carried out within a device, for example, between components, modules, chips, software modules or hardware modules within a device through a bus, wire or interface. In addition, "transmission" includes receiving and / or sending in the case of no special description. For example, transmitting a signal can include receiving a signal and / or sending a signal.

[0057] (3) In this application, the information C used for the determination of the information D includes that the information D is determined based on the information C, and includes that the information D is determined based on the information C and other information. In addition, the information C used for the determination of the information D can also be indirectly determined, for example, the information D is determined based on the information E, and the information E is determined based on the information C.

[0058] (4) The terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof are intended to cover not exclusively containing, for example, a process, method, system, product or device containing a series of steps or units does not have to be limited to those steps or units clearly listed, but can include other steps or units not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

[0059] (5) In each of the embodiments of the present application, the terms and / or descriptions among different embodiments are consistent and can be referred to each other if there is no special description and logical conflict. The technical features among different embodiments can be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationship.

[0060] (6) In the present application, "first", "second" are only convenient for description, used for distinguishing objects, and not used for limiting the scope of the embodiments of the present application. They are not used for describing the order or sequence of features. It should be understood that the objects thus described can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances, so as to be able to describe the schemes other than the embodiments of the present application.

[0061] (7) In the present application, "exemplary" or "for example" and the like are used to mean serving as an example, an instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design scheme described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present application should not be construed as being more preferred or having more advantages than other embodiments or design schemes. Rather, "exemplary" or "for example" and the like are used to present related concepts in a specific manner.

[0062] The architecture diagram of the mobile communication system shown in FIG. 1 is an architecture diagram of a communication system 1000 to which the embodiments of the present application are applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system includes a radio access network 100 and a core network 200. Optionally, the communication system 1000 can also include an Internet 300. The radio access network 100 can include at least one radio access network device (such as 110a and 110b in FIG. 1), and can also include at least one terminal device (such as 120a-120j in FIG. 1). The terminal device is connected to the radio access network device in a wireless manner, for example, the terminal device can be connected to the radio access network device through an air interface. The radio access network device is connected to the core network in a wireless or wired manner. The core network device and the radio access network device can be independent and different physical devices, can be integrated into the same physical device with the functions of the core network device and the logical functions of the radio access network device, and can also be a physical device integrated with part of the functions of the core network device and part of the functions of the radio access network device. The terminal device and the terminal device, and the radio access network device and the radio access network device can be connected to each other in a wired or wireless manner. FIG. 1 is only a schematic diagram, and the communication system can also include other network devices, such as wireless relay devices and wireless backhaul devices, which are not shown in FIG. 1.

[0063] The radio access network device is an access device through which a terminal device accesses a communication system in a wireless manner. The radio access network device can be a base station, an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), a transmission reception point (TRP), a gNB in a 5G mobile communication system, a next-generation base station in a 6G mobile communication system, a base station in a future mobile communication system, an access node in a WiFi system, or the like. In another possible scenario, multiple radio access network (RAN) nodes cooperate to assist a terminal to implement wireless access, and different RAN nodes respectively implement part of the functions of a base station. For example, the RAN node can be a central unit (CU), a distributed unit (DU), a CU-control plane (CP), a CU-user plane (UP), or a radio unit (RU), etc. The CU and the DU can be separately arranged, or can be included in the same network element, such as a baseband unit (BBU). The RU can be included in a radio frequency device or a radio frequency unit, such as a remote radio unit (RRU), an active antenna processing unit (AAU), or a remote radio head (RRH).

[0064] The CU (or CU-CP and CU-UP), DU or RU can also have different names in different systems, but those skilled in the art can understand their meanings. For example, in an open RAN (ORAN) system, the CU can also be referred to as an O-CU (open CU), the DU can also be referred to as an O-DU, the CU-CP can also be referred to as an O-CU-CP, the CU-UP can also be referred to as an O-CU-UP, and the RU can also be referred to as an O-RU. For the convenience of description, the CU, CU-CP, CU-UP, DU and RU are taken as examples for description in this application. Any one of the 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. The embodiments of this application can be implemented by the DU or the RU. The CU here completes the functions of the radio resource control protocol and the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) of the base station, and can also complete the function of the service data adaptation protocol (SDAP); the DU completes the functions of the radio link control layer and the medium access control layer of the base station, and can also complete the functions of part of the physical layer or the entire physical layer. For specific descriptions of the above-mentioned protocol layers, please refer to the relevant technical specifications of the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP).

[0065] The radio access network device can be a macro base station (such as 110a in FIG. 1), a micro base station or an indoor station (such as 110b in FIG. 1), a relay node or a donor node, etc. The embodiments of this application do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the radio access network device. The embodiments of this application do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the radio access network device. For the convenience of description, the network device is taken as an abbreviation of the radio access network device, and the base station is taken as an example of the radio access network device.

[0066] The terminal device also has a wireless transceiving function, and can send a signal to a base station or receive a signal from the base station. The terminal device can also be referred to as a terminal, user equipment (UE), mobile station, mobile terminal device, etc. The terminal device can be widely applied to various scenarios, such as environmental IOT, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), virtual reality, augmented reality, industrial control, automatic driving, remote medical treatment, smart power grid, smart furniture, smart office, smart wear, smart transportation, smart city, etc. The terminal device can be a mobile phone, tablet computer, computer with a wireless transceiving function, wearable device, vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicle, helicopter, airplane, ship, robot, mechanical arm, smart home device, etc. Embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific technology and specific device form of the terminal device.

[0067] The base station and the terminal device can be fixed in position or movable. The base station and the terminal device can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld or vehicle-mounted; can also be deployed on water; and can also be deployed on an airplane, balloon, and artificial satellite. Embodiments of the present application do not limit the application scenarios of the base station and the terminal device.

[0068] The roles of the base station and the terminal device can be relative, for example, the helicopter or unmanned aerial vehicle 120i in FIG. 1 can be configured as a mobile base station, and for the terminal device 120j that accesses the wireless access network 100 through 120i, the terminal device 120i is a base station; but for the base station 110a, 120i is a terminal device, that is, 110a and 120i communicate through a wireless air interface protocol. Of course, 110a and 120i can also communicate through a base station-to-base station interface protocol, and in this case, 120i is also a base station relative to 110a. Therefore, the base station and the terminal device can be collectively referred to as a communication apparatus, 110a and 110b in FIG. 1 can be referred to as a communication apparatus with a base station function, and 120a-120j in FIG. 1 can be referred to as a communication apparatus with a terminal device function.

[0069] The base station and the terminal device, the base station and the base station, the terminal device and the terminal device can communicate through the licensed spectrum, or through the unlicensed spectrum, or through the licensed spectrum and the unlicensed spectrum simultaneously; can communicate through the spectrum below 6 gigahertz (GHz), or through the spectrum above 6 GHz, or through the spectrum below 6 GHz and the spectrum above 6 GHz simultaneously. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the spectrum resources used by the wireless communication.

[0070] In the embodiments of the present application, the functions of the base station can also be performed by a module (such as a chip) in the base station, or by a control subsystem containing the functions of the base station. The control subsystem containing the functions of the base station herein can be a control center in the above-mentioned application scenarios such as smart grid, industrial control, intelligent transportation, and smart city. The functions of the terminal device can also be performed by a module (such as a chip or a modem) in the terminal device, or by a device containing the functions of the terminal device.

[0071] For example, the network device provided by the embodiments of the present application can be, for example, 110a or 110b in FIG. 1, and the terminal device provided by the embodiments of the present application can be, for example, any one of 120a-120j in FIG. 1.

[0072] The related functions of the network device or the terminal device involved in the present application can be implemented by one device, or by multiple devices together, or by one or more functional modules in a device, or can be one or more chips, or a system on chip (SOC) or a chip system. The chip system can be composed of a chip, or can include a chip and other discrete devices, and the embodiments of the present application do not specifically limit this.

[0073] It can be understood that the above functions can be network elements in a hardware device, or software functions running on a special hardware, or a combination of hardware and software, or virtualized functions instantiated on a platform (for example, a cloud platform).

[0074] For example, the related functions of the network device or the terminal device in the embodiments of the present application can be implemented through the communication device 110 in FIG. 2.

[0075] Figure 2 shows a structural diagram of a possible communication apparatus 110. It can be understood that the communication apparatus 110 comprises necessary forms of means, such as modules, units, elements, circuits, or interfaces, etc., which are configured to be appropriately arranged together to perform the present solution. The communication apparatus 110 can be a network device or a terminal device, or a component (e.g., a chip) of these devices, to implement the methods described in the following method embodiments. The communication apparatus 110 comprises one or more processors 111. The processor 111 can be a general processor or a special purpose processor, etc. 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 apparatus (e.g., a network device, a terminal device, or a chip, etc.), execute software programs, and process data of the software programs.

[0076] Optionally, in one design, the processor 111 can comprise a program 113 (which can also be referred to as code or instructions at times) that can be run on the processor 111, so that the communication apparatus 110 performs the methods described in the following embodiments. In another possible design, the communication apparatus 110 comprises a circuit (not shown in Figure 2).

[0077] Optionally, the communication apparatus 110 can comprise one or more memories 112, which have a program 114 (which can also be referred to as code or instructions at times) stored thereon, and the program 114 can be run on the processor 111, so that the communication apparatus 110 performs the methods described in the following embodiments.

[0078] Optionally, the processor 111 and / or the memory 112 can comprise an artificial intelligence (AI) module 117, 118, which is used to implement AI-related functions. The AI module can be implemented in a software, hardware, or software-hardware combined manner. For example, the AI module can comprise a RAN intelligence controller (RIC) module. For example, the AI module can be a near-real-time RIC or a non-real-time RIC.

[0079] Optionally, the processor 111 and / or the memory 112 can also store data. The processor and the memory can be separately arranged, or integrated together.

[0080] Optionally, the communication device 110 can further include a transceiver 115 and / or an antenna 116. The processor 111 can also be referred to as a processing unit, which controls the communication device (e.g., a network device or a terminal device). The transceiver 115 can also be referred to as a transceiving unit, a transceiver, a transceiving circuit, or a transceiver, etc., which implements the transceiving function of the communication device through the antenna 116.

[0081] In addition, the constituent structure shown in FIG. 2 does not constitute a limitation on the communication device, and the communication device can include more or fewer components than those shown in FIG. 2, or combine some components, or different component arrangements, in addition to the components shown in FIG. 2.

[0082] In order to support AI technology in a wireless network, AI nodes can also be introduced in the network.

[0083] Optionally, the AI nodes can be deployed in one or more of the following positions in the communication system: a radio access network device, a terminal device, or a core network device, etc., or the AI nodes can also be deployed separately, for example, in a position other than any of the above devices, such as a host or a cloud server of an over the top (OTT) system. The AI nodes can communicate with other devices in the communication system, which can be one or more of the following: a network device, a terminal device, or a network element of a core network, etc.

[0084] It can be understood that the present application does not limit the number of AI nodes. For example, when there are multiple AI nodes, the multiple AI nodes can be divided based on functions, such as different AI nodes being responsible for different functions.

[0085] It can also be understood that the AI nodes can be independent devices, can be integrated into the same device to implement different functions, or can be network elements in a hardware device, or software functions running on a dedicated hardware, or virtualized functions instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud platform), and the present application does not limit the specific form of the AI nodes.

[0086] The AI nodes can be AI network elements or AI modules.

[0087] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a possible application framework in a communication system. As shown in FIG. 3, network elements in the communication system are connected through interfaces (e.g., NG, Xn, Fl) or air interfaces. One or more AI modules (only one is shown in FIG. 3 for clarity) are deployed in one or more of the network element nodes, such as one or more of the core network devices, access network nodes (RAN nodes), terminals, or operation administration and maintenance (OAM) devices. The access network node can be a single RAN node or can include multiple RAN nodes, e.g., including a CU and a DU. The CU and / or the DU can also be deployed with one or more AI modules. Optionally, the CU can be further split into a CU-CP and a CU-UP. One or more AI modules are deployed in the CU-CP and / or the CU-UP.

[0088] The AI module is configured to implement a corresponding AI function. AI modules deployed in different network elements can be the same or different. An AI module can implement different functions according to different parameter configurations of the model of the AI module. The model of the AI module can be configured based on one or more of the following parameters: a structural parameter (e.g., at least one of a number of neural network layers, a width of a neural network, a connection relationship between layers, a weight of a neuron, an activation function of a neuron, or a bias in the activation function), an input parameter (e.g., a type of the input parameter and / or a dimension of the input parameter), or an output parameter (e.g., a type of the output parameter and / or a dimension of the output parameter). The bias in the activation function can also be referred to as a bias of the neural network.

[0089] An AI module can have one or more models. A model can infer an output including one parameter or multiple parameters. The learning process, the training process, or the inference process of different models can be deployed in different nodes or devices, or can be deployed in the same node or device.

[0090] Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of another possible application framework in a communication system. As shown in Fig. 4, a RAN intelligent controller (RIC) is included in the communication system. For example, the RIC can be the AI module 117, 118 shown in Fig. 4, which is configured to implement AI-related functions. The RIC includes a near-real time RIC (near-RT RIC) and a non-real time RIC (Non-RT RIC). The non-real time RIC is mainly configured to process non-real time information, such as data that is not sensitive to latency, which can be in the order of seconds. The real time RIC is mainly configured to process near-real time information, such as data that is relatively sensitive to latency, which can be in the order of tens of milliseconds.

[0091] The near-real time RIC is configured to perform model training and inference. For example, the near-real time RIC is configured to train an AI model and perform inference using the AI model. The near-real time RIC can obtain network side and / or terminal side information from a RAN node (e.g., a CU, a CU-CP, a CU-UP, a DU, and / or a RU) and / or a terminal. The information can be used as training data or inference data. Optionally, the near-real time RIC can deliver inference results to the RAN node and / or the terminal. Optionally, the inference results can be exchanged between the CU and the DU, and / or between the DU and the RU. For example, the near-real time RIC delivers the inference results to the DU, which then delivers the inference results to the RU.

[0092] The non-real time RIC is also configured to perform model training and inference. For example, the non-real time RIC is configured to train an AI model and perform inference using the AI model. The non-real time RIC can obtain network side and / or terminal side information from a RAN node (e.g., a CU, a CU-CP, a CU-UP, a DU, and / or a RU) and / or a terminal. The information can be used as training data or inference data, and the inference results can be delivered to the RAN node and / or the terminal. Optionally, the inference results can be exchanged between the CU and the DU, and / or between the DU and the RU. For example, the non-real time RIC delivers the inference results to the DU, which then delivers the inference results to the RU.

[0093] The near-real time RIC and the non-real time RIC can also be separately configured as a network element. Alternatively, the near-real time RIC and the non-real time RIC can also be part of other devices. For example, the near-real time RIC can be configured in a RAN node (e.g., a CU, a DU), and the non-real time RIC can be configured in an OAM, a cloud server, a core network device, or another network device.

[0094] Embodiments of the present application can be applied to a 5G new radio (NR) wireless communication system, and high data rate and low latency are achieved by using a large bandwidth. In a time division duplex system, as shown in FIG. 5, DL usually occupies the main time resource, which causes coverage imbalance between DL and UL. Compared with a frequency division duplex (FDD) system, the uplink coverage of a TDD system is poorer and the delay is larger.

[0095] To solve the problems of uplink coverage and uplink delay in a TDD system, a SBFD scheme is proposed in release (R) 18 standards. In the SBFD scheme, one component carrier (CC) can include multiple subbands, and the transmission directions of different subbands can be different.

[0096] For example, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of time-frequency resource allocation in a SBFD scheme. On the three time units in the middle, one carrier can be divided into three subbands, the middle subband is an uplink subband that can be used for uplink transmission, and is identified as UL in the figure. The upper and lower subbands are downlink subbands that can be used for downlink transmission, and are identified as DL in the figure. Whether there is a guard band (GB) between the downlink subband and the uplink subband, and whether transmission can be performed on the guard band if the guard band exists, are not limited by the present application.

[0097] Among them, the upper subband refers to the subband with a higher frequency, the lower subband refers to the subband with a lower frequency, and the middle subband refers to the subband with a frequency between the frequency of the upper subband and the frequency of the lower subband. The first or last time unit can be referred to as a non-SBFD time unit, and any time unit in the middle can be referred to as a SBFD time unit. The time unit may, for example, be a time slot or a symbol.

[0098] For another example, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of time-frequency resource allocation in a SBFD scheme. On the three time units in the middle, one carrier can be divided into two subbands, the upper subband is a downlink subband that can be used for downlink transmission, and is identified as DL in the figure. The lower subband is an uplink subband that can be used for uplink transmission, and is identified as UL in the figure.

[0099] It can be considered that in the SBFD scheme, on the SBFD time unit, the network device can realize simultaneous sending and receiving signals through different frequency domain resources or subbands. At present, in the R19 standard, the network device can adopt a subband full duplex scheme, and the terminal device can adopt a subband half duplex scheme. The terminal device adopts a subband half duplex scheme, which means that the terminal device can only receive or send signals on the SBFD time unit, and cannot simultaneously receive and send signals.

[0100] For the time domain configuration of SBFD, there are two possible configuration modes according to whether SBFD symbols and non-SBFD symbols are contained in one time slot at the same time. In one possible configuration mode, the time domain configuration of SBFD is time slot level, that is, the symbols contained in one time slot are all configured as SBFD symbols or all configured as non-SBFD symbols. In another possible configuration mode, the time domain configuration of SBFD is symbol level, that is, the symbols contained in one time slot can be configured as SBFD symbols and the other part can be configured as non-SBFD symbols. The embodiments of the present application do not make any limitation on the time domain configuration mode of SBFD. Among them, the SBFD symbol can be a symbol configured with SBFD operation, and the non-SBFD symbol can be a symbol without SBFD operation. For uplink transmission, the non-SBFD symbol can be an uplink symbol or a flexible symbol; for downlink transmission, the non-SBFD symbol can be a downlink symbol or a flexible symbol.

[0101] Compared with the TDD system, in the SBFD scheme, the available uplink transmission resources of the terminal device are increased. Therefore, the SBFD scheme can effectively improve the uplink coverage and reduce the uplink delay.

[0102] In the SBFD scheme, due to the signal power in one subband leaking into adjacent other subbands, it will cause interference between UL and DL, that is, cross link interference (CLI). According to the source of the interference, the CLI can be divided into the following two types:

[0103] 1) Type 1, UE-to-UE CLI.

[0104] UE-to-UE CLI refers to the interference caused by the uplink signal transmitted by one UE in the cell to the downlink signal received by another UE in the cell or in the neighboring cell. For example, in FIG. 8, the interference caused by the uplink signal transmitted by UE#1 or UE#2 to the downlink signal received by UE#0 from gNB#0 can be referred to as UE-to-UE CLI. The embodiments of the present application mainly measure and report the UE-to-UE CLI.

[0105] 2) Type 2, CLI between next generation nodeB (gNB) and gNB (gNB-to-gNB CLI).

[0106] gNB-to-gNB CLI refers to the interference caused by the downlink signal transmitted by one base station to the uplink signal received by another base station. For example, in FIG. 8, the interference caused by the downlink signal transmitted by gNB#0 to UE#0 to the uplink signal received by gNB#1 from UE#1 or UE#2 can be referred to as gNB-to-gNB CLI.

[0107] FIG. 10 shows a schematic diagram of a flexible TDD scenario according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0108] Dynamic / flexible TDD supports different cells using different uplink and downlink time slot ratios, and supports dynamic changes of the uplink and downlink time slot ratios. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, cell 1 uses the uplink and downlink time slot ratio of DDDSU, and cell 2 uses the uplink and downlink time slot ratio of DSUUU. If base station 1 and base station 2 are synchronized, in time slot 3, the downlink signal transmitted by base station 1 will cause interference to the uplink signal received by base station 2, which can be considered as CLI between base stations.

[0109] The design of uplink mute resources, the configuration method and the power transmission method of uplink non-mute resources according to the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below in combination with FIGS. 1-9.

[0110] FIG. 10 shows a schematic diagram of a first resource according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0111] In the NR system, taking FIG. 10 as an example, when the subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz, in the time domain, the length of each slot is 1 millisecond (ms), occupying 14 orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, as shown in FIG. 10, each slot occupies 0-13, a total of 14 OFDM symbols on the time axis. In the frequency domain, each slot occupies 12 consecutive subcarriers, as shown in FIG. 10, 0-11, a total of 12 subcarriers on the frequency axis. One resource block (RB) occupies one slot in time and 12 consecutive subcarriers in frequency, such as RB#X and RB#Y in FIG. 10. One resource element (RE) is the smallest unit of resources, that is, one OFDM symbol in time and one subcarrier in frequency.

[0112] Due to the existence of inter-base station CLI, inter-base station CLI needs to be measured and compensated to suppress the influence of inter-base station CLI on uplink transmission. The uplink transmission of the UE will have some influence on the inter-base station CLI or channel measurement, which will affect the accuracy of the inter-base station CLI or channel measurement, therefore, the uplink transmission of the UE needs to be muted on the measurement resource for inter-base station CLI or channel measurement, which is called first resource, or called uplink muting resource, both of which are equivalent. That is, the UE does not perform first uplink transmission on the first resource. The first resource is composed of one or more first resource elements, and the first resource element is a RE that is not used for first uplink transmission, that is, a muting RE.

[0113] The first uplink transmission herein can be a physical uplink share channel (PUSCH), and optionally, can also include a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

[0114] The first resource can be a protocol pre-defined pattern type in the frequency domain, or a pattern type configured by the base station through signaling. A specific embodiment is that the first resource is comb-2 mapping on the subcarrier, that is, occupying one subcarrier every two subcarriers, or occupying one subcarrier every interval subcarrier, which can also be considered that the first resource is located at the subcarriers with consecutive odd indexes, or the subcarriers with consecutive even indexes in the frequency domain. As shown in FIG. 10, on the RB#X, the first resource includes the consecutive odd subcarriers with indexes 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 in the frequency domain.

[0115] The first resource can be a protocol predefined pattern type in the time domain, or a pattern type configured by the base station through signaling. A specific embodiment is that the first resource occupies at most two symbols in a slot. For example, one symbol is located in the first three symbols in the slot, and the other symbol is located in the remaining symbols, that is, the fourth and subsequent time domain symbols. In this way, the first resource is located in the time-frequency resource range of the PDCCH and PDSCH respectively, enabling the base station to measure the interference caused by the PDCCH and PDSCH respectively, improving the accuracy of interference measurement, and improving the system performance. For example, for PUSCH mapping type A, the time domain symbol of the first resource can be located in the first symbol in the slot, or the first valid symbol after the demodulation reference signal (DMRS) symbol, that is, the symbol that can be used for the first uplink transmission. The time domain symbol of the first resource can be located in the first symbol in the slot and the first valid symbol after the DMRS symbol. For another example, for PUSCH mapping type B, the time domain symbol of the first resource can be located in the second symbol, or the third symbol, or the fourth symbol in the slot. The time domain symbol of the first resource can be located in the second symbol and the fourth symbol in the slot, or the time domain symbol of the first resource can be located in the third symbol and the fourth symbol in the slot.

[0116] Specifically, in a slot, there are different meanings about the first three symbols, which are located in different positions in the slot for different reference starting points. For example, taking the first symbol of the slot as the reference starting point of the time domain symbol, the base station configures the first resource to be located in the second symbol, regardless of which symbol in the slot the PUSCH transmission starts from, the uplink muting resource is located in the second symbol of the slot. For another example, taking the starting symbol of the PUSCH as the reference starting point of the time domain symbol, the base station configures the first resource to be located in the second symbol, if the PUSCH transmission starts from the third symbol in the slot, the first resource is located in the second symbol relative to the starting symbol (third symbol) of the PUSCH transmission, that is, the first resource is located in the fourth symbol of the slot.

[0117] Optionally, for PUSCH mapping type A, the reference starting point of the time domain symbol can be the first symbol of the slot, and for PUSCH mapping type B, the reference starting point of the time domain symbol can be the starting symbol of the PUSCH.

[0118] For time-domain configuration of SBFD, there are two possible configuration manners according to whether SBFD symbols and non-SBFD symbols are contained in one slot. In one possible configuration manner, the time-domain configuration of SBFD is slot-level, that is, the symbols contained in one slot are configured as SBFD symbols or non-SBFD symbols. In another possible configuration manner, the time-domain configuration of SBFD is symbol-level, that is, the symbols contained in one slot are configured as SBFD symbols or non-SBFD symbols. The first resource unit in the first resource is valid only on the SBFD symbol.

[0119] For example, if the symbols contained in one slot are all non-SBFD symbols, even if the base station configures the first resource on the slot, the first resource is not valid on the slot, that is, the first resource unit is not valid. For another example, if the symbols contained in one slot are partially SBFD symbols and partially non-SBFD symbols, and the base station configures the first resource on the slot, the first resource unit configured on the non-SBFD symbols is not valid, and the first resource unit configured on the SBFD symbols is valid. For another example, for PUSCH transmission across multiple slots, for example, PUSCH repeated transmission across multiple slots, or PUSCH transmission mapping a transport block (TB) across multiple slots, or multiple PDSCH transmissions scheduled by one DCI on multiple slots, similarly, only the first resource unit configured on the SBFD slot or SBFD symbol is valid.

[0120] Optionally, the first resource cannot be configured on a symbol containing a PUSCH DMRS or a phase-tracking reference signal (PT-RS) or a sounding reference signal (SRS). Or, if the first resource is configured on a symbol containing a PUSCH DMRS or a PUCCH DMRS or a PT-RS or an SRS, the first resource on the symbol is invalid.

[0121] Optionally, the first resource can be located in one slot or multiple slots. When the first resource is located in multiple slots, the pattern on each slot can be the same or different.

[0122] FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of an uplink muting resource configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application, including the following steps:

[0123] Step S1101, the network device sends first signaling to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first signaling from the network device.

[0124] Optionally, the first signaling can be radio resource control (RRC) signaling or system information block (SIB).

[0125] The base station configures N sets of first resources for the UE through the first signaling, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. The first resources are not used for the first uplink transmission, and thus the first resources can also be referred to as uplink muting resources. The first uplink transmission can be PUSCH. Optionally, the first uplink transmission can also be PUCCH.

[0126] The first resources can be of a BWP-specific type, or a UE-specific type, or a cell-specific type. For example, only one of the N sets is of a BWP-specific type, and the remaining N-1 sets are of a UE-specific type.

[0127] For example, if the first resources are of a BWP-specific type or a BWP group-specific type, the first resources are independently configured for each BWP or BWP group. Optionally, the first resources are configured for some BWPs or BWP groups, and the first resources are not configured for other BWPs or BWP groups. The first resources are valid only for the associated BWPs or BWP groups, and are not valid for other unassociated BWPs or BWP groups.

[0128] For example, if the first resources are of a UE-specific type, the first resources are valid for all BWPs of the UE.

[0129] For example, if the first resources are of a cell-specific type or a cell-common type, the first resources are valid for all BWPs of all UEs in the cell.

[0130] Step S1102, the network device sends second signaling to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the second signaling from the network device.

[0131] S1102 is an optional step. The base station can dynamically activate / deactivate the first resources as needed. For example, if the inter-station CLI is small, or in other words, the inter-station CLI has a small impact on the uplink transmission, the base station can deactivate the first resources, so as to avoid the impact of the resource overhead of the uplink muting resources on the uplink transmission, and improve the flexibility of the base station scheduling. In this patent application, activation and taking effect are the same meaning, and deactivation and not taking effect are the same meaning, and any substitution can be made.

[0132] Optionally, the base station can indicate N1 sets of the first resources are valid or activated through the second signaling when indicating the validity or activation. N1 is less than or equal to N, and N1 is a positive integer. Optionally, the base station can divide the N sets of the first resources into N2 sets of first resource groups, N2 is less than or equal to N, and N2 is a positive integer. Each first resource group contains one or more sets of first resources, and the base station can indicate that one of the first resource groups is valid or activated.

[0133] Optionally, the base station can indicate that all the first resources in the N sets of the first resources are not valid or activated through the second signaling. The base station can also not make one or more of the first resources or first resource groups valid or activated, which can be referred to in the above indication of validity or activation.

[0134] The second signaling can be downlink control information (DCI) or a MAC control element (MAC CE).

[0135] The DCI can be scheduling DCI, such as DCI that schedules PUSCH, for example, DCI format 0_0, DCI format 0_1, DCI format 0_2, DCI format 0_3, etc. Specifically, a new indication field can be introduced in these DCI formats to indicate the above functions, or some existing indication fields can be multiplexed to indicate the above functions, such as the sounding reference signal request (SRS request) field, the time domain resource allocation (TDRA) field, the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field, etc.

[0136] 1. Multiplexing SRS request field

[0137] The existing SRS request field is used to trigger aperiodic SRS, and the indication field includes 2 bits or 3 bits.

[0138] In an embodiment of the present application, part or all of the indication field can be used to indicate whether the first resource is activated or takes effect. For example, when the indication field includes two bits, the first bit is used to indicate whether the first resource is activated or takes effect, and the second bit is used to trigger aperiodic SRS, or both of the two bits are used to indicate whether the first resource is activated or takes effect. For another example, when the indication field includes three bits, the first bit is a supplementary uplink (SUL) / SUL indication, and the specific indication method can be referred to the prior art, and the second bit and / or the third bit are used to indicate whether the first resource is activated or takes effect. For another example, when the indication field includes three bits, the first bit indicates whether the indication field is used for first resource indication or aperiodic SRS indication, for example, when the first bit takes a value of '0', the second bit and the third bit are used to indicate aperiodic SRS indication, and the specific indication method can be referred to the prior art, and when the first bit takes a value of '1', the second bit and / or the third bit are used to indicate whether the first resource is activated or takes effect.

[0139] In another embodiment, one or more indication states of the indication field can be used to indicate whether the first resource is activated or takes effect. For example, when the SRS request field takes a value of '10' and / or '11', it indicates that the first resource is not activated / takes no effect, or indicates that the first resource is activated / takes effect, and the indication states corresponding to other values can be referred to the prior art.

[0140] 2. Multiplexing TDRA field

[0141] The existing TDRA field is used to indicate PUSCH time domain resource allocation. Specifically, the base station configures a PUSCH time domain resource allocation list through RRC signaling or other high layer signaling, the PUSCH time domain resource allocation list includes L PUSCH time domain resource allocation indications, L is a positive integer, and each PUSCH time domain resource allocation indication includes at least mapping type, starting symbol and length and other parameters, and the specific parameters can be referred to the prior art. The indication field includes bits, and the L values correspond to the L PUSCH time domain resource allocation indications one by one, so that the corresponding PUSCH time domain resource allocation information can be indicated through the TDRA field.

[0142] In the present application, indication information of whether the first resource is activated or takes effect can be introduced in each of the L PUSCH time domain resource allocation indications configured by the above RRC signaling or other high layer signaling, so that whether the first resource is activated / takes effect can be indicated through the TDRA field.

[0143] 3. Multiplexing MCS field

[0144] The existing MCS field is used to indicate the MCS of PUSCH, and the indication field includes 5 bits.

[0145] In the scheme of the present application, in one implementation, part or all of the bits in the indication field can be reused to indicate whether the first resource is activated or takes effect. For example, the first X bits of the indication field are used to indicate whether the first resource is activated or takes effect, and the remaining bits are still used to indicate the MCS, where X is a positive integer.

[0146] In another implementation, the MCS value of the indication field can be reused to indicate whether the first resource is activated or takes effect. For example, when the MCS value indicated by the indication field is greater than a first threshold, the first resource is not activated / takes effect, or when the MCS value indicated by the indication field is less than the first threshold, the first resource is activated / takes effect. Extending, the value of the first threshold can refer to the MCS threshold used to determine the time-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) in the prior art, for example, ptrs-MCS3.

[0147] Optionally, the MAC CE can be used instead of the DCI to realize the indication, activation, etc. of the first resource.

[0148] Step S1103, the terminal device sends the first uplink transmission to the network device. Correspondingly, the network device receives the first uplink transmission from the terminal device.

[0149] Optionally, the network device performs measurement on the first resource, including inter-station cross-link interference or channel measurement.

[0150] In one specific implementation, before performing the first uplink transmission, the UE performs resource mapping, and if the scheduled or allocated time-frequency resource contains the first resource unit, the data of the first uplink transmission is not mapped to these first resource units. Optionally, according to the activation / taking effect indication information in the second signaling, the data of the first uplink transmission is not mapped to the activated / taking effect first resource units, but the data of the first uplink transmission can be mapped to the non-activated / non-taking effect first resource units.

[0151] The first value is the ratio of the energy per resource element (EPRE) of the first uplink transmission to the EPRE of the DMRS of the first uplink transmission.

[0152] One specific implementation, the UE keeps the uplink transmit power consistent on the symbols allocated for the first uplink transmission. If some of the symbols allocated for the first uplink transmission are configured with the first resource unit and some are not, the first value on the time-domain symbols configured with the first resource unit is greater than the first value on the time-domain symbols not configured with the first resource unit, where the first value is the ratio of the energy per resource element (EPRE) of the first uplink transmission to the EPRE of the DMRS of the first uplink transmission. The configuration can be pre-defined by the protocol or configured by the base station through signaling.

[0153] For the symbols configured with the first resource unit, the transmit power of the first transmission on the REs of these symbols needs to be boosted because there are fewer available REs on these symbols than on those not configured with the first resource unit. When the frequency-domain resource of the first resource is comb-2, the first value in the dB domain is equal to the first value on the time-domain symbols not including the first resource unit plus 3 dB. When the first value is in the linear domain, the first value on the time-domain symbols including the first resource unit is equal to twice the first value on the time-domain symbols not including the first resource unit.

[0154] For example, when the first uplink transmission is PUSCH, the PUSCH EPRE to DMRS EPRE ratio on the time-domain symbols not configured with the first resource unit can be determined according to Table 6.2.2-1 in 3GPP protocol TS 38.214 v18.0.0. For example, when the PUSCH EPRE to DMRS EPRE ratio on the time-domain symbols not configured with the first resource unit is 0 dB, the PUSCH EPRE to DMRS EPRE ratio on the time-domain symbols configured with the first resource unit is 3 dB.

[0155] Table 6.2.2-1: PUSCH EPRE to DM-RS EPRE ratio

[0156] It can be understood that the method and / or steps implemented by the terminal device in each of the above embodiments can also be implemented by a component (such as a chip or circuit) available to the terminal device or an apparatus containing the terminal device; the method and / or steps implemented by the network device can also be implemented by a component (such as a chip or circuit) available to the network device or an apparatus containing the network device.

[0157] It can be understood that, in order to realize the above functions, the terminal device or the network device comprises a hardware structure and / or a software module corresponding to the execution of each function. Those skilled in the art should easily realize that, in combination with the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in the present application, the present application can be realized in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a certain function is realized in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art can use different methods to realize the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of the present application.

[0158] The embodiments of the present application can divide the terminal device or the network device into function modules according to the above method embodiments, for example, each function module can be divided according to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in the form of hardware or in the form of a software function module. It should be noted that the division of the modules in the embodiments of the present application is illustrative, and is only a logical function division. Actual implementation can have another division manner.

[0159] For example, the terminal device in the embodiments of the present application can be realized in the form of the communication apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 12. The communication apparatus 10 can include a receiving module 1001. Optionally, the communication apparatus 10 can also include a sending module 1002. The communication apparatus 10 is used to realize the functions of the terminal device in the method embodiments shown in FIGS. 10-11, or the communication apparatus 10 is used to realize the functions of the network device in the method embodiments shown in FIGS. 10-11.

[0160] For example, when the communication apparatus 10 is used to realize the functions of the terminal device in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 11, the communication apparatus 10 includes the receiving module 1001 and the sending module 1002. The sending module 1002 is used to send the first uplink transmission, and the receiving module 1001 is used to receive the first signaling and the second signaling (optional).

[0161] For example, when the communication apparatus 10 is used to realize the functions of the network device in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 11, the communication apparatus 10 includes the receiving module 1001 and the sending module 1002. The sending module 1002 is used to send the first signaling and the second signaling (optional), and the receiving module 1001 is used to receive the first uplink transmission.

[0162] For more detailed description of the receiving module 1001 and the sending module 1002, please refer to the related description in the method embodiments shown in FIGS. 10-11.

[0163] In this embodiment, the communication device 10 is presented in the form of adopting an integrated manner to divide various functional modules. The "module" here can refer to a specific ASIC, a circuit, a processor and a memory executing one or more software or firmware programs, an integrated logic circuit, and / or other devices that can provide the above functions.

[0164] In a simple embodiment, those skilled in the art can conceive that the communication device 10 can adopt the form of the communication device 110 shown in FIG. 2.

[0165] For example, the processor 111 in the communication device 110 shown in FIG. 2 can make the communication device 10 execute the resource configuration method in the above method embodiment by invoking the program stored in the memory 112. Specifically, part of the functions / implementation processes of the receiving module 1001 and the sending module 1002 in FIG. 10 can be implemented by the transceiver 115.

[0166] Since the communication device 10 and the communication device 1100 provided in this embodiment can execute the above measurement reporting method, the technical effects they can obtain can refer to the above method embodiments, which will not be described here.

[0167] It should be noted that one or more of the above modules or units can be implemented in software, hardware or a combination of both. When any of the above modules or units is implemented in software, the software exists in the form of computer program instructions and is stored in the memory, and the processor can be used to execute the program instructions and implement the above method flow. The processor can be built-in in the SoC (system on chip) or the ASIC, or be a separate semiconductor chip. The processor further includes a necessary hardware accelerator, such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic device (PLD), or a logic circuit implementing a special logic operation, in addition to the core for executing software instructions to perform operations or processing.

[0168] When any of the above modules or units is implemented in hardware, the hardware can be any one or any combination of a CPU, a microprocessor, a digital signal processing (DSP) chip, a microcontroller unit (MCU), an artificial intelligence processor, an ASIC, an SoC, an FPGA, a PLD, a dedicated digital circuit, a hardware accelerator, or a non-integrated discrete device, which can run necessary software or be independent of software to execute the above method flow.

[0169] Optionally, the embodiment of the present application further provides a chip system, comprising: at least one processor and an interface, the at least one processor is coupled with a memory through the interface, when the at least one processor executes a computer program or an instruction in the memory, the method in any of the above method embodiments is caused to be executed. In a possible implementation manner, the communication device further comprises the memory. Optionally, the chip system can be composed of a chip, or can comprise the chip and other discrete devices, and the embodiment of the present application does not make a specific limitation hereon.

[0170] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be realized by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When realized by software, all or part of the embodiments can be realized in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product comprises one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed by a computer, all or part of the computer program instructions generate the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network or other programmable devices. The computer instructions can be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transferred from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions can be transferred from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center through wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode. The computer readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device comprising one or more servers, data centers, etc. integrated with the medium. The available medium can be a magnetic medium (such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (such as a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (such as a solid state disk (SSD)), etc.

[0171] Although the present application is described herein in conjunction with various embodiments, other variations of the disclosed embodiments can be understood and effected by those skilled in the art in practicing the claimed application, from the appended claims, the disclosure and the accompanying drawings. In the claims, the word "comprising" does not exclude other components or steps, and the indefinite articles "a" or "an" do not exclude a plurality. A single processor or other unit can implement several functions listed in the claims. Measures described in mutually different dependent claims can be combined and can produce desirable results.

Claims

1. A method of communication, comprising: Comprising: transmitting / receiving a first signaling, the first signaling being used to indicate N sets of first resources, the first resources not being used for a first uplink transmission, wherein, the first resources comprise one or more first resource elements (REs), the first resources comprise one or more time domain symbols in time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in frequency domain, N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, the first resources are located in one or more time slots.

3. The method of any one of claims 1-2, wherein, the first resources are BWP-specific, or, the first resources are UE-specific, or, the first resources are cell-specific.

4. The method of any one of claims 1-3, wherein, the first resources comprise, in a time slot, at most two time domain symbols in time domain.

5. The method of any one of claims 1-4, wherein, a reference starting point of the time domain symbols is a first symbol of a time slot, or, a reference starting point of the time domain symbols is a first symbol of the first uplink transmission.

6. The method of any one of claims 1-5, wherein, one of the two time domain symbols is located in a first three time domain symbols in the time slot, and the other is located in a fourth and subsequent time domain symbols in the time slot.

7. The method of any one of claims 1-6, wherein, transmitting / receiving a second signaling, the second signaling indicates that the N sets of first resources are not effective or not activated, or, the second signaling indicates that N1 sets of first resources in the N sets of first resources are effective or activated, wherein N1≤N, and N1 is a positive integer.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein, the first signaling is a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a system information block (SIB).

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, the second signaling is a downlink control information (DCI) or a MAC control element (MAC CE).

10. The method of claim 1, wherein, a first value on a time domain symbol comprising the first resource element is greater than a first value on a time domain symbol not comprising the first resource element, the first value being a ratio of an energy per resource element (EPRE) of the first uplink transmission to an EPRE of a DMRS of the first uplink transmission.

11. The method of any one of claims 1-10, wherein, the first resources are located at subcarriers with consecutive odd indices or subcarriers with consecutive even indices. ​ 12. The method of claim 12, wherein, a first value on a time domain symbol comprising the first resource element is equal to a first value on a time domain symbol not comprising the first resource element plus 3dB or 2 times.

13. The method of any of claims 1-12, wherein, the first resource element is a valid resource when the first resource element is located in a SBFD symbol.

14. The method of any of claims 1-13, wherein, the first uplink transmission is a PUSCH.

15. A communications device, characterized by a communication device comprising at least one processor coupled with at least one memory for executing computer instructions stored in the memory to cause the communication device to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 14.

16. A communication system, characterized by an apparatus as claimed in claim 15.

17. A chip or chip system, characterized by a chip or chip system comprising at least one processing circuitry for running a computer program to cause the chip or chip system to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 14.

18. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program or instructions, which when executed on a computer cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 14.

19. A computer program product, characterised in that, a computer program product which when executed on a computer cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 14.

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