Communication method and device

Abstract

The present application relates to a communication method and device. The method comprises: a first device determines a first encoding mode by means of first information; and the first device encodes second information by means of the first encoding mode. In the embodiments of the present application, the second information is encoded by means of the first encoding mode determined by means of the first information, thereby improving the transmission performance of a communication system.

Description

Communication method and device TECHNICAL FIELD

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

[0002] The result of information compression in a communication system, for example, based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) Channel-State Information (CSI), is usually part of Uplink Control Information (UCI) or Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH). The compressed result needs to be transmitted between User Equipment (UE) and the network through traditional channel coding.

[0003] SUMMARY

[0004] Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method, comprising:

[0005] The first device determines a first encoding mode through first information;

[0006] The first device encodes second information through the first encoding mode.

[0007] Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method, comprising:

[0008] The second device sends first information, which is used to instruct the first device to determine a first encoding mode through the first information, so as to encode second information through the first encoding mode.

[0009] Embodiments of the present application provide a first device, comprising:

[0010] A first processing unit is configured to determine a first encoding mode through first information;

[0011] A second processing unit is configured to encode second information through the first encoding mode.

[0012] Embodiments of the present application provide a second device, comprising:

[0013] A first sending unit is configured to send first information, which is used to instruct the first device to determine a first encoding mode through the first information, so as to encode second information through the first encoding mode.

[0014] The embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, comprising a transceiver, a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing a computer program, the transceiver is used for communicating with other devices, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory, so that the communication device executes the communication method.

[0015] The embodiment of the present application provides a chip for implementing the communication method.

[0016] Specifically, the chip comprises a processor, which is used for calling and running a computer program from a memory, so that the device installed with the chip executes the communication method.

[0017] The embodiment of the present application provides a computer readable storage medium, which is used for storing a computer program, and when the computer program is run by a device, the device executes the communication method.

[0018] The embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, comprising computer program instructions, which make a computer execute the communication method.

[0019] The embodiment of the present application provides a computer program, which, when running on a computer, makes the computer execute the communication method.

[0020] According to the embodiment of the present application, the second information is encoded by the first encoding mode determined by the first information, and the transmission performance of the communication system can be improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to the embodiment of the present application.

[0022] FIG. 2 is a flowchart of channel encoding-decoding.

[0023] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a basic structure of a neural network.

[0024] FIG. 4 is a network architecture diagram for using a neural network model to indicate channel state information.

[0025] FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0026] FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to another embodiment of the present application.

[0027] FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to another embodiment of the present application.

[0028] FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to another embodiment of the present application.

[0029] FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0030] FIG. 10 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method according to another embodiment of the application.

[0031] FIG. 11 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method according to another embodiment of the application.

[0032] FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram indicating a first encoding method when configuring a control channel.

[0033] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram indicating a first encoding method when configuring a reference signal.

[0034] FIG. 14 is a schematic block diagram of a first device according to an embodiment of the application.

[0035] FIG. 15 is a schematic flow chart of a first device according to another embodiment of the application.

[0036] FIG. 16 is a schematic block diagram of a second device according to an embodiment of the application.

[0037] FIG. 17 is a schematic block diagram of a second device according to another embodiment of the application.

[0038] FIG. 18 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the application.

[0039] FIG. 19 is a schematic block diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the application.

[0040] FIG. 20 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0042] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, for example, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, an Advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) system, a New Radio (NR) system, an evolved system of the NR system, an LTE-based access to unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) system, an NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) system, a Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) system, a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), a Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), a 5th-Generation (5G) system, or other communication systems.

[0043] Generally, a conventional communication system supports a limited number of connections and is easy to implement. However, with the development of communication technology, a mobile communication system will not only support conventional communication, but also support, for example, Device to Device (D2D) communication, Machine to Machine (M2M) communication, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) communication, or Vehicle to everything (V2X) communication. The embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these communication systems.

[0044] In an embodiment, the communication system in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to a Carrier Aggregation (CA) scenario, can also be applied to a Dual Connectivity (DC) scenario, and can also be applied to a Standalone (SA) network deployment scenario.

[0045] In an embodiment, the communication system in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to unlicensed spectrum, where the unlicensed spectrum can also be regarded as shared spectrum; or the communication system in the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to licensed spectrum, where the licensed spectrum can also be regarded as non-shared spectrum.

[0046] Embodiments of the present application describe various embodiments in connection with network devices and terminal devices, wherein the terminal device can also be referred to as a user equipment (UE), an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user device, etc.

[0047] The terminal device can be a station (STA) in a WLAN, and can be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device having wireless communication function, a computing device, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a next-generation communication system such as an NR network, or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, etc.

[0048] In embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld, wearable, or in-vehicle; can also be deployed on water (such as a ship, etc.); and can also be deployed in the air (such as on an airplane, a balloon, and a satellite, etc.).

[0049] In embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical treatment, a wireless terminal device in smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in smart city, or a wireless terminal device in smart home, etc.

[0050] As an example but not limitation, in embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can also be a wearable device. The wearable device can also be referred to as a wearable smart device, which is a general term for devices that are designed and developed by applying wearable technology to daily wear, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothing, and shoes. The wearable device is a portable device that can be directly worn on the body or integrated into the user's clothes or accessories. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also a powerful function achieved through software support and data interaction, cloud interaction. The broad sense of wearable smart devices includes devices with full functions, large sizes, and the ability to realize complete or partial functions without relying on smart phones, such as smart watches or smart glasses, and devices that focus on a certain application function and need to be used with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart wristbands, smart jewelry, and other devices for monitoring vital signs.

[0051] In embodiments of the present application, the network device can be a device for communicating with the mobile device, and the network device can be an access point (Access Point, AP) in a WLAN, an evolved node B (Evolutional Node B, eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, or a relay station or an access point, or a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a network device in an NR network (gNB) or a future evolved PLMN network or a network device in an NTN network, etc.

[0052] As an example but not limitation, in embodiments of the present application, the network device can have mobile characteristics, for example, the network device can be a mobile device. Alternatively, the network device can be a satellite, a balloon station. For example, the satellite can be a low earth orbit (low earth orbit, LEO) satellite, a medium earth orbit (medium earth orbit, MEO) satellite, a geostationary earth orbit (geostationary earth orbit, GEO) satellite, a high elliptical orbit (High Elliptical Orbit, HEO) satellite, etc. Alternatively, the network device can also be a base station arranged at a position on land, water, etc.

[0053] In the embodiments of the present application, the network device can serve a cell, and a terminal device communicates with the network device through a transmission resource (for example, a frequency domain resource, or a spectrum resource) used by the cell. The cell can be a cell corresponding to the network device (for example, a base station), and the cell can belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a small cell (Small cell). The small cell can include a metro cell, a micro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and the like. The small cell has the characteristics of small coverage and low transmit power, and is suitable for providing high-speed data transmission services.

[0054] FIG. 1 illustrates a communication system 100. The communication system includes one network device 110 and two terminal devices 120. In an embodiment, the communication system 100 can include multiple network devices 110, and each network device 110 can include other numbers of terminal devices 120 within its coverage, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0055] In an embodiment, the communication system 100 can further include a mobility management entity (MME), an access and mobility management function (AMF), and other network entities, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0056] The network device can include an access network device and a core network device. That is, the wireless communication system further includes multiple core networks for communicating with the access network device. The access network device can be an evolved node B (eNB or e-NodeB) macro base station, a micro base station (also referred to as a “small base station”), a pico base station, an access point (AP), a transmission point (TP), or a new generation Node B (gNodeB) in a long-term evolution (LTE) system, a next radio (NR) system, or an authorized auxiliary access long-term evolution (LAA-LTE) system.

[0057] It should be understood that the devices with communication function in the network / system in the embodiments of the present application can be referred to as communication devices. For example, the communication system shown in FIG. 1, the communication devices can include network devices and terminal devices with communication function, which can be specific devices in the embodiments of the present application, and will not be described herein again; the communication devices can also include other devices in the communication system, such as network controllers, mobile management entities and other network entities, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0058] It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and / or" herein is only used to describe the association relationship of the associated objects. For example, A and / or B can represent three cases: A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / " generally represents an "or" relationship between the associated objects.

[0059] It should be understood that the "indication" mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can be direct indication, indirect indication, or can represent an associated relationship. For example, A indicates B, which can mean that B can be obtained by A directly; or A indirectly indicates B, for example, A indicates C, and B can be obtained by C; or A and B have an associated relationship.

[0060] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "corresponding" can represent a direct or indirect corresponding relationship between the two, or can represent an associated relationship between the two, or can represent an indication and being indicated, configuration and being configured, etc.

[0061] In order to facilitate the understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the related technologies of the embodiments of the present application are described as follows. The following related technologies can be combined with the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application in any way, and all belong to the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application.

[0062] I. About the source, channel coding / decoding mode in wireless communication system

[0063] In the wireless communication system, the source coding of the to-be-transmitted information and the channel coding can be completed independently. For example, the to-be-transmitted information is first processed by source coding, such as source compression and the like. After the to-be-transmitted information processed by the source coding, considering the complexity and interference of the wireless channel transmission, the to-be-transmitted information is further processed by channel coding to complete the effective transmission of the source information.

[0064] II. About source channel joint coding / decoding

[0065] The basic source coding and channel coding are two independent information processing schemes and stages. However, the above two schemes and stages can also be considered and designed together to form a joint source and channel coding / decoding processing scheme. However, such design needs to consider source information, channel information, and matching algorithms, which has not been introduced and considered in the design of traditional wireless communication systems.

[0066] III. Channel state information acquisition and indication method

[0067] The indication of channel state information is very important in LTE and NR systems, which determines the performance of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission. Generally, the CSI indication in a communication system can include the indication of channel quality indicator (CQI), precoding matrix indicator (PMI), rank indication (RI), and the like. The base station will first configure the indication parameter information for the CSI indication, such as which information among CQI, PMI, and RI needs to be indicated by the UE. The base station will also configure some reference signals for CSI measurement, and the UE will determine the current channel state information by measuring the reference signals. The UE will also indicate the determined channel state information to the base station, so that the base station can configure a reasonable and efficient data transmission mode based on the current channel condition.

[0068] In the above process, the UE needs to perform two encoding-related operations on the channel state information (CSI). The first encoding can encode the original channel information (CSI measurement result) to obtain the encoded channel information. The main purpose here is to compress the information to be transmitted (compress to generate CSI) as much as possible, while reducing the air interface overhead while ensuring transmission effectiveness. The second encoding can channel encode the information to be transmitted (channel encoded CSI), so that the information to be transmitted can be better received and recognized by the network side, such as through polar code encoding, or through low density parity check (LDPC) encoding, etc. After receiving the CSI feedback, the network side, such as the base station, can perform channel decoding and CSI recovery. The basic flowchart is shown in FIG. 2.

[0069] IV. Basic situation of artificial intelligence

[0070] In recent years, artificial intelligence represented by neural networks has made great achievements in many fields, and will play an important role in people's production and life for a long time in the future.

[0071] A simple neural network has a basic structure including an input layer, a hidden layer and an output layer, as shown in FIG. 3. The input layer can receive data, the hidden layer processes the data, and the final result is generated in the output layer. A node can represent a processing unit, which can be considered to simulate a neuron. Multiple neurons form a layer of neural network, and multiple layers of information transmission and processing construct a whole neural network.

[0072] With the continuous development of neural network research, in recent years, a neural network deep learning algorithm has been proposed, and more hidden layers are introduced. Through layer-by-layer training of a multi-hidden-layer neural network for feature learning, the learning and processing capabilities of the neural network are greatly improved, and the neural network is widely applied in pattern recognition, signal processing, optimization and combination, and anomaly detection.

[0073] V. Using neural networks for channel state information indication

[0074] FIG. 4 shows a basic network architecture for using a neural network model for channel state information indication. First, the encoding end compresses the original channel information (such as CSI) through an encoding model (such as a neural network) to generate channel state indication information, which is used for channel state information indication. The decoding end recovers the feedback channel information through a decoding model (such as a neural network).

[0075] The independent CSI compression encoding (and recovery decoding) cascaded with the independent CSI channel encoding (and channel decoding) can be further optimized. Previous research on AI / ML-based CSI compression and recovery mainly focused on the compression and recovery of CSI itself. The result after CSI compression is still part of UCI or PUSCH, and still needs to be transmitted between UE and network through traditional channel encoding. However, for the transmission of CSI, it is only necessary to determine what information is to be transmitted and how many bits are actually transmitted on the air interface. As for compressing to how many bits (such as source coding and CSI compression encoding) and expanding to how many bits (such as channel coding) through channel coding, such artificial segmentation operation can be avoided. On the one hand, the CSI encoding (and decoding) scheme can be simplified, and on the other hand, the artificial information segmentation can be avoided, and an adaptive encoding scheme that takes into account the information compression and channel coding capability obtained through AI / ML training, such as a decoding scheme that takes into account the information recovery and channel decoding capability, is beneficial to obtain better CSI encoding (and decoding) effect.

[0076] If the joint encoding of CSI compression encoding and channel encoding is adopted at the sending end, the joint decoding of CSI recovery decoding and channel decoding also needs to be adopted at the receiving end of the CSI, so as to ensure the normal transmission and analysis of the CSI. The embodiments of the present application can provide a corresponding mechanism for indicating and determining the CSI compression encoding and channel encoding scheme, thereby guaranteeing the consistency of the above-mentioned receiving and transmitting.

[0077] In addition, the compression encoding and channel encoding for the CSI problem are available cases of joint source-channel encoding. In addition to the CSI problem, the embodiments of the present application can also be applicable to the indication and determination of the joint source-channel encoding scheme for measurement reporting, perception reporting, transmission feedback reporting and the like.

[0078] The joint encoding of AI / ML-based source compression encoding and channel decoding is not necessarily supported by all UEs, and needs to have corresponding capability support. Similarly, the joint decoding of AI / ML-based source recovery decoding and channel decoding is not necessarily supported by all network side devices, and also needs to consider corresponding capability support.

[0079] FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method 500 according to an embodiment of the present application. The method can optionally be applied to the system shown in FIG. 1, but is not limited thereto. The method includes at least part of the following content.

[0080] S510, a first device determines a first encoding mode through first information;

[0081] S520, the first device encodes second information through the first encoding mode.

[0082] In the embodiments of the present application, the first device can be a terminal device, and the first information can be used to indicate that the first device uses the first encoding mode, for example, a joint encoding mode. After obtaining the first information, the first device can perform joint encoding, for example, source-channel joint encoding, on the second information to be transmitted based on the first encoding mode.

[0083] In an implementation, the first information can be predefined in a protocol or come from a second device, for example, a network device.

[0084] In an implementation, the first information includes at least one of the following: a configuration corresponding to the first encoding mode, a configuration identification (ID) corresponding to the first encoding mode, a scheme corresponding to the first encoding mode, a scheme ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a model corresponding to the first encoding mode, a model ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a data set corresponding to the first encoding mode, and a data set ID corresponding to the first encoding mode.

[0085] For example, if the first device acquires a configuration ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, the first device can determine the configuration corresponding to the first encoding manner according to the configuration ID. If the first device acquires a model ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, the first device can determine the model corresponding to the first encoding manner according to the model ID. If the first device acquires a scheme ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, the first device can determine the scheme corresponding to the first encoding manner according to the scheme ID. If the first device acquires a data set ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, the first device can determine the data set corresponding to the first encoding manner according to the data set ID. The data set can be used to train the model corresponding to the first encoding manner.

[0086] In an embodiment, the first information is in at least one of the following: a control channel configuration format, a UCI configuration, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration, a reference signal configuration, a transmission resource configuration, a measurement configuration, a measurement reporting configuration.

[0087] In an embodiment, the second device can include the first information in a control channel configuration format, such as a PUCCH format, sent to the first device. The first information can be indicated by one or more indication bits in the PUCCH format. For example, one or more indication bits in the PUCCH format indicate a scheme ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, and another one or more indication bits indicate a model ID corresponding to the first encoding manner. After receiving the control channel configuration format, the first device can determine the first encoding manner according to the first information in the control channel configuration format.

[0088] In an embodiment, the second device can include the first information in a UCI configuration, a RRC configuration, a reference signal configuration, a transmission resource configuration, a measurement configuration, or a measurement reporting configuration sent to the first device. After receiving any of the above configurations, the first device can determine the first encoding manner according to the first information in the received configuration.

[0089] In an embodiment, the first information is in a RRC message. For example, the RRC message carries configuration information used to indicate the first encoding manner, to indicate at least one of the following: a configuration, a configuration ID, a scheme, a scheme ID, a model, a model ID, a data set, and a data set ID corresponding to the first encoding manner.

[0090] In an embodiment, the RRC message indicates that the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0091] The first information is indicated in a RRC message configuring a UCI;

[0092] The first information is indicated in a RRC message pre-configuring one or a group of transmission resources;

[0093] The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring a CSI resource set:

[0094] The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of reference signals:

[0095] The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of measurement configurations.

[0096] The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of measurement reporting.

[0097] For example, when configuring UCI (such as UCI for CSI feedback) through an RRC message, the RRC message indicates the first encoding mode, for example, at least one of encoding configuration, encoding configuration ID, encoding function ID, and encoding model ID.

[0098] For another example, when pre-configuring one or a group of transmission resources (such as PUCCH resources) through an RRC message, the RRC message indicates the first encoding mode.

[0099] For another example, the first encoding mode is indicated when configuring a CSI resource through an RRC message, or the first encoding mode is indicated when configuring a CSI resource set through an RRC message.

[0100] For another example, when configuring one or a group of reference signals (such as CSI-RS, DMRS, SSB, etc.) through an RRC message, the RRC message indicates the first encoding mode. The first encoding mode is used when reporting measurement results on the configured reference signals.

[0101] For another example, when configuring one or a group of measurement configurations (such as beam measurement, cell measurement) through an RRC message, the RRC message indicates the first encoding mode. The measurement results can be processed through the first encoding mode.

[0102] For another example, when configuring one or a group of measurement reporting (such as beam measurement reporting, cell measurement reporting) through an RRC message, the RRC message indicates the first encoding mode, for example, the measurement results, measurement reporting, etc. are processed through the first encoding mode.

[0103] In an embodiment, the second information includes at least one of the following: channel information, reference signal information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information, and data to be transmitted. The second information can also include information obtained by preprocessing any of the above information.

[0104] In the embodiments of the present application, the channel information can include, for example, CSI. The reference signal information can include, for example, CSI-RS, DMRS, SSB, sensing reference signal, etc. The measurement information can include, for example, beam measurement result, cell measurement result, etc. The transmission performance feedback information includes, for example, ACK information or NACK information, etc. The data to be transmitted can include data carried on PUSCH, for example, data processed by semantic coding. The sensing information can include measurement result of the sensing reference signal.

[0105] In an embodiment, the indication of the first encoding manner includes at least one of the following:

[0106] In the measurement reporting configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner;

[0107] In the measurement reporting trigger, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner;

[0108] In the reference signal configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result of the reference signal is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner.

[0109] For example, in the measurement reporting configuration of the RRC message sent by the second device to the first device, it is indicated that the first device processes and / or reports the measurement result by using the first encoding manner. For another example, when triggered by DCI or MAC CE, it is indicated in the DCI or MAC CE that the measurement result is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner. For another example, in the reference signal configuration of the RRC message, it is indicated that the measurement result of the reference signal is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner.

[0110] In an embodiment, the encoding manner of the second information includes:

[0111] Different second information is processed by using the first encoding manner and the non-first encoding manner;

[0112] Different second information is processed by using different first encoding manners.

[0113] In the embodiments of the present application, the encoding manner of the second information can be the first encoding manner, for example, joint source channel encoding manner, or the non-first encoding manner, for example, channel encoding manner. If the first device determines the first encoding manner based on the first information, the second information is processed by using the first encoding manner.

[0114] In the embodiments of the present application, the second information includes multiple types. Different second information can use different first encoding manners. For example, the CSI can be processed by using the first encoding manner, for example, CSI compression model or CSI prediction model, etc.

[0115] In an embodiment, the second information processed by the first encoding manner is not further channel encoded or decoded.

[0116] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner comprises source-channel joint encoding the second information by the first encoding manner. For example, the information processed by the first encoding manner is not further channel encoded or decoded.

[0117] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner comprises compressing the second information by one or more first encoding manners, and / or channel encoding the second information by one or more first encoding manners. For example, the compression and / or channel encoding of the second information can be performed by one or more AI / ML models.

[0118] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner further comprises modulating the encoded information. For example, the information processed by the first encoding manner can be modulated.

[0119] In an embodiment, the first information is used to indicate a first decoding manner, the first decoding manner having a corresponding relationship with the first encoding manner. For example, the second device can indicate the first decoding manner to the first device by the first information, and the first device can determine the corresponding first encoding manner based on the first decoding manner. Then, the first device can encode the second information by the first encoding manner.

[0120] In an embodiment, the information processed by the first decoding manner is not further channel encoded or decoded.

[0121] In an embodiment, the first decoding manner comprises source-channel joint decoding the to-be-decoded information by the first decoding manner. For example, the first device can encode the second information by the first encoding manner, and send the encoded information to the second device. The second device can decode the received information by the first decoding manner corresponding to the first encoding manner.

[0122] In an embodiment, the first decoding manner comprises decoding the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners, and / or channel decoding, such as decompressing and restoring, etc., the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners. In an embodiment, the to-be-decoded information can be the information processed by the first device by the first encoding manner.

[0123] FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method 600 according to another embodiment of the application. The method can include one or more features of the above-mentioned methods. In an implementation, the method further includes:

[0124] S610, the first device receives the first information. In an embodiment of the application, the first device can receive the first information from the second device. For example, the UE receives the first information from the base station.

[0125] In an implementation, the first information is in the control channel configuration format, e.g. PUCCH format, which includes a multi-bit indication, e.g. N-bit (Nbit) indication, for indicating the first information.

[0126] In an implementation, the control channel configuration format includes a first control channel configuration format and a second control channel configuration format, wherein the first control channel configuration format is used for indicating the first encoding manner and the second control channel configuration format is used for indicating a non-first encoding manner. For example, one PUCCH format indicates a non-first encoding manner. Another PUCCH format indicates the first encoding manner.

[0127] FIG. 7 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method 700 according to another embodiment of the application. The method can include one or more features of the above-mentioned methods. In an implementation, the method further includes:

[0128] S710, the first device receives channel configuration format indication information for indicating the first device to select the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format. For example, the channel configuration format indication information has a value of 0, which indicates the first device to select the first control channel configuration format; the channel configuration format indication information has a value of 1, which indicates the first device to select the second control channel configuration format. The values of 0 or 1 are only examples, not limitation, and other values can be used to indicate different selection manners of the control channel configuration formats.

[0129] FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method 800 according to another embodiment of the application. The method can include one or more features of the above-mentioned methods. In an implementation, the method further includes:

[0130] S810, the first device reports the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format by at least one of scrambling, a Demodulation Reference Symbol (DMRS) sequence, UCI, a multi-bit indication. In embodiments of the present application, the first device sends format indication information to the second device, which is used to indicate which control channel configuration format the first device adopts. For example, the first device sends scrambling to the second device, and informs the second device that the first device adopts the first control channel configuration format through the scrambling. For another example, the first device sends UCI to the second device, and informs the second device that the first device adopts the second control channel configuration format through the UCI.

[0131] FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method 900 according to an embodiment of the present application. The method can optionally be applied to the system shown in FIG. 1, but is not limited to this. The method comprises at least part of the following.

[0132] S910, the second device sends first information, which is used to indicate that the first device determines the first encoding mode through the first information, so as to encode the second information through the first encoding mode.

[0133] In an implementation, the first information comprises at least one of the following: a configuration corresponding to the first encoding mode, a configuration ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a scheme corresponding to the first encoding mode, a scheme ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a model corresponding to the first encoding mode, a model ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a data set corresponding to the first encoding mode, and a data set ID corresponding to the first encoding mode.

[0134] In an implementation, the first information is in at least one of the following: a control channel configuration format, a UCI configuration, an RRC configuration, a reference signal configuration, a transmission resource configuration, a measurement configuration, and a measurement reporting configuration.

[0135] In an implementation, the first information is in an RRC message.

[0136] In an implementation, the RRC message indicates that the first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0137] The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring UCI:

[0138] The first information is indicated in an RRC message pre-configuring one or a group of transmission resources;

[0139] The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring a CSI resource set;

[0140] The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of reference signals;

[0141] The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of measurement configurations;

[0142] The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of measurement reporting.

[0143] In an embodiment, the second information comprises at least one of: channel information, reference signal information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information, to-be-transmitted data.

[0144] In an embodiment, the indication of the first encoding manner comprises at least one of:

[0145] In a measurement reporting configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner:

[0146] In a measurement reporting trigger, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner:

[0147] In a reference signal configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result of the reference signal is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner.

[0148] In an embodiment, the encoding manner of the second information comprises:

[0149] The first encoding manner and the non-first encoding manner are used for processing different second information;

[0150] Different first encoding manners are used for processing different second information.

[0151] In an embodiment, the second information processed by the first encoding manner is not subjected to channel encoding or decoding.

[0152] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner comprises: source-channel joint encoding of the second information by using the first encoding manner.

[0153] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner comprises: compression of the second information by using one or more first encoding manners, and / or channel encoding of the second information by using one or more first encoding manners.

[0154] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner further comprises: modulation of the encoded information.

[0155] In an embodiment, the first information is used for indicating a first decoding manner, and the first decoding manner has a corresponding relationship with the first encoding manner.

[0156] In an embodiment, the information processed by the first decoding manner is not further channel encoded or decoded.

[0157] In an embodiment, the first decoding manner comprises source channel joint decoding of the to-be-decoded information by the first decoding manner.

[0158] In an embodiment, the first decoding manner comprises decoding of the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners, and / or channel decoding of the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners.

[0159] In an embodiment, the first information is in the control channel configuration format, which comprises a multi-bit indication for indicating the first information.

[0160] In an embodiment, the control channel configuration format comprises a first control channel configuration format and a second control channel configuration format, wherein the first control channel configuration format is used for indicating the first encoding manner, and the second control channel configuration format is used for indicating a non-first encoding format.

[0161] FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method 1000 according to another embodiment of the present application. The method can comprise one or more features of the above-mentioned methods. In an embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0162] S1010, the second device sends channel configuration format indication information, which is used for indicating that the first device selects the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format.

[0163] FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method 1100 according to another embodiment of the present application. The method can comprise one or more features of the above-mentioned methods. In an embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0164] S1110, the second device receives the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format adopted by the first device, which is reported by at least one of scrambling, a DMRS sequence, UCI, and a multi-bit indication.

[0165] In an embodiment, the first information is predefined in a protocol.

[0166] Specific examples of the second device performing the method 900, 1000, 1100 of the present embodiment can refer to the relevant descriptions of the second device in the above-mentioned methods 500, 600, 700, 800, and for brevity, will not be described here again.

[0167] In view of the problems in the communication system and the additional information and constraints to be considered, the communication method of the embodiments of the present application can include a method for determining a source channel AI encoding and / or decoding scheme. For example, the method can be implemented based on a new physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format, as well as other configurations and / or indication manners, etc. In the method: the UE determines a first encoding manner through first information, so as to match the decoding manner of the network side and work. The method for determining the first encoding manner based on the first information includes: in one or more of the following configurations, the first encoding manner is indicated by the first information: control channel configuration format (such as PUCCH format), UCI configuration, RRC configuration, reference signal configuration, transmission resource configuration, measurement configuration, measurement reporting configuration, etc. Different implementation manners are given in the method, in particular, a new PUCCH format design scheme for UCI is given. In addition, the network can also configure multiple channel configuration formats, and further indicate the real-time used channel configuration format, or the UE indicates the adopted channel configuration format through direct / indirect manner. The method can be applied to channel information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information, etc., and the first encoding manner can be used for processing and indicating the to-be-transmitted information.

[0168] Example 1

[0169] 1. Basic description

[0170] The first device determines a first encoding manner through first information, for example:

[0171] The first device can be a terminal device.

[0172] The first information: used to determine the first encoding manner. For example, the configuration or configuration ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, or the scheme or scheme ID used to determine the first encoding manner, or the model or model ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, or the data set or data set ID corresponding to the first encoding manner.

[0173] The method for determining the first encoding manner through the first information includes: in one or more of the following configurations, the first encoding manner is indicated by the first information: control channel configuration format (such as PUCCH format), UCI configuration, RRC configuration, reference signal configuration, transmission resource configuration, measurement configuration, measurement reporting configuration, etc. The method for determining the first encoding manner through the first information also includes: one or more first encoding manners are predefined in the protocol.

[0174] Specifically, one or more of the following schemes are included:

[0175] Scheme 1: A new control channel configuration format (e.g., PUCCH format) is adopted.

[0176] For example, the control channel configuration format (e.g., PUCCH format) includes the indication information of the first encoding mode.

[0177] For example, the PUCCH format defines specific information to indicate the first encoding mode, for example, the PUCCH format defines N-bit information to indicate the first encoding mode, for example, there are N bits to indicate the configuration, scheme, model, data set corresponding to the first encoding mode, or the ID information of the configuration / scheme / model / data set.

[0178] For example, when the base station configures the control channel (e.g., PUCCH), it can indicate the first encoding mode on the indication information of the first encoding mode (e.g., specific indication bits) in the control channel configuration format (e.g., PUCCH format). For example, the base station indicates the ID of the first encoding mode through N bits (Nbit) in the PUCCH, for example, indicates the encoding configuration, encoding configuration ID, encoding function ID, or encoding model ID of the PUCCH. As shown in FIG. 12.

[0179] Scheme 2: The first encoding mode is indicated in the RRC message. For example, the configuration information of the first encoding mode is indicated, for example, the encoding configuration, encoding configuration ID, encoding scheme, encoding scheme ID, encoding function, encoding function ID, encoding model, encoding model ID, data set, data set ID corresponding to the first encoding mode are indicated.

[0180] For example, the RRC message indicates the first encoding mode corresponding to the UCI.

[0181] For example, the RRC message indicates at least one of the encoding configuration, encoding configuration ID, encoding scheme, encoding scheme ID, encoding function, encoding function ID, encoding model, encoding model ID corresponding to the UCI.

[0182] For example, when the UCI (such as the UCI for CSI feedback) is configured through the RRC message, the RRC message indicates the first encoding mode (e.g., encoding configuration, encoding configuration ID, encoding scheme, encoding scheme ID, encoding function, encoding function ID, encoding model, encoding model ID).

[0183] For example, when one or a group of transmission resources (e.g., PUCCH resources) are pre-configured through the RRC message, the RRC message indicates the first encoding mode (e.g., encoding configuration, encoding configuration ID, encoding scheme, encoding scheme ID, encoding function, encoding function ID, encoding model, encoding model ID).

[0184] For example: the first encoding mode is indicated when CSI resource is configured by RRC message, for example, the first encoding mode is indicated when CSI resource set is configured.

[0185] For example: the first encoding mode is indicated when one or a group of reference signals (such as CSI-RS, DMRS, SSB, etc.) is configured by RRC message. The RRC message indicates the first encoding mode (such as encoding configuration, encoding configuration ID, encoding scheme, encoding scheme ID, encoding function, encoding function ID, encoding model, encoding model ID). The first encoding mode is used when measuring and reporting the configured reference signal.

[0186] For example: the first encoding mode is indicated when one or a group of measurement configurations (such as beam measurement, cell measurement) is configured by RRC message. The RRC message indicates the first encoding mode (such as encoding configuration, encoding configuration ID, encoding scheme, encoding scheme ID, encoding function, encoding function ID, encoding model, encoding model ID, for example, the measurement result is processed by the first encoding mode).

[0187] For example: the first encoding mode is indicated when one or a group of measurement reporting (such as beam measurement reporting, cell measurement reporting) is configured by RRC message. The RRC message indicates the first encoding mode (such as encoding configuration, encoding configuration ID, encoding scheme, encoding scheme ID, encoding function, encoding function ID, encoding model, encoding model ID, for example, the measurement result, measurement reporting is processed by the first encoding mode). As shown in Figure 13.

[0188] The first encoding mode includes: the way of encoding or processing the second information, which can be one or more of: the encoding or processing way of channel information, the encoding or processing way of measurement result, the encoding or processing way of perception information, the encoding or processing way of transmission situation feedback information, the encoding or processing way of to-be-transmitted data, etc.

[0189] The encoding object of the first encoding mode includes: the second information, which can be one or more of: channel information, reference signal information, measurement information, perception information, transmission situation feedback information, to-be-transmitted data, etc.

[0190] The characteristics of the first encoding mode: the characteristics of the first encoding mode can include one or more of the following:

[0191] For example: (0) there can be different encoding modes for the same to-be-transmitted content. For example, there are a first encoding mode and a non-first encoding mode, and a distinction between different first encoding modes.

[0192] For example: (1) The feature of the first encoding mode is that the second information after the first encoding mode does not need to be channel encoded.

[0193] For example: (2) The feature of the first encoding mode is that the second information after the first encoding mode does not need to be channel decoded.

[0194] For example: (3) The second information is jointly encoded (channel encoding considering channel characteristics) by the first encoding mode (e.g., AI / ML model), such as source-channel joint encoding.

[0195] For example: (4) The second information is compressed by the first encoding mode (e.g., AI / ML model), and / or the second information is channel encoded by the first encoding mode (e.g., based on AI / ML model). The first encoding mode can complete the compression of the second information and / or the channel encoding of the second information by one processing scheme (e.g., 1 AI / ML model) or multiple processing schemes (e.g., 2 or more AI / ML models).

[0196] For example: (5) The first encoding mode can also include first modulation, such as AI-based modulation.

[0197] In addition, the encoding mode can also be determined by indicating the decoding mode:

[0198] 1. The above indication of the first encoding mode can also be completed by indicating the first decoding mode, which is the decoding mode corresponding to the first encoding mode, such as joint decoding. For example, indicating the first decoding mode (e.g., decoding configuration, decoding configuration ID, decoding scheme, decoding scheme ID, decoding function, decoding function ID, decoding model, decoding model ID).

[0199] The features of the first decoding can be one or more of the following features:

[0200] For example: (1) The feature of the first decoding mode is that it does not need to be channel encoded.

[0201] For example: (2) The feature of the first decoding mode is that it does not need to be channel decoded.

[0202] For example: (3) The feature of the first decoding mode is that the to-be-decoded information is jointly decoded by the first decoding mode (e.g., AI / ML model), such as source-channel joint decoding (considering channel characteristics).

[0203] For example: (4) The feature of the first decoding manner is to decode the to-be-decoded information by the first decoding manner (e.g., an AI / ML model), and / or to channel-decode the to-be-decoded information by the first decoding manner (e.g., based on an AI / ML model). The first decoding manner can complete the decoding of the to-be-decoded information and / or the channel-decoding of the to-be-decoded information by one processing scheme (e.g., one AI / ML model) or multiple processing schemes (e.g., two or more AI / ML models).

[0204] For example: (5) The first decoding manner can further include first demodulation, e.g., AI-based demodulation.

[0205] 2. The second device indicates the first information to the first device, which can be a UE, and the second device can be a network device.

[0206] Extension 1:

[0207] 1. RRC can configure multiple channel configuration formats (e.g., configuration formats of data channels, e.g., configuration formats of control channels, e.g., configuration formats of AI-related transmission channels). For example, RRC configures a first channel configuration format and a second channel configuration format; the first channel configuration format is (or features) that the first encoding manner is adopted, and the second channel configuration format is (or features) that the first encoding manner is not adopted.

[0208] A specific example is: RRC configures multiple control channel configuration formats (e.g., PUCCH formats, PUCCH format), for example, RRC configures a first control channel configuration format (e.g., PUCCH format 1, PUCCH format 1) and a second control channel configuration format (e.g., PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 2); the feature of the first control channel configuration format is to indicate that the first encoding manner is adopted, and the feature of the second control channel configuration format is that the first encoding manner is not adopted; for example, the first control channel configuration format is the PUCCH configuration format required for AI-based CSI feedback, and the second control channel configuration format is the PUCCH configuration format required for non-AI CSI feedback.

[0209] 2. The network can indicate the channel configuration format currently adopted by the UE (e.g., the currently adopted control channel configuration format, PUCCH format, the currently adopted data channel configuration format, etc.), for example, indicating which channel configuration format to adopt in the DCI.

[0210] 3. UE can determine to use the first channel configuration format or the second channel configuration format for transmission. UE can indicate or determine the used channel configuration format (e.g. the used control channel configuration format, PUCCH format, the used data channel configuration format, etc.) by different scrambling, DMRS sequence, indication in UCI, Nbit indication.

[0211] Extension 2:

[0212] 1. The method of determining the first encoding manner for channel information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information (e.g. ACK / NACK information) includes:

[0213] The transmission content processed by the first encoding manner can also be: channel information, measurement result, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information (e.g. ACK / NACK information) and the corresponding information of the above information after pre-processing.

[0214] In the configuration of measurement reporting, it is indicated to use the first encoding manner, e.g. to process and report the measurement result by using the first encoding manner. For example, in the RRC message for measurement reporting configuration, it is indicated to process and report the measurement result by using the first encoding manner.

[0215] In the trigger of measurement reporting, it is indicated to use the first encoding manner, e.g. to process and report the measurement result by using the first encoding manner. For example, when triggered by DCI or triggered by MAC CE, it is indicated in the DCI or MAC CE to process and report the measurement result by using the first encoding manner.

[0216] In the configuration of reference signal, it is indicated to use the first encoding manner, e.g. to process and report the measurement result of reference signal by using the first encoding manner. For example, in the RRC message for reference signal configuration, it is indicated to process and report the measurement result of reference signal by using the first encoding manner.

[0217] The above-mentioned channel information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information (e.g. ACK / NACK information) can be single channel or multiple channels, single cell or multiple cells, single beam or multiple beams, single target or multiple targets, single carrier or multiple carriers, single process or multiple processes.

[0218] 2. The above-mentioned configuration can be different for each user, which is UE specific.

[0219] Extension 3:

[0220] 1. The base station configures the first encoding mode to the UE. For example, the base station configures one or more of the algorithm, model format, model, data format, data used to complete the first encoding mode to the UE. The configuration can be that the base station indicates the model format ID, model ID, data format ID, data ID of the first encoding mode to the UE.

[0221] 2. The base station transmits the first encoding mode to the UE. For example, the base station transmits one or more of the algorithm, model, data used to complete the first encoding mode to the UE.

[0222] 3. The base station can configure or transmit multiple first encoding modes to the UE, for example, the base station can configure or transmit multiple one or more of the algorithm, model format, model, data format, data used to complete the first encoding mode to the UE.

[0223] The UE tells the base station whether it supports the first encoding mode capability.

[0224] The scheme gives a method for determining the source channel AI encoding and / or decoding scheme, including a new PUCCH format, and other configuration, indication method, etc. When considering the new PUCCH and / or PUSCH encoding mode, especially considering the joint encoding of the source channel, the encoding mode of the UE side can be indicated by the network side, so that the encoding mode of the UE side can match the decoding mode of the network side. Specifically, for different use case characteristics and potential use scenarios, the scheme gives a new PUCCH format, and increases the indication information of UCI encoding in the PUCCH format. In addition, the scheme also gives the indication of the first encoding mode through other ways, such as RRC configuration, for different channels, use cases, and characteristics of the target data to be transmitted.

[0225] FIG. 14 is a schematic block diagram of a first device 1400 according to an embodiment of the present application. The first device 1400 can include:

[0226] A first processing unit 1410 configured to determine a first encoding mode based on first information.

[0227] A second processing unit 1420 configured to encode second information based on the first encoding mode.

[0228] In an embodiment, the first information includes at least one of a configuration corresponding to the first encoding mode, a configuration identification ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a scheme corresponding to the first encoding mode, a scheme ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a model corresponding to the first encoding mode, a model ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a data set corresponding to the first encoding mode, and a data set ID corresponding to the first encoding mode.

[0229] In an embodiment, the first information is in at least one of: a control channel configuration format, an uplink control information (UCI) configuration, a radio resource control (RRC) configuration, a reference signal configuration, a transmission resource configuration, a measurement configuration, a measurement reporting configuration.

[0230] In an embodiment, the first information is in an RRC message.

[0231] In an embodiment, the RRC message indicates that the first information includes at least one of:

[0232] the first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring UCI;

[0233] the first information is indicated in an RRC message pre-configuring one or a set of transmission resources;

[0234] the first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring a set of CSI resources;

[0235] the first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a set of reference signals;

[0236] the first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a set of measurement configurations;

[0237] the first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a set of measurement reporting.

[0238] In an embodiment, the second information includes at least one of: channel information, reference signal information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information, data to be transmitted.

[0239] In an embodiment, the indication of the first encoding manner includes at least one of:

[0240] in a measurement reporting configuration, indicating that the measurement result is processed and / or reported using the first encoding manner;

[0241] in a measurement reporting trigger, indicating that the measurement result is processed and / or reported using the first encoding manner;

[0242] in a reference signal configuration, indicating that the measurement result of the reference signal is processed and / or reported using the first encoding manner.

[0243] In an embodiment, the encoding manner of the second information includes:

[0244] processing different second information using the first encoding manner and the non-first encoding manner;

[0245] The first information is used to indicate a first decoding manner, and the first decoding manner has a corresponding relationship with the first encoding manner.

[0246] In an embodiment, the second information processed by the first encoding manner is not further processed by channel encoding or decoding.

[0247] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner comprises source-channel joint encoding of the second information by the first encoding manner.

[0248] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner comprises compression of the second information by one or more first encoding manners, and / or channel encoding of the second information by one or more first encoding manners.

[0249] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner further comprises modulating the encoded information.

[0250] In an embodiment, the first information is used to indicate a first decoding manner, and the first decoding manner has a corresponding relationship with the first encoding manner.

[0251] In an embodiment, the information processed by the first decoding manner is not further processed by channel encoding or decoding.

[0252] In an embodiment, the first decoding manner comprises source-channel joint decoding of the to-be-decoded information by the first decoding manner.

[0253] In an embodiment, the first decoding manner comprises decoding of the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners, and / or channel decoding of the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners.

[0254] FIG. 15 is a schematic flowchart of a first device 1500 according to another embodiment of the present application. The first device can comprise one or more features of the first device described above. In an embodiment, the first device further comprises:

[0255] A first receiving unit 1510 is configured to receive the first information.

[0256] In an embodiment, the first information is in the control channel configuration format, and the control channel configuration format comprises a multi-bit indication used to indicate the first information.

[0257] In an embodiment, the control channel configuration format comprises a first control channel configuration format and a second control channel configuration format, wherein the first control channel configuration format is used to indicate the first encoding manner, and the second control channel configuration format is used to indicate a non-first encoding format.

[0258] In an implementation, the first device further includes:

[0259] The second receiving unit 1520 is configured to receive channel configuration format indication information, where the channel configuration format indication information is used to indicate that the first device selects the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format.

[0260] In an implementation, the first device further includes:

[0261] The third processing unit 1530 is configured to report the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format by at least one of scrambling, a DMRS sequence, UCI, and a multi-bit indication.

[0262] In an implementation, the first information is predefined in a protocol.

[0263] The first device 1400 and 1500 of the embodiments of the present application can realize the corresponding functions of the first device in the foregoing method embodiments. The processes, functions, implementation manners, and advantages of the respective modules (sub-modules, units, or components, etc.) in the first device 1400 and 1500 can be referred to the corresponding descriptions in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be described herein. It should be noted that the functions described with respect to the respective modules (sub-modules, units, or components, etc.) in the first device 1400 and 1500 of the embodiments of the present application can be realized by different modules (sub-modules, units, or components, etc.) or by the same module (sub-module, unit, or component, etc.).

[0264] FIG. 16 is a schematic block diagram of a second device 1600 according to an embodiment of the present application. The device 1600 can include:

[0265] The first sending unit 1610 is configured to send first information, where the first information is used to indicate that a first device determines a first encoding manner through the first information to encode second information through the first encoding manner.

[0266] In an implementation, the first information includes at least one of the following: a configuration corresponding to the first encoding manner, a configuration ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, a scheme corresponding to the first encoding manner, a scheme ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, a model corresponding to the first encoding manner, a model ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, a data set corresponding to the first encoding manner, and a data set ID corresponding to the first encoding manner.

[0267] In an implementation, the first information is in at least one of the following: a control channel configuration format, a UCI configuration, an RRC configuration, a reference signal configuration, a transmission resource configuration, a measurement configuration, and a measurement reporting configuration.

[0268] In an embodiment, the first information is in a RRC message.

[0269] In an embodiment, the RRC message indicates that the first information comprises at least one of the following cases:

[0270] The first information is indicated in a RRC message configuring UCI.

[0271] The first information is indicated in a RRC message pre-configuring one or a set of transmission resources.

[0272] The first information is indicated in a RRC message configuring a set of CSI resources.

[0273] The first information is indicated in a RRC message configuring one or a set of reference signals.

[0274] The first information is indicated in a RRC message configuring one or a set of measurement configurations.

[0275] The first information is indicated in a RRC message configuring one or a set of measurement reporting.

[0276] In an embodiment, the second information comprises at least one of the following: channel information, reference signal information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information, data to be transmitted.

[0277] In an embodiment, the indication of the first encoding manner comprises at least one of the following:

[0278] In a measurement reporting configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported using the first encoding manner.

[0279] In a measurement reporting trigger, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported using the first encoding manner.

[0280] In a reference signal configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result of the reference signal is processed and / or reported using the first encoding manner.

[0281] In an embodiment, the encoding manner of the second information comprises:

[0282] The first encoding manner and the non-first encoding manner are used to process different second information.

[0283] Different first encoding manners are used to process different second information.

[0284] In an embodiment, the second information processed by the first encoding manner is not subjected to channel encoding or decoding.

[0285] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner comprises source-channel joint encoding the second information by the first encoding manner.

[0286] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner comprises compressing the second information by one or more first encoding manners, and / or channel encoding the second information by one or more first encoding manners.

[0287] In an embodiment, the first encoding manner further comprises modulating the encoded information.

[0288] In an embodiment, the first information is used to indicate a first decoding manner, the first decoding manner having a corresponding relationship with the first encoding manner.

[0289] In an embodiment, the information processed by the first decoding manner is not subjected to channel encoding or decoding.

[0290] In an embodiment, the first decoding manner comprises source-channel joint decoding the to-be-decoded information by the first decoding manner.

[0291] In an embodiment, the first decoding manner comprises decoding the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners, and / or channel decoding the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners.

[0292] FIG. 17 is a schematic flowchart of a second device 1700 according to another embodiment of the present application. The second device can comprise one or more features of the second device described above.

[0293] In an embodiment, the first information is in the control channel configuration format, the control channel configuration format comprising a multi-bit indication used to indicate the first information.

[0294] In an embodiment, the control channel configuration format comprises a first control channel configuration format and a second control channel configuration format, wherein the first control channel configuration format is used to indicate the first encoding manner, and the second control channel configuration format is used to indicate a non-first encoding format.

[0295] In an embodiment, the second device further comprises:

[0296] A second sending unit 1710 is configured to send channel configuration format indication information, the channel configuration format indication information being used to indicate that the first device selects the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format.

[0297] In an embodiment, the second device further comprises:

[0298] The first receiving unit 1720 is configured to receive a first control channel configuration format or a second control channel configuration format adopted by the first device, which is reported by at least one of scrambling, a DMRS sequence, UCI, and a multi-bit indication.

[0299] In an embodiment, the first information is predefined in a protocol.

[0300] The second device 1600, 1700 according to the embodiments of the present application can realize the corresponding functions of the second device in the method embodiments described above. The processes, functions, implementation manners and advantages of each module (sub-module, unit or component, etc.) in the second device 1600, 1700 can be referred to the corresponding description in the method embodiments described above, which will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the functions described with respect to each module (sub-module, unit or component, etc.) in the second device 1600, 1700 of the embodiments of the present application can be realized by different modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.), or by the same module (sub-module, unit or component, etc.).

[0301] FIG. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 1800 according to the embodiments of the present application. The communication device 1800 includes a processor 1810, which can call and run a computer program from a memory to enable the communication device 1800 to implement the methods in the embodiments of the present application.

[0302] In an embodiment, the communication device 1800 can further include a memory 1820. The processor 1810 can call and run a computer program from the memory 1820 to enable the communication device 1800 to implement the methods in the embodiments of the present application.

[0303] The memory 1820 can be a separate device independent of the processor 1810, or can be integrated in the processor 1810.

[0304] In an embodiment, the communication device 1800 can further include a transceiver 1830, and the processor 1810 can control the transceiver 1830 to communicate with other devices, specifically, to send information or data to other devices, or to receive information or data sent by other devices.

[0305] The transceiver 1830 can include a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 1830 can further include an antenna, and the number of antennas can be one or more.

[0306] In an embodiment, the communication device 1800 can be the first device according to the embodiments of the present application, and the communication device 1800 can realize the corresponding processes in the methods according to the embodiments of the present application, which are realized by the first device. For brevity, details are not repeated here.

[0307] In an embodiment, the communication device 1800 can be the second device of the embodiments of the present application, and the communication device 1800 can implement the corresponding procedures implemented by the second device in each method of the embodiments of the present application. For brevity, details are not described herein.

[0308] FIG. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 1900 according to an embodiment of the present application. The chip 1900 includes a processor 1910, which can invoke and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiments of the present application.

[0309] In an embodiment, the chip 1900 can further include a memory 1920. The processor 1910 can invoke and run a computer program from the memory 1920 to implement the method performed by the first device or the second device in the embodiments of the present application.

[0310] The memory 1920 can be a separate device independent of the processor 1910, or can be integrated in the processor 1910.

[0311] In an embodiment, the chip 1900 can further include an input interface 1930. The processor 1910 can control the input interface 1930 to communicate with other devices or chips, and specifically, can obtain information or data sent by other devices or chips.

[0312] In an embodiment, the chip 1900 can further include an output interface 1940. The processor 1910 can control the output interface 1940 to communicate with other devices or chips, and specifically, can output information or data to other devices or chips.

[0313] In an embodiment, the chip can be applied to the first device in the embodiments of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding procedures implemented by the first device in each method of the embodiments of the present application. For brevity, details are not described herein.

[0314] In an embodiment, the chip can be applied to the second device in the embodiments of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding procedures implemented by the second device in each method of the embodiments of the present application. For brevity, details are not described herein.

[0315] The chip applied to the first device and the second device can be the same chip or different chips.

[0316] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be referred to as a system chip, a system-on-chip, a chip system, or a system-on-chip, etc.

[0317] The aforementioned processor can be a general processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a discrete hardware component, etc. Among them, the aforementioned general processor can be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc.

[0318] The aforementioned memory can be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or can include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable ROM (PROM), an erasable PROM (EPROM), an electrically EPROM (EEPROM) or a flash memory. The volatile memory can be a random access memory (RAM).

[0319] It should be understood that the aforementioned memory is an exemplary but non-limiting description, for example, the memory in the embodiments of the present application can also be a static RAM (SRAM), a dynamic RAM (DRAM), a synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), a double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), an enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), a synch link DRAM (SLDRAM) and a direct memory bus random access memory (Direct Rambus RAM, DRRAM), etc. That is, the memory in the embodiments of the present application is intended to include but not limited to these and any other suitable type of memory.

[0320] FIG. 20 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 2000 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication system 2000 includes a first device 2010 and a second device 2020.

[0321] The first device 2010 is configured to determine a first encoding manner by using first information, and encode second information by using the first encoding manner.

[0322] The second device 2020 is configured to send first information, which is used to indicate a first encoding mode determined by the first device through the first information, so as to encode the second information through the first encoding mode.

[0323] The first device 2010 can be configured to implement the corresponding functions of the first device in the above method, and the second device 2020 can be configured to implement the corresponding functions of the second device in the above method. For brevity, details are not described herein.

[0324] In the above embodiments, all or part of the above processes can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, all or part of the software can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed by a computer, the computer instructions generate all or part of the processes or functions 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 transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions can be transmitted 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 such as a server, data center, etc. integrated with one or more available media. The available medium can be a magnetic medium (for example, floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (for example, DVD), or a semiconductor medium (for example, solid state disk (SSD)) and the like.

[0325] It should be understood that in various embodiments of the present application, the size of the sequence number of each process described above does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined according to its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0326] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working process of the system, device and unit described above can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be described herein.

[0327] The above merely provides the specific implementation of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited to this. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or replacements within the technical range disclosed by the present application, which should be covered in the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, comprising: a first device determining a first encoding manner through first information; the first device encoding second information through the first encoding manner.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, the first information comprises at least one of: a configuration corresponding to the first encoding manner, an ID of a configuration corresponding to the first encoding manner, a scheme corresponding to the first encoding manner, an ID of a scheme corresponding to the first encoding manner, a model corresponding to the first encoding manner, an ID of a model corresponding to the first encoding manner, a data set corresponding to the first encoding manner, an ID of a data set corresponding to the first encoding manner.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, the first information is in at least one of: a control channel configuration format, an uplink control information (UCI) configuration, a radio resource control (RRC) configuration, a reference signal configuration, a transmission resource configuration, a measurement configuration, a measurement reporting configuration.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, the first information is in an RRC message.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein, the RRC message indicates that the first information comprises at least one of: the first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring UCI; the first information is indicated in an RRC message pre-configuring one or a group of transmission resources; the first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring a CSI resource set; the first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of reference signals; the first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of measurement configurations; the first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of measurement reporting.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, the second information comprises at least one of: channel information, reference signal information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information, data to be transmitted.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, the indication manner of the first encoding manner comprises at least one of: in a measurement reporting configuration, indicating that the first encoding manner is used to process and / or report measurement results; in a measurement reporting trigger, indicating that the first encoding manner is used to process and / or report measurement results; in a reference signal configuration, indicating that the first encoding manner is used to process and / or report measurement results of a reference signal.

8. The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein, the encoding manner of the second information comprises: different second information is processed using the first encoding manner and a non-first encoding manner; different second information is processed using different first encoding manners.

9. The method of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein, second information processed by the first encoding manner is no longer subjected to channel encoding or decoding.

10. The method of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein, the first encoding manner comprises source-channel joint encoding of the second information through the first encoding manner.

11. The method of any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein, the first encoding manner comprises compression of the second information through one or more first encoding manners, and / or channel encoding of the second information through one or more first encoding manners.

12. The method of any one of claims 9-11, wherein, the first encoding manner further comprises modulating the encoded information.

13. The method of any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein, the first information is used to indicate a first decoding manner, and the first decoding manner has a corresponding relationship with the first encoding manner.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, information processed by the first decoding manner is no longer subjected to channel encoding or decoding.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein, the first decoding manner comprises source-channel joint decoding of to-be-decoded information through the first decoding manner.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein, The first decoding manner includes decoding the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners, and / or channel decoding the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners.

17. The method of any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein, The method further includes: The first device receives the first information.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein, The first information is in a control channel configuration format, and the control channel configuration format includes a multi-bit indication for indicating the first information.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein, The control channel configuration format includes a first control channel configuration format and a second control channel configuration format, wherein the first control channel configuration format is used for indicating the first encoding manner, and the second control channel configuration format is used for indicating a non-first encoding format.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein, The method further includes: The first device receives channel configuration format indication information, which is used for indicating the first device to select the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein, The method further includes: The first device reports the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format by at least one of scrambling, a DMRS sequence, UCI, and a multi-bit indication.

22. The method of any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein, The first information is predefined in a protocol.

23. A communication method, comprising: A second device sends first information, which is used for indicating a first device to determine a first encoding manner by the first information, so as to encode second information by the first encoding manner.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein, The first information includes at least one of the following: a configuration corresponding to the first encoding manner, a configuration ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, a scheme corresponding to the first encoding manner, a scheme ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, a model corresponding to the first encoding manner, a model ID corresponding to the first encoding manner, a data set corresponding to the first encoding manner, and a data set ID corresponding to the first encoding manner.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein, The first information is in at least one of the following: a control channel configuration format, a UCI configuration, an RRC configuration, a reference signal configuration, a transmission resource configuration, a measurement configuration, and a measurement reporting configuration.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein, The first information is in an RRC message.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein, The RRC message indicates that the first information includes at least one of the following cases: The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring UCI. The first information is indicated in an RRC message pre-configuring one or a group of transmission resources. The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring a CSI resource set. The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of reference signals. The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of measurement configurations. The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of measurement reporting.

28. The method of claim 23, wherein, The second information includes at least one of the following: channel information, reference signal information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information, and to-be-transmitted data.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein, The indication manner of the first encoding manner includes at least one of the following: In a measurement reporting configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner. In a measurement reporting trigger, it is instructed to process and / or report measurement results by using the first encoding mode. In a reference signal configuration, it is instructed to process and / or report measurement results of a reference signal by using the first encoding mode.

30. The method of any one of claims 23-29, wherein, The encoding mode of the second information includes: Different second information is processed by using the first encoding mode and a non-first encoding mode. Different second information is processed by using different first encoding modes.

31. The method of any one of claims 23-30, wherein, The second information processed by the first encoding mode is no longer subjected to channel encoding or decoding.

32. The method of any one of claims 23-31, wherein, The first encoding mode includes source-channel joint encoding of the second information by using the first encoding mode.

33. The method of any one of claims 23-32, wherein, The first encoding mode includes compression of the second information by using one or more first encoding modes, and / or channel encoding of the second information by using one or more first encoding modes.

34. The method of any one of claims 31 to 33, wherein, The first encoding mode further includes modulation of the encoded information.

35. The method of any one of claims 23-34, wherein, The first information is used to indicate a first decoding mode, and the first decoding mode has a corresponding relationship with the first encoding mode.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein, The information processed by the first decoding mode is no longer subjected to channel encoding or decoding.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein, The first decoding mode includes source-channel joint decoding of the to-be-decoded information by using the first decoding mode.

38. The method of claim 35, wherein, The first decoding mode includes decoding of the to-be-decoded information by using one or more first decoding modes, and / or channel decoding of the to-be-decoded information by using one or more first decoding modes.

39. The method of any one of claims 23 to 38, wherein, The first information is in the control channel configuration format, and the control channel configuration format includes a multi-bit indication used to indicate the first information.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein, The control channel configuration format includes a first control channel configuration format and a second control channel configuration format, wherein the first control channel configuration format is used to indicate the first encoding mode, and the second control channel configuration format is used to indicate a non-first encoding format.

41. The method of claim 40, wherein, The method further includes: The second device sends channel configuration format indication information, which is used to instruct the first device to select the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein, The method further includes: The second device receives the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format adopted by the first device, which is reported by at least one of scrambling, a DMRS sequence, UCI, and a multi-bit indication.

43. The method of any one of claims 23 to 37, wherein, The first information is predefined in a protocol.

44. A first device, comprising: a first processing unit configured to determine a first encoding mode by using first information; a second processing unit configured to encode second information by using the first encoding mode.

45. The first device of claim 44, wherein, The first information includes at least one of the following: a configuration corresponding to the first encoding mode, a configuration ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a scheme corresponding to the first encoding mode, a scheme ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a model corresponding to the first encoding mode, a model ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a data set corresponding to the first encoding mode, and a data set ID corresponding to the first encoding mode.

46. The first device of claim 44, wherein, The first information is in at least one of the following: control channel configuration format, UCI configuration, RRC configuration, reference signal configuration, transmission resource configuration, measurement configuration, measurement reporting configuration.

47. The first device of claim 44, wherein, The first information is in an RRC message.

48. The first device of claim 47, wherein, The RRC message indicates that the first information includes at least one of the following: The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring UCI: The first information is indicated in an RRC message pre-configuring one or a group of transmission resources: The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring a CSI resource set. The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of reference signals. The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of measurement configurations. The first information is indicated in an RRC message configuring one or a group of measurement reporting.

49. The first device of claim 44, wherein, The second information includes at least one of the following: channel information, reference signal information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information, to-be-transmitted data.

50. The first device of claim 49, wherein, The indication manner of the first encoding manner includes at least one of the following: In the measurement reporting configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner. In the measurement reporting trigger, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner. In the reference signal configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result of the reference signal is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding manner.

51. The first device of any of claims 44-50, wherein, The encoding manner of the second information includes: Different second information is processed by using the first encoding manner and a non-first encoding manner. Different second information is processed by using different first encoding manners.

52. The first device of any of claims 44-51, wherein, The second information processed by the first encoding manner is no longer subjected to channel encoding or decoding.

53. The first device of any one of claims 44-52, wherein, The first encoding manner includes source-channel joint encoding of the second information by using the first encoding manner.

54. The first device of any one of claims 44-53, wherein, The first encoding manner includes compression of the second information by using one or more first encoding manners, and / or channel encoding of the second information by using one or more first encoding manners.

55. The first device of any one of claims 52-54, wherein, The first encoding manner further includes modulation of the encoded information.

56. The first device of any one of claims 44-55, wherein, The first information is used to indicate a first decoding manner, and the first decoding manner has a corresponding relationship with the first encoding manner.

57. The first device of claim 56, wherein, The information processed by the first decoding manner is no longer subjected to channel encoding or decoding.

58. The first device of claim 56, wherein, The first decoding manner includes source-channel joint decoding of the to-be-decoded information by using the first decoding manner.

59. The first device of claim 56, wherein, The first decoding manner includes decoding of the to-be-decoded information by using one or more first decoding manners, and / or channel decoding of the to-be-decoded information by using one or more first decoding manners.

60. The first device of any one of claims 44-59, wherein, The first device further includes: A receiving unit, configured to receive the first information.

61. The first device of claim 60, wherein, The first information is in a control channel configuration format, and the control channel configuration format includes a multi-bit indication used to indicate the first information.

62. The first device of claim 61, wherein, The control channel configuration format comprises a first control channel configuration format and a second control channel configuration format, wherein the first control channel configuration format is used to indicate the first encoding mode, and the second control channel configuration format is used to indicate a non-first encoding mode.

63. The first device of claim 62, wherein, The first device further comprises: a second receiving unit, configured to receive channel configuration format indication information, wherein the channel configuration format indication information is used to indicate that the first device selects the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format.

64. The first device of claim 63, wherein, The first device further comprises: a third processing unit, configured to report the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format by at least one of scrambling, a DMRS sequence, UCI, and a multi-bit indication.

65. The first device of any one of claims 44-59, wherein, The first information is predefined in a protocol.

66. A second device, comprising: a first sending unit, configured to send first information, wherein the first information is used to indicate a first encoding mode, and the first information is used to determine the first encoding mode by a first device to encode second information by using the first encoding mode.

67. The second device of claim 66, wherein, The first information comprises at least one of the following: a configuration corresponding to the first encoding mode, a configuration ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a scheme corresponding to the first encoding mode, a scheme ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a model corresponding to the first encoding mode, a model ID corresponding to the first encoding mode, a data set corresponding to the first encoding mode, and a data set ID corresponding to the first encoding mode.

68. The second device of claim 66, wherein, The first information is in at least one of the following: a control channel configuration format, a UCI configuration, an RRC configuration, a reference signal configuration, a transmission resource configuration, a measurement configuration, and a measurement reporting configuration.

69. The second device of claim 66, wherein, The first information is in an RRC message.

70. The second device of claim 69, wherein, The RRC message indicates that the first information comprises at least one of the following: The first information is indicated in an RRC message in which UCI is configured; The first information is indicated in an RRC message in which one or a group of transmission resources are pre-configured; The first information is indicated in an RRC message in which a CSI resource set is configured; The first information is indicated in an RRC message in which one or a group of reference signals are configured; The first information is indicated in an RRC message in which one or a group of measurement configurations are configured; The first information is indicated in an RRC message in which one or a group of measurement reporting configurations are configured.

71. The second device of claim 66, wherein, The second information comprises at least one of the following: channel information, reference signal information, measurement information, sensing information, transmission performance feedback information, and to-be-transmitted data.

72. The second device of claim 71, wherein, The indication mode of the first encoding mode comprises at least one of the following: In a measurement reporting configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding mode; In a measurement reporting trigger, it is indicated that the measurement result is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding mode; In a reference signal configuration, it is indicated that the measurement result of the reference signal is processed and / or reported by using the first encoding mode.

73. The second device of any of claims 66-72, wherein, The encoding mode of the second information comprises: different second information is processed by using the first encoding mode and a non-first encoding mode. The first encoding manner is different for different second information.

74. The second device of any of claims 66-73, wherein, The second information processed by the first encoding manner is not further channel encoded or decoded.

75. The second device of any of claims 66-74, wherein, The first encoding manner comprises source-channel joint encoding of the second information by the first encoding manner.

76. The second device of any of claims 66-75, wherein, The first encoding manner comprises compression of the second information by one or more first encoding manners, and / or channel encoding of the second information by one or more first encoding manners.

77. The second device of any of claims 74-76, wherein, The first encoding manner further comprises modulating the encoded information.

78. The second device of any of claims 66-77, wherein, The first information is used to indicate a first decoding manner, and the first decoding manner has a corresponding relationship with the first encoding manner.

79. The second device of claim 78, wherein, The information processed by the first decoding manner is not further channel encoded or decoded.

80. The second device of claim 78, wherein, The first decoding manner comprises source-channel joint decoding of the to-be-decoded information by the first decoding manner.

81. The second device of claim 78, wherein, The first decoding manner comprises decoding of the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners, and / or channel decoding of the to-be-decoded information by one or more first decoding manners.

82. The second device of any of claims 66-81, wherein, The first information is in a control channel configuration format, and the control channel configuration format comprises a multi-bit indication used to indicate the first information.

83. The second device of claim 82, wherein, The control channel configuration format comprises a first control channel configuration format and a second control channel configuration format, wherein the first control channel configuration format is used to indicate the first encoding manner, and the second control channel configuration format is used to indicate a non-first encoding format.

84. The second device of claim 83, wherein, The second device further comprises: A second sending unit, configured to send channel configuration format indication information, wherein the channel configuration format indication information is used to instruct the first device to select the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format.

85. The second device of claim 84, wherein, The second device further comprises: A receiving unit, configured to receive the first control channel configuration format or the second control channel configuration format adopted by the first device, which is reported by at least one of scrambling, a DMRS sequence, UCI, and a multi-bit indication.

86. The second device of any of claims 66-80, wherein, The first information is predefined in a protocol.

87. A communication device, comprising: A transceiver, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory is used to store a computer program, the transceiver is used to communicate with other devices, and the processor is used to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory, so that the communication device executes the method in any one of claims 1 to 43.

88. A chip comprising: A processor is used to invoke and run a computer program from a memory, so that a device installed with the chip executes the method in any one of claims 1 to 43.

89. A computer-readable storage medium, used to store a computer program, which, when executed by a device, causes the device to execute the method in any one of claims 1 to 43.

90. A computer program product, comprising computer program instructions, which cause a computer to execute the method in any one of claims 1 to 43.

91. A computer program, which causes a computer to execute the method in any one of claims 1 to 43.

92. A communication system, comprising: A first device for performing the method of any of claims 1 to 22; A second device for performing the method of any of claims 23 to 43.

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