Communication sensing management method and apparatus, storage medium, and program product

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication sensing management method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a program product. The communication sensing management method is applied to a first node, and comprises: sending configuration information to a second node, the configuration information comprising information about a sensing area.

Description

Communication-aware management method and device, storage medium and program product

[0001] The present application claims priority to the Chinese patent application No. 202410964902.0, filed on July 17, 2024, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular, to a communication-aware management method and device, a storage medium and a program product. BACKGROUND

[0003] Traditional communication systems and sensing systems usually operate independently, which means they may require different hardware devices, spectrum resources and operating modes, while a communication-sensing integrated system can combine communication and sensing functions together and perform data transmission and environmental sensing tasks simultaneously in the same system.

[0004] In a communication-sensing integrated system, wireless signals can be used not only for data transmission between communication nodes (such as terminals, base stations, etc.), but also for detecting, positioning, imaging and identifying objects in the surrounding environment, i.e., while transmitting information, the direction, distance, speed, etc. information can be perceived.

[0005] However, how to manage the sensing area of the communication node in the communication-sensing integrated system has become a technical problem to be solved. SUMMARY

[0006] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication-aware management method and device, a storage medium and a program product, which can realize the management of the sensing area of the communication node in the communication-sensing integrated system.

[0007] In one aspect, a communication-aware management method is provided, applied to a first node, the communication-aware management method comprising: sending configuration information to a second node, the configuration information comprising information of a sensing area.

[0008] In another aspect, a communication-aware management method is provided, applied to a second node, the communication-aware management method comprising: receiving configuration information sent by a first node, the configuration information comprising information of a sensing area.

[0009] In yet another aspect, a communication-aware management device is provided, applied to a first node, the communication-aware management device comprising: a sending module. The sending module is configured to send configuration information to a second node. The configuration information comprises information of a sensing area.

[0010] In another aspect, a communication awareness management apparatus is provided. The communication awareness management apparatus is applied to a second node. The communication awareness management apparatus comprises a receiving module. The receiving module is configured to receive configuration information sent by a first node. The configuration information comprises information of an awareness area.

[0011] In another aspect, a communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus comprises a memory and a processor. The memory is coupled to the processor. The memory is configured to store a computer program. The processor is configured to implement the communication awareness management method when executing the computer program.

[0012] In another aspect, a computer readable storage medium is provided. The computer readable storage medium stores computer program instructions. The computer program instructions are configured to implement the communication awareness management method when executed by a processor.

[0013] In another aspect, a computer program product is provided. The computer program product comprises computer program instructions. The computer program instructions are configured to implement the communication awareness management method when executed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the present disclosure, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in some embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the drawings described in the following are only some drawings of the present disclosure. Other drawings can also be obtained by those skilled in the art according to these drawings.

[0015] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0016] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication awareness management method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an example in which an awareness area is an ellipse according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0018] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an example in which distances of an awareness node correspond to awareness areas according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0019] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another example in which distances of an awareness node correspond to awareness areas according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0020] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an example in which an awareness area is composed of multiple awareness basic units according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0021] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an example of a relationship between an awareness basic unit and an awareness transceiver node according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIG. 8 is an example schematic diagram of a sensing object located in a sensing area between sensing transceiving nodes, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG. 9 is an example schematic diagram of a sensing blind area, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG. 10 is a flow diagram of another method of communication sensing management, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0025] FIG. 11 is a flow diagram of yet another method of communication sensing management, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0026] FIG. 12 is a structural diagram of a communication sensing management apparatus, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0027] FIG. 13 is a structural diagram of another communication sensing management apparatus, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0028] FIG. 14 is a structural diagram of yet another communication sensing management apparatus, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The technical solutions in the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0030] It should be noted that in the present disclosure, the words “exemplary” or “for example” are used to describe examples, instances, or illustrations. Any embodiment or design scheme described in the present disclosure by the words “exemplary” or “for example” should not be interpreted as more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or design schemes. Rather, the words “exemplary” or “for example” are used to present the relevant concepts in a specific manner.

[0031] Hereinafter, the terms “first”, “second”, and the like are used only for descriptive purposes, and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined by the terms “first”, “second”, and the like can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features.

[0032] In the description of the disclosure, unless otherwise specified, " / " means "or", for example, A / B can mean A or B. "And / or" herein is only used to describe the association relationship of the associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can mean: only A, only B, and A and B. In addition, "at least one" means one or more, and "multiple" means two or more.

[0033] With the continuous evolution and development of emerging intelligent services such as intelligent transportation, immersive extended reality (XR), unmanned aerial vehicles, metaverse, and industrial Internet, data-driven intelligent applications not only pursue higher transmission rates, lower transmission delays, more robust transmission quality, and other extreme communication performance, but also pursue high-precision positioning, detection, imaging, and wide-area perception. In short, changes in communication spectrum, application scenarios, performance targets, and the like are triggering mobile communications to break through the traditional evolution mode of stacking processing and trading performance gains for high complexity. Through the deep integration or even integration of communication and perception, wireless communication is realized for the perception of all things, the connection of all things, and the intelligence of all things, which adaptively meets the extreme performance requirements of different intelligent applications for huge capacity, extremely low latency, extremely high precision, and extremely wide range.

[0034] Communication and perception integration aims to achieve perception functions with "zero addition" of wireless communication, that is, to achieve traditional perception functions by adding or minimally adding perception-specific modules on the basis of wireless communication, and to optimize wireless communication by using perception technology in reverse, so as to promote the performance of communication and perception, realize the full utilization of spectrum utilization rate, the high integration and simplification of equipment, and the accuracy and wide area of perception. For example, communication and perception integration means that through signal joint design and / or hardware sharing, the original design of integrated communication and perception is realized, and the direction, distance, speed, and other information can be perceived while information is transmitted.

[0035] Communication and perception are gradually moving from business coexistence to capability assistance: on the one hand, perception can improve the accuracy, breadth, and timeliness of perception information by using communication systems to provide seamless and ubiquitous perception services; on the other hand, based on the perception and prediction of channel environment by wireless perception, the performance of wireless communication can be further improved, so as to realize the mutual benefit and integration of communication and perception.

[0036] For example, in the intelligent transportation scenario, by deploying a communication and perception integrated node with environmental perception function at the base station side, the high-resolution perspective capability of wireless perception and the wide-range perception capability of the base station with a high viewing angle are used to assist in realizing high-precision map construction and full-area coverage of road supervision.

[0037] In immersive XR scenarios, wireless sensing precisely allocates communication resources by sensing the communication environment, deeply tapping the potential of communication, and thus realizing more immersive, intelligent, and low-latency virtual reality experiences.

[0038] In the smart industrial internet scenario, communication-sensing integrated collaborative robots perform job collaboration through low-latency and high-reliability communication, and realize efficient control and decision-making through communication-sensing information interaction and learning.

[0039] In the low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle scenario, a communication-sensing integrated base station can implement wide-area electronic fencing for flight intrusion detection by sensing the state of unmanned aerial vehicles in the airspace. In addition, a communication-sensing integrated module can be deployed on an unmanned aerial vehicle to perform intelligent wireless networking, reduce dependence on flight control, and use sensing results of the surrounding flight environment to assist the unmanned aerial vehicle in flight path management.

[0040] In summary, the analysis model of communication-sensing integration information theory reveals the coexistence potential of communication and sensing at the airspace level, and realizes the entire development trend from coexistence, cooperation to joint design and coordination of communication-sensing integration. In recent years, communication-sensing integration technology has ushered in a research boom, and the historical development, technical evolution, and latest progress of communication-sensing integration are analyzed. Through the paradigm shift of future network architecture, application-oriented communication-sensing integration use cases and solutions are given.

[0041] The 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) is actively promoting the release of communication-sensing integration related standards and adding sensing functions in related communication standards. Currently, in 3GPP, communication-sensing integration has been launched: deployment scenarios and channel models of communication-sensing integration, and the following four consensus have been reached.

[0042] 1. One transceiver-sensor can define multiple sensing objects.

[0043] 2. One sensing object can be sensed by multiple sensing transceivers.

[0044] 3. Definition of multiple sensing paths: direct path and indirect path.

[0045] 4. Multiple parameters are defined: angle-related parameters, time delay-related parameters, direct path-related parameters, and parameters affecting radar cross section (RCS).

[0046] For example, the parameters are as follows: (1) the angle of arrival (azimuth angle of arrival (AoA) / zenith angle of arrival (ZoA)) of the receiver (RX); (2) the angle of departure (azimuth angle of departure (AoD) / zenith angle of departure (ZoD)) of the transmitter (Tx); (3) the AoA / ZoA / AoD / ZoD of the target; (4) the delay; (5) the initial phase; (6) the Doppler; (7) the power and polarization including the impact of RCS (power and polarization including the impact of RCS); (8) the number of direct path(s) for a target (the number of direct path(s) for a target).

[0047] However, how to manage the sensing area of the communication node in the communication and sensing integrated system becomes a technical problem to be solved.

[0048] Based on this, to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication and sensing management method, by transmitting the information of the sensing area, the information of the sensing blind area in the sensing area, the information of the RCS, the information of the sensing mode, and the information of the sensing priority, the sensing capability of the node in the communication and sensing integrated system can be adjusted to adjust the sensing area of the node, and further to realize the management of the sensing area of the communication node in the communication and sensing integrated system.

[0049] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the network architecture of a mobile communication network (including but not limited to 3G, 4G, 5G and future mobile communication networks (5th generation mobile communication technology Advanced (5G-A), 6th generation mobile communication technology (6G)) can at least include a first communication node and a second communication node. It should be understood that in the present example, the first communication node can be a terminal-side device (for example, including but not limited to a terminal) in the downlink, and the second communication node can be a network-side device (for example, including but not limited to a base station). Of course, in the uplink, the first communication node can also be a network-side device, and the second communication node can also be a terminal-side device. In the communication between the two communication nodes, the first communication node and the second communication node can both be base stations or terminals. The first communication node and the second communication node can be referred to as the first node and the second node, respectively.

[0050] Exemplarily, taking the first node as a base station and the second node as a terminal as an example. As shown in FIG. 1, a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. The communication system includes a base station 101 and a terminal 102. The terminal 102 can be one or more, and the number thereof is not limited.

[0051] The base station 101 can send configuration information for managing a sensing area to the terminal 102, and the terminal 102 can adjust the sensing area in the communication sensing integrated system where the terminal 102 is located based on the configuration information from the base station 101.

[0052] The configuration information for managing the sensing area can include at least one of the following: 1, an included angle of a transceiving antenna; 2, a confidence degree of the included angle; 3, an identification of the sensing area; 4, shape information of the sensing area; 5, information indicating whether to support reporting the sensing area; 6, information of a sensing basic unit; 7, information of a sensing blind area; 8, information of a sensing mode; 9, information of a radar cross section; 10, information of a sensing priority; 11, a sensing period; 12, a sensing reporting period; and 13, a sensing refreshing period.

[0053] In some embodiments, the terminal 102 can send request information for querying the node sensing capability (i.e., the above-mentioned configuration information) to the base station 101, and the base station 101 can report its own configuration information to the terminal 102 (i.e., send the configuration information of the base station 101 to the terminal 102) in response to the request information from the terminal 102. Alternatively, the base station 101 can send its own configuration information to the terminal 102 based on a sensing reporting period.

[0054] It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first node and the second node can be at least one of the following: a terminal, a base station, a core network element, a server, a service function (SF) block, and an application function (AF) block.

[0055] The base station (BS) can be a base station or evolved node B (eNB or eNodeB) in long term evolution (LTE) or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), a base station device in a 5G network, or a base station in a future communication system, etc. The base station can include various macro base stations, micro base stations, home base stations, wireless remote devices, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), routers, relays, transmission and reception points (TRPs), wireless fidelity (WIFI) devices, and various network side devices.

[0056] The terminal can be a device with wireless transceiving function. The terminal can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiving function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical treatment, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in smart city, a wireless terminal in smart home, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the application scenarios. The terminal can also be referred to as a user, a user equipment (UE), an access terminal, a UE unit, a UE station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a UE terminal, a wireless communication device, a UE agent, or a UE apparatus, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit this.

[0057] The core network network element can include various network functions, for example, an access and mobility management function (AMF), a session management function (SMF), a user plane function (UPF), a policy control function (PCF), a unified data management (UDM), a location management function (LMF), and the like.

[0058] It should be noted that FIG. 1 is only an exemplary framework diagram, the number of devices included in FIG. 1, and the name of each device are not limited, and in addition to the devices shown in FIG. 1, the communication system can also include other devices, such as core network devices.

[0059] The application scenarios of the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited. The system architecture and business scenarios described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are used to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art can know that with the evolution of network architecture and the appearance of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0060] FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of a communication awareness management method. As shown in FIG. 2, the communication awareness management method is applied to a first node, which includes: S201, the first node sends configuration information to a second node.

[0061] The configuration information can include information of an awareness area, and the information of the awareness area can include at least one of the following: an included angle of a transceiving antenna, a confidence degree of the included angle, an identifier of the awareness area, shape information of the awareness area, and information indicating whether to support reporting of the awareness area.

[0062] It should be noted that the information of the awareness area can include the included angle of the transceiving antenna, so that in the subsequent process of reporting the awareness area through the configuration information, the interaction of the included angle of the transceiving antenna is realized.

[0063] As an implementation manner, the configuration information sent by the first node to the second node is used to manage the awareness area of the second node, and the second node can adjust its own awareness area in response to the configuration information from the first node.

[0064] The first node and the second node can be at least one of the following: a terminal, a base station, and a core network network element.

[0065] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the shape of the perception area can be a two-dimensional (2D) shape, or the shape of the perception area can be a three-dimensional (3D) shape. The 3D shape can be any one of the following: a sphere, an ellipsoid, a cuboid, a rugby ball, a cone, a prism (such as a hexagonal column), a self-defined geometric body, and a 3D antenna radiation pattern. The 2D shape can be any one of the following: a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle, an olive, a sector, a polygon (such as a hexagon), a self-defined 2D pattern, and a 2D antenna radiation pattern.

[0066] As an implementation manner, the perception areas of different shapes correspond to different shape information of the perception areas, that is, the perception areas of different shapes correspond to independent perception area information, such as the shape information of the perception areas 1 to 8.

[0067] 1. If the shape of the perception area is a sphere or a spherical shape, the shape information of the perception area can include at least one of the following (1) to (7): (1) a center point position; (2) a radius length or a diameter length; (3) a diameter length passing through the center point; (4) a confidence degree of the center point position; (5) a confidence degree of the radius length or the diameter length; (6) a unit of the radius length or the diameter length; and (7) a scale factor of the radius length or the diameter length.

[0068] 2. If the shape of the perception area is an ellipsoid or an elliptical shape, the shape information of the perception area can include at least one of the following (1) to (15): (1) a center point position; (2) two fixed point positions; (3) a position of any one of the two fixed points; (4) a position of any one of the two fixed points and the center point position; (5) a long radius length or a short radius length; (6) a long diameter length or a short diameter length; (7) a confidence degree of the center point position; (8) a confidence degree of the fixed point position; (9) a confidence degree of one of the two fixed point positions and a confidence degree of the other fixed point position; (10) a confidence degree of the long radius length or the short radius length; (11) a confidence degree of the long diameter length or the short diameter length; (12) a unit of the long radius length or the short radius length; (13) a unit of the long diameter length or the short diameter length; (14) a scale factor of the long radius length or the short radius length; and (15) a scale factor of the long diameter length or the short diameter length.

[0069] 3. If the shape of the perceived region is a cuboid or a rectangle, the shape information of the perceived region can include at least one of the following (1)-(10): (1) an endpoint position or a vertex position; (2) a center point position; (3) a length; (4) a width; (5) a height; (6) a unit of the length, the width, or the height; (7) a confidence of the endpoint position or the vertex position; (8) a confidence of the center point position; (9) a confidence of the length, the width, or the height; (10) a scale factor of the length, the width, or the height.

[0070] 4. If the shape of the perceived region is a rugby ball or an olive, the shape information of the perceived region can include at least one of the following (1)-(10): (1) a center point position; (2) a long radius length or a short radius length; (3) a long diameter length or a short diameter length; (4) a confidence of the center point position; (5) a confidence of the long radius length or the long diameter length; (6) a confidence of the short radius length or the short diameter length; (7) a unit of the long radius length or the long diameter length; (8) a unit of the short radius length or the short diameter length; (9) a scale factor of the long radius length or the long diameter length; (10) a scale factor of the short radius length or the short diameter length.

[0071] 5. If the shape of the perceived region is a cone or a sector, the shape information of the perceived region can include at least one of the following (1)-(9): (1) a vertex position; (2) a radius length; (3) an opening angle; (4) a central axis direction; (5) a confidence of the vertex position; (6) a confidence of the opening angle; (7) a confidence of the central axis direction; (8) a unit of the radius length; (9) a scale factor of the radius length.

[0072] 6. If the shape of the perceived region is a prism or a polygon, the shape information of the perceived region can include at least one of the following (1)-(10): (1) a center point position; (2) an axial direction or a radial direction; (3) a shortest length passing through the center point; (4) a longest length passing through the center point; (5) a confidence of the center point position; (6) a confidence of the axial direction or the radial direction; (7) a confidence of the shortest length passing through the center point; (8) a confidence of the longest length passing through the center point; (9) a unit of the shortest length passing through the center point; (10) a unit of the longest length passing through the center point.

[0073] 7. If the shape of the perceived region is a custom geometry or a custom two-dimensional figure, the shape information of the perceived region can include at least one of the following (1)-(5): (1) a center point position(s); (2) a figure range(s); (3) a confidence of the center point position(s); (4) a confidence of the figure range(s); (5) a unit of the figure range(s).

[0074] 8. If the shape of the perception region is a three-dimensional antenna radiation pattern or a two-dimensional antenna radiation pattern, the shape information of the perception region can include at least one of the following (1)-(10): (1) vertex position; (2) normal direction; (3) angle a at which the gain drops to half; (4) decibel number A of maximum gain MAX ; (5) effective direction range; (6) confidence of vertex position; (7) confidence of normal direction; (8) vertical cut of the radiation power pattern based on a and A MAX in the interval [0°, 180°]; (9) horizontal cut of the radiation power pattern based on a and A MAX in the interval [-180°, 180°]; (10) three-dimensional radiation power pattern based on A', A" and A MAX of maximum gain.

[0075] Exemplarily, if the angle a (such as the angle θ 3dB in the vertical direction and the angle φ 3dB in the horizontal direction) at which the gain drops to half (such as 3 decibels (dB)) is 65 degrees, the decibel number A MAX of maximum gain is 30 dB, and the effective direction range is [0°, 360°], each parameter in the radiation power pattern of a single antenna element includes: the vertical cut of the radiation power pattern, the horizontal cut of the radiation power pattern, and the three-dimensional radiation power pattern, and the values of each parameter, the decibel number A' of the vertical cut of the radiation power pattern, the decibel number A" of the horizontal cut of the radiation power pattern, and the decibel number A of the three-dimensional radiation power pattern, are respectively represented by the following formulas one to three.

[0076] wherein θ 3dB = 65°, A MAX = 30 dB, a' ∈ [0°, 180°].

[0077] wherein φ 3dB = 65°, A MAX= 30 dB, φ' ∈ [-180°, 180°]. A(θ', φ') = -min{-(A'(θ', φ' = 0°) + A'(θ' = 90°, φ')), A MAX} Equation Three

[0078] wherein A MAX = 30 dB.

[0079] The shape of the perception area is introduced below by taking the shape of the perception area as an ellipse as an example. As shown in FIG. 3, two fixed points (fixed point 1 and fixed point 2) of the ellipse, a long radius, a short radius, a long diameter and a short diameter of the ellipse are shown in the coordinate system.

[0080] It should be noted that the radius or diameter of the perception area is related to the information of the RCS, and the radius or diameter corresponds to the ellipsoid or sphere described above.

[0081] In some embodiments, the shape of the perception area is determined by the distance between the transceiving nodes.

[0082] Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, different perception areas corresponding to different distances of the perception nodes are shown. In FIG. 4, the distance between the transceiving nodes (node 1 and node 2) is far, the perception area is small, and the perception area is spherical or approximately spherical. In FIG. 5, the distance between the transceiving nodes (node 1 and node 2) is close, the perception area is large, and the perception area is ellipsoidal or approximately ellipsoidal.

[0083] That is, the distance between the perception transceiving nodes (i.e., the transceiving nodes) is related to the shape of the perception area or the size of the perception area.

[0084] In some embodiments, the distance-related information between the perception nodes includes at least one of the following: (1) the distance between the perception transceiving nodes; (2) the shape of the perception area; (3) the size of the perception area; (4) the association between the distance between the perception transceiving nodes and the shape of the perception area; (5) the association between the distance between the perception transceiving nodes and the size of the perception area.

[0085] In some embodiments, the perception area can be characterized by one or more perception basic units. One perception basic unit corresponds to one position.

[0086] The perception basic unit can be a 2D basic unit or a 3D basic unit, the 2D basic unit can be defined by 2-dimensional numbers (such as determined by length and width), and the 3D basic unit can be defined by 3-dimensional numbers (such as defined by length, width and height). The definition of the perception basic unit is shown in Table 1:

[0087] Table 1 Definition of Perception Basic Unit

[0088] The length, width and height of the perception basic unit can be customized, such as m*m*o, where m, n and o are real numbers.

[0089] It should be noted that, in order to facilitate the description of the perception area by the perception basic unit, a perception basic unit can be selected as a perception origin, and other perception basic units can be described with reference to the position of the perception origin to number the perception basic units. One perception basic unit corresponds to an identity (ID) of the perception basic unit, and the perception origin can be any of the following: a vertex of the perception area, a perception basic unit where a center point of the perception area is located, or a specified basic unit in the corresponding perception graph. The vertex of the perception area can be any vertex in the plurality of vertices in the perception area.

[0090] Exemplarily, taking the perception basic unit as a 3D basic unit as an example, as shown in FIG. 6, an example schematic diagram of a perception area composed of a plurality of perception basic units is shown, and a perception origin and other perception basic units in the perception area are shown.

[0091] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the information of the perception area can further include information of the perception basic unit. The information of the perception basic unit can include at least one of the following (1)-(4): (1) an identity of the perception basic unit; (2) a length of the perception basic unit; (3) a width of the perception basic unit; and (4) a height of the perception basic unit.

[0092] In some embodiments, the edge line of the perception basic unit can be parallel to the longitude and latitude, and a position or a position center can be represented by longitude, latitude and altitude. The unit of longitude and latitude can be degrees, and the unit of altitude can be meters.

[0093] It should be noted that the perception basic units corresponding to different areas or perception scenes are different. For example, the length, width and height of the perception basic unit corresponding to the low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle scene are 5m*5m*50m or 2m*2m*20m. For another example, the length, width and height of the perception basic unit corresponding to the automatic factory scene are 0.1m*0.1m*0.1m.

[0094] As an implementation manner, the perception area can include one or more sub-areas, and the information of the perception area corresponds to independent information of the perception basic unit.

[0095] That is, the information of the perception basic unit corresponding to different sub-areas in the information of the perception area is not the same.

[0096] Exemplarily, if the perception area includes: sub-area 1 and sub-area 2, as shown in Table 2, the length, width and height of the perception basic unit corresponding to the sub-area 1 are 5 meters*5 meters*50 meters respectively, and the length, width and height of the perception basic unit corresponding to the sub-area 2 are 2 meters*2 meters*20 meters respectively.

[0097] Table 2 Length, width and height of perception basic unit of different areas

[0098] It should be noted that the perception basic unit in the perception area is determined by the information of the perception basic unit corresponding to the sub-area in which the perception object is located.

[0099] Exemplarily, in combination with the above example, if the perception object is located in the sub-area 1, the perception area is composed of the perception basic unit with the length, width and height of 5 meters*5 meters*50 meters.

[0100] In some embodiments, if the perception object moves from the sub-area 1 to the sub-area 2, the perception area is updated from the perception basic unit with the length, width and height of 5 meters*5 meters*50 meters to the perception basic unit with the length, width and height of 2 meters*2 meters*20 meters.

[0101] The second node can automatically update the length, width and height of the perception basic unit in the perception area in response to monitoring that the perception object moves from the sub-area 1 to the sub-area 2. Alternatively, the first node can send an update request of the perception basic unit to the second node in response to detecting that the perception object moves from the sub-area 1 to the sub-area 2, so that the second node updates the length, width and height of the perception basic unit in the perception area in response to the update request from the first node.

[0102] In some embodiments, in combination with the perception basic unit in the above embodiments, the configuration information can further include at least one of the following: information indicating adding / deleting the perception basic unit, information indicating modifying / updating the perception basic unit.

[0103] It should be noted that, for the relationship between the perception basic unit and the perception transceiver node, as shown in FIG. 7, the perception sending node (i.e., the sending node) is associated with one of the perception basic units, and the perception receiving node (i.e., the receiving node) is associated with one of the perception basic units. The identifier of the perception basic unit can be associated with one or more base station IDs (or cell IDs).

[0104] As an implementation manner, the perception basic unit can also be associated with a beam, a signal type, power, speed, Doppler, and distance, and the information of the perception basic unit includes at least one of the following (1)-(13): (1) beam information (such as a beam ID) of the node; (2) antenna configuration information (such as a signal coverage range of an antenna) of the node; (3) transceiver parameters (such as power, an antenna array, a direction, and the like); (4) a type of the perception signal (such as a near-field perception signal); (5) a reference signal received power (RSRP) or a reference signal received path power (RSRPP) of each path; (6) a moving speed of the perception object; (7) a Doppler value of the perception object; (8) a distance of the transceiving node; (9) a distance between the perception object and the sending node; (10) a distance between the perception object and the receiving node; (11) information of the perception mode; (12) an included angle between the perception object and the transceiving node; and (13) object surface properties (such as size, material, and the like) of the perception object.

[0105] Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 8, an example schematic diagram of a perception region between perception transceiving nodes in which a perception object is located is shown. The perception region between the perception sending node and the perception receiving node is divided into a plurality of perception basic units. The perception object is located at a position of the perception basic unit in the second row and the third column in the perception region, and the perception signal between the perception sending node and the perception receiving node is shielded and refracted.

[0106] It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the perception mode can include at least one of the following: a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the perception signal sent by the node is received by the node itself, and in the second mode, the perception signal sent by one node is received by another node.

[0107] That is, the first mode refers to a self-sending and self-receiving working mode of the node, the second mode refers to a working mode of A-node sending and B-node receiving, and A-node and B-node are not the same node.

[0108] Exemplarily, the perception mode can include: base station self-sending and self-receiving, base station sending and base station receiving, UE self-sending and self-receiving, UE sending and UE receiving, UE sending and base station receiving, base station sending and UE receiving, node self-sending and self-receiving, and first node sending and second node receiving. Correspondingly, A sending and B receiving can include: base station sending and base station receiving, UE sending and base station receiving, base station sending and UE receiving, and UE sending and UE receiving. The meaning of A sending and B receiving is that the sending node and the receiving node are different nodes.

[0109] In some embodiments, the configuration information can further include at least one of the following: information of a sensing blind area, information of a sensing mode, information of a radar cross section, information of a sensing priority, a sensing period, a sensing reporting period, a sensing refresh period.

[0110] The information of the radar cross section can be embodied by a scale factor, and the information of the radar cross section can include an RCS value or an RCS relative value (such as a difference between a historical RCS value and a current RCS value).

[0111] The sensing blind area refers to an area that cannot be sensed by the sensing node (i.e., the first node or the second node), or the sensing blind area refers to an area that has a sensing requirement and cannot be sensed by the sensing node. The information of the sensing blind area can include at least one of the following (1)-(3): (1) an identification (ID) of the sensing blind area; (2) shape information of the sensing blind area (refer to the shape information of the sensing area described above); (3) information indicating whether to support reporting of the sensing blind area.

[0112] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the sensing blind area can be determined by at least one of the following parameters: a signal transmission-reflection-reflection angle, a distance between the transmission node and the reception node, a surface property of the sensing object, a transceiver parameter.

[0113] For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the sensing blind area can be related to an angle threshold (i.e., the signal transmission-reflection-reflection angle), a distance between the BS (the transmission node and the reception node) (i.e., the distance between the transmission node and the reception node), an object surface property (size, material, etc.), and a transceiver parameter (power, antenna array, direction, etc.).

[0114] It is noted that the correspondence between a sensing and a sensing object can include that one sensing can define multiple sensing objects, one sensing object can be sensed by multiple sensing pairs. That is, multiple sensing targets can be modelled in the ISAC channel of a pair of sensing Tx and sensing Rx, FFS whether to model a propagation path from Tx to Rx interacting with more than one sensing target, the same sensing target can be modelled in the ISAC channels of multiple pairs of sensing Tx and Rx.

[0115] That is, one sensing object can be sensed by multiple sensing pairs. In order to save energy and effective sensing, the sensing inaccurate sensing pair needs to be configured with low priority, and the sensing accurate sensing pair needs to be configured with high priority. The priority is a non-negative integer or a positive integer, and the priority is associated with the RSRP or RSRPP of the received sensing reference signal. That is, the sensing priority (i.e. priority) is used to prioritize the multiple sensing pairs corresponding to one sensing object. The information of the sensing priority can include at least one of (1)-(7) as follows: (1) sensing area priority; (2) sensing pair priority (i.e. if there are multiple sensing pairs, the priority of the receiving end is sorted); (3) receiving node priority (i.e. if there are multiple sensing pairs, the same sending end, the priority of the receiving end is sorted); (4) sending node priority (i.e. if there are multiple sensing pairs, the same receiving end, the priority of the sending end is sorted); (5) sensing distance priority; (6) sensing direction priority; (7) information indicating whether to support configuring sensing priority.

[0116] The information indicating whether to support the configuration-aware priority can include at least one of whether to support the configuration-aware priority information, whether to support the configuration-aware priority, whether to support the configuration-aware area priority, whether to support the transceiver pair priority, whether to support the receiving node priority, whether to support the transmitting node priority, whether to support the configuration-aware area distance priority, or whether to support the configuration-aware direction priority.

[0117] For example, in combination with the above-mentioned embodiments of the first node and the second node, the first node can configure multiple transceiver pairs (including the second node) to the same target or configuration-aware area and configure different priorities for each transceiver pair (i.e., the priority is configured to the transmitting end and / or the receiving end respectively).

[0118] For example, the SF block can configure the configuration-aware priority information to the transceiver node, the SF block can configure the weight or priority to each configuration-aware transceiver pair, and the priority can be managed by the AMF and recommended to the SF. Meanwhile, the SF block can also release the transceiver configuration resource information to the transceiver end or configure new resource information to the transceiver end. Each transceiver pair is configured with the priority or weight, and the pair with lower priority or weight can be deleted, and the pair with higher priority or weight can be added.

[0119] In some embodiments, the configuration information can also include the configuration information of the integrated sensing and communication, and the configuration information of the integrated sensing and communication is used to indicate the association relationship between the information of the configuration-aware area, the information of the radar cross section, and the information of the sensing mode. The configuration information of the integrated sensing and communication can indicate (i.e., the configuration information can include) any one of the following (1)-(3) association relationships: (1) the association relationship between the information of the configuration-aware area and the information of the radar cross section; (2) the association relationship between the information of the configuration-aware area and the information of the sensing mode; (3) the association relationship between the information of the configuration-aware area, the information of the radar cross section, and the information of the sensing mode.

[0120] For example, as shown in Tables 3, 4, and 5, various association relationships for which the configuration information of the integrated sensing and communication is used are shown.

[0121] Table 3 Association relationship between the configuration-aware area and the RCS and the sensing mode

[0122] Table 4 Association relationship between the configuration-aware area and the sensing mode

[0123] Table 5 Association relationship between the configuration-aware area and the RCS

[0124] It can be understood that by transmitting the information of the sensing area, the information of the sensing blind area in the sensing area, the information of the RCS, the information of the sensing mode, and the information of the sensing priority, the node sensing capability of the node in the communication and sensing integrated system can be adjusted to adjust the sensing area of the node, and thus the management of the sensing area of the communication node in the communication and sensing integrated system can be realized.

[0125] In some embodiments, in combination with the sensing reporting period in the above-mentioned configuration information, the downstream node can periodically report the configuration information of itself to the upstream node, so that the downstream node reports the node sensing capability of itself to the upstream node. The node sensing capability includes whether to support near-field sensing, and the node sensing capability is related to the isolation of the transceiving antenna.

[0126] For example, referring to the embodiment of the first node sending the configuration information to the second node in S201, the first node can be a downstream node, and the second node can be an upstream node.

[0127] In some embodiments, the downstream node can report the node sensing capability of itself in response to the query request of the node sensing capability sent by the upstream node. That is, before the first node sends the configuration information to the second node (i.e., S201), the first node can receive the request information sent by the second node, and in response to the request information, send the configuration information to the second node. The request information is used to request to obtain the configuration information, and the configuration information is used to reflect the node sensing capability of the node in the communication and sensing integrated system. For example, the receiving base station or the sending base station reports the corresponding transceiving pair or the corresponding priority to the SF or the sensing calculation node.

[0128] As an implementation manner, the configuration information sent by the first node to the second node is included in any one of the following: auxiliary data, measurement report, node capability information, and measurement request.

[0129] That is, in the process of the first node reporting the node sensing capability to the second node, the first node can carry the configuration information through the auxiliary data, the measurement report, the node capability information, or the measurement request.

[0130] In addition, the request information sent by the second node to the first node can include the configuration information for managing the sensing area of the first node. That is, the second node can manage the node sensing capability of the first node while querying the node sensing capability of the first node.

[0131] It can be understood that the node in the communication and sensing integrated system can adjust the node sensing capability of itself based on the configuration information from other nodes, and can also report the configuration information to other nodes based on the node sensing capability of itself.

[0132] The embodiment of the disclosure further provides a communication awareness management method, which is applied to a second node, as shown in FIG. 10, and can include the following steps: S1001, the second node receives configuration information sent by a first node.

[0133] It should be noted that the configuration information can be described in the above embodiment, and details are not repeated here.

[0134] As an implementation manner, before the second node receives the configuration information sent by the first node (i.e., S1001), the second node can send request information to the first node, so that the first node sends the configuration information to the second node in response to the request information.

[0135] Next, the communication awareness management method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is introduced in combination with the embodiment by taking the reporting scenario of the node awareness capability as an example. As shown in FIG. 11, the communication awareness management method in the embodiment of the disclosure can include S1101 and S1102.

[0136] In S1101, the second node sends request information to the first node.

[0137] It should be noted that the process of the second node sending the request information to the first node can be described in the above embodiment, and details are not repeated here.

[0138] In some embodiments, the first node can perform S1102 in response to the request information sent by the second node.

[0139] In S1102, the first node sends configuration information to the second node.

[0140] That is, the second node requests the information of the awareness area, the information of the awareness blind area, the information of the awareness priority, the distance related information between the awareness nodes, or one or more integrated sensing configuration information from the first node; the first node responds to the request and provides the corresponding information to the second node. That is, the transmission of the information of the awareness area, the information of the awareness blind area, the information of the awareness priority, the distance related information between the awareness nodes, the awareness basic unit, or one or more integrated sensing configuration information between the second node and the first node.

[0141] It can be understood that, for achieving the above functions, the communication awareness management apparatus comprises hardware structures and / or software modules corresponding to the functions. It can be easily understood by those skilled in the art that, in combination with the algorithm steps of the examples described in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the present disclosure can be realized in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a certain function is realized in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art can use different methods to realize the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

[0142] The embodiments of the present disclosure can divide the function modules of the communication awareness management apparatus according to the method embodiments described above. For example, each function module can be divided according to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated into one function module. The integrated module can be realized in the form of hardware or software. It should be noted that the division of modules in the embodiments of the present disclosure is illustrative, and is only a logical function division. When actually implemented, there can be another division manner. The following will be described taking the example of dividing each function module according to each function.

[0143] FIG. 12 is a structural schematic diagram of a communication awareness management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication awareness management apparatus can execute the communication awareness management method provided by the method embodiment S201. As shown in FIG. 12, the communication awareness management apparatus 1200 comprises a sending module 1201.

[0144] The sending module 1201 is configured to send configuration information to a second node. The configuration information comprises information of an awareness area.

[0145] In some embodiments, the information of the awareness area comprises at least one of the following: an included angle of a transceiving antenna, a confidence degree of the included angle, an identification of the awareness area, shape information of the awareness area, and information indicating whether to support reporting the awareness area.

[0146] In some embodiments, the shape of the awareness area is a three-dimensional shape, or the shape of the awareness area is a two-dimensional shape. The three-dimensional shape is any one of the following: a sphere, an ellipsoid, a cuboid, a rugby ball, a cone, a prism, a self-defined geometric body, and a three-dimensional antenna radiation pattern. The two-dimensional shape is any one of the following: a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle, an olive shape, a sector, a polygon, a self-defined two-dimensional pattern, and a two-dimensional antenna radiation pattern.

[0147] In some embodiments, the shape of the awareness area is determined by a distance between the transceiving nodes.

[0148] In some embodiments, the shape of the perception region is a sphere or a circle, and the shape information of the perception region comprises at least one of: a center point position; a radius length or a diameter length; the diameter length passing through the center point; a confidence of the center point position; a confidence of the radius length or the diameter length; a unit of the radius length or the diameter length; a scale factor of the radius length or the diameter length.

[0149] In some embodiments, the shape of the perception region is an ellipsoid or an ellipse, and the shape information of the perception region comprises at least one of: a center point position; two fixed point positions; a position of any one of the two fixed points; a position of any one of the two fixed points and the center point position; a long radius length or a short radius length; a long diameter length or a short diameter length; a confidence of the center point position; a confidence of the fixed point position; a confidence of one of the two fixed point positions and a confidence of the other fixed point position; a confidence of the long radius length or the short radius length; a confidence of the long diameter length or the short diameter length; a unit of the long radius length or the short radius length; a unit of the long diameter length or the short diameter length; a scale factor of the long radius length or the short radius length; a scale factor of the long diameter length or the short diameter length.

[0150] In some embodiments, the shape of the perception region is a cuboid or a rectangle, and the shape information of the perception region comprises at least one of: an endpoint position or a vertex position; a center point position; a length; a width; a height; a unit of the length, the width or the height; a confidence of the endpoint position or the vertex position; a confidence of the center point position; a confidence of the length, the width or the height; a scale factor of the length, the width or the height.

[0151] In some embodiments, the shape of the perception region is a rugby ball or an olive shape, and the shape information of the perception region comprises at least one of: a center point position; a long radius length or a short radius length; a long diameter length or a short diameter length; a confidence of the center point position; a confidence of the long radius length or the long diameter length; a confidence of the short radius length or the short diameter length; a unit of the long radius length or the long diameter length; a unit of the short radius length or the short diameter length; a scale factor of the long radius length or the long diameter length; a scale factor of the short radius length or the short diameter length.

[0152] In some embodiments, the shape of the perception region is a cone or a sector, and the shape information of the perception region comprises at least one of: a vertex position; a radius length; an opening angle; a central axis direction; a confidence of the vertex position; a confidence of the opening angle; a confidence of the central axis direction; a unit of the radius length; a scale factor of the radius length.

[0153] In some embodiments, the shape of the perception region is a prism or a polygon, and the shape information of the perception region comprises at least one of: a center point position; an axial direction or a radial direction; a shortest length passing through the center point; a longest length passing through the center point; a confidence of the center point position; a confidence of the axial direction or the radial direction; a confidence of the shortest length passing through the center point; a confidence of the longest length passing through the center point; a unit of the shortest length passing through the center point; a unit of the longest length passing through the center point.

[0154] In some embodiments, the shape of the perception region is a custom geometric body or a custom two-dimensional figure, and the shape information of the perception region comprises at least one of: a center point position; a figure range; a confidence of the center point position; a confidence of the figure range; a unit of the figure range.

[0155] In some embodiments, the shape of the perception region is a three-dimensional antenna radiation pattern or a two-dimensional antenna radiation pattern, and the shape information of the perception region comprises at least one of: a vertex position; a normal direction; an angle a at which the gain is reduced by half; a decibel number A MAX of the maximum gain; an effective direction range; a confidence of the vertex position; a confidence of the normal direction; a vertical cut of the radiation power pattern based on a and A MAX in the interval [0°, 180°]; a horizontal cut of the radiation power pattern based on a and A MAX in the interval [-180°, 180°]; a three-dimensional radiation power pattern based on A′, A″ and A MAX .

[0156] In some embodiments, the perception region is characterized by one or more perception basic units, and the information of the perception region comprises information of the perception basic units.

[0157] In some embodiments, the information of the perception basic unit comprises at least one of: an identification of the perception basic unit, a length of the perception basic unit, a width of the perception basic unit, a height of the perception basic unit.

[0158] In some embodiments, the perception region comprises one or more sub-regions, and the information of the perception region comprises independent information of the perception basic units corresponding to the sub-regions.

[0159] In some embodiments, the information of the perception basic unit comprises at least one of the following associations: beam information of a node; antenna configuration information of a node; transceiver parameters; type of a perception signal; reference signal received power or reference signal received power per path; moving speed of a perception object; Doppler value of a perception object; distance of a transceiving node; distance of a perception object from a transmitting node; distance of a perception object from a receiving node; information of a perception mode; angle between a perception object and a transceiving node; object surface property of a perception object.

[0160] In some embodiments, the sensing mode includes at least one of the following: a first mode, a second mode. In the first mode, the sensing signal sent by the node is received by the node itself, and in the second mode, the sensing signal sent by one node is received by another node.

[0161] In some embodiments, the configuration information further includes at least one of the following: information indicating adding / deleting a sensing basic unit, information indicating modifying / updating a sensing basic unit.

[0162] In some embodiments, the configuration information further includes at least one of the following: information of a sensing blind area, information of a sensing mode, information of a radar cross section, information of a sensing priority, a sensing period, a sensing reporting period, a sensing refresh period.

[0163] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes any one of the following association relationships: an association relationship between the information of the sensing area and the information of the radar cross section; an association relationship between the information of the sensing area and the information of the sensing mode; an association relationship between the information of the sensing area, the information of the radar cross section, and the information of the sensing mode.

[0164] In some embodiments, the information of the sensing blind area includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the sensing blind area, shape information of the sensing blind area, information indicating whether to support reporting the sensing blind area.

[0165] In some embodiments, the sensing blind area is determined by at least one of the following parameters: a signal transmission / reception refraction angle, a distance between the transmission / reception nodes, surface properties of the sensing object, a transmission / reception machine parameter.

[0166] In some embodiments, the information of the sensing priority includes at least one of the following: a sensing area priority, a transmission / reception pair priority, a receiving node priority, a sending node priority, a sensing distance priority, a sensing direction priority, information indicating whether to support configuring a sensing priority.

[0167] In some embodiments, the communication and sensing management apparatus 1200 further includes a receiving module 1202. The receiving module 1202 is configured to receive request information sent by a second node, the request information being used to request to obtain configuration information.

[0168] In some embodiments, the configuration information sent to the second node is contained in any one of the following: auxiliary data, a measurement report, node capability information.

[0169] In some embodiments, the first node and the second node are at least one of the following: a terminal, a base station, a core network element.

[0170] FIG. 13 is a structural schematic diagram of another communication awareness management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which can perform the communication awareness management method provided by the embodiment of the method S1001 described above. As shown in FIG. 13, the communication awareness management apparatus 1300 includes a receiving module 1301.

[0171] The receiving module is configured to receive configuration information sent by the first node. The configuration information includes information of an awareness area.

[0172] In some embodiments, the information of the awareness area includes at least one of the following: an included angle of the transceiving antenna, a confidence degree of the included angle, an identification of the awareness area, shape information of the awareness area, and information indicating whether to support reporting the awareness area.

[0173] In some embodiments, the shape of the awareness area is a three-dimensional shape, or the shape of the awareness area is a two-dimensional shape. The three-dimensional shape is any one of the following: a sphere, an ellipsoid, a cuboid, a rugby ball, a cone, a prism, a self-defined geometric body, and a three-dimensional antenna radiation pattern. The two-dimensional shape is any one of the following: a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle, an olive shape, a sector, a polygon, a self-defined two-dimensional pattern, and a two-dimensional antenna radiation pattern.

[0174] In some embodiments, the shape of the awareness area is determined by a distance between the transceiving nodes.

[0175] In some embodiments, the awareness area is characterized by one or more awareness basic units, and the information of the awareness area includes information of the awareness basic unit.

[0176] In some embodiments, the awareness area includes one or more sub-areas, and the information of the awareness area includes information of an independent awareness basic unit corresponding to each sub-area.

[0177] In some embodiments, the configuration information further includes at least one of the following: information indicating to add / delete an awareness basic unit, and information indicating to modify / update an awareness basic unit.

[0178] In some embodiments, the configuration information further includes at least one of the following: information of an awareness blind area, information of an awareness mode, information of a radar cross section, information of an awareness priority, an awareness period, an awareness reporting period, and an awareness refreshing period.

[0179] In some embodiments, the information of the awareness blind area includes at least one of the following: an identification of the awareness blind area, shape information of the awareness blind area, and information indicating whether to support reporting the awareness blind area.

[0180] In some embodiments, the information of the sensing priority comprises at least one of the following: a sensing area priority, a transceiving pair priority, a receiving node priority, a sending node priority, a sensing distance priority, a sensing direction priority, information indicating whether to support configuring the sensing priority.

[0181] In some embodiments, the communication sensing management apparatus 1300 further comprises a sending module 1302. The sending module 1302 is configured to send the request information to the first node, the request information being used to request to obtain the configuration information.

[0182] In some embodiments, the configuration information sent by the first node is contained in any one of the following: assistance data, a measurement report, node capability information.

[0183] In some embodiments, the first node and the second node are at least one of the following: a terminal, a base station, a core network element.

[0184] In the case of implementing the functions of the above-mentioned integrated modules in the form of hardware, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide another structure of the communication sensing management apparatus involved in the above-mentioned embodiments. As shown in FIG. 14, the communication sensing management apparatus 1400 comprises a processor 1402, a bus 1404. In some embodiments, the communication sensing management apparatus can further comprise a memory 1401. In some embodiments, the communication sensing management apparatus can further comprise a communication interface 1403.

[0185] The processor 1402 can be an integrated logic circuit, a module or a circuit described in combination with the embodiments of the present disclosure. The processor 1402 can be a central processing unit, a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application-specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, or other programmable logic device, transistor logic device, hardware component or any combination thereof. It can implement or execute various exemplary logic blocks, modules and circuits described in combination with the embodiments of the present disclosure. The processor 1402 can also be a combination of computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP (digital signal processor) and a microprocessor, etc.

[0186] The communication interface 1403 is configured to connect with other devices through a communication network. The communication network can be an Ethernet, a wireless access network, a WLAN (wireless local area network), etc.

[0187] The memory 1401 can be a read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a magnetic disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited to this.

[0188] As an implementation manner, the memory 1401 can exist independently of the processor 1402, and the memory 1401 can be connected to the processor 1402 through the bus 1404, and used to store instructions or program codes. When the processor 1402 invokes and executes the instructions or program codes stored in the memory 1401, the communication-aware management method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented.

[0189] In another implementation manner, the memory 1401 can also be integrated with the processor 1402.

[0190] The bus 1404 can be an extended industry standard architecture (EISA) bus or the like. The bus 1404 can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For the convenience of representation, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 14, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or only one type of bus.

[0191] Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer-readable storage medium (for example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium) having computer program instructions stored therein, and the computer program instructions, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the communication-aware management method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0192] By way of example, the computer-readable storage media described above can include, but is not limited to, magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, or magnetic tape), optical storage devices (e.g., compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD), etc.), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., EPROM, card, stick, or key drive). The various computer-readable storage media described in this disclosure can represent one or more devices and / or other machine-readable storage media for storing information. The term "machine-readable storage medium" can include, without being limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and / or carrying instruction(s) and / or data.

[0193] The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer program product containing instructions, when the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer executes the communication-aware management method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0194] The embodiment of the present disclosure discloses that by transmitting the information of the sensing area, the sensing capability of the node in the communication-aware integrated system can be adjusted to adjust the sensing area of the node, and further to realize the management of the sensing area of the communication node in the communication-aware integrated system.

[0195] The above is merely specific embodiments of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, any change or replacement within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure shall be covered within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for communication awareness management, applied to a first node, comprising: sending configuration information to a second node, the configuration information comprising information of an awareness area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The information of the awareness area comprises at least one of: an included angle of a transceiving antenna, a confidence of the included angle, an identity of the awareness area, shape information of the awareness area, information indicating whether to support reporting the awareness area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, The shape of the awareness area is a three-dimensional shape, or the shape of the awareness area is a two-dimensional shape. The three-dimensional shape is any one of: a sphere, an ellipsoid, a cuboid, a rugby ball, a cone, a prism, a self-defined geometric body, a three-dimensional antenna radiation pattern. The two-dimensional shape is any one of: a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle, an olive shape, a sector, a polygon, a self-defined two-dimensional pattern, a two-dimensional antenna radiation pattern.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein, The shape of the awareness area is determined by a distance between the first node and the second node.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein, The shape of the awareness area is a sphere or a circle, and the shape information of the awareness area comprises at least one of: a center point position; a radius length or a diameter length; a diameter length passing through the center point; a confidence of the center point position; a confidence of the radius length or the diameter length; a unit of the radius length or the diameter length; a scale factor of the radius length or the diameter length.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein, The shape of the awareness area is an ellipsoid or an ellipse, and the shape information of the awareness area comprises at least one of: a center point position; two fixed point positions; a position of any one of the two fixed points; a position of any one of the two fixed points and the center point position; a long radius length or a short radius length; a long diameter length or a short diameter length; a confidence of the center point position; a confidence of the fixed point position; a confidence of one of the two fixed point positions and a confidence of the other fixed point position; a confidence of the long radius length or the short radius length; a confidence of the long diameter length or the short diameter length; a unit of the long radius length or the short radius length; a unit of the long diameter length or the short diameter length; a scale factor of the long radius length or the short radius length; a scale factor of the long diameter length or the short diameter length.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein, The shape of the awareness area is a cuboid or a rectangle, and the shape information of the awareness area comprises at least one of: an end point position or a vertex position; a center point position; a length; a width; a height; a unit of the length, the width or the height; a confidence of the end point position or the vertex position; a confidence of the center point position; a confidence of the length, the width or the height; a scale factor of the length, the width or the height.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein, The shape of the awareness area is a rugby ball or an olive shape, and the shape information of the awareness area comprises at least one of: a center point position; a long radius length or a short radius length; a long diameter length or a short diameter length; a confidence of the center point position; a confidence of the long radius length or the long diameter length; a confidence of the short radius length or the short diameter length; a unit of the long radius length or the long diameter length; a unit of the short radius length or the short diameter length; a scale factor of the long radius length or the long diameter length; a scale factor of the short radius length or the short diameter length.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein, The shape of the awareness area is a cone or a sector, and the shape information of the awareness area comprises at least one of: a vertex position; a radius length; Opening angle; Central axis direction; Confidence of vertex position; Confidence of opening angle; Confidence of central axis direction; Unit of radius length; Scale factor of radius length.

10. The method of claim 3, wherein, The shape of the perception area is a prism or a polygon, and the shape information of the perception area comprises at least one of the following: Central point position; Axial direction or radial direction; Shortest length passing through the central point; Longest length passing through the central point; Confidence of central point position; Confidence of axial direction or radial direction; Confidence of shortest length passing through the central point; Confidence of longest length passing through the central point; Unit of shortest length passing through the central point; Unit of longest length passing through the central point.

11. The method of claim 3, wherein, The shape of the perception area is a custom geometric body or a custom two-dimensional figure, and the shape information of the perception area comprises at least one of the following: Central point position; Figure range; Confidence of central point position; Confidence of figure range; Unit of figure range.

12. The method of claim 3, wherein, The shape of the perception area is a three-dimensional antenna radiation pattern or a two-dimensional antenna radiation pattern, and the shape information of the perception area comprises at least one of the following: Vertex position; Normal direction; Angle α at which the gain is reduced by half; Decibels relative to maximum gain A MAX ; Effective direction range; Confidence of vertex position; Confidence of normal direction; The vertical cut of the radiation power pattern is based on the α and the A MAX in the interval [0°, 180°] in decibels A' The horizontal cut of the radiation power pattern is based on the α and the A MAX A number of decibels in the interval [-180°, 180°] The three-dimensional radiation power pattern is based on the decibel number A of the A', the A" and the A MAX .

13. The method of claim 1, wherein, The perception area is characterized by one or more perception basic units, and the information of the perception area comprises information of the perception basic units.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, The information of the perception basic unit comprises at least one of the following: identification of the perception basic unit, length of the perception basic unit, width of the perception basic unit, and height of the perception basic unit.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein, The perception area comprises one or more sub-areas, and the information of the perception area comprises independent information of the perception basic units corresponding to the sub-areas.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein, The information of the perception basic unit comprises at least one of the following associations: Beam information of a node; Antenna configuration information of a node; Transceiver parameter; Type of a perception signal; Reference signal received power or reference signal received power of each path; Moving speed of a perception object; Doppler value of a perception object; Distance of a transceiving node; Distance between a perception object and a transmitting node; Distance between a perception object and a receiving node; Information of a perception mode; Angle between a perception object and a transceiving node; Object surface property of a perception object.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein, The perception mode comprises at least one of the following: a first mode in which a perception signal transmitted by a node is received by the node itself, and a second mode in which a perception signal transmitted by one node is received by another node.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein, The configuration information further comprises at least one of the following: information indicating addition / deletion of the perception basic unit, and information indicating modification / update of the perception basic unit.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein, The configuration information further comprises at least one of the following: information of a perception blind area, information of a perception mode, information of a radar cross section, information of a perception priority, a perception period, a perception reporting period, and a perception refreshing period.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein, The configuration information comprises any of the following association relationships: Association relationship between the information of the perception area and the information of the radar cross section; Association relationship between the information of the perception area and the information of the perception mode; The information of the sensing area is associated with the information of the radar cross section and the information of the sensing mode.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein, The information of the sensing blind area includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the sensing blind area, shape information of the sensing blind area, and information indicating whether to support reporting the sensing blind area.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein, The sensing blind area is determined by at least one of the following parameters: a signal transmission and reception refraction angle, a distance between a transmission node and a reception node, surface properties of a sensing object, and a transmission and reception machine parameter.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein, The information of the sensing priority includes at least one of the following: a sensing area priority, a transmission and reception pair priority, a reception node priority, a transmission node priority, a sensing distance priority, a sensing direction priority, and information indicating whether to support configuring the sensing priority.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein, Before the configuration information is sent to the second node, the method further includes: Receiving request information sent by the second node, the request information being used to request to obtain the configuration information.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein, The configuration information sent to the second node is included in any one of the following: auxiliary data, a measurement report, and node capability information.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein, The first node and the second node are at least one of the following: a terminal, a base station, and a core network element. 27.A method for communication sensing management, applied to a second node, comprising: Receiving configuration information sent by a first node, the configuration information including information of a sensing area.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein, The information of the sensing area includes at least one of the following: an included angle of a transmission and reception antenna, a confidence degree of the included angle, an identifier of the sensing area, shape information of the sensing area, and information indicating whether to support reporting the sensing area.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein, The shape of the sensing area is a three-dimensional shape, or the shape of the sensing area is a two-dimensional shape. The three-dimensional shape is any one of the following: a sphere, an ellipsoid, a cuboid, a rugby ball, a cone, a prism, a self-defined geometric body, and a three-dimensional antenna radiation pattern. The two-dimensional shape is any one of the following: a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle, an olive shape, a sector, a polygon, a self-defined two-dimensional pattern, and a two-dimensional antenna radiation pattern.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein, The shape of the sensing area is determined by a distance between a transmission node and a reception node.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein, The sensing area is represented by one or more sensing basic units, and the information of the sensing area includes information of the sensing basic units.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein, The sensing area includes one or more sub-areas, and the information of the sensing area includes independent information of the sensing basic units corresponding to the sub-areas.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein, The configuration information further includes at least one of the following: information indicating to add or delete the sensing basic units, and information indicating to modify or update the sensing basic units.

34. The method of claim 27, wherein, The configuration information further includes at least one of the following: information of a sensing blind area, information of a sensing mode, information of a radar cross section, information of a sensing priority, a sensing period, a sensing reporting period, and a sensing refreshing period.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein, The information of the sensing blind area includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the sensing blind area, shape information of the sensing blind area, and information indicating whether to support reporting the sensing blind area.

36. The method of claim 34, wherein, The information of the sensing priority comprises at least one of the following: a sensing area priority, a transceiving pair priority, a receiving node priority, a sending node priority, a sensing distance priority, a sensing direction priority, and information indicating whether to support configuring the sensing priority.

37. The method of claim 27, wherein, Before the receiving the configuration information sent by the first node, the method further comprises: sending request information to the first node, the request information being used for requesting to acquire the configuration information.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein, The configuration information sent by the first node is contained in any one of the following: auxiliary data, a measurement report, and node capability information.

39. The method of claim 27, wherein, The first node and the second node are at least one of the following: a terminal, a base station, and a core network element.

40. A communications device comprising: a memory and a processor; wherein the memory is coupled to the processor; the memory is used to store instructions executable by the processor; and the processor executes the instructions to perform the method according to any one of claims 1-39.

41. A computer readable storage medium, wherein, The computer readable storage medium stores computer instructions, and when the computer instructions run on a computer, the computer executes the method according to any one of claims 1-39.

42. A computer program product, wherein, The computer program product comprises computer program instructions, and when the computer program instructions are executed, the method according to any one of claims 1-39 is implemented.

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