Sensing processing methods, and communication device, communication system and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to sensing processing methods, and a communication device, a communication system and a storage medium. A sensing processing method comprises: a first device determining, on the basis of first information, evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node; or determining, on the basis of second information, evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node, wherein the first information is used for configuring a signal to be measured of the candidate sending node, the second information is used for indicating positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used for determining whether to use the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair. Therefore, an improvement in the establishment effect of a sensing node pair can be supported, thereby effectively ensuring the sensing performance.

Description

Sensing processing method, and communication device, communication system, and storage medium TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular to a sensing processing method, and a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0002] Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) technology is a new type of communication technology, aiming to integrate sensing capability into the design of a communication system. The communication system can provide sensing services and communication services to users as a service.

[0003] SUMMARY

[0004] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sensing processing method, a network device, a terminal, a device, a chip system, a storage medium, a computer program, and a computer program product, which can be applied in the technical field of communication, and are used to solve the technical problem that in the related art, the effect of sensing node pair establishment is poor and sensing performance cannot be effectively ensured.

[0005] The present disclosure provides a sensing processing method, and a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0006] According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a sensing processing method is provided, executed by a first device, including: determining evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node according to first information; or determining the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to second information; wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0007] According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a sensing processing method is provided, executed by a second device, including: determining first information or second information; wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of a candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of a candidate receiving node and / or a candidate sending node, and the first information or the second information is further used to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0008] According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a sensing processing method is provided, which is performed by a third device, and includes: determining evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node; and determining whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

[0009] According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a sensing processing method is provided, which includes: a second device determining first information or second information, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of a candidate sending node, and the second information is used to indicate positioning information of a candidate receiving node and / or a candidate sending node; a first device determining evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the first information, or determining the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the second information; and the first device or a third device determining whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

[0010] According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a first device is provided, which includes: a processing module configured to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node according to first information, or determine the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to second information; wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0011] According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a second device is provided, which includes: a processing module configured to determine first information or second information; wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of a candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of a candidate receiving node and / or a candidate sending node, the first information or the second information is further used to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0012] According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a third device is provided, which includes: a processing module configured to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node, and determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

[0013] According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, which includes: one or more processors; wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to enable the communication device to perform the sensing processing method of any one of the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, or the fourth aspect.

[0014] According to a ninth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, and the communication system comprises a first device, a second device and a third device, wherein the first device is configured to implement the sensing processing method of the first aspect, the second device is configured to implement the sensing processing method of the second aspect, and the third device is configured to implement the sensing processing method of the third aspect.

[0015] According to a tenth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, and the storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device performs the sensing processing method of any one of the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect or the fourth aspect.

[0016] According to an eleventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer program product is provided, and the computer program product comprises a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the sensing processing method of any one of the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect or the fourth aspect is implemented. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or the background art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments of the present disclosure or the background art will be described below.

[0018] FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0019] FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of a wireless sensing mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0020] FIG. 2A is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0021] FIG. 2B is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0022] FIG. 3A is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0023] FIG. 3B is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0024] FIG. 3C is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] FIG. 4A is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] FIG. 4B is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] FIG. 5 is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG. 6 is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG. 7A is a structural diagram of a first device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG. 7B is a structural diagram of a second device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG. 7C is a structural diagram of a third device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] FIG. 8A is a structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0033] FIG. 8B is a structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] The present disclosure provides a sensing processing method and a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0035] In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides a sensing processing method, executed by a first device; the method comprises:

[0036] determining, according to first information, evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node; or determining, according to second information, evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node;

[0037] The first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0038] In the above embodiment, the establishment effect of the sensing node pair can be improved, thereby effectively ensuring the sensing performance.

[0039] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the first device comprises at least one of:

[0040] a terminal;

[0041] an access network device.

[0042] In the above embodiment, the flexibility of the sensing node pair establishment can be improved, and the sensing processing method is suitable for various sensing scenarios.

[0043] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the method further comprises:

[0044] sending the evaluation information to a second device or a third device.

[0045] In the above embodiment, the second device or the third device can learn the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node in time, and the efficiency of establishing the sensing node can be improved.

[0046] In some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the to-be-measured signal includes at least one of:

[0047] a to-be-measured communication channel;

[0048] a to-be-measured communication signal;

[0049] a to-be-measured sensing signal.

[0050] In the above embodiment, the flexibility of signal measurement can be improved, and the method can be applied to various communication sensing scenarios.

[0051] In some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, wherein:

[0052] the parameters of the to-be-measured communication channel and the parameters of the to-be-measured sensing signal have a corresponding relationship;

[0053] the parameters of the to-be-measured communication signal and the parameters of the to-be-measured sensing signal have a corresponding relationship; wherein the parameters include spatial parameters and / or frequency domain parameters.

[0054] In the above embodiment, the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node can be accurately estimated.

[0055] In some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of:

[0056] a to-be-measured signal of at least one candidate sending node;

[0057] a measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used to measure the to-be-measured signal.

[0058] In the above embodiment, the to-be-measured signal of the one or more candidate sending nodes can be accurately configured, and the measurement interval can also be configured. The first device can measure the to-be-measured signal of the one or more candidate sending nodes in the measurement interval. The interference of the measurement of the to-be-measured signal on the uplink and downlink communication is effectively reduced.

[0059] In some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information further includes at least one of:

[0060] a reporting type of the evaluation information;

[0061] a type of the evaluation information.

[0062] In the above embodiment, the on-demand reporting of the evaluation information can be supported, and the needs of various sensing communication scenarios can be met.

[0063] In some embodiments combined with the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes at least one of:

[0064] receiving the first information sent by the second device;

[0065] receiving the first information sent by the third device;

[0066] receiving the first information sent directly by the fourth device;

[0067] receiving the first information sent by the fourth device through the second device.

[0068] In the above embodiments, the first device can effectively obtain the first information, and determine the configuration of the to-be-measured signal of the candidate sending node based on the first information, thereby supporting accurate measurement.

[0069] In some embodiments combined with the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0070] autonomously determining the second information; or

[0071] receiving the second information sent by the second device;

[0072] sending the second information to the third device.

[0073] In the above embodiments, the flexibility of determining the second information can be effectively improved, thereby supporting application in various communication sensing scenarios.

[0074] In some embodiments combined with the first aspect, in some embodiments, the evaluation information includes at least one of:

[0075] a measurement result of at least one sending beam direction;

[0076] a measurement result of at least one receiving beam direction;

[0077] at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair includes an index of a sending beam and an index of a receiving beam;

[0078] a quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used to evaluate the quality of the sensing channel;

[0079] a node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used to evaluate whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node are suitable for forming a sensing node pair.

[0080] In the above embodiments, the evaluation information can comprehensively and flexibly evaluate the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node.

[0081] In some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the determining, according to the first information, of the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node comprises at least one of the following:

[0082] measuring the to-be-measured signal based on the at least one receiving beam and the at least one sending beam to obtain at least one measurement result;

[0083] determining the quality evaluation result and / or the node evaluation result according to a comparison result of the at least one measurement result and a result threshold value, and / or according to a number of measurement results in the at least one measurement result that exceed the result threshold value;

[0084] taking the at least one measurement result, and / or an index of the sending beam, and / or an index of the receiving beam, and / or the quality evaluation result, and / or the node evaluation result, as the evaluation information.

[0085] In the above embodiments, the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node is evaluated based on measurement, which can improve the accuracy of the quality evaluation of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and support improving the establishment accuracy of the sensing node pair.

[0086] In some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the determining, according to the second information, of the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node comprises:

[0087] evaluating the sensing channel based on the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node and the channel propagation environment information to obtain the evaluation information.

[0088] In the above embodiments, the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node is evaluated based on positioning, which can improve the accuracy of the quality evaluation of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and support improving the establishment accuracy of the sensing node pair.

[0089] In a second aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sensing processing method, executed by a second device; the method comprises:

[0090] determining first information or second information; wherein the first information is used for configuring a to-be-measured signal of a candidate sending node, the second information is used for indicating positioning information of a candidate receiving node and / or a candidate sending node, and the first information or the second information is further used for determining evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used for determining whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0091] In the above embodiments, the establishment effect of the sensing node pair can be supported to effectively ensure the sensing performance.

[0092] With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second device comprises at least one of:

[0093] a terminal;

[0094] an access network device.

[0095] With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0096] receiving the evaluation information sent by the first device, wherein the second device is an access network device.

[0097] With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments, the to-be-tested signal comprises at least one of:

[0098] a to-be-tested communication channel;

[0099] a to-be-tested communication signal;

[0100] a to-be-tested sensing signal.

[0101] With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments, wherein:

[0102] the parameter of the to-be-tested communication channel has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-tested sensing signal;

[0103] the parameter of the to-be-tested communication signal has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-tested sensing signal; wherein the parameter comprises a spatial parameter and / or a frequency domain parameter.

[0104] With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information comprises at least one of:

[0105] a to-be-tested signal of the at least one candidate transmission node;

[0106] a measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used for measuring the to-be-tested signal.

[0107] With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information further comprises at least one of:

[0108] a reporting type of the evaluation information;

[0109] a type of the evaluation information.

[0110] With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0111] sending the first information to the first device.

[0112] With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0113] autonomously determining the second information;

[0114] sending the second information to the first device; and / or

[0115] sending the second information to the third device.

[0116] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the evaluation information comprises at least one of:

[0117] a measurement result of at least one transmit beam direction;

[0118] a measurement result of at least one receive beam direction;

[0119] at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair comprises an index of a transmit beam and an index of a receive beam;

[0120] a quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used to evaluate a quality of the sensing channel;

[0121] a node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used to evaluate whether the candidate receive node and / or the candidate transmit node are suitable for forming the sensing node pair.

[0122] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the method further comprises:

[0123] transmitting the to-be-tested signal based on the at least one transmit beam.

[0124] In a third aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sensing processing method, executed by a third device; the method comprises:

[0125] determining evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receive node and a candidate transmit node;

[0126] determining whether to take the candidate receive node and the candidate transmit node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

[0127] In the above embodiments, the establishment effect of the sensing node pair can be improved, thereby effectively ensuring the sensing performance.

[0128] In some embodiments of the third aspect, the determination of the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receive node and the candidate transmit node comprises:

[0129] sending first information to the first device, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate transmit node, and the first information is further used by the first device to determine the evaluation information;

[0130] receiving the evaluation information sent by the first device.

[0131] In some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the to-be-measured signal comprises at least one of:

[0132] a to-be-measured communication channel;

[0133] a to-be-measured communication signal;

[0134] a to-be-measured sensing signal.

[0135] In some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, wherein,

[0136] a parameter of the to-be-measured communication channel has a corresponding relationship with a parameter of the to-be-measured sensing signal;

[0137] a parameter of the to-be-measured communication signal has a corresponding relationship with a parameter of the to-be-measured sensing signal; wherein the parameter comprises a spatial parameter and / or a frequency domain parameter.

[0138] In some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the first information comprises at least one of:

[0139] a to-be-measured signal of the at least one candidate sending node;

[0140] a measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used to measure the to-be-measured signal.

[0141] In some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the first information further comprises at least one of:

[0142] a reporting type of the evaluation information;

[0143] a type of the evaluation information.

[0144] In some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, determining the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node comprises:

[0145] determining the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the second information, wherein the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node.

[0146] In some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0147] receiving the second information sent by the first device or the second device or the fifth device.

[0148] In some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, determining the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the second information comprises:

[0149] According to the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node and the channel propagation environment information, the sensing channel is evaluated to obtain evaluation information.

[0150] In combination with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the evaluation information comprises at least one of:

[0151] a measurement result of at least one sending beam direction;

[0152] a measurement result of at least one receiving beam direction;

[0153] at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair comprises an index of a sending beam and an index of a receiving beam;

[0154] a quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used to evaluate the quality of the sensing channel;

[0155] a node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used to evaluate whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node are suitable for forming a sensing node pair.

[0156] In a fourth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sensing processing method, which comprises:

[0157] The second device determines first information or second information, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, and the second information is used to indicate the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node;

[0158] The first device determines, according to the first information, the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node; or determines, according to the second information, the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node;

[0159] The first device or the third device determines, according to the evaluation information, whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0160] In a fifth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a first device, which comprises:

[0161] a processing module, configured to determine, according to first information, evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node; or determine, according to second information, the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node; wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0162] In a sixth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a second device, which comprises:

[0163] a processing module configured to determine first information or second information, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of a candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the first information or the second information is further used to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0164] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a third device, which comprises:

[0165] a processing module configured to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

[0166] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, which comprises:

[0167] one or more processors;

[0168] The processor is configured to perform the sensing processing method in any one of the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect.

[0169] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, which comprises a first device, a second device, and a third device, wherein the first device is configured to implement the sensing processing method in the first aspect, the second device is configured to implement the sensing processing method in the second aspect, and the third device is configured to implement the sensing processing method in the third aspect.

[0170] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium, which stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device performs the sensing processing method in any one of the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect.

[0171] In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer program product, which comprises a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the sensing processing method in any one of the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect is implemented.

[0172] It can be understood that the sensing processing method, the first device, the second device, the third device, the communication device, the chip system, the storage medium, the computer program, and the computer program product are all used to execute the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved are referred to the beneficial effects in the corresponding method, which will not be described here.

[0173] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a perception processing method and apparatus, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the perception processing method can be replaced by the information processing method, the communication method, and the like, and the perception processing apparatus can be replaced by the information processing apparatus, the communication apparatus, and the like, and the information processing system and the communication system can be replaced by each other.

[0174] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive, but are only schematic of some embodiments, and are not specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in an embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be combined arbitrarily, for example, the scheme after removing some steps in an embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in an embodiment can be exchanged arbitrarily, in addition, the optional implementation manners in an embodiment can be combined arbitrarily; in addition, the embodiments can be combined arbitrarily, for example, the steps of different embodiments or part of the steps of different embodiments can be combined arbitrarily, an embodiment can be combined with the optional implementation manners of other embodiments arbitrarily.

[0175] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referred to each other if there is no special description and logical conflict, and the technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationship.

[0176] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and not as a limitation on the present disclosure.

[0177] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified and logically contradictory, the elements expressed in singular form, such as "one", "one", "the", "the above", "the", "the above", "this" and the like, can represent "one and only one", and can also represent "one or more", "at least one" and the like. For example, in the case of using articles such as "a", "an", "the" and the like in English, the noun after the article can be understood as singular expression, and can also be understood as plural expression.

[0178] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, "a plurality of" means two or more.

[0179] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one of", "one or more", "a plurality of", "multiple" and the like can be replaced by each other.

[0180] In some embodiments, "at least one of A, B", "A and / or B", "in one case A, in another case B", "responsive to case A, responsive to case B" and the like, can be interpreted to include both cases, A and B, in some embodiments, A (A is performed regardless of B), in some embodiments, B (B is performed regardless of A), in some embodiments, selected from the group consisting of A and B (the selection between A and B is an option), in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are performed).

[0181] In some embodiments, "A or B" and the like, can be interpreted to include both cases, A and B, in some embodiments, A (A is performed regardless of B), in some embodiments, B (B is performed regardless of A), in some embodiments, selected from the group consisting of A and B (the selection between A and B is an option).

[0182] In some embodiments, the prefix words "first", "second" and the like in the disclosure do not limit the position, order, priority, number or content of the described objects, and the description of the described objects should be referred to the context of the claims or embodiments, and should not be construed as redundant limitations. For example, the described objects are "fields", and the ordinal words before "fields" in "first field" and "second field" do not limit the position or order between "fields", and "first" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified by them are in the same message or not, nor limit the order of "first field" and "second field". For another example, the described objects are "levels", and the ordinal words before "levels" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit the priority between "levels". For another example, the number of the described objects is not limited by the ordinal words, and can be one or more. For example, "first device", where the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefix words can be the same or different, for example, the described objects are "devices", and "first device" and "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, the described objects are "information", and "first information" and "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0183] In some embodiments, "including A", "containing A", "for indicating A", "carrying A" can be interpreted as directly carrying A, or indirectly indicating A.

[0184] In some embodiments, the terms "in response to", "in response to determining", "in the case of", "when", "when", "if", "if" and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0185] In some embodiments, the terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not lower than", "above", and the like can be replaced with each other, and the terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "fewer than", "fewer than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", "below", and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0186] In some embodiments, the apparatuses and devices can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and in some cases can also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject", and the like.

[0187] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as an apparatus included in the network, for example, an access network device, a core network device, and the like.

[0188] In some embodiments, an “access network device (AN device)” can also be referred to as a “radio access network device (RAN device),” a “base station (BS),” a “radio base station,” a “fixed station,” and in some embodiments can also be understood as a “node,” an “access point,” a “transmission point (TP),” a “reception point (RP),” a “transmission / reception point (TRP),” a “panel,” an “antenna panel,” an “antenna array,” a “cell,” a “macro cell,” a “small cell,” a “femto cell,” a “pico cell,” a “sector,” a “cell group,” a “serving cell,” a “carrier,” a “component carrier,” a “bandwidth part (BWP),” and the like.

[0189] In some embodiments, a "terminal" or "terminal device" can be referred to as a "user equipment" (UE), a "user terminal," a "mobile station" (MS), a "mobile terminal" (MT), a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communication device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, and / or the like.

[0190] In some embodiments, data, information and / or the like can be obtained in compliance with laws and regulations of a country where a location is situated.

[0191] In some embodiments, data, information and / or the like can be obtained after consent of a user is obtained.

[0192] FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1A, the communication system 100 can include a terminal 101, a network device 102. The network device 102 can include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

[0193] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes at least one of a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a communication-capable automobile, a smart automobile, a tablet (Pad), a wireless transceiver-equipped computer, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, a wireless terminal device in a smart home, or the like, but is not limited thereto.

[0194] In some embodiments, the access network device is at least one of a node or a device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, and can include an evolved NodeB (eNB) in a 5G communication system, a next generation eNB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved node B (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an Open RAN, a Cloud RAN, a base station in other communication systems, an access node in a WiFi system, or the like, but is not limited thereto.

[0195] In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure can be applied to an Open RAN architecture, in which case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can become internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0196] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a central unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be referred to as a control unit. The CU-DU structure can split the protocol layers of the access network device, with some of the protocol layers being controlled by the CU and the rest of the protocol layers or all of the protocol layers being distributed in the DUs and controlled by the CU, but is not limited thereto.

[0197] In some embodiments, the core network device can be one device including one or more network elements, or can be multiple devices or device groups including all or part of the one or more network elements, respectively. The network element can be virtual or physical. The core network includes at least one of, for example, an evolved packet core (EPC), a 5G core network (5GCN), and a next generation core (NGC).

[0198] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art can know that, as the system architecture evolves and new business scenarios appear, the technical solutions proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0199] The following embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG. 1A or part of the subject, but are not limited thereto. The subjects shown in FIG. 1A are exemplary, and the communication system can include all or part of the subjects in FIG. 1A, or can include other subjects other than those in FIG. 1A. The number and form of each subject is arbitrary, and the connection relationship between the subjects is exemplary. The subjects can not be connected or can be connected, and the connection can be in any manner, can be direct connection or indirect connection, and can be wired connection or wireless connection.

[0200] Embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), 6th generation mobile communication system (6G), Future Radio Access (FRA), New-Radio Access Technology (RAT), New Radio (NR), New radio access (NX), Future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, Device-to-Device (D2D) system, Machine to Machine (M2M) system, Internet of Things (IoT) system, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), system using other communication methods, next-generation system expanded based thereon, and the like. Further, a plurality of systems can be applied in combination (for example, combination of LTE or LTE-A and 5G, and the like).

[0201] Optionally, ISAC can involve the following Modes: TRP-TRP bistatic, TRP monostatic, TRP-UE bistatic, UE-TRP bistatic, UE-UE bistatic, UE monostatic, etc. In designing ISAC systems, the traffic requirements of both communication and sensing can be considered simultaneously.

[0202] Optionally, the sensing signal, which can also be referred to as a sensing Reference Signal (sensing RS), is not limited.

[0203] Optionally, as shown in FIG. 1B, FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of a wireless sensing mode in the disclosed embodiments. The above six modes are explained. Mode 1: Base station self-transmission and self-reception (i.e., TRP monostatic). The base station transmits a sensing signal, and after the sensing signal passes through the environment or objects in the environment, the base station receives and measures the reflected / scattered wave. Mode 2: Base station A transmission and base station B reception (i.e., TRP-TRP bistatic). Base station A transmits a sensing signal, and after the sensing signal passes through the environment or objects in the environment, base station B receives and measures the reflected / scattered wave. Mode 3: Terminal transmission and base station reception (i.e., UE-TRP bistatic). The terminal transmits a sensing signal, and after the sensing signal passes through the environment or objects in the environment, the base station receives and measures the reflected / scattered wave. Mode 4: Base station transmission and terminal reception (i.e., TRP-UE bistatic). The base station transmits a sensing signal, and after the sensing signal is reflected by the measured object, the terminal receives and measures the reflected / scattered wave. Mode 5: Terminal self-transmission and self-reception (i.e., UE monostatic). The terminal transmits a sensing signal, and after the sensing signal passes through the environment or objects in the environment, the terminal receives and measures the reflected / scattered wave. Mode 6: Terminal A transmission and terminal B reception (i.e., UE-UE bistatic). Terminal A transmits a sensing signal, and after the sensing signal passes through the environment or objects in the environment, terminal B receives and measures the reflected / scattered wave. The above six modes (Modes) can be divided into two categories: the first category is mono-static, i.e., the same node transmits and receives the sensing RS; the second category is bi-static, i.e., different nodes transmit and receive the sensing RS.

[0204] Optionally, in the sensing system, the target to be detected is not necessarily a network device or a terminal. The target to be detected can not have the function of receiving and processing signals or transmitting signals. However, the target to be detected can reflect and / or scatter signals after receiving the signals. The network device / terminal can determine the position of the target to be detected by analyzing the signals reflected by the target to be detected or by analyzing the changes in the existing signals in the sensing environment due to the entry of the target to be detected into the wireless sensing network.

[0205] Optionally, the following definitions are given for the nodes involved:

[0206] A sensing function (SF) entity can be understood as a sensing server in the network. The SF entity can be used for sensing information storage, complex sensing calculation, etc.

[0207] A sensing TX node (STN) is a node for transmitting a sensing RS.

[0208] A sensing RX node (SRN) is a node for receiving a sensing RS reflected by a target to be detected.

[0209] A sensing objective (SO) can also be referred to as a target to be detected.

[0210] Optionally, the sensing performance in the sensing network is related to many factors. For example, the relative positions of the STN and the SRN and the signal propagation environment, the transmission power of the sensing RS, the above three factors jointly determine the reception quality of the sensing RS, thereby affecting the sensing accuracy (the better the reception quality, the higher the sensing accuracy). In addition, the bandwidth of the sensing RS affects the distance resolution (the greater the bandwidth, the greater the resolution); the frequency domain density of the sensing RS affects the range of non-ambiguous ranging (the greater the frequency domain density, the greater the ranging range); the period of the sensing RS signal affects the maximum non-ambiguous measurement range of the Doppler or velocity (the period of the RS can be understood as the time domain density, the greater the time domain density, the greater the velocity measurement range); the time length of the sensing RS signal frame affects the resolution of the Doppler or velocity (that is, the longer the time length of the sensing frame, the higher the velocity resolution); the period of the sensing RS frame affects the sensing data update (the smaller the period of the sensing frame, the smaller the sensing data update period that can be provided); the spatial domain characteristics of the sensing RS affect the spatial domain sensing range and accuracy, for example, the beam direction of the sensing RS affects the spatial domain sensing range; the virtual aperture of the antenna used for the transmission of the sensing RS affects the angular resolution, and the interval of the antennas used for the transmission of the sensing RS affects the maximum non-ambiguous angular range.

[0211] In the related art, the effect of the sensing node pair establishment is poor, and the sensing performance cannot be effectively ensured.

[0212] FIG. 2A is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2A, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a sensing processing method, which can be used in the communication system 100, and the above method comprises the following steps:

[0213] In step S2101, the second device transmits a to-be-measured signal based on at least one transmission beam.

[0214] The second device can be an access network device (for example, a base station (BS)) or a terminal (for example, a UE). The role of the second device in the sensing scenario can be, for example, a candidate transmission node (STN) and / or a candidate reception node (SRN). In the embodiment, the role of the second device is taken as the candidate transmission node (STN) for example, and in some other embodiments, the role of the second device can also be the candidate reception node (SRN), which is not limited.

[0215] The candidate transmission node refers to a candidate transmission node for sensing. In the case where the quality of the sensing channel meets the condition, the candidate transmission node can be selected as the sensing transmission node. The candidate reception node refers to a candidate reception node for sensing. In the case where the quality of the sensing channel meets the condition, the candidate reception node can be selected as the sensing reception node.

[0216] The signal used for measuring and evaluating the sensing channel between the candidate reception node and the candidate transmission node can be referred to as the to-be-measured signal.

[0217] In some embodiments, the to-be-measured signal can be pre-configured for the second device (the access network device or the terminal). For example, the to-be-measured signal can be configured for the second device (the access network device or the terminal) by a sensing function (SF) network element, or if the second device is a terminal, the to-be-measured signal can also be configured for the terminal by the access network device (for example, the base station (BS)) serving the terminal, or the to-be-measured signal can also be configured for the second device by a system protocol, which is not limited.

[0218] In some embodiments, when the role of the second device is the candidate transmission node, the to-be-measured signal can be configured for the second device based on the first information. Then, the first information can be indicated to the first device (at this time, the role of the first device is the candidate reception node), so that the first device can refer to the first information to receive and measure the to-be-measured signal transmitted by the second device based on the at least one transmission beam.

[0219] The second device can use the transmission beam to transmit a to-be-measured signal. The number of transmission beams can be one or more. Thus, the second device can transmit the to-be-measured signal based on one or more transmission beams.

[0220] In some embodiments, the to-be-measured signal includes at least one of the following: a to-be-measured communication channel; a to-be-measured communication signal; a to-be-measured sensing signal. Thus, the flexibility of signal measurement can be improved, and various communication sensing scenarios can be supported.

[0221] In some embodiments, if the second device is a terminal and the second device is a candidate transmission node, in a case where the terminal transmits the to-be-measured signal based on at least one transmission beam, the to-be-measured signal can be, for example, an uplink signal. The to-be-measured signal can include, for example: an uplink channel for communication; an uplink signal for communication; a sensing reference signal. The uplink channel for communication can include, for example: an uplink physical layer control channel; an uplink physical layer data channel. The uplink signal for communication can include, for example: an uplink channel sounding signal; an uplink positioning reference signal; an uplink modulation and demodulation reference signal; and the like.

[0222] In some embodiments, if the second device is an access network device and the second device is a candidate transmission node, in a case where the access network device transmits the to-be-measured signal based on at least one transmission beam, the to-be-measured signal can be, for example, a downlink signal. The to-be-measured signal can include, for example: a downlink channel for communication; a downlink signal for communication; a sensing reference signal. The downlink channel for communication can include, for example: a synchronization channel; a downlink broadcast channel; a downlink physical layer control channel; a downlink physical layer data channel; and the like. The downlink signal for communication can include, for example: a channel state reference signal; a phase tracking reference signal; a positioning reference signal; a modulation and demodulation reference signal; and the like.

[0223] In some embodiments, parameters of the to-be-measured communication channel and parameters of the to-be-measured sensing signal have a corresponding relationship, where the parameters include: spatial parameters and / or frequency domain parameters. Thus, the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate transmission node can be accurately estimated.

[0224] In some embodiments, parameters of the to-be-measured communication signal and parameters of the to-be-measured sensing signal have a corresponding relationship, where the parameters include: spatial parameters and / or frequency domain parameters. Thus, the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate transmission node can be accurately estimated.

[0225] The spatial parameter is, for example, a beam direction, a beam width. The parameter of the to-be-measured communication channel or the to-be-measured communication signal has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-measured sensing signal, for example, the beam direction of the to-be-measured communication channel is consistent with the beam direction of the to-be-measured sensing signal, the beam width is consistent, or the beam direction of the to-be-measured communication signal is consistent with the beam direction of the to-be-measured sensing signal, the beam width is consistent, and the like. The frequency domain parameter is, for example, a frequency domain range. For example, the frequency range of the to-be-measured communication channel and the frequency range of the to-be-measured sensing signal at least partially overlap, and the like, which is not limited.

[0226] In step S2102, the first device receives first information sent by the second device or the third device or the fourth device.

[0227] The first device can be an access network device (for example, a base station (BS)) or a terminal (for example, a UE). The role of the first device in the sensing scenario can be, for example, a candidate sending node and / or a candidate receiving node. In this embodiment, the role of the first device is taken as the candidate receiving node for example, and in other embodiments, the role of the first device can also be the candidate sending node, which is not limited.

[0228] In some embodiments, if the second device is a terminal (a candidate sending node), the first device can be, for example, an access network device (a candidate receiving node), and if the second device is an access network device (a candidate sending node), the first device can be, for example, a terminal (a candidate receiving node).

[0229] In some embodiments, the access network device can be a serving access network device of the terminal or other access network device. For example, the access network device is BS1, the terminal is UE, and BS1 is the BS serving the UE. Alternatively, the access network device is BS2, the terminal is UE, and the BS serving the UE is BS1, and BS2 is different from BS1, which is not limited.

[0230] In some embodiments, the first device can receive the first information. The first information is used to configure the to-be-measured signal of the candidate sending node (the second device).

[0231] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: the to-be-measured signal of at least one candidate sending node; and a measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used to measure the to-be-measured signal. In this way, the to-be-measured signal of one or more candidate sending nodes can be accurately configured, and the measurement interval can also be configured, and the first device can measure the to-be-measured signal of one or more candidate sending nodes in the measurement interval. The interference of the measurement of the to-be-measured signal on the uplink and downlink communication is effectively reduced.

[0232] In some embodiments, the first information further comprises at least one of: a reporting type of the evaluation information; a type of the evaluation information. In this way, on-demand reporting of the evaluation information can be supported, meeting the needs of various sensing communication scenarios.

[0233] In some embodiments, the first device can receive the first information sent by the second device.

[0234] For example, the first device is BS1 and the second device is UE, or the first device is UE and the second device is BS1, and the BS1 and the UE are connected. In this case, the BS1 can receive the first information sent by the UE. The BS1 can be a candidate receiving node and the UE can be a candidate sending node. The BS1 receives and measures the to-be-measured signal sent by the UE based on at least one sending beam based on the first information. Alternatively, the UE receives the first information sent by the BS1. In this case, the UE can be a candidate receiving node and the BS1 can be a candidate sending node. The UE receives and measures the to-be-measured signal sent by the BS1 based on at least one sending beam based on the first information.

[0235] In some embodiments, the first device can receive the first information sent by the third device.

[0236] For example, the first device is BS1 and the third device is a core network device (for example, a sensing function (SF) network element), or the first device is UE and the third device is an SF. In this case, the BS1 can be a candidate receiving node and the UE can be a candidate sending node. The BS1 receives and measures the to-be-measured signal sent by the UE based on at least one sending beam based on the first information. Alternatively, the UE can be a candidate receiving node and the BS1 can be a candidate sending node. The UE receives and measures the to-be-measured signal sent by the BS1 based on at least one sending beam based on the first information.

[0237] In some embodiments, the first device can receive the first information directly sent by the fourth device.

[0238] For example, the first device is BS1 and the fourth device is another access network device (for example, BS2). In this case, the fourth device can be an access network device serving the UE. In this case, the BS1 can be a candidate receiving node and the UE can be a candidate sending node. The BS1 receives and measures the to-be-measured signal sent by the UE based on at least one sending beam based on the first information.

[0239] In some embodiments, the first device can receive the first information sent by the fourth device through the second device. For example, the first device is a UE, the second device is a BS1, and the fourth device is a BS2, where the BS1 and the UE are connected, and the BS2 and the UE are not connected. Then, the UE can be a candidate receiving node, the BS2 can be a candidate sending node, and the UE can receive and measure the to-be-tested signals sent by the BS2 based on the first information (used for configuring the to-be-tested signals for the BS2) based on at least one sending beam.

[0240] In this way, the first device can effectively obtain the first information, determine the configuration of the to-be-tested signals of the candidate sending node based on the first information, and support accurate measurement.

[0241] In step S2103, the first device receives and measures the at least one to-be-tested signal based on the at least one receiving beam, to obtain at least one measurement result.

[0242] In some embodiments, the first device can receive the first information to determine the configuration of the to-be-tested signals of the candidate sending node, such as the type and / or measurement interval of the configured to-be-tested signals, and then the first device can receive and measure the at least one to-be-tested signal based on the at least one receiving beam, to obtain at least one measurement result.

[0243] In some embodiments, if the first device is an access network device (as a candidate receiving node) and the second device is a terminal (as a candidate sending node), the access network device can receive the first information to know the to-be-tested signals sent by the terminal, to perform accurate measurement. If the first device is a terminal (as a candidate receiving node) and the second device is an access network device (as a candidate sending node), the terminal can receive the first information to know the to-be-tested signals sent by the access network device, to perform accurate measurement.

[0244] In some embodiments, the first device (as a candidate receiving node) can receive and measure the to-be-tested signals based on the at least one receiving beam, to obtain at least one measurement result. For example, if the second device (as a candidate sending node) sends the to-be-tested signals based on M sending beams, the first device (as a candidate receiving node) can receive the to-be-tested signals on the M sending beams based on each receiving beam in N receiving beams, and measure each received to-be-tested signal, to obtain M*N measurement results. The measurement results can be used to evaluate the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node.

[0245] In some embodiments, after obtaining one or more measurement results, the first device (as a candidate receiving node) can perform quality evaluation of the sensing channel based on the one or more measurement results on the device side; or the first device (as a candidate receiving node) can also send the one or more measurement results to the second device (as a sensing sending node) or the third device (which can be, for example, a core network device, such as an SF network element), and the second device or the third device performs quality evaluation of the sensing channel based on the one or more measurement results, without limitation.

[0246] In some embodiments, the first device (as a candidate receiving node) can also send one or more beam index pairs to the second device (as a sensing sending node) or the third device, which can include the index of the sending beam and the index of the receiving beam, without limitation.

[0247] The execution subject of the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node can be the first device as a candidate receiving node, or the third device (which can be, for example, a core network device, such as an SF network element), or the first device as a candidate receiving node and the third device, which can be deployed and configured according to the actual sensing communication scene requirements, without limitation.

[0248] In step S2104, the first device or the third device determines the quality evaluation result and / or the node evaluation result according to the comparison result of the at least one measurement result and the result threshold value, and / or according to the number of measurement results exceeding the result threshold value in the at least one measurement result.

[0249] In some embodiments, the first device or the third device can compare the at least one measurement result with the result threshold value to obtain the comparison result of the at least one measurement result and the result threshold value.

[0250] For example, the access network device can compare the at least one measurement result with the result threshold value to obtain the comparison result of the at least one measurement result and the result threshold value, and the access network device can send the at least one comparison result to the core network device, and the core network device can receive the at least one comparison result. Or the core network device can compare the at least one measurement result with the result threshold value to obtain the comparison result of the at least one measurement result and the result threshold value. Or the terminal (as a candidate receiving node) can determine the quality evaluation result and / or the node evaluation result according to the comparison result of the at least one measurement result and the result threshold value and / or the number of measurement results exceeding the result threshold value.

[0251] For example, when the first device sends the at least one comparison result to the third device, the first device can send the partial measurement results greater than the result threshold to the third device, or send the combination of the indexes of the sending beams and the indexes of the receiving beams corresponding to the measurement results greater than the result threshold to the third device, without limitation.

[0252] In some embodiments, the first device or the third device can count the number of measurement results greater than the result threshold in the at least one measurement result. The number can be used to determine the quality of the sensing channel. For example, the number can be compared with a number threshold K (K >= 1), and if the number is greater than K, it indicates that the quality of the sensing channel is better.

[0253] For example, the first device can compare the number of measurement results greater than the result threshold with a number threshold, and send the comparison result of the number to the third device, so that the third device can determine the quality of the sensing channel by referring to the comparison result of the number. Alternatively, the first device can directly determine the quality of the sensing channel by referring to the comparison result of the number, and report the quality of the sensing channel to the third device, without limitation.

[0254] The quality evaluation result is used to evaluate the quality of the sensing channel, and the node evaluation result is used to evaluate whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node are suitable for forming the sensing node pair.

[0255] In some embodiments, the first device can determine the quality evaluation result and / or the node evaluation result according to the comparison result and / or the number of measurement results greater than the result threshold, and send the quality evaluation result and / or the node evaluation result to the third device.

[0256] In some embodiments, the first device can send the comparison result and / or the number of measurement results greater than the result threshold to the third device, and the third device can determine the quality evaluation result and / or the node evaluation result according to the comparison result and / or the number of measurement results greater than the result threshold, without limitation.

[0257] In some embodiments, in the process of determining the quality evaluation result and / or the node evaluation result according to the comparison result and / or the number of measurement results greater than the result threshold, at least one of the following modes (only examples are given below, without limitation) can be included:

[0258] One or more comparison results can be analyzed based on a preset strategy to determine the quality evaluation result;

[0259] It can be determined whether the number is greater than the number threshold K (K >= 1) to obtain the comparison result of the number, and the quality evaluation result can be determined by referring to the comparison result of the number;

[0260] When the quality evaluation result indicates that the quality of the sensing channel is good, it can be determined that the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node are suitable for forming a sensing node pair;

[0261] When the quality evaluation result indicates that the quality of the sensing channel is not good, it can be determined that the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node are not suitable for forming a sensing node pair.

[0262] In step S2105, the first device or the third device sends the at least one measurement result, and / or the index of the sending beam, and / or the index of the receiving beam, and / or the quality evaluation result, and / or the node evaluation result as the evaluation information.

[0263] After the one or more measurement results are measured and the quality evaluation result and / or the node evaluation result are analyzed, the at least one measurement result, and / or the index of the sending beam, and / or the index of the receiving beam, and / or the quality evaluation result, and / or the node evaluation result can be sent as the evaluation information. In this way, the evaluation information can accurately represent the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and the accuracy of establishing the sensing node pair is supported to be improved.

[0264] In step S2106, the first device or the third device sends the evaluation information.

[0265] In some embodiments, the first device is an access network device, and the third device is a core network device. The access network device can send the evaluation information to the core network device after determining the evaluation information. The core network device can receive the evaluation information and determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair based on the evaluation information. Alternatively, the third device is an access network device. The access network device can determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair based on the evaluation information after determining the evaluation information. This is not limited.

[0266] In some embodiments, the first device is a terminal, the second device is an access network device, and the third device is a core network device. The terminal can send the evaluation information to the access network device or the core network device after determining the evaluation information. The access network device or the core network device can receive the evaluation information and determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair based on the evaluation information.

[0267] In step S2107, the second device or the third device determines whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

[0268] In some embodiments, the determining whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a pair of sensing nodes according to the evaluation information can be determining to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a pair of sensing nodes in a case where the evaluation information satisfies a condition. In a case where the evaluation information does not satisfy the condition, it is determined not to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a pair of sensing nodes.

[0269] In some embodiments, the condition may, for example, be that the sensing channel quality is greater than or equal to a quality threshold value, and of course, the condition can also be personalized according to actual sensing management needs, and no limitation is made thereto.

[0270] In some embodiments, the condition may, for example, be that the sensing channel quality is greater than or equal to a quality threshold value, and of course, the condition can also be personalized according to actual sensing management needs, and no limitation is made thereto.

[0271] The sensing processing method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S2101-S2107. For example, step S2101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and so on, but is not limited thereto. Steps S2101+S2102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S2101+S2102+S2103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0272] In the present embodiment or example, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional mode or optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0273] In this embodiment, the second device transmits the to-be-measured signals based on the at least one transmission beam, the first device receives the first information, and performs measurement on the at least one to-be-measured signal based on the at least one reception beam to obtain at least one measurement result. The first device or the third device determines the quality evaluation result and / or the node evaluation result according to a comparison result of the at least one measurement result and the result threshold value, and / or according to a number of measurement results in the at least one measurement result that exceed the result threshold value. The at least one measurement result, and / or the index of the transmission beam, and / or the index of the reception beam, and / or the quality evaluation result, and / or the node evaluation result are taken as the evaluation information, and whether the candidate receiving node and the candidate transmission node are taken as the sensing node pair is determined according to the evaluation information. In this way, the establishment effect of the sensing node pair can be improved, so as to effectively ensure the sensing performance. In addition, by evaluating the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate transmission node based on measurement, the accuracy of the quality evaluation of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate transmission node can be improved, and the establishment accuracy of the sensing node pair can be improved.

[0274] It should be noted that the description of the same or corresponding terms and method steps in the following embodiments can refer to the above embodiments for specific description, which will not be repeated here.

[0275] FIG. 2B is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2B, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a sensing processing method, which can be used in the communication system 100. The above method includes the following steps.

[0276] In step S2201, the first device or the third device determines the second information.

[0277] In this embodiment, the first device is taken as an access network device, and the third device is taken as a core network device (for example, an SF network element). This is not limited. In this embodiment, the role of the access network device can be, for example, a candidate transmission node (at this time, the role of the terminal is a candidate receiving node, and the terminal is one optional example of the second device), or can be, for example, a candidate receiving node (at this time, the role of the terminal can be a candidate transmission node, and the terminal is one optional example of the second device), which is not limited.

[0278] The second information is used to indicate the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate transmission node.

[0279] In some embodiments, the second information is used to indicate the positioning information of the candidate receiving node; or is used to indicate the positioning information of the candidate transmission node; or is used to indicate the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and the candidate transmission node.

[0280] In some embodiments, the access network device or the core network device can receive the second information, so as to timely obtain the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node.

[0281] In some embodiments, when the access network device is the candidate receiving node or the candidate sending node, the access network device can autonomously determine the positioning information of the device. Of course, the candidate receiving node or the candidate sending node can also be a terminal, and the terminal can autonomously determine the positioning information of the terminal, or the core network device (e.g., a Location Management Function (LMF) network element) can determine the positioning information of the terminal.

[0282] In some embodiments, after obtaining the positioning information of the device, if the core network device (e.g., a SF network element) is used to establish the pair of awareness nodes, the access network device can send the positioning information of the device to the core network device (e.g., a SF network element), and the core network device (e.g., a LMF network element) can send the positioning information of the terminal to the access network device (e.g., a SF network element), so as to support the core network device (e.g., a SF network element) to establish the pair of awareness nodes. If the access network device is used to establish the pair of awareness nodes, the terminal can report the positioning information of the terminal to the access network device, and the access network device can establish the pair of awareness nodes based on the positioning information of the device and the positioning information of the terminal.

[0283] In some embodiments, the first device can autonomously determine the second information. For example, the core network device can autonomously determine the positioning information of the device, and the terminal can also determine the positioning information of the terminal.

[0284] In some embodiments, the first device can receive the positioning information sent by the second device. For example, the first device is an access network device, and the second device is a terminal. In this case, the first device can receive the positioning information of the second device sent by the second device.

[0285] In some embodiments, the third device can receive the positioning information reported by the first device or the second device. For example, the core network device (e.g., a SF network element) can receive the positioning information of the access network device reported by the access network device. The core network device (e.g., a SF network element) can receive the positioning information of the terminal transmitted by the terminal through the access network device. Alternatively, the core network device (e.g., a SF network element) can also receive the positioning information of the terminal sent by another core network device (e.g., a LMF network element), and no limitation is made in this regard.

[0286] In some embodiments, the first device can send the second information to the third device, and the third device can receive the second information sent by the first device, and no limitation is made in this regard.

[0287] Therefore, the flexibility of determining the second information can be effectively improved, and various communication awareness scenarios can be supported.

[0288] In step S2202, the first device or the third device evaluates the sensing channel based on the location information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate transmitting node and the channel propagation environment information, and obtains evaluation information.

[0289] After obtaining the location information of the sensing receiving node and / or sensing transmitting node, the aforementioned access network equipment or core network equipment can evaluate the sensing channel by referring to the location information and channel propagation environment information, and obtain evaluation information.

[0290] For example, based on channel propagation environment information, it can be determined whether it is an indoor or outdoor environment. Based on the determination result, a suitable channel propagation path loss assessment model can be determined. The channel propagation path loss assessment model can then be used to process the positioning information to evaluate the sensing channel and obtain assessment information.

[0291] In step S2203, the first device or the third device determines, based on the evaluation information, whether to include the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0292] The sensing processing method involved in the embodiments of this disclosure may include at least one of steps S2201 to S2203. For example, step S2201 may be implemented as a standalone embodiment, step S2202 may be implemented as a standalone embodiment, and so on, but is not limited thereto. Steps S2201+S2202 may be implemented as standalone embodiments, and steps S2201+S2202+S2203 may be implemented as standalone embodiments, but is not limited thereto.

[0293] In this implementation or embodiment, unless there is contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other implementations or other embodiments.

[0294] In this embodiment, the first or third device determines the second information and evaluates the sensing channel based on the location information and channel propagation environment information of the candidate receiving node and / or candidate transmitting node, obtaining evaluation information. Based on the evaluation information, it determines whether to include the candidate receiving node and candidate transmitting node as a sensing node pair. This improves the establishment effect of sensing node pairs, effectively ensuring sensing performance. Furthermore, by evaluating the quality of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and candidate transmitting node based on location, the accuracy of the quality evaluation of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and candidate transmitting node can be improved, supporting improved accuracy in establishing sensing node pairs.

[0295] FIG. 3A is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3A, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a sensing processing method, which can be used for a first device. The above method comprises the following steps.

[0296] In step S3101, evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node is determined according to first information, or evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node is determined according to second information.

[0297] The first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0298] The sensing processing method related to the embodiment of the present disclosure can comprise step S3101. For example, step S3101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0299] In the present embodiment or example, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional mode or optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0300] FIG. 3B is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3B, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a sensing processing method, which can be used for a first device. The above method comprises the following steps.

[0301] In step S3201, at least one to-be-tested signal is received and measured based on at least one receiving beam, and at least one measurement result is obtained.

[0302] In step S3202, a quality evaluation result and / or a node evaluation result is determined according to a comparison result of the at least one measurement result and a result threshold value, and / or according to a number of measurement results in the at least one measurement result that exceed the result threshold value.

[0303] In step S3203, the at least one measurement result, and / or an index of the sending beam, and / or an index of the receiving beam, and / or the quality evaluation result, and / or the node evaluation result is taken as evaluation information.

[0304] In step S3204, the evaluation information is sent to a second device or a third device.

[0305] The perception processing method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S3201-S3204. For example, step S3201 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and so on, but is not limited thereto. Steps S3201+S3202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0306] In the present embodiment or example, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or the order exchanged, the optional mode or optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples, without contradiction.

[0307] FIG. 3C is an interaction diagram of a perception processing method according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3C, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a perception processing method, which can be used for a first device. The above method includes:

[0308] In step S3301, the perception channel is evaluated according to the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node and the channel propagation environment information, and evaluation information is obtained.

[0309] In step S3302, the evaluation information is sent to a second device or a third device.

[0310] The perception processing method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S3301-S3302. For example, step S3301 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3302 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and so on, but is not limited thereto. Steps S3301+S3302 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0311] In the present embodiment or example, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or the order exchanged, the optional mode or optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples, without contradiction.

[0312] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first device includes at least one of the following:

[0313] a terminal;

[0314] an access network device.

[0315] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the to-be-tested signal includes at least one of the following:

[0316] a to-be-tested communication channel;

[0317] a to-be-tested communication signal;

[0318] a to-be-tested perception signal.

[0319] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, wherein,

[0320] The parameter of the to-be-measured communication channel has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-measured sensing signal.

[0321] The parameter of the to-be-measured communication signal has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-measured sensing signal; wherein, the parameter includes: a spatial parameter and / or a frequency domain parameter.

[0322] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0323] The to-be-measured signal of the at least one candidate sending node;

[0324] A measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used to measure the to-be-measured signal.

[0325] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information further includes at least one of the following:

[0326] A reporting type of the evaluation information;

[0327] A type of the evaluation information.

[0328] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes:

[0329] Receiving the first information sent by the second device;

[0330] Receiving the first information sent by the third device;

[0331] Receiving the first information directly sent by the fourth device;

[0332] Receiving the first information sent by the fourth device through the second device.

[0333] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes at least one of the following:

[0334] Autonomously determining the second information; or

[0335] Receiving the second information sent by the second device;

[0336] Sending the second information to the third device.

[0337] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the evaluation information includes at least one of the following:

[0338] A measurement result of at least one sending beam direction;

[0339] A measurement result of at least one receiving beam direction;

[0340] At least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair includes: an index of a sending beam and an index of a receiving beam.

[0341] a quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used to evaluate the quality of the sensing channel;

[0342] a node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used to evaluate whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node are suitable for forming the sensing node pair.

[0343] FIG. 4A is an interaction schematic diagram of a sensing processing method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4A, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a sensing processing method, which can be used for a second device. The above method comprises:

[0344] S4101, determining first information or second information, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of a candidate sending node, and the second information is used to indicate positioning information of a candidate receiving node and / or a candidate sending node.

[0345] The first information or the second information is further used to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node are taken as a sensing node pair.

[0346] The sensing processing method related to the embodiment of the present disclosure can comprise step S4101. For example, step S4101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0347] In the present embodiment or the present example, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional mode or the optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0348] FIG. 4B is an interaction schematic diagram of a sensing processing method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4B, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a sensing processing method, which can be used for a second device. The above method comprises:

[0349] S4201, determining first information or second information, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of a candidate sending node, and the second information is used to indicate positioning information of a candidate receiving node and / or a candidate sending node.

[0350] S4202, sending the first information to the first device.

[0351] S4203, sending the second information to the first device or a third device.

[0352] The perception processing method related by the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S4201-S4203. For example, step S4201 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and so on, but is not limited thereto. Steps S4201+S4202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0353] In the present embodiment or example, each step can be independently combined or exchanged in order, optional modes or examples can be combined, and any step of other embodiments or other examples can be combined without contradiction.

[0354] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second device includes at least one of:

[0355] a terminal;

[0356] an access network device.

[0357] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes:

[0358] receiving evaluation information sent by the first device, wherein the second device is an access network device.

[0359] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the to-be-measured signal includes at least one of:

[0360] a to-be-measured communication channel;

[0361] a to-be-measured communication signal;

[0362] a to-be-measured sensing signal.

[0363] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, wherein:

[0364] the parameters of the to-be-measured communication channel and the parameters of the to-be-measured sensing signal have a corresponding relationship;

[0365] the parameters of the to-be-measured communication signal and the parameters of the to-be-measured sensing signal have a corresponding relationship; wherein the parameters include spatial parameters and / or frequency domain parameters.

[0366] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information includes at least one of:

[0367] a to-be-measured signal of at least one candidate sending node;

[0368] a measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used to measure the to-be-measured signal.

[0369] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information further includes at least one of:

[0370] a reporting type of the evaluation information;

[0371] a type of the evaluation information.

[0372] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the evaluation information comprises at least one of:

[0373] a measurement result of at least one transmit beam direction;

[0374] a measurement result of at least one receive beam direction;

[0375] at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair comprises an index of a transmit beam and an index of a receive beam;

[0376] a quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used to evaluate a quality of the sensing channel;

[0377] a node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used to evaluate whether the candidate receive node and / or the candidate transmit node is suitable for forming the sensing node pair.

[0378] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises:

[0379] transmitting the to-be-tested signal based on the at least one transmit beam.

[0380] FIG. 5 is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a sensing processing method, which can be used for a third device. The above method comprises:

[0381] Step S5101, determining evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receive node and a candidate transmit node.

[0382] Step S5102, determining whether to take the candidate receive node and the candidate transmit node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

[0383] The sensing processing method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can comprise at least one of steps S5101-S5102. For example, step S5101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S5102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and so on, but is not limited thereto. Steps S5101+S5102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0384] In the present embodiment or the present embodiment, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional mode or the optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other embodiments.

[0385] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the determination of the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receive node and the candidate transmit node comprises:

[0386] sending first information to the first device, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, and the first information is further used for the first device to determine the evaluation information;

[0387] receiving the evaluation information sent by the first device.

[0388] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the to-be-tested signal comprises at least one of the following:

[0389] a to-be-tested communication channel;

[0390] a to-be-tested communication signal;

[0391] a to-be-tested sensing signal.

[0392] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, wherein,

[0393] the parameter of the to-be-tested communication channel has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-tested sensing signal;

[0394] the parameter of the to-be-tested communication signal has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-tested sensing signal; wherein the parameter comprises a spatial parameter and / or a frequency domain parameter.

[0395] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0396] a to-be-tested signal of at least one candidate sending node;

[0397] a measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used to measure the to-be-tested signal.

[0398] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information further comprises at least one of the following:

[0399] a reporting type of the evaluation information;

[0400] a type of the evaluation information.

[0401] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises:

[0402] determining the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the second information, wherein the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node.

[0403] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises:

[0404] receiving second information sent by the first device or the second device or the fifth device.

[0405] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the determining, by the second device, the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the second information comprises:

[0406] The evaluation information is obtained by evaluating the sensing channel according to the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node and the channel propagation environment information.

[0407] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the evaluation information comprises at least one of:

[0408] a measurement result of at least one sending beam direction;

[0409] a measurement result of at least one receiving beam direction;

[0410] at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair comprises an index of a sending beam and an index of a receiving beam;

[0411] a quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used to evaluate the quality of the sensing channel;

[0412] a node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used to evaluate whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node is suitable for forming a sensing node pair.

[0413] FIG. 6 is an interaction diagram of a sensing processing method according to still another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 6, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a sensing processing method, which can be used in a communication system. The above method comprises:

[0414] In step S6101, the second device determines first information or second information, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, and the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node.

[0415] In step S6102, the first device determines the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the first information, or determines the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the second information.

[0416] In step S6103, the first device or the third device determines whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

[0417] The sensing processing method related to the embodiment of the present disclosure can comprise at least one of steps S6101-S6103. For example, step S6101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S6102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and so on, but is not limited thereto. Steps S6101+S6102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0418] In the embodiments or examples, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in sequence, optional mode or optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0419] The following is an exemplary introduction to the above method.

[0420] Optional example:

[0421] Examples include communication channels / signals or sensing signals to be measured.

[0422] The establishment of the STN / SRN pair can be divided into two ways: static way and dynamic way.

[0423] 1. Static way.

[0424] The static way is a way deployed according to the planning of the sensing network, which is suitable for both monostatic and bi-static modes. This way is suitable for the case where both STN and SRN are static, for example, the case where both STN and SRN are base stations. If it is desired to deploy sensing functions in a certain area, in order to achieve full coverage of sensing signals in the area, it can be determined by network planning to select / deploy which sensing nodes (mono-static) or sensing node pairs (bi-static), and to set the beam direction, beam bandwidth, power, etc. of the sensing signals sent by the sensing transmission nodes.

[0425] 2. Dynamic way.

[0426] The dynamic way is generally suitable for the case where the STN and / or SRN have position movement. For example, one party is a position movable terminal. The establishment of the STN / SRN pair in the dynamic way requires some auxiliary information or measurement information. It can be further classified as follows:

[0427] (1) Establishing the STN / SRN pair based on auxiliary information (an optional example of the first information).

[0428] The SRN can estimate the channel condition of receiving the sensing RS sent by the STN according to the communication channel or signal used for communication between the SRN and the STN. Thus, it is determined whether the candidate STN / SRN is suitable as the STN / SRN pair.

[0429] Example one:

[0430] The case of candidate (STN, SRN) = (BS, UE):

[0431] The UE can estimate the channel condition of the Sensing RS received from the BS according to the channel condition of the downlink channel for communication or the downlink reference signal for communication received by the UE from the BS. In order to accurately estimate the channel condition of the Sensing RS received by the UE, the Sensing RS has a corresponding relationship with the spatial parameters of the downlink channel for communication or the downlink reference signal (depending on the configuration implementation of the network after the pair is established), such as consistent beam direction, consistent beam width, at least partially overlapping frequency range, etc.

[0432] The downlink channel for communication can be a synchronization channel, a downlink broadcast channel, a downlink physical layer control channel, a downlink physical layer data channel, etc. The downlink signal for communication can be a channel state reference signal, a phase tracking reference signal, a positioning reference signal, a modulation and demodulation reference signal, etc.

[0433] In a general communication process, the UE can periodically evaluate the downlink channel link quality and the downlink channel state and report the evaluation results. The network node can use the reported information to determine whether the UE is suitable as the SRN corresponding to the BS. For example,

[0434] The network node can be the BS or the SF.

[0435] If the downlink channel / signal of the BS corresponds to M beams, when the UE uses N receive beams to measure (for example, measure the Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP)), M*N measurement results are generated. The UE reports M*N measurement results and the indexes of the corresponding transmit beams and receive beams (for example, the reference signal resource index corresponding to the transmit beam and the reference signal resource index corresponding to the receive beam) to the network node. If at least K (K >= 1) measurement results meet the threshold value, the network node determines that the UE is suitable as the SRN corresponding to the BS. For example, if the measurement result of a pair of transmit beam and receive beam exceeds the threshold, it is considered that all M*N beams of the pair of transmitter and receiver can be used for sensing operation.

[0436] If the downlink channel / signal of the BS corresponds to M beams, when the UE uses N receive beams to measure (for example, measure RSRP), M*N measurement results are generated. The UE compares the M*N measurement results with the pre-configured threshold value, and reports the transmission / reception beam combination (for example, the index of the transmission beam and the reception beam, or the index of the reference signal resource corresponding to the transmission beam and the index of the reference signal resource corresponding to the reception beam) that exceeds the threshold value to the network node. The transmission / reception beam combination in the (STN, SRN) that exceeds the threshold value can be used as a candidate (STN transmission beam, SRN reception beam) combination for sensing operation. Considering that the reception quality of the received communication signal and the reception quality of the sensing signal may be different, some transmission beams and reception beams that are not very good for communication signal reception quality can be used as transmission beams and reception beams for sensing signals, so the pre-configured threshold value can be lower, for example, lower than the threshold value for determining communication beam failure and link failure.

[0437] For the case where multiple STNs correspond to one SRN, the UE can measure other non-serving BSs in addition to the serving BS. The serving BS of the UE can configure (for example, by first information) the UE to measure the to-be-measured channel / signal of the non-serving BS.

[0438] The configuration of the to-be-measured communication channel / signal of the to-be-measured BS transmitted between BSs for evaluating the reception quality of the sensing RS.

[0439] For example, UE1 is a candidate SRN, UE1 is connected to BS1, and BS2 is a candidate STN. The configuration of the to-be-measured channel / signal of the to-be-measured BS for evaluating the reception quality of the sensing RS can be transmitted from BS2 to BS1.

[0440] The BS sends the configuration information to the UE, which is the configuration for evaluating the reception quality of the sensing RS. It includes measurement configuration and reporting configuration. Alternatively, the SF can directly coordinate multiple BSs in the network to send the configuration information of the reference signal of multiple candidate STNs (BSs) to the UE. That is, the signal is sent by the SF, and the base station transmits it transparently.

[0441] Measurement configuration:

[0442] The to-be-measured communication channel / signal on one or more BSs.

[0443] If the to-be-measured channel / signal of the non-serving BS is different in frequency from the communication channel / signal of the serving BS, there will also be measurement gap configuration. The measurement gap is used to measure the to-be-measured channel / signal of the one or more non-serving BSs. During the gap duration, the UE does not communicate with the serving BS.

[0444] Reporting configuration:

[0445] In time domain, it can be periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting or aperiodic reporting. For semi-persistent reporting, it can be activated or deactivated by high layer signaling or physical layer signaling; for aperiodic reporting, it can be single or multiple reporting triggered by SF / BS, for example, when the network determines to start the sensing function, the UE is triggered to make measurement reporting.

[0446] The reporting quantity is the sensing channel evaluation result between the UE and one or more BSs measured by the UE. For example, the sensing channel evaluation result between the UE and the BS can be:

[0447] The measurement result of one or more transmission / reception beam directions between the UE and the BS;

[0448] The channel quality evaluation result between the UE and the BS;

[0449] The evaluation result of whether the UE is suitable as an SRN.

[0450] The base station reports a first parameter to the SF for the SF to determine whether the BS / UE is suitable as an STN / SRN. The first parameter can be:

[0451] The measurement result of one or more transmission / reception beam directions between the UE and the BS;

[0452] The channel quality evaluation result between the UE and the BS;

[0453] The evaluation result of whether the UE is suitable as an SRN.

[0454] Embodiment two:

[0455] The case of candidate (STN, SRN) = (UE, BS):

[0456] The BS can estimate the channel condition of the received Sensing RS from the UE according to the channel condition of the received uplink channel for communication or uplink reference signal for communication from the UE. In order to accurately estimate the channel condition of the received Sensing RS by the BS, after the establishment of the STN / SRN pair, the Sensing RS should have a corresponding relationship with the uplink channel for communication or the uplink reference signal (depending on the network configuration after the pair is established), such as consistent beam direction, consistent beam width, at least partially overlapping frequency range, etc.

[0457] The uplink channel for communication can be an uplink physical layer control channel, an uplink physical layer data channel, etc. The uplink signal for communication can be an uplink channel sounding signal, an uplink positioning reference signal, an uplink modulation and demodulation reference signal, etc.

[0458] In a general communication process, based on the BS implementation, the BS can periodically evaluate the uplink channel link quality and the uplink channel state sent by the UE, and the network can use the evaluation result to determine whether the BS is suitable as the SRN corresponding to the UE, for example,

[0459] The network node can be the BS or the SF. If it is the SF, the BS can also send the measurement result to the SF.

[0460] If the uplink channel / signal of the UE corresponds to N beams, when the BS uses M receiving beams to measure (for example, measures RSRP), M*N measurement results are generated. The BS can report the M*N measurement results and the indexes of the corresponding transmission beams and receiving beams (for example, the indexes of the reference signal resources corresponding to the transmission beams and the indexes of the reference signal resources corresponding to the receiving beams) to the SF. If at least K (K>=1) measurement results meet the threshold value, the network node determines that the BS is suitable as the SRN corresponding to the UE. For example, if the measurement result of a pair of transmission beam and receiving beam exceeds the threshold value, it is considered that all M*N beams of the pair of transmitter and receiver can be used for sensing operation.

[0461] If the uplink channel / signal of the UE corresponds to N beams, when the BS uses M receiving beams to measure (for example, measures RSRP), M*N measurement results are generated. The BS compares the M*N measurement results with the pre-configured threshold value, and reports the transmission / reception beam combinations (for example, the indexes of the transmission beams and the receiving beams, or the indexes of the reference signal resources corresponding to the transmission beams and the indexes of the reference signal resources corresponding to the receiving beams) exceeding the threshold value to the network node. The transmission / reception beam combinations exceeding the threshold value in the (STN, SRN) can be used as candidate (STN transmission beam, SRN receiving beam) combinations for sensing operation. Considering that the reception quality of the received communication signal and the reception quality of the sensing signal can be different, some transmission beams and receiving beams that are not very good for communication signal reception can be used as transmission beams and receiving beams for sensing signals. Therefore, the pre-configured threshold value can be lower, for example, lower than the threshold value for determining beam failure or link failure.

[0462] For the case where multiple STNs correspond to one SRN, the BS can measure the UEs connected to other cells in addition to the UEs connected to the cell. The other cell can send the to-be-measured channel / signal configuration sent by the to-be-measured UE of the cell to the BS.

[0463] configuration of the to-be-measured reference signal of the to-be-measured UE transmitted between the BSs for evaluating the sensing RS reception quality.

[0464] For example, if BS1 is a candidate SRN, UE1 is a candidate STN, and UE1 is connected with BS2. BS2 can transmit the configuration of the to-be-measured channel / signal of UE1 for evaluating the sensing RS reception quality to BS1. Or SF can also transmit the to-be-measured channel / signal configuration information of UE directly to other BSs without passing the configuration information of the to-be-measured channel / signal of UE between BSs (one optional example of the first information).

[0465] If the to-be-measured channel / signal is different in frequency from the current communication bandwidth of the BS as a candidate SRN, the BS can also configure a measurement gap for inter-frequency measurement. In the gap duration, the BS does not transmit and receive in the cell. That is, for the semi-persistent channel configured for the UE in the cell by the BS, the UE cannot transmit and receive in the gap duration.

[0466] The base station reports the first parameter to the SF for the SF to judge whether the UE / BS is suitable as an STN / SRN. The first parameter can be:

[0467] Measurement result of one or more transmission / reception beam directions between the UE and the BS;

[0468] Channel quality evaluation result between the UE and the BS;

[0469] Evaluation result of whether the UE is suitable as an SRN.

[0470] Embodiment three:

[0471] If the network can locate the STN / SRN, the network can establish and maintain the STN / SRN pair according to the STN / SRN location information known by the network and the channel propagation environment information known by the network.

[0472] For example, for the case of (STN, SRN) = (BS, UE), the network can obtain the location information of the UE. Since the network knows the location of the BS and the channel propagation environment, the network can evaluate the sensing performance between the BS and the UE according to the relative position of the BS and the UE and the channel propagation environment therebetween (one optional example of the evaluation information).

[0473] According to different positioning configurations, the LMF or the UE can obtain the location result of the UE (one optional example of the location information).

[0474] 1. The LMF or the UE sends the positioning result of the UE to the SF for the SF to determine how to select the STN / SRN.

[0475] (2) The STN / SRN pair is established based on the measurement of the sensing signal.

[0476] The way of establishing the STN / SRN pair based on the measurement of the sensing signal is basically the same as that in the above embodiment one and embodiment two, and the to-be-measured channel / signal for communication is replaced by the sensing RS.

[0477] The embodiments of the present disclosure further propose an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods, for example, an apparatus including units or modules for implementing the steps performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is further proposed, including units or modules for implementing the steps performed by the network device (such as RAN, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0478] It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above apparatus is only a logical function division, and all or part of them can be integrated into a physical entity or physically separated in actual implementation. In addition, the units or modules in the apparatus can be implemented in the form of processor calling software: for example, the apparatus includes a processor, the processor is connected with a memory, the memory stores instructions, and the processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to realize any of the above methods or realize the functions of each unit or module of the above apparatus, wherein the processor is a general processor such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory in the apparatus or a memory outside the apparatus. Alternatively, the units or modules in the apparatus can be implemented in the form of hardware circuit, and the functions of part or all of the units or modules can be realized by the design of hardware circuit. The above hardware circuit can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of part or all of the units or modules are realized by the design of the logical relationship of elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the above hardware circuit is a programmable logic device (PLD), and a field programmable gate array (FPGA) is taken as an example, which can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by a configuration file, so as to realize the functions of part or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above apparatus can be all implemented in the form of processor calling software, or all implemented in the form of hardware circuit, or part implemented in the form of processor calling software and the remaining part implemented in the form of hardware circuit.

[0479] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capability. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and running capability, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), a digital signal processor (DSP), and the like. In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through a logical relationship of hardware circuits, and the logical relationship of the hardware circuits is fixed or can be reconfigured. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads a configuration document to implement the configuration of the hardware circuit. It can be understood that the processor loads instructions to implement the functions of the above part or all units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), and the like.

[0480] FIG. 7A is a structural schematic diagram of a first device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7A, the first device 7100 can include at least one of a transceiver module 7101, a processing module 7102, and the like. The first device 7100 can include:

[0481] The processing module 7102 is configured to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to first information, or determine the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to second information. The first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0482] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first device includes at least one of the following:

[0483] A terminal;

[0484] An access network device.

[0485] In some embodiments of the present disclosure,

[0486] The transceiver 7101 is configured to send the evaluation information to the second device or the third device.

[0487] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the to-be-tested signal comprises at least one of:

[0488] A to-be-tested communication channel;

[0489] A to-be-tested communication signal;

[0490] A to-be-tested sensing signal.

[0491] In some embodiments of the present disclosure,

[0492] The parameter of the to-be-tested communication channel has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-tested sensing signal;

[0493] The parameter of the to-be-tested communication signal has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-tested sensing signal; wherein the parameter comprises a spatial parameter and / or a frequency domain parameter.

[0494] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information comprises at least one of:

[0495] The to-be-tested signal of at least one candidate sending node;

[0496] A measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used to measure the to-be-tested signal.

[0497] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information further comprises at least one of:

[0498] A reporting type of the evaluation information;

[0499] A type of the evaluation information.

[0500] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the transceiver 7101 is further configured to perform at least one of:

[0501] Receive the first information sent by the second device;

[0502] Receive the first information sent by the third device;

[0503] Receive the first information directly sent by the fourth device;

[0504] Receive the first information sent by the fourth device through the second device.

[0505] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the transceiver 7101 is further configured to:

[0506] Autonomously determine the second information; or

[0507] receive the second information sent by the second device;

[0508] send the second information to the third device.

[0509] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the evaluation information comprises at least one of:

[0510] measurement result of at least one sending beam direction;

[0511] measurement result of at least one receiving beam direction;

[0512] at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair comprises an index of a sending beam and an index of a receiving beam;

[0513] quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used to evaluate the quality of the sensing channel;

[0514] node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used to evaluate whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node is suitable for forming the sensing node pair.

[0515] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processing module 7102 is configured to perform at least one of:

[0516] measure the test signal based on the at least one receiving beam and the at least one sending beam to obtain at least one measurement result;

[0517] determine the quality evaluation result and / or the node evaluation result according to a comparison result of the at least one measurement result and a result threshold value, and / or according to a number of measurement results in the at least one measurement result that exceed the result threshold value;

[0518] use the at least one measurement result, and / or the index of the sending beam, and / or the index of the receiving beam, and / or the quality evaluation result, and / or the node evaluation result as the evaluation information.

[0519] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processing module 7102 is configured to:

[0520] evaluate the sensing channel according to the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node and the channel propagation environment information to obtain the evaluation information.

[0521] FIG. 7B is a structural schematic diagram of a second device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7B, the second device 7200 can comprise at least one of a transceiver module 7201, a processing module 7202, and the like. The second device 7200 can comprise:

[0522] The processing module 7202 is configured to determine first information or second information, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of a candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the first information or the second information is further used to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

[0523] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second device includes at least one of:

[0524] a terminal;

[0525] an access network device.

[0526] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, wherein,

[0527] The transceiver module 7201 is configured to receive the evaluation information sent by the first device, and the second device is an access network device.

[0528] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the to-be-tested signal includes at least one of:

[0529] a to-be-tested communication signal;

[0530] a to-be-tested communication channel;

[0531] a to-be-tested sensing signal.

[0532] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, wherein,

[0533] The parameter of the to-be-tested communication channel has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-tested sensing signal;

[0534] The parameter of the to-be-tested communication signal has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-tested sensing signal; wherein the parameter includes a spatial parameter and / or a frequency domain parameter.

[0535] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information includes at least one of:

[0536] a to-be-tested signal of at least one candidate sending node;

[0537] a measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used to measure the to-be-tested signal.

[0538] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information further includes at least one of:

[0539] a reporting type of the evaluation information;

[0540] a type of the evaluation information.

[0541] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the transceiver module 7201 is configured to send the first information to the first device.

[0542] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, wherein,

[0543] The processing module 7202 is configured to autonomously determine the second information.

[0544] The transceiver module 7201 is configured to send the second information to the first device; and / or

[0545] The transceiver module 7201 is configured to send the second information to the third device.

[0546] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the evaluation information comprises at least one of:

[0547] measurement results of at least one sending beam direction;

[0548] measurement results of at least one receiving beam direction;

[0549] at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair comprises an index of a sending beam and an index of a receiving beam;

[0550] quality evaluation results, wherein the quality evaluation results are used to evaluate the quality of the sensing channel;

[0551] node evaluation results, wherein the node evaluation results are used to evaluate whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node are suitable for forming the sensing node pair.

[0552] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, wherein,

[0553] The transceiver module 7201 is configured to send the to-be-tested signal based on the at least one sending beam.

[0554] FIG. 7C is a structural schematic diagram of a third device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7C, the third device 7300 can include at least one of a transceiver module 7301, a processing module 7302, and the like. The third device 7300 can include:

[0555] The processing module 7302 is configured to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and determine whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

[0556] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, wherein the transceiver module 7301 is configured to send first information to the first device, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, and the first information is also used for the first device to determine the evaluation information; and receive the evaluation information sent by the first device.

[0557] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the to-be-tested signal comprises at least one of:

[0558] to-be-measured communication channel;

[0559] to-be-measured communication signal;

[0560] to-be-measured sensing signal.

[0561] In some embodiments of the present disclosure,

[0562] The parameter of the to-be-measured communication channel has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-measured sensing signal.

[0563] The parameter of the to-be-measured communication signal has a corresponding relationship with the parameter of the to-be-measured sensing signal; wherein the parameter includes a spatial parameter and / or a frequency domain parameter.

[0564] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0565] The to-be-measured signal of the at least one candidate sending node;

[0566] A measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used to measure the to-be-measured signal.

[0567] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information further includes at least one of the following:

[0568] A reporting type of the evaluation information;

[0569] A type of the evaluation information.

[0570] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processing module 7302 is configured to:

[0571] Determine the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the second information, wherein the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node.

[0572] In some embodiments of the present disclosure,

[0573] The transceiver module 7301 is configured to receive the second information sent by the first device or the second device or the fifth device.

[0574] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processing module 7302 is configured to:

[0575] According to the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node and the channel propagation environment information, evaluate the sensing channel to obtain the evaluation information.

[0576] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the evaluation information includes at least one of the following:

[0577] A measurement result of at least one sending beam direction;

[0578] a measurement result of at least one receive beam direction;

[0579] at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair comprises an index of the transmit beam and an index of the receive beam;

[0580] a quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used to evaluate the quality of the sensing channel;

[0581] a node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used to evaluate whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate transmitting node is suitable for forming the sensing node pair.

[0582] In some embodiments, the transceiving module can comprise a transmitting module and / or a receiving module, which can be separate or integrated together. Alternatively, the transceiving module can be mutually replaced with a transceiver.

[0583] In some embodiments, the processing module can be one module or comprise a plurality of sub-modules. Alternatively, the plurality of sub-modules perform all or part of the steps required to be performed by the processing module respectively. Alternatively, the processing module can be mutually replaced with a processor.

[0584] FIG. 8A is a structural schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 8100 can be a terminal, a network device, a chip, a chip system, a processor, etc. supporting the terminal to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, etc. supporting the network device to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 8100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments, which can be referred to the descriptions in the above method embodiments.

[0585] As shown in FIG. 8A, the communication device 8100 comprises one or more processors 8101. The processor 8101 can be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process data of the programs. The communication device 8100 is used to implement any of the above methods.

[0586] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further comprises one or more memories 8102 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 8102 can also be outside the communication device 8100.

[0587] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more transceivers 8103. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8103, the transceiver 8103 performs at least one of the communication steps of transmitting and / or receiving in the above-described methods, and the processor 8101 performs other steps.

[0588] In some embodiments, the transceiver can include a receiver and / or a transmitter, which can be separate or integrated together. Optionally, the terms of transceiver, transceiving unit, transceiver, transceiving circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other, the terms of transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, transmitting circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other, and the terms of receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other.

[0589] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 can include one or more interface circuits 8104. Optionally, the interface circuit 8104 is connected with the memory 8102, and the interface circuit 8104 can be used to receive signals from the memory 8102 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 8102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 8104 can read instructions stored in the memory 8102 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

[0590] The communication device 8100 described in the above embodiments can be a terminal or a network device or a third entity, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 can not be limited by Figure 8A. The communication device can be a standalone device or can be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device can be: 1) a standalone integrated circuit (IC), or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a set of one or more ICs, which can optionally also include storage components for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a Modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, a smart terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) other, etc.

[0591] Figure 8B is a structural schematic diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For the case where the communication device 8100 is a chip or a chip system, the structural schematic diagram of the chip 8200 shown in Figure 8B can be referred to, but is not limited thereto.

[0592] The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201, and the chip 8200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0593] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202. Optionally, the interface circuits 8202 are connected with the memory 8203, and the interface circuits 8202 can be configured to receive signals from the memory 8203 or other devices, and the interface circuits 8202 can be configured to send signals to the memory 8203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 8202 can read instructions stored in the memory 8203 and send the instructions to the processor 8201.

[0594] In some embodiments, the interface circuits 8202 perform at least one of the communication steps of sending and / or receiving in the above-described methods, and the processor 8201 performs the other steps.

[0595] In some embodiments, the interface circuits, interfaces, transceiver pins, transceivers, and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0596] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 8203 can be outside the chip 8200.

[0597] The disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed on the communication device 8100, cause the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited to this, and it can also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium can be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited to this, and it can also be a transitory storage medium.

[0598] The disclosure also proposes a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0599] The disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods.

[0600] In the embodiments described above, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer programs are loaded on a computer and executed, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are produced. The computer can be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer programs can be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transferred from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer programs can be transferred from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center through wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode. The computer readable storage medium can be any available medium accessible by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. integrated with one or more available media. The available media can be magnetic media (such as floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), optical media (such as high-density digital video disc (digital video disc, DVD)), or semiconductor media (such as solid state disk (solid state disk, SSD)) and the like.

[0601] Those skilled in the art can appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether the functions are implemented in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. A skilled person can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

[0602] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be described here.

[0603] The above is only a specific implementation of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical range disclosed by the present disclosure, which should 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 of perceptual processing, the method comprising: The method is performed by a first device, and the method comprises: determining, according to first information, evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node; or determining, according to second information, evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node; wherein the first information is used for configuring a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, the second information is used for indicating positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used for determining whether the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node are used as a sensing node pair.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The first device comprises at least one of: a terminal; an access network device.

3. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein, The method further comprises: sending the evaluation information to a second device or a third device.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, The to-be-tested signal comprises at least one of: a to-be-tested communication channel; a to-be-tested communication signal; a to-be-tested sensing signal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein, wherein: parameters of the to-be-tested communication channel have a corresponding relationship with parameters of the to-be-tested sensing signal; parameters of the to-be-tested communication signal have a corresponding relationship with parameters of the to-be-tested sensing signal; wherein the parameters comprise spatial parameters and / or frequency domain parameters.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein, The first information comprises at least one of: a to-be-tested signal of at least one candidate sending node; a measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used for measuring the to-be-tested signal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, The first information further comprises at least one of: a reporting type of the evaluation information; a type of the evaluation information.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein, The method further comprises at least one of: receiving the first information sent by a second device; receiving the first information sent by a third device; receiving the first information directly sent by a fourth device; receiving the first information sent by a fourth device through the second device.

9. The method of any one of claims 1-3, wherein, The method further comprises: autonomously determining the second information or receiving the second information sent by a second device; sending the second information to a third device.

10. The method of any one of claims 1-9, wherein, The evaluation information comprises at least one of: a measurement result of at least one sending beam direction; a measurement result of at least one receiving beam direction; at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair comprises an index of a sending beam and an index of a receiving beam; a quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used for evaluating a quality of a sensing channel; a node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used for evaluating whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node are suitable for forming the sensing node pair.

11. The method of any one of claims 1-8, 10, wherein, The determining, according to first information, of the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node comprises at least one of: measuring the to-be-tested signal based on at least one receiving beam and at least one sending beam to obtain at least one measurement result; determining a quality evaluation result and / or a node evaluation result according to a comparison result of the at least one measurement result and a result threshold value, and / or according to a number of measurement results in the at least one measurement result that exceed the result threshold value; using the at least one measurement result, and / or an index of a sending beam, and / or an index of a receiving beam, and / or the quality evaluation result, and / or the node evaluation result, as the evaluation information.

12. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 10, wherein, The determining the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the second information comprises: evaluating the sensing channel according to the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node and the channel propagation environment information to obtain the evaluation information.

13. A method of perceptual processing, the method comprising: The method is performed by a second device, and the method comprises: determining first information or second information; The first information is used for configuring a to-be-tested signal of a candidate sending node, the second information is used for indicating positioning information of a candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the first information or the second information is further used for determining evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used for determining whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, The second device comprises at least one of: a terminal; an access network device.

15. The method of any one of claims 13-14, wherein, The method further comprises: receiving the evaluation information sent by the first device, wherein the second device is an access network device.

16. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein, The to-be-tested signal comprises at least one of: a to-be-tested communication channel; a to-be-tested communication signal; a to-be-tested sensing signal.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein, The parameters of the to-be-tested communication channel and the parameters of the to-be-tested sensing signal have a corresponding relationship. The parameters of the to-be-tested communication signal and the parameters of the to-be-tested sensing signal have a corresponding relationship. The first information comprises at least one of:

18. The method of any one of claims 13-17, wherein, a to-be-tested signal of at least one candidate sending node; a measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used for measuring the to-be-tested signal. The first information further comprises at least one of:

19. The method of claim 18, wherein, a reporting type of the evaluation information; a type of the evaluation information. The method further comprises:

20. The method of any one of claims 13-19, wherein, sending the first information to the first device. The method further comprises:

21. The method of any one of claims 13-15, wherein, autonomously determining the second information; sending the second information to the first device; and / or sending the second information to a third device. The evaluation information comprises at least one of:

22. The method of any one of claims 13-21, wherein, a measurement result of at least one sending beam direction; a measurement result of at least one receiving beam direction; at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair comprises an index of a sending beam and an index of a receiving beam; a quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used for evaluating the quality of the sensing channel; a node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used for evaluating whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node is suitable for forming the sensing node pair. The method further comprises:

23. The method of any one of claims 13-20, 22, wherein, sending the to-be-tested signal based on at least one sending beam. The method is performed by a third device, and the method comprises:

24. A method of perceptual processing, the method comprising: determining evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node; determining whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information. The determining the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node comprises:

25. The method of claim 24, wherein, sending first information to a first device, wherein the first information is used for configuring a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, and the first information is further used for the first device to determine the evaluation information. The method further comprises: receiving the evaluation information sent by the first device, wherein the second device is an access network device. The to-be-tested signal comprises at least one of: a to-be-tested communication channel; a to-be-tested communication signal; a to-be-tested sensing signal. The parameters of the to-be-tested communication channel and the parameters of the to-be-tested sensing signal have a corresponding relationship. The parameters of the to-be-tested communication signal and the parameters of the to-be-tested sensing signal have a corresponding relationship. The first information comprises at least one of: a to-be-tested signal of at least one candidate sending node; a measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used for measuring the to-be-tested signal. The first information further comprises at least one of: a reporting type of the evaluation information; a type of the evaluation information. The method further comprises: sending the first information to the first device. The method further comprises: autonomously determining the second information; sending the second information to the first device; and / or sending the second information to a third device. The evaluation information comprises at least one of: a measurement result of at least one sending beam direction; a measurement result of at least one receiving beam direction; at least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair comprises an index of a sending beam and an index of a receiving beam; a quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used for evaluating the quality of the sensing channel; a node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used for evaluating whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node is suitable for forming the sensing node pair. The method further comprises: sending the to-be-tested signal based on at least one sending beam. The method is performed by a third device, and the method comprises: determining evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node; determining whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information. The determining the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node comprises: sending first information to a first device, wherein the first information is used for configuring a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, and the first information is further used for the first device to determine the evaluation information. The method further comprises: receiving the evaluation information sent by the first device, wherein the second device is an access network device. receiving the evaluation information sent by the first device.

26. The method of any one of claims 24-25, wherein, The to-be-measured signal includes at least one of: A to-be-measured communication channel; A to-be-measured communication signal; A to-be-measured sensing signal.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein, Wherein, The parameters of the to-be-measured communication channel and the parameters of the to-be-measured sensing signal have a corresponding relationship; The parameters of the to-be-measured communication signal and the parameters of the to-be-measured sensing signal have a corresponding relationship; wherein, the parameters include: spatial parameters and / or frequency domain parameters.

28. The method of any one of claims 25-27, wherein, The first information includes at least one of: The to-be-measured signal of at least one candidate sending node; A measurement interval, wherein the measurement interval is used to measure the to-be-measured signal.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein, The first information further includes at least one of: The reporting type of the evaluation information; The type of the evaluation information.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein, The method further includes: According to the second information, the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node is determined, wherein the second information is used to indicate the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein, The method further includes: Receiving the second information sent by the first device or the second device or the fifth device.

32. The method of any one of claims 30-31, wherein, The method further includes: According to the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node and the channel propagation environment information, the sensing channel is evaluated to obtain the evaluation information.

33. The method of any one of claims 24-32, wherein, The evaluation information includes at least one of: The measurement result of at least one sending beam direction; The measurement result of at least one receiving beam direction; At least one beam index pair, wherein the beam index pair includes: the index of the sending beam and the index of the receiving beam; Quality evaluation result, wherein the quality evaluation result is used to evaluate the quality of the sensing channel; Node evaluation result, wherein the node evaluation result is used to evaluate whether the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node is suitable for forming the sensing node pair.

34. A perceptual processing method, characterized by, The method includes: The second device determines the first information or the second information, wherein the first information is used to configure the to-be-measured signal of the candidate sending node, and the second information is used to indicate the positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node; The first device determines the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the first information, or determines the evaluation information of the sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to the second information; The first device or the third device determines whether to take the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

35. A first device, comprising: The first device includes: The processing module is configured to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node according to first information or second information, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of the candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of the candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node are used as a sensing node pair.

36. A second device, comprising: The second device comprises: The processing module is configured to determine first information or second information, wherein the first information is used to configure a to-be-tested signal of a candidate sending node, the second information is used to indicate positioning information of a candidate receiving node and / or the candidate sending node, and the first information or the second information is further used to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node, and the evaluation information is used to determine whether the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node are used as a sensing node pair.

37. A third device, comprising: The third device comprises: The processing module is configured to determine evaluation information of a sensing channel between a candidate receiving node and a candidate sending node, and determine whether the candidate receiving node and the candidate sending node are used as a sensing node pair according to the evaluation information.

38. A communications device, characterized by It comprises: One or more processors; The processor is configured to execute the sensing processing method in any one of claims 1-34.

39. A storage medium, the storage medium storing instructions, wherein, When the instructions run on the communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the sensing processing method in any one of claims 1-34.

40. A computer program product, characterised in that, It comprises a computer program, which is executed by a processor to implement the sensing processing method in any one of claims 1-34.

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