Communication method, communication device, communication system, and storage medium

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure a communication method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. The method comprises: determining a total first CSI processing unit occupied by a plurality of CSI reports in the same time unit; and in response to the first CSI processing unit being larger than a second CSI processing unit supported by a terminal, not updating at least one low-priority CSI report among the plurality of CSI reports according to the priority of each CSI report among the plurality of CSI reports. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, when a first CSI processing unit is larger than a second CSI processing unit supported by a terminal, resource conflicts of the CSI processing units can be avoided by means of not updating a low-priority CSI report among a plurality of CSI reports.

Description

Communication method, communication device, communication system, storage medium TECHNICAL FIELD

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

[0002] In New Radio (NR), especially when the communication frequency band is in frequency range 2 (above 6 GHz), due to fast high-frequency channel attenuation, in order to guarantee coverage range and communication quality, a base station can configure multiple candidate cells for a terminal, in order to enable the terminal to use the CSI of the candidate cell as soon as possible for data transmission when switching to the candidate cell, it is hoped that the terminal can obtain the CSI of the candidate cell in advance. Then, how to process multiple types of channel state information (CSI) including CSI of candidate cells in a scenario where the CSI needs to be calculated becomes a problem to be solved.

[0003] SUMMARY

[0004] The present disclosure provides a communication method, a communication device, a communication system and a storage medium.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, executed by a terminal, comprising:

[0006] determining a total first CSI processing unit occupied by multiple CSI reports in a same time unit;

[0007] in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, performing no updating on at least one CSI report with a low priority in the multiple CSI reports according to a priority of each CSI report in the multiple CSI reports.

[0008] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, executed by a network device, comprising:

[0009] sending first information to a terminal, the first information being used by the terminal to determine multiple CSI reports that need to be processed in a same time unit;

[0010] receiving multiple CSI reports sent by the terminal, the multiple CSI reports including CSI reports with different priorities, and in response to a total first CSI processing unit occupied by the multiple CSI reports being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, wherein a CSI report with a low priority includes an un-updated CSI report.

[0011] According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided for a communication system including a terminal and a network device, the method comprising:

[0012] The network device sends first information to the terminal;

[0013] The terminal receives the first information and determines, according to the first information, a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in a same time unit;

[0014] The terminal determines a total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports in the same time unit;

[0015] The terminal updates, in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, at least one CSI report of the plurality of CSI reports according to a priority of each CSI report of the plurality of CSI reports;

[0016] The terminal sends the plurality of CSI reports to the network device;

[0017] The network device receives the plurality of CSI reports sent by the terminal, and a CSI report with a lower priority of the plurality of CSI reports includes an un-updated CSI.

[0018] According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising:

[0019] A processing module is configured to determine a total first CSI processing unit occupied by a plurality of CSI reports in a same time unit, and in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, not to update at least one CSI report with a lower priority of the plurality of CSI reports according to a priority of each CSI report of the plurality of CSI reports.

[0020] According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, comprising:

[0021] A transceiver is configured to send first information to a terminal, the first information being used by the terminal to determine a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in a same time unit, receive a plurality of CSI reports sent by the terminal, the plurality of CSI reports including CSI reports with different priorities, and in response to a total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, wherein a CSI report with a lower priority includes an un-updated CSI report.

[0022] According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising: one or more processors; and wherein the terminal is configured to perform the communication method according to the first aspect.

[0023] According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the network device is configured to perform the communication method according to the second aspect.

[0024] According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, comprising a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the communication method according to the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the communication method according to the second aspect.

[0025] According to a ninth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, which stores instructions, when the instructions are executed on a communication device, causing the communication device to perform the communication method according to any one of the first aspect to the second aspect.

[0026] According to a tenth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a program product is provided, comprising a computer program, which, when executed by a communication device, implements the communication method according to the first aspect and the second aspect.

[0027] According to an eleventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer program is provided, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform the communication method according to the first aspect and the second aspect.

[0028] It can be understood that the terminal, the network device, the communication device, the communication system, the storage medium, the program product, and the computer program are all used to perform the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved are as described in the corresponding method, which will not be described here. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0029] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0030] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of some communication systems according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG. 2A is a flow diagram of a communication method according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0032] FIG. 2B is a flow diagram of another communication method according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0033] [Corrected according to Rule 91, 11.10.2024][Deleted]

[0034] FIG. 3A is a flow diagram of another communication method according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0035] FIG. 3B is a flow diagram illustrating another method of communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0036] FIG. 3C is a flow diagram illustrating another method of communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0037] FIG. 3D is a flow diagram illustrating another method of communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0038] FIG. 4A is a flow diagram illustrating another method of communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0039] FIG. 4B is a flow diagram illustrating another method of communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0040] FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating another method of communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0041] FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram of a structure of a terminal, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0042] FIG. 6B is a schematic diagram of a structure of a network device, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0043] FIG. 7A is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication device, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0044] FIG. 7B is a schematic diagram of a structure of a chip, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0045] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0046] In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

[0047] determining a total first CSI processing unit occupied by a plurality of CSI reports in a same time unit;

[0048] in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, not updating at least one CSI report with a lower priority among the plurality of CSI reports according to a priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports.

[0049] In the above embodiments, in a case where the first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports as a whole is greater than the second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, the terminal can not update the CSI report with the lower priority among the plurality of CSI reports according to the priority of the CSI. By not updating the CSI report with the lower priority, resource conflict of the CSI processing unit can be avoided.

[0050] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the plurality of CSI reports comprises a first CSI report and a second CSI report, the first CSI report is CSI of at least one first cell, and the second CSI report is CSI of at least one second cell; the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is one of a serving cell and a non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0051] In the above embodiments, the terminal can measure and calculate the CSI of the non-serving cell and the CSI of the serving cell, so that the terminal can perform fast cell switching based on the measured CSI report, and the communication capability of the terminal can be ensured.

[0052] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the first CSI report comprises at least one of the following information:

[0053] a precoding matrix indicator (PMI);

[0054] a rank indicator (RI);

[0055] a channel quality indicator (CQI);

[0056] a layer indicator (LI);

[0057] a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI).

[0058] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the second CSI report comprises any of the following information:

[0059] a null value, a CRI-RI-PMI, a CRI-RI-first level codebook indicator i1, a CRI-RI-i1-CQI, a CRI-reference signal received power (RSRP), a CRI-signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), a synchronization signal block (SSB)-index- RSRP, a SSB-index-SINR, a CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI, a CRI-RSRP-Index, a SSB-Index-RSRP-Index, a CRI-SINR-Index, a SSB-Index-SINR-Index, and a time domain channel property (TDCP).

[0060] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the method further comprises:

[0061] determine a priority of each CSI report based on at least one of a bearing mode indication parameter of each CSI report, an indication parameter of whether the first reported quantity is carried, a corresponding cell index and a serving cell limit of the terminal, a CSI report configuration identifier and a maximum number of CSI report configurations of the terminal.

[0062] In the above embodiment, the terminal can determine the priority of each CSI report. Based on the priority of the CSI report, the CSI report that needs to be updated and the CSI report that does not need to be updated can be determined when the CSI processing unit resource conflicts, so that the problem of CSI processing unit resource conflict can be solved.

[0063] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0064] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the second cell corresponding to the second CSI report is a serving cell of the terminal.

[0065] In the above embodiment, in the scenario that the first cell corresponding to the first CSI report is a non-serving cell and the second cell corresponding to the second CSI report is a serving cell, the priority of the first CSI report is pre-set to be higher than the priority of the second CSI report, so that the terminal can update the CSI of the first cell in time, and the real-time accuracy of the first CSI report is ensured. Moreover, the first CSI report of the first cell can be obtained in advance, so that after the terminal switches to the first cell, the terminal can be directly scheduled according to the first CSI report, without the need of measuring the first CSI report after the switching, so that the fast switching of the terminal can be realized, the timely transmission of data is ensured, and the transmission delay of data is reduced.

[0066] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0067] determining a third CSI processing unit occupied by each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports, and determining the first CSI processing unit according to the third CSI processing unit.

[0068] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the third CSI processing unit is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0069] a number of cells corresponding to each CSI report;

[0070] a number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report;

[0071] a number of ports of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to each CSI report;

[0072] a number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report;

[0073] a type of each CSI report;

[0074] a reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report

[0075] In the above embodiment, the terminal can monitor the third CSI processing unit occupied by each CSI report according to the association information of each CSI report, and then obtain the first CSI processing unit as a whole, so that the acquisition of the first CSI processing unit is more accurate.

[0076] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the method further includes:

[0077] receiving the first information sent by the network device, and determining, according to the first information, a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed by the terminal in a same time unit.

[0078] In the above embodiment, the terminal can determine, according to the first information, a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in a same time unit, and then monitor the CSI processing unit occupation and priority of the plurality of CSI reports, to provide a basis for solving the CSI processing unit resource conflict.

[0079] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the method further includes:

[0080] receiving the second information sent by the network device, and determining, according to the second information, a reference signal resource for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report in a cell.

[0081] In the above embodiment, the terminal can determine, according to the second information, a reference signal resource for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report in a cell, so that the CSI measurement can be performed through the reference signal resource, and the priority of the CSI is related to the number of reference signal resources, which can provide a basis for determining the priority of the CSI.

[0082] In a second aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, performed by a network device, the method including:

[0083] sending, to a terminal, first information, the first information being used by the terminal to determine a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in a same time unit;

[0084] receive the plurality of CSI reports sent by the terminal, the plurality of CSI reports including CSI reports with different priorities, and in response to the total first CSI processing units occupied by the plurality of CSI reports being greater than the second CSI processing units supported by the terminal, wherein the CSI report with a low priority is the CSI report that is not updated.

[0085] In the above embodiment, the network device can indicate the terminal to determine the plurality of CSI reports in the same time unit through the first information, and further receive the plurality of CSI reports sent by the terminal. In the case that the total first CSI processing units occupied by the plurality of CSI reports are greater than the second CSI processing units supported by the terminal, the network device receives the CSI with a high priority as the updated CSI and the CSI with a low priority as the CSI that is not updated. In the case of the conflict of the CSI processing unit resources, the network device can also obtain the CSI with a high priority in time, so as to ensure the timely scheduling of the cell corresponding to the CSI with a high priority.

[0086] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the plurality of CSI reports includes a first CSI report and a second CSI report, the first CSI report is the CSI of at least one first cell, and the second CSI report is the CSI of at least one second cell.

[0087] The first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0088] The second cell is one of a serving cell and a non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0089] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first CSI report includes at least one of the following information:

[0090] PMI, RI, CQI, LI, CRI, and SSB-Index.

[0091] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second CSI report includes any of the following information:

[0092] null, CRI-RI-PMI, CRI-RI-i1, CRI-RI-i1-CQI, CRI-RSRP, CRI-SINR, SSB-Index-RSRP, SSB-Index-SINR, CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI, CRI-RSRP-Index, SSB-Index-RSRP-Index, CRI-SINR-Index, SSB-Index-SINR-Index, and TDCP.

[0093] In some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the priority of each CSI report is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0094] a bearing mode indication parameter of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports, an indication parameter of whether to carry the first reporting quantity, a corresponding cell index and a serving cell limit of the terminal, a CSI measurement configuration identifier, and a maximum number of CSI report configurations of the terminal.

[0095] In some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0096] In some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second cell corresponding to the second CSI report is a serving cell of the terminal.

[0097] In some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the third CSI processing unit is determined by the first CSI processing unit according to each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports.

[0098] In some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the third CSI processing unit is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0099] a number of cells corresponding to each CSI report;

[0100] a number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report;

[0101] a number of ports of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to each CSI report;

[0102] a number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report;

[0103] a type of each CSI report;

[0104] a reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report.

[0105] In some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0106] sending second information to the terminal, the second information being used by the terminal to determine a reference signal resource for CSI measurement of a cell corresponding to each CSI report.

[0107] In a third aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, for a communication system, the communication system comprising a terminal and a network device, the method comprising:

[0108] sending, by the network device, first information to the terminal;

[0109] The terminal receives the first information, and determines, according to the first information, a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in a same time unit;

[0110] The terminal determines a total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports in the same time unit;

[0111] The terminal, in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, does not update at least one CSI report with a low priority among the plurality of CSI reports according to a priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports;

[0112] The terminal sends the plurality of CSI reports to the network device;

[0113] The network device receives the plurality of CSI reports sent by the terminal, and a CSI report with a low priority among the plurality of CSI reports includes an un-updated CSI report.

[0114] In the above embodiment, in a case where the terminal determines that the first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports in the same time unit is greater than the second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, the terminal can update a CSI with a high priority among the plurality of CSI reports according to the priority of the CSI. Through the updating of the CSI with the high priority, resource conflict of the CSI processing unit can be avoided.

[0115] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, including: at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; the processing module is configured to determine a total first CSI processing unit occupied by a plurality of CSI reports in a same time unit, and in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, not to update at least one CSI report with a low priority among the plurality of CSI reports according to a priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports.

[0116] In combination with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the plurality of CSI reports includes a first CSI report and a second CSI report, the first CSI report is a CSI report of at least one first cell, and the second CSI report is a CSI report of at least one second cell;

[0117] The first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal;

[0118] The second cell is one of a serving cell and a non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0119] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first CSI report comprises at least one of the following information:

[0120] a precoding matrix indicator (PMI);

[0121] a rank indicator (RI);

[0122] a channel quality indicator (CQI);

[0123] a layer indicator (LI);

[0124] a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI).

[0125] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the second CSI report comprises any of the following information:

[0126] a null, a CRI-RI-PMI, a CRI-RI-first level codebook indicator i1, a CRI-RI-i1-CQI, a CRI-reference signal received power (RSRP), a CRI-signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), a synchronization signal block (SSB)-index, a SSB-Index-RSRP, a SSB-Index-SINR, a CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI, a CRI-RSRP-Index, a SSB-Index-RSRP-Index, a CRI-SINR-Index, a SSB-Index-SINR-Index, a time domain channel property (TDCP).

[0127] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module is further configured to:

[0128] determine a priority of each CSI report based on at least one of a bearing mode indication parameter of each CSI report, an indication parameter of whether a first reporting quantity is carried, a corresponding cell index and a serving cell limit of the terminal, a CSI report configuration identifier and a maximum number of CSI report configurations of the terminal.

[0129] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0130] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the second cell corresponding to the second CSI report is a serving cell of the terminal.

[0131] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0132] determine a third CSI processing unit occupied by each of the plurality of CSI reports, and determine the first CSI processing unit according to the third CSI processing unit.

[0133] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the third CSI processing unit is determined based on at least one of:

[0134] a number of cells corresponding to each CSI report;

[0135] a number of CSI-RS resources used for CSI measurement by each cell corresponding to each CSI report;

[0136] a number of ports of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to each CSI report;

[0137] a number of channel measurement resources used for CSI measurement by each cell corresponding to each CSI report;

[0138] a type of each CSI report;

[0139] a reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report.

[0140] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the transceiver is configured to receive the first information sent by the network device, and determine the plurality of CSI reports that the terminal needs to process in the same time unit according to the first information.

[0141] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the transceiver is further configured to:

[0142] receive second information sent by the network device, and determine the reference signal resource used for CSI measurement by each cell corresponding to each CSI report according to the second information.

[0143] In a fifth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network device, comprising at least one of a transceiver and a processing module; the transceiver is configured to send first information to a terminal, the first information is used by the terminal to determine a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in the same time unit, receive a plurality of CSI reports sent by the terminal, the plurality of CSI reports include CSI reports with different priorities, and in response to a total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, wherein the CSI report with a low priority includes an un-updated CSI report.

[0144] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the plurality of CSI reports comprises a first CSI report and a second CSI report, the first CSI report is a CSI report of at least one first cell, and the second CSI report is a CSI report of at least one second cell.

[0145] The first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0146] The second cell is one of a serving cell and a non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0147] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the first CSI report comprises at least one of the following information:

[0148] PMI, RI, CQI, LI, CRI, and SSB-Index.

[0149] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the second CSI report comprises any of the following information:

[0150] Null, CRI-RI-PMI, CRI-RI-i1, CRI-RI-i1-CQI, CRI-RSRP, CRI-SINR, SSB-Index-RSRP, SSB-Index-SINR, CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI, CRI-RSRP-Index, SSB-Index-RSRP-Index, CRI-SINR-Index, SSB-Index-SINR-Index, and TDCP.

[0151] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the priority of each CSI report is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0152] a bearing mode indication parameter of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports, an indication parameter of whether to carry a first reporting quantity, a corresponding cell index and a serving cell limit value of the terminal, a CSI report configuration identifier, and a maximum number of CSI report configurations of the terminal.

[0153] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0154] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the second cell corresponding to the second CSI report is a serving cell of the terminal.

[0155] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the first CSI processing unit is determined according to a third CSI processing unit occupied by each of the plurality of CSI reports.

[0156] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the third CSI processing unit is determined based on at least one of:

[0157] a number of cells corresponding to each CSI report;

[0158] a number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report;

[0159] a number of ports of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to each CSI report;

[0160] a number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report;

[0161] a type of each CSI report;

[0162] a reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report.

[0163] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the transceiver is further configured to send, to the terminal, second information used by the terminal to determine a reference signal resource for CSI measurement of a cell corresponding to each CSI report.

[0164] In a sixth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the terminal is configured to perform the method described in the first aspect and the optional implementation manners of the first aspect.

[0165] In a seventh aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the network device is configured to perform the method described in the second aspect and the optional implementation manners of the second aspect.

[0166] In an eighth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication system, comprising: a terminal, a network device; wherein the terminal is configured to perform the method described in the first aspect and the optional implementation manners of the first aspect, and the network device is configured to perform the method described in the second aspect and the optional implementation manners of the second aspect.

[0167] In a ninth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage medium, which stores instructions, when the instructions run on a communication device, causing the communication device to perform the method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation manners of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation manners of the second aspect.

[0168] In a tenth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a program product, comprising a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, implements the method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0169] In an eleventh aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0170] In a twelfth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chip or a chip system. The chip or the chip system comprises processing circuitry configured to perform the method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0171] It can be understood that the terminal, the network device, the communication device, the communication system, the storage medium, the program product, and the computer program are all used to execute the method proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved by them can refer to the beneficial effects in the corresponding method, which will not be described here.

[0172] The embodiments of the present disclosure propose a communication method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the communication method and the information processing method, the information sending method, and the information receiving method can be replaced with each other, the communication device and the information processing device, the information sending device, and the information receiving device can be replaced with each other, and the information processing system, the communication system, the information sending system, and the information receiving system can be replaced with each other.

[0173] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive, but only illustrate 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 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, and an embodiment can be combined with the optional implementation of other embodiments.

[0174] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms and / or descriptions of 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.

[0175] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and are not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

[0176] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements represented in singular form, such as "a", "an", "the", "said", "the aforementioned", "the foregoing", "this", and the like, can represent "one and only one", or can represent "one or more", "at least one", and the like. For example, in the case of using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English, the noun after the article can be understood as a singular expression, or can be understood as a plural expression.

[0177] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, "plurality" means two or more.

[0178] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one of", "at least one of", "at least one of", "one or more", "a plurality of", "multiple", and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0179] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the description manner such as "at least one of A, B, C, and the like", "A and / or B and / or C, and the like" includes any one of A, B, C, and the like existing alone, and also includes any combination of any multiple of A, B, C, and the like, each of which can exist alone; for example, "at least one of A, B, C" includes the cases of A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B in combination, A and C in combination, B and C in combination, A and B and C in combination; for example, A and / or B includes the cases of A alone, B alone, and the combination of A and B.

[0180] In some embodiments, the description manner such as "A in one case, B in another case", "in response to one case A, in response to another case B", and the like can include the following technical solutions according to the case: A is executed regardless of B, that is, A in some embodiments; B is executed regardless of A, that is, B in some embodiments; A and B are selectively executed, that is, A and B are selected from A and B to be executed in some embodiments; A and B are both executed, that is, A and B in some embodiments. When there are more branches such as A, B, C, and the like, it is similar to the above.

[0181] The prefix words of "first", "second" and the like in the embodiments of the present disclosure are merely used to distinguish different description objects, and do not constitute limitation on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. The description objects are described in the claims or embodiments, and should not be construed as redundant limitation because of the use of the prefix words. For example, the description object is "field", and the ordinal words before "field" 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 thereby are in the same message or not, nor limit the order of "first field" and "second field". For another example, the description object is "level", and the ordinal words before "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit the priority between "levels". For another example, the quantity of the description object is not limited by the ordinal words, and can be one or more. For example, "first device", wherein the quantity of "device" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefix words can be the same or different, for example, the description object is "device", and "first device" and "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and the types thereof can be the same or different. For another example, the description object is "information", and "first information" and "second information" can be the same information or different information, and the contents thereof can be the same or different.

[0182] In some embodiments, "including A", "containing A", "for indicating A", "carrying A" can be interpreted as directly carrying A, or indirectly indicating A.

[0183] In some embodiments, the terms of "in response to", "in response to determining", "in the case of", "when", "when", "if", "if" and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0184] In some embodiments, the terms of "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 of "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less 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.

[0185] In some embodiments, an apparatus or the like can be interpreted as an entity, and can also be interpreted as virtual, and the name thereof is not limited to the name described in the embodiments, and the terms "apparatus", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject" and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0186] In some embodiments, a "network" can be interpreted as an apparatus (for example, an access network device, a core network device, and the like) included in the network.

[0187] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station", "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / reception point (TRP)", "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)" and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0188] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal," "terminal device," "user equipment (UE)," "user terminal," "mobile station (MS)," "mobile terminal (MT)," "subscriber station," "mobile unit," "subscriber unit," "wireless unit," "remote unit," "mobile device," "wireless device," "wireless communication device," "remote device," "mobile subscriber station," "access terminal," "mobile terminal," "wireless terminal," "remote terminal," "handset," "user agent," "mobile client," "client," and so on can be replaced with each other.

[0189] In some embodiments, an access network device, a core network device, or a network device can be replaced with a terminal. For example, for a structure in which communication between an access network device, a core network device, or a network device and a terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals (for example, also referred to as device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), and so on), embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied. In this case, a structure in which a terminal has all or part of the functions of an access network device can also be provided. Furthermore, the language of "uplink," "downlink," and so on can also be replaced with language corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, an uplink channel, a downlink channel, and so on can be replaced with a side channel, and an uplink, a downlink, and so on can be replaced with a side link.

[0190] In some embodiments, a terminal can be replaced with an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, a structure in which an access network device, a core network device, or a network device has all or part of the functions of a terminal can also be provided.

[0191] In some embodiments, the data, information, etc. can be obtained in compliance with the laws and regulations of the country where the location is situated.

[0192] In some embodiments, the data, information, etc. can be obtained after obtaining the consent of the user.

[0193] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and any combination of any element, any row, or any column can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0194] The correspondence shown in each table in the present disclosure can be configured or predefined. The values of the information in each table are merely examples, and other values can be configured, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto. When configuring the correspondence between the information and each parameter, it is not necessarily required to configure all the correspondences shown in each table. For example, the correspondence shown in some rows in the table in the present disclosure can also not be configured. For another example, the above table can be appropriately deformed and adjusted, for example, split, merged, etc. The names of the parameters shown in the titles of the above tables can also use other names understandable by the communication device, and the values or representations of the parameters can also use other values or representations understandable by the communication device. When implementing the above tables, other data structures can also be used, for example, arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear tables, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables, etc.

[0195] The predefinition in the present disclosure can be understood as defining, predefining, storing, pre-storing, pre-negotiating, pre-configuring, solidifying, or pre-burning.

[0196] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system can include a terminal 101 and a network device 102.

[0197] In some embodiments, the terminal example 101 described above is at least one of a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, a Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IOT) 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, but is not limited thereto.

[0198] In some embodiments, the network device 102 described above is at least one of a node or a device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, for example, 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 wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, but is not limited thereto.

[0199] In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure can be applied to an Open RAN architecture, at this time, 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.

[0200] 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, and some of the protocol layers are controlled by the CU, and the rest or all of the protocol layers are distributed in the DU and controlled by the CU. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0201] 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 by the embodiments of the present disclosure. It can be known by those skilled in the art that, as the system architecture evolves and new business scenarios appear, the technical solutions proposed by the embodiments of the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0202] The following embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG. 1 or part of the subject, but are not limited thereto. The subjects shown in FIG. 1 are exemplary, and the communication system can include all or part of the subjects in FIG. 1, or other subjects other than FIG. 1. The number and form of each subject is arbitrary, and the connection relationship between each subject is exemplary. Each subject can be connected or not connected, and the connection can be in any way, can be direct connection or indirect connection, can be wired connection or wireless connection.

[0203] 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).

[0204] In NR, especially when the communication frequency band is in frequency range 2 (above 6 GHz), due to the rapid attenuation of high-frequency channels, in order to ensure coverage, beam-based transmission and reception need to be used. Currently, in order to consider fast switching, Rel-18 studies L1 / L2 trigger mobility (LTM), that is, the base station configures multiple candidate cells for the terminal, each candidate cell is configured with some Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), and the terminal can measure the SSB of the candidate cell and report the measurement result of the SSB corresponding to the M candidate cells, wherein the measurement result of N SSBs on each candidate cell is reported, such as Layer 1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP).

[0205] Based on this measurement result, the base station configures a target cell for the terminal, and a Transport configuration indicator (TCI) state identifier (ID) corresponding to the target cell. The reference signal resource (RS) indicated in the TCI(state) identifier (ID) can be the SSB of the target cell, or the Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) having a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship with the SSB of the target cell.

[0206] If the terminal switches to the target cell, the target cell becomes a new serving cell. Further, the terminal needs to first obtain the configuration information of the reference signal resource (RS) for CSI (channel state information) measurement and CSI reporting of the new serving cell, then perform CSI measurement on the new serving cell, and then report the CSI to the new serving cell. The new serving cell schedules the terminal based on the obtained CSI and transmits data. However, this will cause a large data transmission delay. If the new serving cell does not obtain the CSI of the terminal, it directly schedules the terminal based on the default CSI. If the default CSI is poor, the transmission rate of the terminal is low, and if the default CSI is high, the decoding success rate will be low, so the transmission rate is still low.

[0207] To solve the above problems, it is proposed that the terminal can obtain the CSI of the candidate cell in advance, and how to process multiple CSI reports including the CSI of the candidate cell in the case of simultaneous calculation becomes a problem to be solved. The method proposed by the present disclosure can not update the CSI report with low priority in the case that the CSI processing units occupied by multiple CSI reports are greater than the CSI processing units supported by the terminal, so as to solve the resource conflict problem of the CSI processing unit.

[0208] FIG. 2A is an interaction diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2A, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for the communication system 100, and the above method comprises:

[0209] In step S2101, the network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0210] In some embodiments, the first information can be used to determine multiple CSI reports that the terminal needs to process in the same time unit.

[0211] Optionally, the multiple CSI reports that need to be processed can be understood as multiple CSI reports that need to be calculated or need to be updated.

[0212] In some embodiments, the first information can be used to indicate multiple CSI reports that the terminal needs to process in the same time unit.

[0213] In some embodiments, the network device can send the first information through downlink control information (DCI) signaling. Optionally, the terminal receives the DCI signaling to obtain the first information.

[0214] In some embodiments, the network device can send the first information through radio resource control (RRC) signaling. Optionally, the terminal receives the RRC signaling to obtain the first information.

[0215] In some embodiments, the network device can send the first information through medium access control control element (MAC CE) signaling. Optionally, the terminal receives the MAC CE signaling to obtain the first information.

[0216] In some embodiments, the first information includes CSI report configuration related information.

[0217] In some embodiments, the first information can comprise identifications of cells corresponding to the plurality of CSI reports respectively. The terminal determines the plurality of CSI reports based on the identifications of the cells. For example, one or more non-serving cells correspond to one CSI report, and the serving cell corresponds to one CSI report. For another example, the first information can comprise a plurality of sets of cell identifications, and different sets correspond to one CSI report.

[0218] In some embodiments, the first information can comprise reporting quantities corresponding to the plurality of CSI reports respectively. The terminal determines the plurality of CSI reports based on the reporting quantities. For example, the reporting quantities comprise L1-RSRP or L1-SINR corresponding to one CSI report, and the reporting quantities comprise PMI, RI, CQI, etc. corresponding to another CSI report.

[0219] In some embodiments, the first information can comprise type identifications corresponding to the plurality of CSI reports. The terminal determines the plurality of CSI reports based on the type identifications. For example, one CSI report corresponds to a type identification of ‘typeI-SinglePanel’, and another CSI report corresponds to a type identification of ‘typeII’. In some embodiments, the first information can comprise indication information of the plurality of CSI reports. For example, the indication information comprises ‘0’ and ‘1’, wherein ‘0’ can indicate CSI measurement on the serving cell of the terminal, and ‘1’ can indicate CSI measurement on the non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0220] At step S2102, the terminal determines, according to the first information, the plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in the same time unit.

[0221] In some embodiments, the time unit can comprise, but is not limited to, a subframe, a slot, a symbol, etc.

[0222] In some embodiments, the plurality of CSI reports can comprise a first CSI report, a second CSI report, a third CSI report, etc., which need to be calculated in the same time period, for example, in the same symbol.

[0223] In some embodiments, the terminal can determine, according to the identifications of the cells corresponding to the plurality of CSI reports comprised in the first information, the plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in the same time unit.

[0224] In some embodiments, the terminal can determine, according to the type identifications corresponding to the plurality of CSI reports comprised in the first information, the plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in the same time unit.

[0225] In some embodiments, the terminal can determine, according to the reporting quantity corresponding to the plurality of CSI reports included in the first information, the plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in the same time unit.

[0226] In step S2103, the network device sends second information to the terminal, and the second information is used to determine the reference signal resource for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report.

[0227] In some embodiments, the second information can include the reference signal resource for CSI measurement of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports corresponding to the cell. The terminal can perform CSI measurement on the cell based on the reference signal resource for CSI measurement of the cell.

[0228] In some embodiments, the second information can be CSI measurement configuration information sent by the network device, and based on the CSI measurement configuration information, the reference signal resource of each CSI report that needs to be measured can be determined.

[0229] In some embodiments, the CSI measurement configuration can include at least one of the following information:

[0230] The configuration information of the CSI-RS resource, for example, can include resource periodicity: the CSI-RS resource can be periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic. The type of measurement resource, wherein the type of measurement resource can include resources for channel measurement and resources for interference measurement.

[0231] The configuration information of CSI reporting, for example, can include reporting type, reporting content, reporting frequency and reporting occasion, etc. Wherein, the reporting type can be periodic, semi-persistent (based on PUCCH or PUSCH) or aperiodic. The reporting content is the reported parameter, for example, can include the precoding matrix identifier (PMI), the rank identifier (RI), the layer identifier (LI), the channel quality identifier (CQI), etc.

[0232] The codebook information of CSI reporting, for example, can include codebook type and codebook limited subset, etc. Wherein, the codebook type is used to specify the codebook type used when reporting, such as Type I, Type II or enhanced Type II codebook. The codebook limited subset is used to limit the range of precoding matrixes reported by the terminal.

[0233] Configure the power control parameter in the CSI measurement and reporting process;

[0234] configuring the restriction on the CSI measurement and reporting in the time domain and the frequency domain, etc.

[0235] At step S2104, the terminal determines the third CSI processing unit corresponding to each of the plurality of CSI reports, and determines the total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports according to the third CSI processing units.

[0236] In some embodiments, the third channel state information processing unit (CSI Processing Unit, CPU) corresponding to each of the CSI reports includes a third CSI processing unit required for calculating or updating each of the CSI reports.

[0237] In some embodiments, the third CSI processing unit is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0238] The number of cells corresponding to each of the CSI reports;

[0239] The number of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources used for CSI measurement by each of the cells corresponding to each of the CSI reports;

[0240] The number of ports of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to each of the CSI reports;

[0241] The number of channel measurement resources used for CSI measurement by each of the cells corresponding to each of the CSI reports;

[0242] The type of each of the CSI reports;

[0243] The reporting amount corresponding to each of the CSI reports.

[0244] In some embodiments, the number of cells corresponding to each of the CSI reports is positively correlated with the size of the CSI processing unit, that is, the more the number of cells corresponding to each of the CSI reports, the larger the CSI processing unit required by the CSI report.

[0245] In some embodiments, the number of CSI-RS resources used for CSI measurement corresponding to each of the CSI reports is positively correlated with the size of the CSI processing unit, that is, the more the number of CSI-RS resources used for CSI measurement corresponding to each of the CSI reports, the larger the CSI processing unit required by the CSI report.

[0246] Optionally, the CSI-RS resources corresponding to one CSI report for CSI measurement can correspond to one cell or different cells, in which case the CSI processing units required by the CSI report can only be related to the number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement, without further considering the number of cells. Another CSI report corresponds to N cells, and the CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each of the N cells correspond to the respective cells one by one, for example, the number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to each cell for CSI measurement is M, then the CSI processing units required by the CSI report are related to both the number N of corresponding cells and the number M of CSI-RS resources corresponding to each cell, for example, the CSI processing units required by the CSI report are proportional to the number N of corresponding cells and the number M of CSI-RS resources corresponding to each cell.

[0247] In some embodiments, the number of ports of the CSI-RS resources corresponding to each CSI report is positively correlated with the size of the CSI processing units, that is, the more the number of ports of the CSI-RS resources corresponding to the CSI report, the larger the CSI processing units required by the CSI report. For example, the size of the CSI processing units required by the CSI-RS resources with a port number of 4 is larger than the size of the CSI processing units required by the CSI-RS resources with a port number less than 4.

[0248] In some embodiments, the number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report is positively correlated with the size of the CSI processing units, that is, the more the number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the CSI report, the larger the CSI processing units required by the CSI report.

[0249] Optionally, the channel measurement resources corresponding to one CSI report for CSI measurement can correspond to one cell or different cells, in which case the CSI processing units required by the CSI report can only be related to the number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement, without further considering the number of cells. Another CSI report corresponds to N cells, and the channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each of the N cells correspond to the respective cells one by one, for example, the number of channel measurement resources corresponding to each cell for CSI measurement is M, then the CSI processing units required by the CSI report are related to both the number N of corresponding cells and the number M of channel measurement resources corresponding to each cell, for example, the CSI processing units required by the CSI report are proportional to the number N of corresponding cells and the number M of channel measurement resources corresponding to each cell.

[0250] In some embodiments, the sizes of the CSI processing units required by different types of CSI are different.

[0251] In some embodiments, the reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report is related to the size of the CSI processing unit. The more the reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report, the larger the size of the CSI processing unit required by the CSI; the less the reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report, the smaller the size of the CSI processing unit required by the CSI. The combination of the reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report also affects the size of the CSI processing unit, and different combinations of reporting quantities correspond to different sizes of occupied CSI processing units. The calculation amount of the reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report also affects the size of the CSI processing unit. The larger the calculation amount of the reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report, the larger the size of the CSI processing unit required by the CSI; the smaller the calculation amount of the reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report, the smaller the size of the CSI processing unit required by the CSI.

[0252] In some embodiments, the terminal can perform CSI processing unit calculation on each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports to determine the third CSI processing unit occupied by each CSI report. Optionally, the plurality of CSI reports includes a first CSI report and a second CSI report. Optionally, the first CSI report is a CSI report of at least one first cell, and the second CSI report is a CSI report of at least one second cell, wherein the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is one of a serving cell and a non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0253] In some embodiments, the first cell is not currently a serving cell of the terminal, that is, the first cell is currently a non-serving cell of the terminal. It can be understood that the first cell is not currently a serving cell of the terminal, that is, when the terminal determines the reference signal resource of the first cell, the first cell is not yet a serving cell of the terminal.

[0254] In some embodiments, the first cell can be one of a candidate cell, a neighbor cell, and a target cell of the terminal. It can be understood that when the terminal determines the first reference signal resource, the first cell is not yet a serving cell of the terminal. For example, the first cell can be a cell to which the terminal is about to switch to, and after the terminal switches to the first cell, the first cell becomes a serving cell of the terminal.

[0255] In some embodiments, the second CSI report can be a CSI report of the serving cell or can not be a CSI report of the serving cell, for example, the second CSI report can be a measurement report of L1-Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) or L1-Signal-to-Noise-and-Interference Ratio (SNIR) of a non-serving cell.

[0256] In the following, taking the third CSI processing unit occupied by the first CSI report as an example, the determination of the third CSI processing unit occupied by each of the plurality of CSI reports is explained:

[0257] In some embodiments, the third CSI processing unit occupied by the first CSI report is related to at least one of the following:

[0258] The number of first cells corresponding to the first CSI report;

[0259] The number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first CSI report for CSI measurement;

[0260] The number of ports of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to the first CSI report;

[0261] The number of channel measurement resources corresponding to the first CSI report for CSI measurement;

[0262] The type of the first CSI report;

[0263] The reporting quantity of the first CSI report.

[0264] In some embodiments, the type of the first CSI report can include, but is not limited to, the following types set in the codebook: single panel type I (typeI-SinglePanel), multi-panel type II (typeI-multiPanel), port selection type II (typeII-PortSelection), type II (typeII), enhanced port selection type II (enhanced typeII-PortSelection), and enhanced type II (typeII).

[0265] In some embodiments, the type of the CSI of the first CSI report can be single CSI with wideband frequency-granularity.

[0266] In some embodiments, the reporting quantity of the first CSI report can be any of the following:

[0267] ‘CSI-RS Resource Indicator (CRI) - Rank Indicator (RI) - Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) - Channel Quality Indicator (CQI)’, ‘CRI - RI - Layer Indicator (LI)’, ‘CRI - RI - LI - PMI - CQI’.

[0268] In some embodiments, the first CSI report occupies the third CSI processing unit differently from the second CSI report. For example, the first CSI report occupies the third CSI processing unit with a reporting quantity of ‘CRI - RI - PMI - CQI’, ‘CRI - RI - LI’, ‘CRI - RI - LI - PMI - CQI’, which is different from the third CSI processing unit occupied by the second CSI report with a reporting quantity of ‘CRI-RSRP’, ‘CRI-SNIR’, ‘SSB-Index-RSRP’, ‘SSB-Index-SINR’, ‘CRI-RSRP-Index’, ‘SSB-Index-RSRP-Index’, ‘CRI-SINR-Index’, ‘SSB-Index-SINR-Index’.

[0269] In some embodiments, the determination process of the third CSI processing unit occupied by the first CSI report can include:

[0270] determining the number of first cells corresponding to the first CSI report, the number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the first CSI report, the number of ports of the CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first CSI report, the number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the first CSI report, the type of the first CSI report, and the reporting quantity corresponding to the first CSI report, determining the third CSI processing unit occupied by the first CSI report based on at least one of the above information.

[0271] In some embodiments, the number of first cells corresponding to the first CSI report, the number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement, the number of ports of the CSI-RS resources, the number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement, the type of the first CSI report, and the reporting quantity corresponding to the first CSI report can be determined based on the CSI measurement configuration corresponding to the first CSI report of the network device.

[0272] In some embodiments, after determining the third CSI processing units occupied by each of the plurality of CSI reports, the third CSI processing units occupied by each of the plurality of CSI reports can be summed up to obtain the total CSI processing units occupied by the plurality of CSI reports, which is referred to as the first CSI processing units in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0273] In some embodiments, the total first CSI processing units occupied by the plurality of CSI reports can be determined based on the number of the plurality of CSI reports. Alternatively, a limit of the CSI processing units occupied by each of the CSI reports can be pre-configured or agreed, and further, the first CSI processing units occupied by the plurality of CSI reports can be determined based on the number of the CSI reports and the limit of the CSI processing units occupied by each of the CSI reports.

[0274] In some embodiments, based on the CSI measurement configuration information of the plurality of CSI reports, the total occupied resources can be determined, and the total first CSI processing units occupied by the plurality of CSI reports can be determined according to the total occupied resources.

[0275] In some embodiments, based on the types of the plurality of CSI reports and the quota (such as size) of the CSI processing units of each type, the number of the CSI reports under each type can be obtained by counting each type, and further, the total first CSI processing units occupied by the plurality of CSI reports can be determined based on the number of the CSI reports under each type and the quota of the CSI processing units of the type. The quota of the CSI processing units of each type can be configured by the network or agreed by the protocol.

[0276] In step S2105, in response to the first CSI processing units being greater than the second CSI processing units supported by the terminal, the priority of each of the plurality of CSI reports is determined.

[0277] In some embodiments, the second CSI processing units supported by the terminal can be determined based on the protocol agreement, the network configuration, or the capability of the terminal.

[0278] In some embodiments, if the first CSI processing units occupied by the plurality of CSI reports in the same time unit are greater than the second CSI processing units supported by the terminal, that is, the first CSI processing units required by the terminal exceed the second CSI processing units that can be provided by the terminal itself, the terminal can determine the priority of each of the plurality of CSI reports.

[0279] In some embodiments, the priority of each of the plurality of CSI reports is determined based on the bearing mode indication parameter y of each of the CSI reports, the indication parameter k of whether to carry the first reporting quantity, the corresponding cell index c, and the service cell limit N of the terminal. cellsat least one of the CSI report configuration identification s and the maximum number M of CSI report configurations of the terminal s determines the priority of each CSI report.

[0280] In some embodiments, the priority of each CSI report can be determined as follows:

[0281] Pri iCSI (y, k, c, s) = 2 · N cells · M s · y + N cells · M s · k + M s · c + s (1)

[0282] where y = 0 indicates aperiodic CSI reports on PUSCH (y = 0 for aperiodic CSI reports to be carried on PUSCH);

[0283] y = 1 indicates semi-persistent CSI reports on PUSCH (y = 1 for semi-persistent CSI reports to be carried on PUSCH);

[0284] y = 2 indicates semi-persistent CSI reports on PUCCH (y = 2 for semi-persistent CSI reports to be carried on PUCCH);

[0285] y = 3 indicates periodic CSI reports on PUCCH (y = 3 for periodic CSI reports to be carried on PUCCH).

[0286] k = 0 indicates CSI reports carrying L1-RSRP or L1-SINR (k = 0 for CSI reports carrying L1-RSRP or L1-SINR); wherein the following reporting quantities will carry L1-RSRP or L1-SINR: ‘CRI-RSRP’, ‘CRI-SINR’, ‘SSB-Index-RSRP’, ‘SSB-Index-SINR’, ‘CRI-RSRP-Index’, ‘SSB-Index-RSRP-Index’, ‘CRI-SINR-Index’, ‘SSB-Index-SINR-Index’.

[0287] k = 1 for CSI reports not carrying L1-RSRP or L1-SINR.

[0288] c represents the cell index of the serving cell.

[0289] N cells represents the serving cell limit of the terminal (N cells is the value of the higher layer parameter maxNrofServingCells). The serving cell limit can also be understood as the maximum value of the number of serving cells.

[0290] s represents the reportConfigID of the CSI report;

[0291] M s represents the maximum number of CSI report configurations of the terminal (M s is the value of the higher layer parameter maxNrofCSI-ReportConfigurations). s

[0292] The priority of the first CSI report is taken as an example to explain the determination of the priority of multiple CSI reports:

[0293] The indication parameter k = 1 corresponding to the first CSI report whether to carry the first reporting quantity;

[0294] The reportConfigID of the first CSI report: in the scene of CSI report configured by LTM-CSI-ReportConfig, s represents the CSI report configuration ID of LTM IDLTM-CSI-ReportConfigID; otherwise, s represents the CSI report configuration ID.

[0295] The M s of the first CSI report: in the scene of CSI report configured by LTM-CSI-ReportConfig, M s ​The value of the maximum number of CSI report configurations for LTM (maxNrofLTM-CSI-ReportConfigurations). Otherwise, M s Indicates the maximum number of CSI report configurations.

[0296] The cell index c corresponding to the first CSI report: In the scenario of CSI report configured using LTM-CSI-ReportConfig, c is the index value of the serving cell that configures the report configuration. Otherwise, c indicates the cell index of the serving cell of the terminal.

[0297] Based on the above information and formula, the priority of the first CSI report is determined.

[0298] In some embodiments, the first cell and the second cell are both non-serving cells of the terminal, and the priority of the first CSI report and the second CSI report can be determined based on the above information and formula (1).

[0299] Optionally, the first CSI report is CSI of a non-serving cell, and the first CSI report contains at least one of the reporting quantities PMI, RI, CQI, LI, and CRI; the second CSI report is also CSI of a non-serving cell, and the second CSI report contains L1-RSRP or L1-SINR. The other values in the formula corresponding to the first CSI report and the second CSI report are the same, only the reporting quantities are different. Then based on the above formula (1), it is determined that the priority value corresponding to the first CSI report is greater than the priority value corresponding to the second CSI report, and the greater the priority value, the lower the priority, so the priority of the first CSI report is lower than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0300] Optionally, the first CSI report is a CSI report of a non-serving cell, and the first CSI report contains at least one of the reporting quantities PMI, RI, CQI, LI, and CRI; the second CSI report is also a CSI report of a non-serving cell, and the second CSI report contains at least one of the reporting quantities PMI, RI, CQI, LI, and CRI. The cell indexes corresponding to the first CSI report and the second CSI report are different, such as the cell index corresponding to the first CSI report is 0 and the cell index corresponding to the second CSI report is 1, and the other values in the formula are the same, only the cell indexes are different. Then based on the above formula (1), it is determined that the priority value corresponding to the first CSI report is less than the priority value corresponding to the second CSI report, and the greater the priority value, the lower the priority, so the priority of the first CSI report is greater than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0301] Optionally, the first CSI report is a CSI report for a non-serving cell, and the first CSI report contains at least one of PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI as the reported quantity; the second CSI report is also a CSI report for a non-serving cell, and the second CSI report also contains at least one of PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI as the reported quantity. The first CSI report and the second CSI report correspond to different CSI report configuration IDs of the LTM, for example, the first CSI report corresponds to a CSI report configuration ID of 0 of the LTM, and the second CSI report corresponds to a CSI report configuration ID of 1 of the LTM, and other values in the formula are the same, only the CSI report configuration ID of the LTM is different. Then, based on the above formula (1), it is determined that the priority value corresponding to the first CSI report is less than the priority value corresponding to the second CSI report, and the larger the priority value, the lower the priority, so the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0302] It should be noted that the above only gives an example in which only one value in the formula (1) corresponding to the first CSI report and the second CSI report is different, and the case where multiple parameters are different is also included in the present application, which is not listed here.

[0303] In some embodiments, the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a serving cell of the terminal, and the priority of the first CSI report is pre-configured to be higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0304] Optionally, the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, and the first CSI report corresponds to a CSI of the non-serving cell, for example, the first CSI report contains at least one of PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI as the reported quantity. The second cell is a serving cell of the terminal, and the second CSI report corresponds to a CSI report of the serving cell. In this case, the priority of the first CSI report is directly higher than the priority of the second CSI report. That is, the priority of the first CSI report and the second CSI report can be determined based on the above information and formula (1).

[0305] In some embodiments, the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a serving cell of the terminal, and the priority of the first CSI report and the second CSI report can also be determined based on the above information and formula (1). For specific examples, reference can be made to the embodiments when the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal and the second cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, which will not be repeated here.

[0306] In step S2106, according to the priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports, at least one CSI report with low priority in the plurality of CSI reports is not updated.

[0307] In some embodiments, the CSI report with the lowest priority among the plurality of CSI reports can not be updated.

[0308] In some embodiments, the last N CSI reports among the plurality of CSI reports sorted in descending order of priority can not be updated.

[0309] In some embodiments, the partial CSI reports among the plurality of CSI reports can be updated according to the priority of the plurality of CSI reports. Optionally, the plurality of CSI reports can be sorted in descending order of priority, and further, the partial CSI reports can be determined from the plurality of CSI reports according to the order, and the partial CSI can be updated. It can be understood that the partial CSI occupies a CSI processing unit that is less than or equal to the second CSI processing unit. Accordingly, the remaining CSI reports among the plurality of CSI reports other than the partial CSI reports can not be updated. It can be understood that the priority of the remaining CSI reports is lower than the priority of the partial CSI reports.

[0310] In some embodiments, the plurality of CSI reports can be sorted in descending order of priority, and further, at least one CSI report among the plurality of CSI reports can be updated according to the order. That is, the plurality of CSI reports can be updated in descending order, and in response to the CSI processing unit occupied by the CSI report being updated being greater than the second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, the updating is stopped, that is, the subsequent CSI report is not updated.

[0311] It can be understood that, due to the first CSI processing unit being greater than the second CSI processing unit, the terminal can not update the CSI with a low priority among the plurality of CSI reports, that is, the CSI report with the low priority still contains the CSI calculated or determined at the last time.

[0312] In some embodiments, the terminal can perform CSI measurement on the CSI report according to the priority of the CSI report and the measurement configuration of the CSI report, to update the CSI report. Optionally, the terminal can perform CSI measurement and calculation on the plurality of CSI reports according to the priority of the CSI report and the measurement configuration of the CSI report, to update the CSI report with a high priority.

[0313] In step S2107, the terminal sends the plurality of CSI reports to the network device.

[0314] In some embodiments, after the priority of the plurality of CSI reports is updated, the terminal sends the plurality of CSI reports to the network device. It can be understood that the plurality of CSI reports include CSI reports with different priorities, wherein the CSI report with high priority contains updated CSI, and the CSI report with low priority contains un-updated CSI.

[0315] In some embodiments, the CSI report with the highest priority in the plurality of CSI reports contains the updated CSI report, and the remaining CSI reports contain un-updated CSI reports.

[0316] In some embodiments, part of the CSI reports in the plurality of CSI reports contain updated CSI reports, and the remaining CSI reports contain un-updated CSI reports. It can be understood that the priority of the part of the CSI reports is higher than the priority of the remaining CSI reports, and the part of the CSI reports occupies the overall CSI processing unit less than or equal to the second CSI processing unit.

[0317] In some embodiments, the terminal can send the plurality of CSI reports to the network device based on the CSI measurement configuration information in the second information. Alternatively, the terminal can determine the reporting type, reporting content, reporting frequency, reporting occasion, and other parameters of the CSI according to the CSI measurement configuration, and report the CSI according to the above parameters.

[0318] The communication method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S2101-S2107. For example, step S2102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2104 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2105 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2106 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2105+S2106 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but not limited thereto.

[0319] 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.

[0320] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the terminal determines that the first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports in the same time unit is greater than the second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, the terminal can update the CSI report with high priority in the plurality of CSI reports according to the priority of the CSI, and not update the CSI report with low priority. By not updating the CSI report with low priority, resource conflicts of the CSI processing unit can be avoided.

[0321] FIG. 2B is an interaction diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2B, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for the communication system 100, and the above method comprises the following steps.

[0322] In step S2201, the network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0323] The optional implementation of step S2201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in FIG. 2A and other associated parts in the embodiments related to FIG. 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0324] In step S2202, the terminal determines the first CSI report and the second CSI report that need to be processed in the same time unit according to the first information.

[0325] In some embodiments, the first CSI report is a CSI report of at least one first cell, and the second CSI report is a CSI report of at least one second cell, wherein the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is one of a serving cell and a non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0326] In some embodiments, the first cell is not currently a serving cell of the terminal, that is, the first cell is currently a non-serving cell of the terminal. It can be understood that the first cell is not currently a serving cell of the terminal, that is, when the terminal determines the reference signal resource of the first cell, the first cell is not yet a serving cell of the terminal.

[0327] In some embodiments, the first cell can be one of a candidate cell, a neighbor cell and a target cell of the terminal. It can be understood that when the terminal determines the first reference signal resource, the first cell is not yet a serving cell of the terminal. For example, the first cell can be a cell to which the terminal is about to switch to, and after the terminal switches to the first cell, the first cell becomes a serving cell of the terminal.

[0328] In some embodiments, the second CSI report can be a CSI of a serving cell or can not be a CSI of a serving cell, for example, the second CSI report can be a measurement report of L1-RSRP or L1-SNIR of a non-serving cell.

[0329] In some embodiments, in the scenario that the first cell and the second cell are different non-serving cells, the first CSI report includes at least one of the following information: PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI. The second CSI report includes at least one of the following information: PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI.

[0330] In some embodiments, the first cell is a non-serving cell, and the second cell is the same non-serving cell, and the first CSI report includes at least one of the following: PMI, RI, CQI, LI, and CRI. The second CSI report includes at least one of the following: none, CRI-RI-PMI, CRI-RI-i1, CRI-RI-i1-CQI, CRI-RSRP, CRI-SINR, SSB-Index-RSRP, SSB-Index-SINR, CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI, CRI-RSRP-Index, SSB-Index-RSRP-Index, CRI-SINR-Index, SSB-Index-SINR-Index, TDCP. Alternatively, the second CSI report includes at least one of the following: PMI, RI, CQI, LI, and CRI, in which case the reporting amount in the first CSI report and the second CSI report is the same.

[0331] In some embodiments, the first cell is a non-serving cell, and the second cell is a serving cell, and the first CSI report includes at least one of the following: PMI, RI, CQI, LI, and CRI. The second CSI report includes at least one of the following: CRI-RI-PMI, CRI-RI-i1, CRI-RI-i1-CQI, CRI-RSRP, CRI-SINR, SSB-Index-RSRP, SSB-Index-SINR, CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI, CRI-RSRP-Index, SSB-Index-RSRP-Index, CRI-SINR-Index, SSB-Index-SINR-Index, TDCP.

[0332] In step S2203, the network device sends the second information to the terminal.

[0333] The optional implementation of step S2203 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in FIG. 2A and other associated parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2A, which will not be described here.

[0334] In step S2204, the terminal determines the third CSI processing units of the first CSI report and the second CSI report respectively, and determines the total first CSI processing units occupied by the two CSI reports according to the third CSI processing units.

[0335] In some embodiments, the third CSI processing units occupied by the first CSI report are related to at least one of the following:

[0336] The number of the first cells corresponding to the first CSI report;

[0337] a number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the first CSI report;

[0338] a number of ports of the CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first CSI report;

[0339] a number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the first CSI report;

[0340] a type of the first CSI report;

[0341] a reporting quantity of the first CSI report.

[0342] In some embodiments, the type of the first CSI report can include, but is not limited to, the following types set in a codebook: type I-single panel (typeI-SinglePanel), type II-multi panel (typeI-multiPanel), type II-port selection (typeII-PortSelection), type II (typeII), enhanced type II-port selection (enhanced typeII-PortSelection), and enhanced type II (typeII).

[0343] In some embodiments, the type of the CSI of the first CSI report can be single CSI with wideband frequency-granularity.

[0344] In some embodiments, the reporting quantity of the first CSI report can be any of the following:

[0345] ‘CRI-RI-PMI-CQI’, ‘CRI-RI-LI’, and ‘CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI’.

[0346] In some embodiments, the first CSI report occupies the third CSI processing unit differently from the second CSI report. For example, the first CSI report occupies the third CSI processing unit differently from the second CSI report, when the first CSI report has a reporting quantity of one of ‘CRI-RI-PMI-CQI’, ‘CRI-RI-LI’, and ‘CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI’, and the second CSI report has a reporting quantity of one of ‘CRI-RSRP’, ‘CRI-SNIR’, ‘SSB-Index-RSRP’, ‘SSB-Index-SINR’, ‘CRI-RSRP-Index’, ‘SSB-Index-RSRP-Index’, ‘CRI-SINR-Index’, and ‘SSB-Index-SINR-Index’.

[0347] In some embodiments, the determining of the third CSI processing unit occupied by the first CSI report can comprise:

[0348] determining the number of first cells corresponding to the first CSI report, the number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the first CSI report, the number of ports of the CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first CSI report, the number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the first CSI report, the type of the first CSI report, and the reporting quantity corresponding to the first CSI report, and determining the third CSI processing unit occupied by the first CSI report based on at least one of the above information.

[0349] In some embodiments, the number of first cells corresponding to the first CSI report, the number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement, the number of ports of the CSI-RS resources, the number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement, the type of the first CSI report, and the reporting quantity corresponding to the first CSI report can be determined based on the CSI measurement configuration corresponding to the first CSI report of the network device.

[0350] In some embodiments, the third CSI processing unit of the second CSI report is determined based on at least one of:

[0351] the number of second cells corresponding to the second CSI report;

[0352] the number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the second CSI report;

[0353] the number of ports of the CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second CSI report;

[0354] the number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the second CSI report;

[0355] a type of the second CSI report;

[0356] a reporting quantity of the second CSI report.

[0357] The number of second cells corresponding to the second CSI, the number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the second CSI report, the number of ports of the CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second CSI report, the number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to the second CSI report, the type of the second CSI report, and the reporting quantity corresponding to the second CSI report are determined based on the above information, and the third CSI processing unit occupied by the second CSI report is determined based on the above information.

[0358] In some embodiments, after determining the third CSI processing unit occupied by the first CSI report and the second CSI report respectively, the third CSI processing units occupied by the two CSIs can be summed up to obtain the total first CSI processing units occupied by the two CSI reports.

[0359] In step S2205, in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than the second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, the priority of the first CSI report and the second CSI report is determined.

[0360] whether the first CSI report corresponds to an indication parameter k = 1 carrying the first reporting quantity;

[0361] The CSI report configuration identifier corresponding to the first CSI report: in the scenario of using LTM-CSI-ReportConfig to configure the CSI report, s represents the CSI report configuration ID of the LTM, i.e. IDLTM-CSI-ReportConfig; otherwise, s represents the CSI report configuration identifier.

[0362] The M corresponding to the first CSI report s : in the scenario of using LTM-CSI-ReportConfig to configure the CSI report, M s is the value of the maximum number of CSI report configurations (maxNrofLTM-CSI-ReportConfigurations) of the upper layer parameter LTM. Otherwise, M s represents the maximum number of CSI report configurations.

[0363] The cell index c corresponding to the first CSI report: in the scenario of using LTM-CSI-ReportConfig to configure the CSI report, c is the index value of the serving cell of the configured report configuration. Otherwise, c represents the cell index of the serving cell of the terminal.

[0364] Based on the above information and the formula, the priority of the first CSI report is determined.

[0365] In some embodiments, the first cell and the second cell are both non-serving cells of the terminal, and the priorities of the first CSI report and the second CSI report can be determined based on the above information and formula (1).

[0366] Optionally, the first CSI report is CSI of a non-serving cell, and the reporting quantity contained in the first CSI report is at least one of PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI; the second CSI report is also CSI of a non-serving cell, and the reporting quantity contained in the second CSI report is L1-RSRP or L1-SINR. However, other values in the formulas corresponding to the first CSI report and the second CSI report are the same, only the reporting quantity is different. Then, based on the above formula (1), it is determined that the priority value corresponding to the first CSI report is greater than the priority value corresponding to the second CSI report, and the greater the priority value, the lower the priority. Therefore, the priority of the first CSI report is lower than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0367] Optionally, the first CSI report is CSI of a non-serving cell, and the reporting quantity contained in the first CSI report is at least one of PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI; the second CSI report is also CSI of a non-serving cell, and the reporting quantity contained in the second CSI report is at least one of PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI. However, the cell indexes corresponding to the first CSI report and the second CSI report are different, for example, the cell index corresponding to the first CSI report is 0, and the cell index corresponding to the second CSI report is 1, and other values in the formulas are the same, only the cell index is different. Then, based on the above formula (1), it is determined that the priority value corresponding to the first CSI report is less than the priority value corresponding to the second CSI report, and the greater the priority value, the lower the priority. Therefore, the priority of the first CSI report is greater than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0368] Optionally, the first CSI report is a CSI report for a non-serving cell, and the first CSI report contains at least one of PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI. The second CSI report is also a CSI report for a non-serving cell, and the second CSI report also contains at least one of PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI. The first CSI report and the second CSI report correspond to different CSI report configuration IDs of the LTM, for example, the first CSI report corresponds to a CSI report configuration ID of 0 of the LTM, and the second CSI report corresponds to a CSI report configuration ID of 1 of the LTM. Other values in the formula are the same, only the CSI report configuration ID of the LTM is different. Then, based on the above formula (1), it is determined that the priority value corresponding to the first CSI report is less than the priority value corresponding to the second CSI report, and the larger the priority value, the lower the priority. Therefore, the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0369] It should be noted that the above only gives an example in which only one value in the formula (1) corresponding to the first CSI report and the second CSI report is different, and the case in which multiple parameters are different is also included in the present application, which is not listed here.

[0370] In some embodiments, the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a serving cell of the terminal, and the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0371] Optionally, the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, and the first CSI report corresponds to CSI of the non-serving cell, for example, the first CSI report contains at least one of PMI, RI, CQI, LI and CRI. The second cell is a serving cell of the terminal, and the second CSI report corresponds to CSI report of the serving cell. In this case, the priority of the first CSI report is directly higher than the priority of the second CSI report. That is, the priority of the first CSI report and the second CSI report can be determined based on the above information and formula (1).

[0372] In some embodiments, the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a serving cell of the terminal, and the priority of the first CSI report and the second CSI report can also be determined based on the above information and formula (1). For specific examples, reference can be made to the embodiments when the first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal and the second cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal, which will not be repeated here.

[0373] In step S2206, the CSI with lower priority in the first CSI report and the second CSI report is not updated.

[0374] In some embodiments, if the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report, the first CSI report is updated and the second CSI report is not updated.

[0375] In some embodiments, if the priority of the second CSI report is higher than the priority of the first CSI report, the second CSI report is updated and the first CSI report is not updated.

[0376] The optional implementation of step S2206 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2106 in FIG. 2A and other associated parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0377] In step S2207, the terminal sends the first CSI report and the second CSI report to the network device.

[0378] In some embodiments, if the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report, the first CSI report received by the network device is the updated CSI report, and the second CSI report is the un-updated CSI report.

[0379] In some embodiments, if the priority of the second CSI report is higher than the priority of the first CSI report, the first CSI report received by the network device is the un-updated CSI report, and the second CSI report is the updated CSI report.

[0380] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S2201 to S2207. For example, step S2202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2204 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2205 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2206 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S2205+S2206 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0381] In the present embodiment or the present example, each step can be independently combined or exchanged in order without contradiction, the optional mode or the optional example can be combined arbitrarily, and can be combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0382] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, in the case that the terminal determines that the first CSI processing unit occupied by the first CSI report and the second CSI report in the same time unit is greater than the second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, the CSI with high priority in the first CSI report and the second CSI report is updated, and the CSI with low priority is not updated. By not updating the CSI with low priority, the resource conflict of the CSI processing unit can be avoided. Especially in the scenario that the first cell is a non-service cell and the second cell is a service cell, since the priority of the first cell is high, the CSI of the first cell can be updated in real time in time, and when the first cell becomes a new service cell of the terminal, the network device can perform timely and accurate scheduling for the terminal based on the first CSI report, improve the efficiency and speed of data transmission, and improve the decoding success rate.

[0383] FIG. 3A is a flow diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3A, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication method for a terminal, and the above method comprises:

[0384] Step S3101, receiving first information.

[0385] Step S3102, determining a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in the same time period according to the first information.

[0386] Step S3103, receiving second information.

[0387] Step S3104, determining the third CSI processing unit occupied by each of the plurality of CSI reports, and determining the total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports according to the third CSI processing unit.

[0388] Step S3105, in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than the second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, determining the priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports.

[0389] Step S3106, according to the priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports, not updating at least one CSI report with low priority in the plurality of CSI reports.

[0390] Step S3107, sending the plurality of CSI reports to the network device, wherein the CSI report with low priority in the plurality of CSI reports includes the CSI report that is not updated.

[0391] For detailed description of steps S3101-S3107, refer to the above embodiment description.

[0392] The communication method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S3101-S3107. For example, step S3102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3104 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3105 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3106 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S3105+S3106 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0393] 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.

[0394] FIG. 3B is a flow diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3B, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication method for a terminal, and the above method comprises:

[0395] Step S3201, receiving first information.

[0396] Step S3202, determining the first CSI report and the second CSI report that need to be processed in the same time unit according to the first information.

[0397] Step S3203, receiving second information.

[0398] Step S3204, determining the third CSI processing unit occupied by the first CSI report and the second CSI report respectively, and determining the total first CSI processing unit occupied by the two CSI reports according to the third CSI processing unit.

[0399] Step S3205, determining the priority of the first CSI report and the second CSI report in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than the second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal.

[0400] Step S3206, not updating the CSI with low priority in the first CSI report and the second CSI report.

[0401] Step S3207, sending the first CSI report and the second CSI report to the network device, wherein the CSI report with low priority includes the CSI report without updating.

[0402] For detailed description of steps S3201-S3207, please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0403] The communication method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S3201-S3207. For example, step S3202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3204 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3205 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3206 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S3205+S3206 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0404] In the embodiments or examples, 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.

[0405] FIG. 3C is a flow diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3C, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication method for a terminal, and the above method includes:

[0406] Step S3301, receiving first information.

[0407] Step S3302, determining a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in a same time unit according to the first information.

[0408] Step S3303, in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, not updating at least one CSI report with a low priority among the plurality of CSI reports according to a priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports.

[0409] Step S3304, sending the plurality of CSI reports to a network device, and the CSI report with a low priority among the plurality of CSI reports includes the CSI report that is not updated.

[0410] For detailed descriptions of steps S3301-S3303, refer to the descriptions of the above embodiments.

[0411] The communication method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S3301-S3303. For example, step S3302 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3303 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S3302+S3303 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0412] In the embodiments or examples, 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.

[0413] Figure 3D is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 3D, the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a terminal, the method comprising:

[0414] Step S3401: Identify multiple CSI reports that need to be processed within the same time unit.

[0415] Step S3402: In response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than the second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, at least one CSI report with lower priority among the multiple CSI reports is not updated according to the priority of each CSI report among the multiple CSI reports.

[0416] In some embodiments, the multiple CSI reports include a first CSI report and a second CSI report, wherein the first CSI report is a CSI report of at least one first cell, and the second CSI report is a CSI report of at least one second cell;

[0417] The first cell is the non-serving cell of the terminal;

[0418] The second cell is one of the serving cell and the non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0419] In some embodiments, the first CSI report includes at least one of the following: PMI, RI, CQI, LI, CRI.

[0420] In some embodiments, the second CSI report includes any one of the following information:

[0421] Null, CRI-RI-PMI, CRI-RI-i1, CRI-RI-i1-CQI, CRI-RSRP, CRI-SINR, SSB-Index-RSRP, SSB-Index-SINR, CRI- RI-LI-PMI-CQI, CRI-RSRP-Index, SSB-Index-RSRP-Index, CRI-SINR-Index, SSB-Index-SINR-Index, TDCP.

[0422] In some embodiments, the bearer mode indication parameter y, the indication parameter k for whether a first reporting quantity is carried, the corresponding cell index c, and the serving cell limit N of each CSI report from multiple CSI reports are used. cells CSI report configuration identifiers s and the maximum number of CSI reports M for the terminal s At least one of the following is used to determine the priority of each CSI report.

[0423] In some embodiments, the first CSI report has a higher priority than the second CSI report.

[0424] In some embodiments, the second cell corresponding to the second CSI report is a serving cell of the terminal.

[0425] In some embodiments, a third CSI processing unit occupied by each of the plurality of CSI reports is determined, and the first CSI processing unit is determined according to the third CSI processing unit.

[0426] In some embodiments, the third CSI processing unit is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0427] The number of cells corresponding to each CSI report;

[0428] The number of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources corresponding to each CSI report for CSI measurement;

[0429] The number of ports of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to each CSI report;

[0430] The number of channel measurement resources corresponding to each CSI report for CSI measurement;

[0431] The type of each CSI report;

[0432] The reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report.

[0433] In some embodiments, the first information sent by the network device is received, and the plurality of CSI reports that the terminal needs to process in the same time unit is determined according to the first information.

[0434] In some embodiments, the second information sent by the network device is received, and the reference signal resource corresponding to each CSI report for CSI measurement is determined according to the second information.

[0435] FIG. 4A is a flow diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4A, the present embodiment relates to a communication method, for a network device, the method comprising:

[0436] Step S4101, sending first information to the terminal, the first information being used for the terminal to determine the plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in the same time unit.

[0437] Step S4102, sending second information to the terminal, the second information being used to determine the reference signal resource corresponding to each CSI report for CSI measurement.

[0438] Step S4103, receiving the multiple CSI reports sent by the terminal, wherein the multiple CSI reports include CSI reports with different priorities, and in response to the total first CSI processing units occupied by the multiple CSI reports being greater than the second CSI processing units supported by the terminal, the CSI reports with lower priorities in the multiple CSI reports include CSI reports that are not updated.

[0439] For details of steps S4101-S4103, refer to the descriptions of the above embodiments.

[0440] The communication method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S4101-S4103. For example, step S4101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S4103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S4101+S4103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0441] 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.

[0442] FIG. 4B is a flow diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4B, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication method for a network device, and the above method includes:

[0443] Step S4201, sending first information to the terminal, the first information being used by the terminal to determine multiple CSI reports that need to be processed in the same time unit.

[0444] Step S4202, receiving the multiple CSI reports sent by the terminal, wherein the multiple CSI reports include CSI reports with different priorities, and in response to the total first CSI processing units occupied by the multiple CSI reports being greater than the second CSI processing units supported by the terminal, the CSI reports with lower priorities in the multiple CSI reports include CSI reports that are not updated.

[0445] In some embodiments, the multiple CSI reports include a first CSI report and a second CSI report, the first CSI report being a CSI report of at least one first cell, and the second CSI report being a CSI report of at least one second cell;

[0446] The first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal;

[0447] The second cell is one of a serving cell and a non-serving cell of the terminal.

[0448] In some embodiments, the first CSI report comprises at least one of the following information: PMI, RI, CQI, LI, CRI.

[0449] In some embodiments, the second CSI report comprises any of the following information:

[0450] null, CRI-RI-PMI, CRI-RI-i1, CRI-RI-i1-CQI, CRI-RSRP, CRI-SINR, SSB-Index-RSRP, SSB-Index-SINR, CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI, CRI-RSRP-Index, SSB-Index-RSRP-Index, CRI-SINR-Index, SSB-Index-SINR-Index, TDCP.

[0451] In some embodiments, the priority of each CSI report is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0452] a bearing mode indication parameter y of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports, an indication parameter k of whether the first reporting quantity is carried, a corresponding cell index c, and a service cell limit value N of the terminal cells , a CSI report configuration identification s, and a maximum number M of CSI report configurations of the terminal s .

[0453] In some embodiments, the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

[0454] In some embodiments, the second cell corresponding to the second CSI report is a service cell of the terminal.

[0455] In some embodiments, the first CSI processing unit is determined according to a third CSI processing unit occupied by each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports.

[0456] In some embodiments, the third CSI processing unit is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0457] a number of cells corresponding to each CSI report;

[0458] a number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to each CSI report for CSI measurement;

[0459] a number of ports of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to each CSI report;

[0460] a number of channel measurement resources corresponding to each CSI report for CSI measurement;

[0461] a type of each CSI report;

[0462] a reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report.

[0463] In some embodiments, the second information is sent to the terminal, and the second information is used by the terminal to determine a reference signal resource for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report. For detailed description of steps S4101-S4102, refer to the above embodiment description.

[0464] The communication method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S4101-S4102. For example, step S4102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0465] 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.

[0466] FIG. 5 is an interaction diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication method for a communication system including a terminal, a network device, and the above method includes at least one of the following:

[0467] Step S5101, the network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0468] Step S5102, the terminal receives the first information and determines a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in the same time unit according to the first information.

[0469] Step S5103, if the total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports is greater than the second CSI processing unit supported by itself, according to the priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports, at least one CSI report with low priority in the plurality of CSI reports is not updated.

[0470] Step S5104, the terminal sends the plurality of CSI reports to the network device.

[0471] Step S5105, the network device receives the plurality of CSI reports, wherein the CSI report with low priority in the plurality of CSI reports includes the CSI report that is not updated.

[0472] The optional implementation of steps S5101-S5105 can be referred to the above embodiment description.

[0473] In some embodiments, the above method can include the method described in the above embodiment of the communication system side, terminal side, network device side, etc. Here, it is not described again.

[0474] The communication method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S5101-S5105. For example, step S5102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S5103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S5103+S5104 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps S5103+S5105 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0475] In the present embodiment or example, each step can be independently combined or exchanged in order, and optional modes or examples can be combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0476] The following is an exemplary introduction to the above method, and the present disclosure provides a communication method.

[0477] In some embodiments, the terminal determines that the first CSI report and the second CSI report need to be calculated in the same symbol, and determines that the first CSI processing unit needs to be occupied for the first CSI report calculation, and the second CSI processing unit needs to be occupied for the second CSI report calculation. If the first CSI processing unit and the second CSI processing unit are greater than the CSI processing unit that the terminal can support, the terminal does not update the first CSI report or the second CSI report with lower priority. The first CSI report is the CSI report corresponding to the first cell, and the first cell is not the serving cell of the terminal.

[0478] In some embodiments, the first cell can be referred to as a candidate cell, a neighbor cell, a target cell, etc.

[0479] In some embodiments, the first cell is not currently the serving cell of the terminal means that when the terminal determines the first reference signal resource, the first cell is not the serving cell of the terminal. However, it is possible that the first cell is the cell to which the terminal will switch next, and after switching, the first cell becomes the serving cell of the terminal.

[0480] In some embodiments, the second CSI report can be a CSI report of a serving cell, or can not be a CSI report of a serving cell (such as measurement and reporting of L1-RSRP or L1-SINR of a non-serving cell).

[0481] In some embodiments, the first CSI report includes at least one of the following:

[0482] PMI: precoding matrix indicator;

[0483] RI: rank indicator;

[0484] CQI: channel quality indicator;

[0485] LI: layer indicator;

[0486] CRI: CSI-RS resource indicator.

[0487] In some embodiments, the first CSI report occupies the first CSI processing unit related to at least one of:

[0488] The number of first cells corresponding to the first CSI report, wherein the size of the first CSI processing unit is proportional to the number of the first cells;

[0489] The number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement, also known as the number of channel measurement resources, corresponding to each first cell, wherein the size of the first CSI processing unit is proportional to the number of CSI-RS resources or channel measurement resources of the first cell;

[0490] The type of the first cell CSI is which one of:

[0491] (1) codebookType is set to 'typeI-SinglePanel', 'typeI-multiPanel', 'typeII-PortSelection', 'typeII', 'enhanced typeII-PortSelection', 'enhanced typeII'.

[0492] (2) singleCSIwith wideband frequency-granularity.

[0493] The reporting amount of the first CSI report is any one of:

[0494] 'cri-RI-PMI-CQI', 'cri-RI-i1', 'cri-RI-i1-CQI', 'cri-RI-LI-PMI-CQI', 'cri-RSRP', 'cri-SINR','ssb-Index-RSRP','ssb-Index-SINR', 'cri-RSRP-Index','ssb-Index-RSRP-Index', 'cri-SINR-Index','ssb-Index-SINR-Index'.

[0495] whether the number of ports of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to the first CSI report measurement is greater than 4.

[0496] In some embodiments, the network device configures a reference signal resource corresponding to the first CSI report measurement.

[0497] In some embodiments, a priority of the first CSI report is determined.

[0498] wherein the priority value is determined based on:

[0499] Pri iCSI (y, k, c, s) = 2 · N cells · M s · y + N cells · M s · k + M s · c + s

[0500] wherein y = 0 for aperiodic CSI reports to be carried on PUSCH;

[0501] y = 1 for semi-persistent CSI reports to be carried on PUSCH;

[0502] y = 2 for semi-persistent CSI reports to be carried on PUCCH;

[0503] y = 3 for periodic CSI reports to be carried on PUCCH;

[0504] k = 0 for CSI reports carrying L1-RSRP or L1-SINR;

[0505] k = 1 for CSI reports not carrying L1-RSRP or L1-SINR;

[0506] c is the serving cell index and N cells is the value of the higher layer parameter maxNrofServingCells;

[0507] s is the reportConfigIDand Ms is the value of the higher layer parameter maxNrofCSI-ReportConfigurations;

[0508] In some embodiments, the first CSI report reports k with a value of 1.

[0509] In some embodiments, s and M s for a CSI report configured with LTM-CSI-ReportConfig, s is the LTM-CSI-ReportConfigID and M s is the value of the higher layer parameter maxNrofLTM-CSI-ReportConfigurations.

[0510] In some embodiments, the first CSI report reports c, for a CSI report configured with LTM-CSI-ReportConfig, c is the serving cell index value where the report configuration is configured.

[0511] In some embodiments, the different CSI priorities that can be determined based on the priority formula are all for the first cell.

[0512] In some embodiments, the second CSI report can be a CSI report for a non-serving cell.

[0513] In some embodiments, the second CSI report includes at least one of 'cri-RSRP', 'cri-SINR','ssb-Index-RSRP','ssb-Index-SINR', 'cri-RSRP-Index','ssb-Index-RSRP-Index', 'cri-SINR-Index','ssb-Index-SINR-Index'.

[0514] In some embodiments, the first CSI report is a CSI for a non-serving cell and the second CSI report is a CSI for a serving cell. Wherein the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of any CSI for the serving cell, that is, the priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report for the serving cell.

[0515] In the embodiments or examples, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in sequence, and optional modes or examples can be arbitrarily combined, without contradiction, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0516] The embodiments of the disclosure also propose a device for implementing any of the above methods, for example, a device including units or modules for implementing each step performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another device is proposed, including units or modules for implementing each step performed by the network equipment (such as access network equipment, core network function node, core network equipment, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0517] It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above device is only a logical function division, and all or part of them can be integrated into one physical entity or physically separated in actual implementation. In addition, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor connected with a memory, the memory stores instructions, and the processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or to implement the functions of each unit or module of the device, 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 device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuit, and the functions of part or all of the units or modules can be implemented by designing the hardware circuit, and the hardware circuit can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of part or all of the units or modules are implemented by designing the logical relationship of elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the 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 implement the functions of part or all of the units or modules. All units or modules of the above device can be implemented in the form of processor calling software, or all units or modules can be implemented in the form of hardware circuit, or part of the units or modules can be implemented in the form of processor calling software, and the remaining part can be implemented in the form of hardware circuit.

[0518] 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), or the like. In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through a logical relationship of a hardware circuit, and the logical relationship of the hardware circuit 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, the hardware circuit can also be 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), or the like.

[0519] FIG. 6A is a structural schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 6A, the terminal includes:

[0520] The processing module is configured to determine a total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports in a same time unit, and in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, update at least one CSI report with a lower priority among the plurality of CSI reports according to a priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports.

[0521] Optionally, the processing module is configured to perform the steps related to “processing” performed by the terminal in any of the above methods, and the transceiving module is configured to perform the steps related to “transceiving” performed by the terminal in any of the above methods.

[0522] FIG. 6B is a structural schematic diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 6B, the network device includes:

[0523] The transceiver module is configured to send first information to the terminal, the first information being used by the terminal to determine a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in a same time unit; and receive a plurality of CSI reports sent by the terminal, the plurality of CSI reports including CSI reports with different priorities, and the total first CSI processing units occupied by the plurality of CSI reports being greater than the second CSI processing units supported by the terminal, wherein the CSI reports with low priority include CSI reports that are not updated.

[0524] Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to perform the steps related to "transceiving" performed by the network device in any of the above methods. Optionally, the network device described above can further include a processing module configured to perform the steps related to "processing" performed by the network device in any of the above methods.

[0525] FIG. 7A is a structural schematic diagram of a communication device 7100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 7100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user equipment, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor supporting the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor supporting the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 7100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments, and details can be referred to the descriptions in the above method embodiments.

[0526] As shown in FIG. 7A, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 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 configured to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be configured to control the communication device (e.g., 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 processor 7101 is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0527] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 configured to store instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memory 7102 can also be outside the communication device 7100.

[0528] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the communication steps such as sending and receiving in the above methods are performed by the transceiver 7103, and other steps are performed by the processor 7101.

[0529] In some embodiments, the transceiver can include a receiver and a transmitter, which can be separate or integrated together. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiving unit, transceiver, transceiving circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other, the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, transmitting circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other, and the terms receiver, receiving unit, sensing signal receiving end, receiving circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other.

[0530] Optionally, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more interface circuits 7104 connected with the memory 7102, which can be used to receive signals from the memory 7102 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 7104 can read the instructions stored in the memory 7102 and send them to the processor 7101.

[0531] The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiments can be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited to this, and the structure of the communication device 7100 can not be limited by Figure 7a. 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 include storage components for storing data and programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a sensing signal receiving end, 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 devices, etc.

[0532] Figure 7B is a structural schematic diagram of a chip 7200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For the case where the communication device 7100 is a chip or a chip system, the structural schematic diagram of the chip 7200 shown in Figure 7B can be referred to, but is not limited thereto.

[0533] The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201 for invoking instructions to cause the chip 7200 to perform any of the above methods.

[0534] In some embodiments, chip 7200 also includes one or more interface circuits 7202 that are connected to memory 7203. Interface circuit 7202 can be used to receive signals from memory 7203 or other devices, and interface circuit 7202 can be used to send signals to memory 7203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 7202 can read instructions stored in memory 7203 and send the instructions to processor 7201. Optionally, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, and the like can be substituted for one another.

[0535] In some embodiments, chip 7200 also includes one or more memories 7203 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of memory 7203 can be external to chip 7200.

[0536] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed on communication device 7100, cause communication device 7100 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 thereto, and 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 thereto, and can also be a transitory storage medium.

[0537] The present disclosure also proposes a program product, which, when executed by communication device 7100, causes communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0538] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods.

[0539] In the embodiments described above, all or part of the system, device, and unit can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, all or part of the system, device, and unit 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 and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are generated. 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 a wired (for example, coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (for example, infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) manner. 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 a magnetic medium (for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (for example, a high-density digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (for example, a solid state disk (SSD)), etc.

[0540] 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.

[0541] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the system, device, and unit described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be described here.

[0542] 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 in 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 communication method characterized by comprising: The method is performed by a terminal, comprising: determining a total first CSI processing unit occupied by a plurality of channel state information (CSI) reports in a same time unit; in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, not updating at least one CSI report with a lower priority among the plurality of CSI reports according to a priority of each of the plurality of CSI reports.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The plurality of CSI reports comprises a first CSI report and a second CSI report, the first CSI report is a CSI report of at least one first cell, and the second CSI report is a CSI report of at least one second cell. The first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal. The second cell is one of a serving cell and a non-serving cell of the terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, The first CSI report comprises at least one of the following information: a precoding matrix indicator (PMI); a rank indicator (RI); a channel quality indicator (CQI); a layer indicator (LI); a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI).

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that, The second CSI report comprises any of the following information: null, CRI-RI-PMI, CRI-RI-first level codebook indicator i1, CRI-RI-i1-CQI, CRI-reference signal received power (RSRP), CRI-signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), synchronization signal block (SSB)-index-Index-RSRP, SSB-Index-SINR, CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI, CRI-RSRP-Index, SSB-Index-RSRP-Index, CRI-SINR-Index, SSB-Index-SINR-Index, time domain channel property (TDCP).

5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that, The method further comprises: determining a priority of each of the plurality of CSI reports based on at least one of a bearing mode indication parameter of each of the plurality of CSI reports, an indication parameter of whether a first reporting quantity is carried, a corresponding cell index and a serving cell limit of the terminal, a CSI report configuration identifier and a maximum number of CSI report configurations of the terminal.

6. The method according to any one of claims 2-4, characterized in that, The priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, The second cell corresponding to the second CSI report is a serving cell of the terminal.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that, The method further comprises: determining a third CSI processing unit occupied by each of the plurality of CSI reports, and determining the first CSI processing unit according to the third CSI processing unit.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, The third CSI processing unit is determined based on at least one of the following: a number of cells corresponding to each of the CSI reports; a number of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources corresponding to each of the CSI reports and used for CSI measurement; a number of ports of the CSI-RS resources corresponding to each of the CSI reports; a number of channel measurement resources corresponding to each of the CSI reports and used for CSI measurement; a type of each of the CSI reports; a reporting quantity corresponding to each of the CSI reports.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that, The method further comprises: receiving first information sent by the network device, and determining, according to the first information, a plurality of CSI reports that the terminal needs to process in a same time unit.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that, The method further includes: receiving second information sent by the network device, and determining, according to the second information, a reference signal resource for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report.

12. A communication method, comprising: performed by a network device, including: sending first information to a terminal, the first information being used by the terminal to determine a plurality of CSI reports that need to be processed in a same time unit; receiving a plurality of CSI reports sent by the terminal, the plurality of CSI reports including CSI reports with different priorities, and in response to a total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, wherein a CSI report with a low priority includes an un-updated CSI report.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The plurality of CSI reports include a first CSI report and a second CSI report, the first CSI report being a CSI report of at least one first cell, and the second CSI report being a CSI report of at least one second cell; The first cell is a non-serving cell of the terminal. The second cell is one of a serving cell and a non-serving cell of the terminal.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, The first CSI report includes at least one of the following information: PMI, RI, CQI, LI, CRI.

15. The method according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that, The second CSI report includes any of the following information: null, CRI-RI-PMI, CRI-RI-i1, CRI-RI-i1-CQI, CRI-RSRP, CRI-SINR, SSB-Index-RSRP, SSB-Index-SINR, CRI-RI-LI-PMI-CQI, CRI-RSRP-Index, SSB-Index-RSRP-Index, CRI-SINR-Index, SSB-Index-SINR-Index, TDCP.

16. The method according to any one of claims 12-15, characterized in that, The priority of each CSI report is determined based on at least one of the following: a bearing mode indication parameter of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports, an indication parameter of whether to carry a first reporting quantity, a corresponding cell index and a serving cell limit of the terminal, a CSI report configuration identifier and a maximum number of CSI report configurations of the terminal.

17. The method according to any one of claims 13-15, characterized by, The priority of the first CSI report is higher than the priority of the second CSI report.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein, The second cell corresponding to the second CSI report is a serving cell of the terminal.

19. The method according to any one of claims 12-18, characterized by, The first CSI processing unit is determined according to a third CSI processing unit occupied by each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein, The third CSI processing unit is determined based on at least one of the following: a number of cells corresponding to each CSI report; a number of CSI-RS resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report; a number of ports of the CSI-RS resource corresponding to each CSI report; a number of channel measurement resources for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report; a type of each CSI report; A reporting quantity corresponding to each CSI report.

21. The method of any one of claims 12-18, wherein, The method further includes: sending, to the terminal, second information used by the terminal to determine a reference signal resource for CSI measurement corresponding to each CSI report. 22.A communication method for a communication system including a terminal and a network device, the method comprising: sending, by the network device, first information to the terminal; receiving, by the terminal, the first information and determining, by the terminal, a plurality of CSI reports to be processed in a same time unit according to the first information; determining, by the terminal, a total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports in the same time unit; in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, updating, by the terminal, at least one CSI report with a low priority among the plurality of CSI reports according to a priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports; sending, by the terminal, the plurality of CSI reports to the network device; receiving, by the network device, the plurality of CSI reports sent by the terminal, wherein a CSI report with a low priority among the plurality of CSI reports comprises an un-updated CSI report.

23. A terminal, characterized by comprising: a processing module configured to determine a total first CSI processing unit occupied by a plurality of CSI reports in a same time unit, and in response to the first CSI processing unit being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, update at least one CSI report with a low priority among the plurality of CSI reports according to a priority of each CSI report in the plurality of CSI reports.

24. A network device, comprising: comprising: a transceiver configured to send, to a terminal, first information used by the terminal to determine a plurality of CSI reports to be processed in a same time unit, receive a plurality of CSI reports sent by the terminal, the plurality of CSI reports comprising CSI reports with different priorities, and in response to a total first CSI processing unit occupied by the plurality of CSI reports being greater than a second CSI processing unit supported by the terminal, wherein a CSI report with a low priority comprises an un-updated CSI report.

25. A terminal, characterized by comprising: one or more processors; wherein the terminal is configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1-11.

26. A network device, comprising: comprising: one or more processors; wherein the network device is configured to perform the method of any one of claims 12-21.

27. A communication system, characterized by comprising a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the method of any one of claims 1-11, and the network device is configured to implement the method of any one of claims 12-21.

28. A storage medium, the storage medium storing instructions, wherein, instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the method of any one of claims 1-11 or 12-21.

29. A program product, characterized by a computer program that, when executed by a communication device, implements the method of any one of claims 1-11 or 12-21.

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