Communication method, communication apparatus, and communication system
By selectively activating and deactivating antennas and using control signals in sensing agents, the method addresses power wastage and interference issues, improving energy efficiency in wireless communication systems.
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- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
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- Filing Date
- 2025-02-28
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-26
AI Technical Summary
The constant activation of sensing agents in wireless communication systems leads to excessive interference and power wastage, necessitating a solution to optimize their power usage.
A method for selectively activating and deactivating antennas and monitoring control signals in sensing agents, utilizing wake-up signals and control channels to reduce unnecessary power consumption.
This approach reduces the continuous activation time of sensing agents, optimizing power usage and minimizing interference, thereby enhancing energy efficiency.
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COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMThis application claims priority to United State of America Provisional Application No. 63 / 696,225, filed on September 18, 2024, and entitled “Method, Apparatus, and System for Sensing Agent Power Saving” , which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELDThe present disclosure relates generally to wireless communication. Particularly, it relates to a communication method, a communication apparatus, and a communication system.BACKGROUNDPosition information of a user equipment (UE) is used in a cellular communication network to improve various performance metrics for the network. In the future, a sensing system may be used to help gather the position information of the UE. It is desirable to integrate sensing and communication into one system. For sensing purpose, it is expected to have a distributed network node which is capable of performing sensing. The distributed network node can be referred to as a sensing agent (SA) to perform sensing. If all SAs are constantly active, it will lead to excessive interference for Uu link communication and sidelink communication. And this will contribute to waste the power of the SA.Therefore, how to save power of the SA is needed to be solved in this application.SUMMARYThis present disclosure provides a communication method, a communication apparatus, and a communication system to save power for a sensing agent.According to a first aspect, a method for signal configuration is described. The method may be applied at a first device, for example, a first device or a module in a first device, a circuit or a chip (for example, a modem (modem) chip, also referred to as a baseband (baseband) chip, or a system on chip (system on chip, SoC) chip or a system in package (system in package, SIP) chip that includes a modem core) that is responsible for a communication function in a first device. For example, the method is applied to a first device.In this method, the first device receives first information to indicate activation of at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas of a sensing agent. And the first device activates the at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or the one or more receiving antennas based on the first information.In some implementations, the first device is used to conduct sensing process. For example, the first device can be referred to as the sensing agent or a sensing agent head. This application does not limit the name of the first device.In the foregoing method, the first device, which is also referred to as the sensing agent, does not need to activate all antennas in the sensing agent. So, if the antennas of the sensing agent are activated according to the instruction of sensing process, the continuous activation time of the sensing agent can be at least reduced and the energy of the sensing agent can be used more efficiently. Then, the power of the sensing agent can at least be saved.In a possible design, the method further includes that the first device receives second information indicating a control signal. The control signal is associated with related information used for sensing. The first device monitors the control signal based on the second information.In some implementations, the control signal can be carried in a control channel, for example, physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) .In some implementations, the first information indicates a control channel carries the control signal associated with related information used for sensing and not another channel, for example, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) . In other words, the first device monitors the control channel that carries the control signal associated with related information used for sensing; thus, the first device may not need to monitor another channel, such as the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) .As such, the first device does not need to monitor other channels, for example, PDSCH. And the energy of the sensing agent can be further saved.In a possible design, the method further includes that the first device receives third information indicating a wake-up signal (WUS) . The WUS carries related information used for sensing. The first device monitors the WUS based on the third information.As such, the first device can just monitor the WUS to conduct sensing process. So, the signaling for triggering sensing process between the first device and a second device, which can be referred to as a base station, can be saved. This contributes to save the power of the sensing agent.In a possible design, the method further includes that the first device receives fourth information indicative of a set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent. And the first device conducts the set of actions based on the fourth information.In a possible design, the set of actions comprises at least one of: an activating action, a first sleep action, a second sleep action, a sensing action, or a reporting action. The sensing action comprises at least one of a transmitting sensing signal action or a receiving sensing signal action. And a duration corresponding to the first sleep action is longer than a duration corresponding to the second sleep actionIn a possible design, the fourth information is carried in a control channel related to the control signal or the WUS.As such, the first device can conduct a set of actions for sensing based on the fourth information. So, the actions will be conducted more suitable. Different sensing agents can conduct different actions according to the requirements so that the power of the sensing agent can at least be saved.In a possible design, the method further includes that the first device receives fifth information indicative of a sensing stage of the sensing agent. And the first device activates deactivates the sensing agent, which is also referred to as the first device based on the fifth information.As such, the first device may be activated or deactivated based on the fifth information corresponding to the sensing stage. The first device does not need to be activated all the time so that the power of the first device can be saved.In a possible design, that the first device activates or deactivates the sensing agent based on the fifth information includes that the first device obtains an association between at least one sensing stage and at least one sensing agent. And the first device activates the sensing agent which is also referred to as the first device, if an indicated sensing stage and the sensing agent matches in the association. Or, the first device deactivates the sensing agent which is also referred to as the first device, if the indicated sensing stage and the sensing agent does not match in the association.In a possible design, the method further includes that the first device receives sixth information indicative of a set of sensing agents corresponding to an indicated sensing stage. That the first device activates or deactivates the sensing agent based on the fifth information includes that if the sensing agent is in the set of sensing agents, the first device activates the sensing agent which is also referred to as the first device. Or if the sensing agent is not in the set of sensing agents, the first device deactivates the sensing agent which is also referred to as the first device.In a possible design, a configuration of the WUS is related to a configuration of a muting signal.In a possible design, a chirp rate of the WUS is related to a chirp rate of the muting signal. A sequence of the WUS is related to a sequence of the muting signal. Or a time-frequency resource of the WUS is related to a time-frequency resource of the muting signal.As such, a relationship between the configuration of the WUS and the configuration of the muting signal may reduce the control signaling overhead as well as the complexity of a first device.In a possible design, a signal type of the WUS is related to a signal type of the muting signal.According to a second aspect, a communication method is described. The method may be applied at a second device, for example, a second device or a module in a second device, a circuit or a chip (for example, a modem (modem) chip, also referred to as a baseband (baseband) chip, or a system on chip (system on chip, SoC) chip or a system in package (system in package, SIP) chip that includes a modem core) that is responsible for a communication function in a second device. For example, the method is applied to a second device.In this method, the second device determines first information to indicate activation of at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas of a sensing agent. And the first device transmits the first information.In the foregoing method, the second device, which is also referred to as the base station informs the sensing agent to activate the antenna. It is helpful for the sensing agent to reduce the continuous activation time of the sensing agent and the energy of the sensing agent can be used more efficiently. Then, the power of the sensing agent can at least be saved.In a possible design, the method further includes that the second device transmits second information indicating a control signal, wherein the control signal is associated with related information used for sensing.In some implementations, the control signal can be carried in a control channel, for example, physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) .In some implementations, the first information indicates a control channel carries the control signal associated with related information used for sensing and not another channel, for example, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) . So, the first device monitors the control channel carries the control signal associated with related information used for sensing and does not monitor another channel, for example, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) .As such, it is helpful for the sensing agent not to monitor other channels, for example, PDSCH. And the energy of the sensing agent can be further saved.In a possible design, the method further includes that the second device transmits third information indicating a wake up signal (WUS) , wherein the WUS carries related information used for sensing.As such, it is helpful for the sensing agent to just monitor the WUS to conduct sensing process. So, the signaling for triggering sensing process between the sensing agent and a second device, which can be referred to as a base station, can be saved. This contributes to save the power of the sensing agent.In a possible design, the method further includes that the second device transmits fourth information indicative of a set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent.In a possible design, the set of actions comprises at least one of: an activating action, a first sleep action, a second sleep action, a sensing action, or a reporting action; wherein the sensing action comprises at least one of a transmitting sensing signal action or a receiving sensing signal action; and a duration corresponding to the first sleep action is longer than a duration corresponding to the second sleep action.In a possible design, the fourth information is carried in a control channel related to the control signal or the WUS.As such, it is helpful for the sensing agent to conduct a set of actions for sensing based on the fourth information. So, the actions will be conducted more suitable. Different sensing agents can conduct different actions according to the requirements so that the power of the sensing agent can at least be saved.In a possible design, the method further includes that the second device transmits fifth information associated with a sensing stage of the sensing agent; wherein the fifth information is used to activate or deactivate the sensing agent.As such, it is helpful for the sensing agent to be activated or deactivated based on the fifth information corresponding to the sensing stage. The sensing agent does not need to be activated all the time so that the power of the first device can be saved.In a possible design, the method further includes that the second device transmits sixth information indicative of a set of sensing agents corresponding to an indicated sensing stage; wherein the sixth information is used to activate or deactivate the sensing agent.In a possible design, a configuration of the WUS is related to a configuration of a muting signal.In a possible design, a chirp rate of the WUS is related to a chirp rate of the muting signal. A sequence of the WUS is related to a sequence of the muting signal. Or a time-frequency resource of the WUS is related to a time-frequency resource of the muting signal.In a possible design, a signal type of the WUS is related to a signal type of the muting signal.According to a third aspect, a communication apparatus is described. The communication apparatus has a function of implementing the first aspect. For example, the communication apparatus includes a corresponding module, unit, or means (means) for performing operations in the first aspect. The module, unit, or means may be specifically implemented by using software, may be implemented by using hardware, or may be implemented by using software in combination with hardware.According to a fourth aspect, a communication apparatus is described. The communication apparatus has a function of implementing the second aspect. For example, the communication apparatus includes a corresponding module, unit, or means (means) for performing operations in the second aspect. The module, unit, or means may be specifically implemented by using software, may be implemented by using hardware, or may be implemented by using software in combination with hardware.According to a fifth aspect, another communication apparatus is described. The communication apparatus includes a memory and one or more processors. The memory is configured to store a part or all of a necessary computer program or instructions for implementing a function in the first aspect. The one or more processors may execute the computer program or the instructions, and when the computer program or the instructions is / are executed, the communication apparatus is enabled to implement the method in any possible design or implementation of the first aspect.In some implementations, the communication apparatus may further include an interface circuit, and the processor is configured to communicate with another apparatus or component through the interface circuit.In some implementations, the communication apparatus may further include the memory.The communication apparatus may be a sensing agent, a module in a sensing agent, or a chip responsible for a communication function in a sensing agent, for example, a modem chip (also referred to as a baseband chip) or an SoC chip or an SIP chip that includes a modem module.According to a sixth aspect, another communication apparatus is described. The communication apparatus includes a memory and one or more processors. The memory is configured to store a part or all of a necessary computer program or instructions for implementing a function in the second aspect. The one or more processors may execute the computer program or the instructions, and when the computer program or the instructions is / are executed, the communication apparatus is enabled to implement the method in any possible design or implementation of the second aspect.In some implementations, the communication apparatus may further include an interface circuit, and the processor is configured to communicate with another apparatus or component through the interface circuit.In some implementations, the communication apparatus may further include the memory.The communication apparatus may be a base station, a module in a base station, or a chip responsible for a communication function in a base station, for example, a modem chip (also referred to as a baseband chip) or an SoC chip or an SIP chip that includes a modem module.According to a seventh aspect, a communication system is described. The system includes a first apparatus which is enabled to implement the method in any possible design or implementation of the first aspect, and a second apparatus which is enabled to implement the method in any possible design or implementation of the second aspect.According to an eighth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is described. The computer-readable storage medium stores computer-readable instructions, and when a computer reads and executes the computer-readable instructions, the computer is enabled to perform the method in any one of the possible designs of the first aspect to the second aspect.According to a ninth aspect, this application provides a computer program product. When a computer reads and executes the computer program product, the computer is enabled to perform the method in any one of the possible designs of the first aspect to the second aspect.DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGSFIG. 1 illustrates an example for a communication system 100;FIG. 2 illustrates another example for a communication system 100;FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration showing an apparatus 310 wirelessly communicating with another apparatus 320 within a communication system (e.g., the communication system 100) according to an implementation of the present disclosure.;FIG. 4 illustrates an example apparatus 410 according to an implementation of the present disclosure;FIG. 5 illustrates example apparatus 510 according to an implementation of the present disclosure;FIG. 6 illustrates a diagram of discrete LFM sequence according to an implementation of this application;FIG. 7 illustrates a diagram of discrete triangular waveform according to an implementation of this application;FIG. 8 illustrates another diagram of discrete triangular waveform according to an implementation of this application;FIG. 9 illustrates another diagram of discrete triangular waveform according to an implementation of this application;FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to an implementation of this application;FIG. 11 illustrates an example LFM signal representation in the time-frequency domain according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 12 illustrates an example FMCW signal representation in the time-frequency domain according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 13 illustrates a triangular waveform signal as a second example which is constructed by LFM signals with opposite sign LFM rates according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 14 illustrates an example of an LFM-based signal in a general format in which the absolute value of the LFM rates can vary across symbols (or other time units such as slots) according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 15 illustrates a LFSR with a plurality of shift registers 802-1 to 802-L, a feedback logic 804 and a clock 806 according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 16 illustrates example multi-carrier amplitude shift keying (MC-ASK) waveforms according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 17 illustrates Option OOK-2, which can include Parallel M-bit OOK in frequency domain according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 18 illustrates Option OOK-3 -Multi-tone single-bit OOK according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 19 illustrates Option OOK-4: Transform M-bit OOK in time domain according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 20 illustrates some examples multi-carrier frequency shift keying (MC-FSK) waveforms according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 21 illustrates a combination of ASK and FSK according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 22 illustrate the charts wherein a signal is generated in the RF analog domain according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating signal generation according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 24 is a block diagram illustrating signal generation according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 25 illustrates an example for the receiver of an LFM-based signal according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 26 illustrates another example for the receiver of an LFM-based signal according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 27 illustrates another example for the receiver of a signal generated based on a sequence according to an implementation of the present application;FIG. 28 illustrates a diagram of A signaling covers a sensing and report and sleep scheduling according to an implementation of present application;FIG. 29 illustrates a diagram of A signaling covers a sensing and report and sleep scheduling according to an implementation of present application;FIG. 30 illustrates a diagram of sub-sets of SAs being active to do sensing according to an implementation of present application;FIG. 31 illustrates a diagram of sub-sets of SAs being active to do sensing according to an implementation of present application;FIG. 32 is a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus 1000 according to some implementations of the present application; andFIG. 33 is a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus according to some implementations of the present application.DESCRIPTION OF IMPLEMENTATIONSThe following describes technical solutions of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings.FIG. 1 illustrates an example for communication system 100. Referring to FIG. 1, as an illustrative example without limitation, a simplified schematic illustration of a communication system is provided. FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an example communication system according to an implementation of the present disclosure, there is shown a communication system 100 that includes a radio access network (RAN) 120, one or more communication electronic devices (EDs) 110a, 110b, 110c, 110d, 110e, 110f, 110g, 110h, 110i, 110j (collectively referred to as 110) , a core network 130, a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 140, the Internet 150, and other networks 160 . The RAN 120 may include, but is not limited to, a future generation RAN, or a legacy RAN such as, but not limited to, 5th generation (5G) , 4th generation (4G) , 3rd generation (3G) or 2nd generation (2G) radio access network. The RAN 120 may be, for example, an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) , a NextGen RAN (NG RAN) , or some other type of RAN. Examples of RAN 120 based on the evolution of telecommunications standards include, but is not limited to, GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) for 2G, UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) based on WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) and CDMA2000 for 3G, LTE (Long-Term Evolution) and WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) for 4G, and NR (New Radio) for 5G. In some implementations, The RAN 120 may use any radio access technology (RAT) in the wireless interface between the one or more EDs 110 and the RAN 120. In some implementations, the term “radio access” may refer to the future generation air interface standards which may include both terrestrial networks (TNs) and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) . These networks will be described in greater detail below in conjunction with various implementations. The one or more communication EDs 110 (also referred to as “user equipment” ) are configured to connect (e.g., communicatively couple) with each other or to one or more network nodes 170a, 170b (collectively referred to as 170) in the RAN 120. The core network (CN) 130 is a part of the communication system 100 and consists of network nodes (e.g., 170a, 170b) which provide support for the network features and telecommunication services. In some implementations, the CN 130 may be dependent on the RAT used in the communication system 100. In other implementations, the CN 130 may be access-agnostic, i.e., the CN 130 may be independent of the RAT used in the communication system 100. There are different types of CN 130, for different 3GPP system generations. For example, the CN 130 is the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) in 4G, also known as the Evolved Packet System (EPS) . In another example, the CN 130 is the 5G Core (5GC) which was developed as part of the 5G System (5GS) . The CN 130 also enables integration of different 3GPP and non-3GPP access types. In some implementations and referring to FIG. 1, the CN 130 also provides the interface towards external networks that may include the PSTN 140, the Internet 150, and other networks 160 in the communication system 100.In general, the communication system 100 facilitates interaction between multiple wireless or wired elements. The communication system 100 may transmit different types of content, such as voice, data, video, and / or text, through different transmission methods such as, but not limited to, broadcast, multicast, groupcast, and unicast. Additionally, the communication system 100 operates by allocating and / or sharing resources, such as carrier spectrum bandwidth, among its constituent elements.The communication system 100 may provide a wide range of communication services and applications including, but not limited to, Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) services, Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC) services, Massive Machine Type Communication (mMTC) services, Integrated Sensing And Communication (ISAC) , immersive communication, Ultra-massive Machine-Type Communication (uMTC) , hyper reliable and low-latency communication, ubiquitous connectivity, integrated AI and communication, and other services that can be provided by a future generation communication system. The communication system 100 may provide other services and applications such as, but not limited to, earth monitoring, remote sensing, passive sensing and positioning, navigation and tracking, autonomous delivery and mobility and the like.The communication system 100 may include a terrestrial communication system (or network) and / or a non-terrestrial communication system (or network) . The communication system 100 may provide a high degree of availability and robustness through a joint operation of the terrestrial communication system and the non-terrestrial communication system. For example, integrating a non-terrestrial communication system (or components thereof) into a terrestrial communication system can result in a heterogeneous network comprising multiple layers. The heterogeneous network may achieve better overall performance through efficient multi-link joint operation, more flexible functionality sharing, and faster physical layer link switching between terrestrial networks and non-terrestrial networks. The terrestrial communication system and the non-terrestrial communication system could be considered as sub-systems of the communication system 100.A sensing agent applied in this application is a special electronic device. The sensing agent not shown in FIG. 1 can communicate with network node 170a or 170b shown in FIG. 1, such as base station, and communicate with one or more EDs 110 shown in FIG. 1. In other words, the sensing agent is a network node or a specific UE with specific capability to perform sensing between the base station and the electronic devices. The sensing agent communicates with the base station in downlink or uplink and senses objects.FIG. 2 illustrates another example for communication system 100 according to an implementation of the present disclosure, there is shown the communication system 100 includes EDs 110a, 110b, 110c, 110d (collectively referred to as ED 110) , RANs 120a, 120b, one or more CNs 130, a PSTN 140, the Internet 150, and other networks 160. Additionally, the communication system 100 may also include a non-terrestrial network (NTN) 120c. The RANs 120a and120b may include network nodes 170a, 170b include base stations, which can be generally referred to as terrestrial network (TN) devices or terrestrial transmit and receive points (T-TRPs) 170a and 170b (collectively referred to as 170) . In this context, the terms "TRP" and "base station" are used interchangeably unless otherwise specified. For simplicity, this disclosure primarily refers to network nodes as base stations; however, unless explicitly stated otherwise, references to TRP are considered non-limiting and interchangeable. The T-TRPs 170a, 170b may be base stations mounted on a building or tower. In one implementation, the NTN 120c includes a RAN node such as a base station 172, which may be generally referred to as an NTN device, a non-terrestrial node, a non-terrestrial network device, a non-terrestrial base station, or a non-terrestrial transmit and receive point (NT-TRP) 172.In some implementations, the NT-TRP 172 is not attached to the ground, for example, as in the case of an airborne base station. An airborne base station may be implemented using communication equipment supported or carried by a flying device. For example, a flying device may include, but is not limited to, an airborne platform (such as a blimp or an airship) , balloon, drone (such as quadcopter) , and other types of aerial vehicles. In some implementations, an airborne base station may be supported or carried by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) , such as a drone. An airborne base station may be a moveable or mobile base station that can be flexibly deployed in different locations to meet network demand. A satellite base station is another example of a non-terrestrial base station. A satellite base station may be implemented using communication equipment supported or carried by a satellite. A satellite base station may also be referred to as an orbiting base station. High altitude platforms are yet another example of non-terrestrial base stations, including international mobile telecommunication base stations.As referred to herein, and unless specified otherwise, a “TRP” may also refer to a T-TRP or an NT-TRP, a “T-TRP” may also refer to a “TN TRP” , and an “NT-TRP” may also refer to an “NTN TRP” . The NTN 120c may be considered a RAN, sharing operational aspects with RANs 120a, 120b. The NTN 120c may include at least one NTN device and at least one corresponding terrestrial network device. The at least one NTN device may function as a transport layer device and the at least one corresponding terrestrial network device may function as a RAN node, communicating with the ED 110 via the NTN device. Additionally, there may be an NTN gateway on the ground (referred to as a terrestrial network device) that also functions as a transport layer device facilitating communication with both the NTN device and the RAN node. The RAN node may communicate with the ED 110 via the NTN device and the NTN gateway. In some implementations, the NTN gateway and the RAN node may be located within the same device.A base station 170 (also referred to as a TRP as stated above) is a network element within a radio access network responsible for radio transmission and reception in one or more cells to or from the ED (such as a user equipment) . In different implementations, the base station 170 may also be known as a base transceiver station (BTS) , a radio base station, a network node, a network device, a device on the network side, a transmit / receive node, a Node B, an evolved NodeB (eNodeB or eNB) , a Home eNodeB, a next Generation NodeB (gNB) , a transmission point (TP) , a site controller, an access point (AP) , a wireless router, a relay station, a terrestrial node, a terrestrial network device, a terrestrial base station, a non-terrestrial node, a non-terrestrial network device, a non-terrestrial base station, and a positioning node, among other possibilities. The base station 170 may be a macro base station (BS) , a pico BS, a relay node, a donor node, or combinations thereof. When the base station 170 performs (or is configured to perform) a method described herein, it may be interpreted as the base station itself, one or more modules (or units) in the base station, a circuit or chip, or a combination thereof, performing the method. For example, the circuit or chip may include a modem chip, also referred to as a baseband chip, a system on chip (SoC) including a modem core, system in package (SIP) ) , and the like, and may be responsible for one or more communication functions within the base station.The EDs 110a-110d and TRPs 170a-170b, 172 are examples of communication equipment configured to implement some or all of the operations and / or implementations described herein. The T-TRP 170a forms part of the RAN 120a, which may include other TRPs, and / or other devices. Also, the TRP 170b forms part of the RAN 120b, which may include other TRPs, and / or devices. Each TRP 170a, 170b may transmit and / or receive wireless signals within a particular geographic region or area, sometimes referred to as a “cell” or a “coverage area” . The TRPs 170a-170b may be responsible for allocating and / or configuring resources and transmission and / or reception in a set of cell (s) . A cell is a radio network object that can be uniquely identified by a cell identification that is broadcasted over a geographical region or area from base stations associated with the cell. A cell can work in either FDD or TDD mode. A cell may be further divided into cell sectors, and a base station 170a-170b may, for example, employ one or more transceivers to provide services to one or more sectors. Some implementations, may include pico or femto cells if supported by the radio access technology. In some implementations, one or more transceivers could be used for each cell, such as with Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology. The number of RANs 120a-120b shown is merely an example. Any number of RANs may be contemplated when designing the communication system 100.A base station may be a single element, as shown in the figures, or multiple elements distributed throughout the corresponding RAN, or otherwise configured. In some implementations, a plurality of RAN nodes coordinate to assist the ED 110 in implementing radio access, and different RAN nodes separately implement and handle different functions of the base station. For example, the RAN node may be a central unit (CU) , a distributed unit (DU) , a CU-control plane (CP) , a CU-user plane (UP) , or a radio unit (RU) etc. The CU and the DU may be separately deployed, or included within the same element (i.e., a baseband unit (BBU) ) . The RU may be included in a radio frequency device or a radio frequency unit (i.e., a remote radio unit (RRU) , an active antenna unit (AAU) , or a remote radio head (RRH) ) . In different systems, the CU (or the CU-CP and the CU-UP) , the DU, or the RU may be known by different names, but their functions are understood by person skilled in the art. For example, in an open radio access network (ORAN) system, a CU may be referred to as an open CU (O-CU) , a DU may be referred to as an open DU (O-DU) , and a CU-CP may be referred to as an open CU-CP (O-CU-CP) . The CU-UP may also be referred to as an open CU-UP (O-CU-UP) , and the RU may also be referred to as an open RU (O-RU) . Any one of the CU (or the CU-CP, the CU-UP) , the DU, and the RU may be implemented using a software module, a hardware module, or a combination of a software module and a hardware module.Furthermore, communication between different devices / apparatuses in various implementations of this disclosure may refer to direct communication (that is, without the need of forwarding by another device / apparatus) , or may refer to communication (s) between different devices / apparatuses via another device / apparatus (that is, requiring forwarding by another device / apparatus) . Alternatively, such communication (s) may involve one functional unit inside a device / apparatus using another functional unit within the device / apparatus to communicate with another device / apparatus. In other words, phrases such as "sending (or transmitting) information to... (an ED or a base station) " in this disclosure may be understood as a destination endpoint of the information being an ED or a base station, including, sending / transmitting information directly or indirectly to an ED or a base station. Similarly, phrases like "receiving information from... (an ED or a base station) " may be understood as a source endpoint of the information being an ED or a base station, including directly or indirectly receiving information from an ED or a base station. Between the source endpoint that sends the information and the destination endpoint, necessary processing such as, but not limited to, format conversion, digital-to-analog conversion, amplification, and filtering may be performed on the information. However, the destination endpoint may understand valid information from the source endpoint. A similar understanding applies to other descriptions in this disclosure without reiterating details already described. In the present disclosure, the terms "send" and "transmit" may be used interchangeably in different implementations of this disclosure.The ED 110 is used to connect people, objects, machines, and other entities. The ED 110 may be widely used in various scenarios including, but not limited to, cellular communications, device-to-device (D2D) , vehicle to everything (V2X) , peer-to-peer (P2P) , machine-to-machine (M2M) , MTC, internet of things (IoT) , virtual reality (VR) , augmented reality (AR) , mixed reality (MR) , metaverse, digital twin, industrial control, self-driving, remote medical, smart grid, smart furniture, smart office, smart wearable, smart transportation, smart city, drones, robots, remote sensing, passive sensing, positioning, navigation and tracking, and autonomous delivery and mobility.Each ED 110 represents any suitable end user device for wireless operation and may include such devices (or may be referred to as, but not limited to) a user equipment (UE) or a user device or a terminal device, a wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU) , a mobile station, a fixed or mobile subscriber unit, a cellular telephone, a station (STA) , an MTC device, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a smartphone, a laptop, a computer, a tablet, a wireless sensor, a consumer electronics device, a smart book, a vehicle, a car, a truck, a bus, a train, or an IoT device, wearable devices (such as a watch, a pair of glasses, head mounted equipment, etc. ) , an industrial device, or an apparatus (such as a module, modem, or chip) in the forgoing devices, among other possibilities. Future generation EDs 110 may be referred to by other terms. When an ED 110 performs (or is configured to perform) a method described herein, it may be interpreted as the ED itself, one or more modules (or units) in the ED, a circuit or chip, or a combination thereof, performing the method. For example, the circuit or chip may include a modem chip, also referred to as a baseband chip, a system on chip (SoC) including a modem core, or system in package (SIP) ) , and the like, and may be responsible for one or more communication functions in the ED.Each ED 110 connected to TRPs 170a-170b, and / or TRPs 172 can be dynamically or semi-statically turned-on (i.e., established, activated, or enabled) , turned-off (i.e., released, deactivated, or disabled) and / or configured in response to one of more of: connection availability and connection necessity.Any ED 110 may be alternatively or additionally configured to interface, access, or communicate with any of the TRPs 170a, 170b and 172, the Internet 150, the CN 130, the PSTN 140, the other networks 160, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the ED 110a may communicate an uplink (UL) and / or downlink (DL) transmission over a terrestrial air interface 190a with station-TRP 170a. In some examples, the EDs 110a, 110b, 110c, and 110d may also communicate directly with one another via one or more sidelink (SL) air interfaces 190b. In some examples, the EDs 110a, 110d may communicate using an UL and / or DL transmission over a non-terrestrial air interface 190c with NT-TRP 172.An air interface (such as, for example, 190a, 190b, 190c) generally includes a number of components and associated parameters that collectively specify how a transmission is to be sent and / or received over a wireless communications link between two or more communicating devices such as EDs and base station (s) . For example, an air interface may include one or more components defining the waveform (s) , frame structure (s) , multiple access scheme (s) , protocol (s) , coding scheme (s) and / or modulation scheme (s) for conveying information (such as, data) over a wireless communications link. The air interfaces 190a and 190b may use similar communication technology, that may include any suitable radio access technology.The non-terrestrial air interface 190c can enable communication between the EDs 110a, 110d and one or more NT-TRPs 172 via a wireless link or simply a link. For some examples, the link is a dedicated connection for unicast transmission, a connection for broadcast transmission, or a connection between a group of EDs 110 and one or more NT-TRPs 172 for multicast transmission.The TRPs 170a-170b, 172 may communicate with one another over one or more air interfaces 190e, 190f using wireless communication links (such as radio frequency (RF) , microwave, infrared (IR) , etc. ) or wired communication links. The air interfaces 190e, 190f may utilize any suitable radio access technology, and may be substantially similar to the air interfaces 190a, 190c over which the EDs 110a-110d communicate with one or more of the TRP 170a-170b, 172 or they may be substantially different. For example, the communication system 100 may implement one or more channel access methods, such as Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) , Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) , Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) , Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) , Low Density Signature Multicarrier Code Division Multiple Access (LDS-MC-CDMA) , Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) , Pattern Division Multiple Access (PDMA) , Lattice Partition Multiple Access (LPMA) , Resource Spread Multiple Access (RSMA) , and Sparse Code Multiple Access (SCMA) .The RANs 120a and 120b are in communication with the CN 130 to provide the EDs 110a 110b, and 110c with various services such as voice, data, multimedia, and other services. The RANs 120a and 120b and / or the CN 130 may be in direct or indirect communication with one or more other RANs (not shown) , which may or may not be directly served by the CN 130, and may employ different radio access technologies from RAN 120a and / or RAN 120b. The CN 130 may also serve as a gateway access between (i) the RANs 120a and 120b and / or the EDs 110a 110b, and 110c, and (ii) other networks (such as the PSTN 140, the Internet 150, and the other networks 160) . In addition, some or all of the EDs 110a 110b, and 110c may include functionality for communicating with different wireless networks over different wireless links using different wireless technologies and / or protocols. For example, the EDs 110a 110b, and 110c communicate using different cellular communications protocols, such as, but not limited to, a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) protocol, a code-division multiple access (CDMA) network protocol, a Push-to-Talk (PTT) protocol, a PTT over Cellular (POC) protocol, a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) protocol, a 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) protocol, a fifth generation (5G) protocol, a New Radio (NR) protocol, and the like. Instead of wireless communication (or in addition thereto) , the EDs 110a 110b, and 110c may communicate using wired communication channels to a service provider or switch (not shown) , and / or to the Internet 150. The PSTN 140 may include circuit switched telephone networks for providing plain old telephone service (POTS) . The Internet 150 may include a network of computers and subnets (intranets) or both, and incorporate protocols, such as internet protocol (IP) , transmission control protocol (TCP) , user datagram protocol (UDP) . EDs 110a 110b, and 110c may be multimode devices capable of operation according to multiple radio access technologies, and may incorporate one or multiple transceivers necessary to support such.In addition, the communication system 100 may comprise a sensing agent (not shown) to manage the sensed data from ED 110 and / or any one of TRPs 170a, 170b, 172. In one implementation, the sensing agent may be part of any one of TRPs 170a, 170b, 172. In another implementation, the sensing agent is a separate node that can communicate with the CN 130 and / or the RAN 120 (such as any one of TRPs 170a, 170b, 172) .In addition, a sensing agent can be a special electronic device between TRPs (such as 170a, 170b and 172 shown in FIG. 2) and EDs (such as 110a, 110b, 110c and 110d) . The sensing agent not shown in FIG. 2 can communicate with in downlink and uplink and senses objects.FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration showing an apparatus 310 wirelessly communicating with another apparatus 320 within a communication system (e.g., the communication system 100) according to an implementation of the present disclosure. The apparatus 310 may be an electronic device (such as ED 110) . The apparatus 320 may be a network node (e.g. the network node 170) such as T-TRP 170 or an NT-TRP 172 shown in FIG. 2. Although only one apparatus 310, and one apparatus 320 are shown in FIG. 2, the number of apparatus 310 and / or number of apparatus 320 can vary, potentially including one or more of each. For example, a single ED 110 may be served by a single T-TRP 170 (or a single NT-TRP 172) , or by multiple T-TRPs 170 (or multiple NT-TRPs 172) . Similarly, a single ED 110 may be served by one or more T-TRPs 170 and one or more NT-TRPs 172. Similarly, a single T-TRP 170 (or a single NT-TRP 172) may serve one or more EDs 110.In this disclosure, a sensing agent used for sensing can communicate with apparatus 320 in uplink or downlink and senses objects. For example, apparatus 310 can be an example to be sensed by the sensing agent.The apparatus 310 may include one or more processors 210. For clarity and to avoid overcrowding the illustration, only a single processor 210 is illustrated. The apparatus 310 may further include a transmitter 201 and a receiver 203 coupled to one or more antennas 204. For clarity, only a single antenna 204 is illustrated. One, some, or all of the antennas 204 may alternatively be panels. In some implementations, the transmitter 201 and the receiver 203 are separate from each other. In other implementations, the transmitter 201 and the receiver 203 may be integrated into a single unit, for example, as a transceiver. The transceiver is configured to modulate data or other content for transmission by the one or more antennas 204 or a network interface controller (NIC) . The transceiver may also be configured to demodulate data or other content received by the one or more antennas 204. A transceiver may include any suitable structure for generating signals for wireless or wired transmission and / or for processing signals received through wireless or wired communication. Each antenna 204 includes any suitable structure for transmitting and / or receiving wireless or wired signals. The apparatus 310 may include a memory 208. In some implementations, the apparatus 310 may include multiple memories 208. Only a single transmitter 201, receiver 203, processor 210, memory 208, and antenna 204 is illustrated for simplicity, but the apparatus 310 may include one or more other components. In some implementations of the present disclosure, the transceiver (or transmitter 201 and / or receiver 203) may be viewed as an interface circuit.The memory 208 is configured to store instructions used to perform operations described herein. The memory 208 may also be configured to store data that is used, generated, or collected by the apparatus 310. For example, the memory 208 can store software instructions or modules configured to implement some or all of the functionalities and / or operations described herein and that which are executed by the one or more processors 210.The apparatus 310 may further include one or more input / output devices (not shown) or interfaces. The input / output devices or interfaces facilitate interaction with a user or other devices in the network. Each input / output device or interface includes suitable components for facilitating transmission of information to a user and reception of information from a user, and for various network interface communications. Such components may include, but are not limited to, a speaker, microphone, keypad, keyboard, display, touch screen, and the like.The processor 210 may be configured to perform (or control the apparatus 310 to perform) operations (or methods) described herein as being performed by the apparatus 310. For example, the processor 210 performs or controls the apparatus 310 to perform the operations of: a) receiving one or more transport blocks (TBs) , b) using a resource for decoding at least one of the received TBs, c) releasing the resource for decoding another of the received TBs, and / or d) receiving configuration information configuring a resource. Specifically, the operations may include tasks related to: preparing a transmission for UL transmission to the apparatus 320, processing DL transmissions received from the apparatus 320, and handling SL transmission to and from another apparatus 310. Processing operations related to preparing a transmission for UL transmission may include operations such as, but not limited to, encoding, modulating, transmit beamforming, and generating symbols for transmission. Processing operations related to processing DL transmissions may include operations such as, but not limited to, receive beamforming, demodulating and decoding received symbols. Processing operations related to processing SL transmissions may include operations such as, but not limited to, transmit / receive beamforming, modulating / demodulating and encoding / decoding symbols. Depending upon the implementation, a DL transmission may be received by the receiver 203, possibly using receive beamforming, and the processor 210 may extract signaling from the DL transmission (such as by detecting and / or decoding the signaling) . An example of signaling may be a reference signal transmitted by the apparatus 320. In some implementations, the processor 210 implements the transmit beamforming and / or the receive beamforming based on the indication of beam direction, such as beam angle information (BAI) , received from the apparatus 320. In some implementations, the processor 210 may be configured to perform operations relating to network access (such as initial access) and / or downlink synchronization, which includes operations for detecting a synchronization sequence, decoding and obtaining the system information, and the like. In some implementations, the processor 210 may perform channel estimation, such as using a reference signal received from the apparatus 320.Although not illustrated, in some implementations, the processor 210 may either be a part of the transmitter 201 or a part of the receiver 203 or a part of both the transmitter 201 and the receiver 203. Although not illustrated, in some implementations, the memory 208 may be a part of the processor 210.The processor 210, along with the processing components of the transmitter 201 and the receiver 203 may each be implemented by one or more processors that may the same or different. These processors are configured to execute instructions stored in a memory (such as in the memory 208) .The apparatus 320 includes one or more processors 260 (only one processor 260 is illustrated in FIG. 3) . The apparatus 320 may further include one or more transmitters 252 and one or more receivers 254 coupled to one or more antennas 256. Only a single antenna 256 is illustrated to avoid clutter in the illustration. One, some, or all of the antennas 256 may alternatively be panels. In some implementations, the transmitter 252 and the receiver 254 are separate from each other. In other implementations, the transmitter 252 and the receiver 254 may be integrated into a single unit such as, for example, as a transceiver. The apparatus 320 may further include a memory 258. In some implementations, the apparatus 320 may include multiple memories 258. The apparatus 320 may further include a scheduler 253. Only a single transmitter 252, receiver 254, processor 260, memory 258, antenna 256 and scheduler 253 are illustrated for simplicity, however the apparatus 320 may include one or more other components. In the present disclosure, in some implementations, the transceiver (or transmitter 252 and / or receiver254) may be viewed as an interface circuit.In some implementations, various components of the apparatus 320 may be distributed. For example, some of the modules of the apparatus 320 may be located remotely from the equipment housing the antennas 256 for the apparatus 320 (and therefore also can be viewed as one or more nodes) . These modules, which can be considered as one or more nodes, may be coupled to the equipment that houses the antennas 256 over a communication link (not shown) , sometimes referred to as front haul, such as the Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) . Therefore, in some implementations, the term apparatus 320 may also refer to network-side nodes that perform processing operations such as, but not limited to, determining the location of the apparatus 310, resource allocation (scheduling) , message generation, and encoding / decoding, and that which are not necessarily part of the equipment that houses the antennas 256 of the apparatus 320. The nodes may also be coupled to other apparatuses 320. In some implementations, the apparatus 320 may actually be a plurality of nodes that are operating together to serve the apparatus 310, such as through the use of coordinated multipoint transmissions, or through the use of ORAN system as described above in the disclosure.The processor 260 is configured to perform operations including those related to: preparing a transmission for DL transmission to the apparatus 310, processing an UL transmission received from the apparatus 310, preparing a transmission for backhaul transmission to another apparatus 320, and processing a transmission received over backhaul from another apparatus 320. Processing operations related to preparing a transmission for DL or backhaul transmission may include operations such as, but not limited to, encoding, modulating, precoding (such as MIMO precoding) , transmit beamforming, and generating symbols for transmission. Processing operations related to processing received transmissions in the UL or over backhaul may include operations such as, but not limited to, receive beamforming, demodulating received symbols, and decoding received symbols. The processor 260 may also be configured to perform operations relating to network access (such as initial access) and / or DL synchronization, such as generating the content of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) , generating the system information, and the like. In some implementations, the processor 260 is further configured to generate an indication of beam direction, such as BAI, which may be scheduled for transmission by the scheduler 253 which will be described below. In some implementations, the processor 260 implements the transmit beamforming and / or receive beamforming based on beam direction information (such as BAI) received from another apparatus 320. The processor 260 is configured to perform other network side processing operations described herein, such as, but not limited to, determining the location of the apparatus 310, determining where to deploy another apparatus 320, and the like. In some implementations, the processor 260 may generate signaling data, to configure one or more parameters of the apparatus 310 and / or one or more parameters of another apparatus 320. Any signaling data generated by the processor 260 is sent by the transmitter 252. In some implementations, the apparatus 320 implements physical layer processing. In some implementations, the apparatus 320 may perform higher layer functions such as those at the Medium Access Control (MAC) or Radio Link Control (RLC) layers in addition to physical layer processing. In the apparatus 320, the scheduler 253 may be coupled to the processor 260 or integrated within the processor 260. In some implementations, the scheduler 253 may be integrated within the apparatus 320 or may be operated separately from the apparatus 320. The scheduler 253 may schedule UL, DL, SL, and / or backhaul transmissions, including issuing scheduling grants and / or configuring scheduling-free (such as “configured grant” ) resources.The apparatus 320 may further include a memory 258 that is configured to store instructions for performing the operations described herein. The memory 258 may also store data that is used, generated, or collected by the apparatus 320. For example, the memory 258 can store software instructions or modules configured to implement some or all of the functionalities and / or implementations described herein and that which are executed by the processor 260.Although not illustrated, the processor 260 may be implemented as part of the transmitter 252 and / or a part of the receiver 254. Although not illustrated, in some implementations, the processor 260 may implement the scheduler 253 and the memory 258 may be implemented as part of the processor 260.The processor 260, the scheduler 253, the processing components of the transmitter 252, and the processing components of the receiver 254 may each be implemented by the same or different processors that are configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, such as in the memory 258.The apparatus 320 and / or the apparatus 310 may include other components, not shown or described herein for the sake of clarity.Note that the term “signaling” , as used herein, may alternatively be referred to as control signaling, control message, control information, or message for simplicity. Signaling between a base station (such as the TRP 170a. 170b, 172) and a UE or sensing device (such as ED 110) , or signaling between a different UE or sensing device (such as between ED 110a and ED 110b) may be carried in physical layer signaling (also called as dynamic signaling) , which is transmitted in a physical layer control channel. For DL, the physical layer signaling may be known as downlink control information (DCI) which is transmitted in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) . For UL, the physical layer signaling may be known as uplink control information (UCI) which is transmitted in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) . For SL, signaling between different UEs or sensing devices (such as between ED 110a and ED 110b) may be known as SL control information (SCI) which is transmitted in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) . Signaling may be carried in a higher layer (such as higher than physical layer) signaling, which is transmitted in a physical layer data channel, such as in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) for downlink signaling, in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for uplink signaling, and in a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) for SL signaling. Higher layer signaling may also be called static signaling, or semi-static signaling. The higher layer signaling may include radio resource control (RRC) protocol signaling or media access control -control element (MAC-CE) signaling. Signaling may be included in a combination of physical layer signaling and higher layer signaling.It should be noted that in the present disclosure, “information” , when different from “message” , may be carried within a single message, or may be carried in multiple separate messages.FIG. 4 illustrates an example apparatus 410 according to an implementation of the present disclosure. The apparatus 410 may be a communication device or an apparatus implemented in a communication device such as the ED 110 or the TRPs 170a, 170b, 172, or a sensing agent. The sensing agent is a special electronic device used for sensing. For example, the apparatus 410 implemented in an ED may be an integrated circuit, which in some instances may be referred to as a chip, a modem, a modem chip, a baseband chip, or a baseband processor. In some implementations, one or more integrated circuits can be packaged into a system-on-chip, a system-in-package, or a multi-chip module. The apparatus 410 can include one or more integrated circuits and other discrete components. In some implementations, the apparatus 410 may be a module within the ED 110, or within the apparatus 310. In some implementations, the apparatus 410 may be a module within one of the TRPs 170a, 170b, 172, or the apparatus 320.In an example, the apparatus 410 may include one or more processors 411, and an interface circuit 412. The apparatus 410 may further include a memory 413. The one or more processors 411 are configured to process signals and execute one or more communication protocols. The memory 413 is configured to store at least a part of corresponding computer program instructions and / or data. In an example, the one or more processors 411 execute the computer program instructions stored in the memory 413 to implement related operations (for example, inputting, outputting, receiving, and transmitting) in the method embodiments disclosed herein. In some implementations, the memory 413 being configured to store the corresponding computer program instructions and / or data may mean that the memory 413 is configured to store all of the corresponding computer program instructions and / or data for execution by the one or more processors 411. In some implementations, the memory 413 being configured to store the corresponding computer program instructions and / or data may mean that the memory 413 is configured to store a part of the corresponding computer program instructions and / or data. For example, the part of the corresponding computer program instructions and / or data may include computer program instructions and / or data that need to be currently executed by the one or more processors 411. Thus, the memory 413 may store different parts of computer program instructions and / or data for a plurality times for the one or more processors 411 to perform related operations in the method embodiments disclosed herein. As a communication interface, the interface circuit 412 is configured to implement communication with another component. For example, the interface circuit 412 may communicate a signal with another apparatus or system, such as a radio frequency processing apparatus or another processor. The signal may include or carry information intended as a payload, such as user data, control information, etc. The signal may also include or carry information useful to a receiver, but not necessarily as a payload, such as a pilot signal or reference signal. Communicating the signal may include transmitting the signal to another component or device. Communicating the signal may additionally or alternatively include receiving the signal from another component or device. Transmitting the signal may include outputting the signal to a component or device that is directly or indirectly coupled to the interface circuit 412. Receiving the signal may include inputting or obtaining the signal from a component or device that is directly or indirectly coupled to the interface circuit 412. Optionally, to reduce a load of the one or more processors, a baseband signal processing circuit 414 may be also disposed to implement processing of at least a part of baseband signals, including signal demodulation, modulation, encoding, decoding, or the like.The apparatus 410 may be the processor 210 (or 260) within the apparatus 310 (or 320) , in some scenarios, or may be included within the processor 210 (or 260) within the apparatus 310 (or 320) in some scenarios. The apparatus 410 may be a baseband chip or may include a baseband chip. In some implementations, the apparatus 410 may be independently packaged into a chip. In some implementations, the apparatus 310 (or 320) includes different types of chips. The apparatus 410 may be packaged into a processor chip (for example, an SoC chip or an SIP chip) with the different types of chips. In some implementations, the apparatus 410 may be packaged into a chip with some or all of circuits of a radio frequency processing system that may further be included in the apparatus 310 (or 320) .FIG. 5 illustrates example apparatus 510 according to an implementation of the present discloure. The apparatus 510 may include corresponding modules or units configured to implement methods and / or implementations described herein. In some implementations, the apparatus 510 includes a processing unit 512 and a communication unit 513. Optionally, the apparatus 510 may further include a storage unit 511 configured to store apparatus program code (or instructions) and / or data.The apparatus 510 may be an ED side apparatus, for example, an ED or a module in an ED, or a circuit or a chip responsible for a communication function in an ED. In some implementations, apparatus 510 may be the apparatus 310. The processing unit 512 may be the processor 210. The communication unit 513 may comprise a receiving unit and / or a transmitting unit. The receiving unit and / or the transmitting unit may be the transmitter 201 and / or the receiver 203 respectively. The storage unit 511 may be the memory 208.The apparatus 510 may be a base station side apparatus, for example, a base station or a module in a base station, or a circuit or a chip responsible for a communication function in a base station. In some implementations, apparatus 510 may be apparatus 320. The processing unit 512 may be the processor 260 (the scheduler 253 may also be included) . The communication unit 513 may comprise a receiving unit and / or a transmitting unit. The receiving unit and / or the transmitting unit may be the transmitter 252 and / or the receiver 254 respectively. The storage unit 511 may be the memory 258.In some implementations, when the apparatus 510 is an ED 110 or a module in an ED 110, a function of the apparatus 510 may be implemented by one or more processors. Specifically, the processor may include a modem chip, or a system on chip (SoC) chip or an SIP chip that includes a modem core. A function of the communication unit 513 may be implemented by a transceiver circuit.In some implementations, when the apparatus 510 is a circuit or a chip that is responsible for a communication function in an ED 110, such as a modem chip, a system on chip (SoC) chip or an SIP chip that includes a modem core -a function of the processing unit 512 may be implemented by a circuit system within the chip which includes one or more processors. A function of the communication unit 513 may be implemented by an interface circuit or a data transceiver circuit on the chip.It may be understood that the units in the apparatus 510 may be logical or functional. Each function may correspond to one functional unit, or two or more functions may be integrated into a single functional unit. In actual implementation, all or some of the units may be integrated into a single physical entity, or may be distributed across different physical entities. In addition, the functional units may be implemented in the form of hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. Whether a function is implemented in the form of hardware or software depends on particular applications and design constraint conditions of the technical solutions. A person skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for specific applications, but it should not be considered that the implementation goes beyond the scope of this disclosure.In an example, a functional unit in any one of the apparatuses may be configured as one or more integrated circuits for implementing the methods disclosed herein, for example, as one or more application-specific integrated circuits (application-specific integrated circuits, ASICs) , one or more central processing units (CPUs) , one or more microprocessors or microprocessor units (MPUs) , one or more microcontrollers or microcontroller units (MCUs) , one or more digital signal processors (DSPs) , one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) , or a combination of these.In an example, the storage unit 511 may include a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, an electrically erasable programmable memory, and / or a register.A processor may be referred to as a processor system, an application processor, a baseband processor, a processor circuit, or a processor core. The processor may include one or a combination of one or more central processing units (CPUs) , one or more digital signal processors (DSPs) , one or more microprocessors (microprocessor units, MPUs) , one or more microcontrollers (microcontroller units, MCUs) , one or more graphics processing units (GPUs) , one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) , one or more artificial intelligence processors (AI processors) , or one or more neural network processing units (NPUs) .Memory or a storage unit may include one or more of the following storage media: a random access memory (RAM) , a static random access memory (static RAM, SRAM) , a dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM) , a phase-change memory (PCM) , a resistive random access memory (resistive RAM, ReRAM) , a magnetoresistive random access memory (magnetoresistive RAM, MRAM) , a ferroelectric random access memory (ferroelectric RAM, FRAM) , a cache, a register, a read-only memory (ROM) , a flash memory (flash memory) , an erasable programmable read-only memory (erasable programmable ROM, EPROM) , a hard disk, and the like. In an example, computer program instructions used to execute embodiments may be stored in a non-volatile memory, for example, at least a part of a memory or storage unit (for example, one or more of a ROM, a flash memory, an EPROM, or a hard disk) . When a terminal runs, a part or all of corresponding computer program instructions may be loaded to a memory that has a higher transmission speed with the processor, for example, at least a part of a memory or a storage unit (for example, one or more of a RAM, an SRAM, a DRAM, a PCM, a RERAM, an MRAM, a FRAM, a cache, or a register) , so that the processor executes the computer program instructions to perform the steps in the method embodiments disclosed herein.For ease of understanding of the implementations of this application, the following briefly describes several terms used in this application.1) Frame structureA frame structure is a feature of the wireless communication physical layer that defines a time domain signal transmission structure, e.g. to allow for timing reference and timing alignment of basic time domain transmission units. Wireless communication between communicating devices may occur on time-frequency resources governed by a frame structure. The frame structure may sometimes instead be called a radio frame structure.Depending upon the frame structure and / or configuration of frames in the frame structure, frequency division duplex (FDD) and / or time-division duplex (TDD) and / or full duplex (FD) communication may be possible. FDD communication is when transmissions in different directions (e.g. uplink vs. downlink) occur in different frequency bands. TDD communication is when transmissions in different directions (e.g. uplink vs. downlink) occur over different time durations. FD communication is when transmission and reception occur on the same time-frequency resource, i.e. a device can both transmit and receive on the same frequency resource concurrently in time.One example of a frame structure is a frame structure in long-term evolution (LTE) having the following specifications: each frame is 10ms in duration; each frame has 10 subframes, which are each 1ms in duration; each subframe includes two slots, each of which is 0.5ms in duration; each slot is for transmission of 7 OFDM symbols (assuming normal CP); each OFDM symbol has a symbol duration and a particular bandwidth (or partial bandwidth or bandwidth partition) related to the number of subcarriers and subcarrier spacing; the frame structure is based on OFDM waveform parameters such as subcarrier spacing and CP length (where the CP has a fixed length or limited length options) ; and the switching gap between uplink and downlink in TDD has to be the integer time of OFDM symbol duration.Another example of a frame structure is a frame structure in new radio (NR) having the following specifications: multiple subcarrier spacings are supported, each subcarrier spacing corresponding to a respective numerology; the frame structure depends on the numerology, but in any case the frame length is set at 10ms, and consists of ten subframes of 1ms each; a slot is defined as 14 OFDM symbols, and slot length depends upon the numerology. For example, the NR frame structure for normal CP 15 kHz subcarrier spacing ( “numerology 1” ) and the NR frame structure for normal CP 30 kHz subcarrier spacing ( “numerology 2” ) are different. For 15 kHz subcarrier spacing a slot length is 1ms, and for 30 kHz subcarrier spacing a slot length is 0.5ms. The NR frame structure may have more flexibility than the LTE frame structure.2) Cell / Carrier / Bandwidth Parts (BWPs) / Occupied Bandwidth:A device, such as a base station, may provide coverage over a cell. Wireless communication with the device may occur over one or more carrier frequencies. A carrier frequency will be referred to as a carrier. A carrier may alternatively be called a component carrier (CC) . A carrier may be characterized by its bandwidth and a reference frequency, e.g. the center or lowest or highest frequency of the carrier. A carrier may be on licensed or unlicensed spectrum. Wireless communication with the device may also or instead occur over one or more bandwidth parts (BWPs) . For example, a carrier may have one or more BWPs. More generally, wireless communication with the device may occur over spectrum. The spectrum may comprise one or more carriers and / or one or more BWPs.A cell may include one or multiple downlink resources and optionally one or multiple uplink resources, or a cell may include one or multiple uplink resources and optionally one or multiple downlink resources, or a cell may include both one or multiple downlink resources and one or multiple uplink resources. As an example, a cell might only include one downlink carrier / BWP, or only include one uplink carrier / BWP, or include multiple downlink carriers / BWPs, or include multiple uplink carriers / BWPs, or include one downlink carrier / BWP and one uplink carrier / BWP, or include one downlink carrier / BWP and multiple uplink carriers / BWPs, or include multiple downlink carriers / BWPs and one uplink carrier / BWP, or include multiple downlink carriers / BWPs and multiple uplink carriers / BWPs.3) PDDCHIn downlink, control signaling may be transmitted in a control channel which may be called PDCCH. Specifically, the PDCCH is a type of physical downlink channel used to carry a string of bits (e.g., downlink control information (DCI) bits) . For example, the PDCCH may be formed by a string of encoded DCI bits plus cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits.In some implementations, a signal carried on the PDCCH can also be called PDCCH. Specifically, transmitting / receiving a PDCCH means transmitting / receiving a signal carried by the PDCCH.4) DCIThe DCI may be used for scheduling a data transmission or feedback of a data transmission. For example, the DCI may include information for scheduling the data transmission (e.g., for a downlink / uplink data transmission or a sidelink (SL) data transmission) and / or power control (e.g., uplink power control, or sidelink power control, or downlink power control) .User Equipment (UE) position information is often used in cellular communication networks to improve various performance metrics for the network. Such performance metrics may, for example, include capacity, agility, and efficiency. The improvement may be achieved when elements of the network exploit the position, the behavior, the mobility pattern, etc., of the UE in the context of a priori information describing a wireless environment in which the UE is operating.A sensing system may be used to help gather UE pose information, including its location in a global coordinate system, its velocity and direction of movement in the global coordinate system, orientation information, and the information about the wireless environment. "Location" is also known as "position" and these two terms may be used interchangeably herein. Examples of well-known sensing systems include RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) and LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) . While the sensing system can be separate from the communication system, it could be advantageous to gather the information using an integrated system, which reduces the hardware (and cost) in the system as well as the time, frequency, or spatial resources needed to achieve both functionalities. However, using the communication system hardware to perform sensing of UE pose and environment information is a highly challenging and open problem. The difficulty of the problem relates to factors such as the limited resolution of the communication system, the dynamicity of the environment, and the huge number of objects whose electromagnetic properties and position are to be estimated.Accordingly, integrated sensing and communication (also known as integrated communication and sensing, joint sensing and communication, and other similar names) is a desirable feature in existing and future communication systems.Various types of sensing are anticipated to be parts of future wireless communication systems. Sensing not only can help to improve the quality of other services such as data communication, but also can be defined as a separate service itself in the future wireless systems. Therefore, in future wireless systems, it is expected to have a distributed network of nodes which are capable of performing sensing. Such nodes, referred to as sensing agents (SAs) , may also have limited communication capabilities.The following describes the implementations of this application in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.In the implementations of this application, a time-frequency resource may be referred to as any one of: a resource, a time-frequency domain resource, a time-frequency resource set, or a time-frequency resource block.In the implementations of this application, “and / or” describes an association relationship between associated objects and represents that three relationships may exist. For example, A and / or B may represent the following three cases: only A exists, both A and B exist, and only B exists. The character “ / ” generally indicates an “or” relationship between the associated objects. “At least one” means one or more. “At least one of A and B” , similar to “A and / or B” , describes an association relationship between associated objects and represents that three relationships may exist. For example, at least one of A and B may represent the following three cases: only A exists, both A and B exist, and only B exists.The sensing signal will be introduced in the following paragraphs.Properties of a sensing signal, or a signal used for both sensing and communication, include the waveform of the signal and the frame structure of the signal. The frame structure defines the time-domain boundaries of the signal. The waveform describes the shape of the signal as a function of time and frequency. Examples of waveforms that can be used for a sensing signal include ultra-wide band (UWB) pulse, Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) or “chirp” , orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) , cyclic prefix (CP) -OFDM, and Discrete Fourier Transform spread (DFT-s) -OFDM.In some implementations, the sensing signal is a linear chirp signal with bandwidth B and time duration T. A linear chirp signal may also be known as a linearly frequency modulated (LFM) signal. Such a linear chirp signal is generally known from its use in FMCW radar systems. A linear chirp signal is defined by an increase in frequency from an initial frequency, fchirp0, at an initial time, tchirp, to a final frequency, fchirp, at a final time, tchirp where the relation between the frequency (f) and time (t) can be expressed as a linear relation of f-fchirp0=α(t-tchirp) , whereis defined as the chirp slope. Instead of the term “chirp slope, ” the same parameter may also be referred to as a chirp rate, an LFM slope and an LFM rate. The bandwidth of the linear chirp signal may be defined as B=fchirp-fchirp and the time duration of the linear chirp signal may be defined as T=tchirp-tchirp . Such linear chirp signal can be presented as in the baseband representation.FIG. 6 illustrates a diagram of discrete LFM sequence according to an implementation of this application.Discrete LFM sequence can be obtained by taking samples from a continuous LFM waveform. An LFM waveform is a waveform for which the frequency is a linear function of time. FIG. 6 shows an example of discrete LFM sequence. In FIG. 6, T is the total time duration of the continuous waveform the samples are taken from, Ts is the sampling time, N is the total number of samples, NS=N×TS, u is the LFM rate of the discrete LFM sequence, and s is the initial frequency of the discrete LFM sequence.Considering the discrete LFM sequence, it may be assumed that there are M possibilities for LFM rate u denoted byand there are N possibilities for s denoted byConsequently, the set of all sequence parameters in this case can be written asThe sensing signal (or other signals in the present disclosure) can be defined as:where wi, g denotes the discrete LFM sequence characterized by LFM rate ui and initial frequency sg, bi,g∈ {0, 1} is a binary selection parameter which determines if wi, g is present in the waveform or not, and qi, g represents the QAM symbol embedded onto wi, g. Note that the information not only can be embedded onto the QAM symbols, but also can be embedded onto the selection parameters. More specifically, the presence or absence of wi, g can carry a bit of information. {bi, g} i, g and {qi, g} i, g are referred to as data embedding parameters andare referred to as discrete LFM sequence configuration parameters.Aspects of the present application relate to configuration parameters for a general type of discrete triangular waveform.Aspects of the present application relate to configuration parameters for a general type of modified ZC sequence.FIG. 7 illustrates a diagram of discrete triangular waveform according to an implementation of this application.With reference to FIG 7, a general discrete triangular waveform may be generated from two discrete LFM waveforms. The general discrete triangular waveform can be mathematically described as:where x [n] is representative of an nth sample of the general discrete triangular waveform.Additionally, T (in seconds) is the total duration of the triangular waveform and Ts (in seconds) is the time between subsequent samples. Furthermore, the general discrete triangular waveform may be understood to be subject to conditions, such as u1u2<0, and T= (N1+N2) Ts. The representation of the sequence, x, may be understood to have six independent parameters, namely, u1, u2, s1, N1, N2 and Ts.An alternative for using the general discrete triangular waveform is to use a pair of ZC sequences, wherein one of the ZC sequences has been modified to preserve phase continuity at the intersection of the two ZC sequences. The pair of ZC sequences may be understood to include a first ZC sequence and a second ZC sequence. The first ZC sequence may be described as having a first root, u1, and a first length, N1. The second ZC sequence may be described as having a second root, u2, and a second length, N2.The discrete triangular waveform generated based on the pair of ZC sequences can be mathematically described as:Notably, the second ZC sequence has a modification compared to the standard form of a ZC sequence. A frequency offset term, has been added to help establish phase continuity at the intersection of the two sequences, withIt is notable that the frequency offset term is not mandatory but the frequency offset term does provide advantageous phase continuity. The above representation of sequence x has five independent parameters, namely, u1, u2, N1, N2 and Ts.Aspects of the present application relate to characterizing a first special case of the general discrete triangular waveform described hereinbefore. The first special case may be characterized based on an assumption that u1N1=-u2N2. This special property may be shown to help to preserve continuity of the signal in the time-frequency domain when multiple discrete triangular waveforms are multiplexed in time, as will be discussed hereinafter. FIG. 8 illustrates an example of discrete triangular waveform in this first special case.FIG. 8 illustrates another diagram of discrete triangular waveform according to an implementation of this application.Notably, the assumption that u1N1=-u2N2 reduces the number of independent parameters by one. As a consequence, it may be said that this first special case has five independent parameters. Notably, the five independent parameters may be expected to include s1 and Ts, with the remaining three parameters selected from among four parameters, u1, u2, N1, N2. For example, s1 and Ts may be selected along with u1, N1 and N2. Although a function, may be used to obtain u2 based on u1, N1 and N2, it may be considered to be more efficient to simply substituteany time u2 would have been used. After such a substitution, the first special case of the discrete triangular waveform may be mathematically described as:One alternative for using the first special case of discrete triangular waveform provided hereinbefore, involves using a pair of ZC sequences, where one of the ZC sequences has been modified to preserve phase continuity at the intersection of the two ZC sequences. The pair of ZC sequences may be understood to include a first ZC sequence with a first root, u1, and a first length, N1. The pair of ZC sequences may be understood to include a second ZC sequence with a second root, u2, and a second length, N2. The first special case discrete triangular waveform generated based on the pair of ZC sequences can be mathematically described as:Notably, the second ZC sequence has a modification compared to the standard form of a ZC sequence. A frequency offset term, has been added to help establish phase continuity at the intersection of the two sequences, withThe second root may be obtained using the function described hereinbefore, It is notable that the frequency offset term is not mandatory but the frequency offset term does provide advantageous phase continuity. The above representation of sequence x has four independent parameters, namely, u1, N1, N2 and Ts.Aspects of the present application relate to characterizing a second special case of the general discrete triangular waveform described hereinbefore. The second special case of the discrete triangular waveform may be characterized in that andUsing parameters, u and N , that are non-specific to the first LFM waveform or the second LFM waveform, the second special case of the discrete triangular waveform may be mathematically described as:FIG. 9 illustrates another diagram of discrete triangular waveform according to an implementation of this application.FIG. 9 illustrates an example of the second special case (symmetric) of the discrete triangular waveform. Notably, the second special case (symmetric) of the discrete triangular waveform can be characterized with four independent parameters, namely, u, N, s1 and Ts. Furthermore, the second special case (symmetric) of the discrete triangular waveform may be found to be consistent with the assumption, u1N1=-u2N2 , that was discussed, hereinbefore, in the context of the first special case discrete triangular waveform. For the second special case (symmetric) of the discrete triangular waveform, the assumption may be restated asOne alternative for using the second special case (symmetric) of discrete triangular waveform provided hereinbefore, involves using a pair of ZC sequences, where one of the ZC sequences has been modified to preserve phase continuity at the intersection of the two ZC sequences. The pair of ZC sequences may be understood to include a first ZC sequence with a first root, u, and a length, The pair of ZC sequences may be understood to include a second ZC sequence with a second root, -u, and a length, The second special case (symmetric) of the discrete triangular waveform generated based on the pair of ZC sequences may be mathematically described as:Notably, the second ZC sequence has a modification compared to the standard form of a ZC sequence. A frequency offset term, has been added to help establish phase continuity at the intersection of the two sequences, with s3=-u (N+2) . It is notable that the frequency offset term is not mandatory but the frequency offset term does provide advantageous phase continuity. The above representation of sequence x has three independent parameters, namely, u, N and Ts.The signals generated based on linear frequency modulation (LFM) are known for their potential for low complexity processing. Such signals are referred to as chirp-based signals or LFM-based signals in this disclosure. It is known that LFM-based signals can be processed using operations mostly in RF analog domain which can reduce the power consumption significantly.It is expected to have a network of sensing nodes, referred to as sensing agents (also may be referred to as SA heads) in the present disclosure, in the future wireless systems. Sensing agents (SAs) may be capable of performing various types of sensing operations such as mono-static sensing, bi-static sensing, and multi-static sensing. Furthermore, SAs may have limited communication capabilities enabling them to communicate with the network nodes such as TRPs as well as other SAs.It may be learned that the SA is different from any common UE and any common side-link UE in the past. For a common UE, it has only uplink signals, and therefore complies with an energy saving solution of a common UE, such as discontinuous reception (DRX) and enhanced DRX. However, the side-link UE generally manages only the side-link, and has strong self-management. This type of UE generally complies with the energy saving solution of the side-link UE, for example, side-link DRX. The SA is a downlink and uplink of the common UE and a side-link transmit and / or receive link. However, the side-link transmit and / or receive links of the SA are closely related to the uplink and downlink of the other regular UE. The sensing signal is sent based on an indication of the base station, or the sensing signal is received and reported. Therefore, SA features a strong binding relationship between side-link and DL / UL links. Therefore, a new power saving solution for SAs may be designed based on this feature.The sensing network may include a large number of SAs. However, it may not be necessary for all SAs to be constantly active. Activating all SAs may lead to excessive interference for Uu communication links and side-links degrading the communication and sensing performance. Additionally, it may increase the power consumption of SAs unnecessarily. Therefore, how to save power of the sensing agent is needed to be solved in this application.Referring to FIG. 10, FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to an implementation of this application. The communication method may be performed between a first device and a second device, or performed by a chip, a circuit, or a processing system configured in the first device and the second device. The communication method applies the first device and the second device as an example of conducting entities.In some implementations, the first device can be referred to as a sensing agent, a sensing node or a sensing agent head. And the second device can be referred to as a base station, for example, eNodeB. The first device is used for conducting sensing process and the second device is used to configure the first device. In addition, a position of the first device and a position of the second device is known. In other words, the distance between the first device and the second device is fixed.There are several ways to save power of the sensing agent. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate one or more of the following.First, the base station indicates the sensing agents to activate only the transmit antenna, or the receive antenna, or activate only part of the transmit antenna, or part of the receive antenna.At step 1010a, the second device determines first information to indicate activation of at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas of a sensing agent are activated.The one or more transmitting antennas can refer to part of or all of the transmitting antennas. The one or more receiving antennas can refer to part of or all of the receiving antennas. This is because some sensing agents are used to transmit the sensing signal, and some sensing agents are used to receive the sensing signal, and some sensing agents are used to transmit and receive the sensing signal.In some implementations, the first information can indicate activation of the one or more transmitting antennas.In some implementations, the first information can indicate activation of the one or more receiving antennas.In some implementations, the first information can indicate activation of the one or more transmitting antennas and activation of the one or more receiving antennas of a sensing agent.At step 1020a, the second device transmits, and accordingly, the first device receives the first information.In some implementations, the base station, which is referred to as the second device, may instruct the SA, which is referred to as the first device, to activate only a receive antenna or a transmit antenna of the SA, or some transmitted antennas and or some receive antennas of the SA, so as to achieve an objective of energy saving. This is because positions of the base station and the SA are fixed, and the base station may know that the SA activates a part of antennas to complete sending or receiving information. Therefore, the SA does not need to activate all antennas.In some implementations, the SA is received spontaneously by others, that is, one SA sends the sensing signal, and the other SA receives the sensing signal. In this scenario, the base station may instruct the SA to activate only a receive antenna, a transmit antenna, a part of transmit antennas, or a part of receive antennas when the SA performs sensing link. In this scenario, the one SA that sends the sensing signal only needs to activate the transmit antenna, because the SA does not need to receive the sensing signal, and the other SA only needs to activate the receive antenna, because the other SA only needs to receive the sensing signal. By using this method, the continuous activation time of the SA device can be reduced, and the SA uses the energy of the SA device more efficiently. Therefore, the energy saving effect is achieved.At step 1030a, the first device activates the at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or the one or more receiving antennas based on the first information.In the foregoing method, the first device, which is also referred to as the sensing agent, does not need to activate all antennas in the sensing agent. So, if the antennas of the sensing agent are activated according to the instruction of sensing process, the continuous activation time of the sensing agent can be at least reduced and the energy of the sensing agent can be used more efficiently. Then, the power of the sensing agent can at least be saved.Second, the eNodeB, which is also referred to as the second device, indicates the sensing agents, which one of the sensing agents can be referred to as the first device, to monitor only the PDCCH and not other channels.At step 1010b, the second device determines second information indicating a control signal. The control signal is associated with related information used for sensing.In some implementations, the control signal can be carried in a control channel, for example, physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) .In some implementations, the first information indicates a control channel carries the control signal associated with related information used for sensing and not another channel, for example, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) .In some implementations, the base station, which is also referred to as the second device, may instruct the SA , which is also referred to as the first device, to monitor only the PDCCH of the BS. Because the base station may place signaling information, which is also referred to as the related information used for sensing, such as configuration information, a sensor indication trigger, and sensing configuration update information, only in the PDCCH. By using this method, energy consumed by the SA to monitor another channel, for example, a PDSCH, can be reduced, and therefore an effect of energy saving is achieved.In some implementations, the second information indicates the sensing agent to monitor a control signal explicitly. Or the second information indicates a control signal, and the sensing agent can implicitly know to monitor the control signal.At step 1020b, the second device transmits, and accordingly, the first device receives the second information.In some implementations, the second information can be carried in RRC, MAC-CE or DCI signaling.At step 1030b, the first device monitors the control signal based on the second information.In some implementations, the first information indicates a control channel carries the control signal associated with related information used for sensing and not another channel, the first device monitors the control channel, for example, PDCCH, not to monitor another channel, for example, PDSCH.As such, the first device does not need to monitor other channels, for example, PDSCH. And the energy of the sensing agent can be further saved.Third, the base station, which is also referred to as the second device, indicates the sensing agents, which one of the sensing agents can be referred to as the first device, to monitor only the WUS signal, where the WUS signal may carry indication information, and the indication information is used to instruct the sensing agents to send pre-configured information of side-link information.At step 1010c, the second device determines third information indicating a wake up signal (WUS) . The WUS carries related information used for sensing.As a common UE, the SA may enter a deep sleep state, and the base station activates the SA by using a wake up signal (WUS) signal. In some implementations, the base station may carry bits in the WUS signal, which is discussed in R-17 and R-18 of the NR protocol, but a difference lies in that the bit may be used to indicate related signaling or configuration information that is used by the SA to sense the signal. The related information used for sensing or the indication of the related information used for sensing is associated with the related signaling or configuration information that is used by the SA to sense the signal.In some implementations, the related information used for sensing may include the related information itself.In some implementations, the related information used for sensing may include an indication of the related information used for sensing. The related information used for sensing may pre-configured in the first device.The related information may include a time to transmit and / or receive the sensing signal. The time is related to the time of receiving the WUS.For example, the base station may add a bit, which is an example of the indication of the related information used for sensing, to the WUS signal to instruct the SA to start sending the preconfigured sense signal a configured amount of time after receiving the WUS signal. The SA is used to transmit the preconfigured sensing signal.Alternatively, the base station may add a bit, which is an example of the indication of the related information used for sensing, to the WUS signal to instruct the SA to start sending the preconfigured sense signal at a specified absolute time after receiving the WUS signal. The SA is used to transmit the preconfigured sensing signal.Alternatively, the base station may add a bit, which is an example of the indication of the related information used for sensing, to the WUS signal to instruct the SA to start receiving the sensing signal a configured amount of time after receiving the WUS signal. The SA is used to receive the sensing signal.Alternatively, the base station may add a bit, which is an example of the indication of the related information used for sensing, to the WUS signal to instruct the SA to start reporting the sensing information a configured amount of time after receiving the WUS signal, that is, activate the UL link. The SA is used to receive the sensing signal.In some implementations, the third information indicates the sensing agent to monitor a WUS signal explicitly. Or the third information indicates a WUS signal, and the sensing agent can implicitly know to monitor the WUS signal.By using this method, signaling between the base station and the SA can be saved, so that the SA can directly perform transmission on a side-link link or transmission on an up-link link after being woken up, thereby achieving an energy saving effect.At step 1020c, the second device transmits, and accordingly, the first device receives the third information.At step 1030c, the first device monitors the WUS based on the third information.The following will introduce configuration of the WUS in detail.Some aspects of the present disclosure are related to SA wake-up signal configurations. The details if the SA wake-up signal configuration depend on the type of SA wake-up signal which will be explained later in the present disclosure.In some implementations, the entire or a part of the SA wake-up signal configuration, which is also referred to as configuration of the WUS, may be in the form of one or multiple formulas. Such formulas may map the parameters such as sensing agent receiver identity (SA RX ID) to the parameters of the SA wake-up signal. Such formulas may also map the parameters such as SA RX ID to the time-frequency resources used for SA wake-up signal.In some implementations, the entire or a part of the SA wake-up signal configuration, which is also referred to as configuration of the WUS, may be in the form of one or multiple look-up tables. Such tables may map the parameters such as SA RX ID to the parameters of the SA wake-up signal. Such tables may also map the parameters such as SA RX ID to the time-frequency resources used for SA wake-up signal.In some implementations, a configuration of the WUS is related to a configuration of a muting signal.In some implementations, the configurations of the SA muting signal and the configurations of the SA wake-up signal can be related.In some implementations, a chirp rate of the WUS is related to a chirp rate of the muting signal. A sequence of the WUS is related to a sequence of the muting signal. Or a time-frequency resource of the WUS is related to a time-frequency resource of the muting signal. For example, an address of the time-frequency resource of the WUS is related to an address of the time-frequency resource of the muting signal.For example, if LFM-based signal is used, the sequence of chirp rates of a part of the muting signal and the sequence of chirp rates of a part of the wake-up signal can be the same. Another example is when LFM-based signal is used, the sequence of initial frequencies of a part of the muting signal and the sequence of initial frequencies of a part of the wake-up signal are the same. The address of time-frequency resources used by SA muting signal and SA wake-up signal can also be related. A relationship between configurations of the SA muting signal and the configurations of the SA wake-up signal may reduce the control signaling overhead as well as the complexity of SA receivers.In some implementations, the same set of configurations can be used for both SA muting signal and SA wake-up signal. In such a scenario, the signal may comprise a bit indicating whether the signal is intended for muting or for wake-up.In some implementations, a signal type of the WUS is related to a signal type of the muting signal.Some aspects of this disclosure relate to the type of SA muting or SA wake-up signal. Some of the possible choices for SA muting or wake-up signals are provided below.In some implementations, the SA muting signal or SA wake-up signal can be from the family of signals which have desirable time correlation properties such as: 1) Having a delta shape auto-correlation function, i.e., the correlation (which is a measure of similarity) of the signal with a shifted version of itself is much lower that the correlation of the signal with itself. 2) Having a low (close to zero) cross-correlation function, i.e., given a set of configuration parameters, the correlation between signals generated according to different configuration parameters is low.In some implementations, the SA muting signal or SA wake-up signal can be an LFM signal or an LFM-based signal. The terms linear frequency modulated (LFM) signal, chirp signal and linear chirp signal can be used interchangeably in present disclosure. An LFM signal is a signal whose frequency is a linear function of time with a slope that is called LFM rate (also known as chirp rate) .FIG. 11 illustrates an example LFM signal representation in the time-frequency domain according to an implementation of the present application. As shown in FIG. 11, the starting time and frequency of the signal is t and f, respectively. The LFM rate is α and the time duration of the signal is. (t+T) -tLFM-based signals or chirp-based signals can be referred to as the ones constructed based on single LFM signal introduced above. Two examples of LFM-based signals are introduced below.FIG. 12 illustrates an example FMCW signal representation in the time-frequency domain according to an implementation of the present application.The first example shown in FIG. 12 is called a frequency modulated continuous waveform (FMCW) signal (e.g., LFM-based signal) which includes multiple parallel single chirps multiplexed in the time domain. As shown in FIG. 12, time durations of these LFM signals are the same, which are equal to a time unit (e.g., one symbol) . Starting frequencies of these LFM signals are the same, which are equal to f0. LFM rates of these LFM signals are the same, which are equal to -α. Each of these LFM signals occupies a bandwidth B.FIG. 13 illustrates a triangular waveform signal as a second example which is constructed by LFM signals with opposite sign LFM rates according to an implementation of the present application.The second example, depicted in FIG. 13, is called a triangular waveform signal, which is constructed by LFM signals with opposite sign LFM rates. As shown in FIG. 13, time durations of these LFM signals are the same, which are equal to a time unit (e.g., one symbol) . The LFM rates of these LFM signals can be indicated by an LFM rate sequence. (-α, α, ..., -α, α) . In other words, LFM rates of two adjacent LFM signals are opposite. The starting frequencies of these LFM signals are different. For example, the starting frequency of one LFM signal is f0, and the starting frequency of the next LFM signal is f0-B, where B is a bandwidth occupied by each of these LFM signals.FIG. 14 illustrates an example of an LFM-based signal in a general format in which the absolute value of the LFM rates can vary across symbols (or other time units such as slots) according to an implementation of the present application.The general format LFM-based signal is characterized by a sequence of LFM rates (α1, α2, ..., αM) , a sequence of time durations (T1, T2, ..., TM) , and a sequence of starting frequencies (f1, f2, ..., fM) .In some implementations, the SA muting signal or SA wake-up signal can be a discrete LFM signal or a discrete LFM-based signal. A discrete LFM signal can be obtained by taking time-domain samples from a continuous LFM signal, an example of which is illustrated in FIG. 14. Discrete LFM-based signal can be obtained by taking time-domain samples from a continuous LFM based signal, examples of which are illustrated in FIG. 12, 13 and 14.In some implementations, the SA muting signal or SA wake-up signal can be generated based on a sequence such as, but not limited to:Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence; pseudo-random (PN) sequence (also known as pseudo-random-noise (PRN) sequence, pseudo random binary sequence (PRBS) , linear feedback shift register (LFSR) sequence) ; M-sequence (also known as n-sequence and maximum length sequence (MLS) ) ; Gold sequence; Walsh sequence; Golay sequence; Kasami sequence; low density sequences; DFT / FFT sequences; QAM symbol-based sequence; combinations and optimizations of above sequences.
[0001] As mentioned above, the modified ZC sequence can be used to generate a discrete triangular waveform, which may be used to generate the muting signal and / or the wake-up signal. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to use of a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence in the generation of the SA muting or SA wake-up signal. Mathematically, a ZC sequence, w [n] , may be defined as:
[0002] where Ns represents a sequence length, u represents a sequence root (the sequence root is prime to the sequence length, Ns) , l∈ {0, .., Ns-1} represents a value for a cyclic shift of the sequence, n′= (n+l) mod Ns, cf=Ns mod 2 and q is an integer.
[0003] The muting signal and / or the wake-up signal can be generated using the ZC sequence (general ZC sequence) by other ways. Generation of the muting signal and / or the wake-up signal will not be detailed.Aspects of the present application relate to use of a pseudo-noise (PN) sequence in the generation of the SA muting or SA wake-up signal. A PN sequence may also be known as a pseudo-random-noise (PRN) sequence, a pseudo random binary sequence (PRBS) or a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) sequence.FIG. 15 illustrates a LFSR with a plurality of shift registers 802-1 to 802-L, a feedback logic 804 and a clock 806 according to an implementation of the present application. The plurality of shift registers is represented, in FIG. 15, as a first shift register 802-1, a second shift register 802-2 and an lth shift register 802-L. The feedback logic 804 is typically implemented using a set of XORs (also known as Modulo-2 adders) . In operation, the first shift register 802-1 receives input from the feedback logic 804 and the clock 806. The first shift register 802-1 provides output to the feedback logic 804 and to the second shift register 802-2. The second shift register 802-2 receives input from the first shift register 802-1 and the clock 806. The second shift register 802-2 provides output to the feedback logic 804 and to a third shift register (not shown) . The lthshift register 802-L receives input from the (l-1) th shift register (not shown) and the clock 806. The lth shift register 802-L provides output to the feedback logic 804 and also provides a PN sequence that may be considered to be the output of the LFSR.It is known that an m-sequence, which is also known as an n-sequence and a maximum length sequence (MLS) , is a special case of a PN sequence. In this special case, the LFSR generating the sequence has a property called “maximal. ” It follows that the method disclosed hereinbefore for a PN sequence be equally applicable to use of an m -sequence in the generation of the SA muting or SA wake-up signal.Aspects of the present application relate to use of a Gold sequence in the generation of the SA muting or SA wake-up signal. It is known that a Gold sequence can be generated by performing element-wise XOR of two m-sequences. Consequently, Gold sequence configuration parameters may be defined to include initial states for shift registers in LFSRs generating two m-sequences as well as feedback logic for those LFSRs.FIG. 16, FIG. 17, FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 illustrate some other example signals or waveforms that can be used for the SA muting signal or SA wake-up signal. Some examples of such waveforms are described below.FIG. 16 illustrates example multi-carrier amplitude shift keying (MC-ASK) waveforms according to an implementation of the present application. For MC-ASK waveform generation, K denotes a size of iFFT of CP-OFDMA, and N is a number of subcarriers (SCs) used by signal including potential guard-bands (labelled as SC#0 to SC#N-1) . There may be subcarriers from SC#N to SCK-1 that are legacy NR signals. On-off keying (OOK) can be a special case of ASK where the signal amplitude can take one of two possible values. Option OOK-1 can carry Single-bit in 1 OFDM symbol, where OOK=1 (i.e., bit 1 or ON) means that all SCs are modulated, and OOK=0 (i.e., bit 0 or OFF) means that all SCs are zero power (from base-band point of view) .FIG. 17 illustrates Option OOK-2, which can include Parallel M-bit OOK in frequency domain according to an implementation of the present application. In this case, N SCs of signal are further separated into M segments (M=2 in the example of FIG. 17, where one segment with a segment number m=0 includes subcarriers from SC#0 to SC#N / 2-1 and the other segment with a segment number m=1 includes subcarriers from SC#N / 2 to SC#N-1) . In some instances, there can be guard-bands in-between and / or around the M segments. In this example, OOK=1 (i.e., bit 1 or ON) means that all SCs in segment are modulated, and OOK=0 (i.e., bit 0 or OFF) means all SCs in segment are zero power (e.g., from base-band point of view) .FIG. 18 illustrates Option OOK-3 -Multi-tone single-bit OOK according to an implementation of the present application. In this case, N SCs of signal are separated into L segments (L=2 in the example of FIG. 18) without guard-bands in-between segment. In some instances, there can be guard-bands around the segments. OOK=1 (i.e., bit 1 or ON) means that 1 sub-carrier (known by RX) of each segment is modulated, and that the rest of SC is zero power (from base-band point of view) ; and OOK=0 (i.e., bit 0 or OFF) means that all SCs in all segments are zero power (from base-band point of view) . For example, at time t0, one subcarrier of each segment is on and at time t1, all subcarriers of both segments are off (zero power) .FIG. 19 illustrates Option OOK-4: Transform M-bit OOK in time domain according to an implementation of the present application. In this case, N SCs of OOK-1 are generated by a transformation (DFT / Least square) , and N 'samples are generated from M bits. Signal modification may or may not be used. Truncation or other additional modification may or may not be used. In other words, N is the same as N' if truncation or other additional modification is not used. In some instances, N' can be the same as K, and potential guard-band SCs are zero power (e.g., from base-band point of view) .FIG. 20 illustrates some examples multi-carrier frequency shift keying (MC-FSK) waveforms according to an implementation of the present application. For M-bit MC-FSK generation, the following options are available. In Option FSK-1, N SCs of signal are separated to M pairs of segments with potential guard-bands in-between and around. Each segment can include one sub-carrier or multiple contiguous SCs. Among a pair of segments, one segment is modulated, and another segment is zero power (e.g., from base-band point of view) .In Option FSK-2, N SCs of signal are separated to 2M segments with potential guard-bands in-between and around (M >0, N >1) . Each segment can include one sub-carrier or multiple contiguous SCs. One segment from 2M segments is modulated, and other segments of SCs are zero power (e.g., from base-band point of view) .In some implementations, Manchester encoding can be assumed for representing bits 0 and 1 in the above-mentioned waveforms. Manchester code is a line code in which the encoding of each data bit is either low then high, or high then low, for equal time. It is a self-clocking signal with no DC component.FIG. 21 illustrates a combination of ASK and FSK according to an implementation of the present application. In some implementations, if the time domain waveform for FSK is generated by the method of OOK-4, the waveform can be regarded as a joint modulation of OOK and FSK. One example is shown in FIG. 21, where 2 bits can be carried by one OFDM symbol. The first bit is represented by the frequency location f0 or f1, e.g., in a FSK way. The second bit is represented by the time domain waveform ON-OFF or OFF-ON, where Manchester coding in time domain is assumed.In some embodiments, the SA muting or SA wake-up signal can be based on digital waveforms such as OFDM, DFT-s-OFDM, and Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) .Some aspects of this discloser relate to the transmitter of the SA muting signal or SA wake-up signal. Some of the possible choices for the SA muting signal transmitter or SA wake-up signal transmitter are provided below.FIG. 22 illustrate the charts wherein a signal is generated in the RF analog domain according to an implementation of the present application. First, the sequence of initial frequencies and chirp rates are selected possibly based on an identity of RX (labeled RX ID in FIG. 22) . Subsequently, an LFM-based signal is generated using an analog chirp generator.In some implementations, the TX may first generate a discrete LFM-based signal in the baseband digital domain and then convert it to an analog signal using a pulse shaping filter or a digital to analog convertor (DAC) . FIG. 23 illustrates an example of such a scenario.FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating signal generation according to an implementation of the present application.In some implementations, the TX may generate the SA muting or SA wake-up signal based on a sequence such as but not limited to ZC sequence, PN sequence, Gold sequence, m-sequence. In such cases, the signal may be generated according to the chart depicted in FIG. 24.FIG. 24 is a block diagram illustrating signal generation according to an implementation of the present application.First, the sequence parameters are selected possibly based on an identity of RX (labeled RX ID in FIG. 24) . Subsequently, the sequence is generated in the baseband digital domain. Following that, a pulse shaping filter or a DAC is used to generate the analog signal to be transmitted.In some implementations of the present disclosure, a signal transmitter may be equipped with one or multiple of the structures mentioned in above (FIG. 22, FIG. 23 and FIG. 24) .Some aspects of this discloser relate to the receiver of the SA muting or SA wake-up signal. Some of the possible choices for the SA muting signal receiver or SA wake-up signal receiver are provided below.FIG. 25 illustrates an example for the receiver of an LFM-based signal according to an implementation of the present application. The first step is to perform de-chirp processing on the received signal. Subsequently a low pass filter is applied to filter out the unwanted signals and then an envelope detector is used to detect the information. This receiver structure can be implemented in RF analog domain with low complexity and power consumption. However, it may not be capable of performing sensing. It only detects if a signal is present or not. The same receiver structure can be used when the signal is generated based on a discrete LFM-based signal (FIG. 23) . Due to the similarity of discrete LFM-based signal and ZC sequence, the same receiver structure shown in Figure 31 can also be used when the signal is generated based on ZC sequence (FIG. 24 when the sequence is ZC) .FIG. 26 illustrates another example for the receiver of an LFM-based signal according to an implementation of the present application. The first step is to perform de-chirp processing on the received signal. Subsequently a low pass filter may be applied to filter out the unwanted signals. Next, sampling is performed to take samples of the signal. After that the taken samples are processed to determine the presence of a signal. The processing may also comprise sensing processing in which sensing algorithms can be used to obtain sensing parameters corresponding to the TX node which has sent the signal. In some implementations, the low pass filtering can be removed from the structure as the digital processing happening after low pass filtering can compensate for absence of low pass filter. The same receiver structure can be used when the signal which is generated based on a discrete LFM-based signal (as illustrated in FIG. 23) . Due to the similarity of discrete LFM-based signal and ZC sequence, the same receiver structure shown in FIG. 26 can also be used when the signal is generated based on ZC sequence (FIG. 24 when the sequence is ZC) .FIG. 27 illustrates another example for the receiver of a signal generated based on a sequence according to an implementation of the present application. The first step is to perform sampling to take samples of the signal. After that the taken samples are correlated with the different sequences corresponding to different RX nodes with different identities. The results are then processed to determine the presence of a signal. The processing may also comprise sensing processing in which sensing algorithms can be used to obtain sensing parameters corresponding to the TX node which has sent the signal.In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a signal receiver may be equipped with one or multiple of the structures mentioned in above (FIG. 25, FIG. 26 and FIG. 27) .Fourth, the base station, which is also referred to as the second device, indicates a group of related actions of the SA, which is also referred to as the first device. The group of related actions may include at least one of the following side-link, uplink, and all or some operations of an activating action, a first sleep action, or a second sleep action. That is, activate-sensing-reporting-receiving PDCCH-sleep. And a duration corresponding to the first sleep action is longer than a duration corresponding to the second sleep action. This is an example of a conducting order according to the above a set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent.At step 1010d, the second device determines fourth information indicative of a set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent.In some implementations, the set of actions comprises at least one of: an activating action, a first sleep action, a second sleep action, a sensing action, or a reporting action. The sensing action comprises at least one of a transmitting sensing signal action or a receiving sensing signal action. And a duration corresponding to the first sleep action is longer than a duration corresponding to the second sleep action.The activating action may be used to activate the first device. The first sleep action may be used to indicate the first device to sleep in a first duration. And the second sleep action may be used to indicate the first device to sleep in a second duration. The first duration is longer than the second duration. The sensing action is used to indicate the first device to transmit a sensing signal and / or indicate the first device to receive a sensing signal. The reporting action is used to indicate the first device to transmit a sensing report to the second device which is also referred to as the base station.At step 1020d, the second device transmits, and accordingly, the first device receives the fourth information.At step 1030d, the first device conducts the set of actions based on the fourth information.In some implementations, the fourth information is carried in a control channel related to the control signal or the WUS. For example, the control channel can be a PDCCH.In some implementations, the time and frequency resource corresponding to the set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent can be pre-configured in the first device. Or the time and frequency resource corresponding to the set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent can be transmitted from the second device to the first device.In some implementations, the base station, which is also referred to as the second device, may indicate a group of related actions of the SA (which may be one or a group of related actions) , and the group of related actions may include all or some operations of side-link (e.g. sensing action) , uplink (e.g. reporting action) , and activating action / a first sleep action (e.g. deep sleep) / a second sleep action (e.g. slight sleep) . That is, activate-sensing-reporting-receiving PDCCH-sleep. For example, the base station sends signaling to the SA.The signaling may be carried by the WUS or carried by the PDCCH. The signaling carries an indication, which is also referred to as the fourth information, of the set of actions, for example, indicating that the SA is completed, that is, an activation-sensing-reporting-sleep procedure or a part of the procedures. By using the indication, the SA performs an operation by using a set of configuration information that is preconfigured previously or sent with the indication, for example, first information indicative of activating an indicated transmit antenna and an indicated receive antenna, and performing the operation on corresponding time domain and frequency domain resources after a configured amount of time. For example, the sensing signal is sent at a configured time intervals, with a period of a configured amount of time. This action is referred to as a transmitting sensing signal action. After the sensing signal is sent, sensing measurement is performed immediately, and uplink information is sent after a configured amount of time to report the indicated sensing measurement result. This action is referred to as a reporting action. Then, after a configured amount of time, downlink indication information is received. For example, the base station feeds back that the perception measurement does not need to be continued, and the SA enters the sleep mode. This action is referred to as a sleep action. If the SA receives the downlink indication information and performs the sensing measurement operation again, the SA performs the sensing-reporting process again from the second action.FIG. 28 illustrates a diagram of A signaling covers a sensing and report and sleep scheduling according to an implementation of present application.As shown in FIG. 28, a sensing agent receives fourth information indicative of the set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent. The set of information may include the sensing action and sleep action. At time T1, sensing starts. In other words, at time T1, the sensing agent transmits and / or receives a sensing signal. At time T2, sensing finished. In other words, the sensing agent completes the sensing action. Then the sensing agent transmits a sensing report to the base station. Optional, if the sensing agent does not receive the downlink signals within a threshold duration after transmitting the sensing report, the sensing agent in a sleep action at time T3. As shown in FIG. 28, the sensing agent is back to inactive state. Optionally, the sensing agent may wait for WUS. Or the sensing agent closes side-link TX / RX.The set of actions indicated in the fourth information may be grouped. Some SAs perform some operations in the SA indication, and the other SAs perform the other operations.In some implementations, considering the case of spontaneous other reception, some SAs that send sense signals perform only activation-sending sense signals-receiving PDCCH-sleep, Other SAs that receive the sense signal perform only activation-receiving the sense signal-transmitting the PUCCH-receiving the PDCCH-sleep. This is a supplement to the preceding implementation, as shown in FIG. 29.FIG. 29 illustrates a diagram of A signaling covers a sensing and report and sleep scheduling according to an implementation of present application.As shown in FIG. 29, SA1 is used to transmit sensing signals and SA2 is used to receive sensing signals. In the sensing period from T1 and T2. At time T3, the SA1 is in sleep state or in inactive state, and the SA2 transmits a sensing report to the base station. At time T4, the SA2 is in sleep state or in inactive state.Fifth, the base station, which is also referred to as the second device, preconfigures one piece of SA activation configuration information related to the sensing stage. For example, the base station sends the sensing stage indication to the SA, and the SA chooses to activate or not activate based on the indication and the preconfigured ID.At step 1010e, the second device determines fifth information indicative of a sensing stage of the sensing agent.At step 1020e, the second device transmits, and accordingly, the first device receives the fifth information.At step 1030e, the first device activates or deactivates the first device base on the fifth information.In some implementations, the base station, which is also referred to as the second device, preconfigures one piece of SA activation configuration information related to the sensing stage. The base station sends the sensing stage indication, which is referred to as the fifth information described above, to the SA, which is also referred to as the first device. And the SA chooses to activate or not activate based on the indication and the preconfigured ID.In some implementations, the sensing stage of the sensing agent may be a first stage sensing or a second stage sensing. The first stage sensing can be referred to as primary sensing and the second stage sensing can be referred to as advanced sensing. In other words, a sensing assignment of the first stage sensing is easier than a sensing assignment of the second stage sensing. For example, the first stage sensing is used to sense whether a new object appears in a sensing coverage and the second stage sensing is used to sense details of the new object. The first stage sensing and the second stage sensing are examples of the sensing stage. This application does not limit the number of the sensing stage.The sensing stage is briefly described here. The base station may define some sensing stages. It may be understood that, when the base station finds that no new object appears in the coverage area, the sensing agent in the coverage area only needs to perform primary sensing, that is, sense whether a new object appears. In this case, sensing agents do not need to do very complex calculations, but only need to detect whether they exist. This scenario can also be referred to as the first stage sensing described above. However, when objective existence has been detected within the coverage of the sensing agent, further identification needs to be performed. For example, an area of the object needs to be detected to help distinguish whether the object is a car or a bus. In this scenario, Some new configuration information is required to support the sensing agent to send new signals to achieve this goal. This scenario can also be referred to as the second stage sensing described above. As an example, Table 1 is perception stages and the corresponding configuration information table defined by a potential standard.Table 1. definition of sensing stageAs shown in Table 1, in some implementations, the base station may indicate, according to the stage, a part of the SAs set for activation and sensing, and other SAs may remain in a sleep mode or not send sensing information, so as to save energy. The identity (ID) shown in the Table 1 can be the ID of the sensing agent.In some implementations, the first device obtains an association between at least one sensing stage and at least one sensing agent.For example, the association may be information in Table 1. The association can be preconfigured in the sensing agent.If an indicated sensing stage and the sensing agent matches in the association, the first device activates the sensing agent which is also referred to as the first device.For example, assuming that the first device is a sensing agent with ID 1#, if the fifth information indicates the first stage sensing, the indicated first stage sensing and the first device matches in the association shown in Table 1, the first device is activated.Or, if the indicated sensing stage and the sensing agent does not match in the association, the first device deactivates the sensing agent which is also referred to as the first device.For example, assuming that the first device is a sensing agent with ID 2#, if the fifth information indicates the first stage sensing, the indicated first stage sensing and the first device does not match in the association shown in Table 1, the first device is deactivated.FIG. 30 illustrates a diagram of sub-sets of SAs being active to do sensing according to an implementation of present application.As shown in FIG. 30, the fifth information indicates the first stage sensing. Then the sensing agent #1, the sensing agent #4 and the sensing agent #6 are activated to conduct the sensing process based on the fifth information and the association. Other sensing agents are deactivated based on the fifth information and the association.As shown in t FIG. 30, only some SAs are activated in stage 1, which is also referred to as the first stage sensing. Therefore, all SAs do not need to be activated for sensing, saving energy.When entering stage 2, which is also referred to as the second stage sensing, the base station may also select an active SAs set for sensing based on the location of the object that needs to be sensed and the coverage of which SAs are from, as shown in the FIG. 31.FIG. 31 illustrates a diagram of sub-sets of SAs being active to do sensing according to an implementation of present application.As shown in FIG. 31, the fifth information indicates the second stage sensing. Then the sensing agent #1, the sensing agent #2 and the sensing agent #3 are activated to conduct the sensing process based on the fifth information and the association. Other sensing agents are deactivated based on the fifth information and the association.Because the sensing target exists only on one street surface, the SA on the other street surface may not wake up, thereby saving energy.In some implementations, the first device receives sixth information indicative of a set of sensing agents corresponding to an indicated sensing stage.For example, the indicated sensing stage is the first stage sensing, and the set of sensing agents are the set of sensing agents corresponding to the first stage sensing.If the sensing agent is in the set of sensing agents, the first device activates the sensing agent which is also referred to as the first device.For example, assuming the first device is a sensing agent with ID 2#, if the set of sensing agent includes the sensing agent #2, the first device is activated.Or if the sensing agent is not in the set of sensing agents, the first device deactivates the sensing agent which is also referred to as the first device.For example, assuming the first device is a sensing agent with ID 2#, if the set of sensing agent does not include the sensing agent #2, the first device is deactivated.The steps 1010a, 1020a and 1030a can referred to as a first set of steps. The steps 1010b, 1020b and 1030b can referred to as a second set of steps. The steps 1010c, 1020c and 1030c can referred to as a third set of steps. The steps 1010d, 1020d and 1030d can referred to as a fourth set of steps. The steps 1010e, 1020e and 1030e can referred to as a fifth set of steps. The first set of steps, the second set of steps, the third set of steps, the fourth set of steps, the fifth set of steps can be conducted separately and independently.The communication method proposed in the implementations of the present application is described in detail above, and a communication apparatus provided by the present application will be described below.FIG. 32 is a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus 1000 according to some implementations of the present application. The apparatus may be a communication device or an apparatus implemented in a communication device and capable of realizing corresponding functions of any one of the implementations of the present application. For example, the apparatus implemented in a communication device may be an integrated circuit, which in some contexts may be known by other colloquial names, such as chip, modem, modem chip, baseband chip, or baseband processor. In some implementations, one or more integrated circuits can be packaged into a system-on-chip, a system-in-package, or a multi-chip module. The apparatus may include one or more integrated circuits or include one or more integrated circuits and other discrete components. The communication device may be a signal transmitter, a signal receiver, or an apparatus implemented in any one of these communication devices.The communication apparatus 1000 includes a communication module 1200. The communication module 1200 is configured to implement a transmitting action and / or a receiving action. The communication module 1200 also may be called as transceiver module, a transceiver, or a transceiver device, or the like, and is configured to implement operations of receiving (which may be referred to as inputting) and / or transmitting (which may be referred to as outputting) .The communication apparatus 1000 may further include a processing module 1100. The processing module 1100 may be a processor, a processing circuit, a processing board, a processing unit, or a processing device, or the like. The processing module 1100 is configured to implement processing and / or operations implemented inside the communication apparatus except transmitting actions and / or receiving actions.For example, if the communication apparatus 1000 corresponds to the first device in FIG. 10, the communication module 1200 is configured to receive first information to indicate activation of at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas of a sensing agent. The processing module 1100 is configured to activate the at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas based on the first information.For example, if the communication apparatus 1000 corresponds to the second device in FIG. 10, the processing module 1100 is configured to determine first information to indicate activation of at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas of a sensing agent. The communication module 1200 is configured to transmit the first information.Briefly, the operations and / or functions of the communication apparatus 1000 are intended to implement corresponding steps of the foregoing method implementations.FIG. 33 is a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus according to some implementations of the present application. The communication apparatus 2000 includes at least one communication interface 2300, and the at least one communication interface 2300 is configured to input and / or output information or data. Optionally, the apparatus 2000 may further include at least one processor 2100. The at least one processor 2100 is coupled to at least one memory 2200. The at least one memory 2200 is configured to store one or more instructions and / or executable computer code. The at least one processor 2100 is configured to invoke the one or more instructions and / or executable computer code, so that the communication apparatus 2000 implements the method provided in the implementations of the present application. Optionally, the apparatus 2000 may further include the at least one memory 2200.In an implementation, the communication apparatus 2000 may be any one of the communication devices in the method implementations. For example, the communication apparatus 2000 may be the first device (for example, a sensing agent) or the second device (for example, a base station) . In this implementation, the processor 2100 may be a baseband apparatus, and the communication interface 2300 may be a radio frequency apparatus.In another implementation, the communication apparatus 2000 may be implemented in a communication device such as the first device (for example, a sensing agent) or the second device (for example, a base station) . In this case, the apparatus may be an integrated circuit, which in some contexts may be known by other colloquial names, such as chip, modem, modem chip, baseband chip, or baseband processor. In some implementations, one or more integrated circuits can be packaged into a system-on-chip, a system-in-package, or a multi-chip module. The apparatus may include one or more integrated circuits or include one or more integrated circuits and other discrete components. In this implementation, the processor 2100 may be a logical module or circuit that is part of the integrated circuit. The communication interface 2300 may be a transceiver, an interface circuit, an input / output interface, a bus, a module, a pin, or other types of interfaces.An implementation of the present application further provides a communication system. The communication system may include the first device and the second device introduced in the above implementations. For example, as shown in FIG. 10 the communication system may include a base station and a sensing agent.An implementation of the present application further provides a computer storage medium, and the computer storage medium may store one or more instructions for executing any of the foregoing methods.An implementation of the present application further provides a computer program product, and the computer program product may store one or more instructions for executing any of the foregoing methods.In the implementations of this application, “and / or” describes an association relationship between associated objects and represents that three relationships may exist. For example, A and / or B may represent the following three cases: Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only B exists. The character “ / ” generally indicates an “or” relationship between the associated objects. “At least one” means one or more. “At least one of A and B” , similar to “A and / or B” , describes an association relationship between associated objects and represents that three relationships may exist. For example, at least one of A and B may represent the following three cases: Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only B exists.Besides, the use of a singular form of “a” , “an” and “the” in the implementations of the present application and the claims appended hereto is also intended to include a plural form, unless otherwise clearly indicated herein by context. The terms "a" or "an" are defined to mean "at least one" , that is, these terms do not exclude a plural number of items, unless stated otherwise.In the present disclosure, terms such as "substantially" , "generally" and "about" , which modify a value, condition or characteristic of a feature of an example embodiment, should be understood to mean that the value, condition or characteristic is defined within tolerances that are acceptable for the proper operation of the example embodiment for its intended application.In the present disclosure, unless stated otherwise, the terms "connected" and "coupled" , and derivatives and variants thereof, refer herein to any structural or functional connection or coupling, either direct or indirect, between two or more elements. For example, the connection or coupling between the elements can be acoustical, mechanical, optical, electrical, thermal, logical, or any combinations thereof.In the present disclosure, expressions such as "match" , "matching" and "matched" , including variants and derivatives thereof, are intended to refer herein to a condition in which two or more elements are either the same or within some predetermined tolerance of each other. That is, these terms are meant to encompass not only "exactly" or "identically" matching the two elements but also "substantially" , "approximately" or "subjectively" matching the two or more elements, as well as providing a higher or best match among a plurality of matching possibilities.In the present disclosure, the expression "based on" is intended to mean "based at least partially on" , that is, this expression can mean "based solely on" or "based partially on" , and so should not be interpreted in a limited manner. More particularly, the expression "based on" could also be understood as meaning "depending on" , "representative of" , "indicative of" , "associated with" or similar expressions.In the present disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" may be used interchangeably in different embodiments of this application. "At least one" means one or more, and "a plurality of" means two or more. The term "and / or" describes an association relationship of associated objects, and indicates that three relationships may exist. For example, A and / or B may indicate the following three cases: Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only B exists, where A and B may be singular or plural. The character " / " indicates an "or" relationship between associated objects. "At least one of the following items (pieces) " or a similar expression thereof indicates any combination of these items, including a single item (piece) or any combination of a plurality of items (pieces) . For example, "at least one of A, B, or C" includes: only A; only B; only C; A and B; A and C; B and C; or A, B, and C, and "at least one of A, B, and C" may also be understood as including: only A; only B; only C; A and B; A and C; B and C; or A, B, and C. In addition, unless otherwise specified, ordinal numbers such as "first" and "second" in embodiments of this application are used to distinguish between a plurality of objects, and are not used to limit a sequence, a time sequence, priorities, or importance of the plurality of objects.A person skilled in the art should understand that embodiments of this application may be provided as a method, an apparatus (or system) , computer-readable storage medium, or a computer program product. Therefore, this application may use a form of a hardware-only embodiment, a software-only embodiment, or an embodiment with a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, this application may use a form of a computer program product that is implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to a disk memory, an optical memory, and the like) that include computer-usable program code.This application is described with reference to the flowcharts and / or block diagrams of the method, the device (system) , and the computer program product according to this application. It should be understood that computer program instructions may be used to implement each process and / or each block in the flowcharts and / or the block diagrams and a combination of a process and / or a block in the flowcharts and / or the block diagrams. The computer program instructions may be provided for a general-purpose computer, a dedicated computer, an embedded processor, or a processor of another programmable data processing device and enable a machine to execute the instructions. When executed by any computer or the processor of a programmable data processing device, the instructions cause the apparatus to implement specific functions as described in one or more procedures in the flowcharts and / or one or more blocks in the block diagrams. The computer program instructions may alternatively be stored in a computer-readable memory that can indicate a computer or another programmable data processing device to work in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory generate an artifact that includes an instruction apparatus. The instruction apparatus implements a specific function in one or more procedures in the flowcharts and / or one or more blocks in the block diagrams.The computer program instructions may alternatively be loaded onto a computer or another programmable data processing device, so that a series of operations and steps are performed on the computer or the another programmable device, so that computer-implemented processing is generated. Therefore, the instructions executed on the computer or on another programmable device provide steps for implementing specific functions as described in one or more procedures in the flowcharts and / or one or more blocks in the block diagrams.It is clear that a person skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this application without departing from the scope of this disclosure. This disclosure is intended to cover these modifications and variations of this application provided that they fall within the scope of protection defined by the following claims and their equivalent technologies.A person of ordinary skill in the art will be aware that, in combination with the examples described in the implementations disclosed in this specification, units and algorithm steps may be implemented by using electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether the functions are performed by using hardware or software depends on particular applications and design constraint conditions of the technical solutions. A person skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but it should not be considered that the implementation goes beyond the scope of this application.It would be understood by a person skilled in the art that, for the purpose of convenience and brevity, in a detailed working process of the foregoing system, apparatus, and unit, reference may be made to a corresponding process in the foregoing method implementations, and details are not described herein again.In the several implementations provided in this application, the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the described apparatus implementation is merely an example. For example, the unit division is a logical function division and other methods of division may be used in an actual implementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections may be implemented using various communication interfaces. The indirect couplings or communication connections between the apparatuses or units may be implemented in electronic, mechanical, or other forms.In addition, function units in the implementations of this application may be integrated into one processing unit, each of the units may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.When the functions are implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, the functions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The technical solutions of this application may be implemented in the form of a software product. The software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for instructing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like) to perform all or some of the steps of the methods described in the implementations of this application. The foregoing storage medium includes any medium that can store program code, such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disc or the like.The units described as separate parts may be or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may be or may not be physical units, may be located in one position, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected based on actual requirements to achieve the objectives of the solutions of the implementations. In addition, functional units in the implementations of this application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of the units may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of this application, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of this application. Any variation or replacement readily figured out by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this application shall fall within the protection scope of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of this application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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1.A communication method, comprising:receiving first information to indicate activation of at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas of a sensing agent; andactivating the at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas based on the first information.2.The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising:receiving second information indicating a control signal, wherein the control signal is associated with related information used for sensing; andmonitoring the control signal based on the second information.3.The method according to claim 1 or 2, the method further comprising:receiving third information indicating a wake up signal (WUS) , wherein the WUS carries related information used for sensing;monitoring the WUS based on the third information.4.The method according to anyone of claims 1 to 3, the method further comprising:receiving fourth information indicative of a set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent;conducting the set of actions based on the fourth information.5.The method according to claim 4, wherein the set of actions comprises at least one of:an activating action, a first sleep action, a second sleep action, a sensing action, or a reporting action; wherein the sensing action comprises at least one of a transmitting sensing signal action or a receiving sensing signal action; and a duration corresponding to the first sleep action is longer than a duration corresponding to the second sleep action.6.The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the fourth information is carried in a control channel related to the control signal or the WUS.7.The method according to anyone of claims 1 or 6, the method further comprising:receiving fifth information indicative of a sensing stage of the sensing agent;activating or deactivating the sensing agent based on the fifth information.8.The method according to claim 7, wherein the activating or deactivating the sensing agent based on the fifth information comprises:obtaining an association between at least one sensing stage and at least one sensing agent; andactivating the sensing agent if an indicated sensing stage and the sensing agent matches in the association, or deactivating the sensing agent if the indicated sensing stage and the sensing agent does not match in the association.9.The method according to claim 7, the method further comprising:receiving sixth information indicative of a set of sensing agents corresponding to an indicated sensing stage;wherein the activating or deactivating the sensing agent based on the fifth information comprises:if the sensing agent is in the set of sensing agents, activating the sensing agent; orif the sensing agent is not in the set of sensing agents, deactivating the sensing agent.10.The method according to anyone of claim 3 to 9, wherein a configuration of the WUS is related to a configuration of a muting signal.11.The method according to claim 10, wherein a chirp rate of the WUS is related to a chirp rate of the muting signal; a sequence of the WUS is related to a sequence of the muting signal; or a time-frequency resource of the WUS is related to a time-frequency resource of the muting signal.12.The method according to claim 10, wherein a signal type of the WUS is related to a signal type of the muting signal.13.A communication method, comprising:determining first information to indicate activation of at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas of a sensing agent; andtransmitting the first information.14.The method according to claim 13, the method further comprising:transmitting second information indicating a control signal, wherein the control signal is associated with related information used for sensing.15.The method according to claim 13 or 14, the method further comprising:transmitting third information indicating a wake up signal (WUS) , wherein the WUS carries related information used for sensing.16.The method according to anyone of claims 13 to 15, the method further comprising:transmitting fourth information indicative of a set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent.17.The method according to claim 16, wherein the set of actions comprises at least one of:an activating action, a first sleep action, a second sleep action, a sensing action, or a reporting action; wherein the sensing action comprises at least one of a transmitting sensing signal action or a receiving sensing signal action; and a duration corresponding to the first sleep action is longer than a duration corresponding to the second sleep action.18.The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein the fourth information is carried in a control channel related to the control signal or the WUS.19.The method according to anyone of claims 13 or 18, the method further comprising:transmitting fifth information associated with a sensing stage of the sensing agent; wherein the fifth information is used to activate or deactivate the sensing agent.20.The method according to claim 19, the method further comprising:transmitting sixth information indicative of a set of sensing agents corresponding to an indicated sensing stage; wherein the sixth information is used to activate or deactivate the sensing agent.21.The method according to anyone of claim 15 to 20, wherein configuration of the WUS is related to configuration of a muting signal.22.The method according to claim 21, wherein a chirp rate of the WUS is related to a chirp rate of the muting signal; a sequence of the WUS is related to a sequence of the muting signal; or a time-frequency resource of the WUS is related to a time-frequency resource of the muting signal.23.The method according to claim 21, wherein a signal type of the WUS is related to a signal type of the muting signal.24.A communication apparatus, comprising:a receiving unit configured to receive first information to indicate activation of at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas of a sensing agent; anda processing unit configured to activate the at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas based on the first information.25.The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein:the receiving unit is further configured to receive second information indicating monitor a control signal, wherein the control signal is associated with related information used for sensing; andthe processing unit is further configured to monitor the control signal based on the second information.26.The apparatus according to claim 24 or 25, wherein:the receiving unit is further configured to receive third information indicating a wake up signal (WUS) , wherein the WUS carries related information used for sensing; andthe processing unit is further configured to monitor the WUS based on the third information.27.The apparatus according to anyone of claims 24 to 26, wherein:the receiving unit is further configured to receive fourth information indicative of a set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent; andthe processing unit is further configured to conduct the set of actions based on the fourth information.28.The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the set of actions comprises at least one of:an activating action, a first sleep action, a second sleep action, a sensing action, or a reporting action; wherein the sensing action comprises at least one of a transmitting sensing signal action or a receiving sensing signal action; and a duration corresponding to the first sleep action is longer than a duration corresponding to the second sleep action.29.The apparatus according to claim 27 or 28, wherein the fourth information is carried in a control channel related to the control signal or the WUS.30.The apparatus according to anyone of claims 24 or 29, wherein:the receiving unit is further configured to receive fifth information indicative of a sensing stage of the sensing agent;the processing unit is further configured to activate or deactivate the sensing agent based on the fifth information.31.The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the processing unit is further configured to:obtain an association between at least one sensing stage and at least one sensing agent;if an indicated sensing stage and the sensing agent matches in the association, activate the sensing agent; orif the indicated sensing stage and the sensing agent does not match in the association, deactivate the sensing agent.32.The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein:the receiving unit is further configured to receive sixth information indicative of a set of sensing agents corresponding to an indicated sensing stage; andthe processing unit is further configured to: activate the sensing agent if the sensing agent is in the set of sensing agents, or deactivate the sensing agent if the sensing agent is not in the set of sensing agents.33.The apparatus according to anyone of claim 26 to 32, wherein a configuration of the WUS is related to a configuration of a muting signal.34.The apparatus according to claim 33, wherein a chirp rate of the WUS is related to a chirp rate of the muting signal; a sequence of the WUS is related to a sequence of the muting signal; or a time-frequency resource of the WUS is related to a time-frequency resource of the muting signal.35.The apparatus according to claim 33, wherein a signal type of the WUS is related to a signal type of the muting signal.36.A communication apparatus, comprising:a processing unit configured to determine first information to indicate activation of at least one of one or more transmitting antennas or one or more receiving antennas of a sensing agent; anda transmitting unit configured to transmit the first information.37.The apparatus according to claim 36, wherein:the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit second information indicating a control signal, wherein the control signal is associated with related information used for sensing.38.The apparatus according to claim 36 or 37, wherein:the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit third information indicating a wake up signal (WUS) , wherein the WUS carries related information used for sensing.39.The apparatus according to anyone of claims 36 to 38, wherein:the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit fourth information indicative of a set of actions related to sensing for the sensing agent.40.The apparatus according to claim 39, wherein the set of actions comprises at least one of:an activating action, a first sleep action, a second sleep action, a sensing action, or a reporting action; wherein the sensing action comprises at least one of a transmitting sensing signal action or a receiving sensing signal action; and a duration corresponding to the first sleep action is longer than a duration corresponding to the second sleep action.41.The apparatus according to claim 39 or 40, wherein the fourth information is carried in a control channel related to the control signal or the WUS.42.The apparatus according to anyone of claims 36 or 41, wherein:the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit fifth information associated with a sensing stage of the sensing agent; wherein the fifth information is used to activate or deactivate the sensing agent.43.The apparatus according to claim 42, wherein:the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit sixth information indicative of a set of sensing agents corresponding to an indicated sensing stage; wherein the sixth information is used to activate or deactivate the sensing agent.44.The apparatus according to anyone of claim 38 to 43, wherein a configuration of the WUS is related to a configuration of a muting signal.45.The apparatus according to claim 44, wherein a chirp rate of the WUS is related to a chirp rate of the muting signal; a sequence of the WUS is related to a sequence of the muting signal; or a time-frequency resource of the WUS is related to a time-frequency resource of the muting signal.46.The apparatus according to claim 44, wherein a signal type of the WUS is related to a signal type of the muting signal.47.A communication apparatus, comprising:one or more processors configured to perform a processing step according to any one of claims 1 to 12 or 13 to 23;an interface circuit configured to perform a transmitting or receiving step according to any one of claims 1 to 12 or 13 to 23.48.The communication apparatus of claim 47, wherein the interface circuit comprises one or more transceivers.49.An apparatus comprising:one or more processors; anda memory storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 12 or 13 to 23.50.A communication system comprising a first communication apparatus configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 12 and a second communication apparatus configured to perform the method of any one of claims 13 to 23.51.A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform the method of any one of 1 to 12 or 13 to 23.52.A computer program product storing instructions which, when executed, cause an apparatus to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 12 or 13 to 23.
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