Communication method and apparatus

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of wireless communications and the like, and provide a communication method and apparatus. The method comprises: obtaining at least one beam hopping pattern, the beam hopping pattern comprising at least one piece of first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, and the first configuration information indicating the duration of at least one first beam state of the beam; and applying a first beam hopping pattern among the at least one beam hopping pattern. The communication method and apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application are used for avoiding unnecessary energy consumption by a terminal device.

Description

Communication method and apparatus

[0001] This application claims priority from the Chinese patent application No. 202411377536.5 filed on September 29, 2024, and entitled "Communication method and apparatus", the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of wireless communication, and in particular, to a communication method and apparatus. BACKGROUND

[0003] Currently, in a non-terrestrial network (NTN), a network-side device can communicate with a terminal device through a beam hopping mechanism, which is a mechanism in which the network-side device activates or deactivates different beams at different times.

[0004] In the process of the network-side device communicating with the terminal device through the beam hopping mechanism, the terminal device cannot know which beams are activated and / or deactivated by the network-side device at which time, and therefore the terminal device can need to communicate with the network-side device, such as listening to downlink data transmission and / or sending uplink data, during the time of deactivation.

[0005] In the above process, the terminal device needs to communicate with the network-side device during the time of deactivation, causing unnecessary energy consumption of the terminal device. SUMMARY

[0006] Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and apparatus for avoiding unnecessary energy consumption of a terminal device.

[0007] In a first aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communication method applied to a terminal device, the method comprising:

[0008] obtaining at least one beam hopping pattern, the beam hopping pattern comprising at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, the first configuration information indicating a duration of at least one first beam state of the beam;

[0009] applying a first beam hopping pattern in the at least one beam hopping pattern.

[0010] In some embodiments, the at least one beam hopping pattern comprises at least one of:

[0011] a beam hopping pattern pre-stored by the terminal device;

[0012] a beam hopping pattern carried by system information;

[0013] The first beam hopping pattern is carried by dedicated signaling.

[0014] In some embodiments, the first beam hopping pattern in the at least one beam hopping pattern is applied in one or more of the following cases:

[0015] The first beam hopping pattern is carried by system information;

[0016] A second beam hopping pattern carried by dedicated signaling is not acquired, the second beam hopping pattern being one of the at least one beam hopping pattern;

[0017] An activation condition of the first beam hopping pattern is met;

[0018] The first beam hopping pattern is carried by dedicated signaling;

[0019] The first beam hopping pattern is a beam hopping pattern pre-stored by the terminal device;

[0020] A first event is not triggered.

[0021] In some embodiments, the first beam hopping pattern is a beam hopping pattern carried by dedicated signaling; the method further comprises:

[0022] The beam hopping pattern carried by system information is cancelled.

[0023] In some embodiments, the activation condition of the first beam hopping pattern comprises at least one of the following:

[0024] A configuration field in dedicated signaling is set to establish, the establish indicating activating a beam hopping pattern, the first beam hopping pattern being carried in the dedicated signaling;

[0025] First indication information acquired indicates activating the first beam hopping pattern;

[0026] A current time is within an activation time of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0027] In some embodiments, the first indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0028] Downlink control information;

[0029] A medium access control control element.

[0030] In some embodiments, the first indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0031] In some embodiments, the activation time is characterized by any one of the following:

[0032] A start time and an end time.

[0033] a start time and an activation duration;

[0034] an activation duration and an end time;

[0035] a start time, an activation duration, and an activation period.

[0036] In some embodiments, the start time and / or the end time is an absolute time or a relative time.

[0037] In some embodiments, the activation duration and / or the activation period is in units of frame, subframe, slot, second, or millisecond.

[0038] In some embodiments, the method further comprises any one of the following:

[0039] canceling the application of the first beam hopping pattern in a case that a first event is triggered;

[0040] canceling the application of the first beam hopping pattern in a case that a deactivation condition of the first beam hopping pattern is met.

[0041] In some embodiments, the at least one beam hopping pattern comprises only the first beam hopping pattern and a third beam hopping pattern; and the method further comprises, in response to the first event being triggered:

[0042] applying the third beam hopping pattern.

[0043] In some embodiments, the deactivation condition of the first beam hopping pattern comprises at least one of the following:

[0044] a configuration field in dedicated signaling carrying the first beam hopping pattern is set to release, the release indicating deactivation of a beam hopping pattern;

[0045] the second indication information acquired indicates deactivation of the first beam hopping pattern;

[0046] a current time is not located in an activation time of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0047] In some embodiments, the second indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0048] downlink control information;

[0049] a medium access control control element.

[0050] In some embodiments, the second indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0051] In some embodiments, in case that the first hop beam pattern is cancelled, the method further comprises any one of the following:

[0052] applying a hop beam pattern carried through system information;

[0053] applying an Nth hop beam pattern in a first list, the first list comprising all or part of the at least one hop beam pattern, N being a positive integer;

[0054] applying a hop beam pattern indicated by the obtained third indication information, the hop beam pattern indicated by the third indication information being one of the at least one hop beam pattern.

[0055] In some embodiments, the third indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0056] downlink control information;

[0057] a medium access control control element.

[0058] In some embodiments, the third indication information comprises an identity or an index of the indicated hop beam pattern.

[0059] In some embodiments, the first event comprises one or more of the following:

[0060] the terminal device enters an RRC connected state;

[0061] the terminal device successfully sends location information of the terminal device to a network side device for the first time;

[0062] the terminal device has sent a first RRC message;

[0063] the terminal device successfully receives a first second RRC message;

[0064] access stratum security activation.

[0065] In some embodiments, the first RRC message is any one of the following:

[0066] an RRC connection setup complete message;

[0067] an RRC connection resume complete message;

[0068] an RRC connection reestablishment complete message.

[0069] In some embodiments, the second RRC message is an RRC reconfiguration message.

[0070] In some embodiments, the first beam state is any one of the following:

[0071] a first closed state, a state in which the beam is not used to transmit any message;

[0072] a first transmission state, a state in which the beam is used to transmit only common messages;

[0073] a second transmission state, a state in which the beam is used to transmit the any message.

[0074] In some embodiments, the applying the first of the at least one hopping beam pattern comprises:

[0075] applying first configuration information corresponding to a beam in which the terminal device is located in the first hopping beam pattern, the at least one beam comprising the beam in which the terminal device is located.

[0076] In some embodiments, at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, the at least one geographical area corresponding to a first configuration information;

[0077] the applying the first of the at least one hopping beam pattern comprises:

[0078] applying first configuration information corresponding to a geographical area in which the terminal device is located in the first hopping beam pattern.

[0079] In some embodiments, the hopping beam pattern further comprises at least one second configuration information corresponding to the at least one beam, the second configuration information indicating a duration of at least one second beam state of a beam.

[0080] In some embodiments, the second beam state is any one of:

[0081] a second closed state, a state in which the beam is not used to receive any message;

[0082] a first reception state, a state in which the beam is used to receive only common messages;

[0083] a second reception state, a state in which the beam is used to receive the any message.

[0084] In some embodiments, the applying the first of the at least one hopping beam pattern comprises:

[0085] applying second configuration information corresponding to a beam in which the terminal device is located in the first hopping beam pattern, the at least one beam comprising the beam in which the terminal device is located.

[0086] In some embodiments, at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, the at least one geographical area corresponding to a second configuration information;

[0087] The application of the first hop beam pattern in the at least one hop beam pattern includes:

[0088] application of the second configuration information corresponding to the geographical area where the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern.

[0089] In some embodiments, the dedicated signaling is any one of the following:

[0090] a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message;

[0091] an RRC connection resume message;

[0092] an RRC connection setup message;

[0093] an RRC reestablishment message.

[0094] In a second aspect, the embodiments of the present application provide a communication method applied to a network side device, the method comprising:

[0095] sending at least one hop beam pattern, the hop beam pattern comprising at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, the first configuration information indicating the duration of at least one first beam state of the beam, and the at least one hop beam pattern comprising a first hop beam pattern applied by a terminal device.

[0096] In some embodiments, the at least one hop beam pattern comprises at least one of the following:

[0097] a hop beam pattern carried by system information;

[0098] a hop beam pattern carried by dedicated signaling.

[0099] In some embodiments, the sending of the at least one hop beam pattern comprises:

[0100] sending dedicated signaling, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling being set to establish, the establish indicating activation of a hop beam pattern, and the first hop beam pattern being included in the dedicated signaling.

[0101] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0102] sending first indication information, the first indication information indicating activation of the first hop beam pattern;

[0103] sending an activation time of the first hop beam pattern.

[0104] In some embodiments, the first indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0105] downlink control information;

[0106] Media Access Control Control Element.

[0107] In some embodiments, the first indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first beam pattern.

[0108] In some embodiments, the activation time is characterized by any one of the following:

[0109] a start time and an end time;

[0110] a start time and a duration;

[0111] a duration and an end time;

[0112] a start time, a duration, and a periodicity.

[0113] In some embodiments, the start time and / or the end time is an absolute time or a relative time.

[0114] In some embodiments, the duration and / or the periodicity is in units of frame, subframe, slot, second, or millisecond.

[0115] In some embodiments, the method further comprises at least one of the following:

[0116] transmitting dedicated signaling, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling being set to release, the release indicating to activate a beam pattern, the dedicated signaling comprising the first beam pattern;

[0117] transmitting second indication information, the second indication information indicating to deactivate the first beam pattern.

[0118] In some embodiments, the second indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0119] downlink control information;

[0120] Media Access Control Control Element.

[0121] In some embodiments, the second indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first beam pattern.

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

[0123] transmitting third indication information, the third indication information indicating one of the at least one beam pattern.

[0124] In some embodiments, the third indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0125] downlink control information;

[0126] a media access control control element.

[0127] In some embodiments, the third indication information comprises one of the at least one hop beam pattern.

[0128] In some embodiments, the first beam state is any one of:

[0129] a first off state, in which the beam is not used to transmit any message;

[0130] a first transmission state, in which the beam is used to transmit only common message;

[0131] a second transmission state, in which the beam is used to transmit the any message.

[0132] In some embodiments, the at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, and the at least one geographical area corresponds to a first configuration information.

[0133] In some embodiments, the hop beam pattern further comprises at least one second configuration information corresponding to the at least one beam, and the second configuration information indicates a duration of at least one second beam state of the beam.

[0134] In some embodiments, the second beam state is any one of:

[0135] a second off state, in which the beam is not used to receive any message;

[0136] a first reception state, in which the beam is used to receive only common message;

[0137] a second reception state, in which the beam is used to receive the any message.

[0138] In some embodiments, the at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, and the at least one geographical area corresponds to a second configuration information.

[0139] In some embodiments, the dedicated signaling is any one of:

[0140] an RRC reconfiguration message;

[0141] an RRC connection resume message;

[0142] an RRC connection setup message;

[0143] an RRC reestablishment message.

[0144] In a third aspect, an embodiment provides a communication apparatus, applied to a terminal device, the apparatus comprising:

[0145] The acquisition module is configured to acquire at least one hop beam pattern, the hop beam pattern comprising at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, the first configuration information indicating a time duration of at least one first beam state of the beam;

[0146] The application module is configured to apply a first hop beam pattern in the at least one hop beam pattern.

[0147] In some embodiments, the at least one hop beam pattern comprises at least one of:

[0148] a hop beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal device;

[0149] a hop beam pattern carried by system information;

[0150] a hop beam pattern carried by dedicated signaling.

[0151] In some embodiments, the first hop beam pattern in the at least one hop beam pattern is applied in one or more of the following cases:

[0152] the first hop beam pattern is carried by system information;

[0153] a second hop beam pattern carried by dedicated signaling is not acquired, the second hop beam pattern being one of the at least one hop beam pattern;

[0154] an activation condition of the first hop beam pattern is met;

[0155] the first hop beam pattern is carried by dedicated signaling;

[0156] the first hop beam pattern is a hop beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal device;

[0157] a first event is not triggered.

[0158] In some embodiments, the first hop beam pattern is a hop beam pattern carried by dedicated signaling;

[0159] The communication apparatus further comprises:

[0160] The cancellation module is configured to cancel application of a hop beam pattern carried by system information.

[0161] In some embodiments, the activation condition of the first hop beam pattern comprises at least one of:

[0162] a configuration field in dedicated signaling is set to establish, the establish indicating activation of a hop beam pattern, the first hop beam pattern being carried in the dedicated signaling;

[0163] The acquired first indication information indicates that the first hop beam pattern is activated.

[0164] The current time is within an activation time of the first hop beam pattern.

[0165] In some embodiments, the first indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0166] Downlink control information;

[0167] A medium access control control element.

[0168] In some embodiments, the first indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first hop beam pattern.

[0169] In some embodiments, the activation time is characterized by any one of the following:

[0170] A start time and an end time;

[0171] A start time and an activation duration;

[0172] An activation duration and an end time;

[0173] A start time, an activation duration and an activation period.

[0174] In some embodiments, the start time and / or the end time is an absolute time or a relative time.

[0175] In some embodiments, the activation duration and / or the activation period is in units of frame, subframe, slot, second or millisecond.

[0176] In some embodiments, the canceling module is specifically configured to:

[0177] cancel application of the first hop beam pattern in a case where a first event is triggered;

[0178] cancel application of the first hop beam pattern in a case where a deactivation condition of the first hop beam pattern is met.

[0179] In some embodiments, the at least one hop beam pattern only comprises the first hop beam pattern and a third hop beam pattern; and the canceling module is further configured to:

[0180] apply the third hop beam pattern in the case where the first event is triggered.

[0181] In some embodiments, the deactivation condition of the first hop beam pattern comprises at least one of the following:

[0182] A configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to release, the release indicating deactivation of the first beam hopping pattern, the first beam hopping pattern being carried in the dedicated signaling;

[0183] The acquired second indication information indicates deactivation of the first beam hopping pattern;

[0184] The current time is not located in an activation time of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0185] In some embodiments, the second indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0186] Downlink control information;

[0187] A medium access control control element.

[0188] In some embodiments, the second indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0189] In some embodiments, in case of canceling application of the first beam hopping pattern, the application module is further configured to:

[0190] Apply a beam hopping pattern carried through system information;

[0191] Apply an Nth beam hopping pattern in a first list, the first list comprising all or part of the at least one beam hopping pattern, N being a positive integer;

[0192] Apply a beam hopping pattern indicated by acquired third indication information, the beam hopping pattern indicated by the third indication information being one of the at least one beam hopping pattern.

[0193] In some embodiments, the third indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0194] Downlink control information;

[0195] A medium access control control element.

[0196] In some embodiments, the third indication information comprises an identity or an index of the indicated beam hopping pattern.

[0197] In some embodiments, the first event comprises one or more of the following:

[0198] The terminal device enters an RRC connected state;

[0199] The terminal device successfully sends location information of the terminal device to a network side device for the first time;

[0200] The terminal device has sent a first RRC message;

[0201] The terminal device successfully receives the first second RRC message;

[0202] Access layer security activation.

[0203] In some embodiments, the first RRC message is any one of the following:

[0204] RRC connection setup complete message;

[0205] RRC connection resume complete message;

[0206] RRC connection reestablishment complete message.

[0207] In some embodiments, the second RRC message is an RRC reconfiguration message.

[0208] In some embodiments, the first beam state is any one of the following:

[0209] A first closed state, which is a state in which the beam is not used to transmit any message;

[0210] A first transmission state, which is a state in which the beam is only used to transmit common messages;

[0211] A second transmission state, which is a state in which the beam is used to transmit the any message.

[0212] In some embodiments, the application module is specifically configured to:

[0213] Apply the first configuration information corresponding to the beam in which the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern, the at least one beam including the beam in which the terminal device is located.

[0214] In some embodiments, at least one geographic area is an area covered by the at least one beam, and the at least one geographic area corresponds to a first configuration information.

[0215] In some embodiments, the application module is specifically configured to:

[0216] Apply the first configuration information corresponding to the geographic area in which the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern.

[0217] In some embodiments, the hop beam pattern further includes at least one second configuration information corresponding to the at least one beam, and the second configuration information indicates a duration of at least one second beam state of the beam.

[0218] In some embodiments, the second beam state is any one of the following:

[0219] A second closed state, which is a state in which the beam is not used to receive any message;

[0220] a first reception state, a state in which the beam is used for receiving common messages only;

[0221] a second reception state, a state in which the beam is used for receiving any of the messages.

[0222] In some embodiments, the application module is specifically configured to:

[0223] apply second configuration information corresponding to a beam in which the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern, the at least one beam including the beam in which the terminal device is located.

[0224] In some embodiments, the at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, the at least one geographical area corresponding to a second configuration information;

[0225] In some embodiments, the application module is specifically configured to:

[0226] apply second configuration information corresponding to a geographical area in which the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern.

[0227] In some embodiments, the dedicated signaling is any of the following:

[0228] a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message;

[0229] an RRC connection resume message;

[0230] an RRC connection setup message;

[0231] an RRC reestablishment message.

[0232] In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communication apparatus applied to a network side device, the apparatus comprising:

[0233] a sending module configured to send at least one hop beam pattern, the hop beam pattern including at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, the first configuration information indicating a duration of at least one first beam state of the beam, the at least one hop beam pattern including a first hop beam pattern applied by a terminal device.

[0234] In some embodiments, the at least one hop beam pattern includes at least one of the following:

[0235] a hop beam pattern carried by system information;

[0236] a hop beam pattern carried by dedicated signaling.

[0237] In some embodiments, the sending module is specifically configured to:

[0238] sending dedicated signaling, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling being set to setup, the setup indicating to activate a beam hopping pattern, the first beam hopping pattern being included in the dedicated signaling.

[0239] In some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to:

[0240] send first indication information, the first indication information indicating to activate the first beam hopping pattern;

[0241] send an activation time of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0242] In some embodiments, the first indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0243] downlink control information;

[0244] a medium access control control element.

[0245] In some embodiments, the first indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0246] In some embodiments, the activation time is characterized by any one of the following:

[0247] a start time and an end time;

[0248] a start time and a duration;

[0249] a duration and an end time;

[0250] a start time, a duration and a periodicity.

[0251] In some embodiments, the start time and / or the end time is an absolute time or a relative time.

[0252] In some embodiments, the duration and / or the periodicity is in units of frame, subframe, slot, second or millisecond.

[0253] In some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to:

[0254] send dedicated signaling, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling being set to release, the release indicating to activate a beam hopping pattern, the first beam hopping pattern being included in the dedicated signaling;

[0255] send second indication information, the second indication information indicating to deactivate the first beam hopping pattern.

[0256] In some embodiments, the second indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0257] downlink control information;

[0258] a medium access control control element.

[0259] In some embodiments, the second indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first hop beam pattern.

[0260] In some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to:

[0261] send third indication information, the third indication information being used to indicate one of the at least one hop beam pattern.

[0262] In some embodiments, the third indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0263] downlink control information;

[0264] a medium access control control element.

[0265] In some embodiments, the third indication information comprises one of the at least one hop beam pattern.

[0266] In some embodiments, the first beam state is any one of the following:

[0267] a first off state, a state that the beam is not used to transmit any message;

[0268] a first transmission state, a state that the beam is used to transmit only common message;

[0269] a second transmission state, a state that the beam is used to transmit the any message.

[0270] In some embodiments, the at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, the at least one geographical area corresponding to a first configuration information.

[0271] In some embodiments, the hop beam pattern further comprises at least one second configuration information corresponding to the at least one beam, the second configuration information indicating a time duration of at least one second beam state of the beam.

[0272] In some embodiments, the second beam state is any one of the following:

[0273] a second off state, a state that the beam is not used to receive any message;

[0274] a first reception state, a state that the beam is used to receive only common message;

[0275] a second reception state, a state that the beam is used to receive the any message.

[0276] In some embodiments, the at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, and the at least one geographical area corresponds to a second configuration information.

[0277] In some embodiments, the dedicated signaling is any one of the following:

[0278] an RRC reconfiguration message;

[0279] an RRC connection resume message;

[0280] an RRC connection setup message;

[0281] an RRC reestablishment message.

[0282] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, comprising a terminal device and a network side device;

[0283] The terminal device is configured to perform the method of any one of the first aspect;

[0284] The network side device performs the method of any one of the second aspect.

[0285] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication apparatus, comprising a memory and a processor,

[0286] The memory stores computer-executable instructions;

[0287] The processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory to implement the method of any one of claims 1-54.

[0288] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores computer-executable instructions, and when the computer-executable instructions are executed by a processor, the computer-executable instructions are configured to implement the method of any one of the first aspect and / or the method of any one of the second aspect.

[0289] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, comprising a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer program is configured to implement the method of any one of the first aspect and / or the method of any one of the second aspect.

[0290] Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and apparatus, in which a terminal device acquires at least one beam hopping pattern, and applies a first beam hopping pattern in the at least one beam hopping pattern, the beam hopping pattern being used to indicate at least one time corresponding to at least one beam, and the time comprising a duration of at least one state, so that the terminal device can acquire the duration of each state of each beam without performing a listening operation, and energy consumption of the terminal device can be reduced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0291] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a BH mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0292] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0293] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0294] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0295] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0296] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0297] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0298] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0299] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0300] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0301] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0302] FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0303] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0304] FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0305] FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0306] FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0307] FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0308] FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0309] FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of a flow of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0310] FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the 19th embodiment of the communication method according to the present application;

[0311] FIG. 21 is a flowchart of the 20th embodiment of the communication method according to the present application;

[0312] FIG. 22 is a flowchart of the 21st embodiment of the communication method according to the present application;

[0313] FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the 22nd embodiment of the communication method according to the present application;

[0314] FIG. 24 is a flowchart of the 23rd embodiment of the communication method according to the present application;

[0315] FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the 24th embodiment of the communication method according to the present application;

[0316] FIG. 26 is a flowchart of the 25th embodiment of the communication method according to the present application;

[0317] FIG. 27 is a flowchart of the 26th embodiment of the communication method according to the present application;

[0318] FIG. 28 is a flowchart of the 27th embodiment of the communication method according to the present application;

[0319] FIG. 29 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the communication apparatus according to the present application;

[0320] FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the communication apparatus according to the present application;

[0321] FIG. 31 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the communication apparatus according to the present application; DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0322] First, the related terms involved in the present application are explained.

[0323] The network-side device can communicate with the terminal device. For example, when the satellite and the base station are separately arranged and the base station is located on the ground, the network-side device is the satellite or the base station. For example, when the satellite and the base station are integrated, the network-side device refers to the base station. The base station can also be referred to as an access network device or a radio access network device. The base station can be a base station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication system, a base station (NodeB, NB) in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, an evolved base station (eNB or eNodeB) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a base station (gNB) in a 5G network, or a base station in a future network (for example, a 6G network) after the 5G network, a base station in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, a transmission reception point (TRP), a wireless controller in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) scenario, an urban base station, a micro base station, a pico base station, or a femto base station, and the like.

[0324] Terminal device refers to a device that contains wireless transceiver function and can cooperate with network side device to provide communication service for users. Terminal device can also be referred to as user equipment (UE), access terminal device, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal device, mobile device, user terminal device, wireless communication device, user agent or user device, etc. At present, some examples of terminal devices include: mobile phone, tablet computer, notebook computer, palm computer, mobile internet device (MID), wearable device, virtual reality (VR) device, augmented reality (AR) device, wireless terminal in industrial control, wireless terminal in self driving, wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, wireless terminal in smart grid, wireless terminal in transportation safety, wireless terminal in smart city, wireless terminal in smart home, cellular phone, cordless phone, session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, wireless local loop (WLL) station, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld device with wireless communication function, computing device or other processing device connected to wireless modem, vehicle-mounted device, ship-mounted device, wearable device, etc.

[0325] In the present application, activation can be understood as taking effect, and deactivation can be understood as invalidation.

[0326] In the present application, the term "comprising" and its variants can refer to non-limiting inclusion; the term "or" and its variants can refer to "and / or". The "and / or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, which means that there can be three kinds of relationships, for example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally represents that the associated objects before and after it are in an "or" relationship.

[0327] In the present application, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used to distinguish similar objects, and do not necessarily have to be used to describe a specific order or sequence. In the present application, the term "at least one" means one or more, and "multiple" means two or more. In the present application, the term "at least one of" or similar expressions means any combination of the items, including single item or any combination of multiple items. For example, at least one of a, b, or c can represent a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, where a, b, and c can be single or multiple.

[0328] In the present application, the words "in some embodiments", "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate an example, illustration or description. Any embodiment or design scheme described as "in some embodiments", "exemplary" or "for example" in the present application should not be interpreted as more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or design schemes. Rather, the use of "in some embodiments", "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concept in a specific way. In the present application, the words "in the case of" or "when" mean a condition.

[0329] The NTN includes at least a network side device and a terminal device, and has a service link between the network side device and the terminal device. The network side device can provide non-terrestrial new radio (NR) access for the terminal device, etc.

[0330] Currently, the transmission power of the network side device is limited. If the network side device activates all beams at the same time within a given time, the transmission power corresponding to each beam will be small, which cannot meet the communication requirements between the network side device and the terminal device. Therefore, downlink coverage enhancement needs to be considered. The beam hopping (BH) mechanism is a mechanism that can achieve downlink coverage enhancement, which allows the network side device to activate different beams at different times (i.e., in a period of time, some beams are activated and other beams except some beams are deactivated; in another period of time, other beams are activated and other beams except other beams are deactivated). In the case where the transmission power of the network side device is limited, since the network side device activates different beams at different times, the transmission power corresponding to the activated beams can be improved, thereby meeting the communication requirements between the network side device and the terminal device.

[0331] The BH mechanism will be described below in conjunction with FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the BH mechanism provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1, the network side device has multiple beams. The multiple beams include, for example, beam 1 to beam 14.

[0332] At time T1, the network-side device can activate beams 1 to 4 and deactivate beams 5 to 14.

[0333] At time T2, the network-side device can activate beams 5, 8, 9, and 12 and deactivate beams 1 to 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, and 14.

[0334] In the process in which the network-side device communicates with the terminal device through the beam hopping mechanism, the terminal device cannot know which beams are activated and / or deactivated by the network-side device at which time, and thus the terminal device can need to communicate with the network-side device, such as listening to downlink data transmission and / or sending uplink data, at the deactivated time. In the above process, the terminal device needs to communicate with the network-side device at the deactivated time, causing unnecessary energy loss of the terminal device.

[0335] In view of this, the present application provides a communication method and device for avoiding unnecessary energy loss of the terminal device.

[0336] The technical solutions of the present application and how the technical solutions of the present application solve the above technical problems will be described in detail below with specific embodiments. The following specific embodiments can be combined with each other, and the same or similar concepts or processes can not be described again in some embodiments. The embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0337] FIG. 2 is one of the structural schematic diagrams of the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 2, the method comprises:

[0338] S201, the terminal device acquires at least one beam hopping pattern, the beam hopping pattern comprising at least one first configuration information and / or at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, the first configuration information indicating the duration of at least one first beam state of the beam, and the second configuration information indicating the duration of at least one second beam state of the beam.

[0339] In the present application, the beam hopping pattern can be named as beam state configuration information, beam configuration information, etc., any naming capable of indicating the duration of the beam state belongs to the protection scope of the present application.

[0340] In some embodiments, the at least one beam hopping pattern comprises at least one of the following: a beam hopping pattern pre-stored by the terminal device, a beam hopping pattern carried by system information, and a beam hopping pattern carried by dedicated signaling.

[0341] In some embodiments, the at least one beam hopping pattern is a beam hopping pattern pre-stored by the terminal device. Illustratively, the terminal device acquiring at least one beam hopping pattern comprises: the terminal device determining the pre-stored beam hopping pattern as the at least one beam hopping pattern.

[0342] In some embodiments, the at least one hop-beam pattern comprises a hop-beam pattern carried by system information and / or dedicated signaling. Illustratively, the terminal device obtaining the at least one hop-beam pattern comprises: the network-side device sending system information and / or dedicated signaling to the terminal device; and the terminal device determining a hop-beam pattern carried by the system information and / or the dedicated signaling as the at least one hop-beam pattern.

[0343] In some embodiments, the at least one hop-beam pattern comprises a hop-beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal device, and a hop-beam pattern carried by system information and / or dedicated signaling. Illustratively, the terminal device obtaining the at least one hop-beam pattern comprises: the network-side device sending system information and / or dedicated signaling to the terminal device; and the terminal device determining a hop-beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal device, and a hop-beam pattern carried by the system information and / or the dedicated signaling as the at least one hop-beam pattern.

[0344] In some embodiments, the system information can be a System Information Block (SIB) 19, or a new SIB is introduced, etc.

[0345] In some embodiments, the dedicated signaling is any one of the following: a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, an RRC connection resume message, an RRC connection setup message, and an RRC reestablishment message.

[0346] In some embodiments, the at least one beam is a beam of the network-side device. In some embodiments, the beam can be a satellite beam, a Synchronization Signal and PBCH block (SSB) beam, or a Channel State information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) beam.

[0347] In some embodiments, the hop-beam pattern comprises at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam. Optionally, the first configuration information comprises one or more of the following: an identifier, an index, or a serial number of the beam, a first beam state, and a time duration.

[0348] In some embodiments, the hop-beam pattern comprises at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one beam. Optionally, the second configuration information comprises one or more of the following: an identifier, an index, or a serial number of the beam, a second beam state, and a time duration.

[0349] In the embodiments of the present application, the first beam state and the second beam state are different.

[0350] In some embodiments, the hopping beam pattern comprises at least one first configuration information and at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one beam.

[0351] The at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam is described as follows.

[0352] The first configuration information in the at least one first configuration information can be different.

[0353] In some embodiments, the at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam can represent that one beam corresponds to one first configuration information, or multiple beams correspond to one first configuration information.

[0354] For example, the at least one beam comprises beams 1 to 4, in the case of one beam corresponding to one first configuration information, beam 1 corresponds to first configuration information 1, beam 2 corresponds to first configuration information 2, beam 3 corresponds to first configuration information 3, and beam 4 corresponds to first configuration information 4.

[0355] For example, the at least one beam comprises beams 1 to 4, in the case of multiple beams corresponding to one first configuration information, beam 1 and beam 2 correspond to first configuration information 1, and beam 3 and beam 4 correspond to first configuration information 2.

[0356] For example, the at least one beam comprises beams 1 to 4, beam 1 to 3 can correspond to first configuration information 1, and beam 4 can correspond to first configuration information 2.

[0357] The at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one beam is described as follows.

[0358] The second configuration information in the at least one second configuration information can be different.

[0359] In some embodiments, the second configuration information corresponding to at least one beam can represent that one beam corresponds to one second configuration information, or multiple beams correspond to one second configuration information.

[0360] For example, the at least one beam comprises beams 1 to 4, in the case of one beam corresponding to one second configuration information, beam 1 corresponds to second configuration information 1, beam 2 corresponds to second configuration information 2, beam 3 corresponds to second configuration information 3, and beam 4 corresponds to second configuration information 4.

[0361] For example, the at least one beam comprises beams 1 to 4, in the case of multiple beams corresponding to one second configuration information, beam 1 and beam 2 correspond to second configuration information 1, and beam 3 and beam 4 correspond to second configuration information 2.

[0362] For example, the at least one beam includes beams 1 to 4, beams 1 to 3 correspond to the second configuration information 1, and beam 4 corresponds to the second configuration information 2.

[0363] The at least one first configuration information and the at least one second configuration information corresponding to the at least one beam are described as follows.

[0364] In some embodiments, one beam corresponds to one first configuration information, and one beam corresponds to one second configuration information.

[0365] For example, the at least one beam includes beams 1 and 2, beam 1 corresponds to the first configuration information 1 and the second configuration information 1, and beam 2 corresponds to the first configuration information 2 and the second configuration information 2.

[0366] In some embodiments, one beam corresponds to one first configuration information, and multiple beams correspond to one second configuration information.

[0367] For example, the at least one beam includes beams 1 to 4, beam 1 corresponds to the first configuration information 1, beam 2 corresponds to the first configuration information 2, beam 3 corresponds to the first configuration information 3, beam 4 corresponds to the first configuration information 4, beams 1 and 2 correspond to the second configuration information 1, and beams 3 and 4 correspond to the second configuration information 2.

[0368] In some embodiments, multiple beams correspond to one first configuration information, and one beam corresponds to one second configuration information.

[0369] For example, the at least one beam includes beams 1 to 4, beams 1 and 2 correspond to the first configuration information 1, beams 3 and 4 correspond to the first configuration information 2, beam 1 corresponds to the second configuration information 1, beam 2 corresponds to the second configuration information 2, beam 3 corresponds to the second configuration information 3, and beam 4 corresponds to the second configuration information 4.

[0370] In some embodiments, multiple beams correspond to one first configuration information, and multiple beams correspond to one second configuration information.

[0371] For example, the at least one beam includes beams 1 to 4, beams 1 and 2 correspond to the first configuration information 1 and the second configuration information 1, and beams 3 and 4 correspond to the first configuration information 2 and the second configuration information 2.

[0372] For example, the at least one beam includes beams 1 to 4, beams 1 and 2 correspond to the first configuration information 1, and beams 3 and 4 correspond to the second configuration information 1.

[0373] For example, the at least one beam includes beams 1 to 4, beams 1 and 2 correspond to the first configuration information 1, and beams 1 to 4 correspond to the second configuration information 1.

[0374] In some embodiments, the beam hopping pattern comprises at least one first configuration information and / or at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one geographical area, and the at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam.

[0375] For example, the beam hopping pattern comprises at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one geographical area. Optionally, the first configuration information comprises one or more of the following: an identifier or an index or a serial number of the geographical area, a first beam state and a time duration.

[0376] The at least one first configuration information corresponding to the at least one geographical area indicates that one geographical area corresponds to one first configuration information, or multiple geographical areas correspond to one first configuration information.

[0377] For example, the beam hopping pattern comprises at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one geographical area. Optionally, the second configuration information comprises one or more of the following: an identifier or an index or a serial number of the geographical area, a second beam state and a time duration.

[0378] The at least one second configuration information corresponding to the at least one geographical area indicates that one geographical area corresponds to one second configuration information, or multiple geographical areas correspond to one second configuration information.

[0379] For example, the beam hopping pattern comprises at least one first configuration information and at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one geographical area.

[0380] It should be noted that the content related to the beam hopping pattern comprising at least one first configuration information and / or at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one geographical area is similar to the content related to the beam hopping pattern comprising at least one first configuration information and / or at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, which will not be described here again.

[0381] S202, the terminal device applies a first beam hopping pattern in the at least one beam hopping pattern.

[0382] Optionally, the at least one beam hopping pattern comprises one or more beam hopping patterns.

[0383] In the case that the at least one beam hopping pattern comprises one beam hopping pattern (i.e., a first beam hopping pattern), the terminal device acquires the first beam hopping pattern and applies the first beam hopping pattern.

[0384] In some embodiments, the beam hopping pattern comprises at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, and S202 specifically comprises: applying the first configuration information corresponding to the beam in which the terminal device is located in the first beam hopping pattern.

[0385] In some embodiments, the beam hopping pattern includes at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, and S202 specifically includes: applying the second configuration information corresponding to the beam in which the terminal device is located in the first beam hopping pattern.

[0386] In some embodiments, the beam hopping pattern includes at least one first configuration information and at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, and S202 specifically includes: applying the first configuration information and the second configuration information corresponding to the beam in which the terminal device is located in the first beam hopping pattern.

[0387] In some embodiments, the beam in which the terminal device is located can be the beam selected by the terminal device, and the beam is used for uplink communication and / or downlink communication.

[0388] In the case where the beam is used for uplink communication, the terminal device applies the first configuration information corresponding to the beam in the first beam hopping pattern. In the case where the beam is used for downlink communication, the terminal device applies the second configuration information corresponding to the beam in the first beam hopping pattern.

[0389] In some embodiments, the beam hopping pattern includes at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one geographical area, and S202 specifically includes: applying the first configuration information corresponding to the geographical area in which the terminal device is located in the first beam hopping pattern.

[0390] In some embodiments, the beam hopping pattern includes at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one geographical area, and S202 specifically includes: applying the second configuration information corresponding to the geographical area in which the terminal device is located in the first beam hopping pattern.

[0391] In some embodiments, the beam hopping pattern includes at least one first configuration information and at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one geographical area, and S202 specifically includes: applying the first configuration information and the second configuration information corresponding to the geographical area in which the terminal device is located in the first beam hopping pattern.

[0392] In some embodiments, the geographical area in which the terminal device is located can be a cell in which the terminal device camps.

[0393] In the communication method provided in the embodiment of FIG. 2, the terminal device acquires at least one beam hopping pattern, and applies a first beam hopping pattern in the at least one beam hopping pattern, the beam hopping pattern includes at least one first configuration information and / or at least one second configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, the first configuration information indicates a duration of at least one first beam state of the beam, and the second configuration information indicates a duration of at least one second beam state of the beam, without the terminal device communicating with the network side device in the deactivated time, unnecessary energy loss of the terminal device is avoided.

[0394] In some embodiments, the first configuration information can be referred to as Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) configuration information, and the second configuration information can be referred to as Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration information.

[0395] In some embodiments, the first configuration information can be referred to as DRX configuration information, and the second configuration information can be referred to as DTX configuration information.

[0396] In some embodiments, when the first configuration information is referred to as DTX configuration information, the first beam state is any one of: a first off state (N1 state), a first transmission state (N2 state), a second transmission state (N3 state). The at least one first beam state includes at least one of: the first off state, the first transmission state, and the second transmission state.

[0397] In some embodiments, when the second configuration information is referred to as DRX configuration information, the second beam state is any one of: a second off state, a first reception state, a second reception state. The at least one second beam state includes at least one of: the second off state, the first reception state, and the second reception state.

[0398] In some embodiments, when the first configuration information is referred to as DRX configuration information, the first beam state is any one of: a second off state, a first reception state, a second reception state. The at least one first beam state includes at least one of: the second off state, the first reception state, and the second reception state.

[0399] In some embodiments, when the second configuration information is referred to as DTX configuration information, the second beam state is any one of: a first off state, a first transmission state, a second transmission state. The at least one second beam state includes at least one of: the first off state, the first transmission state, and the second transmission state.

[0400] In the embodiments of the present application, the first off state referred to is a state in which the beam is not used for transmitting any message.

[0401] In the embodiments of the present application, the first transmission state referred to is a state in which the beam is only used for transmitting a common message.

[0402] In the embodiments of the present application, the second transmission state referred to is a state in which the beam is used for transmitting any message.

[0403] In the embodiments of the present application, the second off state referred to is a state in which the beam is not used for receiving any message.

[0404] In the embodiments of the present application, the first receiving state referred to is the state in which the beam is used only for receiving common messages.

[0405] In the embodiments of the present application, the second receiving state referred to is the state in which the beam is used for receiving any message.

[0406] In the duration when the beam is in the first closed state, the beam footprint is in the "closed" state, that is, the beam footprint is not served by any signal, in other words, there is no satellite service in the area, and the terminal device cannot receive any message.

[0407] In the duration when the beam is in the first sending state, the beam footprint is in the "only common message" state, there is no active user on the beam footprint, the network side device only uses the beam to send common messages (for example, necessary information for cell search and initial access (connection establishment process (that is, RRC connection establishment process))), and the terminal device can only receive common messages (for example, system information).

[0408] In the duration when the beam is in the second sending state, the beam footprint is in the "active traffic" state, that is, there is at least one active device (for example, a device for high-definition voice service (Voice over New Radio, VoNR)) on the beam footprint, the network side device can use the beam to send any message (for example, including necessary information for cell search and initial access), and the terminal device can receive any message (for example, including downlink signaling and data).

[0409] In some embodiments, the duration of the second sending state can be greater than the duration of the first closed state, or greater than the duration of the first sending state, or greater than the sum of the duration of the first closed state and the duration of the first sending state.

[0410] In some embodiments, the duration of the second receiving state can be greater than the duration of the second closed state, or greater than the duration of the first receiving state, or greater than the sum of the duration of the second closed state and the duration of the first receiving state.

[0411] In the duration when the beam is in the second closed state, the beam is in the "closed" state, that is, the network side device cannot use the beam to receive any signal, and the terminal device cannot send any message.

[0412] During the duration that the beam is in the first reception state, the beam is in a "receiving only part of the signal" state, the network side device can only use to receive common messages (for example, uplink common control channel messages (UL-CCCH-Message), and the terminal device can only send common messages (for example, messages related to the random access process, the random access process is triggered by connection establishment, connection recovery, connection reestablishment, or system information request or random access process).

[0413] During the duration that the beam is in the second reception state, the beam is in an "active traffic" state, the network side device can use the beam to receive any message (for example, including uplink signaling and data), and the terminal device can send any message.

[0414] In some embodiments, the first hop beam pattern in the at least one hop beam pattern is applied in one or more of the following cases:

[0415] The first hop beam pattern is carried by system information;

[0416] The second hop beam pattern carried by dedicated signaling is not acquired;

[0417] The first hop beam pattern meets the activation condition;

[0418] The first hop beam pattern is carried by dedicated signaling;

[0419] The first hop beam pattern is a hop beam pattern pre-stored for the terminal device;

[0420] The first event is not triggered.

[0421] Specifically, in combination with examples 1 to 8, the above-mentioned cases of applying the first hop beam pattern are exemplarily described.

[0422] In example 1, the first hop beam pattern is applied in the case that the first hop beam pattern is carried by system information and the second hop beam pattern carried by dedicated signaling is not acquired. The second hop beam pattern is one of the at least one hop beam pattern. On the basis of example 1, the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application can be as shown in FIG. 3.

[0423] FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 3, the method comprises:

[0424] S301, the network side device sends system information to the terminal device, and the system information carries the first hop beam pattern.

[0425] S302, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in the case that the second hop beam pattern carried by dedicated signaling is not acquired.

[0426] In Example 2, the first hop beam pattern is applied in a case where an activation condition of the first hop beam pattern is met. On the basis of Example 2, the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in FIG. 4.

[0427] FIG. 4 is a third flowchart of a communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes the following steps.

[0428] S401: The terminal device acquires at least one hop beam pattern, and the at least one hop beam pattern includes a first hop beam pattern.

[0429] In some embodiments, the execution method of S401 is the same as that of S201, and the execution process of S401 is not repeated here.

[0430] S402: The terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in a case where an activation condition of the first hop beam pattern is met.

[0431] In some embodiments, the activation condition of the first hop beam pattern includes at least one of the following:

[0432] A configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to establish, and the establish indicates to activate the hop beam pattern, and the first hop beam pattern is carried in the dedicated signaling;

[0433] The acquired first indication information indicates to activate the first hop beam pattern;

[0434] The current time is within an activation time of the first hop beam pattern.

[0435] In the following, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in a case where the activation condition of the first hop beam pattern is met is described in detail in FIGS. 5-11 in combination with the activation condition of the first hop beam pattern.

[0436] In some embodiments, the first hop beam pattern is applied in a case where the configuration field is set to establish. On the basis of this embodiment, the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application can be shown in FIG. 5.

[0437] FIG. 5 is a fourth flowchart of a communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 5, the method includes the following steps.

[0438] S501: The terminal device acquires at least one hop beam pattern.

[0439] In some embodiments, the execution method of S501 is the same as that of S201, and the execution process of S501 is not repeated here.

[0440] S502, the network-side device sends a dedicated signaling to the terminal device, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to be established, the establishment indicates to activate a first beam hopping pattern, and the dedicated signaling carries the first beam hopping pattern.

[0441] In some embodiments, the network-side device sends the dedicated signaling to the terminal device in a preset structure (SetupRelease structure).

[0442] In some embodiments, the communication method shown in FIG. 5 can not include S501.

[0443] S503, the terminal device applies the first beam hopping pattern in a case where the configuration field is set to be established.

[0444] In some embodiments, the first beam hopping pattern is applied in a case where the acquired first indication information indicates to activate the first beam hopping pattern. On the basis of this embodiment, the communication method provided by the present application can be as shown in FIG. 6.

[0445] FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 6, the method includes the following steps.

[0446] S601, the terminal device acquires at least one beam hopping pattern, and the at least one beam hopping pattern includes a first beam hopping pattern.

[0447] In some embodiments, the execution method of S601 is the same as that of S201, and the execution process of S601 is not repeated here.

[0448] S602, the network-side device sends first indication information to the terminal device, and the first indication information indicates to activate the first beam hopping pattern.

[0449] S603, the terminal device applies the first beam hopping pattern in a case where the acquired first indication information indicates to activate the first beam hopping pattern.

[0450] In some embodiments, the first beam hopping pattern is applied in a case where the current time is within an activation time of the first beam hopping pattern. On the basis of this embodiment, the communication method provided by the present application can be as shown in FIG. 7.

[0451] FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 7, the method includes the following steps.

[0452] S701, the terminal device acquires at least one beam hopping pattern and an activation time of each beam hopping pattern, and the at least one beam hopping pattern includes a first beam hopping pattern.

[0453] The following describes the terminal device obtaining the first-hop beam pattern and the activation time of the first-hop beam pattern, taking the first-hop beam pattern as an example.

[0454] In some embodiments, the terminal device obtains the first-hop beam pattern and the activation time of the first-hop beam pattern stored in advance.

[0455] In some embodiments, the network-side device sends the first-hop beam pattern and the activation time of the first-hop beam pattern to the terminal device, and the terminal device receives the first-hop beam pattern and the activation time of the first-hop beam pattern.

[0456] In some embodiments, the network-side device sends the first-hop beam pattern and the activation time of the first-hop beam pattern to the terminal device, including: sending system information to the terminal device, the system information carrying the first-hop beam pattern and the activation time of the first-hop beam pattern; or,

[0457] sending dedicated signaling to the terminal device, the dedicated signaling carrying the first-hop beam pattern and the activation time of the first-hop beam pattern; or,

[0458] sending system information and dedicated signaling to the terminal device, the dedicated signaling carrying the first-hop beam pattern, the system information carrying the activation time of the first-hop beam pattern, or the dedicated signaling carrying the activation time of the first-hop beam pattern, the system information carrying the first-hop beam pattern.

[0459] S702, in the case where the current time is within the activation time of the first-hop beam pattern, the terminal device applies the first-hop beam pattern.

[0460] In some embodiments, in the case where the configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to be established and the obtained first indication information indicates to activate the first-hop beam pattern, the first-hop beam pattern is applied. Based on this embodiment, the communication method provided by the present application can be as shown in FIG. 8.

[0461] FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 8, the method includes:

[0462] S801, the terminal device obtains at least one hop beam pattern, and the at least one hop beam pattern includes a first-hop beam pattern.

[0463] In some embodiments, the execution method of S801 is the same as that of S201, and the execution process of S801 is not repeated here.

[0464] S802, the network-side device sends dedicated signaling to the terminal device, and the configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to be established.

[0465] Optionally, the first hop beam pattern can be included in the dedicated signaling.

[0466] S803, the network-side device sends first indication information to the terminal device, the first indication information indicating that the first hop beam pattern is activated.

[0467] S804, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in a case where the configuration field is set to be established and the acquired first indication information indicates that the first hop beam pattern is activated.

[0468] In some embodiments, the first hop beam pattern is applied in a case where the configuration field is set to be established and the current time is within the activation time of the first hop beam pattern. On the basis of this embodiment, the communication method provided by the present application can be as shown in FIG. 9.

[0469] FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 9, the method includes the following steps.

[0470] S901, the terminal device acquires at least one hop beam pattern and the activation time of each hop beam pattern, the at least one hop beam pattern including a first hop beam pattern.

[0471] In some embodiments, the execution process of S901 is the same as that of S701, which will not be repeated here.

[0472] S902, the network-side device sends dedicated signaling to the terminal device, and a configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to be established.

[0473] S903, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in a case where the configuration field is set to be established and the current time is within the activation time of the first hop beam pattern.

[0474] In some embodiments, the first hop beam pattern is applied in a case where the acquired first indication information indicates that the first hop beam pattern is activated and the current time is within the activation time of the first hop beam pattern. On the basis of this embodiment, the communication method provided by the present application can be as shown in FIG. 10.

[0475] FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 10, the method includes the following steps.

[0476] S1001, the terminal device acquires at least one hop beam pattern and the activation time of each hop beam pattern, the at least one hop beam pattern including a first hop beam pattern.

[0477] In some embodiments, the execution process of S1001 is the same as that of S701, which will not be repeated here.

[0478] S1002, the network-side device sends first indication information to the terminal device, the first indication information indicating activating the first hop beam pattern.

[0479] S1003, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in a case that the acquired first indication information indicates activating the first hop beam pattern and the current time is within the activation time of the first hop beam pattern.

[0480] In some embodiments, the first hop beam pattern is applied in a case that the configuration field is set to establish, the acquired first indication information indicates activating the first hop beam pattern, and the current time is within the activation time of the first hop beam pattern. Based on this embodiment, the communication method provided by the present application can be as shown in FIG. 11.

[0481] FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 11, the method includes the following steps.

[0482] S1101, the terminal device acquires at least one hop beam pattern and the activation time of each hop beam pattern, the at least one hop beam pattern including a first hop beam pattern.

[0483] In some embodiments, the execution process of S1101 is the same as that of S701, which will not be repeated here.

[0484] S1102, the network-side device sends dedicated signaling to the terminal device, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling being set to establish.

[0485] S1103, the network-side device sends first indication information to the terminal device, the first indication information indicating activating the first hop beam pattern.

[0486] S1104, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in a case that the configuration field is set to establish, the acquired first indication information indicates activating the first hop beam pattern, and the current time is within the activation time of the first hop beam pattern.

[0487] In some embodiments, the first indication information is carried by one or more of the following: Downlink Control Information (DCI), Media Access Control Control Element (MAC CE).

[0488] In a case that the first indication information is carried by the DCI, the first indication information can be represented by bits reserved in an existing DCI format, or a new DCI format is newly introduced, and the first indication information is represented by bits in the newly introduced DCI format.

[0489] In the case that the first indication information is carried by a MAC CE, a new MAC CE can be introduced.

[0490] In some embodiments, the first indication information can be a new MAC CE. In this case, the size of the new MAC CE is 0.

[0491] In some embodiments, the MAC subheader of the MAC CE is identified by a reserved logical channel ID (LCID) or a reserved extended logical channel ID (eLCID).

[0492] In some embodiments, the LCID is, for example, any one of 35-46.

[0493] In some embodiments, the first indication information includes an identification or an index or a number or a serial number of the first hop beam pattern. In the case that the first indication information is a MAC CE, the size of the MAC CE is not 0.

[0494] Further, applying the first hop beam pattern in the at least one hop beam pattern includes: applying the hop beam pattern (i.e., the first hop beam pattern) indicated by the identification or the index or the number or the serial number.

[0495] In some embodiments, the activation time is characterized by any one of the following: a start time and an end time, a start time and an activation duration, an activation duration and an end time, a start time, an activation duration and an activation period.

[0496] In some embodiments, the start time and / or the end time is an absolute time or a relative time.

[0497] In some embodiments, the absolute time is International Standard Time (UTC).

[0498] In some embodiments, the relative time can be characterized by a frame number, a subframe number, a slot number, etc.

[0499] In some embodiments, the activation duration and / or the activation period is in units of frames, subframes, slots, seconds, or milliseconds.

[0500] In some embodiments, in the case that the activation time is only characterized by a start time, the activation time is represented as infinity, i.e., the first hop beam pattern is activated from the start time and is activated all the time.

[0501] In some embodiments, the starting moment, the activation period and the activation duration can be represented by a PeriodicityAndOffset parameter.

[0502] In Example 3, the first-hop beam pattern is applied in a case where the first-hop beam pattern is carried by system information and an activation condition of the first-hop beam pattern is satisfied. Based on Example 3, the communication method provided by the present application is shown in FIG. 12.

[0503] FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 12, the method includes the following steps.

[0504] S1201. A network-side device sends system information to a terminal device, and the system information carries a first-hop beam pattern.

[0505] S1202. The terminal device applies the first-hop beam pattern in a case where an activation condition of the first-hop beam pattern is satisfied.

[0506] In some embodiments, the execution process of S1202 is the same as that of S402, which is not described herein again.

[0507] In Example 4, the first-hop beam pattern is applied in a case where the first-hop beam pattern is carried by dedicated signaling. Based on Example 4, the communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown in FIG. 13.

[0508] FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 13, the method includes the following steps.

[0509] S1301. A network-side device sends dedicated signaling to a terminal device, and the dedicated signaling carries a first-hop beam pattern.

[0510] S1302. The terminal device applies the first-hop beam pattern.

[0511] In Example 5, the first-hop beam pattern is applied in a case where the first-hop beam pattern is carried by dedicated signaling and an activation condition of the first-hop beam pattern is satisfied. Based on Example 5, the communication method provided by the present application is shown in FIG. 14.

[0512] FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 14, the method includes the following steps.

[0513] S1401. A network-side device sends dedicated signaling to a terminal device, and the dedicated signaling carries a first-hop beam pattern.

[0514] S1402. The terminal device applies the first-hop beam pattern in a case where an activation condition of the first-hop beam pattern is satisfied.

[0515] In some embodiments, the execution process of S1402 is the same as that of S402, which will not be repeated here.

[0516] Example 6, in the case where the first hop beam pattern is a hop beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal and the second hop beam pattern carried by the dedicated signaling is not acquired, the first hop beam pattern is applied. On the basis of example 6, the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in FIG. 15.

[0517] FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

[0518] S1501, the terminal device acquires a pre-stored first hop beam pattern.

[0519] S1502, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in the case where the second hop beam pattern carried by the dedicated signaling is not acquired.

[0520] Example 7, in the case where the first hop beam pattern is a hop beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal and the activation condition of the first hop beam pattern is met, the first hop beam pattern is applied. On the basis of example 7, the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in FIG. 16.

[0521] FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

[0522] S1601, the terminal device acquires a pre-stored first hop beam pattern.

[0523] S1602, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in the case where the activation condition of the first hop beam pattern is met.

[0524] In some embodiments, the execution process of S1602 is the same as that of S402, which will not be repeated here.

[0525] Example 8, in the case where the first event is not triggered, the first hop beam pattern is applied. On the basis of example 8, the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in FIG. 17.

[0526] FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

[0527] S1701, the terminal device acquires at least one hop beam pattern, and the at least one hop beam pattern includes a first hop beam pattern.

[0528] In some embodiments, S1701 can be performed according to the execution process of S201, which is not described herein again.

[0529] In some embodiments, the first hop beam pattern is a hop beam pattern configured by the network side device or agreed by a protocol and applied when the first event is not triggered.

[0530] S1702, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern when the first event is not triggered.

[0531] In the case where the first event is not triggered, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern according to the protocol agreement or the network side device configuration.

[0532] In some embodiments, the first event includes one or more of the following: the terminal device enters an RRC connected state, the terminal device first successfully sends location information of the terminal device to the network side device, the terminal device has sent a first RRC message, the terminal device successfully receives a first second RRC message, and access layer (AS) security is activated.

[0533] In some embodiments, the first RRC message is any one of the following: an RRC connection setup complete message, an RRC connection resume complete message, and an RRC connection reestablishment complete message.

[0534] In some embodiments, the second RRC message is an RRC reconfiguration message.

[0535] In some embodiments, the network side device configures the first hop beam pattern corresponding to the RRC connected state for the terminal device through system information or dedicated signaling, and the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern when the terminal device is in the RRC connected state.

[0536] In some embodiments, the network side device configures the first hop beam pattern corresponding to the idle state or the inactive state for the terminal device through system information or dedicated signaling, and the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern when the terminal device is in the idle state or the inactive state.

[0537] In some embodiments, the first hop beam pattern is carried through dedicated signaling, and the first hop beam pattern is applied. The communication method provided by the present application further includes canceling the application or ignoring the hop beam pattern carried through system information. On the basis of this embodiment, the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in FIG. 18.

[0538] FIG. 18 is a seventeenth flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 18, the method includes:

[0539] S1801. The network-side device sends a system message to the terminal device, the system message carrying one beam hopping pattern.

[0540] S1802. The terminal device applies the beam hopping pattern carried in the system message.

[0541] In some embodiments, the terminal device can apply the beam hopping pattern carried in the system message if an activation condition of the one beam hopping pattern is met. Here, the activation condition of the one beam hopping pattern is of the same type as the activation condition of the first beam hopping pattern, which will not be repeated here.

[0542] S1803. The network-side device sends dedicated signaling to the terminal device, the dedicated signaling carrying the first beam hopping pattern.

[0543] S1804. The terminal device cancels application or ignores the beam hopping pattern carried in the system message, and applies the first beam hopping pattern.

[0544] In some embodiments, the terminal device cancels application or ignores the beam hopping pattern carried in the system message, and applies the first beam hopping pattern if an activation condition of the first beam hopping pattern is met. In some embodiments, the execution process of applying the first beam hopping pattern if the activation condition of the first beam hopping pattern is met is the same as that of S402, which will not be repeated here.

[0545] In some embodiments, the terminal device cancels application or ignores the beam hopping pattern carried in the system message, and applies the first beam hopping pattern if the first event is not triggered.

[0546] With the communication method provided by the embodiment of FIG. 18, the terminal device can apply the beam hopping pattern carried in the system message when in the idle state or the inactive state, and apply the beam hopping pattern carried in the dedicated signaling when in the RRC connected state, so as to achieve the purpose of overriding the beam hopping pattern carried in the system message by the beam hopping pattern carried in the dedicated signaling. For example, the network-side device can configure a dedicated beam hopping pattern for the terminal device, and when the amount of data to be sent and / or received by the terminal device is large, the activation time of the beam where the terminal device is located can be configured to be relatively longer than the deactivation time, so that the terminal device in the RRC connected state obtains better service processing performance.

[0547] In some embodiments, the activation time can be understood as the first sending state and the second sending state (or the first receiving state and the second receiving state), and the deactivation time can be understood as the first closing state (or the second closing state).

[0548] In some embodiments, the activation time can be understood as the second transmission state (or the second reception state), and the deactivation time can be understood as the first closed state and the first transmission state (or the second closed state and the first reception state).

[0549] In some embodiments, the communication method provided by the present application further includes: canceling the application of the first hopping beam pattern in the case that the first event is triggered; or canceling the application of the first hopping beam pattern in the case that the deactivation condition of the first hopping beam pattern is met.

[0550] In the case that the first event is triggered to cancel the application of the first hopping beam pattern, the communication method provided by the present application is shown in FIG. 19.

[0551] FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the eighteenth communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 19, the method includes the following steps.

[0552] S1901, the terminal device applies the first hopping beam pattern.

[0553] In some embodiments, S1901 can include the method steps for implementing the application of the first hopping beam pattern in any of the embodiments of FIGS. 2 to 18.

[0554] S1902, cancel the application of the first hopping beam pattern in the case that the first event is triggered.

[0555] In some embodiments, the deactivation condition of the first hopping beam pattern includes at least one of the following:

[0556] The configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to release, the release indicates to deactivate the hopping beam pattern, and the first hopping beam pattern is carried in the dedicated signaling;

[0557] The second indication information obtained indicates to deactivate the first hopping beam pattern;

[0558] The current time is not located in the activation time of the first hopping beam pattern.

[0559] In some embodiments, the second indication information is carried by one or more of the following: DCI, MAC CE.

[0560] In some embodiments, the second indication information includes the identification or index or number or serial number of the first hopping beam pattern.

[0561] Then, the cancellation of the application of the first hopping beam pattern is described in combination with examples 91 to 97.

[0562] Example 91, in the case that the configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to release, the application of the first hopping beam pattern is canceled. On the basis of example 91, the communication method provided by the present application is shown in FIG. 20.

[0563] FIG. 20 is a nineteenth flowchart illustrating a method of communication according to some embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 20, the method includes the following steps.

[0564] S2001, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern.

[0565] In some embodiments, the execution process of S2001 is the same as that of S1901, and details are not repeated here.

[0566] In an example, the network-side device sends a dedicated signaling to the terminal device, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to be established, the dedicated signaling carries the first hop beam pattern, and the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern.

[0567] S2002, the network-side device sends a dedicated signaling to the terminal device, and a configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to be released.

[0568] In some embodiments, the network-side device sends the dedicated signaling to the terminal device in a preset structure.

[0569] S2003, the terminal device cancels the application of the first hop beam pattern in the case where the configuration field is set to be released.

[0570] In the above embodiment of FIG. 20, the network-side device can configure multiple hop beam patterns for the terminal device in advance, and dynamically instruct the terminal device to use which hop beam pattern through the dedicated signaling, which increases the flexibility of the network-side device configuration, and reduces the signaling overhead of the network-side device frequently sending the hop beam pattern to the terminal device.

[0571] Example 92, in the case where the acquired second indication information indicates deactivating the first hop beam pattern, the first hop beam pattern is canceled. Based on example 92, the communication method provided by the present application is shown in FIG. 21.

[0572] FIG. 21 is a twentieth flowchart illustrating a method of communication according to some embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 21, the method includes the following steps.

[0573] S2101, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern.

[0574] In some embodiments, the execution process of S2101 is the same as that of S2001, and details are not repeated here.

[0575] In an example, the network-side device sends multiple hop beam patterns to the terminal device through system information, and sends first indication information to the terminal device, the first indication information indicates activating the first hop beam pattern, and the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern.

[0576] S2102, the network side device sends second indication information, the second indication information indicates deactivation of the first hop beam pattern.

[0577] In some embodiments, the first indication information and the second indication information can be the same.

[0578] In the case where the first indication information and the second indication information are the same, it can be understood that the terminal device receives the first indication information for the first time, and considers it as indicating activation of the first hop beam pattern, and the terminal device receives the first indication information for the second time, and considers it as indicating deactivation of the first hop beam pattern.

[0579] S2103, the terminal device cancels application of the first hop beam pattern according to the second indication information.

[0580] In the embodiment of FIG. 21, the network side device can configure multiple hop beam patterns for the terminal device in advance, and dynamically indicate which hop beam pattern the terminal device uses through the indication information, which increases the flexibility of the network side device configuration, and reduces the signaling overhead of the network side device frequently sending the hop beam pattern to the terminal device.

[0581] Example 93, in the case where the current time is not located in the activation time of the first hop beam pattern, the first hop beam pattern is canceled. On the basis of example 93, the communication method provided by the application is shown in FIG. 22.

[0582] FIG. 22 is a twenty-first flowchart of the communication method provided by the embodiment of the application. As shown in FIG. 22, the method comprises:

[0583] S2201, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern.

[0584] In some embodiments, the execution process of S2201 is the same as that of S2001, which will not be repeated here.

[0585] S2202, in the case where the current time is not located in the activation time of the first hop beam pattern, the first hop beam pattern is canceled.

[0586] It should be noted that the following FIG. 22 to FIG. 27 have similar beneficial effects with FIG. 20 and FIG. 21, and the beneficial effects of each embodiment in FIG. 22 to FIG. 27 will not be repeated here.

[0587] Example 94, in the case where the configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to release, and the obtained second indication information indicates deactivation of the first hop beam pattern, the first hop beam pattern is canceled. On the basis of example 94, the communication method provided by the application is shown in FIG. 23.

[0588] FIG. 23 is a twenty-second flowchart illustrating a method of communication provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 23, the method includes the following steps.

[0589] S2301, the terminal device applies the first beam hopping pattern.

[0590] In some embodiments, the execution process of S2301 is the same as that of S2001, and details are not repeated here.

[0591] S2302, the network-side device sends dedicated signaling to the terminal device, and a configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to release.

[0592] S2303, the network-side device sends second indication information to the terminal device, and the second indication information indicates to deactivate the first beam hopping pattern.

[0593] S2304, the terminal device cancels application of the first beam hopping pattern in a case where the configuration field is set to release and the second indication information obtained indicates to deactivate the first beam hopping pattern.

[0594] Example 95, the first beam hopping pattern is canceled in a case where the configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to release and the current time is not located in the activation time of the first beam hopping pattern. On the basis of example 95, the communication method provided by the present disclosure is shown in FIG. 24.

[0595] FIG. 24 is a twenty-third flowchart illustrating a method of communication provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 24, the method includes the following steps.

[0596] S2401, the terminal device applies the first beam hopping pattern.

[0597] In some embodiments, the execution process of S2401 is the same as that of S2001, and details are not repeated here.

[0598] S2402, the network-side device sends dedicated signaling to the terminal device, and a configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to release.

[0599] S2403, the terminal device cancels application of the first beam hopping pattern in a case where the configuration field is set to release and the current time is not located in the activation time of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0600] Example 96, the first beam hopping pattern is canceled in a case where the second indication information obtained indicates to deactivate the first beam hopping pattern and the current time is not located in the activation time of the first beam hopping pattern. On the basis of example 96, the communication method provided by the present disclosure is shown in FIG. 25.

[0601] Figure 25 is a flowchart of the communication method provided in this application embodiment, number twenty-four. As shown in Figure 25, the method includes:

[0602] S2501, Terminal equipment uses the first hop beam pattern.

[0603] In some embodiments, the execution process of S2401 is the same as that of S2001, and will not be described again here.

[0604] S2502, The network-side device sends a second instruction message, which instructs the deactivation of the first hop beam pattern.

[0605] S2503. If the terminal device receives a second instruction information indicating to activate the first hop beam pattern and the current time is not within the activation time of the first hop beam pattern, it cancels the application of the first hop beam pattern.

[0606] Example 97: If the configuration field in the dedicated signaling is set to release, the acquired second indication information indicates to activate the first hop beam pattern, and the current time is not within the activation time of the first hop beam pattern, then the application of the first hop beam pattern is cancelled. Based on Example 97, the communication method provided in this application is shown in Figure 26 below.

[0607] Figure 26 is a flowchart of the communication method provided in this application embodiment for the twenty-fifth time. As shown in Figure 26, the method includes:

[0608] S2601, Terminal equipment uses the first hop beam pattern.

[0609] In some embodiments, the execution process of S2601 is the same as that of S2001, and will not be described again here.

[0610] S2602, The network-side device sends a dedicated signaling message to the terminal device, and the configuration field in the dedicated signaling message is set to release.

[0611] S2603, The network-side device sends a second instruction message, which instructs the deactivation of the first hop beam pattern.

[0612] S2604. If the terminal device is set to release in the configuration field, receives a second indication message indicating to activate the first hop beam pattern, and the current time is not within the activation time of the first hop beam pattern, then cancel the application of the first hop beam pattern.

[0613] In some embodiments, when the first hop beam pattern is not applied, the communication method provided in this application further includes: applying a third hop beam pattern and / or ignoring other hop beam patterns. Based on this embodiment, the communication method provided in this application is shown in Figure 27 below.

[0614] FIG. 27 is a twenty-sixth flowchart illustrating a method of communication, according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 27, the method includes the following steps:

[0615] S2701, the terminal device applies a first hop beam pattern.

[0616] In some embodiments, the execution process of S2601 is the same as that of S2001, which is not described herein again.

[0617] S2702, the terminal device cancels the application of the first hop beam pattern.

[0618] In some embodiments, S2701 can include the method steps for implementing the cancellation of the application of the first hop beam pattern in any of the embodiments of FIGS. 20-26.

[0619] S2703a, the terminal device applies a hop beam pattern carried by system information.

[0620] S2703b, the terminal device applies an Nth hop beam pattern in a first list, the first list including all or part of at least one hop beam pattern, and N being a positive integer.

[0621] In some embodiments, N can be a positive integer agreed by the protocol.

[0622] In some embodiments, S2703b can include that the terminal device determines the first list according to the acquisition of the at least one hop beam pattern, and applies the Nth hop beam pattern in the first list.

[0623] In some embodiments, the at least one hop beam pattern includes two of the hop beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal device, the hop beam pattern carried by the system information, and the hop beam pattern carried by the dedicated signaling, and in the case that the first list includes part of the at least one hop beam pattern, the first list includes the hop beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal device, or the hop beam pattern carried by the system information, or the hop beam pattern carried by the dedicated signaling.

[0624] In some embodiments, the at least one hop beam pattern includes the hop beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal device, the hop beam pattern carried by the system information, and the hop beam pattern carried by the dedicated signaling, and in the case that the first list includes part of the at least one hop beam pattern, the first list includes the hop beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal device and the hop beam pattern carried by the system information, or the first list includes the hop beam pattern carried by the system information and the hop beam pattern carried by the dedicated signaling, or the first list includes the hop beam pattern pre-stored by the terminal device and the hop beam pattern carried by the dedicated signaling.

[0625] In some embodiments, the terminal device determines the first list according to the obtained at least one hop beam pattern, including: sorting the at least one hop beam pattern in descending or ascending order of the system information, the dedicated signaling and the priority of the terminal device, and obtaining the first list by sorting the at least one hop beam pattern.

[0626] In some embodiments, the priority of the dedicated signaling is higher than the priority of the system information, and the priority of the system information is higher than the priority of the terminal device.

[0627] In some embodiments, the first list includes all of the at least one hop beam pattern, the at least one hop beam pattern includes the hop beam pattern 1 and the hop beam pattern 3 carried by the dedicated signaling, the hop beam pattern 2 and the hop beam pattern 4 carried by the system information, and the hop beam pattern 5 and the hop beam pattern 6 stored in the terminal device, and in the case that the priority of the dedicated signaling is higher than the priority of the system information, and the priority of the system information is higher than the priority of the terminal device, the arrangement order of the at least one hop beam pattern in the first list is: the hop beam pattern 1, the hop beam pattern 3, the hop beam pattern 2 and the hop beam pattern 4, the hop beam pattern 5 and the hop beam pattern 6.

[0628] S2703c, the terminal device applies the hop beam pattern indicated by the obtained third indication information, and the hop beam pattern indicated by the third indication information is one of the at least one hop beam pattern.

[0629] On the basis of S2703c, S2703c further includes: the network-side device sends third indication information to the terminal device, and the third indication information is used to indicate one of the at least one hop beam pattern. In some embodiments, the third indication information is carried by one or more of the following: DCI, MAC CE. In some embodiments, the third indication information includes an identifier or an index or a number or a serial number of the hop beam pattern indicated thereby.

[0630] S2703d, the terminal device applies the hop beam pattern agreed by the protocol.

[0631] In some embodiments, the hop beam pattern agreed by the protocol can be one of the at least one hop beam pattern.

[0632] It should be noted that S2703a-d are parallel technical solutions, and only one of them can be used.

[0633] In some embodiments, on the basis of S2703a-d, it can further include: ignoring other hop beam patterns. The other hop beam patterns are the hop beam patterns other than the first hop beam pattern and the one hop beam pattern applied by the terminal device in S2703a-b among the at least one hop beam pattern.

[0634] In some embodiments, the at least one hop beam pattern only includes the first hop beam pattern and the third hop beam pattern. Based on this embodiment, the communication method provided in this application is shown in FIG. 28.

[0635] FIG. 28 is a flowchart of the twenty-seventh embodiment of the communication method provided in this application. As shown in FIG. 28, the method includes the following steps.

[0636] S2801, the terminal device acquires the first hop beam pattern and the third hop beam pattern.

[0637] In some embodiments, the execution process of S2801 is similar to that of S201, which is not described here again.

[0638] S2802, the terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in the case where the first event is not triggered.

[0639] In some embodiments, the terminal device can also apply the first hop beam pattern in other cases, such as any one of the cases shown in FIGS. 3-18.

[0640] S2803, the terminal device applies the third hop beam pattern in the case where the first event is triggered.

[0641] Based on the embodiment of FIG. 28, the network side device can configure the third hop beam pattern for the terminal device in the RRC connected state in advance through the system message. The terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in the case where it does not enter the RRC connected state, and applies the third hop beam pattern in the case where it enters the RRC connected state. The network side device can also configure the first hop beam pattern for the terminal device in the idle state or the inactive state. The terminal device applies the first hop beam pattern in the case where it enters the idle state or the inactive state. In this way, the terminal device can perform synchronization or access and service according to different hop beam patterns, thereby improving the service experience of users.

[0642] In the embodiments of this application, applying the first configuration information corresponding to the beam (or the geographical area) can be understood as receiving signaling and / or data based on the first configuration information. For example, in the duration of the first closed state, the measurement on the serving cell is skipped, the paging is not listened to, the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) is not listened to, the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not listened to, and the like.

[0643] In the embodiments of the present application, the second configuration information corresponding to the application beam (or the geographical area) can be understood as the signaling and / or data transmission based on the second configuration information. For example, during the duration of the second closed state, no scheduling request (SR) is transmitted, no random access is initiated, and the like.

[0644] In the embodiments of the present application, the application of the beam hopping pattern is canceled, which can be understood as not receiving signaling and / or data based on the first configuration information corresponding to the beam in the beam hopping pattern, and not transmitting signaling and / or data based on the second configuration information corresponding to the beam in the beam hopping pattern.

[0645] It should be noted that the communication method provided by the present application is implemented when the terminal device supports uplink coverage enhancement. In the above FIG. 2 to FIG. 28, the terminal device can also send uplink coverage enhancement indication information to the network side device, and the uplink coverage enhancement indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device supports uplink coverage enhancement.

[0646] In some embodiments, the step of the terminal device sending the uplink coverage enhancement indication information to the network side device can be located before any one of the steps in FIG. 2 to FIG. 28. For example, before S201, the terminal device sends the uplink coverage enhancement indication information to the network side device. For example, before S1803, the terminal device sends the uplink coverage enhancement indication information to the network side device.

[0647] FIG. 29 is a structural schematic diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application. The communication device can be implemented by software and / or hardware. As shown in FIG. 29, the communication device 290 includes:

[0648] The acquisition module 2901 is configured to acquire at least one beam hopping pattern, wherein the beam hopping pattern includes at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, and the first configuration information indicates the duration of at least one first beam state of the beam.

[0649] The application module 2902 is configured to apply a first beam hopping pattern in the at least one beam hopping pattern.

[0650] The communication device 290 provided by the embodiments of the present application is used to execute the method steps executed by the terminal device in the above method embodiments, and the implementation principles and beneficial effects are similar, which will not be described here.

[0651] In some embodiments, the at least one beam hopping pattern includes at least one of the following:

[0652] The beam hopping pattern pre-stored by the terminal device;

[0653] The beam hopping pattern carried by the system information;

[0654] The first beam hopping pattern is carried by dedicated signaling.

[0655] In some embodiments, the first beam hopping pattern in the at least one beam hopping pattern is applied in one or more of the following cases:

[0656] The first beam hopping pattern is carried by system information;

[0657] A second beam hopping pattern carried by dedicated signaling is not acquired, the second beam hopping pattern being one of the at least one beam hopping pattern;

[0658] An activation condition of the first beam hopping pattern is met;

[0659] The first beam hopping pattern is carried by dedicated signaling;

[0660] The first beam hopping pattern is a beam hopping pattern pre-stored by the terminal device;

[0661] A first event is not triggered.

[0662] In some embodiments, the first beam hopping pattern is a beam hopping pattern carried by dedicated signaling;

[0663] The communication apparatus 290 further includes:

[0664] A canceling module, configured to cancel application of a beam hopping pattern carried by system information.

[0665] In some embodiments, the activation condition of the first beam hopping pattern comprises at least one of the following:

[0666] A configuration field in dedicated signaling is set to establish, the establish indicating activation of a beam hopping pattern, the first beam hopping pattern being carried in the dedicated signaling;

[0667] The acquired first indication information indicates activation of the first beam hopping pattern;

[0668] A current time is located within an activation time of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0669] In some embodiments, the first indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0670] Downlink control information;

[0671] A medium access control control element.

[0672] In some embodiments, the first indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0673] In some embodiments, the activation time is characterized by any one of the following:

[0674] a start time and an end time;

[0675] a start time and an activation duration;

[0676] an activation duration and an end time;

[0677] a start time, an activation duration, and an activation period.

[0678] In some embodiments, the start time and / or the end time is an absolute time or a relative time.

[0679] In some embodiments, the activation duration and / or the activation period is in units of frames, subframes, slots, seconds, or milliseconds.

[0680] In some embodiments, the canceling module is specifically configured to:

[0681] cancel the application of the first beam hopping pattern in a case where a first event is triggered;

[0682] cancel the application of the first beam hopping pattern in a case where a deactivation condition of the first beam hopping pattern is met.

[0683] In some embodiments, the at least one beam hopping pattern only includes the first beam hopping pattern and a third beam hopping pattern; and the canceling module 2902 is further configured to:

[0684] apply the third beam hopping pattern in the case where the first event is triggered.

[0685] In some embodiments, the deactivation condition of the first beam hopping pattern includes at least one of the following:

[0686] a configuration field in dedicated signaling carrying the first beam hopping pattern is set to release, the release indicating deactivation of a beam hopping pattern;

[0687] the second indication information acquired indicates deactivation of the first beam hopping pattern;

[0688] a current time is not located within an activation time of the first beam hopping pattern.

[0689] In some embodiments, the second indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0690] downlink control information;

[0691] a medium access control control element.

[0692] In some embodiments, the second indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first hop beam pattern.

[0693] In some embodiments, in case of canceling application of the first hop beam pattern, the application module 2902 is further configured to:

[0694] apply a hop beam pattern carried by system information;

[0695] apply an Nth hop beam pattern in a first list, the first list comprising all or part of the at least one hop beam pattern, N being a positive integer;

[0696] apply a hop beam pattern indicated by the third indication information, the hop beam pattern indicated by the third indication information being one of the at least one hop beam pattern.

[0697] In some embodiments, the third indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0698] downlink control information;

[0699] a medium access control control element.

[0700] In some embodiments, the third indication information comprises an identity or an index of the indicated hop beam pattern.

[0701] In some embodiments, the first event comprises one or more of the following:

[0702] the terminal device enters an RRC connected state;

[0703] the terminal device successfully sends location information of the terminal device to the network side device for the first time;

[0704] the terminal device has sent a first RRC message;

[0705] the terminal device successfully receives a first second RRC message;

[0706] access stratum security activation.

[0707] In some embodiments, the first RRC message is any one of the following:

[0708] an RRC connection setup complete message;

[0709] an RRC connection resume complete message;

[0710] an RRC connection reestablishment complete message.

[0711] In some embodiments, the second RRC message is an RRC reconfiguration message.

[0712] In some embodiments, the first beam state is any one of:

[0713] a first off state, being a state that the beam is not used to transmit any message;

[0714] a first transmission state, being a state that the beam is used to transmit only common messages;

[0715] a second transmission state, being a state that the beam is used to transmit the any message.

[0716] In some embodiments, the application module 2902 is specifically configured to:

[0717] apply a first configuration information corresponding to a beam in which the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern, the at least one beam comprising the beam in which the terminal device is located.

[0718] In some embodiments, at least one geographical area corresponding to a first configuration information, the at least one geographical area being an area covered by the at least one beam.

[0719] In some embodiments, the application module 2902 is specifically configured to:

[0720] apply a first configuration information corresponding to a geographical area in which the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern.

[0721] In some embodiments, the hop beam pattern further comprises at least one second configuration information corresponding to the at least one beam, the second configuration information indicating a duration of at least one second beam state of a beam.

[0722] In some embodiments, the second beam state is any one of:

[0723] a second off state, being a state that the beam is not used to receive any message;

[0724] a first reception state, being a state that the beam is used to receive only common messages;

[0725] a second reception state, being a state that the beam is used to receive the any message.

[0726] In some embodiments, the application module 2902 is specifically configured to:

[0727] apply a second configuration information corresponding to a beam in which the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern, the at least one beam comprising the beam in which the terminal device is located.

[0728] In some embodiments, at least one geographical area corresponding to a second configuration information, the at least one geographical area being an area covered by the at least one beam;

[0729] The application module 2902 is specifically configured to:

[0730] apply second configuration information corresponding to a geographical area where the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern.

[0731] In some embodiments, the dedicated signaling is any one of the following:

[0732] a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message;

[0733] an RRC connection resume message;

[0734] an RRC connection setup message;

[0735] an RRC reestablishment message.

[0736] The communication apparatus 290 provided by the embodiments of the present application performs the method steps performed by the terminal device in the above method embodiments, and has similar implementation principles and beneficial effects, which will not be repeated here.

[0737] FIG. 30 is a second structural schematic diagram of a communication apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application. The communication apparatus can be implemented by software and / or hardware. As shown in FIG. 30, the communication apparatus 300 includes:

[0738] The sending module 3001 is configured to send at least one hop beam pattern, the hop beam pattern including at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, the first configuration information indicating a duration of at least one first beam state of the beam, and the at least one hop beam pattern including a first hop beam pattern applied by a terminal device.

[0739] The communication apparatus 300 provided by the embodiments of the present application performs the method steps performed by the network-side device in the above method embodiments, and has similar implementation principles and beneficial effects, which will not be repeated here.

[0740] In some embodiments, the at least one hop beam pattern includes at least one of the following:

[0741] a hop beam pattern carried by system information;

[0742] a hop beam pattern carried by dedicated signaling.

[0743] In some embodiments, the sending module 3001 is specifically configured to:

[0744] send dedicated signaling, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling being set to establishment, the establishment indicating activation of a hop beam pattern, and the first hop beam pattern being included in the dedicated signaling.

[0745] In some embodiments, the sending module 3001 is further configured to:

[0746] transmitting first indication information, the first indication information indicating to activate the first hop beam pattern;

[0747] transmitting an activation time of the first hop beam pattern.

[0748] In some embodiments, the first indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0749] downlink control information;

[0750] a medium access control control element.

[0751] In some embodiments, the first indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first hop beam pattern.

[0752] In some embodiments, the activation time is characterized by any one of the following:

[0753] a start time and an end time;

[0754] a start time and a duration;

[0755] a duration and an end time;

[0756] a start time, a duration and a periodicity.

[0757] In some embodiments, the start time and / or the end time is an absolute time or a relative time.

[0758] In some embodiments, the duration and / or the periodicity is in units of frame, subframe, slot, second or millisecond.

[0759] In some embodiments, the transmitting module 3001 is further configured to:

[0760] transmit dedicated signaling, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling being set to release, the release indicating to activate a hop beam pattern, the dedicated signaling comprising the first hop beam pattern;

[0761] transmit second indication information, the second indication information indicating to deactivate the first hop beam pattern.

[0762] In some embodiments, the second indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0763] downlink control information;

[0764] a medium access control control element.

[0765] In some embodiments, the second indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first hop beam pattern.

[0766] In some embodiments, the sending module 3001 is further configured to:

[0767] sending third indication information, the third indication information being used to indicate one of the at least one of the beam hopping patterns.

[0768] In some embodiments, the third indication information is carried by one or more of the following:

[0769] downlink control information;

[0770] a medium access control control element.

[0771] In some embodiments, the third indication information comprises one of the at least one of the beam hopping patterns.

[0772] In some embodiments, the first beam state is any one of the following:

[0773] a first off state, in which the beam is not used to transmit any message;

[0774] a first transmission state, in which the beam is used to transmit only common messages;

[0775] a second transmission state, in which the beam is used to transmit the any message.

[0776] In some embodiments, at least one geographical area corresponds to a first configuration information, the at least one geographical area being a region covered by the at least one beam.

[0777] In some embodiments, the beam hopping pattern further comprises at least one second configuration information corresponding to the at least one beam, the second configuration information indicating a duration of at least one second beam state of the beam.

[0778] In some embodiments, the second beam state is any one of the following:

[0779] a second off state, in which the beam is not used to receive any message;

[0780] a first reception state, in which the beam is used to receive only common messages;

[0781] a second reception state, in which the beam is used to receive the any message.

[0782] In some embodiments, at least one geographical area corresponds to a second configuration information, the at least one geographical area being a region covered by the at least one beam.

[0783] In some embodiments, the dedicated signaling is any one of the following:

[0784] RRC reconfiguration message;

[0785] RRC connection resume message;

[0786] RRC connection setup message;

[0787] RRC reestablishment message.

[0788] The communication apparatus 300 provided by the embodiments of the present application is used to execute the method steps performed by the network side device in the above-mentioned method embodiments, and the implementation principles and the beneficial effects are similar, which will not be repeated here.

[0789] FIG. 31 is a structure schematic diagram of a communication apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present application. The communication apparatus is, for example, a terminal device or a network side device. As shown in FIG. 31, the communication apparatus 310 can include a memory 3101, a processor 3102 and a transceiver 3103. The transceiver 3103 can include a transmitter and / or a receiver. The transmitter can also be referred to as a sender, a transmitter, a transmission port or a transmission interface, and the like. The receiver can also be referred to as a receiver, a receiving port or a receiving interface, and the like. Exemplarily, the memory 3101, the processor 3102 and the transceiver 3103 are connected to each other through a bus 3104.

[0790] The memory 3101 is used to store program instructions.

[0791] The processor 3102 is used to execute the program instructions stored in the memory, so as to make the electronic device execute the above-mentioned method.

[0792] The hardware related to the program instructions can be used to complete all or part of the steps of each of the above-mentioned method embodiments. The foregoing program can be stored in a readable memory. When the program is executed, the steps of each of the above-mentioned method embodiments are executed; and the foregoing memory (storage medium) includes a read-only memory (ROM), a RAM, a flash memory, a hard disk, a solid state disk, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical disc and any combination thereof.

[0793] The embodiments of the present application provide a communication apparatus, including a memory and a processor; the memory stores computer execution instructions; and the processor executes the computer execution instructions stored in the memory to implement the method in the above-mentioned method embodiments.

[0794] The embodiments of the present application provide a storage medium, and the storage medium stores computer execution instructions. When the computer execution instructions are executed by a processor, the computer execution instructions are used to implement the method in the above-mentioned method embodiments.

[0795] The embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, comprising a computer program which, when executed by a computer, implements the method in the method embodiment.

[0796] These computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instructions which implement the function specified in the flowchart or flowchart block or blocks and / or the block or blocks of the block diagram.

[0797] These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process so that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart or flowchart block or blocks and / or the block or blocks of the block diagram.

[0798] Those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the embodiments of the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Thus, if these modifications and variations of the embodiments of the present application belong to the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalent technologies, the present application is also intended to include these modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A communication method characterized by comprising: The method is applied to a terminal device, and the method comprises: obtaining at least one beam hopping pattern, wherein the beam hopping pattern comprises at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, and the first configuration information indicates a time duration of at least one first beam state of the beam; applying a first beam hopping pattern in the at least one beam hopping pattern.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The at least one beam hopping pattern comprises at least one of the following: a beam hopping pattern pre-stored by the terminal device; a beam hopping pattern carried by system information; a beam hopping pattern carried by dedicated signaling.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The first beam hopping pattern in the at least one beam hopping pattern is applied in at least one of the following cases: the first beam hopping pattern is carried by system information; a second beam hopping pattern carried by dedicated signaling is not obtained, wherein the second beam hopping pattern is one of the at least one beam hopping pattern; an activation condition of the first beam hopping pattern is met; the first beam hopping pattern is carried by dedicated signaling; the first beam hopping pattern is a beam hopping pattern pre-stored by the terminal device; a first event is not triggered.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein, The first beam hopping pattern is a beam hopping pattern carried by dedicated signaling, and the method further comprises: canceling application of a beam hopping pattern carried by system information.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein, The activation condition of the first beam hopping pattern comprises at least one of the following: a configuration field in dedicated signaling is set to establishment, wherein the establishment indicates that a beam hopping pattern is activated, and the first beam hopping pattern is carried in the dedicated signaling; first indication information obtained indicates that the first beam hopping pattern is activated; a current time is located within an activation time of the first beam hopping pattern.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein, The first indication information is carried by one or more of the following: downlink control information; a medium access control control element.

7. The method according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that, The first indication information comprises an identifier or an index of the first beam hopping pattern.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein, The activation time is represented by any one of the following: a start time and an end time; a start time and an activation duration; an activation duration and an end time; a start time, an activation duration and an activation period.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, The start time and / or the end time is an absolute time or a relative time.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein, The activation duration and / or the activation period is in units of frame, subframe, time slot, second or millisecond.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1-10, characterized in that, The method further comprises any one of the following: in a case where a first event is triggered, the first beam hopping pattern is canceled; in a case where a deactivation condition of the first beam hopping pattern is met, the first beam hopping pattern is canceled.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, The at least one beam hopping pattern comprises only the first beam hopping pattern and a third beam hopping pattern, and in the case where the first event is triggered, the first beam hopping pattern is canceled, and the method further comprises: applying the third beam hopping pattern.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein, The deactivation condition of the first beam hopping pattern comprises at least one of the following: a configuration field in dedicated signaling is set to release, wherein the release indicates that a beam hopping pattern is deactivated, and the first beam hopping pattern is carried in the dedicated signaling; second indication information obtained indicates that the first beam hopping pattern is deactivated; a current time is not located within an activation time of the first beam hopping pattern.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, The second indication information is carried by one or more of the following: Downlink control information; A medium access control control element.

15. The method according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that, The second indication information comprises an identity or an index of the first hop beam pattern.

16. The method according to any one of claims 13-15, characterized by, In a case where the first hop beam pattern is cancelled, the method further comprises any of the following: Applying a hop beam pattern carried by system information; Applying an Nth hop beam pattern in a first list, the first list comprising all or part of the at least one hop beam pattern, N being a positive integer; Applying a hop beam pattern indicated by third indication information obtained, the hop beam pattern indicated by the third indication information being one of the at least one hop beam pattern.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein, The third indication information is carried by one or more of the following: Downlink control information; A medium access control control element.

18. The method of any one of claims 16 or 17, wherein, The third indication information comprises an identity or an index of the indicated hop beam pattern.

19. The method of any one of claims 3-18, wherein, The first event comprises one or more of the following: The terminal device enters an RRC connected state; The terminal device successfully transmits location information of the terminal device to a network side device for the first time; The terminal device has transmitted a first RRC message; The terminal device successfully receives a first second RRC message; Access layer security is activated.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein, The first RRC message is any of the following: An RRC connection setup complete message; An RRC connection resume complete message; An RRC connection reestablishment complete message.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein, The second RRC message is an RRC reconfiguration message.

22. The method of any one of claims 1-21, wherein, The first beam state is any of the following: A first closed state, a state in which a beam is not used to transmit any message; A first transmission state, a state in which a beam is used to transmit only common messages; A second transmission state, a state in which a beam is used to transmit the any message.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein, The application of the first hop beam pattern in the at least one hop beam pattern comprises: Application of first configuration information corresponding to a beam in which the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern, the at least one beam comprising the beam in which the terminal device is located.

24. The method of any one of claims 1-22, wherein, At least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, the at least one geographical area corresponding to a first configuration information; The application of the first hop beam pattern in the at least one hop beam pattern comprises: Application of first configuration information corresponding to a geographical area in which the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern.

25. The method of any one of claims 1-24, wherein, The hop beam pattern further comprises at least one second configuration information corresponding to the at least one beam, the second configuration information indicating a duration of at least one second beam state of a beam.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein, The second beam state is any of the following: A second closed state, a state in which a beam is not used to receive any message; A first reception state, a state in which a beam is used to receive only common messages; A second reception state, a state in which a beam is used to receive the any message.

27. The method of claim 25 or 26, wherein, The application of the first hop beam pattern in the at least one hop beam pattern comprises: Application of second configuration information corresponding to a beam in which the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern, the at least one beam comprising the beam in which the terminal device is located.

28. The method of claim 25 or 26, wherein, The at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, and the at least one geographical area corresponds to a second configuration information; The application of the first hop beam pattern in the at least one hop beam pattern comprises: The application of the second configuration information corresponding to the geographical area where the terminal device is located in the first hop beam pattern.

29. The method of any one of claims 2, 3, 4, 5, or 13, wherein, The dedicated signaling is any one of the following: A radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message; An RRC connection resume message; An RRC connection setup message; An RRC reestablishment message.

30. A method of communication, comprising: The method applied to a network side device comprises: Sending at least one hop beam pattern, the hop beam pattern comprising at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, the first configuration information indicating a duration of at least one first beam state of the beam, and the at least one hop beam pattern comprising a first hop beam pattern applied by a terminal device.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein, The at least one hop beam pattern comprises at least one of the following: A hop beam pattern carried by system information; A hop beam pattern carried by dedicated signaling.

32. The method of claim 30 or 31, wherein, The sending of the at least one hop beam pattern comprises: Sending dedicated signaling, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling being set to setup, the setup indicating activation of a hop beam pattern, and the first hop beam pattern being included in the dedicated signaling.

33. The method of claim 30 or 31, wherein, The method further comprises: Sending first indication information, the first indication information indicating activation of the first hop beam pattern; Sending an activation time of the first hop beam pattern.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein, The first indication information is carried by one or more of the following: Downlink control information; A medium access control control element.

35. The method of claim 33 or 34, wherein, The first indication information comprises an identifier or an index of the first hop beam pattern.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein, The activation time is characterized by any one of the following: A start time and an end time; A start time and an activation duration; An activation duration and an end time; A start time, an activation duration, and an activation period.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein, The start time and / or the end time is an absolute time or a relative time.

38. The method of claim 36, wherein, The activation duration and / or the activation period is in units of frames, subframes, slots, seconds, or milliseconds.

39. The method of any one of claims 30-38, wherein, The method further comprises at least one of the following: Sending dedicated signaling, a configuration field in the dedicated signaling being set to release, the release indicating activation of a hop beam pattern, and the first hop beam pattern being included in the dedicated signaling; Sending second indication information, the second indication information being used to indicate deactivation of the first hop beam pattern.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein, The second indication information is carried by one or more of the following: Downlink control information; A medium access control control element.

41. The method of claim 39 or 40, wherein, The second indication information comprises an identifier or an index of the first hop beam pattern.

42. The method of any one of claims 30-41, wherein, The method further comprises: Sending third indication information, the third indication information being used to indicate one of the at least one hop beam pattern.

43. The method of claim 42, wherein, The third indication information is carried by one or more of the following: Downlink control information; A medium access control control element.

44. The method of claim 42 or 43, wherein, The third indication information comprises the one of the at least one hop beam pattern.

45. The method of any one of claims 30-44, wherein, The first beam state is any one of the following: A first closed state, a state in which the beam is not used to transmit any message. The first transmission state is a state in which the beam is used only for transmitting common messages. The second transmission state is a state in which the beam is used for transmitting the any messages.

46. The method of any one of claims 30-45, wherein, The at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, and the at least one geographical area corresponds to a first configuration information.

47. The method of any one of claims 30-46, wherein, The at least one second configuration information indicates a duration of at least one second beam state of the beam.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein, The second beam state is any one of the following: The second closed state is a state in which the beam is not used for receiving any messages. The first reception state is a state in which the beam is used only for receiving common messages. The second reception state is a state in which the beam is used for receiving the any messages.

49. The method of claim 47 or 48, wherein, The at least one geographical area is an area covered by the at least one beam, and the at least one geographical area corresponds to a second configuration information.

50. The method of any one of claims 31, 32, or 39, wherein, The dedicated signaling is any one of the following: An RRC reconfiguration message; An RRC connection resume message; An RRC connection setup message; An RRC reestablishment message.

51. A communications device, characterized by The apparatus applied to a terminal device, and the apparatus comprises: An obtaining module configured to obtain at least one beam hopping pattern, wherein the beam hopping pattern comprises at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, and the first configuration information indicates a duration of at least one first beam state of the beam. An applying module configured to apply a first beam hopping pattern in the at least one beam hopping pattern.

52. A communications device, characterized by The apparatus applied to a network side device, and the apparatus comprises: A sending module configured to send at least one beam hopping pattern, wherein the beam hopping pattern comprises at least one first configuration information corresponding to at least one beam, and the first configuration information indicates a duration of at least one first beam state of the beam, and the at least one beam hopping pattern comprises a first beam hopping pattern applied by a terminal device.

53. A communication system, characterized by The apparatus comprises: A terminal device and a network side device. The terminal device is configured to execute the method in any one of claims 1-29. The network side device is configured to execute the method in any one of claims 30-50.

54. A communications device, characterized by The apparatus comprises: A memory and a processor. The memory stores computer execution instructions. The processor executes the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, so as to realize the method in any one of claims 1-50.

55. A storage medium, characterized by The storage medium stores computer execution instructions, and the computer execution instructions are configured to realize the method in any one of claims 1-50 when executed by a processor.

56. A computer program product, characterised in that, The apparatus comprises a computer program, and the computer program is configured to realize the method in any one of claims 1-50 when executed by a computer.

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