Period acquisition method, electronic device, program product, and medium

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide a period acquisition method, an electronic device, a program product, and a medium, used for avoiding a conflict between first channel indication information and a second channel beam report. The specific solution is: receiving first configuration information sent by a network device, the first configuration information being used for indicating a period and an offset of first channel indication information and periods of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or the first configuration information being used for indicating a period and an offset of a second channel beam report and a period of first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and determining periods of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report on the basis of the first configuration information and a period setting rule.

Description

Period acquisition method, electronic device, program product and medium

[0001] The present application claims priority from the Chinese patent application No. 202411377038.0 filed on September 29, 2024, and entitled "Period acquisition method, electronic device, program product and medium", the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a period acquisition method, an electronic device, a program product and a medium. BACKGROUND

[0003] In the prior art, the period and offset of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report are configured independently in the beam report transmission process. There is a case that the transmission occasions of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report are the same, which causes a conflict between the configured transmission occasions of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report. Therefore, how to avoid the conflict between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, reduce the complexity of the terminal device in processing the uplink signaling conflict, and enable efficient transmission of the two has become a technical problem to be solved at present. SUMMARY

[0004] The present application provides a period acquisition method, an electronic device, a program product and a medium, aiming to solve the problem of how to avoid the conflict between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present application provides the following technical solutions:

[0006] The first aspect of the present application provides a period acquisition method applied to a terminal device, comprising:

[0007] receiving first configuration information sent by a network device; the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam report, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1;

[0008] determining the period of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information and a period setting rule.

[0009] The method determines the periodicity of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report based on a periodic configuration rule, so as to reconfigure the periodicity of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, and avoid the transmission occasion of the first channel indication information from conflicting with the transmission occasion of the second channel beam report.

[0010] In some possible implementation manners, the first configuration information carries M first IDs; and the first ID is an ID of a second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information.

[0011] The method carries the first ID in the first configuration information, so that the terminal device can determine the second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information based on the first ID after receiving the first configuration information.

[0012] In some possible implementation manners, the first ID is a channel state information report configuration ID; and the channel state information report configuration ID is used for a beam management procedure.

[0013] The method uses the channel state information report configuration ID as the first ID, and since the channel state information report configuration ID is used for the beam management procedure and the beam management procedure includes sending the corresponding second channel beam report, the channel state information report configuration ID corresponds to a unique second channel beam report, so that the first ID can correspond to the unique second channel beam report, and the terminal device can accurately determine the second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information based on the first ID.

[0014] In some possible implementation manners, the first configuration information includes a first field; and the first field is used to indicate whether the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report.

[0015] The method carries the first field in the first configuration information, so that the terminal device determines whether the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report based on the content indicated by the first field.

[0016] In some possible implementation manners, the periodic configuration rule includes: when the first field indicates that the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the first channel indication information satisfies a first constraint condition, or an offset of the first channel indication information and an offset of the second channel beam report satisfy a second constraint condition, the periodicity of the second channel beam report is configured based on the periodicity of the first channel indication information.

[0017] The method sets a first constraint condition and a second constraint condition, and configures a period of a second channel beam report based on a period of first channel indication information when the first channel indication information meets the constraint conditions.

[0018] In some possible implementation manners, the period setting rule comprises: when the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the period of the first channel indication information does not meet a first constraint condition, and an offset of the first channel indication information and an offset of the second channel beam report do not meet a second constraint condition, configuring the period of the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information.

[0019] The method configures the period of the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information when the first constraint condition and the second constraint condition are not met at the same time, thereby avoiding that the terminal device cannot determine the period of the second channel beam report due to the first channel indication information not meeting the first constraint condition and the second constraint condition.

[0020] In some possible implementation manners, the first constraint condition is that the period of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols; and the X is a minimum number of symbols between a last symbol of the first channel indication information and a transmission occasion of transmitting the second channel beam report.

[0021] The method sets the period of the first channel indication information being greater than or equal to X symbols as the first constraint condition, thereby avoiding that the second channel beam report cannot be transmitted X symbols after the first channel indication information is transmitted due to the period of the first channel indication information being less than X symbols.

[0022] In some possible implementation manners, the second channel beam report is activated and periodically transmitted at a first available transmission occasion when a prohibit timer of associated first channel indication information is enabled and a maximum number of transmissions is not reached.

[0023] Since the period of the second channel beam report is changed after being set as the period of the first channel indication information, it is not determined at which moment the period of the second channel beam report is activated, so the method sets a first available transmission occasion when a prohibit timer of associated first channel indication information is enabled and a maximum number of transmissions is not reached as an activation condition of the period of the second channel beam report, thereby enabling the second channel beam report to be periodically transmitted according to the changed period.

[0024] In some possible implementation manners, the second channel beam report is deactivated and stops being sent after X symbols of a last symbol being sent, or a prohibit timer is reset, or a maximum transmission number is reset, when the associated first channel indication information reaches the maximum transmission number and / or reaches a prohibit timer threshold.

[0025] Since the period of the second channel beam report is changed after the period of the second channel beam report is set to the period of the first channel indication information, it is not determined at which time the period of the second channel beam report is deactivated, the method sets the second channel beam report as a deactivation condition of the period of the second channel beam report when X symbols of a last symbol being sent, or a prohibit timer is reset, or a maximum transmission number is reset, when the associated first channel indication information reaches the maximum transmission number and / or reaches a prohibit timer threshold, so that the second channel beam report can be sent according to the changed period.

[0026] In some possible implementation manners, the first configuration information carries an ID of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report.

[0027] The method carries the ID of the first channel indication information in the first configuration information, so that the terminal device can determine the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report after receiving the first configuration information.

[0028] In some possible implementation manners, the first configuration information includes a second field; and the second field is used to indicate whether the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information.

[0029] The method carries the second field in the first configuration information, so that the terminal device determines whether the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information according to the content indicated by the second field.

[0030] In some possible implementation manners, the period setting rule includes: when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, if the period of the second channel beam report meets a third constraint condition, or an offset of the first channel indication information and an offset of the second channel beam report meet a second constraint condition, the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the period of the second channel beam report.

[0031] The second constraint condition and the third constraint condition are set to consider the correlation between the associated first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, and the period of the first channel indication information is configured to avoid conflict between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report.

[0032] In some possible implementation manners, the period setting rule comprises: when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, if the period of the second channel beam report does not satisfy the third constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition, the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0033] The second constraint condition and the third constraint condition are set to consider the correlation between the associated first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, and the period of the first channel indication information is configured to avoid conflict between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report.

[0034] In some possible implementation manners, the second constraint condition is that an absolute value of a difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols.

[0035] In some possible implementation manners, the third constraint condition is that the period of the second channel beam report is greater than or equal to X symbols, and the X is a number of symbols between a last symbol of the first channel indication information and a transmission occasion of transmitting the second channel beam report.

[0036] The method sets the period of the second channel beam report being greater than or equal to X symbols as the first constraint condition, to avoid that the second channel beam report cannot be transmitted X symbols after the first channel indication information is transmitted due to the period of the second channel beam report being less than X symbols.

[0037] In some possible implementation manners, the period setting rule comprises: when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is in a common period set, the period of the second channel beam report is set as the period of the first channel indication information; and the periods in the common period set are allowed to be simultaneously set as the period of the first channel indication information and the period of the second channel beam report.

[0038] The method sets the period of the second channel beam report as the period of the first channel indication information when the period of the first channel indication information is located in the common period set, so that the transmission time of the first configuration information in each period is X symbols away from the transmission time of the associated second channel beam report, and the transmission time of each subsequent first channel indication information is avoided from conflicting with the transmission time of the associated second channel beam report.

[0039] In some possible implementation manners, the period setting rule comprises: when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is located in a first preset set, the period of the second channel beam report is N p times of the period of the first channel indication information; the N p is a positive integer.

[0040] Since the transmission time of the first channel indication information is X symbols away from the transmission time of the second channel beam report, the method sets the period of the second channel beam report as N p times of the period of the first channel indication information, so as to ensure that the transmission times of the second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information are always X symbols away from each other, and the transmission time of the first channel indication information is avoided from conflicting with the transmission time of the associated second channel beam report.

[0041] In some possible implementation manners, based on the first configuration information and X1, a value of a system frame number when the terminal device transmits the second channel beam report and a number of slots in a frame are determined; X1=X+A, or X1=X; A is an integer greater than or equal to 0; and X is a number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the transmission time of the second channel beam report.

[0042] Therefore, the frame number corresponding to the transmission time of the second channel beam report when the second channel beam report is transmitted X symbols after the first channel indication information can be determined.

[0043] In some possible implementation manners, the period setting rule comprises: when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is located in a second preset set, the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0044] In some possible implementation manners, based on the first configuration information and X1, and a starting sequence number of a physical uplink control channel configured by radio resource control, an offset of the second channel beam report is determined to be the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel.

[0045] The offset of the second channel beam report is configured based on a starting sequence number of a physical uplink control channel.

[0046] In some possible implementation manners, the periodicity obtaining method further includes that the first channel indication information is applicable to Mode B and / or Mode A of a terminal device sending / event triggering a beam reporting procedure. In Mode B, the second channel beam report is sent based on a periodicity of the second channel beam report after X symbols after the last symbol of the first channel indication information is sent; X is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

[0047] The method sends the second channel beam report after at least X symbols after the first channel indication information is sent, so that the sending time of the first channel indication information and the sending time of the second channel beam report are at least X symbols apart, and the network device is given preparation and processing time for receiving the second channel beam report on the preconfigured resource after receiving the notification of the first channel indication information.

[0048] The second aspect of the present application provides a periodicity obtaining method, applied to a network device, and the periodicity obtaining method includes:

[0049] The first configuration information is sent to the terminal device, and the first configuration information is used to indicate a periodicity and an offset of the first channel indication information, and a periodicity of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or used to indicate a periodicity and an offset of the second channel beam report, and a periodicity of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0050] In some possible implementation manners, the periodicity obtaining method further includes:

[0051] The offset of the second channel beam report is obtained based on resource information or sequence information of a first uplink physical control channel sent by the terminal device.

[0052] The third aspect of the present application provides a communication apparatus, including a memory and at least one processor. The memory is used to store a program, and the at least one processor is used to run the program, so that the communication apparatus implements the periodicity obtaining method provided by the first aspect or the second aspect of the present application.

[0053] The fourth aspect of the present application provides a computer storage medium, used to store a computer program, and the computer program is executed to implement the periodicity obtaining method provided by the first aspect or the second aspect of the present application. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0054] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0055] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a periodic acquisition method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0056] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a process of configuring a period of first channel indication information according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0057] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a period of first channel indication information being greater than or equal to X symbols according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0058] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a period of first channel indication information being less than X symbols according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0059] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a process of configuring a period of second channel beam reporting according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0060] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another periodic acquisition method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0061] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0062] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0063] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of another electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0064] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. The terms used in the following embodiments are only for the purpose of describing the specific embodiments and are not intended to be limiting to the present application. As used in the specification and the appended claims of the present application, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “one or more” as used in the embodiments of the present application means one, two, or more than two; “and / or” describes the associated objects in the association relationship, which means that there can be three kinds of relationships; for example, A and / or B can mean that A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone, where A and B can be singular or plural. The character “ / ” generally represents an “or” relationship between the associated objects.

[0065] Reference within this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. The appearance of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places in this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are they necessarily referring to any particular embodiment. Whether the application contains one or more embodiments, the terms "comprise", "comprising", "include", "including" and the like are used synonymously with the term "containing" unless otherwise indicated.

[0066] The plurality of embodiments of the present application refers to greater than or equal to two. It should be noted that in the description of the embodiments of the present application, the terms "first", "second", etc. are only used for the purpose of distinguishing the description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance, nor can it be understood as indicating or implying order.

[0067] The embodiments of the present application are applied to a communication system, which can be a second generation (2G) communication system, a third generation (3G) communication system, can be an LTE system, can be a fifth generation (5G) communication system, can be an LTE and 5G hybrid architecture, can be a 5G new radio (5G NR) system, and a new communication system that appears in future communication development, etc.

[0068] A communication system includes a network device. The network device can be an entity on the network side for transmitting or receiving signals, can be used to exchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets as a router between a terminal device and the rest of the access network, which can include an IP network and the like. The network device can also coordinate the management of the properties of the air interface. For example, the network device can be an evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in LTE, can also be a new radio controller (NR controller), can be a gNodeB (gNB) in a 5G system, can be a centralized unit, can be a new radio base station, can be a radio frequency remote module, can be a micro base station, can be a relay, can be a distributed unit, can be a transmission reception point (TRP) or a transmission point (TP), or any other wireless access device. The communication system includes a network device and at least one terminal device, and can also include multiple network devices and multiple terminal devices. An example of a communication system is shown in FIG. 1, which includes a base station 1, a terminal 2 and a terminal 3.

[0069] In the embodiments provided in the present application, the base station can be any kind of device with wireless transceiving function, including but not limited to: an evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in long term evolution (LTE), a base station (gNodeB or gNB) or transmission receiving point (TRP) in new radio (NR), a base station in subsequent evolution of 3GPP, an access node in a Wi-Fi system, a wireless relay node, a wireless backhaul node, etc. The base station can be: a macro base station, a micro base station, a pico base station, a micro station, a relay station, or a balloon station, etc. The base station can include one or more co-sited or non-co-sited transmission points (TRPs). The base station can also be a radio controller in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) scenario, a centralized unit (CU), and / or a distributed unit (DU). The base station can communicate with the terminal, or communicate with the terminal through the relay station. The terminal can communicate with multiple base stations of different technologies, for example, the terminal can communicate with a base station supporting an LTE network, and can also communicate with a base station supporting a 5G network, and can also communicate with a base station supporting an LTE network and a base station supporting a 5G network in dual connectivity.

[0070] In the embodiments provided in the present application, the terminal device is an entity on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals. The terminal device can be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user, such as a handheld device having wireless connection function, a vehicle-mounted device, etc. The terminal device can also be other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The terminal device can communicate with a radio access network (RAN). The terminal device can also be referred to as a wireless terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile, a mobile station, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a user equipment (UE), etc. The terminal device can be a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone (also known as a "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal, for example, a portable, pocket, handheld, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile device that exchanges language and / or data with a radio access network. For example, the terminal device can also be a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc. Common terminal devices are, for example, mobile phones, tablets, notebook computers, palmtop computers, mobile internet devices (MIDs), wearable devices such as smart watches, smart bracelets, pedometers, vehicle-mounted communication devices, Internet of Things devices, etc.

[0071] In order to make the technical solutions of the present application clearer and easier to understand, the periodic acquisition method of the embodiments of the present application will be introduced below in combination with the drawings.

[0072] Referring to a flowchart of a periodic acquisition method shown in FIG. 2, the method is applied to a terminal device and includes the following steps.

[0073] S201: receive first configuration information sent by the network device; the first configuration information is used to indicate a period and an offset of first channel indication information, and a period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or is used to indicate a period and an offset of the second channel beam report, and a period of first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0074] The first channel indication information is a kind of uplink control information (UCI) signaling different from a dedicated scheduling request (SR), a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and a channel state information report (CSI report), and occupies a bit width of 1 bit, and is at least used for a new radio (NR) 19th version user end initiated / event driven beam report transmission process.

[0075] In some embodiments, the first channel indication information is applicable to Mode-B and / or Mode-A.

[0076] In some embodiments, the first channel indication information can be in the form of SR, and occupies a bit width of 1 bit.

[0077] In some embodiments, the first channel indication information is associated with one or more preconfigured resources for sending the second channel beam report.

[0078] Specifically, when the first configuration information is used to indicate a period and an offset of the first channel indication information, and a period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, the first configuration information carries M first IDs, and the first ID is an ID of the second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information. Thus, after receiving the first configuration information, the terminal device can determine the second beam report associated with the first channel indication information based on the first ID in the first configuration information.

[0079] The first ID is an ID capable of indicating a unique second channel beam report, for example, a channel state information report configuration ID (CSI-ReportConfigID). Since the channel state information report configuration ID is used for a beam management procedure, and the beam management procedure includes sending a second channel beam report, the channel state information report configuration ID is capable of indicating a unique second channel beam report.

[0080] Taking the first ID as an example of a CSI-ReportConfigID, the first configuration information includes multiple CSI-ReportConfigIDs: UEIRequestResourceConfig::SEQUENCE{ … UEIRequestResourceId UEIRequestResourceId, UEIRequestId UEIRequestId, csi-ReportConfigToAddModList SEQUENCE(SIZE(1..M))OF CSI-ReportConfig OPTIONAL,-- Need N csi-ReportConfigToReleaseList SEQUENCE(SIZE(1..M))OF CSI-ReportConfigId OPTIONAL,-- Need N …}

[0081] Each beam report transmission procedure request resource configuration (UEIRequestResourceConfig) includes an optional UEI request resource ID (UEIRequestResourceId) and a UEI request ID (UEIRequestId). The csi-ReportConfigToAddModList indicates a list of channel state information report configurations (CSI ReportConfig) associated with the UEIRequestResourceId, and the csi-ReportConfigToReleaseList indicates a list of CSI ReportConfig released from the above-mentioned associated list. The size of the two lists is at most M.

[0082] For the first channel indication and the second channel beam report configuration is a 1-to-M relationship, it is still supported that the second channel beam report configuration can be shared by multiple first channel indication information. Therefore, for each configuration of the second channel beam report, the corresponding UEIRequestId (or UEIRequestResourceId) is optionally added on the periodic, semi-persistent on the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), semi-persistent on the PUSCH, and aperiodic reporting.

[0083] When the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam report, and the period of the first channel indication information, the first configuration information carries the ID of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report. Thus, after receiving the first configuration information, the terminal device can determine the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report based on the ID of the first channel indication information in the first configuration information.

[0084] It should be noted that when the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of the M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, the offset of the second channel beam report is determined based on the period of the second channel beam report indicated by the first configuration information. When the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam report, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report, the offset of the first channel indication information is determined based on the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information.

[0085] For example, when the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the first channel indication information, and the period of the M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, if M = 1, the period of the second channel beam report is 5 slots, and the offset corresponding to 5 slots is 1 slot, 1 slot is taken as the offset of the second channel beam report. When the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam report, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report, if the period of the first channel indication information is 5 slots, and the offset corresponding to 5 slots is 1 slot, 1 slot is taken as the offset of the first channel indication information.

[0086] S202: Determine the period of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information and the period setting rule.

[0087] Specifically, the periodicity setting rule is constructed in advance based on the association between the first channel indication information and the associated second channel beam report. The periodicity of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report is configured based on the periodicity of the first channel indication information and the associated second channel beam report configured by the network device, and the periodicity setting rule. The first field is configured by the network device through Radio Resource Control (RRC) or dynamically indicated by Downlink Control Information (DCI) / Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC-CE) signaling and the like.

[0088] Further, when the first configuration information is used to indicate the periodicity and offset of the first channel indication information, and the periodicity of the M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, the first configuration information includes a first field. The first field is used to indicate whether the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated M second channel beam reports.

[0089] Since M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the indication of the first field on whether the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report can be divided into the following three cases:

[0090] I. The first field indicates that the periodicity of the first channel indication information is not applied to the associated second channel beam report.

[0091] When M is equal to 1 or M is greater than 1, the periodicity setting rule includes that if the first field indicates that the periodicity of the first channel indication information is not applied to the associated second channel beam report, the terminal device configures the periodicity of the first channel indication information and the periodicity of the second channel beam report according to the periodicity indicated by the first configuration information for the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, respectively.

[0092] II. The first field indicates that the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated M second channel beam reports.

[0093] When M is equal to 1 or M is greater than 1, the periodicity setting rule includes that if the first field indicates that the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, the periodicity of the M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information is determined based on the first constraint condition and the second constraint condition.

[0094] III. The first field indicates that the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated N second channel beam reports, and N is a positive integer less than M.

[0095] When M is greater than 1, the period setting rule comprises: when the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated N second channel beam reports, determining the period of the N second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information based on the first constraint condition and the second constraint condition, and configuring the period of the remaining second channel beam reports according to the period indicated in the first configuration information, i.e., the period of the M-N second channel beam reports.

[0096] Specifically, taking any one of the M second channel beam reports as an example, the period setting rule comprises: when the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the first channel indication information satisfies the first constraint condition, or the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report satisfy the second constraint condition, configuring the period of the second channel beam report based on the period of the first channel indication information.

[0097] It should be noted that configuring the period of the second channel beam report based on the period of the first channel indication information can be configuring the period of the second channel beam report as the same period as the first channel indication information, or configuring the period of the second channel beam report as n times the period of the first channel indication information.

[0098] When the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the period of the first channel indication information does not satisfy the first constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition, configuring the period of the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information.

[0099] In one specific embodiment, the first constraint condition is that the period of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols, and the second constraint condition is that the absolute value of the difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols.

[0100] For ease of understanding, the following examples are given:

[0101] As shown in FIG. 3, when the first field indicates that the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, it can be determined first whether the first channel indication information satisfies the first constraint condition. As shown in FIG. 4, if the period of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols, the period of the second channel beam report is set to the period of the first channel indication information.

[0102] As shown in FIG. 5, if the period of the first indication information is less than X symbols, the first channel indication information does not satisfy the first constraint condition. It is further determined whether the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report satisfy the second constraint condition. If the absolute value of the difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols, the period of the second channel beam report is set to the period of the first channel indication information. If the absolute value of the difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is less than X symbols, the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition. Since the first channel indication information does not satisfy the first constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition, the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0103] It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the order of determining the first constraint condition and the second constraint condition. For example, it can be verified whether the first constraint condition is satisfied first, and then whether the second constraint condition is satisfied when the first constraint condition is not satisfied. It can also be verified whether the second constraint condition is satisfied first, and then whether the first constraint condition is satisfied when the second constraint condition is not satisfied.

[0104] Further, after setting the period of the second channel beam report to the period of the first channel indication information, the start time and the end time of the period of the second channel beam report need to be configured, so that the terminal device determines when to activate the period of the second channel beam report, and when to deactivate the period of the second channel beam report. For example, based on the maximum transmission number of the prohibit timer, whether the first channel indication information is enabled, and the prohibit timer threshold, the start time and the end time of the period of the second channel beam report are set.

[0105] In a specific embodiment, after setting the period of the second channel beam report to the period of the first channel indication information, the second channel beam report is activated and periodically transmitted at the first available transmission opportunity when the associated prohibit timer of the first channel indication information is enabled and the maximum transmission number is not reached. The start time of the period of the second channel beam report is further configured after the period of the second channel beam report is configured.

[0106] Further, after setting the period of the second channel beam report as the period of the first channel indication information, the second channel beam report is sent after X symbols of the last symbol of the associated first channel indication information reaches the maximum transmission number and / or reaches the prohibit timer threshold, or the prohibit timer is reset, or the maximum transmission number is reset, the second channel beam report is deactivated and stops sending. After configuring the period of the second channel beam report, the end time of the period of the second channel beam report is further configured. The prohibit timer is specifically a ProhibitTimer timer.

[0107] Further, when the first configuration information is used to indicate the period and offset of the second channel beam report, and the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report, the first configuration information includes a second field. The second field is used to indicate whether the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the managed first channel indication information.

[0108] The period setting rule includes that if the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is not applied to the managed first channel indication information, the terminal device sends the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report according to the period indicated by the first configuration information for the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report respectively.

[0109] If the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the managed first channel indication information, the period of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report is determined based on the third constraint condition and the second constraint condition.

[0110] Specifically, when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, if the period of the second channel beam report meets the third constraint condition, or the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report meet the second constraint condition, the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the period of the second channel beam report. If the period of the second channel beam report does not meet the third constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not meet the second constraint condition, the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0111] In one specific embodiment, the third constraint condition is that the period of the second channel beam report is greater than or equal to X symbols.

[0112] For ease of understanding, the following examples are given:

[0113] As shown in FIG. 6, when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, it can be determined first whether the second channel beam report satisfies the third constraint condition. If the period of the second channel beam report is greater than or equal to X symbols, the period of the first channel indication information is set to the period of the second channel beam report. If the period of the second channel beam report is less than X symbols, the second channel beam report does not satisfy the third constraint condition. It is further determined whether the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report satisfy the second constraint condition. If the absolute value of the difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols, the period of the first channel indication information is set to the period of the second channel beam report. If the absolute value of the difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is less than X symbols, the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition. Since the second channel beam report does not satisfy the third constraint condition, and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition, the period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the first configuration information.

[0114] It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the order of determining the third constraint condition and the second constraint condition. For example, it can be verified first whether the third constraint condition is satisfied, and then whether the second constraint condition is satisfied when the third constraint condition is not satisfied. Or it can be verified first whether the second constraint condition is satisfied, and then whether the third constraint condition is satisfied when the second constraint condition is not satisfied.

[0115] In addition to the above, based on the first field and the second field included in the first configuration information, it is determined whether the period of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated M second channel beam reports, or the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, the embodiments of the present application can also configure the period of the second channel beam report based on the period of the first channel indication information in the first configuration information.

[0116] Specifically, the period setting rule includes setting the period of the second channel beam report to the period of the first channel indication information when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is in the common period set. The periods in the common period set are allowed to be set as the period of the first channel indication information and the period of the second channel beam report at the same time.

[0117] The period range allowed to be set for the first channel indication information and the period range allowed to be set for the second channel beam report are obtained in advance, and the overlapping part of the period range allowed to be set for the first channel indication information and the period range allowed to be set for the second channel beam report is included as the period in the common period set.

[0118] For example, if the period allowed to be set as the first channel indication information includes a period of length A and a period of length B, and the period allowed to be set as the second channel beam reporting includes a period of length A and a period of length C, then the common period set includes a period of length A.

[0119] Specifically, the common period set includes periods with a length of 4 time slots, periods with a length of 5 time slots, periods with a length of 8 time slots, periods with a length of 10 time slots, periods with a length of 16 time slots, periods with a length of 20 time slots, periods with a length of 40 time slots, periods with a length of 80 time slots, periods with a length of 160 time slots, and periods with a length of 320 time slots. When the period of the first channel indication information indicated in the first configuration information is the same as the length of any period in the common period set, then the period of the first channel indication information is set as the period of the second channel beam reporting.

[0120] In another optional embodiment, the period setting rule includes that when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is within a first preset set, the period of the second channel beam report is N times the period of the first channel indication information. p Times; N p It is a positive integer. That is, N p *UEI PERIODICITY mod T CSI =0. UEI PERIODICITY T is the period of the first channel indication information. CSI This is the reporting period for the second channel beam.

[0121] The first preset set includes periods with a length of 1 time slot, periods with a length of 2 time slots, periods with a length of 2 symbols, periods with a length of 6 symbols, and periods with a length of 7 symbols.

[0122] After determining that the period of the first channel indication information is located in the common period set or the first preset set, based on the first configuration information and X1, the system frame number when the terminal device sends the second channel beam report is determined, as well as the number of time slots in the frame; X1 = X + A, or X1 = X; A is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

[0123] Specifically, in one embodiment, when the period of the first channel indication information is within a common period set or a first preset set, based on the first configuration information and X1, the value of the system frame number of the terminal device and the number of time slots for transmitting the second channel beam report within the frame are determined, including:

[0124] based on X1 and UEI PERIODICITY Determine n f and in, This is the system frame number used to transmit the second channel beam report. This is the intra-frame slot number used for transmitting the second channel beam report. UEI PERIODICITY n is the period of the first channel indication information. f The value of the system frame number for the terminal device. The number of time slots for transmitting the second channel beam report within the frame. When the subcarrier spacing is configured as mu, it represents the number of time slots per frame, where mu is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

[0125] Furthermore, Enter to In order to determine n f and

[0126] exist and Send a second channel beam report, and the second channel beam report satisfies

[0127] Specifically, in another specific embodiment, the period setting rule includes determining the value of the system frame number of the terminal device and the number of time slots for transmitting the second channel beam report within the frame, based on the first configuration information and X1, when the period of the first channel indication information is within a common period set, including:

[0128] based on UEI OFFSET X1 and UEI PERIODICITY Determine n f and Among them, UEI PERIODICITY The period for the first channel indication information; UEI OFFSET The offset of the first channel indication information; X1 = X + A, or X1 = X; A is an integer greater than or equal to 0; n f The value of the system frame number for the terminal device; The number of time slots for transmitting the second channel beam report within the frame; The number of time slots per frame when the subcarrier spacing is configured as mu; mu is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

[0129] Furthermore, UEI OFFSET X1 and UEI PERIODICITY Enter to In order to determine n f and

[0130] In and transmitting the second channel beam report, and the second channel beam report satisfies

[0131] In another optional embodiment, the period setting rule comprises configuring a period of the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information when the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is in a second preset set.

[0132] Specifically, the second preset set comprises a period of 2 symbols, a period of 6 symbols, and a period of 7 symbols.

[0133] After determining that the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is in the second preset set, the offset of the second channel beam report is determined to be at a starting sequence number of a physical uplink control channel based on the first configuration information, X1, and the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel configured by the radio resource control.

[0134] The offset of the second channel beam report is configured based on the offset of the second channel beam report being at the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel.

[0135] In one specific embodiment, the offset of the second channel beam report is determined to be at the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel based on the first configuration information, X1, and the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel configured by the radio resource control, comprising:

[0136] inputting UEI PERIODICITY , X1, and l0 into (l-(l0+X1)mod UEI PERIODICITY )mod UEI PERIODICITY =0 to determine l. UEI PERIODICITY is the period of the first channel indication information; l0 is the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel configured by the radio resource control; and l is the offset of the second channel beam report at the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel.

[0137] Further, the offset of the configured second channel beam report satisfies (l-(l0+X1)mod UEI PERIODICITY )mod UEI PERIODICITY =0.

[0138] By setting the first channel indication information meeting the constraint condition or having a specific cycle length and the associated second channel beam report to the same cycle according to the cycle setting rule, or setting the cycle of the second channel beam report to be an integer multiple of the associated first channel indication information, the transmission occasion of the first channel indication information will not coincide with the transmission occasion of the associated second channel beam report in the cycle cycle, thereby reducing the possibility of conflict between the transmission occasion of the first channel indication information and the transmission occasion of the associated second channel beam report. To avoid conflict between the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, reduce the complexity of the terminal device in processing uplink signaling conflict, and enable efficient transmission of both.

[0139] In an optional embodiment, the above-mentioned cycle acquisition method further comprises:

[0140] After determining the cycle of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report, the first channel indication information is transmitted based on the cycle of the first channel indication information, and the second channel beam report is transmitted based on the cycle of the second channel beam report.

[0141] Specifically, the second channel beam report is transmitted based on the cycle of the second channel beam report after X symbols after the last symbol of the first channel indication information is transmitted; X is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

[0142] The second channel beam report is transmitted at the first available transmission occasion X symbols after the last symbol of the first channel indication information is transmitted, so that the first channel indication information and the second channel beam report are separated by X symbols, thereby reserving preparation and processing time for the network device to receive the second channel beam report on the preconfigured resource after receiving the notification of the first channel indication information.

[0143] In an optional embodiment, the first configuration information further comprises a third field, which is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to always report the beam quality of the current beam. The current beam refers to the beam of the reference signal associated with the indicated transmission configuration indication state (indicated TCI State).

[0144] When the third field indicates that the terminal device reports the beam quality of the current beam, the terminal device sends a second channel beam report to the network device, and the second channel beam report contains t reference signals, the beam whose beam quality satisfies the event condition, and the beam whose beam quality does not satisfy the event condition. After receiving the second channel beam report, the network device distinguishes the beam whose beam quality satisfies the event condition and the beam whose beam quality does not satisfy the event condition in the beam report reported by the terminal device. t is configured by the network device, and specifically includes but is not limited to 1, 2, 3, and 4.

[0145] When the third field indicates that the terminal device does not report the beam quality of the current beam, the second channel beam report sent by the terminal device to the network device needs to satisfy a constraint rule. The constraint rule is that the beam quality of the reference signal contained in the second channel beam report satisfies the event condition. That is, the quality of the t reference signals reported in the second channel beam report satisfies the event condition. Alternatively, the reference signal contained in the second channel beam report can be less than or equal to t, and the beam quality of each reference signal in the second channel beam report satisfies the event condition. So that the network device can determine the beam that satisfies the event condition and the beam that does not satisfy the event condition in the second channel beam report.

[0146] For example, when t=3, the beam quality of reference signal 1 and reference signal 2 satisfies the event condition, and the beam quality of reference signal 3 does not satisfy the event condition, if the third field indicates that the beam quality of the current signal is reported, the second channel beam report contains reference signal 1, reference signal 2 and reference signal 3. If the third field indicates that the beam quality of the current signal is not reported, the second channel beam report contains reference signal 1 and reference signal 2.

[0147] Further, different event types in the embodiments of the present application have different event conditions.

[0148] For example, when the event type is the first event type (Event-1), the event condition is that the quality of the current beam is lower than the first threshold value, and the first threshold value represents the threshold value when the quality of the current beam begins to decrease.

[0149] When the event type is the second event type (Event-2), the event condition is that the beam quality of a new beam is greater than the sum of the current beam quality and a second threshold value, and the second threshold value can be set based on actual needs.

[0150] When the event type is the third event type (Event-7), the event condition is that the beam quality of a new beam is greater than the sum of the beam quality of the beam with the lowest quality in a beam set and a third threshold value. The beam set is the beam with the top z signal quality in the current activated transmission configuration indication state. The size of z can be set based on actual needs.

[0151] It should be noted that when the third field indicates the beam quality of the current beam reported by the terminal device, the network device determines whether the beam meets the event conditions based on the difference between the beam quality of the current beam and the reported beam.

[0152] The third field indicates the configuration via RRC.

[0153] In an optional embodiment, when the terminal device needs to transmit the bits contained in the first channel indication information through any one of the PUCCH resources in Physical Uplink Control Channel format (PUCCH format) 2 / 3 / 4, the terminal device transmits the combined O through one of the required PUCCH resources in PUCCH format 2 / 3 / 4. UCI 1 bit.

[0154] Specifically, O UCI The 1 bit is the sum of the bits contained in the first channel indication information transmitted by the PUCCH resource, the bits contained in the HARQ-ACK information, the bits contained in the SR information, the bits contained in the CSI report information, and the bits contained in the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). That is, O UCI =O ACK +O SR +O UEI +O CSI +O CRC Among them, O UEI For the bits contained in the first channel indication information, O ACK For the bits contained in the HARQ-ACK message, O SR For the bits contained in the SR information, O CSI For the bits contained in the CSI report information, O CRC These are the bits included in the CRC. Among them, O UCI The bits are sorted in the order of HARQ-ACK, SR, UEI, and CSI report.

[0155] It should be noted that when the PUCCH resource does not transmit any one or more of the following information: HARQ-ACK information, SR information, and / or CSI report information, then O UCI The number of bits does not include the bits corresponding to untransmitted information.

[0156] For example, when the terminal device needs to transmit the first channel indication information and the HARQ-ACK information through any one of the PUCCH resources in the PUCCH format 2 / 3 / 4, but does not transmit the SR information and the CSI report information, the O UCI ACK UEI CRC bits.

[0157] Further, when the terminal device transmits the O UCI bits through any one of the PUCCH resources in the PUCCH format 2 / 3 / 4, the terminal device selects the minimum number of physical resource blocks (PRB) that can carry the O UCI bits and satisfies a preset condition. The preset condition is specifically:

[0158] wherein, is the minimum number of PRBs for the PUCCH resource transmission, is the controllable number of subcarriers corresponding to different PUCCH formats for each RB, is the OFDM symbol length corresponding to different PUCCH formats, Q m is the modulation order, and r is the code rate. If , the UE uses PRBs to transmit the PUCCH. is the determined uplink transmission scheduling bandwidth of the PUCCH resource in the form of the number of resource blocks (RB).

[0159] Further, when the O UCI bits include the bits corresponding to the CSI report, if the UE is configured with multi-CSI-PUCCH-ResourceList, the PUCCH resources are arranged in ascending order of the bits that can be carried to obtain a resource arrangement set.

[0160] If the first PUCCH resource in the resource arrangement set can carry less bits than the O UCI bits, the second PUCCH resource in the resource arrangement set is used to carry the O UCI bits. When the second PUCCH resource cannot carry less bits than the O UCI bits.​​If the first PUCCH resource cannot carry the bits of the CSI report, the bits required to be carried by the second PUCCH resource are selected according to the priority of each component in the CSI report from high to low. Thus, the bits selected according to the priority do not exceed the carrying capacity of the second PUCCH resource.

[0161] In a specific embodiment, the PUCCH in the embodiment of the application can discard all CSI reports.

[0162] If the UE is not configured with multi-CSI-PUCCH-ResourceList, and the PUCCH resource cannot carry the bits of the CSI report UCI If the first PUCCH resource cannot carry the bits of the CSI report, the bits required to be carried by the second PUCCH resource are selected according to the priority of each component in the CSI report from high to low. Thus, the bits selected according to the priority do not exceed the carrying capacity of the second PUCCH resource.

[0163] In a specific embodiment, the PUCCH in the embodiment of the application can discard all CSI reports.

[0164] In an optional embodiment, for mode A, when a first channel indicates that a PUCCH resource is associated with multiple CSI report configurations, if the first PUCCH resource is associated with a specific CSI report configuration, the DCI format sent by the network device indicates that the corresponding trigger state is associated with at least all or part of the CSI RS resource set / resource in the CSI report configuration associated with the first PUCCH resource, or the first PUCCH resource is associated with one or more specific trigger states.

[0165] For example, when the terminal device sends a first channel to the network device to request a resource for sending a second channel beam report, if the CSI report configuration associated with the first PUCCH resource includes configuration a and configuration b, the network device indicates that the corresponding trigger state is associated with the CSI RS resource set / resource in configuration a, or the CSI RS resource set / resource in configuration b, or the CSI RS resource set / resource in configuration a and configuration b, through the DCI format, so that the network device sends an indication of a resource for sending a beam report through the DCI format. The terminal device sends a second channel beam report based on the received resource.

[0166] As shown in FIG. 7, the embodiment of the application further provides a periodic acquisition method applied to a network device, and the periodic acquisition method comprises the following steps:

[0167] S701: send first configuration information to the terminal device; the first configuration information is used to indicate a period and an offset of first channel indication information, and a period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or the first configuration information is used to indicate a period and an offset of second channel beam reports, and a period of first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam reports; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0168] Further, the above period acquisition method further includes:

[0169] Based on resource information or sequence information of a first uplink physical control channel sent by the terminal device, the offset of the second channel beam report is acquired. For example, the offset of the second channel beam report is acquired by a first indication of uplink physical control channel format, or by an mcs value.

[0170] As shown in FIG. 8, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, and the communication device comprises:

[0171] The memory 801 is used to store computer programs or computer instructions.

[0172] The processor 802 is used to execute the computer programs or computer instructions stored in the memory, so that the communication device executes any one of the above period acquisition methods.

[0173] The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer storage medium for storing computer programs, and the computer programs are executed to implement any one of the above period acquisition methods.

[0174] FIG. 9 is an example of a structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application. The electronic device can be a first device, including but not limited to a base station, a core network unit. FIG. 9 shows a simplified structure of a base station. The base station includes a 910 part, a 920 part, and a 930 part. The 910 part is mainly used for baseband processing, controlling the base station, etc. The 910 part is usually the control center of the base station, which can be referred to as a processor, and is configured to control the base station to perform the processing operations of the first device side in the above method embodiments. The 920 part is mainly used for storing computer program codes and data. The 930 part is mainly used for transceiving radio frequency signals and converting radio frequency signals and baseband signals. The 930 part can be referred to as a transceiver module, a transceiver, a transceiving circuit, or a transceiver circuit, etc. The transceiver module of the 930 part can also be referred to as a transceiver or a transceiver circuit, etc., which includes an antenna 933 and a radio frequency circuit (not shown in the figure), wherein the radio frequency circuit is mainly used for radio frequency processing. Optionally, the devices in the 930 part for realizing the receiving function can be regarded as a receiver, and the devices for realizing the transmitting function can be regarded as a transmitter, i.e., the 930 part includes a receiver 932 and a transmitter 931. The receiver can also be referred to as a receiving module, a receiver, or a receiving circuit, etc., and the transmitter can be referred to as a transmitting module, a transmitter, or a transmitting circuit, etc.

[0175] The 910 part and the 920 part can include one or more single boards, and each single board can include one or more processors and one or more memories. The processors are configured to read and execute the programs in the memories to realize the baseband processing functions and control the base station. If there are multiple single boards, the single boards can be interconnected to enhance the processing capability. As an optional implementation, the multiple single boards can share one or more processors, or share one or more memories, or share one or more processors and one or more memories at the same time.

[0176] For example, in an implementation, the transceiver module of the 930 part is configured to perform the transceiving-related processes performed by the base station (the first device) in the above method embodiments. The processor of the 910 part is configured to perform the processing-related processes performed by the base station in the above method embodiments.

[0177] It should be understood that FIG. 9 is merely an example and is not limiting, and the above network device including the processor, the memory, and the transceiver can not depend on the structure shown in FIG. 9.

[0178] FIG. 10 is a composition example of another electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application. The electronic device can be a second device, which can be a terminal, including but not limited to a mobile phone, a smart wearable device (such as a smart watch), and the like. Taking a mobile phone as an example, the electronic device can include a processor 1010, an external memory interface 1020, an internal memory 1021, a display screen 1030, a camera 1040, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 1050, and a wireless communication module 1060, and the like.

[0179] It can be understood that the structure illustrated in the embodiment does not constitute a specific limitation on the electronic device. In other embodiments, the electronic device can include more or fewer components than those illustrated, or combine certain components, or split certain components, or different arrangement of components. The illustrated components can be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

[0180] The processor 1010 can include one or more processing units, for example: the processor 1010 can include an application processor (AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), an image signal processor (ISP), a controller, a video codec, a digital signal processor (DSP), a baseband processor, and / or a neural-network processing unit (NPU), etc. Among them, different processing units can be independent devices, or can be integrated in one or more processors.

[0181] It can be understood that the interface connection relationship between the modules illustrated in the embodiment is only illustrative and does not constitute a structural limitation on the electronic device. In other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device can also use different interface connection methods in the above embodiments, or a combination of multiple interface connection methods.

[0182] The external memory interface 1020 can be used to connect an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to expand the storage capacity of the electronic device. The external memory card communicates with the processor 1010 through the external memory interface 1020 to realize the data storage function. For example, files such as music and videos are saved in the external memory card.

[0183] The internal memory 1021 can be used to store computer executable program codes, which include instructions. The processor 1010 performs various function applications and data processing of the electronic device by running the instructions stored in the internal memory 1021. The internal memory 1021 can include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area can store an operating system, at least one application program (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required by a function, etc. The data storage area can store data (such as audio data, a phone book, etc.) created during the use of the electronic device, etc. In addition, the internal memory 1021 can include a high-speed random access memory, and can further include a non-volatile memory such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, a universal flash storage (UFS), etc. The processor 1010 performs various function applications and data processing of the electronic device by running the instructions stored in the internal memory 1021 and / or the instructions stored in the memory disposed in the processor.

[0184] The wireless communication function of the electronic device can be implemented through the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 1050, the wireless communication module 1060, a modem processor, and a baseband processor, etc.

[0185] The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are used to transmit and receive electromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device can be used to cover a single or multiple communication frequency bands. Different antennas can also be multiplexed to improve the utilization rate of the antennas. For example, the antenna 1 can be multiplexed as a diversity antenna of a wireless local area network. In some other embodiments, the antennas can be used in combination with a tuning switch.

[0186] The mobile communication module 1050 can provide a solution including 2G / 3G / 4G / 5G wireless communication applied to the electronic device. The mobile communication module 1050 can include at least one filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier (LNA), etc. The mobile communication module 1050 can receive electromagnetic waves by the antenna 1, and perform filtering, amplification, etc. on the received electromagnetic waves, and transmit the processed electromagnetic waves to the modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 1050 can also amplify the signals modulated by the modem processor, and convert the signals into electromagnetic waves to be radiated out through the antenna 1. In some embodiments, at least part of the function modules of the mobile communication module 1050 can be disposed in the processor 1010. In some embodiments, at least part of the function modules of the mobile communication module 1050 and at least part of the modules of the processor 1010 can be disposed in the same device.

[0187] In some embodiments, the electronic device initiates or receives a call request through the mobile communication module 1050 and the antenna 1.

[0188] In addition, an operating system runs on the above components. For example, an iOS operating system, an Android operating system, a Windows operating system, and the like. An application program can be installed and run on the operating system. Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the explanation and beneficial effects of the above-mentioned related content in any of the electronic devices can refer to the corresponding method embodiments provided above, and will not be repeated here.

[0189] The present application also provides a communication system, which can include a first device (for example, a network device such as a base station) as shown in FIG. 9 and a second device (for example, a terminal such as a mobile phone) as shown in FIG. 10.

[0190] In the present application, the terminal or network device can include a hardware layer, an operating system layer running on the hardware layer, and an application layer running on the operating system layer. The hardware layer can include a central processing unit (CPU), a memory management module (MMU), a memory (also known as main memory), and the like. The operating system of the operating system layer can be any one or more computer operating systems that implement business processing through processes, such as a Linux operating system, a Unix operating system, an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or a Windows operating system. The application layer can include a browser, an address book, a word processing software, an instant messaging software, and the like.

[0191] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described system, device and module can refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0192] In several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, device and method can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only schematic, for example, the division of the modules is only a logical function division, and actual implementation can have another division manner, for example, a plurality of modules or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection between the displayed or discussed can be indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or modules, and can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0193] The modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as modules may or may not be physical modules, i.e., may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network modules. Part or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the embodiment scheme.

[0194] In addition, the functional modules in each embodiment of the present application can be integrated into one processing module, or each module can exist physically alone, or two or more modules can be integrated into one module. The integrated module can be realized in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional module.

[0195] The integrated module, if realized in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as an independent product, can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the part essentially contributing to the technical solutions of the present application or the whole or part of the technical solutions can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes a plurality of instructions for causing a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the processes of the methods described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory, a random access memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and various program code storage media.

[0196] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit them; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments can be modified, or some technical features can be replaced by equivalents; and these modifications or replacements do not make the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A periodic acquisition method, characterized in that, The periodicity obtaining method is applied to a terminal device and comprises the following steps: receiving first configuration information sent by a network device; the first configuration information is used to indicate a periodicity and an offset of first channel indication information and a periodicity of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or the first configuration information is used to indicate a periodicity and an offset of second channel beam reports and a periodicity of first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam reports; M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; determining the periodicity of the first channel indication information and the second channel beam reports based on the first configuration information and a periodicity setting rule.

2. The periodic acquisition method of claim 1, wherein, The first configuration information carries M first IDs; the first ID is an ID of the second channel beam report associated with the first channel indication information.

3. The periodic acquisition method of claim 2, wherein, The first ID is a channel state information report configuration ID; the channel state information report configuration ID is used for a beam management process.

4. The periodic acquisition method of claim 1, wherein, The first configuration information comprises a first field; the first field is used to indicate whether the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report.

5. The periodic acquisition method of claim 4, wherein, The periodicity setting rule comprises: when the first field indicates that the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the first channel indication information satisfies a first constraint condition or the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report satisfy a second constraint condition, the periodicity of the second channel beam report is configured based on the periodicity of the first channel indication information.

6. The periodic acquisition method of claim 4, wherein, The periodicity setting rule comprises: when the first field indicates that the periodicity of the first channel indication information is applied to the associated second channel beam report, if the periodicity of the first channel indication information does not satisfy the first constraint condition and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition, the periodicity of the second channel beam report is configured based on the first configuration information.

7. The periodic acquisition method of claim 5 or 6, wherein, The first constraint condition is that the periodicity of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols; X is the minimum number of symbols between the last 1 symbol of the first channel indication information and a transmission occasion of sending the second channel beam report.

8. The periodic acquisition method of claim 5, wherein, The second channel beam report is activated and periodically sent at the first available transmission occasion when the associated first channel indication information is enabled and the maximum number of transmissions is not reached.

9. The periodic acquisition method of claim 5, wherein, The second channel beam report is deactivated and stopped sending after X symbols of the last symbol of the first channel indication information is sent or the prohibit timer is reset or the maximum number of transmissions is reset when the associated first channel indication information reaches the maximum number of transmissions and / or reaches the prohibit timer threshold; X is the minimum number of symbols between the last 1 symbol of the first channel indication information and a transmission occasion of sending the second channel beam report.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein, The first configuration information carries an ID of the first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report.

11. The periodic acquisition method of claim 1, wherein, The first configuration information comprises a second field; and the second field is used to indicate whether a period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information.

12. The periodic acquisition method of claim 11, wherein, The period setting rule comprises: when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, if the period of the second channel beam report satisfies a third constraint condition or an offset of the first channel indication information and an offset of the second channel beam report satisfy a second constraint condition, a period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the period of the second channel beam report.

13. The periodic acquisition method of claim 11, wherein, The period setting rule comprises: when the second field indicates that the period of the second channel beam report is applied to the associated first channel indication information, if the period of the second channel beam report does not satisfy the third constraint condition and the offset of the first channel indication information and the offset of the second channel beam report do not satisfy the second constraint condition, a period of the first channel indication information is configured based on the first configuration information.

14. The periodic acquisition method according to any of claims 5-6 or 12-13, characterized by, The second constraint condition is that an absolute value of a difference between the offset of the second channel beam report and the offset of the first channel indication information is greater than or equal to X symbols; and the X is a minimum number of symbols between a last symbol of the first channel indication information and a transmission occasion of transmitting the second channel beam report.

15. The periodic acquisition method according to any of claims 12-13, characterized by, The third constraint condition is that the period of the second channel beam report is greater than or equal to X symbols; and the X is a minimum number of symbols between a last symbol of the first channel indication information and a transmission occasion of transmitting the second channel beam report.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein, The period setting rule comprises: When the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is in a common period set, the period of the second channel beam report is set as the period of the first channel indication information; and a period in the common period set is allowed to be simultaneously set as the period of the first channel indication information and the period of the second channel beam report.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein, The period setting rule comprises: When the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is located in a first preset set, a period of the second channel beam report is N times of the period of the first channel indication information p ; the N p is a positive integer.

18. The periodic acquisition method of claim 16 or 17, wherein, The method further comprises: Based on the first configuration information and X1, a value of a system frame number when the terminal device transmits the second channel beam report and a number of slots in a frame are determined; X1=X+A or X1=X; A is an integer greater than or equal to 0; and X is a minimum number of symbols between a last symbol of the first channel indication information and a transmission occasion of transmitting the second channel beam report.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein, The period setting rule comprises: When the period of the first channel indication information indicated by the first configuration information is in a second preset set, the period of the second channel beam report is configured based on the first configuration information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein, The method further comprises: determining the offset of the second channel beam report based on the first configuration information and X1, and a starting sequence number of a physical uplink control channel configured by a radio resource control, wherein X1=X+A, or X1=X; A is an integer greater than or equal to 0; and X is a minimum number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and a transmission occasion of transmitting the second channel beam report; configuring the offset of the second channel beam report based on the starting sequence number of the physical uplink control channel of the offset of the second channel beam report.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein, The period obtaining method further comprises: transmitting the second channel beam report based on a period of the second channel beam report after X symbols after the last symbol of the first channel indication information is transmitted, wherein X is the minimum number of symbols between the last symbol of the first channel indication information and the transmission occasion of transmitting the second channel beam report.

22. A periodic acquisition method, characterized by, The period obtaining method is applied to a network device and comprises: transmitting first configuration information to the terminal device, wherein the first configuration information is used to indicate a period and an offset of first channel indication information, and a period of M second channel beam reports associated with the first channel indication information, or the first configuration information is used to indicate a period and an offset of a second channel beam report, and a period of first channel indication information associated with the second channel beam report; and M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

23. The periodic acquisition method of claim 22, wherein, The period obtaining method further comprises: obtaining the offset of the second channel beam report based on resource information or sequence information of a first uplink physical control channel transmitted by the terminal device.

24. A communications device, characterized by The communication device comprises: a memory for storing computer programs or computer instructions; a processor for executing the computer programs or computer instructions stored in the memory, so that the communication device performs the period obtaining method according to any one of claims 1 to 21 or claims 22 to 23.

25. A computer storage medium for storing a computer program, wherein the computer program is executed to implement the period obtaining method according to any one of claims 1 to 21 or claims 22 to 23.

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