Communication method and communication apparatus

Abstract

The present application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. The method may comprise: when performing the reporting of a measurement result, a terminal device may further send first indication information to a network device, and the first indication information can indicate a reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result reported by the terminal device. Thus, the network device can learn the reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result, and further learn a resource configuration corresponding to the measurement result, thereby accurately parsing the measurement result.

Description

Communication methods and communication devices

[0001] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202411586588.3, ​​filed on November 7, 2024, entitled "Communication Method and Communication Device", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0002] This application relates to the field of wireless communication, and more specifically, to a communication method and a communication device. Background Technology

[0003] When a terminal device reports measurement results to a network device, it uses the reporting configuration configured by the network device. Currently, the network device may have more than one reporting configuration configured for the terminal device. When the terminal device sends the measurement results to the network device, the network device cannot know which reporting configuration the terminal device used to report the measurement results. Therefore, it cannot determine which resource configuration the measurement results reported by the terminal device were obtained through, which causes the network device to be unable to correctly parse the measurement results. Summary of the Invention

[0004] This application provides a communication method and a communication device, in which a terminal device initiates the reporting of measurement results. The terminal device can indicate the reporting configuration corresponding to the current measurement results to the network device, thereby solving the problem that the network device cannot accurately parse the measurement results.

[0005] Firstly, a communication method is provided. This method can be applied to a terminal-side communication device. For example, the method can be executed by the terminal device or by components of the terminal device (such as a chip, chip system, circuit, or communication module), and this application does not limit this. The following description mainly uses a terminal device as an example.

[0006] The method may include: a terminal device receiving configuration information from a network device, the configuration information including at least one reporting configuration; the terminal device performing beam measurement to obtain a measurement result; the terminal device sending the measurement result and first indication information to the network device, the first indication information being used to indicate a target reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result, the target reporting configuration belonging to at least one of the above-mentioned reporting configurations.

[0007] For example, the above-mentioned at least one reporting configuration may include at least two reporting configurations.

[0008] Optionally, the terminal device sending measurement results and first indication information to the network device includes: the terminal device sending a measurement report to the network device, the measurement report including measurement results and first indication information.

[0009] Using the above method, the terminal device can send the reporting configuration instructions corresponding to the measurement results to the network device, and the network device can learn about the resource configuration corresponding to the measurement results, thereby accurately parsing the measurement results.

[0010] Secondly, a communication method is provided. This method can be applied to network-side communication devices. For example, the method can be executed by a network device or by components of the network device (such as a chip, chip system, circuit, or communication module), and this application does not limit this. The following description mainly uses a network device as an example.

[0011] The method may include: a network device sending configuration information to a terminal device, the configuration information including at least one reporting configuration; the network device receiving a measurement result and first indication information from the terminal device, the first indication information being used to indicate a target reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result, the target reporting configuration belonging to the at least one reporting configuration mentioned above.

[0012] For example, the above-mentioned at least one reporting configuration may include at least two reporting configurations.

[0013] Optionally, the network device receiving measurement results and first indication information from the terminal device includes: the network device receiving a measurement report from the terminal device, the measurement report including measurement results and first indication information.

[0014] Using the methods described above, network devices can obtain the reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement results, and further obtain the resource configuration corresponding to the measurement results, thereby accurately interpreting the measurement results.

[0015] In conjunction with certain implementations of the first or second aspect, each reporting configuration in the at least one reporting configuration is associated with at least one of the following:

[0016] First resource, third resource, fourth resource.

[0017] The first resource is used to send first information to the network device, which requests the transmission of the measurement result to the second resource. The third resource is used to send second information to the network device, which instructs the terminal device to send the measurement result to the network device through the fourth resource.

[0018] For example, if a terminal device determines to send measurement results to a network device, the terminal device can request the network device to allocate a second resource through a first message sent by a first resource, and then send the measurement results to the network device through the second resource allocated by the network device. This measurement result reporting mode can be referred to as "first mode" in this application. If a terminal device determines to send measurement results to a network device, the terminal device can notify the network device through a second message sent by a third resource that it will send the measurement results through a fourth resource, and then send the measurement results to the network device through the fourth resource. This measurement report reporting mode can be referred to as "second mode" in this application. This application does not limit the names of the first mode and the second mode, and the first mode and the second mode can be replaced with other names.

[0019] For example, if the network device configures the terminal device to report measurement results using the first mode, then the transmission resource associated with each reporting configuration is the first resource; if the network device configures the terminal device to report measurement results using the second mode, then the transmission resource associated with each reporting configuration is the third resource and the fourth resource; if the network device configures the terminal device to report measurement results using either the first mode or the second mode, then the transmission resource associated with each reporting configuration is the first resource, the third resource, and the fourth resource.

[0020] For example, if the terminal device learns from the above configuration information that the transmission resource associated with each reported configuration is a first resource, then the terminal device can send first information to the network device through the first resource after receiving the configuration information from the network device, requesting the second resource for transmitting the measurement results from the network device; for example, if the terminal device learns from the above configuration information that the transmission resource associated with each reported configuration is a third resource and a fourth resource, then the terminal device can send second information to the network device through the third resource after receiving the configuration information from the network device, instructing the terminal device to subsequently send the measurement results to the network device through the fourth resource. The terminal device sending second information to the network device can also be regarded as the terminal device notifying the network device that the terminal device will subsequently send the measurement results to the network device through the fourth resource.

[0021] For example, the first resource may also be a resource set including at least one resource; and / or, the second resource may also be a resource set including at least one resource; and / or, the third resource may also be a resource set including at least one resource; and / or, the fourth resource may also be a resource set including at least one resource.

[0022] For example, the first resource is a resource for the terminal device to send first information to the network device, or the first resource is a resource for the network device to receive first information from the terminal device; the second resource is a resource for the terminal device to transmit measurement results to the network device using a first mode, or the second resource is a resource for the network device to receive measurement results sent by the terminal device using the first mode; the third resource is a resource for the terminal device to send second information to the network device, or the third resource is a resource for the network device to receive second information from the terminal device; the fourth resource is a resource for the terminal device to transmit measurement results to the network device using a second mode, or the fourth resource is a resource for the network device to receive measurement results sent by the terminal device using the second mode.

[0023] The above method allows for flexible configuration of the terminal device to report measurement results in different modes, thereby improving the efficiency of resource utilization.

[0024] The following description of certain implementations of the first or second aspect is based on the example of a terminal device reporting measurement results in the first mode, that is, a description based on multiple reporting configurations associated with the first resource. The following implementations of the first or second aspect can also be applied to a terminal device reporting measurement results in the second mode; that is, the multiple reporting configurations described below can also be considered as all reporting configurations associated with the same third resource and / or the same fourth resource, and this application does not limit this.

[0025] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, the first indication information includes: the identifier of the target-reported configuration, and / or the identifier of the cell to which the target-reported configuration belongs.

[0026] For example, the identifier of the target reporting configuration can be an index of the target reporting configuration, and the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs can be an index of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs. This application does not limit this.

[0027] Using the above method, network devices can directly obtain the target reported configuration based on the identifier of the target reported configuration and / or the identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs, reducing the operational complexity of network devices.

[0028] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the identifier of the above target reporting configuration is the internal identifier of the above target reporting configuration in multiple reporting configurations, and the multiple reporting configurations are all reporting configurations associated with the same first resource.

[0029] Specifically, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration is determined based on the above multiple reporting configurations, rather than based on all reporting configurations of the cell where the target reporting configuration is located.

[0030] Using the above method, the identifier of the target reporting configuration is a redefined internal identifier among multiple reporting configurations associated with the same first resource, rather than an index of the reporting configuration in a cell. This reduces the number of bits of the identifier of the target reporting configuration included in the first indication information, thus saving signaling overhead.

[0031] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the internal identifier of each of the above-mentioned multiple reporting configurations is determined by a first rule, which includes one or more of the following:

[0032] In the first order, the internal identifier of the first reporting configuration among the above multiple reporting configurations is 0 or 1;

[0033] In accordance with this first order, the internal identifier of each of the above multiple reporting configurations is incremented by 1 in turn.

[0034] Wherein, the first order mentioned above refers to the size order of the indexes in the reported configuration, or the first order mentioned above refers to the order in which the configurations are reported.

[0035] For example, the internal identifier of the first reporting configuration in the above plurality of reporting configurations can be determined to be 0 or 1 or the first parameter, and / or, the internal identifier of each reporting configuration in the above plurality of reporting configurations can be sequentially incremented by 1 or by the second parameter.

[0036] The first parameter and the second parameter can be set arbitrarily.

[0037] Using the above method, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in multiple reporting configurations associated with the same first resource can be flexibly determined.

[0038] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, the aforementioned multiple reported configurations belong to the same cell.

[0039] Using the above method, the first indication information does not need to include the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs when indicating the target reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result, which can reduce the number of bits in the first indication information and save signaling overhead.

[0040] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, the aforementioned multiple reporting configurations belong to multiple cells, and the internal identifier of each reporting configuration is determined by a second rule, which includes one or more of the following:

[0041] In the second order, the internal identifiers of the reported configurations belonging to the same cell among the above multiple reported configurations are incremented by 1 in sequence;

[0042] According to the second and third orders, the internal identifier of the first reported configuration corresponding to one of the plurality of cells is the internal identifier of the last reported configuration corresponding to the preceding cell plus 1;

[0043] According to the second order and the third order, the internal identifier of the first reported configuration corresponding to the first cell among the plurality of cells is 0 or 1.

[0044] The second order mentioned above refers to the size order of the reported configuration indexes, or the second order refers to the configuration order of the reported configurations. The third order mentioned above refers to the size order of the cell indexes, or the third order refers to the configuration order of the cells.

[0045] For example, the internal identifier of the first reporting configuration among the above multiple reporting configurations can be determined as 0, 1, or a third parameter, and / or, the internal identifiers of the reporting configurations belonging to the same cell among the multiple reporting configurations can be sequentially incremented by 1 or by a fourth parameter, and / or, the internal identifier of the first reporting configuration corresponding to each of the multiple cells can be determined as the internal identifier of the last reporting configuration corresponding to the previous cell plus 1 or by a fourth parameter.

[0046] The third and fourth parameters mentioned above can be set arbitrarily.

[0047] Using the above method, even if multiple reporting configurations associated with the same first resource belong to multiple cells, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in the multiple reporting configurations associated with the same first resource can be re-determined. The first indication information can include only the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in the multiple reporting configurations, thereby reducing the number of bits in the first indication information and saving signaling overhead.

[0048] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, the internal identifier of the aforementioned target reporting configuration is indicated by a first field, the length of which is L1 bits.

[0049] L1 can be configured using the above configuration information, or L1 can be reported using terminal capability parameters, or L1 can be a default value specified by the protocol. This application does not limit this.

[0050] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, the number of reporting configurations included in the above-mentioned multiple reporting configurations is less than or equal to 2. L1 .

[0051] Using the above method, the length of the first field can be obtained first, and then the maximum number of reported configurations included in the multiple reported configurations that the first field can indicate can be determined based on the length of the first field. This can reduce the signaling overhead of setting the maximum number of reported configurations included in the multiple reported configurations that the first field can indicate.

[0052] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, the internal identifier of the aforementioned target reporting configuration is indicated by a first field, the length of which is [missing information]. Bit, X1 is the maximum number of reporting configurations included in the above multiple reporting configurations.

[0053] X1 can be configured using the above configuration information, or X1 can be reported using terminal capability parameters, or X1 can be a default value specified in the protocol. This application does not limit this.

[0054] Using the above method, we can first obtain the maximum value of the number of reported configurations included in the multiple reported configurations indicated by the first field, and then determine the length of the first field based on the maximum value of the number of reported configurations included in the multiple reported configurations indicated by the first field, which can reduce the signaling overhead of configuring the length of the first field.

[0055] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, the identifier of the cell to which the above-mentioned target reporting configuration belongs is the internal identifier of the cell to which the above-mentioned target reporting configuration belongs among the above-mentioned multiple cells.

[0056] Specifically, the internal identifier of the cell to which the above-mentioned target reporting configuration belongs is determined based on the above-mentioned multiple cells, rather than based on all serving cells of the terminal device.

[0057] Using the above method, the identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs is a newly determined internal identifier among multiple cells to which multiple reported configurations belong, which are associated with the same first resource, rather than an index of a single cell. This reduces the number of bits of the identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs included in the first indication information, thus saving signaling overhead.

[0058] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, the internal identifier of the cell to which the aforementioned target reporting configuration belongs is indicated through a second field, the length of which is L2 bits.

[0059] L2 can be configured using the above configuration information, or L2 can be reported using terminal capability parameters, or L2 can be a default value specified by the protocol. This application does not limit this.

[0060] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, the number of cells included in the aforementioned plurality of cells is less than or equal to 2.L2 .

[0061] By using the above method, the length of the second field can be obtained first, and then the maximum number of cells included in the multiple cells indicated by the second field can be determined based on the length of the second field. This can reduce the signaling overhead of configuring the maximum number of cells included in the multiple cells indicated by the second field.

[0062] In some implementations of the first or second aspect, the internal identifier of the cell to which the aforementioned target reporting configuration belongs is indicated by a second field, the length of which is [length missing]. Bit, X2 is the maximum number of cells contained in the above multiple cells,

[0063] X2 can be configured using the aforementioned configuration information, or it can be reported using terminal capability parameters, or it can be a value specified in the protocol. This application does not impose any restrictions on this.

[0064] Using the above method, we can first obtain the maximum number of cells included in the multiple cells indicated by the second field, and then determine the length of the second field based on the maximum number of cells included in the multiple cells indicated by the second field, which can reduce the signaling overhead of configuring the length of the second field.

[0065] Thirdly, a communication apparatus is provided for performing the method of the first aspect or any possible implementation thereof. Specifically, the apparatus may include units and / or modules for performing the method of the first aspect or any possible implementation thereof, such as processing units and / or communication units.

[0066] In one implementation, the device is a communication device (such as a terminal device). When the device is a communication device, the communication unit can be a transceiver or an input / output interface; the processing unit can be at least one processor. Optionally, the transceiver can be a transceiver circuit. Optionally, the input / output interface can be an input / output circuit.

[0067] In another implementation, the device is a chip, chip system, circuit, or communication module for a communication device (such as a terminal device). When the device is a chip, chip system, or circuit for a communication device, the communication unit may be an input / output interface, interface circuit, output circuit, input circuit, pin, or related circuit on the chip, chip system, or circuit; the processing unit may be at least one processor, processing circuit, or logic circuit.

[0068] Fourthly, a communication apparatus is provided for performing the method of the second aspect or any possible implementation thereof. Specifically, the apparatus may include units and / or modules for performing the method of the second aspect or any possible implementation thereof, such as processing units and / or communication units.

[0069] In one implementation, the device is a communication device (such as a network device). When the device is a communication device, the communication unit can be a transceiver, or an input / output interface; the processing unit can be at least one processor. Optionally, the transceiver can be a transceiver circuit. Optionally, the input / output interface can be an input / output circuit.

[0070] In another implementation, the device is a chip, chip system, circuit, or communication module for communication equipment (such as network equipment). When the device is a chip, chip system, or circuit for communication equipment, the communication unit may be an input / output interface, interface circuit, output circuit, input circuit, pin, or related circuit on the chip, chip system, or circuit; the processing unit may be at least one processor, processing circuit, or logic circuit.

[0071] Fifthly, a communication device is provided, comprising: at least one processor for executing a computer program or instructions to perform the method in any possible implementation of the first or second aspect described above. Optionally, the device further comprises a memory for storing the computer program or instructions. Optionally, the device further comprises a communication interface coupled to the processor, which can be used to input the computer program or instructions to the processor or to output information from the processor.

[0072] In one implementation, the device is a communication device (such as a terminal device or a network device).

[0073] In another implementation, the device is a chip, chip system, circuit, or communication module for communication equipment (such as terminal equipment or network equipment).

[0074] A sixth aspect provides a processor for performing the methods provided in the first or second aspect described above.

[0075] Unless otherwise specified, or if it does not contradict its actual function or internal logic in the relevant description, the transmission and acquisition / reception operations involved in the processor can be understood as processor output and reception, input and other operations, or as transmission and reception operations performed by radio frequency circuits and antennas. This application does not limit them in this regard.

[0076] Optionally, the device further includes: a memory for storing programs or instructions; correspondingly, at least one processor for executing the computer programs or instructions in the memory.

[0077] Optionally, the device also includes a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor and can be used to input information to the processor or output information from the processor.

[0078] In a seventh aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided that stores program code for execution by a device, the program code including methods for performing any possible implementation of the first or second aspect described above.

[0079] Eighthly, a computer program product comprising a computer program or instructions is provided, which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method in any possible implementation of the first or second aspect described above.

[0080] Ninth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip including a processor and a communication interface, the processor reading instructions from a memory through the communication interface and executing the method provided by any of the above implementations of the first or second aspect.

[0081] Optionally, the chip is a modem chip, a baseband chip, a system-on-chip (SoC) chip containing a modem core, or a system-in-package (SIP) chip.

[0082] Optionally, as one implementation, the chip also includes a memory storing computer programs or instructions, and a processor for executing the computer programs or instructions in the memory. When the computer programs or instructions are executed, the processor is used to perform the method provided by any of the above implementations of the first or second aspect.

[0083] In a tenth aspect, a computer program product comprising a computer program or instructions is provided, which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method provided by any of the above-described implementations of the first or second aspect.

[0084] Eleventhly, a communication system is provided, including the aforementioned terminal equipment and network equipment. Attached Figure Description

[0085] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of this application.

[0086] Figure 2 is another schematic diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of this application.

[0087] Figure 3 is a structural schematic diagram of an access network device according to an embodiment of this application.

[0088] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a communication method 400 provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0089] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the relationship between the cell, the reporting configuration, and the first resource provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0090] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of a communication device 600 provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0091] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of another communication device 700 provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0092] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of a chip system 800 provided in an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0093] The technical solutions in this application will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0094] The technical solutions provided in this application can be applied to various communication systems, such as 5th generation (5G) or new radio (NR) systems, long term evolution (LTE) systems, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) systems, and LTE time division duplex (TDD) systems. The technical solutions provided in this application can also be applied to future communication systems. Furthermore, the technical solutions provided in this application can be applied to device-to-device (D2D) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), machine-type communication (MTC), and Internet of Things (IoT) communication systems. The technical solutions provided in this application can also be applied to low-frequency scenarios, high-frequency scenarios, and terahertz frequencies.

[0095] The technical solutions provided in this application can also be applied to non-terrestrial network (NTN) systems such as inter-satellite communication and satellite communication. As an example, a satellite communication system includes a satellite base station and terminal equipment. The satellite base station provides communication services to the terminal equipment. The satellite base station can also communicate with other base stations. A satellite can act as a base station or as a terminal device. Here, "satellite" can refer to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), hot air balloons, low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, medium-Earth orbit (MEO) satellites, high-Earth orbit (HEO) satellites, etc. "Satellite" can also refer to non-terrestrial base stations or non-terrestrial equipment, etc.

[0096] In a communication system, a device can send signals to or receive signals from another device. These signals can include information, signaling, or data. The term "device" can also be replaced by an entity, network entity, network element, communication equipment, communication module, node, communication node, etc. This disclosure uses "device" as an example. For instance, a communication system can include at least one terminal device and at least one network device. The network device can send downlink signals to the terminal device, and / or the terminal device can send uplink signals to the network device.

[0097] The terminal device in this application embodiment can be a device or module that accesses the aforementioned communication system and has corresponding communication functions. The terminal device can include various devices with wireless communication capabilities, which can be used to connect people, objects, machines, etc. The terminal device can be widely applied in various scenarios, such as: cellular communication, D2D, V2X, peer-to-peer, M2M, MTC, IoT, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), industrial control, autonomous driving, telemedicine, smart grids, smart furniture, smart offices, smart wearables, smart transportation, smart cities, drones, robots, remote sensing, passive sensing, positioning, navigation and tracking, autonomous delivery, etc. The terminal device can be a terminal in any of the above scenarios, such as an MTC terminal, an IoT terminal, etc. Terminal equipment can be user equipment (UE), terminal, fixed equipment, mobile station equipment or mobile equipment, subscriber unit, handheld device, vehicle-mounted equipment, wearable device, cellular phone, smartphone, session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, wireless data card, personal digital assistant (PDA), computer, tablet computer, laptop computer, wireless modem, handset, laptop computer, computer with wireless transceiver capability, smart book, vehicle, satellite, global positioning system (GPS) device, target tracking device, aircraft (e.g., drone, helicopter, multiple helicopters, four helicopters, or airplanes), ship, remote control device, smart home device, industrial equipment, transportation vehicle with wireless communication capability, communication module, or roadside unit with terminal function, all conforming to the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) standard. The device may be a wireless communication unit (RSU), or a device built into the aforementioned device (e.g., a communication module, modem, or chip in the aforementioned device), or other processing devices connected to the wireless modem. For ease of description, the following description uses a terminal device as an example.

[0098] It should be understood that in certain scenarios, terminal devices can also be used as base stations. For example, a terminal device can act as a scheduling entity, providing sidelink signaling between terminal devices in scenarios such as V2X, D2D, or end-to-end.

[0099] In this embodiment, the device for implementing the functions of a terminal device, i.e., the terminal device, can be the terminal device itself, or it can be any device capable of supporting the terminal device in implementing the functions, such as a chip system, chip, circuit, or communication module (i.e., a communication module that performs communication functions). This device can be installed in the terminal device. In this embodiment, the chip system can be composed of chips, or it can include chips and other discrete devices. Furthermore, the device can also be configured with program instructions for performing corresponding communication functions.

[0100] The network device in this application embodiment can be a device or module with corresponding communication functions. The network device can be a device used to communicate with terminal devices; it can also be called an access network device or a wireless access network device, such as a base station. In this application embodiment, the network device can refer to a radio access network (RAN) node (or device) that connects the terminal device to the wireless network. Base stations can broadly encompass various names like those listed below, or be interchangeable with them, such as: NodeB, evolved NodeB (eNB), next-generation NodeB (gNB), relay station, access point, transmission and reception point (or transmit / receive point, TRP), transmitter, master station, auxiliary station, multiple standard radio (MSR) node, home base station, network controller, access node, wireless node, access point (AP), transmission node, transceiver node, baseband unit (BBU), remote radio unit (RRU), active antenna unit (AAU), remote radio head (RRH), centralized unit (CU), distributed unit (DU), positioning node, etc.

[0101] The base station can be a macro base station, micro base station, relay node, donor node, or similar entity, or a combination thereof. A base station can also refer to a communication module, modem, or chip installed within the aforementioned equipment or apparatus. A base station can also be a mobile switching center, equipment performing base station functions in D2D, V2X, and M2M communications, network-side equipment in future communication networks, or equipment performing base station functions in future communication systems. Base stations can support networks using the same or different access technologies. The embodiments of this application do not limit the specific technologies or equipment forms used in the network equipment.

[0102] Base stations can be fixed or mobile. For example, a helicopter or drone can be configured to act as a mobile base station, and one or more cells can move depending on the location of the mobile base station. In other examples, a helicopter or drone can be configured as a device to communicate with another base station.

[0103] It should be noted that in different systems, the CU (or centralized unit control plane (CU-CP) and centralized unit user plane (CU-UP)), DU, or radio unit (RU) may have different names, but those skilled in the art will understand their meaning. For example, the radio access network can also be an open radio access network (ORAN) architecture. In an ORAN system, the CU can also be called an open centralized unit (O-CU), the DU can also be called an open distributed unit (O-DU), the CU-CP can also be called an open centralized unit control plane (O-CU-CP), the CU-UP can also be called an open centralized unit user plane (O-CU-UP), and the RU can also be called an open radio unit (O-RU). Any of the units among the CU (or CU-CP, CU-UP), DU, and RU in this application can be implemented through software modules, hardware modules, or a combination of software modules and hardware modules.

[0104] In this embodiment, the device for implementing the functions of a network device can be a network device itself, or a device capable of supporting the network device in implementing those functions, such as a chip system, chip, circuit, or communication module (i.e., a communication module that performs communication functions). This device can be installed within the network device. In this embodiment, the chip system can be composed of chips, or it can include chips and other discrete devices. Furthermore, the device can be configured with program instructions for performing corresponding communication functions. This embodiment only uses a network device as an example to illustrate the device for implementing the functions of a network device, and does not limit the solution of this embodiment.

[0105] Network devices and terminal devices can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld or vehicle-mounted; they can also be deployed on water; and they can also be deployed in the air on airplanes, balloons, and satellites. This application does not limit the scenario in which the network devices and terminal devices are located. Furthermore, terminal devices and network devices can be hardware devices, software functions running on dedicated hardware, or software functions running on general-purpose hardware, such as virtualization functions instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud platform), or entities that include dedicated or general-purpose hardware devices and software functions. This application does not limit the specific form of the terminal devices and network devices.

[0106] First, a brief introduction to the communication system applicable to the embodiments of this application is given below.

[0107] Referring to Figure 1, Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of this application.

[0108] As shown in Figure 1, the wireless communication system includes a wireless access network 100. The wireless access network 100 can be a future version of the wireless access network or a traditional (e.g., 5G, 4G, 3G, or 2G) wireless access network. One or more terminal devices (120a-120j, collectively referred to as 12) can be interconnected or connected to one or more network devices (110a, 110b, collectively referred to as 110) within the wireless access network 100. Network elements in the wireless communication system are connected via interfaces (e.g., NG interface, Xn interface) or air interfaces.

[0109] Figure 1 is just a schematic diagram. The wireless communication system may also include other devices, such as core network (CN) devices, wireless relay devices and / or wireless backhaul devices, which are not shown in Figure 1.

[0110] Referring to Figure 2, which is a schematic diagram of an ORAN system applicable to embodiments of this application, the ORAN system includes core network equipment, access network equipment (such as RAN), and UE. Optionally, the ORAN system may also include other components besides those shown in Figure 1; this application does not limit the specific components. The access network equipment communicates with the core network equipment via a backhaul link and with the terminal equipment via an air interface. For example, the BBU in the access network equipment communicates with the core network equipment via a backhaul link, and the RU in the access network equipment communicates with at least one terminal equipment via an air interface. The BBU can communicate with at least one RU via a fronthaul link; the BBU and RU may or may not be co-located. The BBU includes at least one CU and at least one DU, and the CU and DU can communicate with each other via at least one midhaul link.

[0111] In some deployments, as shown in Figure 3, the CU is a logical node that carries the radio resource control (RRC), service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer, packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, and other control functions of the access network equipment. The CU can connect to network nodes such as the core network through interfaces, which may be E2 interfaces, etc. Optionally, the CU may have some core network functions. The CU (e.g., the PDCP layer and higher layers of the CU) connects to the DU (e.g., the radio link control (RLC) layer and lower layers) through interfaces, which may be F1 interfaces, etc. In some examples, these interfaces (e.g., the F1 interface) can provide control plane (C-Plane) and user plane (U-Plane) functions (e.g., interface management, system information management, UE context management, RRC message transmission, etc.). The F1 application protocol (F1AP) is the application protocol for the F1 interface, and in some examples, it defines the F1 signaling procedures. The F1 interface supports the control plane F1-C and the user plane F1-U.

[0112] In some deployments, as shown in Figure 3, the CU can be split into CU-CP and CU-UP. CU-CP is a logical node carrying the RRC layer and the PDCP control plane (PDCP-C) layer, used to implement the CU's control plane functions. CU-CP can interact with network elements in the core network used to implement control plane functions. These network elements in the core network can be access and mobility function (AMF) network elements, such as the AMF network element in a 5G system. The AMF network element is responsible for mobility management in the mobile network, such as terminal device location updates, terminal device registration with the network, and terminal device handover. CU-UP is a logical node carrying the SDAP layer and the PDCP user plane (PDCP-U) layer, used to implement the CU's user plane functions. CU-UP can interact with network elements in the core network used to implement user plane functions. In the core network, network elements used to implement user plane functions can be user plane function network elements, such as the user plane function (UPF) network element in a 5G system, which is responsible for forwarding and receiving data in terminal devices. The above CU and DU configurations are just examples; in practical applications, the functions of the CU and DU can be configured as needed. For example, the CU or DU can be configured to have more protocol layer functions, or it can be configured to have only some protocol layer processing functions. For instance, some functions of the RLC layer and the protocol layer functions above the RLC layer can be placed in the CU, while the remaining functions of the RLC layer and the protocol layer functions below the RLC layer can be placed in the DU. Furthermore, the functions of the CU or DU can be divided according to service type or other system requirements, such as by latency. Functions that need to meet low latency requirements can be placed in the DU, while functions that do not need to meet this latency requirement can be placed in the CU.

[0113] In some deployments, as shown in Figure 3, the DU is a logical node carrying the RLC layer, medium access control (MAC) layer, higher physical layer (Higher PHY) layer, and other functions. In some examples, the DU can control at least one RU. The DU connects to the RU through interfaces, which can be fronthaul interfaces. In some examples, the Higher PHY layer includes the PHY layer processing, such as forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, modulation, and demodulation.

[0114] In some deployments, as shown in Figure 3, the RU is a logical node that carries both lower physical layer (PHY) and radio frequency (RF) processing. In some examples, the RU can be a TRP, RRH, or other similar functional entity. In some examples, the Low-PHY includes the PHY processing portion, such as fast Fourier transform (FFT), inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT), digital beamforming, and filtering. The RU communicates with one or more terminal devices via a wireless link.

[0115] The DU and RU can be co-located or separate. The DU and RU exchange control plane and user plane information via a lower-layer split CUS-Plane (LLS-CUS) interface through a fronthaul link. The LLS-CUS may include a Lower-Layer Split control (LLS-C) interface and a Lower-Layer Split user (LLS-U) interface, providing the control plane (C-Plane) and user plane (U-Plane) respectively. In some examples, the control plane refers to real-time control between the DU and RU. The DU and RU exchange management information via a lower-layer split M-Plane (LLS-M) interface on the fronthaul link; the management plane (M-Plane) refers to non-real-time management operations between the DU and RU.

[0116] DU and RU can cooperate to implement the functions of the PHY layer. A DU can be connected to one or more RUs. The functions of DU and RU can be configured in various ways depending on the design. For example, a DU can be configured to implement baseband functions, and an RU can be configured to implement mid-RF functions. Another example is that a DU can be configured to implement higher-level functions in the PHY layer, and an RU can be configured to implement lower-level functions in the PHY layer, or to implement both lower-level and RF functions. Higher-level functions in the physical layer can include a portion of the physical layer's functions that are closer to the MAC layer, while lower-level functions in the physical layer can include another portion of the physical layer's functions that are closer to the mid-RF side.

[0117] To facilitate a better understanding of the technical solution of this application, some related technologies involved in the technical solution of this application are introduced.

[0118] 1. Beam: A communication resource. Different beams can be considered different resources. The same information or different information can be transmitted through different beams.

[0119] In the NR protocol, beamforming can be represented as a spatial domain filter, spatial parameter, spatial domain setting, spatial setting, quasi-co-location (QCL) information, QCL assumption, QCL indication, etc. Beamforming can be indicated by transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state parameters or spatial relation parameters. Therefore, in this application, beamforming can be replaced by spatial domain filter, spatial filter, spatial parameter, spatial parameter, spatial setting, spatial setting, QCL information, QCL assumption, QCL indication, TCI-state, spatial relation, etc. These terms are also equivalent to each other. Beamforming can also be replaced with other beamforming terms, which are not limited in this application.

[0120] The beam used to transmit signals can be called the transmission beam (Tx beam), or it can be referred to as a spatial domain transmission filter, spatial transmission filter, spatial domain transmission parameter, spatial transmission setting, or spatial transmission setting. The downlink transmission beam can be indicated by TCI-state.

[0121] The beam used to receive signals can be called a reception beam (Rx beam), a spatial domain reception filter, a spatial reception filter, a spatial domain reception parameter, a spatial reception setting, or a spatial reception setting. The uplink transmit beam can be indicated by a spatial relation, an uplink TCI-state, or a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource (indicating the transmit beam using that SRS). Therefore, uplink beams, SRS resources, and uplink TCI-states are interchangeable.

[0122] The transmitting beam can refer to the distribution of signal strength in different directions in space after a signal is transmitted through an antenna, while the receiving beam can refer to the distribution of signal strength in different directions in space of a wireless signal received from an antenna.

[0123] Furthermore, the beam can be a wide beam, a narrow beam, or other types of beam. The beamforming technology can be beamforming technology or other technologies. Specifically, beamforming technology can be digital beamforming technology, analog beamforming technology, or hybrid digital / analog beamforming technology, etc.

[0124] As an example, multiple beams with the same or similar communication characteristics can be considered as a single beam.

[0125] Beams are generally associated with resources. For example, when performing beam measurement, network devices measure different beams through different resources. The terminal devices provide feedback on the measured resource quality, and the network devices then know the quality of the corresponding beam.

[0126] Optionally, multiple beams with the same or similar communication characteristics can be considered as a single beam. A beam may include one or more antenna ports for transmitting data channels, control channels, and detection signals, etc. One or more antenna ports forming a beam can also be considered as a set of antenna ports.

[0127] 2. Reference signal (RS): Also known as pilot, reference sequence, reference signal, etc. For consistency, it will be described as reference signal below. The reference signal can be used for channel measurement or channel estimation, etc.

[0128] The channel measurements involved in this application also include beam measurements, i.e., obtaining beam quality information by measuring a reference signal. As an example, parameters used to measure beam quality include at least one of the following: reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR) (or simply signal-to-dryness ratio). In the embodiments of this application, for ease of explanation, unless otherwise specified, the channel measurements involved can be regarded as beam measurements.

[0129] The reference signals mentioned in this application, as examples, may include any of the following: channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), synchronization signal block (SSB), sounding reference signal (SRS), user equipment specific reference signal (US-RS), demodulation reference signal (DMRS), phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS), cell reference signal (CRS), etc. It should be understood that the reference signals listed above are merely examples and should not constitute any limitation on this application. This application does not preclude the possibility of defining other reference signals in future protocols to achieve the same or similar functions.

[0130] Furthermore, the reference signal can be understood as a reference signal associated with the handover candidate cell configuration. The handover candidate cell can also be called a candidate cell or a neighboring cell. This candidate cell can be the current serving cell or a non-serving cell, and its physical cell identifier (PCI) is different from the current primary cell (PCell). Additionally, the reference signal can also be a reference signal associated with an additional PCI, i.e., the reference signal of a neighboring cell.

[0131] The terminal device can be configured with one or more candidate cells, and the configuration of each candidate cell may include the configuration of reference signal resources.

[0132] 3. Reference signal resources: can be used to configure the transmission attributes of reference signals.

[0133] Generally, reference signals are configured in the form of resources. Network devices can configure various reference signals to terminal devices as resources. Each resource is a configuration information unit, which typically includes parameters related to the reference signal, such as the type of reference signal, the location of the time-frequency resource carrying the reference signal, the number of ports used to transmit the reference signal, and the time-domain type of the transmitted reference signal (periodic / semi-static / aperiodic), etc. Transmitting devices can transmit reference signals based on reference signal resources, and receiving devices can receive reference signals based on reference signal resources.

[0134] To distinguish different reference signal resources, each reference signal resource can correspond to a reference signal resource identifier, such as CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI), SSB resource indicator (SSBRI), and SRS resource indicator (SRI).

[0135] 4. Beam Management: Beam management is a measurement process that includes beam measurement, such as measurements based on a reference signal, to determine the beam with better quality. Beam management can be divided into downlink beam management and uplink beam management.

[0136] Downlink beam management mainly includes the following four steps:

[0137] S1. The network device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal device.

[0138] Measurement configuration information is sent from the network device to the terminal device via RRC signaling. This information mainly consists of two parts: resource configuration information and reporting configuration information. Resource configuration information is related to measurement resources and is configured in the relevant protocol using a three-level structure: resource configuration - resource set - resource. The network device can configure one or more resource configurations (resourceConfig can also be written as resourceSetting) for the terminal device. Each resource configuration includes one or more resource sets, and each resource set can include one or more resources. Each resource configuration / resource set / resource includes its own index. It also includes other parameters such as the resource's period and the signal type corresponding to the resource. Reporting configuration information refers to information related to the reporting of measurement results, configured in the protocol through reporting configuration (ReportConfig). The network device can configure one or more reporting configurations for the terminal device. Each reporting configuration includes reporting metrics, reporting time, reporting period, reporting format, and other reporting-related information. Furthermore, the reporting configuration includes an index of the resource configuration, indicating which resource configuration was used to measure the reported measurement results.

[0139] For example, the specific formats of resource configuration and reporting configuration in the relevant protocols are listed below to facilitate further understanding of resource configuration and reporting configuration. Some parameters unrelated to this application are omitted from the specific formats of resource configuration and reporting configuration shown below.

[0140] S2. The network device sends downlink reference signals on the resource granules corresponding to the resources configured in the resource configuration information, so that the terminal device can determine the quality of each resource, i.e. the quality of the beam corresponding to the resource, by measuring the downlink reference signals.

[0141] S3. The terminal equipment measures the downlink reference signal based on the measurement configuration information.

[0142] S4. The terminal device sends a measurement report to the network device.

[0143] The measurement report may include an index of one or more resources, the quality of the resources, etc.

[0144] Table 1 shows the reporting format used for beam measurements in the relevant protocols. (See Table 1 for details.)

[0145] Table 1

[0146] The CRI and SSBRI fields indicate the resource indexes to be reported. Terminal devices may report only the CRI or the SSBRI, or both. and This refers to the lengths of the CRI and SSBRI fields. RSRP represents the quality of the resource. RSRP reporting uses a differential reporting criterion, meaning the RSRP of the best resource (the RSRP field in Table 1) is reported using 7 bits of quantization, while other RSRP fields (differential RSRP in Table 1) are reported using 4 bits of quantization.

[0147] The aforementioned reporting information can be carried in the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

[0148] Uplink beam management mainly includes the following three steps:

[0149] S1. The network device sends resource configuration information of the uplink reference signal to the terminal device. For example, the uplink reference signal can be SRS.

[0150] Network devices can configure one or more SRS resource sets (SRS-ResourceSets) for uplink beam management for terminal devices. Each SRS resource set includes one or more SRS resources (SRS-Resources). Each SRS resource is associated with a beam. Each SRS resource includes an SRS signal, and uplink beam measurement can be performed by measuring the SRS signals corresponding to these SRS resources.

[0151] For example, the specific format of SRS resource configuration in relevant protocols is listed below to facilitate further understanding of SRS resource configuration. Some parameters irrelevant to this application are omitted from the specific format of SRS resource configuration shown below.

[0152] S2. The terminal device transmits the corresponding SRS according to the configuration of each SRS resource and uses the uplink transmission beam associated with that SRS resource.

[0153] S3. The network device measures the quality of each SRS resource by measuring the various SRS signals sent by the terminal device.

[0154] 5. Measurement Result Reporting: Currently, based on the time-domain configuration behavior, network devices can be configured with three measurement result reporting processes (also known as beam reporting, beam measurement result reporting, or channel state information (CSI) reporting): periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, and aperiodic reporting. A brief introduction follows.

[0155] 1) Periodic Reporting: First, the network device is configured to perform periodic reference signal measurements. This means the network device periodically sends measurement reference signals to the terminal device, which then measures these reference signals and periodically reports the measurement results. After the configuration signaling takes effect, the terminal device periodically reports measurement reports. To terminate the measurement reporting process, an RRC signaling message can be sent to release the relevant configuration parameters for that process.

[0156] 2) Semi-persistent reporting: One type involves periodic reference signal measurement and semi-persistent reporting of measurement results. First, the network device can be configured with periodic reference signals, meaning it periodically sends measurement reference signals to the terminal device. The terminal device measures these reference signals. When the terminal device receives an activation signal from the network device (such as a Medium Access Control Element (MAC CE) signal or Downlink Control Information (DCI) signal), it will continuously and periodically report the measurement results. Of course, the network device can also send a deactivation signal to the terminal device to deactivate the semi-persistent reporting process. The other type involves semi-persistent reference signal measurement and measurement result reporting. When the terminal device receives an activation signal from the network device (such as a MAC CE signal or DCI signal), it will continuously and periodically measure the reference signal and report the measurement results. When the terminal device receives a deactivation signal from the network device, it stops the continuous reporting.

[0157] 3) Non-periodic reporting: This reporting is only executed after the terminal device receives a trigger signaling from the network device. Furthermore, after completing the reporting, the terminal device will stop reporting, making it a one-time reporting process.

[0158] Currently, network devices may have more than one reporting configuration configured for terminal devices. When a terminal device sends measurement results to a network device, the network device cannot know which reporting configuration the terminal device used to report the measurement results. Therefore, it cannot determine which resource configuration the terminal device used to obtain the measurement results, which leads to the network device being unable to correctly parse the measurement results.

[0159] In view of this, this application proposes a measurement result reporting method triggered by a terminal device, in which the terminal device can indicate the reporting configuration corresponding to the current measurement result to the network device, thereby solving the problem that the network device cannot accurately parse the measurement result.

[0160] Before introducing the scheme of this application, the following points should be noted.

[0161] (1) In this application, “instruction” may include direct instruction, indirect instruction, explicit instruction, and implicit instruction. When describing a certain instruction information for the purpose of instructing A, it can be understood that the instruction information carries A, directly instructs A, or indirectly instructs A.

[0162] In this application, the information indicated by various pieces of information is referred to as the information to be indicated. In specific implementation, there are many ways to indicate the information to be indicated, such as, but not limited to, directly indicating the information to be indicated, such as the information to be indicated itself or its index. It can also indirectly indicate the information to be indicated by indicating other information, where there is a correlation between the other information and the information to be indicated. It can also indicate only a part of the information to be indicated, while the other parts are known or pre-agreed upon. For example, the indication of specific information can be achieved by using a pre-agreed (e.g., protocol-defined) arrangement of various pieces of information, thereby reducing the indication overhead to some extent. Furthermore, the information to be indicated can be sent as a whole or divided into multiple sub-information pieces, and the sending period and / or timing of these sub-information pieces can be the same or different.

[0163] (2) In this application, "send" and "receive" indicate the direction of signal transmission. For example, "send information to XX" can be understood as the destination of the information being XX, which may include direct transmission via the air interface or indirect transmission via the air interface by other units or modules. "Receive information from YY" can be understood as the source of the information being YY, which may include direct reception from YY via the air interface or indirect reception from YY via the air interface by other units or modules. "Send" can also be understood as the "output" of the chip interface, and "receive" can also be understood as the "input" of the chip interface. In other words, sending and receiving can occur between devices, such as between network devices and terminal devices, or within a device, such as between components, modules, chips, software modules, or hardware modules within the device via a bus, wiring, or interface.

[0164] (3) In the various embodiments of this application, unless otherwise specified or logically conflicting, the terms and / or descriptions of different embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features of different embodiments can be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationship.

[0165] (4) In this application, "first" and "second" are used for descriptive convenience only to distinguish objects and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of this application. They are not used to describe the order or sequence of features. It should be understood that the objects described in this way can be interchanged where appropriate so as to describe solutions other than those in the embodiments of this application.

[0166] (5) In this application, “predefined” or “preset” may mean a standard protocol predefined, or it may mean that the devices have agreed or negotiated in advance.

[0167] (6) In this application, the words “exemplary,” “for example,” etc., are used to indicate examples, illustrations, or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as an “example” in this application should not be construed as being more preferred or advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Specifically, the use of the word “example” is intended to present the concept in a concrete manner. In the embodiments of this application, “of,” “corresponding, relevant,” and “corresponding” may sometimes be used interchangeably, and it should be noted that their intended meanings are consistent unless their distinction is emphasized.

[0168] The method provided by the embodiments of this application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments provided by this application can be applied to the communication system shown in FIG1 above, and are not limited thereto.

[0169] In the following embodiments, terminal devices and network devices are used as examples for illustrative purposes. The term "terminal device" can be replaced by a component of a terminal device (e.g., a chip, chip system, or circuit), and the term "network device" can be replaced by a component of a network device (e.g., a chip, chip system, or circuit).

[0170] Referring to Figure 4, Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a communication method 400 provided in an embodiment of this application. The method 400 shown in Figure 4 may include the following steps:

[0171] Optionally, in step S410, the terminal device sends terminal capability information to the network device. Correspondingly, the network device receives the terminal capability information from the terminal device.

[0172] Specifically, the aforementioned terminal capability information includes at least one of the following:

[0173] Whether the terminal device supports reporting measurement results initiated by the terminal device, the number of reporting configurations that the terminal device can be configured to, information on at least one first event supported by the terminal device, and the reporting modes supported by the terminal device, etc.

[0174] The configurable reporting configuration of the terminal device refers to the reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result reporting initiated by the terminal device. The number of configurable reporting configurations for the terminal device includes at least one of the following: a number of periodic reporting configurations, a number of semi-continuous reporting configurations, and a number of non-periodic reporting configurations. The at least one first event refers to an event supported by the terminal device for determining whether to initiate a measurement result reporting. The reporting modes supported by the terminal device may include a first mode and / or a second mode.

[0175] For example, when the terminal device supports reporting measurement results initiated by the terminal device, the terminal device can send the measurement results to the network device using either the first mode or the second mode.

[0176] Specifically, the first mode mentioned above includes the following steps S1 to S3:

[0177] (S1) The terminal device sends first information to the network device through a first resource, the first information being used to request a second resource for transmitting measurement results. Accordingly, the network device receives the first information from the terminal device through the first resource.

[0178] For example, the first resource mentioned above can be a PUCCH resource or a scheduling request (SR) resource. For example, the first information can be PUCCH signaling or SR signaling.

[0179] (S2) The network device sends scheduling information to the terminal device based on the first information. This scheduling information is used to schedule the terminal device to transmit measurement results through the second resource. Accordingly, the terminal device receives the scheduling information from the network device.

[0180] For example, the scheduling information may be a DCI for uplink scheduling, which is used to schedule the PUSCH; or, the scheduling information may be a DCI for downlink scheduling, which may be used to schedule the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and the PUCCH used to carry the hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information of the PDSCH, that is, the DCI for downlink scheduling will indicate an index of a PUCCH.

[0181] (S3) The terminal device sends the measurement results to the network device through the second resource. Accordingly, the network device receives the measurement results from the terminal device through the second resource.

[0182] Specifically, the second mode mentioned above includes the following steps S4 to S5:

[0183] (S4) The terminal device sends second information to the network device through a third resource, the second information indicating that the terminal device will send measurement results to the network device through a fourth resource. Accordingly, the network device receives the second information from the terminal device through the third resource.

[0184] For example, the third resource mentioned above can be a PUCCH resource. For example, the second information can be PUCCH signaling.

[0185] (S5) The terminal device sends the measurement results to the network device through the fourth resource. Accordingly, the network device receives the measurement results from the terminal device through the fourth resource.

[0186] For example, the fourth resource mentioned above can be a PUSCH resource, such as a scheduling-free PUSCH resource.

[0187] For example, the first resource involved in the first mode and the third resource involved in the second mode may be the same resource. Therefore, the first resource and the third resource involved in the embodiments of this application may be interchangeable.

[0188] S420, the network device sends configuration information to the terminal device, which includes at least one reported configuration. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the configuration information from the network device.

[0189] For example, the terminal device can send the measurement results to the network device using either the first mode or the second mode after receiving the configuration information from the network device. Specifically, after receiving the configuration information from the network device, the terminal device can determine whether to send the measurement results to the network device using the first mode or the second mode. For instance, if the terminal device determines based on the configuration information that it can send the measurement results to the network device using the first mode, the terminal device can execute the steps S1 to S3 above; if the terminal device determines based on the configuration information that it can send the measurement results to the network device using the second mode, the terminal device can execute the steps S4 to S5 above.

[0190] For example, the above-mentioned at least one reporting configuration may be one reporting configuration or at least two reporting configurations, and this application does not limit this.

[0191] For example, after receiving terminal capability information from a terminal device, the network device may determine at least one reporting configuration based on the terminal capability information and send the at least one reporting configuration to the terminal device.

[0192] Specifically, each of the at least one reporting configurations is associated with at least one of the first resource, the third resource, and the fourth resource. For example, a network device can configure at least one of the first resource, the third resource, and the fourth resource associated with each of the at least one reporting configurations to a terminal device through each reporting configuration; alternatively, the network device can also configure at least one of the first resource, the third resource, and the fourth resource associated with each of the at least one reporting configurations to a terminal device through other information units, which is not limited in this application.

[0193] For example, the network device can determine the transmission resources associated with each of the at least one reporting configurations based on the received terminal capability information. For instance, if the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal device supports a first reporting mode, the transmission resources associated with each of the at least one reporting configurations are first resources; if the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal device supports a second reporting mode, the transmission resources associated with each of the at least one reporting configurations are third and fourth resources; if the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal device supports both a first and a second reporting mode, the transmission resources associated with each of the at least one reporting configurations are first, third, and fourth resources.

[0194] It should be understood that each reporting configuration in at least one reporting configuration is associated with at least one resource configuration, each of which includes channel measurement resources for channel measurement or interference measurement resources for interference measurement. Each resource configuration includes one or more resource sets, wherein the resource set configured in the resource configuration for channel measurement is a resource set for channel measurement, and the resource set configured in the resource configuration for interference measurement is a resource set for interference measurement. Each resource set includes one or more measurement resources.

[0195] It should also be understood that the configuration parameters corresponding to the measurement reporting process of the terminal device can be configured through a reporting configuration and the resource configuration associated with that reporting configuration. The reporting configuration includes the calculation method of the measurement results and the relevant parameters required for reporting the measurement results. The resource configuration includes the reference signal resources that need to be measured.

[0196] The above-mentioned at least one reporting configuration can be carried in RRC signaling and sent to the terminal device, or carried in other downlink signaling and transmitted, and this application does not limit it.

[0197] S430: The terminal equipment performs beam measurement and obtains the measurement results.

[0198] Specifically, after receiving at least one reported configuration from the network device, the terminal device performs beam measurement based on the resource configuration associated with the selected target reported configuration and obtains the measurement result.

[0199] It should be understood that the terminal equipment measures the beam according to the resource configuration, and a detailed description of the measurement results can be found in the relevant technical descriptions. The detailed process will not be repeated here.

[0200] The terminal device can determine whether to report the measurement results to the network device based on the obtained measurement results. For example, the terminal device triggers the reporting of measurement results to the network device when a specific event is met.

[0201] It should be noted that the measurement results sent by the terminal device to the network device include beam information. Therefore, the terminal device can also initiate beam reporting when sending measurement results to the network device.

[0202] S440, the terminal device sends the measurement results and the first indication information to the network device. Correspondingly, the network device receives the measurement results and the first indication information.

[0203] For example, the measurement results and the first indication information can be sent separately or together, and this application does not limit this. For instance, the measurement results and the first indication information can be sent in different uplink signaling, or they can be sent together in a measurement report.

[0204] Specifically, the first indication information is used to indicate the target reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result, and the target reporting configuration belongs to at least one of the above reporting configurations.

[0205] For example, the measurement result described above corresponds to one of the reporting configurations in the at least one reporting configuration described above, and the reporting configuration is referred to as the target reporting configuration for the measurement result.

[0206] For example, the above measurement results may be resource indexes and quality information corresponding to one or more beams, such as RSRP information.

[0207] The network device can determine the target reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result reported by the terminal device based on the first indication information mentioned above, and determine at least one resource configuration associated with the target reporting configuration based on the target reporting configuration, thereby accurately parsing the measurement result.

[0208] Specifically, the aforementioned first indication information includes: the identifier of the target reported configuration, and / or, the identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs.

[0209] Specifically, the identifier for the above target reporting configuration can be one of the following three examples:

[0210] Example 1A: The identifier of the target reporting configuration mentioned above is the identifier of the target reporting configuration in the first cell.

[0211] Specifically, the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 1A is used to distinguish the target reporting configuration among all reporting configurations corresponding to the first cell; or, the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 1A is used to distinguish the target reporting configuration among the maximum N reporting configurations that can be configured in the first cell; or, the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 1A is unique in the first cell; or, the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 1A is unique among all reporting configurations corresponding to the first cell; or, the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 1A is unique among the maximum N reporting configurations that can be configured in the first cell; or, the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 1A can be an index (CSI-ReportConfigId) of the target reporting configuration, which is configured in the target reporting configuration as a configuration parameter of the target reporting configuration.

[0212] For example, if there are N reporting configurations corresponding to the first cell, or if the first cell can be configured with at most N reporting configurations, these N reporting configurations can be identified by numbers from 0 to N-1. For instance, the identifier of the first reporting configuration among the N reporting configurations is 0, the identifier of the second reporting configuration among the N reporting configurations is 1, ..., and the identifier of the Nth reporting configuration among the N reporting configurations is N-1.

[0213] Alternatively, the N reporting configurations can be identified by numbers 1 to N. For example, the first reporting configuration in the N reporting configurations is identified by number 1, the second reporting configuration in the N reporting configurations is identified by number 2, ..., and the Nth reporting configuration in the N reporting configurations is identified by number N.

[0214] Alternatively, any N different parameters can be used to identify the N reporting configurations, and this application does not limit this.

[0215] For example, the first cell can be any serving cell of the terminal device, and this application does not limit it.

[0216] For example, when a network device sends a configuration report to a terminal device, it may include the identifier of each configuration report in the configuration report.

[0217] Example 2A: The identifier of the target reporting configuration mentioned above is the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration among multiple reporting configurations. These multiple reporting configurations are all reporting configurations associated with the same first resource (including the target reporting configuration mentioned above), and these multiple reporting configurations belong to the same first cell.

[0218] Specifically, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 2A is used to distinguish the target reporting configuration among multiple reporting configurations associated with the same first resource. Alternatively, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 2A is determined based on the multiple reporting configurations mentioned above. Alternatively, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 2A is determined based on the number of reporting configurations included in the multiple reporting configurations mentioned above. Alternatively, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 2A is unique among the multiple reporting configurations mentioned above. Alternatively, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 2A may not be unique in the first cell. Alternatively, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 2A may not be unique among all reporting configurations corresponding to the first cell. Alternatively, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 2A may not be unique among the N reporting configurations that can be configured in the first cell.

[0219] Specifically, each of the above reporting configurations corresponds to an internal identifier, which can be determined by a first rule, which includes one or more of the following:

[0220] In the first order, the internal identifier of the first reporting configuration in the plurality of reporting configurations is 0 or 1; and / or, in the first order, the internal identifier of each reporting configuration in the plurality of reporting configurations is incremented by 1 in turn.

[0221] Specifically, the first order can be the order of the reported configuration indexes, for example, the first order can be the order of the reported configuration indexes from smallest to largest or the first order can be the order of the reported configuration indexes from largest to smallest; or, the first order can be the order of the reported configurations, for example, the first order can be the order of the reported configurations from first to last or the first order can be the order of the reported configurations from last to first.

[0222] For example, the index of the reported configuration can be obtained in the manner described in Example 1A above.

[0223] For example, if all reporting configurations corresponding to the first cell are N reporting configurations or the first cell can be configured with a maximum of N reporting configurations, then all reporting configurations associated with the same first resource in the first cell are M reporting configurations out of the N reporting configurations. Here, we take the above-mentioned first order as the order of the reporting configuration index from smallest to largest as an example: sort the M reporting configurations according to the order of the reporting configuration index from smallest to largest, and determine the internal identifier of the reporting configuration ranked first as 0 or 1 or the first parameter. The internal identifier of any reporting configuration other than the first reporting configuration in the M reporting configurations is the internal identifier of the previous reporting configuration plus 1 or the second parameter. For example, if the internal identifier of the first reported configuration is set to 0, then the internal identifier of the second reported configuration is 1, the internal identifier of the third reported configuration is 2, ..., and the internal identifier of the M-th reported configuration is M-1; if the internal identifier of the first reported configuration is set to 1, then the internal identifier of the second reported configuration is 2, the internal identifier of the third reported configuration is 3, ..., and the internal identifier of the M-th reported configuration is M; if the internal identifier of the first reported configuration is set to the first parameter, then the internal identifier of the second reported configuration is the first parameter + 1, the internal identifier of the third reported configuration is the first parameter + 2, ..., and the internal identifier of the M-th reported configuration is the first parameter + M-1; if the internal identifier of the first reported configuration is set to 0, then the internal identifier of the second reported configuration is the first parameter + 1, the internal identifier of the third reported configuration is the first parameter + 2, ..., and the internal identifier of the M-th reported configuration is the first parameter + M-1; if the internal identifier of the first reported configuration is set to 0, then the internal identifier of the second reported configuration is the first parameter + 1, the internal identifier of the third reported configuration is the first parameter + 2, ..., and the internal identifier of the M-th reported configuration is the first parameter + M-1; The internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the second position is the second parameter, the internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the third position is the second parameter * 2, ..., the internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the M position is the second parameter * (M-1); if the internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the first position is determined to be 1, then the internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the second position is 1 + second parameter, the internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the third position is 1 + second parameter * 2, ..., the internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the M position is 1 + second parameter * (M-1); if the internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the first position is determined to be the first parameter, then the internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the second position is the first parameter + second parameter, the internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the third position is the first parameter + second parameter * 2, ..., the internal identifier of the reporting configuration in the M position is the first parameter + second parameter * (M-1).

[0224] For example, the first parameter and the second parameter mentioned above can be any value, and this application does not limit them.

[0225] Let's take N=4 and M=3 as an example again. Assume the above N reporting configurations are reporting configuration 1, reporting configuration 2, reporting configuration 3, and reporting configuration 4, with the index of reporting configuration 1 being 2, the index of reporting configuration 2 being 1, the index of reporting configuration 3 being 3, and the index of reporting configuration 4 being 0. The M reporting configurations out of these N are reporting configuration 1, reporting configuration 3, and reporting configuration 4. Here, we still use the order of the reporting configuration indices from smallest to largest as an example: after sorting the M reporting configurations according to their indices from smallest to largest, we get reporting configuration 4, reporting configuration 1, and reporting configuration 3. The internal identifier of reporting configuration 4, which is in the first position, is set to 0. Therefore, the internal identifier of reporting configuration 1, which is in the second position, can be 1, and the internal identifier of reporting configuration 3, which is in the third position, can be 2.

[0226] For example, when a network device sends a reported configuration to a terminal device, it may include the internal identifier of each reported configuration in the reported configuration.

[0227] For example, the internal identifier of the aforementioned target reporting configuration can be indicated by a first field, the length of which and the maximum value of the number of reporting configurations contained in the plurality of reporting configurations can be determined in the following two ways:

[0228] Method 1: First determine the length of the first field, then determine the maximum number of reporting configurations included in the above multiple reporting configurations.

[0229] One example is to first determine that the length of the first field is L1 bits, and then determine that the number of reported configurations included in the above multiple reported configurations is less than or equal to 2. L1 The maximum number of reporting configurations included in the above multiple reporting configurations can also be other values ​​determined based on the length of the first field, and this application does not limit this.

[0230] The L1 can be configured through configuration information issued by the network device. Alternatively, the L1 can be reported through the aforementioned terminal device capability information. For example, the terminal device can carry the value of L1 in the aforementioned terminal capability information, or the terminal device can carry the maximum value of L1 in the aforementioned terminal capability information. The network device then configures the value of L1 based on the maximum value of L1 reported by the terminal device. Generally speaking, the value of L1 configured by the network device does not exceed the maximum value of L1. Alternatively, L1 can also be a default value specified by the protocol. This application does not limit the specific method of determining L1.

[0231] For example, the value of L1 can be 2, 3, or 4, etc.

[0232] Method 2: First determine the maximum number of reporting configurations included in the above multiple reporting configurations, and then determine the length of the first field.

[0233] One example is to first determine that the number of reported configurations contained in the above multiple reported configurations is less than or equal to X1, and then determine the length of the first field as... The length of the first field can also be other values ​​determined based on the maximum number of reporting configurations included in the above-mentioned multiple reporting configurations, and this application does not limit this.

[0234] X1 can be configured through configuration information issued by the network device. Alternatively, X1 can be reported through the aforementioned terminal device capability information. For example, the terminal device can carry the value of X1 in the aforementioned terminal capability information, or the terminal device can carry the maximum value of X1 in the aforementioned terminal capability information, and the network device configures the value of X1 based on the maximum value of X1 reported by the terminal device. Generally speaking, the value of X1 configured by the network device does not exceed the maximum value of X1. Alternatively, X1 can also be a default value specified by the protocol. This application does not limit the specific method of determining X1.

[0235] It should be noted that the length of the first field and the maximum value of the number of reporting configurations included in the multiple reporting configurations in the embodiments of this application can be determined independently, and this application does not limit this.

[0236] Example 3A: The identifier of the target reporting configuration mentioned above is the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration among multiple reporting configurations. These multiple reporting configurations are all reporting configurations associated with the same first resource (including the target reporting configuration mentioned above), and these multiple reporting configurations belong to multiple cells. It should be understood that the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 3A also applies to the case where multiple reporting configurations belong to a single cell. That is, without limiting the number of cells corresponding to the multiple reporting configurations (i.e., it can be a single cell or multiple cells), the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 3A still applies.

[0237] Specifically, the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 3A is used to distinguish the target reporting configuration among the multiple reporting configurations associated with the same first resource in multiple cells. Alternatively, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 3A is determined based on the multiple reporting configurations and the multiple cells. Alternatively, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 3A is determined based on the number of reporting configurations included in the multiple reporting configurations and the number of cells included in the multiple cells. Alternatively, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 3A is unique among the multiple reporting configurations corresponding to multiple cells. Alternatively, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 3A may not be unique among all reporting configurations corresponding to the multiple cells.

[0238] Specifically, each of the above reporting configurations corresponds to an internal identifier, which can be determined by a second rule, which includes one or more of the following:

[0239] According to the second order, the internal identifier of the reporting configuration belonging to the same cell in the multiple reporting configurations is incremented by 1 in turn; and / or, according to the second and third orders, the internal identifier of the first reporting configuration corresponding to one of the multiple cells is the internal identifier of the last reporting configuration corresponding to the previous cell plus 1; and / or, according to the second and third orders, the internal identifier of the first reporting configuration corresponding to the first cell in the multiple cells is 0 or 1.

[0240] It should be understood that the aforementioned "previous cell" and "first cell" are based on the third order, while the aforementioned "first reported configuration" and "last reported configuration" are based on the second order.

[0241] Specifically, the second order can be the order of the reported configuration indexes, for example, the second order can be the order of the reported configuration indexes from smallest to largest or the second order can be the order of the reported configuration indexes from largest to smallest; or, the second order can be the order of the reported configurations, for example, the second order can be the order of the reported configurations from first to last or the second order can be the order of the reported configurations from last to first.

[0242] Specifically, the third order can be the order of the cell index size, for example, the third order can be the order of the cell index from smallest to largest or the order of the reported configuration index from largest to smallest; or, the third order can be the order of the cell configuration sequence, for example, the third order can be the order of the cell configuration from first to last or the order of the cell configuration from last to first.

[0243] For example, the index of the reported configuration can be obtained in the manner described in Example 1A above, and the index of the cell can be obtained in the manner described in Example 1B below.

[0244] For example, if the terminal device has P serving cells or can be configured with a maximum of P serving cells, the multiple cells to which the aforementioned multiple reporting configurations associated with the same first resource belong are Q cells out of the P serving cells. All reporting configurations corresponding to each of the Q cells can be the same or different. Alternatively, the maximum number of reporting configurations that can be configured in each of the Q cells can be the same or different; this application does not limit this. This application embodiment uses the example of N reporting configurations corresponding to each of the Q cells or a maximum of N reporting configurations that can be configured in each of the Q cells for illustration. Assuming that the number of reporting configurations associated with the same first resource is R, we will use the above-mentioned second order as the order of the reporting configuration index from smallest to largest and the third order as the order of the cell index from smallest to largest as an example: sort the Q cells in ascending order of the cell index, and sort the reporting configurations belonging to the same cell in the Q cells in ascending order of the reporting configuration index. The internal identifier of the first reporting configuration is determined to be 0, 1 or the third parameter. The internal identifier of any reporting configuration other than the first reporting configuration in the R reporting configurations is the internal identifier of the previous reporting configuration plus 1 or the fourth parameter.For example, if the internal identifier of the first reported configuration is set to 0, then the internal identifier of the second reported configuration can be 1, the internal identifier of the third reported configuration is 2, ..., and the internal identifier of the R-position reported configuration is R-1; if the internal identifier of the first reported configuration is set to 1, then the internal identifier of the second reported configuration is 2, the internal identifier of the third reported configuration is 3, ..., and the internal identifier of the R-position reported configuration is R; if the internal identifier of the first reported configuration is the third parameter, then the internal identifier of the second reported configuration is the third parameter + 1, the internal identifier of the third reported configuration is the third parameter + 2, ..., and the internal identifier of the R-position reported configuration is the third parameter + R-1; if the internal identifier of the first reported configuration is set to 0, then... The internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked 2nd is the fourth parameter, the internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked 3rd is the fourth parameter * 2, ..., the internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked R is the fourth parameter * (R-1); if the internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked 1 is determined to be 1, then the internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked 2nd is 1 + fourth parameter, the internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked 3rd is 1 + fourth parameter * 2, ..., the internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked R is 1 + fourth parameter * (R-1); if the internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked 1st is determined to be the third parameter, then the internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked 2nd is the third parameter + fourth parameter, the internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked 3rd is the third parameter + fourth parameter * 2, ..., the internal identifier of the reported configuration ranked R is the third parameter + fourth parameter * (R-1).

[0245] For example, the third and fourth parameters mentioned above can be any values, and this application does not limit them.

[0246] Taking Q=2, N=4, and R=4 as an example, assume that the above Q cells are cell 1 and cell 2, with cell 1 having an index of 4 and cell 2 having an index of 2; the N reporting configurations of cell 1 are reporting configuration 1, reporting configuration 2, reporting configuration 3, and reporting configuration 4, with reporting configuration 1 having an index of 2, reporting configuration 2 having an index of 1, reporting configuration 3 having an index of 3, and reporting configuration 4 having an index of 0; the N reporting configurations of cell 2 are reporting configuration 5, reporting configuration 6, reporting configuration 7, and reporting configuration 8, with reporting configuration 5 having an index of 2, reporting configuration 6 having an index of 1, reporting configuration 7 having an index of 3, and reporting configuration 8 having an index of 0; the R reporting configurations associated with the same first resource are reporting configuration 2 and reporting configuration 3 in cell 1 and reporting configuration 5 and reporting configuration 7 in cell 2. Here, we will still use the second order as the order of the reported configuration index from smallest to largest and the third order as the order of the cell index from smallest to largest as an example: First, we can sort the Q cells according to the order of the cell index from smallest to largest to get cell 2 and cell 1. Then, we sort the reported configurations associated with the first resource in cell 2 (ranked 1st) according to the order of the reported configuration index from smallest to largest, and sort the reported configurations associated with the same first resource in cell 1 (ranked 2nd) according to the order of the reported configuration index from smallest to largest to get: reported configuration 5, reported configuration 7, reported configuration 2, and reported configuration 3. We set the internal identifier of reported configuration 5 (ranked 1st) to 0, the internal identifier of reported configuration 7 (ranked 2nd) to 1, the internal identifier of reported configuration 2 (ranked 3rd) to 2, and the internal identifier of reported configuration 3 (ranked 4th) to 3.

[0247] For example, when a network device sends a reported configuration to a terminal device, it may include the internal identifier of each reported configuration in the reported configuration.

[0248] For example, the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 3A can be indicated by the first field mentioned above, and the length of the first field and the number of reporting configurations included in the plurality of reporting configurations can be determined with reference to the method given in Example 2A.

[0249] Specifically, the identifier of the cell to which the above-mentioned target reporting configuration belongs can be one of the following two examples:

[0250] Example 1B: The identifier of the cell to which the above target reporting configuration belongs is the identifier of the cell to which the above target reporting configuration belongs among all serving cells of the terminal device.

[0251] Specifically, the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 1B is used to distinguish the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs among all serving cells of the terminal device; or, the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 1B is used to distinguish the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs among the maximum P serving cells that the terminal device can be configured with; or, the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 1B is unique among all serving cells of the terminal device; or, the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 1B is unique among the maximum P serving cells that the terminal device can be configured with; or, the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 1B can be the index (ServCellIndex) of that cell.

[0252] For example, if the terminal device has P serving cells, or if the terminal device can be configured with a maximum of P serving cells, the P serving cells can be identified by 0 to P-1 respectively. For example, the identifier of the first serving cell in the P serving cells is 0, the identifier of the second serving cell in the P serving cells is 1, ..., and the identifier of the Pth serving cell in the P serving cells is P-1.

[0253] Alternatively, the P serving cells can be identified by numbers 1 to P respectively. For example, the first serving cell in the P serving cells is identified by 1, the second serving cell in the P serving cells is identified by 2, ..., and the Pth serving cell in the P serving cells is identified by P.

[0254] Alternatively, any P different parameters can be used to identify the P serving cells respectively, and this application does not limit this.

[0255] For example, the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs can be any serving cell of the terminal device, and this application does not limit this.

[0256] Example 2B: The identifier of the cell to which the above target reporting configuration belongs is the internal identifier of the cell to which the above target reporting configuration belongs among the above multiple cells.

[0257] Specifically, the internal identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 2B is used to distinguish the first cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs among the plurality of cells; or, the internal identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 2B is determined based on the plurality of cells; or, the internal identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 2B is determined based on the number of cells included in the plurality of cells; or, the internal identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 2B is unique among the plurality of cells; or, the internal identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 2B may not be unique among all serving cells of the terminal device; or, the internal identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 2B may not be unique among the maximum P serving cells that the terminal device can configure.

[0258] Specifically, each of the aforementioned cells corresponds to an internal identifier, which can be determined by a third rule, including one or more of the following:

[0259] According to the fourth order, the internal identifier of the first cell in the plurality of cells is 0 or 1; and / or, according to the fourth order, the internal identifiers of each cell in the plurality of cells are incremented by 1 in turn.

[0260] Specifically, the fourth order can be the order of the cell index size, for example, the fourth order can be the order of the cell index from smallest to largest or the order of the cell index from largest to smallest; or, the fourth order can be the order of the cell configuration sequence, for example, the fourth order can be the order of the cell configuration from first to last or the order of the cell configuration from last to first.

[0261] For example, the cell index can be obtained in the manner described in Example 1B above.

[0262] For example, if all serving cells of the terminal device are P serving cells or the terminal device can be configured with a maximum of P serving cells, the above multiple cells are Q cells among the P serving cells. Here, the fourth order is the order of the cell index from smallest to largest: the Q cells are sorted according to the order of the cell index from smallest to largest, and the internal identifier of the cell ranked first is determined to be 0 or 1 or the fifth parameter. The internal identifier of any cell in the Q campuses other than the first cell is the internal identifier of the cell preceding that cell plus 1 or the sixth parameter. For example, if the internal identifier of the first-ranked cell is set to 0, then the internal identifier of the second-ranked cell is 1, the internal identifier of the third-ranked cell is 2, ..., and the internal identifier of the cell ranked Q is Q-1; if the internal identifier of the first-ranked cell is set to 1, then the internal identifier of the second-ranked cell is 2, the internal identifier of the third-ranked cell is 3, ..., and the internal identifier of the cell ranked Q is Q; if the internal identifier of the first-ranked cell is set to the fifth parameter, then the internal identifier of the second-ranked cell is the fifth parameter + 1, the internal identifier of the third-ranked cell is the fifth parameter + 2, ..., and the internal identifier of the cell ranked Q is the fifth parameter + Q-1; if the internal identifier of the first-ranked cell is set to 0, then the internal identifier of the cell ranked Q is the fifth parameter + Q-1. The internal identifier of the 2nd cell is the sixth parameter, the internal identifier of the 3rd cell is the sixth parameter * 2, ..., the internal identifier of the Qth cell is the sixth parameter * (Q-1); if the internal identifier of the 1st cell is determined to be 1, then the internal identifier of the 2nd cell is 1 + the sixth parameter, the internal identifier of the 3rd cell is 1 + the sixth parameter * 2, ..., the internal identifier of the Qth cell is 1 + the sixth parameter * (Q-1); if the internal identifier of the 1st cell is determined to be the fifth parameter, then the internal identifier of the 2nd cell is the fifth parameter + the sixth parameter, the internal identifier of the 3rd cell is the fifth parameter + the sixth parameter * 2, ..., the internal identifier of the Qth cell is the fifth parameter + the sixth parameter * (Q-1).

[0263] For example, the fifth and sixth parameters mentioned above can be any values, and this application does not limit them.

[0264] Let's take P=4 and Q=2 as an example. Assume the P serving cells are cell 1, cell 2, cell 3, and cell 4, with cell 1 having an index of 2, cell 2 having an index of 1, cell 3 having an index of 3, and cell 4 having an index of 0. The Q serving cells are cell 2 and cell 3. Again, we'll use the fourth order as the order of cell indices from smallest to largest: after sorting the Q cells according to their indices in ascending order, we get cell 2 and cell 3. We set the internal identifier of cell 2 (ranked 1st) to 0, and the internal identifier of cell 3 (ranked 2nd) can be 1.

[0265] For example, the internal identifier of the cell to which the aforementioned target reporting configuration belongs can be indicated by a second field. The length of this second field and the maximum value of the number of cells included in the aforementioned plurality of cells can be determined in the following two ways:

[0266] Method 1: First determine the length of the second field, then determine the maximum number of cells included in the above multiple cells.

[0267] One example is to first determine that the length of the second field is L2 bits, and then determine that the number of cells contained in the above multiple cells is less than or equal to 2. L2 The maximum number of cells included in the above-mentioned multiple cells can also be other values ​​determined based on the length of the second field, which is not limited in this application.

[0268] The L2 parameter can be configured through configuration information issued by the network device. Alternatively, the L2 parameter can be reported through the terminal device's capability information. For example, the terminal device can carry the L2 value in the terminal capability information, or the terminal device can carry the maximum value of L2 in the terminal capability information. The network device then configures the L2 value based on the maximum value of L2 reported by the terminal device. Generally, the L2 value configured by the network device does not exceed the maximum value of L2. Alternatively, L2 can also be a default value specified by the protocol. This application does not limit the specific method of determining L2.

[0269] For example, the value of L2 can be 2, 3, or 4, etc.

[0270] Method 2: First determine the maximum number of cells included in the above multiple cells, and then determine the length of the second field.

[0271] One example is to first determine that the number of cells contained in the above multiple cells is less than or equal to X2, and then determine the length of the second field. The length of the second field can also be other values ​​determined based on the maximum number of cells contained in the above-mentioned multiple cells, and this application does not limit this.

[0272] X2 can be configured through configuration information issued by the network device. Alternatively, X2 can be reported through the aforementioned terminal device capability information. For example, the terminal device can carry the value of X2 in the aforementioned terminal capability information, or the terminal device can carry the maximum value of X2 in the aforementioned terminal capability information, and the network device configures the value of X2 based on the maximum value of X2 reported by the terminal device. Generally speaking, the value of X2 configured by the network device does not exceed the maximum value of X2. Alternatively, X2 can also be a default value specified by the protocol. This application does not limit the specific method of determining X2.

[0273] For example, the length of the second field and the maximum value of the number of cells included in the multiple cells in the embodiments of this application can be determined independently, and this application does not limit this.

[0274] For example, the first indication information may include the identifier of the target reporting configuration of Example 1A; or, the first indication information may include the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration of Example 2A, for example, the first indication information includes the first field; or, the first indication information may include the identifier of the target reporting configuration of Example 3A; or, the first indication information may include the identifier of the target reporting configuration of Example 1A and the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration of Example 1B belongs; or, the first indication information may include the identifier of the target reporting configuration of Example 1A and the internal identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration of Example 2B belongs; or, the first indication information may include the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration of Example 2A and the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration of Example 1B belongs; or, the first indication information may include the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration of Example 2A and the internal identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration of Example 2B belongs, for example, the first indication information includes the first field and the second field, etc., and this application does not limit this.

[0275] The methods for determining the first indication information differ in different situations according to the embodiments of this application. This application will illustrate these methods with the following three examples:

[0276] Scenario 1: A reported configuration is associated with a primary resource.

[0277] Specifically, in scenario one, the first resource associated with each reported configuration is independent, or the first resources associated with different reported configurations are different, or the reported configuration associated with each first resource is unique. The network device can determine the target reported configuration associated with the first resource by using the first resource that carries the first information.

[0278] Figure 5(a) illustrates a schematic diagram of the relationship between a cell, reporting configuration, and first resource applicable to scenario one. The aforementioned at least one reporting configuration may include any number of reporting configurations; this application does not limit this. Figure 5 illustrates an example where the aforementioned at least one reporting configuration includes three reporting configurations. For example, the aforementioned at least one reporting configuration shown in Figure 5(a) includes reporting configuration 1, reporting configuration 2, and reporting configuration 3. The first resource associated with reporting configuration 1 is first resource #1, the first resource associated with reporting configuration 2 is first resource #2, and the first resource associated with reporting configuration 3 is first resource #3. These at least one reporting configurations may belong to the same first cell or different cells; this application does not limit this.

[0279] For example, when a network device receives the first information through the first resource #1, it can determine that the reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result to be reported by the terminal device is the reporting configuration #1 associated with the first resource #1.

[0280] In some cases, the terminal device may not need to send the first instruction information to the network device.

[0281] Scenario 2: Multiple reported configurations are associated with the same first resource, and these multiple reported configurations belong to the same first cell.

[0282] Specifically, in scenario two, the first resource associated with each reported configuration is not independent, or the first resources associated with different reported configurations may be the same, or the reported configuration associated with a first resource may not be unique, or a first resource is associated with a cell, or the cell associated with each first resource is independent, or the cells associated with different first resources are different. The network device cannot determine the target reported configuration associated with the first resource through the first resource carrying the first information. Therefore, the terminal device needs to send the first indication information to the network device.

[0283] Figure 5(b) illustrates a schematic diagram of the relationship between a cell, reporting configuration, and first resource applicable to scenario two. Exemplarily, the at least one reporting configuration shown in Figure 5(b) includes reporting configuration 1, reporting configuration 2, and reporting configuration 3. The first resource associated with reporting configuration 1 is first resource #1, the first resource associated with reporting configuration 2 is also first resource #1, and the first resource associated with reporting configuration 3 is first resource #2. In this example, the aforementioned multiple reporting configurations can be considered as reporting configuration 1 and reporting configuration 2, and these multiple reporting configurations belong to the first cell. The remaining reporting configurations among the at least one reporting configurations, excluding these multiple reporting configurations, may belong to the same first cell or different cells; this application does not limit this.

[0284] Specifically, the first indication information can indicate the target reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result in the following two ways:

[0285] Method 1: The first indication information is used to instruct the target in the first cell to report the configuration.

[0286] In scenario two, the network device receives the first information through the first resource #1, but the reporting configuration associated with the first resource #1 is multiple reporting configurations in the first cell. Therefore, the terminal device indicates to the network device through the first indication information which reporting configuration in the first cell the target reporting configuration is.

[0287] For example, the first indication information may include an identifier of the target reporting configuration, which is the identifier of the target reporting configuration in the first cell. The method for determining the identifier of the target reporting configuration can be referred to Example 1A above, and will not be repeated here.

[0288] Method 2: The first indication information is used to indicate the target reporting configuration among the above multiple reporting configurations.

[0289] In scenario two, the network device receives the first information through the first resource #1, but the reporting configuration associated with the first resource #1 is multiple reporting configurations in the first cell, and the target reporting configuration is one of these multiple reporting configurations. Therefore, the terminal device can indicate to the network device through the first indication information which of these multiple reporting configurations the target reporting configuration is.

[0290] For example, the first indication information may include the identifier of the target reporting configuration, which is the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration among the above-mentioned multiple reporting configurations. The method for determining the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration can be referred to Example 2A above, and will not be repeated here.

[0291] Compared to Method 1, Method 2 requires fewer bits for the first indication information, thus saving signaling overhead.

[0292] Scenario 3: Multiple reported configurations are associated with the same primary resource, and these multiple reported configurations belong to multiple cells.

[0293] Specifically, in scenario three, the first resource associated with each reported configuration is not independent, or the first resources associated with different reported configurations may be interconnected, or the reported configuration associated with a first resource may not be unique, or the cell associated with a first resource is not independent, or the first resources associated with different cells may be the same, or the cell associated with a first resource may not be unique. The network device cannot determine the target reported configuration associated with the first resource through the first resource carrying the first information. Therefore, the terminal device needs to send the first indication information to the network device.

[0294] Figure 5(c) illustrates a schematic diagram of the relationship between a cell, reporting configuration, and first resource applicable to scenario three. Exemplarily, the at least one reporting configuration shown in Figure 5(c) includes reporting configuration 1, reporting configuration 2, and reporting configuration 3. The first resource associated with reporting configuration 1 is first resource #1, the first resource associated with reporting configuration 2 is also first resource #1, and the first resource associated with reporting configuration 3 is also first resource #1. In this example, the multiple reporting configurations can be considered as reporting configuration 1, reporting configuration 2, and reporting configuration 3. These multiple reporting configurations belong to multiple cells, wherein reporting configuration 1 and reporting configuration 2 belong to the first cell, and reporting configuration 3 belongs to the second cell.

[0295] Specifically, the first indication information can indicate the target reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result in the following two ways:

[0296] Method 3: The first indication information is used to instruct the target to report configuration in multiple cells.

[0297] In scenario three, the network device receives the first information through the first resource #1, but the reporting configuration associated with the first resource #1 is multiple reporting configurations in multiple cells. Therefore, the terminal device indicates to the network device through the first indication information which reporting configuration in which cell the target reporting configuration is.

[0298] For example, the first indication information may include the identifier of the target reported configuration and the identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs. The identifier of the target reported configuration and the identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs may be one of the following four examples:

[0299] Example 1: The identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs is the identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs among all serving cells of the terminal device. The identifier of the target reported configuration is the identifier of the target reported configuration in the first cell. The first cell is the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs, and the first cell belongs to the above-mentioned multiple cells.

[0300] Specifically, the method for determining the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 1 can be found in Example 1B above, and will not be repeated here.

[0301] Specifically, the method for determining the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 1 can be found in Example 1A above, and will not be repeated here.

[0302] Example 2: The identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs is the identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs among all serving cells of the terminal device. The identifier of the target reported configuration is the identifier of all reported configurations associated with the first resource #1 in the first cell. The first cell is the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs. The first cell belongs to the above-mentioned multiple cells.

[0303] Specifically, the method for determining the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 2 can be found in Example 1B above, and will not be repeated here.

[0304] Specifically, the method for determining the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 2 can be found in Example 2A above, and will not be repeated here.

[0305] Example 3: The identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs is the identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs among the above-mentioned multiple cells. The identifier of the target reported configuration is the identifier of the target reported configuration in the first cell. The first cell is the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs, and the first cell belongs to the above-mentioned multiple cells.

[0306] Specifically, the method for determining the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 3 can be found in Example 2B above, and will not be repeated here.

[0307] Specifically, the method for determining the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 3 can be found in Example 1A above, and will not be repeated here.

[0308] Example 4: The identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs is the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs among the above-mentioned multiple cells. The identifier of the target reporting configuration is the identifier of all reporting configurations associated with the first resource #1 in the first cell. The first cell is the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs. The first cell belongs to the above-mentioned multiple cells.

[0309] Specifically, the method for determining the identifier of the cell to which the target reporting configuration belongs in Example 4 can be found in Example 2B above, and will not be repeated here.

[0310] Specifically, the method for determining the identifier of the target reporting configuration in Example 4 can be found in Example 2A above, and will not be repeated here.

[0311] Method 4: The first indication information is used to indicate the target reporting configuration among the above multiple reporting configurations.

[0312] In scenario three, the network device receives the first information through the first resource #1, but the reporting configuration associated with the first resource #1 is multiple reporting configurations in multiple cells. Therefore, the terminal device indicates to the network device through the first indication information which of the multiple reporting configurations the target reporting configuration is.

[0313] For example, the first indication information may include the identifier of the target reporting configuration, which is the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration among the above-mentioned multiple reporting configurations. The method for determining the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration can be referred to Example 3A above, and will not be repeated here.

[0314] Compared to Method 3, Method 4 requires fewer bits for the first indication information, thus saving signaling overhead.

[0315] It should be noted that the embodiments in this application are all illustrated by the example of a terminal device sending measurement results to a network device using the first mode described above. The technical solutions of the embodiments in this application are also applicable to a terminal device sending measurement results to a network device using the second mode described above, and this application does not limit this. For example, when a terminal device sends measurement results to a network device using the second mode described above, the "first resource" involved in step S440 can be replaced with "third resource" or "fourth resource" to obtain a technical solution applicable to the second mode.

[0316] It is understood that some optional features in the embodiments of this application may not depend on other features in certain scenarios, or may be combined with other features in certain scenarios, without limitation.

[0317] It is also understood that the solutions in the embodiments of this application can be used in reasonable combinations, and the explanations or descriptions of the various terms appearing in the embodiments can be referenced or explained to each other in the various embodiments, without limitation.

[0318] It is also understood that, in the above method embodiments, the methods and operations implemented by the device (such as terminal device, network device) can also be implemented by components of the device (such as chips or circuits), without limitation.

[0319] The methods provided by the embodiments of this application have been described in detail above with reference to Figures 4 and 5. The apparatus provided by the embodiments of this application will be described in detail below with reference to Figures 6 to 8. It should be understood that the descriptions of the apparatus embodiments correspond to the descriptions of the method embodiments; therefore, any content not described in detail can be referred to the method embodiments above, and for the sake of brevity, will not be repeated here.

[0320] Referring to Figure 6, which is a schematic diagram of a communication device 600 provided in an embodiment of this application, the device 600 includes a transceiver unit 610. The transceiver unit 610 can be used to implement corresponding communication functions. The transceiver unit 610 can also be referred to as a communication interface or a communication unit.

[0321] Optionally, the device 600 further includes a processing unit 620. The processing unit 620 can be used to perform processing, such as beam measurement. The functionality of the processing unit 620 can be implemented by one or more processors. Specifically, the processor may include a modem chip, or a system-on-a-chip (SoC) or SIP chip containing a modem core.

[0322] Optionally, the device 600 may further include a storage unit for storing instructions and / or data, and the processing unit 620 may read the instructions and / or data from the storage unit to enable the device to implement the aforementioned method embodiments.

[0323] Optionally, the transceiver unit 610 may include a receiving unit and / or a sending unit. The receiving unit may be used to perform receiving-related operations (such as receiving data or messages), and the sending unit may be used to perform sending-related operations (such as sending data or messages).

[0324] In a first possible design, the device 600 can be the terminal device in the aforementioned embodiments, which can implement the steps or processes performed by the terminal device corresponding to the method embodiment shown in Figure 4 above. Specifically, the transceiver unit 610 can be used to perform transceiver-related operations (such as sending and / or receiving data or messages) of the terminal device in the method embodiment shown in Figure 4 above. The processing unit 620 can be used to perform processing-related operations of the terminal device in the method embodiment shown in Figure 4 above, or operations other than transceiver (such as operations other than sending and / or receiving data or messages).

[0325] For example, transceiver unit 610 can be used to: receive configuration information from network devices, the configuration information including at least one reporting configuration; transceiver unit 610 is also used to send measurement results and first indication information to network devices.

[0326] In one possible design, the transceiver unit 610 is also used to send terminal capability information to network devices.

[0327] For example, the processing unit 620 can be used to: perform beam measurement and obtain measurement results.

[0328] In a second possible design, the device 600 can be a network device as described in the preceding embodiments. This device 600 can implement the steps or processes performed by the network device corresponding to the method embodiment shown in Figure 4 above. Specifically, the transceiver unit 610 can be used to perform transceiver-related operations (such as sending and / or receiving data or messages) of the network device in the method embodiment shown in Figure 4 above. The processing unit 620 can be used to perform processing-related operations of the network device in the method embodiment shown in Figure 4 above, or operations other than transceiver (such as operations other than sending and / or receiving data or messages).

[0329] For example, transceiver unit 610 can be used to: send configuration information to terminal device, the configuration information including at least one reporting configuration; transceiver unit 610 is also used to receive measurement results and first indication information from terminal device.

[0330] In one possible design, the transceiver unit 610 is also used to receive terminal capability information from the terminal device.

[0331] It should be understood that the specific process of each unit performing the above-mentioned corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above method embodiments, and will not be repeated here for the sake of brevity.

[0332] It should also be understood that the device 600 here is embodied in the form of a functional unit. The term "unit" here can refer to an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), electronic circuitry, a processor (e.g., a shared processor, a proprietary processor, or a group processor, etc.) and memory for executing one or more software or firmware programs, integrated logic circuitry, and / or other suitable components supporting the described functions. In an alternative example, those skilled in the art will understand that the device 600 can specifically be the communication device in the above embodiments, and can be used to execute the various processes and / or steps corresponding to the communication device in the above method embodiments; to avoid repetition, these will not be described again here.

[0333] The apparatus 600 of each of the above-described schemes has the function of implementing the corresponding steps performed by the communication device in the above-described methods. The function can be implemented in hardware or by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions; for example, the transceiver unit can be replaced by a transceiver (e.g., the transmitting unit in the transceiver unit can be replaced by a transmitter, and the receiving unit in the transceiver unit can be replaced by a receiver), and other units, such as processing units, can be replaced by processors, each executing the transceiver operations and related processing operations in the respective method embodiments.

[0334] In addition, the transceiver unit 610 described above can also be a transceiver circuit (for example, it may include a receiving circuit and a transmitting circuit), and the processing unit can be a processing circuit.

[0335] It should be noted that the device in Figure 6 can be the communication device in the foregoing embodiments, or it can be a chip or chip system, such as a modem chip or a system-on-a-chip (SoC) chip or SIP chip containing a modem core. The transceiver unit can be an input / output circuit or a communication interface; the processing unit is a processor, microprocessor, or integrated circuit integrated on the chip. No limitations are imposed here.

[0336] Referring to Figure 7, which is a schematic diagram of another communication device 700 provided in an embodiment of this application, the device 700 includes a processor 710 coupled to a memory 720. The memory 720 is used to store computer programs or instructions and / or data. The processor 710 is used to execute the computer programs or instructions stored in the memory 720, or to read the data stored in the memory 720, to perform the methods in the above-described method embodiments.

[0337] Optionally, there may be one or more processors 710.

[0338] Optionally, the memory 720 may be one or more.

[0339] Alternatively, the memory 720 can be integrated with the processor 710, or it can be set separately.

[0340] Optionally, as shown in FIG7, the device 700 further includes a transceiver 730 for receiving and / or transmitting signals. For example, a processor 710 is used to control the transceiver 730 to receive and / or transmit signals. Exemplarily, the transceiver 730 may include a transmitter and / or a receiver, the transmitter being used to perform a transmission operation and the receiver being used to perform a reception operation.

[0341] As an example, processor 710 may have the functions of processing unit 620 shown in FIG. 6, memory 720 may have the functions of storage unit, and transceiver 730 may have the functions of transceiver unit 610 shown in FIG. 6.

[0342] As one option, the device 700 is used to implement the operations performed by the communication device in the various method embodiments described above.

[0343] For example, processor 710 is used to execute computer programs or instructions stored in memory 720 to implement the relevant operations of terminal devices or network devices in the various method embodiments described above.

[0344] It should be understood that the processor mentioned in the embodiments of this application can be a central processing unit (CPU), or other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. A general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor or any conventional processor.

[0345] It should also be understood that the memory mentioned in the embodiments of this application can be volatile memory and / or non-volatile memory. Non-volatile memory can be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can be random access memory (RAM). For example, RAM can be used as an external cache. By way of example and not limitation, RAM includes the following forms: static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous linked dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct rambus RAM (DR RAM).

[0346] It should be noted that when the processor is a general-purpose processor, DSP, ASIC, FPGA, or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, or discrete hardware component, the memory (storage module) can be integrated into the processor.

[0347] It should also be noted that the memory described herein is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0348] Referring to Figure 8, Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of a chip system 800 provided in an embodiment of this application. The chip system 800 (or may also be referred to as a processing system) includes logic circuitry 810 and an input / output interface 820.

[0349] The logic circuit 810 can be a processing circuit in the chip system 800. The logic circuit 810 can be coupled to a memory unit, calling instructions from the memory unit, enabling the chip system 800 to implement the methods and functions of the embodiments of this application. The input / output interface 820 can be an input / output circuit in the chip system 800, outputting processed information from the chip system 800, or inputting data or signaling information to be processed into the chip system 800 for processing.

[0350] Optionally, the logic circuit 810 may be implemented by one or more processors, including the one or more processors or the processing portion of the one or more processors.

[0351] Optionally, the input / output interface 820 may include transceiver circuitry, a transceiver, input / output circuitry, or a communication interface.

[0352] As one approach, the chip system 800 is used to implement operations performed by communication devices (such as terminal devices or network devices) in the various method embodiments described above.

[0353] For example, logic circuit 810 is used to implement processing-related operations performed by a communication device (such as a terminal device or a network device) in the above method embodiments; input / output interface 820 is used to implement sending and / or receiving-related operations performed by a communication device (such as a terminal device or a network device) in the above method embodiments, with the input interface used to perform receiving operations and the output interface used to perform sending operations.

[0354] This application also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program or instructions for implementing the methods executed by a communication device (such as a terminal device or a network device) in the above-described method embodiments.

[0355] For example, when the computer program or instructions are executed by a computer, the computer can implement the methods described in the embodiments of the above methods, which are executed by a communication device (such as a terminal device or a network device).

[0356] This application also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program or instructions which, when executed by a computer, implement the methods performed by a communication device (such as a terminal device or a network device) in the above-described method embodiments.

[0357] This application also provides a communication system that includes the terminal device and / or network device described in the preceding embodiments. For example, the system includes the terminal device and network device shown in FIG4.

[0358] The explanations and beneficial effects of the relevant contents in any of the devices provided above can be found in the corresponding method embodiments provided above, and will not be repeated here.

[0359] In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative; for instance, the division of units is only a logical functional division, and in actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not executed. Furthermore, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection of apparatus or units may be electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

[0360] In the above embodiments, implementation can be achieved entirely or partially through software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, it can be implemented entirely or partially in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of this application are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. For example, the computer can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc. The computer instructions can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another. For example, the computer instructions can be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server or data center that integrates one or more available media. The available media can be magnetic media (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes), optical media (e.g., DVDs), or semiconductor media (e.g., solid-state disks, SSDs). For example, the aforementioned available media include, but are not limited to, USB flash drives, portable hard drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks, and other media capable of storing program code.

[0361] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of this application, but the scope of protection of this application is not limited thereto. Any variations or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technology disclosed in this application should be included within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that, include: Receive configuration information from network devices, the configuration information including at least one reported configuration; Perform beam measurement and obtain the measurement results; The measurement result and first indication information are sent to the network device. The first indication information is used to indicate the target reporting configuration corresponding to the measurement result. The target reporting configuration belongs to the at least one reporting configuration.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, Each of the at least one reporting configuration is associated with at least one of the following: First resource, third resource, fourth resource; The first resource is used to send first information to the network device, the first information is used to request a second resource to transmit the measurement result, the third resource is used to send second information to the network device, and the second information is used to instruct the terminal device to send the measurement result to the network device through the fourth resource.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The first indication information includes: the identifier of the target reported configuration, and / or the identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The identifier of the target reporting configuration is the internal identifier of the target reporting configuration among multiple reporting configurations, and the multiple reporting configurations are all reporting configurations associated with the same first resource.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The internal identifier of each of the plurality of reporting configurations is determined by a first rule, which includes one or more of the following: According to the first order, the internal identifier of the first reporting configuration in the plurality of reporting configurations is 0 or 1; According to the first order, the internal identifier of each of the plurality of reporting configurations is incremented by 1 in sequence; The first order is either the size order of the reported configuration indexes, or the order in which the reported configurations are configured.

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that, The multiple reported configurations belong to the same cell.

7. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The multiple reporting configurations belong to multiple cells, and the internal identifier of each reporting configuration is determined by a second rule, which includes one or more of the following: In the second order, the internal identifiers of the reporting configurations belonging to the same cell among the multiple reporting configurations are incremented by 1 in sequence; According to the second and third orders, the internal identifier of the first reported configuration corresponding to one of the plurality of cells is the internal identifier of the last reported configuration corresponding to the preceding cell plus 1; According to the second order and the third order, the internal identifier of the first reported configuration corresponding to the first cell in the plurality of cells is 0 or 1; The second order is the order of the reported configuration indexes, or the second order is the order of the reported configurations; the third order is the order of the cell indexes, or the third order is the order of the cell configurations.

8. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 7, characterized in that, The internal identifier of the target reporting configuration is indicated by a first field, the length of which is L1 bits. L1 can be configured using the configuration information, or L1 can be reported using terminal capability parameters, or L1 can be a default value specified by the protocol.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that, The number of reporting configurations included in the plurality of reporting configurations is less than or equal to 2. L1 .

10. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that, The internal identifier of the target reporting configuration is indicated by a first field, the length of which is [value missing]. Bit, X1 is the maximum value of the number of reporting configurations included in the plurality of reporting configurations. X1 can be configured using the configuration information, or it can be reported using terminal capability parameters, or it can be a default value specified by the protocol.

11. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, characterized in that, The identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs is the internal identifier of the cell among the multiple cells.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The internal identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs is indicated by a second field, the second field being L2 bits in length. L2 can be configured using the configuration information, or L2 can be reported using terminal capability parameters, or L2 can be a default value specified by the protocol.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The number of cells included in the plurality of cells is less than or equal to 2. L2 .

14. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The internal identifier of the cell to which the target reported configuration belongs is indicated by a second field, the length of which is [length missing]. Bit, X2 is the maximum value of the number of cells contained in the plurality of cells. X2 can be configured using the configuration information, or it can be reported using terminal capability parameters, or it can be a value specified by the protocol.

15. A communication device, characterized in that, Includes modules or units for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

16. A communication device, characterized in that, It includes at least one processor, said at least one processor being configured to execute a computer program or instructions to cause the communication device to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 14.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, characterized in that, The device further includes a memory for storing the computer program or instructions; and / or, The device further includes a communication interface coupled to the at least one processor, the communication interface being used for inputting and / or outputting information.

18. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program or instructions that, when executed on a communication device or computer, cause the communication device to perform the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 14.

19. A computer program product, characterized in that, The computer program product includes a computer program or instructions for performing the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 14.

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