Information determination method and apparatus, information transmission method and apparatus, terminal, and network device

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an information determination method and apparatus, an information transmission method and apparatus, a terminal, and a network device. The information determination method is applied to a terminal, and comprises: on the basis of configuration information of a target channel state information (CSI) report, determining the number of processing units occupied for processing the target CSI report and / or symbols on which the processing units are occupied, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following: reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report; reference signal resource configuration information of other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report; parameter information related to reported content; and the reported content.

Description

Information determination, transmission methods, devices, terminals and network equipment

[0001] This disclosure claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202411734001.9, filed with the Chinese Patent Office on November 29, 2024, entitled "Information Determination, Transmission Method, Apparatus, Terminal and Network Equipment", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0002] This disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to an information determination and transmission method, apparatus, terminal and network equipment. Background Technology

[0003] When a terminal performs Channel State Information (CSI) measurements and reports, it needs to consume CSI processing resources. Currently, the CSI processing unit (CPU) is used to describe the terminal's CSI processing capability. The terminal reports the number of CPUs it supports for processing CSI reports simultaneously to the network. If the total number of CSI processing units required for CSI reports configured by the network for the terminal exceeds the number of CPUs supported by the UE, the terminal decides which CSI reports not to be updated based on the priority of the CSI reports, so as to ensure that the number of CSI processing units occupied at the same time does not exceed the number of CPUs available to the UE.

[0004] Determining the number of processing units occupied by a CSI report and which symbols occupy those processing units is an urgent problem to be solved. Summary of the Invention

[0005] This disclosure provides an information determination and transmission method, apparatus, terminal, and network device to accurately determine the number of processing units occupied by a CSI report and which symbols occupy processing units.

[0006] To address the aforementioned technical problems, this disclosure provides an information determination method applied to a terminal, comprising:

[0007] Based on the configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report, determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units for processing the target CSI report;

[0008] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0009] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0010] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0011] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0012] Content to be reported.

[0013] This disclosure also provides an information transmission method applied to a network device, including:

[0014] Configuration information for sending target channel state information (CSI) reports to the terminal, wherein the configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units for processing the target CSI report;

[0015] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0016] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0017] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0018] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0019] Content to be reported.

[0020] This disclosure also provides a terminal, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

[0021] A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations:

[0022] Based on the configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report, determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units for processing the target CSI report;

[0023] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0024] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0025] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0026] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0027] Content to be reported.

[0028] This disclosure also provides a network device, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

[0029] A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations:

[0030] Configuration information for sending Target Channel State Information (CSI) reports to the terminal via a transceiver, wherein the configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units for processing the target CSI report;

[0031] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0032] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0033] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0034] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0035] Content to be reported.

[0036] This disclosure also provides an information determination device applied to a terminal, comprising:

[0037] The determining unit is used to determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units based on the configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report.

[0038] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0039] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0040] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0041] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0042] Content to be reported.

[0043] This disclosure also provides an information transmission device applied to a network device, including:

[0044] The first sending unit is used to send configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report to the terminal. The configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbols occupying the processing units.

[0045] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0046] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0047] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0048] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0049] Content to be reported.

[0050] This disclosure also provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing the processor to perform the methods described above.

[0051] This disclosure also provides a computer program product, including computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method described above.

[0052] The beneficial effects of this disclosure are:

[0053] The above scheme determines the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbol of the occupied processing units based on the configuration information of the target CSI report, thereby ensuring the accurate determination of the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbol of the occupied processing units, and ensuring communication reliability. Attached Figure Description

[0054] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or related technologies of this disclosure, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments or related technologies will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are only some embodiments recorded in this disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0055] Figure 1 is a schematic flowchart of the information determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0056] Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of the set transmission relationship in application scenario two;

[0057] Figure 3 shows a schematic diagram of the reference signal transmission in application scenario three;

[0058] Figure 4 illustrates the set transmission relationship in application scenario four;

[0059] Figure 5 illustrates the set transmission relationship in application scenario five;

[0060] Figure 6 illustrates the set transmission relationship in application scenario six;

[0061] Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating the information transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0062] Figure 8 shows a unit schematic diagram of the information determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0063] Figure 9 shows a structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0064] Figure 10 shows a schematic diagram of the information transmission device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0065] Figure 11 shows a structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Detailed Implementation

[0066] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of this disclosure. Based on the embodiments of this disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this disclosure.

[0067] The terms “first,” “second,” etc., used in this disclosure and in the claims are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or sequence. It should be understood that such use of data can be interchanged where appropriate so that embodiments of this disclosure described herein may be implemented, for example, in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms “comprising” and “having,” and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus.

[0068] In this disclosure, the term "and / or" describes the relationship between related objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent: A existing alone, A and B existing simultaneously, or B existing alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following related objects have an "or" relationship. In this disclosure, the term "multiple" refers to two or more objects, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0069] In this disclosure, the terms "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate that something is an example, illustration, or description. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "for example" in this disclosure should not be construed as being more preferred or advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Specifically, the use of terms such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concepts in a specific manner.

[0070] The following is a brief explanation of the relevant concepts mentioned in this disclosure.

[0071] The size of a Channel State Information (CSI) report is related to the report quantity, and in some cases, it is also related to the codebook type and the time-domain type of the channel measurement resources.

[0072] Currently, the CSI reports based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) in the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) include reporting inference or performance monitoring results for the following use cases:

[0073] Airspace beam prediction: Predict the top K (Top-K) beams in the SetA beam set based on the SetB beam set measured at a certain time.

[0074] Time-domain beam prediction: Based on the SetB beam set measured at several times, predict the optimal K (Top-K) beams in the SetA beam set at several future times;

[0075] CSI prediction: The UE collects CSI information from multiple historical moments, uses AI / ML models to predict the CSI at future moments, and feeds it back to the base station.

[0076] After introducing AI / ML-based CSI reporting, the terminal obtains relevant reporting volume through AI / ML inference. AI / ML-based CSI reporting includes reporting inference results and reporting performance monitoring-related results. The performance monitoring-related results include reports based on network-side configuration and event-triggered reports. The AI / ML model consumes the terminal's processing power during runtime. This disclosure embodiment can also determine the number of processing units occupied by the AI / ML-based CSI report and on which symbols processing units are occupied.

[0077] The embodiments of this disclosure are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The information determination, transmission methods, apparatus, terminals, and network devices provided in the embodiments of this disclosure can be applied to wireless communication systems. This wireless communication system can be a system employing fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication technology (hereinafter referred to as a 5G system). Those skilled in the art will understand that the 5G NR system is merely an example and not a limitation.

[0078] For example, one possible network system structure for which this disclosure is applicable includes a user terminal and a base station. The user terminal can be user equipment (UE), such as a mobile phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), mobile internet device (MID), or wearable device. It should be noted that this disclosure does not limit the specific type of user terminal. The base station can be a 5G or later version base station (e.g., gNB, 5G NR NB), or a base station in other communication systems, also referred to as a node B. It should be noted that this disclosure uses a 5G base station as an example only, but does not limit the specific type of base station.

[0079] This disclosure provides an information determination and transmission method, apparatus, terminal, and network device to accurately determine the number of processing units occupied by a CSI report and which symbols occupy processing units.

[0080] The method and apparatus are based on the same concept of the application. Since the methods and apparatus solve problems in similar ways, the implementation of the apparatus and methods can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be described again.

[0081] As shown in Figure 1, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information determination method, executed by a terminal, including:

[0082] Step S101: Determine the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbols occupying the processing units based on the configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report.

[0083] The configuration information includes at least one of A11-A14:

[0084] A11. Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0085] A12. Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0086] A13. Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0087] A14. Reporting Content.

[0088] It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbols occupying the processing units (in some embodiments, these symbols can be Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols) are determined based on the configuration information of the target CSI report. This ensures accurate determination of the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbols occupying the processing units, thereby guaranteeing communication reliability. It should also be noted that, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the number of processing units occupied by the report can be understood as the number of processing units occupied by processing the report; for example, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report can be understood as the number of processing units occupied by processing the target CSI report.

[0089] In some embodiments, the target CSI mentioned in this disclosure typically refers to a CSI report obtained based on artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML), and can also be simply understood as the target CSI being a CSI report based on AI or ML.

[0090] In some embodiments, the reference signal mentioned in this disclosure may be a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

[0091] In some embodiments, under one implementation, the reported content (also referred to as the reported quantity) of the target CSI report includes at least one of B101-B111:

[0092] B101, Predicted Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP);

[0093] In this case, the direct indication of RSRP is based on prediction or inference.

[0094] B102, RSRP;

[0095] This can be understood as follows: in this case, the method of obtaining RSRP is not specified. The method can be further determined based on configuration parameters in the configuration information. For example, this configuration parameter could be an indication of the CSI report type. When the bit value is 0, it indicates that RSRP is determined based on measurement or channel estimation; when the bit value is 1, it indicates that RSRP is obtained through prediction or inference. Alternatively, when the bit value is 1, it indicates that RSRP is determined based on measurement or channel estimation; when the bit value is 0, it indicates that RSRP is obtained through prediction or inference. For example, this configuration parameter could also be a configuration indication for the reported content of a CSI report, used to indicate the type of reported content or the method of obtaining the reported content. For example, when the configuration parameter indicates that it is obtained through prediction or inference, it means that RSRP is obtained through prediction or inference; when the configuration parameter indicates that it is obtained through measurement, it means that RSRP is determined through measurement or channel estimation.

[0096] B103, Reference signal index value;

[0097] This can be understood as follows: in this case, the method of obtaining the reference signal index value is not specified. The method can be further determined based on the configuration parameters in the configuration information. For example, this configuration parameter could be an indication of the CSI report type. When the bit value is 0, it indicates that the reference signal index value is determined based on measurement or channel estimation; when the bit value is 1, it indicates that the reference signal index value is obtained through prediction or inference. Alternatively, when the bit value is 1, it indicates that the reference signal index value is determined based on measurement or channel estimation; when the bit value is 0, it indicates that the reference signal index value is obtained through prediction or inference. For example, this configuration parameter could also be a configuration indication for the reported content of the CSI report, used to indicate the type of reported content or the method of obtaining the reported content. For example, when the configuration parameter indicates that it is obtained through prediction or inference, it indicates that the reference signal index value is obtained through prediction or inference; when the configuration parameter indicates that it is obtained through measurement, it indicates that the reference signal index value is determined through measurement or channel estimation.

[0098] B104, the index value of the predicted reference signal;

[0099] In this case, the direct indication reference signal index value is obtained based on prediction or inference.

[0100] B105, Rank Indication (RI), Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), or Channel Quality Indicator (CQI);

[0101] This can be understood as not indicating the acquisition method of RI, PMI, or CQI in this case. The acquisition method can be further determined based on the configuration parameters in the configuration information. For example, this configuration parameter can be an indication of the CSI report type. When the bit value is 0, it indicates that RI, PMI, or CQI is determined based on measurement or channel estimation; when the bit value is 1, it indicates that RI, PMI, or CQI is obtained through prediction or inference. Alternatively, when the bit value is 1, it indicates that RI, PMI, or CQI is determined based on measurement or channel estimation; when the bit value is 0, it indicates that RI, PMI, or CQI is obtained through prediction or inference. For example, this configuration parameter can also be a configuration indication for the reported content of the CSI report, used to indicate the type of reported content or the acquisition method of the reported content. For example, when the configuration parameter indicates that it is obtained through prediction or inference, it indicates that RI, PMI, or CQI is obtained through prediction or inference; when the configuration parameter indicates that it is obtained through measurement, it indicates that RI, PMI, or CQI is determined through measurement or channel estimation.

[0102] B106, predicted RI, PMI or CQI;

[0103] In this case, the direct indications of RI, PMI, or CQI are based on prediction or inference.

[0104] B107, the primary indicator;

[0105] In some embodiments, under one implementation, the first metric includes at least one of B1071-B1075:

[0106] B1071, the prediction accuracy of one or more optimal beams;

[0107] B1072, The difference between the predicted RSRP and the measured RSRP;

[0108] B1073, the difference between the predicted optimal multiple beams and the measured optimal multiple beams' RSRP values;

[0109] B1074. Squared Generalized Cosine Similarity (SGCS) between the eigenvectors of the predicted channel and the eigenvectors of the measured channel.

[0110] B1075, Precoding Matrix Indication (PMI) of the Predicted Channel Eigenvector and SGCS of the PMI of the Measured Channel Eigenvector;

[0111] B108. Is the first indicator greater than or equal to the first threshold?

[0112] In some embodiments, the first threshold may be agreed upon by a protocol, pre-configured, or indicated by a network device.

[0113] B109. Is the first indicator less than or equal to the first threshold?

[0114] B110, the difference between the first indicator and the first threshold;

[0115] B111, the number of times the target condition is met;

[0116] In some embodiments, under one implementation, the target condition includes at least one of B1111-B1113:

[0117] B1111, The reference signal index corresponding to the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource belongs to or is equal to the predicted reference signal index;

[0118] It should be noted that when predicting one reference signal index, it is necessary to determine whether the reference signal index corresponding to the maximum RSRP is equal to the predicted reference signal index; when predicting multiple reference signal indices, it is necessary to determine whether the reference signal index corresponding to the maximum RSRP belongs to the predicted reference signal index.

[0119] B1112. The information corresponding to the reference signal index corresponding to the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource belongs to or is equal to the predicted reference signal index.

[0120] This situation can be understood as a correspondence between the first reference signal resource and the predicted reference signal resource set A (i.e., the predicted reference signal index is in set A). For example, if the reference signal index corresponding to the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource is the i-th first reference signal resource, and this resource is mapped to the j-th resource in set A, then it is necessary to determine whether the j-th resource is equal to or belongs to the predicted reference signal index.

[0121] B1113. The difference between the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource and the RSRP measurement value corresponding to the predicted parameter signal is less than or equal to the second threshold.

[0122] In some embodiments, the second threshold may be a protocol agreement, a pre-configuration, or an instruction from the network device.

[0123] In one implementation, the target CSI report can be further divided into CSI reports that report inference results and CSI reports that report performance monitoring results based on type. Specifically, for CSI reports that report inference results, the reported content usually includes at least one of B101-B106; for CSI reports that report performance monitoring results, the reported content usually includes at least one of B107-B111.

[0124] In one implementation, the first reference signal resource mentioned in this embodiment of the disclosure satisfies at least one of C11-C12:

[0125] C11. Some or all of the reference signal resources indicated by the reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0126] For example, if the target CSI report is used to report the measurement results based on the SetB reference signal set to predict the optimal beam in the SetA reference signal set, then the reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report indicates the reference signal resources in the SetB and SetA reference signal sets. In this case, the first reference signal resource is all the reference signal resources in the SetB reference signal set indicated by the reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report. Similarly, if the target CSI report is used to report the measurement results based on the SetC reference signal set to predict channel information for future times, then the first reference signal resource is all the reference signal resources in the SetC reference signal set indicated by the reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report.

[0127] C12, Reference signal resources configured in other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0128] In some embodiments, the other CSI report refers to a CSI report other than the target CSI report. For example, the other CSI report may be the first CSI report or a CSI report with a different type of reporting content than the target CSI report. For example, the target CSI report may be a CSI report that reports performance monitoring-related results, while the other CSI report may be a CSI report that reports inference results.

[0129] For example, if the target CSI report is a CSI report that reports performance monitoring results, and this target CSI report is associated with a CSI report that reports inference results, and if the CSI report that reports inference results is used to predict the optimal beam in the SetA reference signal set based on the measurement results of the SetB reference signal set, and the CSI report that reports inference results configures the SetB reference signal set and the SetA reference signal set, and the target CSI report is used to report the prediction accuracy of the optimal beam, then the first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource in the SetB reference signal set and the SetA reference signal set configured in the CSI report that reports inference results associated with the target CSI report.

[0130] In some embodiments, where the first reference signal resource is a portion of the reference signal resource information associated with the target CSI report, the first reference signal resource satisfies at least one of C21-C25:

[0131] C21. Reference signal resources required to obtain the target CSI report;

[0132] C22. Determined based on the indication information in the configuration information;

[0133] In some embodiments, the indication information can be understood as information indicating the purpose or function of the reference signal resources. For example, for a CSI report that reports performance monitoring results, if reference signal resources for performance monitoring are required, the network device can carry an indication information in the configuration information to indicate which reference signal resources are used for performance monitoring. For example, for a CSI report that reports inference results, if reference signal resources for inference are required, the network device can carry an indication information in the configuration information to indicate which reference signal resources are used for inference.

[0134] C23. Determining the order of the reference signal resource set configured in the configuration information;

[0135] For example, if multiple sets of reference signal resources are configured in the configuration information, then the first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource in the first b sets of reference signal resources configured; or, the first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource in the last c sets of reference signal resources configured.

[0136] C24. Determined based on the reference signal resource set identifier configured in the configuration information;

[0137] For example, if multiple reference signal resource sets are configured in the configuration information, then the first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource in the reference signal resource set whose identifier is a specific identifier (such as the largest M identifiers or the smallest N identifiers in the configured reference signal resource set).

[0138] C25. Determined based on the reference signal resource configuration identifier configured in the configuration information;

[0139] For example, if multiple reference signal resource configurations are configured in the configuration information, then the first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource in the reference signal resource set corresponding to the reference signal resource configuration with a specific identifier (such as the largest M identifiers or the smallest N identifiers in the configured reference signal resource configuration).

[0140] In some embodiments, under one implementation, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report satisfies at least one of D11-D18:

[0141] D11. The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is a multiple of the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report;

[0142] In some embodiments, the first CSI report mentioned in this disclosure can be understood as a CSI report based on non-AI or non-ML methods, or as a CSI report obtained based on existing conventional methods. In some embodiments, the first CSI report occupies a first processing unit, i.e., obtaining the reference signal measurement or channel estimation corresponding to the first CSI report occupies a conventional CSI processing unit.

[0143] This situation can be understood as the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report being determined based on the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report. For example, N1 = a × N2, where N1 represents the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report, N2 represents the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report, and a is an integer greater than or equal to 1. When a equals 1, it can be understood that the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is equal to the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report.

[0144] In some embodiments, under one implementation, the target CSI report and the first CSI report satisfy at least one of D111-D112:

[0145] D111, The number of reference signal resource sets configured in the target CSI report and the first CSI report are different;

[0146] This situation can be understood as distinguishing between the first CSI report and the target CSI report by the number of reference signal resource sets. For example, the target CSI report is configured with 2 reference signal resource sets, while the first CSI report is configured with 1 reference signal resource set.

[0147] D112. The configuration parameters in the configuration information corresponding to the target CSI report and the first CSI report are different;

[0148] In some embodiments, the configuration parameter can be an indication of the CSI report type. For example, a configuration parameter of 1 bit indicates that a first CSI report is made when the bit value is 0, and a target CSI report is made when the bit value is 1. Alternatively, a bit value of 1 indicates a first CSI report, and a bit value of 0 indicates a target CSI report. For instance, the configuration parameter can also be a configuration indication of the content to be reported in the CSI report, indicating the type of the reported content or the method of obtaining the reported content. For example, if the reported content is RSRP, and the configuration parameter indicates that it is obtained through prediction or inference, then the report is a target CSI report; if the configuration parameter indicates that it is obtained through measurement, then the report is a first CSI report. Alternatively, if the configured reported content includes a predicted or inferred reference signal resource index value, then the report is a target CSI report; if the configured reported content includes a reference signal resource index value or RSRP, then the report is a first CSI report.

[0149] In some embodiments, the first CSI report occupies a first processing unit, and the target CSI report occupies a first processing unit and / or a second processing unit. In some embodiments, the second processing unit can be understood as a processing unit related to AI or ML.

[0150] For example, in this case, the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report is p, and the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is twice the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report, then the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is 2p.

[0151] Specifically, if the target CSI report occupies one of the first processing unit and the second processing unit, then the number of the first processing units occupied by the target CSI report is 2p, or the number of the second processing units occupied by the target CSI report is 2p.

[0152] Specifically, if the target CSI report occupies the first processing unit and the second processing unit, then the sum of the number of the first processing unit and the second processing unit occupied by the target CSI report is 2p; furthermore, in this case, the number of the first processing unit is determined by at least one of the following:

[0153] Predefined;

[0154] Related to the number of first reference signal resources, for example, the configuration information in the target CSI report includes two sets of reference signal resources, namely set A and set B. The first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource in set B; or, the first reference signal resource is all the configured reference signal resources;

[0155] The number of first reference signal resource sets is related to the number of first reference signal resource sets. For example, if the configuration information of the first CSI report includes M reference signal resource sets corresponding to set B and N reference signal resource sets corresponding to set A, and the first reference signal resource is the M reference signal resource sets corresponding to Set B, then the number of first processing units is related to M.

[0156] The number of transmission opportunities for the first reference signal resource is related to the number of transmission opportunities. For example, the configuration information of the first CSI report includes set B corresponding to M reference signal resource sets and set A corresponding to N reference signal resource sets. The first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource in the M reference signal resource set corresponding to set B. The reasoning result is obtained based on the K transmission opportunities of the reference signal resource in the M reference signal resource set. Then the number of the first processing units is related to K.

[0157] The number of time points is related to the content reported in the target CSI report. The more time points included in the reported content, the larger the number of first processing units.

[0158] The number of second processing units is determined by at least one of the following:

[0159] Predefined;

[0160] The number of processing units is related to the parameters reported by the terminal. For example, the number of processing units is related to the complexity of the AI ​​model or ML model. The terminal reports parameters related to the complexity of the AI ​​model or ML model, and the number of processing units is determined based on the values ​​of the parameters related to the complexity of the AI ​​model or ML model reported by the terminal; or the terminal reports complexity parameters, and the number of processing units is determined based on the values ​​of the complexity parameters reported by the terminal.

[0161] Related to the number of first reference signal resources;

[0162] Related to the number of resources in the first reference signal set;

[0163] Related to the number of transmission opportunities of the first reference signal resource;

[0164] Related to the number of time points corresponding to the content reported in the target CSI report.

[0165] In some embodiments, the method for determining the multiples described in this disclosure may employ at least one of the following methods:

[0166] Related to the parameters reported by the terminal;

[0167] Related to the number of first reference signal resources;

[0168] Related to the number of resources in the first reference signal set;

[0169] Related to the number of transmission opportunities of the first reference signal resource;

[0170] Related to the number of time points corresponding to the content reported in the target CSI report;

[0171] This is determined based on the parameters configured for the network device, such as the number of performance monitoring cycles configured for the network device.

[0172] The value is determined based on the parameters and thresholds configured on the network device. For example, if a certain parameter configured on the network device is greater than or equal to threshold 1, the multiplier is S1; if it is greater than or equal to threshold 2, the multiplier is S2.

[0173] Predefined.

[0174] D12, The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is greater than or equal to the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report;

[0175] This situation can be understood as the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report being equal to the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report, or the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report being greater than the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report.

[0176] In some embodiments, when the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is equal to the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report, if the target CSI report occupies two types of processing units (the target CSI report occupies a first processing unit and a second processing unit), then the sum of the number of these two types of processing units is equal to the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report; furthermore, in the case where the target CSI report occupies two types of processing units, the number of the first processing units is determined by at least one of the following:

[0177] Predefined;

[0178] Related to the number of first reference signal resources, for example, the configuration information in the target CSI report includes two sets of reference signal resources, namely set A and set B. The first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource in set B; or, the first reference signal resource is all the configured reference signal resources;

[0179] The number of first reference signal resource sets is related to the number of first reference signal resource sets. For example, if the configuration information of the first CSI report includes M reference signal resource sets corresponding to set B and N reference signal resource sets corresponding to set A, and the first reference signal resource is the M reference signal resource sets corresponding to Set B, then the number of first processing units is related to M.

[0180] The number of transmission opportunities for the first reference signal resource is related to the number of transmission opportunities. For example, the configuration information of the first CSI report includes set B corresponding to M reference signal resource sets and set A corresponding to N reference signal resource sets. The first reference signal resource is the reference signal resource in the M reference signal resource set corresponding to set B. The reasoning result is obtained based on the K transmission opportunities of the reference signal resource in the M reference signal resource set. Then the number of the first processing units is related to K.

[0181] The number of time points is related to the content reported in the target CSI report. The more time points included in the reported content, the larger the number of first processing units.

[0182] The number of second processing units is determined by at least one of the following:

[0183] Predefined;

[0184] The number of processing units is related to the parameters reported by the terminal. For example, the number of processing units is related to the complexity of the AI ​​model or ML model. The terminal reports parameters related to the complexity of the AI ​​model or ML model, and the number of processing units is determined based on the values ​​of the parameters related to the complexity of the AI ​​model or ML model reported by the terminal; or the terminal reports complexity parameters, and the number of processing units is determined based on the values ​​of the complexity parameters reported by the terminal.

[0185] Related to the number of first reference signal resources;

[0186] Related to the number of resources in the first reference signal set;

[0187] Related to the number of transmission opportunities of the first reference signal resource;

[0188] Related to the number of time points corresponding to the content reported in the target CSI report.

[0189] In some embodiments, where the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is greater than the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is further related to at least one of the following:

[0190] Parameters reported by the terminal;

[0191] The number of first reference signal resources;

[0192] The number of first reference signal resource sets;

[0193] The number of transmission opportunities for the first reference signal resource;

[0194] The time period corresponding to the content reported in the target CSI report;

[0195] Parameters configured for network devices, such as the number of times the network device is configured for performance monitoring;

[0196] The parameters and thresholds configured for network devices are as follows: when a certain parameter configured for a network device is greater than or equal to threshold 1, the number of processing units occupied is X1; when it is greater than or equal to threshold 2, the number of processing units occupied is X2.

[0197] Predefined.

[0198] Furthermore, if the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is greater than the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report, and if the target CSI report occupies two types of processing units (the target CSI report occupies the first processing unit and the second processing unit), the method for determining the number of each type of processing unit occupied can be found in the above description and will not be repeated here.

[0199] D13. The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of first reference signal resources in the configuration information;

[0200] In this case, it can be understood that the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is determined at least based on the number of first reference signal resources.

[0201] D14. The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of the first reference signal resource set in the configuration information;

[0202] It should be noted that the first reference signal resource set mentioned in the embodiments of this disclosure includes at least one first reference signal resource;

[0203] In this case, it can be understood that the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is determined at least based on the number of the first reference signal resource set.

[0204] D15. The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of transmission opportunities of the first reference signal resource in the configuration information;

[0205] In this case, it can be understood that the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is determined at least based on the number of transmission opportunities of the first reference signal resource.

[0206] D16. The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the parameter information related to the reported content in the configuration information;

[0207] In this case, it can be understood that the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is determined at least based on parameter information related to the reported content.

[0208] For example, this parameter information may include the number of times corresponding to the reported content.

[0209] D17. The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the parameters reported by the terminal;

[0210] In some embodiments, the parameters reported by the terminal may be model-related parameters, such as model complexity parameters.

[0211] D18. The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is predefined;

[0212] It should be noted that in this case, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report can be understood as predefined. For example, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report can be predefined as 0 or other values, or the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report can be predefined as the same as the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report. Alternatively, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report can be understood as determined based on predefined rules. For example, the value of the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report can be predefined under a specific configuration. The terminal only needs to determine the configuration to determine the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report corresponding to that configuration.

[0213] In some embodiments, if the number of processing units occupied by a predefined target CSI report is 0, it indicates that the target CSI report does not occupy processing units. For example, at this time, the target CSI report may be associated with a first CSI report or with a reference signal resource configured in the first CSI report.

[0214] In some embodiments, under one implementation, the starting symbol of the symbol occupied by the target CSI report processing unit includes:

[0215] The earliest symbol in the most recent L transmission opportunities of each reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource that is no later than the first reference time;

[0216] Where L is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0217] In some embodiments, the first reference time includes at least one of the following:

[0218] The temporal location of the CSI reference resource corresponding to the target CSI report;

[0219] The first symbol of the uplink channel is used to request uplink resources carrying a target CSI report. In some embodiments, the request information can be sent via a scheduling request or simultaneously with other requests.

[0220] The first symbol for the uplink resource carrying the target CSI report.

[0221] In some embodiments, L is determined by at least one of the following:

[0222] Predefined;

[0223] Network equipment configuration;

[0224] Parameters reported by the terminal

[0225] In some embodiments, under one implementation, the end symbol of the target CSI report occupying the processing unit includes at least one of E11-E12:

[0226] E11, the last symbol of the uplink channel carrying the target CSI report, configured or scheduled;

[0227] In some embodiments, the uplink channel includes a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) or a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUSCH).

[0228] In some embodiments, the uplink channel carrying the target CSI report can be configured in the target CSI report configuration information or in other information.

[0229] E12, the latest symbol among the K most recent transmission times of each reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource that is no later than the second reference time;

[0230] Where K is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0231] In some embodiments, the second reference time includes at least one of the following:

[0232] The temporal location of the CSI reference resource corresponding to the target CSI report;

[0233] The last symbol of the uplink channel is used to request uplink resources carrying a target CSI report. In some embodiments, this request information can be sent via a scheduling request or simultaneously with other requests.

[0234] The last symbol configured for the uplink resource used to carry the target CSI report.

[0235] In some embodiments, K is determined by at least one of the following:

[0236] Predefined;

[0237] Network equipment configuration;

[0238] Parameters reported by the terminal.

[0239] In some embodiments, under one implementation, the method further includes:

[0240] Send the number of the first processing units and / or the number of the second processing units to the network device.

[0241] It should be noted that if the number of first and / or second processing units occupied by the CSI reports being processed simultaneously is less than or equal to the number of first and / or second processing units reported by the terminal, the terminal can update the CSI reports.

[0242] The specific applications of the embodiments of this disclosure are illustrated below with examples.

[0243] Application Scenario 1

[0244] The terminal deploys an AI or ML model, whose function is to predict the optimal beam in a reference signal resource set (SetA) based on the measurement results of the reference signal resource set (SetB). The base station configures CSI report1 (corresponding to the target CSI report mentioned above) and CSI report2 (corresponding to the first CSI report mentioned above). CSI report1 is reported periodically, and its configuration information includes two periodic reference signal resource sets. The set with the smaller reference signal resource set index (referred to as set B) corresponds to SetB, and the set with the larger reference signal resource set index (referred to as set A) corresponds to SetA. The terminal measures each reference signal resource in set B and predicts K reference signal resource indices in set A based on the RSRP of each reference signal resource in set B. The terminal then reports these K reference signal resource indices. CSI report2 is also reported periodically, and its configuration information includes one periodic reference signal resource set (referred to as set C). The UE measures each reference signal resource in set C and reports the K reference signal resource indices and their corresponding RSRPs.

[0245] Specifically, CSI report2 occupies A processing units, and CSI report1 occupies A+B processing units, where the set of values ​​for B is {B1, B2, B3}. The specific value of B in the set of values ​​is determined based on the parameters reported by the terminal, or B is predefined. A is the number of the first processing units, and B is the number of the second processing units.

[0246] or,

[0247] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is A, and the number of processing units occupied by CSI report1 is X*A, where the value of X is related to the parameters reported by the terminal.

[0248] or,

[0249] Both CSI report2 and CSI report1 occupy A processing units.

[0250] or,

[0251] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is A, and the number of processing units occupied by CSI report1 is B. The specific value of B is determined according to the parameters reported by the terminal, or B is predefined.

[0252] Furthermore, the terminal determines the time-domain information of the uplink resources carrying the report (such as the uplink timeslot carrying CSI report1) based on the configuration information of CSI report1, and determines the time-domain position of the corresponding CSI reference resource based on the time-domain information of the uplink resources carrying the report. The symbols occupied by the processing unit start from the earliest symbol in the most recent transmission opportunity of each reference signal resource in set B that is no later than the time-domain position of the CSI reference resource corresponding to CSI report1, and continue until the last symbol of the configured uplink channel carrying CSI report1.

[0253] Application Scenario 2

[0254] The terminal side deploys an AI model or ML model. The function of this AI model or ML model is to predict the Top-1 beam in the reference signal resource set (SetA) at the next N=3 time points based on the M=3 measurement results of the reference signal resource set (SetB), as shown in Figure 2.

[0255] The base station is configured with CSI report1 (corresponding to the target CSI report mentioned above). CSI report1 is reported periodically. The configuration information includes two periodic reference signal resource sets. The set with the smaller reference signal resource configuration index (referred to as set B) corresponds to Set B, and the set with the larger reference signal resource configuration index (referred to as set A) corresponds to Set A. The terminal measures each reference signal resource in set B. Based on the RSRP of each reference signal resource in set B at three times (T1, T2, T3 in Figure 2), it predicts K reference signal resource indices for three times in set A (T4, T5, T6 in Figure 2). The terminal reports the reference signal resource indices corresponding to the K RSRPs at these three times.

[0256] Specifically, CSI report1 occupies A+B processing units, where the set of values ​​for B is {B1, B2, B3}. The value of B is determined based on at least one of the following: parameters reported by the terminal, M, N, and the number of reference signal resources within set B. M is configured by the base station or reported by the terminal.

[0257] or,

[0258] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report1 is X*A, where the value of X is related to at least one of the following: the number of transmission opportunities M of set B within the measurement window, the number of reference signal resources in set B, the number of time points N corresponding to the report content, and the parameters reported by the UE. A is a predefined value.

[0259] or,

[0260] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report1 is B. The value of B is determined based on the parameters reported by the terminal, M, N, or the number of reference signal resources in set B, or B is predetermined.

[0261] Furthermore, the terminal determines the reporting time and the time-domain and frequency-domain resources of the uplink resources carrying the report based on the configuration information of CSI report1. It determines the time-domain position of the corresponding CSI reference resource based on the reporting time. The symbols occupied by the processing unit start from the earliest symbol in the most recent consecutive M=3 transmission opportunities of each reference signal resource in set B that is no later than the time-domain position of the CSI reference resource corresponding to CSI report1, and continue until the last symbol of the configured uplink channel carrying CSI report1.

[0262] Application Scenario 3

[0263] The terminal deploys an AI or ML model. This model predicts channel information for the next N = 2 time points based on CSI-RS measurement results at M = 4 time points, as shown in Figure 3. The base station configures CSI report1 (corresponding to the target CSI report mentioned above) and CSI report2 (corresponding to the first CSI report mentioned above). Both CSI report1 and CSI report2 are periodically reported. Their configuration information includes one periodic reference signal resource, and the reported content is 'cri-RI-PMI-CQI', with a codebook type of 'typeII-Doppler-r18'. In the configuration information of CSI report1, parameter 1 is configured as "on", and in the configuration information of CSI report2, parameter 2 is configured as "off", indicating that the reporting result of CSI report1 is based on AI or ML. The terminal measures the configured reference signal resource (e.g., measuring the reference signal resource at times T1, T2, T3, and T4) and predicts the channel at future time points (e.g., predicting the channel at times T5 and T6). The terminal uses Method 1 (e.g., AI / ML inference) and Method 2 (e.g., autoregressive prediction) to make predictions respectively. It reports the relevant results of Method 1 according to the configuration information of CSI report1 and the relevant results of Method 2 according to the configuration information of CSI report2.

[0264] Specifically, CSI report2 occupies A processing units, and CSI report1 occupies A+B processing units, where the set of values ​​for B is {B1, B2, B3}, and the value of B is determined based on at least one of the parameters reported by the terminal, M, and N. A is the number of first processing units, and B is the number of second processing units. M is configured by the base station or reported by the terminal.

[0265] or,

[0266] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is A, and the number of processing units occupied by CSI report1 is X*A, where the value of X is related to at least one of the parameters reported by the terminal, M, and N, or X is a predefined value.

[0267] or,

[0268] Both CSI report2 and CSI report1 occupy A processing units.

[0269] or,

[0270] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is A, and the number of processing units occupied by CSI report1 is B. The value of B is determined based on at least one of the parameters reported by the UE, M, and N, or B is predefined.

[0271] Furthermore, the terminal determines the reporting time and the time-domain and frequency-domain resources of the uplink resources carrying the report based on the configuration information of CSI report1. It determines the time-domain position of the corresponding CSI reference resource based on the reporting time. The symbols occupied by the processing unit start from the earliest symbol in the most recent consecutive M=4 transmission opportunities of the reference signal resource configured in CSI report1, which is no later than the time-domain position of the CSI reference resource corresponding to CSI report1, and continue until the last symbol of the configured uplink channel carrying CSI report1.

[0272] Application Situation 4

[0273] The terminal deploys an AI or ML model, whose function is to predict the optimal beam in a reference signal resource set (SetA) based on the measurement results of the reference signal resource set (SetB). The base station configures CSI report1 (corresponding to the target CSI report mentioned above). CSI report1 is periodically reported, and its configuration information includes two periodic reference signal resource sets. The set with the smaller reference signal resource set index (referred to as set B) corresponds to SetB, and the set with the larger reference signal resource set index (referred to as set A) corresponds to SetA. SetA is also used for performance monitoring. The terminal measures each reference signal resource in set B and predicts K RSRPs and their corresponding indices in set A based on the RSRPs of each reference signal resource in set B (referred to as inference results). The terminal measures set A to obtain the Top-1 reference signal resources in set A (referred to as baseline results). As shown in Figure 4, the Top-K beam prediction accuracy can be obtained based on W inference results and baseline results, and the terminal reports the Top-K beam prediction accuracy.

[0274] Specifically, the number of processing units occupied by CSI report1 is S*(A+B), where the set of values ​​for B is {B1, B2, B3}, and the value of B is determined according to the parameters reported by the terminal. S is determined according to W, the parameters reported by the UE, and at least one of the reference signal resources in set B and set A, or S is a predefined value.

[0275] or,

[0276] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report1 is X*A, where the value of X is determined based on W, the terminal reported parameters, and at least one of the reference signal resources in set B and set A, or X is a predefined value and A is a predefined value.

[0277] or,

[0278] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report1 is B. The value of B is determined based on W, the parameters reported by the terminal, and at least one of the number of reference signal resources in set B and set A.

[0279] Furthermore, the terminal determines the reporting time and the time-domain and frequency-domain resources of the uplink resources carrying the report based on the configuration information of CSI report1. It determines the time-domain position of the corresponding CSI reference resource based on the reporting time. The symbols occupied by the processing unit start from the earliest symbol in the most recent transmission time of each reference signal resource in set B and set A that is no later than the time-domain position of the CSI reference resource corresponding to CSI report1, and continue until the last symbol of the configured uplink channel source carrying CSI report1.

[0280] Application Scenario 5

[0281] The terminal deploys an AI or ML model, with functionality similar to application scenario four. The base station configures CSI report1 (corresponding to one type of target CSI report mentioned above) and CSI report2 (corresponding to another type of target CSI report mentioned above). CSI report1 is periodically reported, and its configuration information includes two periodic reference signal resource sets. The set with the smaller reference signal resource set index (referred to as set B) corresponds to Set B, and the set with the larger reference signal resource set index (referred to as set A) corresponds to Set A. CSI report2 includes one periodic reference signal resource set (referred to as set C), and CSI report2 is associated with CSI report1. The terminal measures each reference signal resource in set B and predicts K RSRPs and corresponding reference signal resource indices in set A based on the RSRPs of each reference signal resource in set B (referred to as inference results). The terminal measures set C to obtain the Top-1 reference signal resources in set C (referred to as baseline results). Based on the transmission opportunities of W sets B and C, the inference results and baseline results are obtained, and the Top-K beam prediction accuracy or the number of correct predictions in W transmission opportunities is calculated. The terminal reports the predicted K reference signal resource indices in CSI report1, and reports the Top-K beam prediction accuracy or the number of correct predictions in CSI report2, as shown in Figure 5.

[0282] It should be noted that CSI report1 reports inference-related results, and the number of processing units and symbols it occupies can be found in Application Case 1. Here, we only analyze the processing units and symbols occupied by CSI report2.

[0283] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is S*(A+B), where the set of values ​​for B is {B1, B2, B3}, and the value of B is determined based on the parameters reported by the terminal. S is determined based on at least one of the parameters reported by W and UE, and the number of reference signal resources in set A, or S is a predefined value. A is the number of first processing units, and B is the number of second processing units.

[0284] or,

[0285] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is X*A, where the value of X is determined based on at least one of W, terminal reported parameters, and the number of reference signal resources in set A, or X is a predefined value and A is a predefined value.

[0286] or,

[0287] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is B. The value of B is determined based on at least one of W, the terminal reported parameters, and the number of reference signal resources in set A.

[0288] Furthermore, the terminal determines the reporting time and the time-domain and frequency-domain resources of the uplink resources carrying the report based on the configuration information of CSI report2. The symbols occupied by the processing unit start from the earliest symbol in the most recent first transmission time of each reference signal resource in the W performance monitoring set A, which is no later than the time-domain position of the CSI reference resource corresponding to CSI report2, until the last symbol of the configured uplink channel carrying CSI report2.

[0289] Application Situation 6

[0290] The terminal deploys an AI or ML model, which predicts the Top-1 beams in the reference signal resource set (SetA) for the next N = 2 time steps based on M = 2 measurements of the reference signal resource set (SetB). The base station configures CSI report1 and CSI report2. CSI report1 is periodically reported and includes three periodic reference signal resource sets in its configuration information. The two sets with the smallest reference signal resource set index (referred to as sets B1 and B2) correspond to the measurement resources within the measurement window, and the set with the largest reference signal resource set index (referred to as set A) corresponds to SetA. CSI report2 is associated with CSI report1. The UE measures each reference signal resource in sets B1 and B2, and predicts K RSRPs and corresponding reference signal resources in set A for the next two time steps based on the RSRPs of each reference signal resource in B1 and B2 (referred to as inference results). The terminal measures set A to obtain the Top-1 reference signal resources in set A (referred to as baseline results). Based on W inference results and baseline results, the Top-K beam prediction accuracy is obtained, as shown in Figure 6.

[0291] Specifically, the number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is S*(A+B), where the set of values ​​for B is {B1, B2, B3}. The value of A or B is determined based on at least one of the parameters reported by the terminal, M, N, and the number of reference signal resources in set A, or B is predefined. S is determined based on at least one of W, the parameters reported by the terminal, and the number of reference signal resources in set A, or S is a predefined value.

[0292] or,

[0293] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is X*A, where the value of X is determined based on at least one of W, the parameters reported by the terminal, the number of reference signal resources in set A, M and N, or X is a predefined value and A is a predefined value, or A is determined based on at least one of W, the parameters reported by the terminal, the number of reference signal resources in set A, M and N.

[0294] or,

[0295] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is B. The value of B is determined based on at least one of W, terminal reported parameters, the number of reference signal resources in set A, M, and N.

[0296] Furthermore, the terminal determines the reporting time and the time-domain and frequency-domain resources of the uplink resources carrying the report based on the configuration information of CSI report2. It determines the time-domain position of the corresponding CSI reference resource based on the reporting time. The symbols occupied by the processing unit start from the earliest symbol in the most recent consecutive N=2 transmission opportunities of each reference signal resource in set A that is no later than the time-domain position of the CSI reference resource corresponding to CSI report2, and continue until the last symbol of the configured uplink channel carrying CSI report2.

[0297] Application Scenario 7

[0298] The terminal side deploys an AI or ML model. This model predicts channel information for the next N = 2 time points based on CSI-RS measurement results at M = 4 time points (same as Figure 3 in Application Scenario 3). The base station is configured with CSI report1 and CSI report2, both of which are periodically reported. CSI report1 includes one periodic reference signal resource in its configuration information, and CSI report2 is associated with CSI report1. As shown in Figure 3, the UE measures the configured reference signal resource. Based on the measured reference signal resources at times T1, T2, T3, and T4, the channel at times T5 and T6 is predicted. Based on the measurement results at times T5 and T6, monitoring metrics such as SGCS are calculated. The content of CSI report1 is 'cri-RI-PMI-CQI', and the codebook type is 'typeII-Doppler-r18'. The content of CSI report2 is the average SGCS of W performance monitoring tests.

[0299] Specifically, CSI report2 does not require additional measurement reference signal resources and occupies 0 processing units.

[0300] Application Situation 8

[0301] The terminal deploys an AI or ML model, with functionality identical to that in Application Scenario 4. The base station configures CSI report1 and CSI report2, with the same configuration information as in Application Scenario 5. CSI report2 is associated with CSI report1. The terminal obtains inference and baseline results based on the transmission timings of W sets B and C, and calculates the Top-K beam prediction accuracy. If the Top-K beam prediction accuracy is less than or equal to a threshold, the terminal sends a request for uplink resources. Upon receiving the request, the base station schedules uplink resources, and the terminal reports the Top-K beam prediction accuracy using the uplink resources scheduled by the base station.

[0302] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is the same as in application scenario 5, and will not be repeated here. The symbols occupied by the processing units start from the earliest symbol in the most recent transmission opportunity of each reference signal resource in set A, no later than the first symbol occupied by the uplink channel carrying the request information, and continue until the last symbol of the scheduled uplink channel carrying CSI report2.

[0303] Application Situation 9

[0304] The terminal deploys an AI or ML model, whose functionality is the same as in application scenario four. The base station configures CSI report1 and CSI report2; the configuration information for CSI report1 is the same as in application scenario five. CSI report2 is associated with CSI report1, and its configuration information includes uplink resources. The terminal obtains inference results and baseline results based on the transmission timings of W sets B and C, thus obtaining the Top-K beam prediction accuracy. If the Top-K beam prediction accuracy is less than or equal to a threshold, it is reported on the uplink resources configured by the base station; otherwise, it is not reported.

[0305] The number of processing units occupied by CSI report2 is the same as in application scenario five.

[0306] Furthermore, if the terminal reports Top-K prediction accuracy on the configured uplink resources, the processing unit starts from the earliest symbol in the most recent transmission timing of each reference signal resource in set A, no later than the CSI reference resource, and continues until the last symbol of the uplink resource carrying the report. If the terminal does not report Top-K prediction accuracy on the configured uplink resources, the symbols used by the processing unit start from the earliest symbol in the first transmission timing of each reference signal resource in set A during W performance monitoring sessions, and continue until the latest symbol in the last transmission timing of each reference signal resource in set A during W performance monitoring sessions. Alternatively, the processing unit starts from the earliest symbol in the first transmission timing of each reference signal resource in set A during W performance monitoring sessions, and continues until the last symbol of the time-domain position of the configured uplink channel that can carry the report. If the Top-K beam prediction accuracy is less than or equal to a threshold, the configured uplink resource carries the report; otherwise, it does not.

[0307] It should be noted that at least one embodiment of this disclosure proposes a method for calculating the number of processing units occupied and the symbol of the occupied processing units for AI or ML-related CSI reports (including CSI reports of inference results and CSI reports of performance monitoring results), including configuration-based reporting and event-triggered reporting. According to the method of embodiments of this disclosure, the network side and the terminal align the processing unit occupancy rules when performing AI or ML-related CSI reporting, clarify the processing rules for AI or ML-related CSI reports based on terminal capabilities, and ensure the reliability of communication.

[0308] The technical solutions provided in this disclosure are applicable to a variety of systems, especially 5G systems. For example, applicable systems may include Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD), LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), and 5G New Radio (NR). All of these systems include terminals (also referred to as terminal equipment) and network equipment. The systems may also include a core network component, such as Evolved Packet System (EPS) and 5G systems (5GS).

[0309] The terminal involved in the embodiments of this disclosure, also referred to as a terminal device, can be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with wireless connectivity, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The name of the terminal device may differ in different systems; for example, in a 5G system, the terminal device can be called User Equipment (UE). The wireless terminal device can communicate with one or more core networks (CNs) via a Radio Access Network (RAN). The wireless terminal device can be a mobile terminal device, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal device, for example, a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted mobile device, which exchanges voice and / or data with the RAN. Examples include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Wireless terminal equipment can also be referred to as a system, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, or user device, but is not limited to these terms in the embodiments disclosed herein.

[0310] The network device disclosed in this embodiment may be a base station, which may include multiple cells providing services to terminals. Depending on the specific application, the base station may also be called an access point, or a device in the access network that communicates with the wireless terminal device through one or more sectors on the air interface, or other names. The network device may be used to exchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets, acting as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, where the rest of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may also coordinate the attribute management of the air interface. For example, the network equipment involved in this disclosure can be a base transceiver station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a NodeB in a wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, an evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a next generation system, a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay node, a femto, a pico, etc., and is not limited in this disclosure. In some network structures, the network equipment may include centralized unit (CU) nodes and distributed unit (DU) nodes, and the centralized unit and distributed unit may be geographically separated.

[0311] Network devices and terminal devices can each use one or more antennas for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission. MIMO transmission can be Single User MIMO (SU-MIMO) or Multiple User MIMO (MU-MIMO). Depending on the configuration and number of antenna combinations, MIMO transmission can be 2D MIMO, 3D MIMO, Full Dimension MIMO (FD-MIMO), or Massive MIMO, or it can be diversity transmission, pre-coded transmission, or beamforming transmission, etc.

[0312] As shown in Figure 7, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information transmission method, executed by a network device, including:

[0313] Step S701: Send configuration information for the target channel state information (CSI) report to the terminal. The configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbols occupying the processing units.

[0314] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0315] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0316] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0317] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0318] Content to be reported.

[0319] In some embodiments, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report satisfies at least one of the following:

[0320] The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is a multiple of the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report;

[0321] The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is greater than or equal to the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report;

[0322] The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of first reference signal resources in the configuration information;

[0323] The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of the first reference signal resource set in the configuration information, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes at least one first reference signal resource;

[0324] The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of transmission opportunities of the first reference signal resource in the configuration information;

[0325] The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the parameter information related to the reported content in the configuration information;

[0326] The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the parameters reported by the terminal;

[0327] The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is predefined.

[0328] In some embodiments, the target CSI report and the first CSI report satisfy at least one of the following:

[0329] The target CSI report and the first CSI report have different sets of reference signal resources.

[0330] The configuration parameters in the configuration information corresponding to the target CSI report and the first CSI report are different.

[0331] In some embodiments, the first CSI report occupies a first processing unit, and the target CSI report occupies a first processing unit and / or a second processing unit.

[0332] In some embodiments, the starting symbol of the symbol of the target CSI report occupying the processing unit includes:

[0333] The earliest symbol in the most recent L transmission opportunities of each reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource that is no later than the first reference time;

[0334] Where L is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0335] In some embodiments, the first reference time includes at least one of the following:

[0336] The temporal location of the CSI reference resource corresponding to the target CSI report;

[0337] The first symbol of the uplink channel used to request uplink resources carrying a target CSI report;

[0338] The first symbol for the uplink resource carrying the target CSI report.

[0339] In some embodiments, the end symbol of the target CSI report occupying the processing unit includes at least one of the following:

[0340] The last symbol of the uplink resource channel carrying the target CSI report, configured or scheduled;

[0341] The latest symbol in the K most recent transmission times of each reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource that is no later than the second reference time;

[0342] Where K is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0343] In some embodiments, the second reference time includes at least one of the following:

[0344] The temporal location of the CSI reference resource corresponding to the target CSI report;

[0345] The last symbol of the uplink channel used to request uplink resources carrying a target CSI report;

[0346] The last symbol configured for the uplink resource used to carry the target CSI report.

[0347] In some embodiments, the content of the target CSI report includes at least one of the following:

[0348] Predicted reference signal received power RSRP;

[0349] Reference signal received power RSRP;

[0350] Reference signal index value;

[0351] The predicted reference signal index value;

[0352] Rank indicator (RI), precoding matrix indicator (PMI), or channel quality indicator (CQI);

[0353] Forecasted RI, PMI, or CQI;

[0354] First indicator;

[0355] Is the first indicator greater than or equal to the first threshold?

[0356] Is the first indicator less than or equal to the first threshold?

[0357] The difference between the first indicator and the first threshold;

[0358] The number of times the target condition is met;

[0359] The first indicator includes at least one of the following:

[0360] The optimal prediction accuracy of one or more beams;

[0361] The difference between the predicted RSRP and the measured RSRP;

[0362] The difference between the predicted optimal multiple beams and the measured optimal multiple beams' RSRP values;

[0363] The squared generalized cosine similarity (SGCS) between the eigenvectors of the predicted channel and the eigenvectors of the measured channel.

[0364] The precoding matrix of the predicted channel eigenvectors indicates the PMI and the SGCS of the measured channel eigenvectors' PMI.

[0365] The target condition includes at least one of the following:

[0366] The reference signal index corresponding to the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource belongs to or is equal to the predicted reference signal index;

[0367] The information corresponding to the reference signal index of the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource belongs to or is equal to the predicted reference signal index;

[0368] The difference between the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource and the RSRP measurement corresponding to the predicted parameter signal is less than or equal to the second threshold.

[0369] In some embodiments, the first reference signal resource satisfies at least one of the following:

[0370] Some or all of the reference signal resources indicated by the reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0371] Reference signal resources configured in other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report.

[0372] In some embodiments, when the first reference signal resource is a portion of the reference signal resource information associated with the target CSI report, the first reference signal resource satisfies at least one of the following:

[0373] Reference signal resources required to obtain the target CSI report;

[0374] Determined based on the indication information in the configuration information;

[0375] The order of the reference signal resource set configured in the configuration information is determined;

[0376] Determined based on the reference signal resource set identifier configured in the configuration information;

[0377] The configuration identifier is determined based on the reference signal resource configuration identifier configured in the configuration information.

[0378] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0379] The number of first processing units and / or second processing units of the terminal receiving the data.

[0380] It should be noted that all the implementation methods in the above embodiments are applicable to the embodiments of the information transmission method applied to the network device side, and can achieve the same technical effect, so they will not be described again here.

[0381] As shown in Figure 8, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information determination device 800, applied to a terminal, including:

[0382] The determining unit 801 is used to determine the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbols occupying the processing units based on the configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report.

[0383] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0384] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0385] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0386] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0387] Content to be reported.

[0388] In some embodiments, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report, the start symbol of the symbol of the processing unit occupied by the target CSI report, the end symbol of the symbol of the processing unit occupied by the target CSI report, the reporting content of the target CSI report, and related descriptions can be found in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0389] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0390] The second transmitting unit is used to transmit to the network device the number of the first processing units and / or the number of the second processing units.

[0391] It should be noted that this device embodiment corresponds one-to-one with the above method embodiments. All implementation methods in the above method embodiments are applicable to this device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0392] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of this disclosure is illustrative and only represents one logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of this disclosure can be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically separately, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit. The integrated units described above can be implemented in hardware or as software functional units.

[0393] If the integrated unit is implemented as a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this disclosure, in essence, or the part that contributes to related technologies, or all or part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or processor to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of this disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media capable of storing program code, such as USB flash drives, portable hard drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0394] As shown in Figure 9, this embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a terminal, including a processor 900, a transceiver 910, a memory 920, and a program stored in the memory 920 and executable on the processor 900; wherein the transceiver 910 is connected to the processor 900 and the memory 920 via a bus interface, and the processor 900 is used to read the program in the memory and execute the following processes:

[0395] Based on the configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report, determine the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbols occupying the processing units;

[0396] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0397] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0398] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0399] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0400] Content to be reported.

[0401] Transceiver 910 is used to receive and send data under the control of processor 900.

[0402] In Figure 9, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 900 and memory represented by memory 920. The bus architecture can also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 910 can be multiple components, including transmitters and receivers, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, etc. For different user equipment, the user interface 930 can also be an interface capable of connecting external or internal devices, including but not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, joysticks, etc.

[0403] The processor 900 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 920 can store the data used by the processor 900 during operation.

[0404] In some embodiments, the processor 900 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and the processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0405] The processor executes any of the methods described in the embodiments of this disclosure by invoking a computer program stored in memory, according to the obtained executable instructions. The processor and memory may also be physically separated.

[0406] In some embodiments, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report, the start symbol of the symbol of the processing unit occupied by the target CSI report, the end symbol of the symbol of the processing unit occupied by the target CSI report, the reporting content of the target CSI report, and related descriptions can be found in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0407] In some embodiments, the processor, for reading a computer program from the memory, also performs the following operations:

[0408] Send the number of the first processing units and / or the number of the second processing units to the network device.

[0409] It should be noted that the terminal provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the above method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0410] This disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of an information determination method applied to a terminal. The processor-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device accessible to the processor, including but not limited to magnetic storage (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, magnetic optical disc (MO), etc.), optical storage (e.g., compact disc (CD), digital video disc (DVD), Blu-ray disc (BD), high-definition versatile disc (HVD), etc.), and semiconductor storage (e.g., read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state drives (SSDs), etc.).

[0411] As shown in Figure 10, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information transmission device 1000, applied to a network device, comprising:

[0412] The first sending unit 1001 is used to send configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report to the terminal. The configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbol occupying the processing units.

[0413] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0414] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0415] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0416] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0417] Content to be reported.

[0418] In some embodiments, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report, the start symbol of the symbol of the processing unit occupied by the target CSI report, the end symbol of the symbol of the processing unit occupied by the target CSI report, the reporting content of the target CSI report, and related descriptions can be found in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0419] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0420] A receiving unit is used to receive the number of first processing units and / or second processing units of the terminal transmitted by the terminal.

[0421] It should be noted that this device embodiment corresponds one-to-one with the above method embodiments. All implementation methods in the above method embodiments are applicable to this device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0422] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of this disclosure is illustrative and only represents one logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of this disclosure can be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically separately, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit. The integrated units described above can be implemented in hardware or as software functional units.

[0423] If the integrated unit is implemented as a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this disclosure, in essence, or the part that contributes to related technologies, or all or part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or processor to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of this disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media capable of storing program code, such as USB flash drives, portable hard drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0424] As shown in Figure 11, this embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a network device, including a processor 1100, a transceiver 1110, a memory 1120, and a program stored in the memory 1120 and executable on the processor 1100; wherein the transceiver 1110 is connected to the processor 1100 and the memory 1120 via a bus interface, wherein the processor 1100 is used to read the program in the memory and execute the following process: wherein the processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0425] Configuration information for sending Target Channel State Information (CSI) reports to the terminal via a transceiver, wherein the configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report and / or the symbol occupying the processing units;

[0426] The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0427] Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report;

[0428] Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report;

[0429] Parameter information related to the reported content;

[0430] Content to be reported.

[0431] Transceiver 1110 is used to receive and send data under the control of processor 1100.

[0432] In Figure 11, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 1100 and memory represented by memory 1120. The bus architecture may also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. Transceiver 1110 may be multiple components, including transmitters and receivers, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, etc. For different user equipment, user interface 1130 may also be an interface capable of connecting external or internal devices, including but not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, joysticks, etc.

[0433] The processor 1100 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1120 can store the data used by the processor 1100 when performing operations.

[0434] In some embodiments, the processor 1100 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and the processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0435] The processor executes any of the methods described in the embodiments of this disclosure by invoking a computer program stored in memory, according to the obtained executable instructions. The processor and memory may also be physically separated.

[0436] In some embodiments, the number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report, the start symbol of the symbol of the processing unit occupied by the target CSI report, the end symbol of the symbol of the processing unit occupied by the target CSI report, the reporting content of the target CSI report, and related descriptions can be found in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0437] In some embodiments, the processor, for reading a computer program from the memory, also performs the following operations:

[0438] The number of first processing units and / or second processing units of the terminal that receives data transmitted by the transceiver terminal.

[0439] It should be noted that the network device provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the above method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0440] This disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of an information transmission method applied to a network device. The processor-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device accessible to the processor, including but not limited to magnetic storage (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical disks (MO), etc.), optical storage (e.g., CDs, DVDs, BDs, HVDs, etc.), and semiconductor storage (e.g., ROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, non-volatile memory (NAND flash), solid-state drives (SSDs)).

[0441] This disclosure also provides a computer program product, including computer instructions. When executed by a processor, these computer instructions implement the various processes in the above method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, further details are omitted here.

[0442] Those skilled in the art will understand that embodiments of this disclosure can be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, this disclosure can take the form of a completely hardware embodiment, a completely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, this disclosure can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage and optical storage) containing computer-usable program code.

[0443] This disclosure is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of this disclosure. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in one or more flowchart illustrations and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0444] These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can instruct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement the functions specified in one or more flowcharts and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0445] These processor-executable instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer-implemented process, such that the instructions, which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus, provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flowcharts and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0446] Furthermore, it should be noted that in the apparatus and method of this disclosure, it is obvious that the components or steps can be decomposed and / or recombined. These decompositions and / or recombinations should be considered equivalent solutions of this disclosure. Moreover, the steps performing the above series of processes can naturally be executed in the order described, but are not necessarily required to be executed in chronological order; some steps can be executed in parallel or independently of each other. Those skilled in the art will understand that all or any step or component of the method and apparatus of this disclosure can be implemented in any computing device (including processors, storage media, etc.) or network of computing devices, in hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof, which can be achieved by those skilled in the art using their basic programming skills after reading the description of this disclosure.

[0447] It should be noted that the above division of modules is merely a logical functional division. In actual implementation, they can be fully or partially integrated into a single physical entity, or they can be physically separated. Furthermore, these modules can be implemented entirely in software via processing element calls; they can be fully implemented in hardware; or some modules can be implemented by processing element calls to software, while others are implemented in hardware. For example, a module can be a separate processing element, or it can be integrated into a chip in the aforementioned device. Alternatively, it can be stored as program code in the memory of the aforementioned device, and its function can be called and executed by a processing element of the device. The implementation of other modules is similar. Moreover, these modules can be fully or partially integrated together, or they can be implemented independently. The processing element mentioned here can be an integrated circuit with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the above method or each of the above modules can be completed through integrated logic circuits in the hardware of the processor element or through software instructions.

[0448] For example, each module, unit, subunit, or submodule can be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above methods, such as one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), or one or more field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). As another example, when a module is implemented using processing element scheduler code, the processing element can be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or other processor capable of calling program code. Furthermore, these modules can be integrated together to implement a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

[0449] The terms “first,” “second,” etc., used in this disclosure and in the claims are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data can be interchanged where appropriate so that embodiments of this disclosure described herein may be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms “comprising” and “having,” and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus. Additionally, the use of “and / or” in the specification and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, such as A and / or B and / or C, indicating seven possibilities: A alone, B alone, C alone, and both A and B, both B and C, both A and C, and A, B, and C. Similarly, the use of “at least one of A and B” in this specification and claims should be understood as “A alone, B alone, or both A and B.”

[0450] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this disclosure without departing from its spirit and scope. Therefore, if such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the claims of this disclosure and their equivalents, this disclosure is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. An information determination method, applied to a terminal, the method comprising: Based on the configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report, determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units for processing the target CSI report; The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report; Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report; Parameter information related to the reported content; Content to be reported.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report to be processed satisfies at least one of the following: The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is a multiple of the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is greater than or equal to the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of first reference signal resources in the configuration information; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of first reference signal resource sets in the configuration information, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes at least one first reference signal resource. The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of transmission opportunities of the first reference signal resource in the configuration information; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the parameter information related to the reported content in the configuration information; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the parameters reported by the terminal; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is predefined.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The target CSI report and the first CSI report satisfy at least one of the following: The target CSI report and the first CSI report have different sets of reference signal resources. The configuration parameters in the configuration information corresponding to the target CSI report and the first CSI report are different.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The target CSI report occupies the first processing unit and / or the second processing unit.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The starting symbol of the symbol occupied by the target CSI report processing unit includes: The earliest symbol in the most recent L transmission opportunities of each reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource that is no later than the first reference time; Where L is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein, The first reference time includes at least one of the following: The temporal location of the CSI reference resource corresponding to the target CSI report; The first symbol of the uplink channel used to request uplink resources carrying a target CSI report; The first symbol for the uplink resource carrying the target CSI report.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The end symbol of the target CSI report occupying the processing unit includes at least one of the following: The last symbol of the uplink channel carrying the target CSI report, configured or scheduled; The latest symbol in the K most recent transmission times of each reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource that is no later than the second reference time; Where K is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein, The second reference time includes at least one of the following: The temporal location of the CSI reference resource corresponding to the target CSI report; The last symbol of the uplink channel used to request uplink resources carrying a target CSI report; The last symbol configured for the uplink resource used to carry the target CSI report.

9. The method according to claim 5 or 7, wherein, L or K is determined by at least one of the following: Predefined; Network equipment configuration; Parameters reported by the terminal.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The target CSI report shall include at least one of the following: Predicted reference signal received power RSRP; Reference signal received power RSRP; Reference signal index value; The predicted reference signal index value; Rank indicator (RI), precoding matrix indicator (PMI), or channel quality indicator (CQI); Forecasted RI, PMI, or CQI; First indicator; Is the first indicator greater than or equal to the first threshold? Is the first indicator less than or equal to the first threshold? The difference between the first indicator and the first threshold; The number of times the target condition is met; The first indicator includes at least one of the following: The optimal prediction accuracy of one or more beams; The difference between the predicted RSRP and the measured RSRP; The difference between the predicted optimal multiple beams and the measured optimal multiple beams' RSRP values; The squared generalized cosine similarity (SGCS) between the eigenvectors of the predicted channel and the eigenvectors of the measured channel. The precoding matrix of the predicted channel eigenvectors indicates the PMI and the SGCS of the measured channel eigenvectors' PMI. The target condition includes at least one of the following: The reference signal index corresponding to the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource belongs to or is equal to the predicted reference signal index; The information corresponding to the reference signal index of the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource belongs to or is equal to the predicted reference signal index; The difference between the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource and the RSRP measurement corresponding to the predicted parameter signal is less than or equal to the second threshold.

11. The method according to claim 2, 5, 7 or 10, wherein, The first reference signal resource satisfies at least one of the following: Some or all of the reference signal resources indicated by the reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report; Reference signal resources configured in other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein, When the first reference signal resource is a portion of the reference signal resource information associated with the target CSI report, the first reference signal resource satisfies at least one of the following: Reference signal resources required to obtain the target CSI report; Determined based on the indication information in the configuration information; The order of the reference signal resource set configured in the configuration information is determined; Determined based on the reference signal resource set identifier configured in the configuration information; The configuration identifier is determined based on the reference signal resource configuration identifier configured in the configuration information.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1-8 and 10, further comprising: Send the number of the first processing units and / or the number of the second processing units to the network device.

14. An information transmission method applied to a network device, the method comprising: Configuration information for sending target channel state information (CSI) reports to the terminal, wherein the configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units for processing the target CSI report; The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report; Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report; Parameter information related to the reported content; Content to be reported.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein, The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report to be processed satisfies at least one of the following: The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is a multiple of the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is greater than or equal to the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of first reference signal resources in the configuration information; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of first reference signal resource sets in the configuration information, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes at least one first reference signal resource. The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of transmission opportunities of the first reference signal resource in the configuration information; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the parameter information related to the reported content in the configuration information; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the parameters reported by the terminal; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is predefined.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein, The target CSI report and the first CSI report satisfy at least one of the following: The target CSI report and the first CSI report have different sets of reference signal resources. The configuration parameters in the configuration information corresponding to the target CSI report and the first CSI report are different.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein, The target CSI report occupies the first processing unit and / or the second processing unit.

18. The method according to claim 14, wherein, The starting symbol of the symbol occupied by the target CSI report processing unit includes: The earliest symbol in the most recent L transmission opportunities of each reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource that is no later than the first reference time; Where L is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein, The first reference time includes at least one of the following: The temporal location of the CSI reference resource corresponding to the target CSI report; The first symbol of the uplink channel used to request uplink resources carrying a target CSI report; The first symbol for the uplink resource carrying the target CSI report.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein, The end symbol of the target CSI report occupying the processing unit includes at least one of the following: The last symbol of the uplink resource channel carrying the target CSI report, configured or scheduled; The latest symbol in the K most recent transmission times of each reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource that is no later than the second reference time; Where K is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein, The second reference time includes at least one of the following: The temporal location of the CSI reference resource corresponding to the target CSI report; The last symbol of the uplink channel used to request uplink resources carrying a target CSI report; The last symbol configured for the uplink resource used to carry the target CSI report.

22. The method according to claim 14, wherein, The target CSI report shall include at least one of the following: Predicted reference signal received power RSRP; Reference signal received power RSRP; Reference signal index value; The predicted reference signal index value; Rank indicator (RI), precoding matrix indicator (PMI), or channel quality indicator (CQI); Forecasted RI, PMI, or CQI; First indicator; Is the first indicator greater than or equal to the first threshold? Is the first indicator less than or equal to the first threshold? The difference between the first indicator and the first threshold; The number of times the target condition is met; The first indicator includes at least one of the following: The optimal prediction accuracy of one or more beams; The difference between the predicted RSRP and the measured RSRP; The difference between the predicted optimal multiple beams and the measured optimal multiple beams' RSRP values; The squared generalized cosine similarity (SGCS) between the eigenvectors of the predicted channel and the eigenvectors of the measured channel. The precoding matrix of the predicted channel eigenvectors indicates the PMI and the SGCS of the measured channel eigenvectors' PMI. The target condition includes at least one of the following: The reference signal index corresponding to the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource belongs to or is equal to the predicted reference signal index; The information corresponding to the reference signal index of the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource belongs to or is equal to the predicted reference signal index; The difference between the maximum RSRP in the first reference signal resource and the RSRP measurement corresponding to the predicted parameter signal is less than or equal to the second threshold.

23. The method according to claim 15, 18, 20 or 22, wherein, The first reference signal resource satisfies at least one of the following: Some or all of the reference signal resources indicated by the reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report; Reference signal resources configured in other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein, When the first reference signal resource is a portion of the reference signal resource information associated with the target CSI report, the first reference signal resource satisfies at least one of the following: Reference signal resources required to obtain the target CSI report; Determined based on the indication information in the configuration information; The order of the reference signal resource set configured in the configuration information is determined; Determined based on the reference signal resource set identifier configured in the configuration information; The configuration identifier is determined based on the reference signal resource configuration identifier configured in the configuration information.

25. The method according to any one of claims 14-22, further comprising: The number of first processing units and / or second processing units of the terminal receiving the data.

26. A terminal, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations: Based on the configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report, determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units for processing the target CSI report; in, The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report; Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report; Parameter information related to the reported content; Content to be reported.

27. The terminal according to claim 26, wherein, The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report to be processed satisfies at least one of the following: The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is a multiple of the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is greater than or equal to the number of processing units occupied by the first CSI report; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of first reference signal resources in the configuration information; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of first reference signal resource sets in the configuration information, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes at least one first reference signal resource. The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the number of transmission opportunities of the first reference signal resource in the configuration information; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the parameter information related to the reported content in the configuration information; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is related to the parameters reported by the terminal; The number of processing units occupied by the target CSI report is predefined.

28. The terminal according to claim 27, wherein, The target CSI report and the first CSI report satisfy at least one of the following: The target CSI report and the first CSI report have different sets of reference signal resources. The configuration parameters in the configuration information corresponding to the target CSI report and the first CSI report are different.

29. The terminal according to claim 27, wherein, The target CSI report occupies the first processing unit and / or the second processing unit.

30. The terminal according to claim 26, wherein, The starting symbol of the symbol occupied by the target CSI report processing unit includes: The earliest symbol in the most recent L transmission opportunities of each reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource that is no later than the first reference time; Where L is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

31. The terminal according to claim 26, wherein, The end symbol of the target CSI report occupying the processing unit includes at least one of the following: The last symbol of the uplink channel carrying the target CSI report, configured or scheduled; The latest symbol in the K most recent transmission times of each reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource that is no later than the second reference time; Where K is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

32. The terminal according to claim 27, 30 or 31, wherein, The first reference signal resource satisfies at least one of the following: Some or all of the reference signal resources indicated by the reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report; Reference signal resources configured in other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report.

33. The terminal according to claim 32, wherein, When the first reference signal resource is a portion of the reference signal resource information associated with the target CSI report, the first reference signal resource satisfies at least one of the following: Reference signal resources required to obtain the target CSI report; Determined based on the indication information in the configuration information; The order of the reference signal resource set configured in the configuration information is determined; Determined based on the reference signal resource set identifier configured in the configuration information; The configuration identifier is determined based on the reference signal resource configuration identifier configured in the configuration information.

34. The terminal according to any one of claims 26-31, wherein, The processor, for reading the computer program in the memory, also performs the following operations: Send the number of the first processing units and / or the number of the second processing units to the network device.

35. A network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations: Configuration information for sending Target Channel State Information (CSI) reports to the terminal via a transceiver, wherein the configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units for processing the target CSI report; in, The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report; Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report; Parameter information related to the reported content; Content to be reported.

36. An information determination device, applied to a terminal, the device comprising: The determining unit is used to determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units based on the configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report. The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report; Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report; Parameter information related to the reported content; Content to be reported.

37. An information transmission device applied to a network device, the device comprising: The first sending unit is used to send configuration information of the target channel state information (CSI) report to the terminal. The configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the number of processing units and / or the symbols occupying the processing units for processing the target CSI report. The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Reference signal resource configuration information associated with the target CSI report; Reference signal resource configuration information for other CSI reports associated with the target CSI report; Parameter information related to the reported content; Content to be reported.

38. A processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing the processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 25.

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