Electronic device in integrated sensing and communication system, method for integrated sensing and communication system, and computer-readable storage medium

Abstract

The present application relates to an electronic device in an integrated sensing and communication system, a method for an integrated sensing and communication system, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device executes: sending, by means of at least one communication beam, a reference signal to a user equipment within a service range of the electronic device for beam adjustment, and obtaining a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least part of the at least one communication beam and location information of the user equipment; sending, by means of at least one sensing beam, a reference signal to an object within a coverage range of the electronic device, and obtaining an echo parameter related to at least one echo of the object; and on the basis of the echo parameter and a correspondence set constructed on the basis of respective correspondences to a plurality of user equipments, inferring location information of the object.

Description

Electronic devices in a communication-sensing integrated system, methods for using a communication-sensing integrated system, and computer-readable storage media This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202411717942.1, filed on November 27, 2024, entitled "Electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system, method for a communication-sensing integrated system and computer-readable storage medium", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0001] This disclosure relates to the field of integrated communication and sensing technology, and more specifically to electronic devices in integrated communication and sensing systems, methods for using integrated communication and sensing systems, and computer-readable storage media. More specifically, it relates to electronic devices and methods in integrated communication and sensing systems that perform processing based on communication beams and sensing beams. Background Technology

[0002] Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is a key technology in 5G-A and 6G communication networks, also known as joint radar communication systems. It utilizes the propagation characteristics of radio waves to depict and reconstruct the physical world, realizing a sensing network. ISAC is an emerging technology that integrates wireless and sensing capabilities. It achieves resource sharing, such as spectrum, hardware, and signal processing platforms, by merging radar sensing and wireless communication. ISAC technology has integrated gains in optimizing resource utilization and coordinating performance, and by integrating sensing and communication at the signaling layer, it is leading a transformation in IoT architecture. However, ISAC technology also faces some research problems and challenges. First, how to achieve a more effective combination between sensing and communication is a key challenge. Second, ISAC technology needs to address the interference problem between sensing and communication. Since sensing and communication operate in the same frequency band, interference between them can affect system performance. Therefore, how to achieve effective interference management and suppression between sensing and communication is another key challenge. Summary of the Invention

[0003] A brief overview of the invention is given below to provide a basic understanding of certain aspects of it. It should be understood that this overview is not an exhaustive summary of the invention. It is not intended to identify key or essential parts of the invention, nor is it intended to limit the scope of the invention. Its purpose is merely to present certain concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that follows.

[0004] According to one aspect of this disclosure, an electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system is provided, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: transmit a reference signal to a user device within the service range of the electronic device via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and obtain a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and location information of the user device; transmit a reference signal to an object within the coverage range of the electronic device via at least one sensing beam, and obtain echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object; and infer the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding correspondences with a plurality of user devices respectively.

[0005] According to one aspect of this disclosure, an electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system is provided, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: receive a reference signal from a network-side device serving it via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and report to the network-side device a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and location information of the electronic device, wherein the network-side device transmits the reference signal to an object within the coverage area of ​​the network-side device via at least one sensing beam and obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and the network-side device infers the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding correspondences with a plurality of electronic devices respectively.

[0006] According to one aspect of this disclosure, an electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system is provided, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to perform: notifying a user device within the service range of the electronic device of the configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal, and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

[0007] According to one aspect of this disclosure, an electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system is provided, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to perform: receiving configurations from a network-side device serving the electronic device regarding a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal, and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

[0008] According to one aspect of this disclosure, a method for a communication-sensing integrated system is provided, comprising: transmitting a reference signal to a user equipment within the service range of an electronic device via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and obtaining a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and location information of the user equipment; transmitting a reference signal to an object within the coverage range of the electronic device via at least one sensing beam, and obtaining echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object; and inferring the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding correspondences with a plurality of user equipments respectively.

[0009] According to one aspect of this disclosure, a method for a communication-sensing integrated system is provided, comprising: an electronic device receiving a reference signal from a network-side device serving it via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and reporting to the network-side device a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and location information of the electronic device, wherein the network-side device transmits the reference signal to an object within the coverage area of ​​the network-side device via at least one sensing beam and obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and the network-side device infers the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding correspondences with a plurality of electronic devices respectively.

[0010] According to one aspect of this disclosure, a method for a communication-sensing integrated system is provided, comprising: notifying a user equipment within the service range of an electronic device of the configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

[0011] According to one aspect of this disclosure, a method for a communication-sensing integrated system is provided, comprising: receiving from a network-side device providing services to an electronic device a configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

[0012] According to other aspects of the present invention, computer program code and computer program product for implementing the above methods, as well as a computer-readable storage medium having the computer program code for implementing the above methods recorded thereon, are also provided. Attached Figure Description

[0013] To further illustrate the above and other advantages and features of the present invention, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings, together with the following detailed description, are included in and form a part of this specification. Elements having the same function and structure are indicated by the same reference numerals. It should be understood that these drawings only depict typical examples of the invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. In the drawings:

[0014] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the measurement of the downlink beam in the P2 process of beam management;

[0015] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing the beam selection performed by the user equipment in the P3 process of beam management;

[0016] Figure 3 shows an exemplary functional block diagram of an electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0017] Figure 4 is an example illustrating the transmission of communication beams and sensing beams via spatial multiplexing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0018] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram showing the reflection of the sensing beam;

[0019] Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of signaling interaction between an electronic device and a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0020] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating the interaction between an electronic device and a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0021] Figure 8 shows an exemplary functional block diagram of an electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0022] Figure 9 shows an exemplary functional block diagram of an electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0023] Figure 10 shows an exemplary functional block diagram of an electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0024] Figure 11 shows a flowchart of a method for a communication-sensing integrated system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] Figure 12 shows a flowchart of a method for a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] Figure 13 shows a flowchart of a method for a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] Figure 14 shows a flowchart of a method for a communication-sensing integrated system according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] Figure 15 is a block diagram illustrating a first example of a schematic configuration of an eNB or gNB to which the technologies of this disclosure can be applied;

[0029] Figure 16 is a block diagram illustrating a second example of a schematic configuration of an eNB or gNB to which the technologies of this disclosure can be applied;

[0030] Figure 17 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a smartphone to which the technologies of this disclosure can be applied;

[0031] Figure 18 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a car navigation device to which the technology of this disclosure can be applied; and

[0032] Figure 19 is a block diagram of an exemplary structure of a general-purpose personal computer in which methods and / or apparatus and / or systems according to embodiments of the present invention can be implemented. Detailed Implementation

[0033] Exemplary embodiments of the invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. For clarity and brevity, not all features of actual implementations are described in the specification. However, it should be understood that many implementation-specific decisions must be made in the development of any such actual embodiment to achieve the developer's specific goals, such as complying with constraints related to the system and business, and these constraints may vary depending on the implementation. Furthermore, it should be understood that while development work can be very complex and time-consuming, such development work is merely a routine task for those skilled in the art who benefit from this disclosure.

[0034] It should also be noted that, in order to avoid obscuring the invention with unnecessary details, only the device structure and / or processing steps closely related to the solution according to the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, while other details that are not closely related to the invention are omitted.

[0035] Let me first give a brief introduction to the existing beam management mechanism.

[0036] Base stations assist user equipment (UE) with cell search, initial access, and synchronization by broadcasting reference signals. In 5G networks, base stations use beamforming technology to transmit the reference signal through multiple directional beams, covering different spatial areas; this is called beam sweeping. Each beam contains the same reference signal but points in a different direction. After receiving the reference signals from multiple beams, the UE measures the signal strength of each beam and reports the optimal beam. In this way, the reference signal provides an initial reference for beam selection and optimization, enabling the base station to dynamically adjust the beams for different UEs, achieving efficient beam management and improving network coverage and signal quality.

[0037] Each beam has a specific index or ID, called the beam ID. After receiving a reference signal, the UE obtains the beam index by decoding information in the Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH). This index is used to distinguish different beams. After measuring and comparing all received reference signals, the UE selects, for example, the beam with the strongest signal and reports the beam's index (beam ID) to the base station, helping the base station identify which beam provides the best signal quality. During random access, the UE sends a measurement report via the uplink, informing the base station of its selected best beam. Through this process, the UE can identify and select the optimal beam for communication and maintain monitoring of the beam ID during the connection process to ensure communication quality. If network conditions change, the UE can remeasure and select a new beam ID.

[0038] Specifically, in a 5G NR network, when a UE receives a reference signal, it performs a series of actions to complete cell search, synchronization, and beam selection. First, the UE scans different frequency bands in idle mode to find available reference signals. The base station transmits reference signals through multiple beams, covering different directions, and the UE performs signal measurements by receiving the reference signals from these beams. For example, the UE evaluates the quality of different beams based on the signal strength of the received reference signal (e.g., RSRP, reference signal received power) and selects the beam with the strongest signal.

[0039] Once the UE determines the optimal beam, it uses the beam's synchronization information to synchronize time and frequency with the base station, while simultaneously acquiring the Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) and system information from the Master Information Block (MIB). Next, the UE initiates a Random Access (RA) procedure to establish a connection with the base station. During the connection process, the UE continuously measures signal quality, monitors beam effectiveness, and performs beam switching when necessary to ensure optimal communication with the base station. The entire process ensures the UE can quickly find a suitable cell and beam, achieving efficient and stable network access. Beam scanning consists of three steps: in the P1 procedure, a wide beam is used to determine the UE's approximate location; in the P2 procedure, a narrow beam is used for beam scanning in the corresponding direction; and in the P3 procedure, the UE measures and selects a specific narrow beam from the base station.

[0040] The P1 procedure is used for initial beamforming. After the UE establishes a connection with the base station, beam adjustment is required due to the movement of the UE and surrounding objects, which necessitates the P2 and P3 procedures. The reference signal used in the P1 procedure is the SSB (Synchronization Block), which contains not only initial synchronization information but also a signal reference. In the P2 and P3 procedures, either the SSB or the CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal) can be used as the reference signal.

[0041] As described above, in the P1 procedure of beam management, the reference signal is first transmitted on different beams in all directions, using wide beams, i.e., a smaller number of beams. When entering the P2 and P3 procedures, the reference signal is transmitted on narrow beams. Narrow beams are advantageous for object sensing, but they are intended for transmission within specific ranges, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the measurement of the downlink beam in the P2 procedure of beam management. As shown in Figure 1, the base station transmits reference signals RS-1 to RS-7 on different downlink narrow beams, and the user equipment (UE) measures the downlink narrow beams. Figure 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating beam selection by the user equipment in the P3 procedure of beam management. As shown in Figure 2, for example, the UE selects the beam carrying RS-5.

[0042] Furthermore, the application of artificial intelligence will further reduce the number of narrow beams used to transmit reference signals. However, object perception, on the other hand, requires a large number of narrow beams.

[0043] This application considers how to achieve object perception based on information in beam management. More specifically, this application considers using information interaction during the beam adjustment phase (P2 and P3 processes) to infer the position of an object.

[0044] This disclosure provides an electronic device 300 in a communication-sensing integrated system according to one embodiment of the disclosure, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device 300 to perform, via the at least one processor: transmitting a reference signal to a user device within the service range of the electronic device 300 for beam adjustment via at least one communication beam, and obtaining a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and location information of the user device; transmitting a reference signal to an object within the coverage range of the electronic device 300 via at least one sensing beam, and obtaining echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object; and inferring the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding correspondences with a plurality of user devices respectively.

[0045] Figure 3 shows an exemplary functional block diagram of an electronic device 300 in a communication-sensing integrated system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0046] As shown in Figure 3, the electronic device 300 includes: a control unit 301 for control purposes; a correspondence acquisition unit 303 configured to, under the control of the control unit 301, send reference signals via at least one communication beam to user equipment within the service range of the electronic device 300 for beam adjustment, and acquire correspondences between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the communication beams and the location information of the user equipment; an echo parameter acquisition unit 305 configured to, under the control of the control unit 301, send reference signals via at least one sensing beam to objects within the coverage range of the electronic device 300, and acquire echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object; and an inference unit 307 configured to, under the control of the control unit 301, infer the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to the corresponding correspondences of multiple user equipments.

[0047] The control unit 301, the correspondence acquisition unit 303, the echo parameter acquisition unit 305, and the inference unit 307 can be implemented as one or more processing circuits and at least one memory. The processing circuit can be, for example, a processor or a chip, and the at least one memory can be RAM, ROM, etc. The at least one memory is used to store, for example, computer program code and data required for the processing circuits to perform processing. Furthermore, it should be understood that the various functional units in the electronic device 300 shown in FIG3 are merely logical modules divided according to their specific functions, and are not intended to limit the specific implementation method.

[0048] Electronic device 300 may be located on the base station side or communicatively connected to the base station. For example, electronic device 300 may function as the base station itself and may also include external devices such as memory and transceiver (not shown). The memory may be used to store programs and related data information that electronic device 300 needs to execute to perform various functions. The transceiver may include one or more communication interfaces to support communication with different devices (e.g., UE, base station, etc.), and the specific implementation of the transceiver is not limited here.

[0049] As an example, the base station could be an eNB or a gNB.

[0050] For example, communication parameters may include reference signal strength parameters related to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to at least a portion of the communication beam and / or the direction of the at least a portion of the communication beam, etc.

[0051] For example, beam adjustment is the beam adjustment performed in the P2 and P3 processes of the aforementioned beam management. The at least one communication beam is used by the user equipment for beam selection.

[0052] For example, in UE reporting under beam management, the UE reports location information and communication parameters related to at least a portion of the communication beams to establish a correspondence. For instance, when a UE performs feedback beam measurement, it simultaneously reports its own location. The electronic device 300 can construct a correspondence set based on the location information reported by multiple UEs and the corresponding communication parameters. That is, the electronic device 300 can construct a correspondence set (also called a sensing location map or sensing map) using the beam measurement results reported by multiple UEs at different locations and the correspondence between those locations. The UE's positioning can be high-precision positioning based on technologies such as CSI-RS and GPS. The electronic device 300 can determine the location of the sensed object based on the constructed sensing map using the echo parameters of the sensed beams.

[0053] For example, the beam with the highest Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) in a beam scan can be correlated with the UE's location to establish a correspondence. For instance, the beam with the highest RSRP indicates the least path loss in that direction. When radar reflection detection is performed on an object at that location using a beam in the same direction, its echo (reflected wave) should also have the strongest energy. Thus, the perceived beam echo signal power of the object at that location is correlated with the UE's maximum RSRP. Therefore, the object's location can be inferred from the correspondence between the reported RSRP measurements and the UE's location. Furthermore, a sequence of RSRPs corresponding to multiple beams can be used to match the UE's location with the object's location. For example, the UE reports a predetermined number of RSRPs with larger values ​​from the sorted RSRPs, along with the UE's location. By comparing the perceived beam echo signal power of the object with the predetermined number of RSRPs, the object's location can be inferred from the correspondence between the predetermined number of RSRPs and the UE's location. In the following description, for simplicity, the predetermined number is described as four. Those skilled in the art will understand that the predetermined number can be any number other than four.

[0054] In summary, the electronic device 300 according to embodiments of this disclosure further utilizes reference signals from beam management to infer the position information of the sensed object. That is, by inferring the position information of the sensed object based on reference signals in beam management, a more effective combination of sensing and communication is achieved.

[0055] As an example, the inference unit 307 may be configured to receive location information reported by the user equipment during beam adjustment and communication parameters related to the at least part of the communication beams, thereby obtaining a correspondence, wherein the user equipment selects a predetermined number of communication beams as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal.

[0056] For example, the user equipment can sort the RSRP and select a predetermined number of communication beams from the at least one communication beam as the at least part of the communication beams.

[0057] As an example, those skilled in the art can predetermine the predetermined quantity based on experience or application scenarios.

[0058] For example, a user equipment reports four maximum RSRPs and the UE's location to form a correspondence. In this case, each correspondence in the correspondence set includes the RSRPs corresponding to the four communication beams.

[0059] As an example, the inference unit 307 can be configured to infer the position information of an object based on the position information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameters when a predetermined condition is met between the echo parameters and specific communication parameters in the correspondence set.

[0060] For example, the inference unit 307 can select a predetermined number of parameters from the echo parameters, and if the selected echo parameters and a specific communication parameter meet predetermined conditions, infer the position information of the object based on the position information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter.

[0061] For example, predetermined conditions may include conditions satisfied by the intensity and / or directional characteristics of the echo parameters and specific communication parameters.

[0062] As an example, the communication parameters include a reference signal strength parameter relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to at least a portion of the communication beam, and the echo parameters include an echo signal strength parameter relating to the strength of the at least one echo, and the predetermined condition includes: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range.

[0063] For example, reference signal strength parameters can include the reference signal's RSRP or RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality). In beam management, RSRP helps the base station understand the performance of beams in different directions. RSRQ reflects signal quality and provides more information about interference and noise compared to RSRP. UE-reported RSRQs can help the base station perform further link optimization.

[0064] For example, echo signal strength parameters may include the received power or received quality of the echo signal.

[0065] For example, the inference unit 307 can sort the intensity parameters in the echo signal strength parameters in descending order, select a predetermined number of intensity parameters from the sorted echo signal strength parameters, and determine whether the selected echo intensity parameters meet a predetermined condition with a predetermined number of reference signal strength parameters included in the specific communication parameters. For example, when the predetermined number is four, the predetermined condition may include: the four maximum received powers included in the echo signal strength parameters and the four maximum RSRPs included in the specific communication parameters are arranged in descending order to obtain four pairs of values, and the difference between each pair is within a predetermined range. Other examples of predetermined conditions can be conceived by those skilled in the art, which will not be elaborated here.

[0066] As an example, those skilled in the art can predetermine the predetermined scope based on experience or application scenarios.

[0067] As an example, the inference unit 307 can be configured to look up a specific communication parameter in the correspondence set and infer the location information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter as the location information of the object.

[0068] For example, the correspondence set can be a table containing multiple correspondences. Location information can be inferred by looking up the correspondence set (table lookup). For instance, a specific communication parameter matching the echo parameter can be found in the correspondence set, and the location information of the user equipment corresponding to that specific communication parameter can be inferred as the object's location information.

[0069] As an example, the inference unit 307 can be configured to input echo parameters into a trained predetermined model and infer the position information of an object from the output of the trained predetermined model. The trained predetermined model is trained using communication parameters and position information included in a set of correspondences as input and output, respectively. This predetermined model is used to predict the position or object information of a sensed object based on the echo energy of the reflected beam of the sensed beam.

[0070] For example, the pre-defined model could be an artificial intelligence model. This pre-defined model is used to infer the location of perceived objects based on a perception map.

[0071] As an example, electronic device 300 can transmit reference signals to a user equipment via at least one communication beam and to an object via at least one sensing beam using spatial division multiplexing on the same time-frequency resources. That is, sensing beams are transmitted in different directions by reusing the time-frequency resources of the communication beams. For example, different reference signals can be configured to enable the user equipment to receive the communication beam and sensing beam via code division multiplexing.

[0072] The 3GPP Release 19 work plan explores how the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) can enable networks to predict optimal beam directions based on historical data, environmental conditions, UE location, and mobility patterns. AI algorithms can dynamically adjust beam allocation, reducing unnecessary beam transmission. For example, in certain scenarios, AI can predict which directions have higher UE density, prioritizing the transmission of reference signals in these directions while reducing coverage in other directions. Furthermore, AI can predict UE movement trajectories and perform beam selection and optimization in advance, avoiding frequent beam scanning operations. This intelligent beam management not only reduces beam scanning overhead and improves spectrum utilization but also reduces energy consumption for base stations and UEs, thereby improving overall network performance.

[0073] After power-on, the UE performs downlink synchronization according to the frequency band allocated by the operator. This mechanism ensures that the UE scans reference signals in the correct time and frequency band, maintains synchronization with the base station, and completes beam management. In this application, downlink beam scanning and echo reception in beam management are used for object detection. For example, the location of an object can be determined based on the echo's time and energy (e.g., power) combined with the beam direction. Furthermore, artificial intelligence can be used to perform object recognition, location inference, or human posture recognition from the reflected waves.

[0074] The use of artificial intelligence can reduce the number of downlink beams in the beam management process, thereby reducing the terminal's measurement of the base station's downlink beams. However, this reduces the number of scanning beams that can be used for object sensing. To achieve object sensing simultaneously, this application uses a multi-beam transmission mechanism, multiplexing the time-frequency resources used by the downlink beams of the electronic device 300 in beam management to generate additional sensing beams for object sensing. Figure 4 illustrates an example of transmitting communication beams and sensing beams via spatial multiplexing according to an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 4, based on the original seven downlink communication beams (carrying reference signals RS-1 to RS-7 respectively), two additional beams for object sensing are generated using the time-frequency resources of the downlink communication beams.

[0075] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram showing the reflection of the sensing beam.

[0076] As shown in Figure 5, there are sensing beam 1 and sensing beam 2. When a sensed object, such as a vehicle, approaches the user equipment, the reflected signal from the object (e.g., the vehicle) can interfere with the downlink beam measurement of the user equipment. As shown in Figure 5, during the P2 process, the user equipment may receive a reflected wave from the vehicle at sensing beam 2, leading to a misjudgment of the receiving direction. When the vehicle moves away from the user equipment, the reflected wave disappears, causing the user equipment's downlink beam pairing to fail. Specifically, after establishing a connection with electronic device 300, the user equipment acquires the time-frequency information and beam information of the downlink beam from electronic device 300. It then measures the reference signal on the corresponding time-frequency resources. After the measurement, it reports, for example, the RSRP of up to four of the largest downlink beams. Electronic device 300 can select the downlink beam used during communication with the user equipment based on the measurement results of different beams. The measurement results will affect the selection of the downlink beam. Therefore, electronic device 300 needs to notify the user equipment of the presence of sensing beams on certain time-frequency resources so that the terminal (user equipment) can distinguish whether the received signal energy comes from the communication beam or the sensing beam on that time-frequency resource. This instruction is UE-specific. This is because for UEs located in different locations, the measurement beam for one UE may be the sensing beam for another UE.

[0077] As an example, the electronic device 300 may also include a processing unit 309. The processing unit 309 may be configured, under the control of the control unit 301, to notify the user equipment of the configuration of the communication reference signal for the communication beam and the sensing reference signal for the sensing beam.

[0078] As an example, this application can have two sensing modes. The first sensing mode is that the electronic device 300 sends a sensing beam and then receives the echo; in this case, when notifying the user equipment of the sensing beam and communication beam, the sensing beam is not necessarily assigned to that user equipment. The sensing beam can be assigned to other user equipment, or it can be used to acquire reflected waves in certain directions. In this case, the user equipment may not have sensing capabilities. The second sensing mode is that the electronic device 300 assigns a sensing beam and communication beam to a user equipment with sensing capabilities. In the second sensing mode, the electronic device 300 sends the sensing beam, and the user equipment receives the reflected wave to perform sensing.

[0079] As an example, processing unit 309 can be configured to configure a communication reference signal via Radio Resource Control (RRC). As an example, the communication reference signal is CSI-RS. For instance, electronic device 300 can configure one or more CSI-RS resources for the communication reference signal via RRC layer signaling CSI-ResourceConfig and NZP-CSI-RS-ResourceSet.

[0080] As an example, processing unit 309 can be configured to configure the sensing reference signal via RRC. As an example, the sensing reference signal is CSI-RS. For instance, after adding a sensing-related CSI-RS, electronic device 300 can configure SRF-CSI-RS-resource for the sensing reference signal via additional RRC layer signaling. However, the sensing beam is not limited to the CSI-RS transmission beam; for example, other radar waveforms can be used. However, at the start of sensing, the CSI-RS transmission beam is used as the sensing beam, and the sensing beam is transmitted on the time-frequency resource corresponding to the communication reference signal.

[0081] As an example, processing unit 309 can be configured to receive the communication-sense ratio (CSR) from the user equipment. The communication-sense ratio reflects the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the user equipment via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam. For example, the user equipment can distinguish whether the CSI-RS corresponds to a communication beam or a sensing beam by detecting the CSI-RS. The communication-sense ratio can be used to determine which sensing beams can share spectrum resources with the communication beams. If the communication-sense ratio is low, it indicates that the user equipment may receive many sensing beams reflected from objects, which will affect the measurement of the communication beams. Therefore, these communication beams and sensing beams cannot be used for spectrum resource reuse.

[0082] As an example, processing unit 309 can be configured to receive the sensing ratio via one of RRC, Media Access Control Element (MAC CE), and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

[0083] After receiving the configuration of the communication reference signal for the communication beam and the sensing reference signal for the sensing beam, the UE will receive the reference signals on the corresponding time-frequency resources. If a sensing-related reference signal is received, it indicates that a sensing object has reflected the sensing reference signal within the coverage area of ​​the electronic device 300. This sensing object may be stationary or moving. The UE calculates the received strength of all received reference signals, and reports the beam with the strongest communication strength, such as the RSRP of the four strongest received beams. If there are sensing beams, they must be clearly distinguished, for example, by reporting them as RSRP Sets, where Set0 represents the RSRP corresponding to the communication beam set and Set1 represents the RSRP corresponding to the sensing beam set. Additionally, the ratio of received energy of the communication beam to the sensing beam at the UE's location (inductive ratio) can be reported. RRC layer signaling is preferred for reporting because this information is not sensitive to latency, and the amount of information reported is relatively large; RRC layer reporting is the preferred solution. Alternatively, signaling such as MAC CE and PUSCH can be used for reporting.

[0084] As an example, the processing unit 309 can be configured to adjust the communication beam for the user equipment and / or the sensing beam for the object based on the inductance ratio.

[0085] As described above, when the electronic device 300 adds sensing functionality in addition to communication functionality, the sensing beam may interfere with the communication beam. Existing mechanisms allow the terminal to report the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), but SINR alone cannot identify whether the interference originates from the sensing beam. In contrast, in the electronic device 300 according to embodiments of this disclosure, the UE can report the sensing beam's connectivity ratio at its location. The connectivity ratio reflects how much the communication beam is affected by the sensing beam at that location. In other words, the connectivity ratio reflects which combinations of the communication beam (measurement beam) and sensing beam, when multiplexed, cause interference to the user equipment's measurement beam information from the reflected beam corresponding to the sensing beam. Therefore, the electronic device 300 can adjust the combination of the sensing beam and the measurement beam. For example, after receiving the connectivity ratio for each location, the electronic device 300 can adjust the beam signal strength, for example, by adjusting or canceling the transmission of the sensing beam or communication beam based on a priority comparison of communication and sensing services, thus resolving the interference problem between beams and achieving effective interference management and suppression between sensing and communication, thereby ensuring the normal operation of communication and / or sensing services.

[0086] As an example, processing unit 309 can be configured to correct the trained predetermined model based on the induction ratio. Furthermore, processing unit 309 can be configured to correct the trained predetermined model based on communication parameters reported by the user equipment (e.g., RSRP ordering). Correcting the trained predetermined model can improve the accuracy of the predetermined model in inferring the location information of objects.

[0087] Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of signaling interaction between an electronic device 300 and a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0088] In S601 (this step is optional), the user equipment reports its capabilities to the electronic device 300. By way of example, and not limitation, the user equipment may report to the electronic device 300 whether it has sensing capabilities. Other capabilities that a person skilled in the art may also conceive of for the user equipment to report, which will not be elaborated here.

[0089] In S602, the electronic device 300 notifies the user equipment of the configuration of the communication reference signal for the communication beam and the sensing reference signal for the sensing beam.

[0090] In S603, the user equipment reports its location information, the RSRP of the received beam, and the inductance ratio to the electronic equipment 300.

[0091] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating the interaction between an electronic device 300 and a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0092] As shown in Figure 7, electronic device 300 and base station 2 can cooperate to achieve accurate UE positioning and combine the beam measurements reported by the UE with the location to construct a perception map for object perception (e.g., vehicle perception, e.g., inferring the object's location). Multiple base stations can cooperate via Xn signaling to perform beam scanning and perception to enhance perception accuracy. Multiple base stations need to coordinate the measurement beams and perception beams used by each base station and notify the terminal (UE) to avoid affecting the terminal's downlink beam measurement.

[0093] The following describes application examples of embodiments of this disclosure.

[0094] As an example, electronic device 300 detects a sensed object and sends the information to the core network sensing service module for location determination, then sends an alarm indicating the presence of the sensed object to the user equipment. This could be used, for example, in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) applications.

[0095] After deploying the network, operators can not only provide communication services but also utilize the downlink beam of electronic device 300 to perform environmental awareness within the coverage area. For example, the downlink beam of electronic device 300 is not only used for data transmission but can also detect and track moving objects (such as vehicles) within the coverage area through echo reflection. This capability can be used to issue warnings of approaching vehicles to mobile phone users within the service area, improving road safety.

[0096] Specifically, at the physical layer, electronic device 300 emits a sensing beam and measures and processes the beam's echo. By analyzing the echo signal, electronic device 300 can identify whether a vehicle or other moving object exists within a specific area. This measurement information is transmitted via a wireless access network to the Sensing Service Module in the core network. This module can use artificial intelligence technology to perform in-depth analysis of the echo data to identify the vehicle's specific location, speed, and direction.

[0097] These analytical tasks can be deployed at different network layers as needed. If real-time response and low latency are required, some data processing can be completed at the physical layer or edge computing nodes; if latency requirements are not high, it can be completed in the core network's functional modules. For example, the Network Data Analysis Function (NWDAF) module can perform fusion analysis on data from multiple base stations and identify vehicle movement trajectories and potential hazards.

[0098] Based on these analysis results, NWDAF can locate user equipment near vehicles using the Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) module. The network can then send notifications to these devices, informing the user of an approaching vehicle and reminding them to be cautious to avoid traffic accidents.

[0099] By integrating artificial intelligence and network sensing technologies into 5G or future 6G network architectures, operators can not only improve network service quality but also provide new technological safeguards for road traffic safety. This integrated sensing application is not limited to vehicle sensing but can also be extended to areas such as pedestrian detection, weather condition sensing, and infrastructure monitoring, further enhancing the network's intelligent capabilities.

[0100] In this process, artificial intelligence is needed to intelligently judge and analyze the measurement results of the sensing beam. To improve sensing efficiency and accuracy, digital twin technology can be introduced. By virtually modeling real-world application scenarios, various variables in the wireless environment can be simulated, and the AI ​​model can be trained and optimized in the virtual environment of the digital twin. Digital twins can highly simulate dynamic changes in real-world scenarios, such as vehicle movement at different locations, environmental interference, signal attenuation, and other factors, ensuring that the model's reasoning ability is more in line with actual deployment needs.

[0101] Specifically, in a digital twin environment, a large-scale, parameter-complex artificial intelligence model can be constructed first. This model, trained on high-precision simulation data of assumed scenarios, learns the complex relationships between various beam measurement echoes and the vehicle and environment, developing the ability to perceive and reason about different situations. During training, the large model can undergo numerous simulations in a virtual environment, accumulating rich scenario knowledge.

[0102] Once the large model is trained and possesses sufficient reasoning capabilities, knowledge distillation technology can be introduced. In actual deployment, terminal devices not only report their own geographical location but also feed back the beam measurement results received by the electronic device 300 to the network. By comparing and optimizing these measurement data from the real environment with the prediction results from the virtual environment, the system can transfer the knowledge of the large model to a smaller model. This smaller model, after distillation, can run efficiently on devices with limited computing power (such as edge devices and mobile terminals), possessing high-precision perception and reasoning capabilities while significantly reducing computing resources and energy consumption requirements.

[0103] By combining digital twins with knowledge distillation, we can not only rapidly iterate and optimize perception models in a virtual environment, reducing uncertainties in actual deployment, but also ensure that models deployed on edge devices and terminal devices have sufficient inference capabilities and computational efficiency. This architectural design improves the accuracy and response speed of perception services while optimizing resource utilization, making it suitable for widespread application in scenarios requiring real-time perception and analysis, such as intelligent transportation and smart cities.

[0104] This disclosure also provides an electronic device 400 in a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of this disclosure. The electronic device 400 includes at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, via the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device 400 to: receive a reference signal from a network-side device serving it via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and report to the network-side device a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and location information of the electronic device 400, wherein the network-side device transmits the reference signal to an object within the coverage area of ​​the network-side device via at least one sensing beam and obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and the network-side device infers the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding correspondences with a plurality of electronic devices respectively.

[0105] Figure 8 shows an exemplary functional block diagram of an electronic device 400 in a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0106] As shown in Figure 8, the electronic device 400 includes: a control unit 401 for control purposes; and a communication unit 403, which, under the control of the control unit 401, receives reference signals from a network-side device providing services via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and reports to the network-side device the correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the electronic device 400. The network-side device transmits reference signals to objects within its coverage area via at least one sensing beam, obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and infers the object's location information based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to the respective correspondences with multiple electronic devices.

[0107] The control unit 401 and communication unit 403 can be implemented as one or more processing circuits and at least one memory. The processing circuit can be, for example, a processor or chip, and the at least one memory can be RAM, ROM, etc. The at least one memory is used to store computer program code and data required for the processing circuits to perform processing. Furthermore, it should be understood that the various functional units in the electronic device 400 shown in FIG8 are merely logical modules divided according to their specific functions, and are not intended to limit the specific implementation method.

[0108] For example, electronic device 400 can function as a user equipment itself and may also include external devices such as memory and transceiver (not shown). The memory can be used to store programs and related data information that electronic device 400 needs to execute to perform various functions. The transceiver may include one or more communication interfaces to support communication with different devices (e.g., UE, base station, etc.), and there is no specific limitation on the implementation of the transceiver.

[0109] In the electronic device 400 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the position information of the sensed object is inferred by reusing the reference signal of beam management. That is, the position information of the sensed object is inferred based on the reference signal in beam management, thereby achieving a more effective combination between sensing and communication.

[0110] As an example, the communication unit 403 may be configured to report location information and communication parameters related to the at least part of the communication beams to the network-side device during beam adjustment, thereby reporting a correspondence, wherein the electronic device 400 selects a predetermined number of communication beams as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal.

[0111] As an example, the location information of an object is inferred based on the location information of an electronic device corresponding to a specific communication parameter in a set of correspondences, wherein the echo parameter and the specific communication parameter satisfy predetermined conditions.

[0112] As an example, the communication parameters include a reference signal strength parameter relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to at least a portion of the communication beam, and the echo parameters include an echo signal strength parameter relating to the strength of the at least one echo, and the predetermined condition includes: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range.

[0113] As an example, specific communication parameters are found in a set of correspondences, and the location information of the electronic device corresponding to the specific communication parameters is inferred as the location information of the object.

[0114] As an example, specific communication parameters are obtained by inputting echo parameters into a pre-trained model, and the output of the pre-trained model is inferred as the position information of the object. The pre-trained model is trained by using the communication parameters and position information included in the correspondences in the correspondence set as input and output, respectively.

[0115] As an example, the at least one communication beam is transmitted by a network-side device on the same time-frequency resources as the at least one sensing beam via spatial multiplexing.

[0116] As an example, the communication unit 403 can be configured to receive a configuration relating to a communication reference signal for a communication beam and a sensing reference signal for a sensing beam.

[0117] As an example, the communication reference signal is configured via RRC.

[0118] As an example, the sensing reference signal is configured via RRC.

[0119] As an example, the communication unit 403 can be configured to send a communication-to-sensing ratio to a network-side device, the communication-to-sensing ratio reflecting the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the electronic device 400 via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam.

[0120] As an example, communication unit 403 can be configured to transmit the inductance ratio via one of RRC, MAC CE, and PUSCH.

[0121] As an example, the synesthesia ratio is used to refine a pre-trained model.

[0122] As an example, the inductance ratio is used to adjust the communication beam for electronic device 400 and / or the sensing beam for objects.

[0123] As an example, the network-side device can be the aforementioned electronic device 300, and the electronic device 400 can be the user equipment in the embodiment of electronic device 300. For a detailed description of electronic device 400, please refer to the relevant description in the embodiment of electronic device 300, which will not be repeated here.

[0124] This disclosure provides an electronic device 500 in a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device 500 to perform: notifying user equipment within the service range of the electronic device 500 of the configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal, and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

[0125] Figure 9 shows an exemplary functional block diagram of an electronic device 500 in a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0126] As shown in Figure 9, the electronic device 500 includes: a control unit 501 for control; and a processing unit 503 configured to, under the control of the control unit 501, notify user equipment within the service range of the electronic device 500 of the configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

[0127] The control unit 501 and processing unit 503 can be implemented as one or more processing circuits and at least one memory. The processing circuit can be, for example, a processor or a chip, and the at least one memory can be RAM, ROM, etc. The at least one memory is used to store, for example, computer program code and data required for the processing circuits to perform processing. Furthermore, it should be understood that the various functional units in the electronic device 500 shown in FIG9 are merely logical modules divided according to their specific functions, and are not intended to limit the specific implementation method.

[0128] Electronic device 500 may be located on the base station side or communicatively connected to the base station. For example, electronic device 500 may function as the base station itself and may also include external devices such as memory and transceiver (not shown). The memory may be used to store programs and related data information that electronic device 500 needs to execute to perform various functions. The transceiver may include one or more communication interfaces to support communication with different devices (e.g., UE, base station, etc.), and there is no specific limitation on the implementation of the transceiver.

[0129] As an example, the base station could be an eNB or a gNB.

[0130] In the electronic device 500 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, notifying the user equipment of the configuration of the communication beam for communication and the sensing beam for sensing can be used to solve the interference problem between beams, thereby enabling effective interference management and suppression between sensing and communication, and ensuring the normal operation of communication services and / or sensing services.

[0131] As an example, processing unit 503 can be configured to configure a communication reference signal via RRC. As an example, the communication reference signal is CSI-RS. For instance, electronic device 500 can configure one or more CSI-RS resources for the communication reference signal via RRC layer signaling CSI-ResourceConfig and NZP-CSI-RS-ResourceSet.

[0132] As an example, processing unit 503 can be configured to configure the sensing reference signal via RRC. As an example, the sensing reference signal is CSI-RS. For example, after adding a sensing-related CSI-RS, electronic device 500 can configure SRF-CSI-RS-resource for the sensing reference signal via additional RRC layer signaling. However, the sensing beam is not limited to the CSI-RS transmission beam; for example, other radar waveforms can be used. However, at the start of sensing, the CSI-RS transmission beam is used as the sensing beam, and the sensing beam is transmitted on the time-frequency resource corresponding to the communication reference signal.

[0133] As an example, processing unit 503 can be configured to receive a connectivity ratio from a user equipment (UE), which reflects the energy ratio between a communication signal received by the UE via a communication beam and a sensing signal received via a sensing beam. For example, the UE can distinguish whether a CSI-RS corresponds to a communication beam or a sensing beam by detecting the CSI-RS, and thus calculate the connectivity ratio. For example, the connectivity ratio is the energy ratio between the CSI-RS received via the communication beam and the CSI-RS received via the sensing beam.

[0134] As an example, the processing unit 503 can be configured to receive the inductance ratio via one of RRC, MAC CE, and PUSCH.

[0135] For a detailed description of the communication reference signal, the sensing reference signal, and the inductance ratio, please refer to the relevant descriptions in the embodiments of the electronic device 300, which will not be repeated here.

[0136] As an example, the processing unit 503 may be configured to transmit a reference signal to a user equipment via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and obtain a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the user equipment, transmit a reference signal to an object within the coverage area of ​​the electronic device 500 via at least one sensing beam, and obtain echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and infer the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to the corresponding correspondences of multiple user equipments respectively.

[0137] For example, communication parameters may include reference signal strength parameters related to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to at least a portion of the communication beam and / or the direction of the at least a portion of the communication beam, etc.

[0138] For example, beam adjustment is the beam adjustment performed in the P2 and P3 processes of beam management. The at least one communication beam is used by the user equipment for beam selection.

[0139] For example, in UE reporting under beam management, the UE reports location information and communication parameters related to at least a portion of the communication beams to establish a correspondence. For instance, when a UE performs feedback beam measurement, it simultaneously reports its own location. Electronic device 500 can construct a correspondence set based on the location information reported by multiple UEs and the corresponding communication parameters. That is, electronic device 500 can construct a correspondence set (also called a sensing location map or sensing map) using the beam measurement results reported by multiple UEs at different locations and the correspondence between those locations. UE positioning can be high-precision positioning based on technologies such as CSI-RS and GPS. Electronic device 500 can determine the location of the sensed object based on the constructed sensing map using the echo parameters of the sensed beams.

[0140] For example, the beam with the highest RSRP in a beam scan can be correlated with the UE's location to establish a correspondence. For instance, the beam with the highest RSRP indicates the lowest path loss in that direction. When radar reflection detection is performed on an object at that location using a beam in the same direction, its echo (reflected wave) should also have the strongest energy. Thus, the perceived beam echo signal power of the object at that location is correlated with the UE's maximum RSRP. Therefore, the object's location can be inferred from the correspondence between the reported RSRP measurement and the UE's location. Furthermore, a sequence of RSRPs corresponding to multiple beams can be used to match the UE's location with the object's location. For example, the UE reports a predetermined number of RSRPs with larger values ​​from the sorted RSRPs, along with the UE's location. By comparing the perceived beam echo signal power of the object with the predetermined number of RSRPs, the object's location can be inferred from the correspondence between the predetermined number of RSRPs and the UE's location. In the following description, for simplicity, the predetermined number is described as four. Those skilled in the art will understand that the predetermined number can be any number other than four.

[0141] The electronic device 500 according to an embodiment of this disclosure further utilizes the reference signal of beam management to infer the position information of the sensed object. That is, the position information of the sensed object is inferred based on the reference signal in beam management, thereby achieving a more effective combination between sensing and communication.

[0142] As an example, the processing unit 503 may be configured to receive location information reported by the user equipment during beam adjustment and communication parameters related to the at least part of the communication beams, thereby obtaining a correspondence, wherein the user equipment selects a predetermined number of communication beams as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal.

[0143] For example, the user equipment can sort the RSRP and select a predetermined number of communication beams from the at least one communication beam as the at least part of the communication beams.

[0144] As an example, those skilled in the art can predetermine the predetermined quantity based on experience or application scenarios.

[0145] For example, a user equipment reports four maximum RSRPs and the UE's location to form a correspondence. In this case, each correspondence in the correspondence set includes the RSRPs corresponding to the four communication beams.

[0146] After receiving the configuration of the communication reference signal for the communication beam and the sensing reference signal for the sensing beam, the UE will receive the reference signals on the corresponding time-frequency resources. If a sensing-related reference signal is received, it indicates that a sensing object has reflected the sensing reference signal within the coverage area of ​​the electronic device 500. This sensing object may be stationary or moving. The UE calculates the received strength of all received reference signals, and reports the beam with the strongest communication strength, such as the RSRP of the four strongest received beams. If there are sensing beams, they must be clearly distinguished, for example, by reporting them as RSRP Sets, where Set0 represents the RSRP corresponding to the communication beam set and Set1 represents the RSRP corresponding to the sensing beam set. Additionally, the ratio of received energy of the communication beam to the sensing beam at the UE's location (inductive ratio) can be reported. RRC layer signaling is preferred for reporting because this information is not sensitive to latency, and the amount of information reported is relatively large; RRC layer reporting is the preferred solution. Alternatively, signaling such as MAC CE and PUSCH can be used for reporting.

[0147] As an example, the processing unit 503 can be configured to infer the position information of an object based on the position information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameters when a predetermined condition is met between the echo parameters and specific communication parameters in the set of correspondences.

[0148] For example, the processing unit 503 can be configured to select a predetermined number of parameters from the echo parameters, and, if the selected echo parameters and a specific communication parameter satisfy a predetermined condition, infer the position information of an object based on the position information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter.

[0149] For example, predetermined conditions may include conditions satisfied by the intensity and / or directional characteristics of the echo parameters and specific communication parameters.

[0150] As an example, the communication parameters include a reference signal strength parameter relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to at least a portion of the communication beam, and the echo parameters include an echo signal strength parameter relating to the strength of the at least one echo, and the predetermined condition includes: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range.

[0151] For example, the reference signal strength parameter may include the RSRP or RSRQ of the reference signal.

[0152] For example, echo signal strength parameters may include the received power or received quality of the echo signal.

[0153] For example, processing unit 503 can sort the intensity parameters in the echo signal strength parameters in descending order, select a predetermined number of intensity parameters from the sorted echo signal strength parameters, and determine whether the selected echo strength parameters meet a predetermined condition with a predetermined number of reference signal strength parameters included in the specific communication parameters. For example, when the predetermined number is four, the predetermined condition may include: the four maximum received powers included in the echo signal strength parameters and the four maximum RSRPs included in the specific communication parameters are arranged in descending order to obtain four pairs of values, and the difference between each pair is within a predetermined range. Other examples of predetermined conditions can be conceived by those skilled in the art, which will not be elaborated here.

[0154] As an example, those skilled in the art can predetermine the predetermined scope based on experience or application scenarios.

[0155] As an example, the processing unit 503 can be configured to look up a specific communication parameter in the correspondence set and infer the location information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter as the location information of the object.

[0156] For example, the correspondence set can be a table containing multiple correspondences. Location information can be inferred by looking up the correspondence set (table lookup). For instance, a specific communication parameter matching the echo parameter can be found in the correspondence set, and the location information of the user equipment corresponding to that specific communication parameter can be inferred as the object's location information.

[0157] As an example, processing unit 503 can be configured to input echo parameters into a trained predetermined model and infer the position information of an object from the output of the trained predetermined model. The trained predetermined model is trained using communication parameters and position information included in a set of correspondences as input and output, respectively. This predetermined model is used to predict the position or object information of a sensed object based on the echo energy of the reflected beam of the sensed beam.

[0158] For example, the pre-defined model could be an artificial intelligence model. This pre-defined model is used to infer the location of perceived objects based on a perception map.

[0159] As an example, processing unit 503 can be configured to transmit reference signals to a user equipment via at least one communication beam and to an object via at least one sensing beam using spatial division multiplexing on the same time-frequency resources. That is, sensing beams are transmitted in different directions by reusing the time-frequency resources of the communication beams. By configuring different reference signals, the user equipment can receive both the communication beam and the sensing beam via code division multiplexing.

[0160] As an example, processing unit 503 can be configured to correct a trained predetermined model based on the inductance ratio received from the user equipment. Furthermore, processing unit 503 can be configured to correct the trained predetermined model based on communication parameters reported by the user equipment (e.g., RSRP ordering). Correcting the trained predetermined model can improve the accuracy of the predetermined model in inferring the location information of objects.

[0161] As an example, the processing unit 503 can be configured to adjust the communication beam for the user equipment and / or the sensing beam for the object based on the inductance ratio received from the user equipment.

[0162] As described above, when the electronic device 500 adds sensing functionality in addition to communication functionality, the sensing beam may interfere with the communication beam. Existing mechanisms allow the terminal to report the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), but SINR alone cannot identify whether the interference originates from the sensing beam. In contrast, in the electronic device 500 according to embodiments of this disclosure, the UE can report the sensing beam's connectivity ratio at its location. The connectivity ratio reflects how much the communication beam is affected by the sensing beam at that location. In other words, the connectivity ratio reflects which combinations of the communication beam (measurement beam) and sensing beam, when multiplexed, cause interference to the user equipment's measurement beam information from the reflected beam corresponding to the sensing beam. Therefore, the electronic device 500 can adjust the combination of the sensing beam and the measurement beam. For example, after receiving the connectivity ratio for each location, the electronic device 500 can adjust the beam signal strength, for example, by adjusting or canceling the transmission of the sensing beam or communication beam based on a priority comparison of communication services and sensing services, thus resolving the interference problem between beams and ensuring the normal operation of communication services and / or sensing services.

[0163] This disclosure also provides an electronic device 600 in a communication-sensing integrated system according to yet another embodiment of this disclosure. The electronic device 600 includes at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, via the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device 600 to perform: receiving configurations from a network-side device serving the electronic device 600 regarding a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal, and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

[0164] Figure 10 shows an exemplary functional block diagram of an electronic device 600 in a communication-sensing integrated system according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0165] As shown in Figure 10, the electronic device 600 includes: a control unit 601 that performs control; and a communication unit 603 that, under the control of the control unit 601, receives configurations of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing from a network-side device that provides services to the electronic device 600, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

[0166] The control unit 601 and communication unit 603 can be implemented as one or more processing circuits and at least one memory. The processing circuit can be, for example, a processor or a chip, and the at least one memory can be RAM, ROM, etc. The at least one memory is used to store, for example, computer program code and data required for the processing circuits to perform processing. Furthermore, it should be understood that the various functional units in the electronic device 600 shown in FIG10 are merely logical modules divided according to their specific functions, and are not intended to limit the specific implementation method.

[0167] For example, electronic device 600 can function as a user equipment itself and may also include external devices such as memory and transceiver (not shown). The memory can be used to store programs and related data information that electronic device 600 needs to execute to perform various functions. The transceiver may include one or more communication interfaces to support communication with different devices (e.g., UE, base station, etc.), and the specific implementation of the transceiver is not limited here.

[0168] In the electronic device 600 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, receiving configurations of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing can be used to resolve interference problems between beams, thereby enabling effective interference management and suppression between sensing and communication, and ensuring the normal operation of communication services and / or sensing services.

[0169] As an example, the communication reference signal is configured via Radio Resource Control (RRC).

[0170] As an example, the sensing reference signal is configured via RRC.

[0171] As an example, the communication unit 603 can be configured to send a communication-to-sensing ratio to a network-side device, the communication-to-sensing ratio reflecting the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the electronic device 600 via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam.

[0172] As an example, the communication unit 603 can be configured to transmit the inductance ratio via one of RRC, MAC CE, and PUSCH.

[0173] As an example, the communication unit 603 may be configured to receive reference signals from a network-side device via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and report to the network-side device a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the electronic device 600, wherein the network-side device transmits reference signals to an object within the coverage area of ​​the network-side device via at least one sensing beam, and obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and the network-side device infers the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to the respective correspondences with multiple electronic devices.

[0174] As an example, the communication unit 603 may be configured to report location information and communication parameters related to the at least part of the communication beams to the network-side device during beam adjustment, thereby reporting a correspondence, wherein the electronic device 600 selects a predetermined number of communication beams as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal.

[0175] As an example, the location information of an object is inferred based on the location information of an electronic device corresponding to a specific communication parameter in a set of correspondences, wherein the echo parameter and the specific communication parameter satisfy predetermined conditions.

[0176] As an example, the communication parameters include a reference signal strength parameter relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to at least a portion of the communication beam, and the echo parameters include an echo signal strength parameter relating to the strength of the at least one echo, and the predetermined condition includes: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range.

[0177] As an example, specific communication parameters are found in a set of correspondences, and the location information of the electronic device corresponding to the specific communication parameters is inferred as the location information of the object.

[0178] As an example, specific communication parameters are obtained by inputting echo parameters into a pre-trained model, and the output of the pre-trained model is inferred as the position information of the object. The pre-trained model is trained by using the communication parameters and position information included in the correspondences in the correspondence set as input and output, respectively.

[0179] As an example, the at least one communication beam is transmitted by a network-side device on the same time-frequency resources as the at least one sensing beam via spatial multiplexing.

[0180] As an example, the communication unit 603 can be configured to send a sense ratio to a network-side device for use in correcting a pre-trained model.

[0181] As an example, the communication unit 603 can be configured to send a sensing ratio to a network-side device for adjusting the communication beam for electronic device 600 and / or the sensing beam for objects.

[0182] As an example, the network-side device in the embodiment of electronic device 600 can be the aforementioned electronic device 500, and electronic device 600 can be the user equipment in the embodiment of electronic device 500. For a detailed description of electronic device 600, please refer to the relevant description in the embodiment of electronic device 500, which will not be repeated here.

[0183] In the process of describing electronic devices 300, 400, 500, and 600 in the embodiments described above, some processes or methods have obviously also been disclosed. Hereinafter, without repeating some details already discussed above, a summary of these methods is given. However, it should be noted that although these methods are disclosed in the description of the above electronic devices, these methods do not necessarily employ or are performed by the described components. For example, the embodiments of the above electronic devices can be implemented partially or entirely using hardware and / or firmware, while the methods discussed below can be implemented entirely by computer-executable programs, although these methods can also be implemented using the hardware and / or firmware of the electronic device.

[0184] Figure 11 shows a flowchart of method S1100 for a communication-sensing integrated system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Method S1100 begins at step S1102. In step S1104, a reference signal is transmitted to a user equipment within the service range of an electronic device via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the user equipment is obtained. In step S1106, a reference signal is transmitted to an object within the coverage range of the electronic device via at least one sensing beam, and echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object are obtained. In step S1108, the location information of the object is inferred based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding correspondences with multiple user equipments. Method S1100 ends at step S1110.

[0185] This method can be executed, for example, by the electronic device 300 described above. For details, please refer to the description of the relevant processing of the electronic device 300 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0186] Figure 12 shows a flowchart of a method S1200 for a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Method S1200 begins at step S1202. In step S1204, an electronic device receives a reference signal from a network-side device serving it via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and reports to the network-side device a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the electronic device's location information. The network-side device transmits the reference signal to an object within its coverage area via at least one sensing beam, obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and infers the object's location information based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding correspondences with multiple electronic devices. Method S1200 ends at step S1206.

[0187] This method can be executed, for example, by the electronic device 400 described above. For details, please refer to the above description of the relevant processing of the electronic device 400, which will not be repeated here.

[0188] Figure 13 shows a flowchart of a method S1300 for a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Method S1300 begins at step S1302. In step S1304, user equipment within the service range of an electronic device is notified of the configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal, and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal. Method S1300 ends at step S1306.

[0189] This method can be executed, for example, by the electronic device 500 described above. For details, please refer to the description of the relevant processing of the electronic device 500 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0190] Figure 14 shows a flowchart of a method S1400 for a communication-sensing integrated system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Method S1400 begins at step S1402. In step S1404, configurations for a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing are received from a network-side device providing services to an electronic device, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal, and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal. Method S1400 ends at step S1406.

[0191] This method can be executed, for example, by the electronic device 600 described above. For details, please refer to the description of the relevant processing of the electronic device 600 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0192] The technology disclosed herein can be applied to a variety of products.

[0193] Electronic devices 300 and 500 can be located on the base station side or connected to the base station. The base station can be implemented as any type of evolved NodeB (eNB) or gNB (5G base station). eNBs include, for example, macro eNBs and small eNBs. Small eNBs can be eNBs covering cells smaller than macro cells, such as pico eNBs, micro eNBs, and femtocell eNBs. A similar situation can occur with gNBs. Alternatively, the base station can be implemented as any other type of base station, such as a NodeB and a Base Transceiver Station (BTS). A base station can include: a main body configured to control wireless communication (also called base station equipment); and one or more remote radio heads (RRHs) located in a different location from the main body. Furthermore, various types of electronic devices can operate as base stations by temporarily or semi-persistently performing base station functions.

[0194] Electronic devices 400 and 600 can be located on the user equipment side or connected to the user equipment. The user equipment can be implemented as a mobile terminal (such as a smartphone, tablet PC, laptop PC, portable gaming terminal, portable / dongle-type mobile router, and digital camera device) or an in-vehicle terminal (such as a car navigation device). The user equipment can also be implemented as a terminal performing machine-to-machine (M2M) communication (also known as a machine-type communication (MTC) terminal). Furthermore, the user equipment can be a wireless communication module (such as an integrated circuit module comprising a single chip) installed on each of the aforementioned terminals.

[0195] [Application examples of base stations]

[0196] (First application example)

[0197] Figure 15 is a block diagram illustrating a first example of a schematic configuration of an eNB or gNB to which the technologies of this disclosure can be applied. Note that the following description uses an eNB as an example, but it can also be applied to a gNB. The eNB 800 includes one or more antennas 810 and a base station device 820. The base station device 820 and each antenna 810 can be connected to each other via RF cables.

[0198] Each of the antennas 810 includes one or more antenna elements (such as multiple antenna elements included in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna) and is used by the base station device 820 to transmit and receive wireless signals. As shown in Figure 15, the eNB 800 may include multiple antennas 810. For example, multiple antennas 810 may be compatible with multiple frequency bands used by the eNB 800. Although Figure 15 shows an example in which the eNB 800 includes multiple antennas 810, the eNB 800 may also include a single antenna 810.

[0199] The base station equipment 820 includes a controller 821, a memory 822, a network interface 823, and a wireless communication interface 825.

[0200] The controller 821 can be, for example, a CPU or a DSP, and operates various higher-level functions of the base station equipment 820. For example, the controller 821 generates data packets based on data in signals processed by the wireless communication interface 825, and transmits the generated packets via the network interface 823. The controller 821 can bundle data from multiple baseband processors to generate bundled packets and transmit the generated bundled packets. The controller 821 may have logical functions that perform controls such as radio resource control, radio bearer control, mobility management, admission control, and scheduling. This control can be performed in conjunction with nearby eNBs or core network nodes. The memory 822 includes RAM and ROM, and stores programs executed by the controller 821 and various types of control data (such as terminal lists, transmission power data, and scheduling data).

[0201] Network interface 823 is a communication interface used to connect base station equipment 820 to core network 824. Controller 821 can communicate with core network nodes or other eNBs via network interface 823. In this case, eNB 800 and core network nodes or other eNBs can be connected to each other through logical interfaces (such as S1 and X2 interfaces). Network interface 823 can also be a wired communication interface or a wireless communication interface for wireless backhaul. If network interface 823 is a wireless communication interface, it can use a higher frequency band for wireless communication compared to the frequency band used by wireless communication interface 825.

[0202] The wireless communication interface 825 supports any cellular communication scheme (such as LTE and LTE-Advanced) and provides wireless connectivity to terminals located in the cell of eNB 800 via antenna 810. The wireless communication interface 825 typically includes, for example, a baseband (BB) processor 826 and RF circuitry 827. The BB processor 826 can perform, for example, encoding / decoding, modulation / demodulation, and multiplexing / demultiplexing, and performs various types of signal processing at layers (e.g., Layer 1, Medium Access Control (MAC), Radio Link Control (RLC), and Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)). Instead of controller 821, the BB processor 826 can have some or all of the above-described logical functions. The BB processor 826 can be a memory storing communication control programs, or a module including a processor and associated circuitry configured to execute programs. Update programs can change the functionality of the BB processor 826. The module can be a card or blade inserted into a slot in base station equipment 820. Alternatively, the module can also be a chip mounted on a card or blade. Meanwhile, the RF circuit 827 may include, for example, a mixer, a filter, and an amplifier, and transmits and receives wireless signals via the antenna 810.

[0203] As shown in Figure 15, the wireless communication interface 825 may include multiple BB processors 826. For example, the multiple BB processors 826 may be compatible with multiple frequency bands used by the eNB 800. As shown in Figure 15, the wireless communication interface 825 may include multiple RF circuits 827. For example, the multiple RF circuits 827 may be compatible with multiple antenna elements. Although Figure 15 shows an example in which the wireless communication interface 825 includes multiple BB processors 826 and multiple RF circuits 827, the wireless communication interface 825 may also include a single BB processor 826 or a single RF circuit 827.

[0204] When the electronic device 300 shown in Figure 3 and the electronic device 500 shown in Figure 9 are implemented as the eNB 800 shown in Figure 15, their transceivers can be implemented by the wireless communication interface 825. At least a portion of the functionality can also be implemented by the controller 821. For example, the controller 821 can perform processing based on communication beams and sensing beams by executing the functions of the units in electronic devices 300 and 500.

[0205] (Second application example)

[0206] Figure 16 is a block diagram illustrating a second example of a schematic configuration of an eNB or gNB to which the technologies of this disclosure can be applied. Note that, similarly, the following description uses an eNB as an example, but it can also be applied to a gNB. The eNB 830 includes one or more antennas 840, a base station device 850, and an RRH 860. The RRH 860 and each antenna 840 can be connected to each other via RF cables. The base station device 850 and the RRH 860 can be connected to each other via high-speed lines such as fiber optic cables.

[0207] Each of the antennas 840 includes one or more antenna elements (such as multiple antenna elements included in a MIMO antenna) and is used by the RRH 860 to transmit and receive wireless signals. As shown in Figure 16, the eNB 830 may include multiple antennas 840. For example, multiple antennas 840 may be compatible with multiple frequency bands used by the eNB 830. Although Figure 16 shows an example in which the eNB 830 includes multiple antennas 840, the eNB 830 may also include a single antenna 840.

[0208] The base station device 850 includes a controller 851, a memory 852, a network interface 853, a wireless communication interface 855, and a connection interface 857. The controller 851, memory 852, and network interface 853 are the same as the controller 821, memory 822, and network interface 823 described with reference to FIG16.

[0209] The wireless communication interface 855 supports any cellular communication scheme (such as LTE and LTE-Advanced) and provides wireless communication to terminals located in the sector corresponding to the RRH 860 via the RRH 860 and antenna 840. The wireless communication interface 855 may typically include, for example, a BB processor 856. The BB processor 856 is identical to the BB processor 826 described with reference to FIG16, except that it is connected to the RF circuitry 864 of the RRH 860 via a connection interface 857. As shown in FIG16, the wireless communication interface 855 may include multiple BB processors 856. For example, multiple BB processors 856 may be compatible with multiple frequency bands used by the eNB 830. Although FIG16 shows an example in which the wireless communication interface 855 includes multiple BB processors 856, the wireless communication interface 855 may also include a single BB processor 856.

[0210] Connection interface 857 is an interface for connecting base station device 850 (wireless communication interface 855) to RRH 860. Connection interface 857 can also be a communication module for connecting base station device 850 (wireless communication interface 855) to the aforementioned high-speed line of RRH 860.

[0211] The RRH 860 includes a connectivity interface 861 and a wireless communication interface 863.

[0212] Connection interface 861 is an interface for connecting RRH 860 (wireless communication interface 863) to base station equipment 850. Connection interface 861 can also be a communication module for communication in the aforementioned high-speed line.

[0213] Wireless communication interface 863 transmits and receives wireless signals via antenna 840. Wireless communication interface 863 typically includes, for example, RF circuitry 864. RF circuitry 864 may include, for example, mixers, filters, and amplifiers, and transmits and receives wireless signals via antenna 840. As shown in FIG16, wireless communication interface 863 may include multiple RF circuits 864. For example, multiple RF circuits 864 may support multiple antenna elements. Although FIG16 shows an example in which wireless communication interface 863 includes multiple RF circuits 864, wireless communication interface 863 may also include a single RF circuit 864.

[0214] When the electronic device 300 shown in Figure 3 and the electronic device 500 shown in Figure 9 are implemented as the eNB 830 shown in Figure 16, their transceivers can be implemented by the wireless communication interface 855. At least a portion of the functionality can also be implemented by the controller 851. For example, the controller 851 can perform processing based on communication beams and sensing beams by executing the functions of the units in electronic devices 300 and 500.

[0215] [Application examples related to user equipment]

[0216] (First application example)

[0217] Figure 17 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a smartphone 900 to which the technology of this disclosure can be applied. The smartphone 900 includes a processor 901, a memory 902, a storage device 903, an external connection interface 904, a camera device 906, a sensor 907, a microphone 908, an input device 909, a display device 910, a speaker 911, a wireless communication interface 912, one or more antenna switches 915, one or more antennas 916, a bus 917, a battery 918, and an auxiliary controller 919.

[0218] The processor 901 can be, for example, a CPU or a system-on-a-chip (SoC), and controls the application layer and other functions of the smartphone 900. The memory 902 includes RAM and ROM, and stores data and programs executed by the processor 901. The storage device 903 can include storage media such as semiconductor memory and hard disks. The external connectivity interface 904 is an interface for connecting external devices, such as memory cards and Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices, to the smartphone 900.

[0219] The camera device 906 includes an image sensor (such as a charge-coupled device (CCD) and complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)) and generates captured images. The sensor 907 may include a set of sensors, such as a measurement sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetometer sensor, and an accelerometer sensor. The microphone 908 converts sound input to the smartphone 900 into an audio signal. The input device 909 includes, for example, a touch sensor, keypad, keyboard, buttons, or switches configured to detect touches on the screen of the display device 910 and receives operations or information input from the user. The display device 910 includes a screen (such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display) and displays the output image of the smartphone 900. The speaker 911 converts the audio signal output from the smartphone 900 into sound.

[0220] The wireless communication interface 912 supports any cellular communication scheme (such as LTE and LTE-Advanced) and performs wireless communication. The wireless communication interface 912 typically includes, for example, a BB processor 913 and RF circuitry 914. The BB processor 913 can perform, for example, encoding / decoding, modulation / demodulation, and multiplexing / demultiplexing, and performs various types of signal processing for wireless communication. Meanwhile, the RF circuitry 914 can include, for example, mixers, filters, and amplifiers, and transmits and receives wireless signals via antenna 916. Note that although the figure shows a scenario where one RF link is connected to one antenna, this is only illustrative; scenarios where one RF link is connected to multiple antennas via multiple phase shifters are also included. The wireless communication interface 912 can be a single chip module on which the BB processor 913 and RF circuitry 914 are integrated. As shown in Figure 17, the wireless communication interface 912 can include multiple BB processors 913 and multiple RF circuits 914. Although Figure 17 shows an example where the wireless communication interface 912 includes multiple BB processors 913 and multiple RF circuits 914, the wireless communication interface 912 can also include a single BB processor 913 or a single RF circuitry 914.

[0221] In addition to cellular communication schemes, the wireless communication interface 912 can support other types of wireless communication schemes, such as short-range wireless communication schemes, near-field communication schemes, and wireless local area network (LAN) schemes. In this case, the wireless communication interface 912 may include a BB processor 913 and RF circuitry 914 for each wireless communication scheme.

[0222] Each of the antenna switches 915 switches the connection destination of the antenna 916 among multiple circuits (e.g., circuits for different wireless communication schemes) included in the wireless communication interface 912.

[0223] Each of the antennas 916 includes one or more antenna elements (such as multiple antenna elements included in a MIMO antenna) and is used for transmitting and receiving wireless signals through the wireless communication interface 912. As shown in Figure 17, the smartphone 900 may include multiple antennas 916. Although Figure 17 shows an example in which the smartphone 900 includes multiple antennas 916, the smartphone 900 may also include a single antenna 916.

[0224] Furthermore, the smartphone 900 may include an antenna 916 for each wireless communication scheme. In this case, the antenna switch 915 can be omitted from the configuration of the smartphone 900.

[0225] Bus 917 connects processor 901, memory 902, storage device 903, external connection interface 904, camera device 906, sensor 907, microphone 908, input device 909, display device 910, speaker 911, wireless communication interface 912, and auxiliary controller 919 to each other. Battery 918 supplies power to the various blocks of smartphone 900 shown in FIG. 17 via feeders, which are partially shown as dashed lines in the figure. Auxiliary controller 919 operates the minimum necessary functions of smartphone 900, for example, in sleep mode.

[0226] When electronic device 400 as shown in FIG. 8 and electronic device 600 as shown in FIG. 10 are respectively implemented as a smartphone on the user equipment side, such as the smartphone 900 shown in FIG. 17, the transceiver of electronic device 300 can be implemented by wireless communication interface 912. At least a portion of the function can also be implemented by processor 901 or auxiliary controller 919. For example, processor 901 or auxiliary controller 919 performs processing based on communication beam and sensing beam by executing the functions of the units in electronic devices 400 and 600 described above.

[0227] (Second application example)

[0228] Figure 18 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a car navigation device 920 to which the technology of this disclosure can be applied. The car navigation device 920 includes a processor 921, a memory 922, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module 924, a sensor 925, a data interface 926, a content player 927, a storage medium interface 928, an input device 929, a display device 930, a speaker 931, a wireless communication interface 933, one or more antenna switches 936, one or more antennas 937, and a battery 938.

[0229] The processor 921 can be, for example, a CPU or a SoC, and controls the navigation functions and other functions of the car navigation device 920. The memory 922 includes RAM and ROM, and stores data and programs executed by the processor 921.

[0230] GPS module 924 uses GPS signals received from GPS satellites to measure the location (such as latitude, longitude, and altitude) of car navigation device 920. Sensor 925 may include a set of sensors, such as a gyroscope sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and an air pressure sensor. Data interface 926 is connected to, for example, an in-vehicle network 941 via a terminal not shown, and acquires data generated by the vehicle (such as vehicle speed data).

[0231] Content player 927 reproduces content stored on storage media (such as CDs and DVDs), which is inserted into storage media interface 928. Input device 929 includes, for example, a touch sensor, button, or switch configured to detect touch on the screen of display device 930, and receives operations or information input from the user. Display device 930 includes a screen such as an LCD or OLED display and displays images or reproduced content for navigation functions. Speaker 931 outputs sound for navigation functions or reproduced content.

[0232] The wireless communication interface 933 supports any cellular communication scheme (such as LTE and LTE-Advanced) and performs wireless communication. The wireless communication interface 933 typically includes, for example, a BB processor 934 and RF circuitry 935. The BB processor 934 can perform, for example, encoding / decoding, modulation / demodulation, and multiplexing / demultiplexing, and performs various types of signal processing for wireless communication. Meanwhile, the RF circuitry 935 can include, for example, mixers, filters, and amplifiers, and transmits and receives wireless signals via antenna 937. The wireless communication interface 933 can also be a chip module on which the BB processor 934 and RF circuitry 935 are integrated. As shown in Figure 18, the wireless communication interface 933 can include multiple BB processors 934 and multiple RF circuits 935. Although Figure 18 shows an example where the wireless communication interface 933 includes multiple BB processors 934 and multiple RF circuits 935, the wireless communication interface 933 can also include a single BB processor 934 or a single RF circuitry 935.

[0233] In addition to cellular communication schemes, the wireless communication interface 933 can support other types of wireless communication schemes, such as short-range wireless communication schemes, near-field communication schemes, and wireless LAN schemes. In this case, for each wireless communication scheme, the wireless communication interface 933 may include a BB processor 934 and an RF circuit 935.

[0234] Each of the antenna switches 936 switches the connection destination of the antenna 937 among multiple circuits (such as circuits for different wireless communication schemes) included in the wireless communication interface 933.

[0235] Each of the antennas 937 includes one or more antenna elements (such as multiple antenna elements included in a MIMO antenna) and is used for transmitting and receiving wireless signals through the wireless communication interface 933. As shown in Figure 18, the car navigation device 920 may include multiple antennas 937. Although Figure 18 shows an example in which the car navigation device 920 includes multiple antennas 937, the car navigation device 920 may also include a single antenna 937.

[0236] Furthermore, the car navigation device 920 may include an antenna 937 for each wireless communication scheme. In this case, the antenna switch 936 can be omitted from the configuration of the car navigation device 920.

[0237] Battery 938 supplies power to the various blocks of the car navigation device 920 shown in Figure 18 via feeders, which are partially shown as dashed lines in the figure. Battery 938 accumulates the power supplied from the vehicle.

[0238] When electronic device 400 as shown in FIG. 8 and electronic device 600 as shown in FIG. 10 are respectively implemented as car navigation devices on the user equipment side, such as the car navigation device 920 shown in FIG. 18, the transceiver of electronic device 300 can be implemented by wireless communication interface 933. At least a portion of the function can also be implemented by processor 921. For example, processor 921 performs processing based on communication beam and sensing beam by executing the functions of the units in electronic devices 400 and 600 described above.

[0239] The technology disclosed herein can also be implemented as an in-vehicle system (or vehicle) 940 comprising one or more of the following blocks: a car navigation device 920, an in-vehicle network 941, and a vehicle module 942. The vehicle module 942 generates vehicle data (such as vehicle speed, engine speed, and fault information) and outputs the generated data to the in-vehicle network 941.

[0240] The basic principles of the present invention have been described above in conjunction with specific embodiments. However, it should be noted that those skilled in the art will understand that all or any step or component of the method and apparatus of the present invention can be implemented in any computing device (including processors, storage media, etc.) or network of computing devices, in the form of hardware, firmware, software or a combination thereof. This can be achieved by those skilled in the art using their basic circuit design knowledge or basic programming skills after reading the description of the present invention.

[0241] Furthermore, this invention also proposes a program product storing machine-readable instruction code. When the instruction code is read and executed by a machine, the method described above according to embodiments of the present invention can be performed.

[0242] Accordingly, the storage medium used to carry the program product storing the machine-readable instruction code is also included in the disclosure of this invention. Storage media include, but are not limited to, floppy disks, optical disks, magneto-optical disks, memory cards, memory sticks, etc.

[0243] When the present invention is implemented by software or firmware, the program constituting the software is installed from a storage medium or network onto a computer with a dedicated hardware structure (e.g., the general-purpose computer 1900 shown in FIG19), which is capable of performing various functions when various programs are installed.

[0244] In Figure 19, the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 1901 executes various processes based on programs stored in Read-Only Memory (ROM) 1902 or programs loaded into Random Access Memory (RAM) 1903 from Storage Section 1908. RAM 1903 also stores data required as needed when the CPU 1901 executes various processes, etc. The CPU 1901, ROM 1902, and RAM 1903 are interconnected via bus 1904. Input / output interface 1905 is also connected to bus 1904.

[0245] The following components are connected to the input / output interface 1905: input section 1906 (including keyboard, mouse, etc.), output section 1907 (including display, such as cathode ray tube (CRT), liquid crystal display (LCD), etc., and speakers, etc.), storage section 1908 (including hard disk, etc.), and communication section 1909 (including network interface card, such as LAN card, modem, etc.). The communication section 1909 performs communication processing via a network, such as the Internet. If necessary, a drive 1910 may also be connected to the input / output interface 1905. Removable media 1911, such as disks, optical disks, magneto-optical disks, semiconductor memories, etc., are installed on the drive 1910 as needed, so that computer programs read from them can be installed into the storage section 1908 as needed.

[0246] In the case of implementing the above series of processes through software, the program constituting the software is installed from a network such as the Internet or a storage medium such as removable media 1911.

[0247] Those skilled in the art will understand that such storage media are not limited to the removable medium 1911 shown in FIG. 19, which stores programs and is distributed separately from the device to provide programs to users. Examples of removable media 1911 include magnetic disks (including floppy disks (registered trademark)), optical disks (including optical disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) and digital versatile disks (DVD)), magneto-optical disks (including mini-discs (MD) (registered trademark)), and semiconductor memories. Alternatively, the storage medium may be ROM 1902, a hard disk included in storage section 1908, etc., which stores programs and is distributed to users along with the device containing them.

[0248] It should also be noted that in the apparatus, method, and system of the present invention, the components or steps can be decomposed and / or recombined. These decompositions and / or recombinations should be considered equivalent solutions of the present invention. Furthermore, 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 performed in parallel or independently of each other.

[0249] Finally, it should be noted that the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Furthermore, unless otherwise specified, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes that element.

[0250] While embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are merely illustrative and do not constitute a limitation thereof. Those skilled in the art can make various modifications and alterations to the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims and their equivalents.

[0251] This technology can also be implemented as follows. Solution 1. An electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory, including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: transmit a reference signal to a user device within the service range of the electronic device via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and obtain a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and location information of the user device; transmit a reference signal to an object within the coverage range of the electronic device via at least one sensing beam, and obtain echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and infer the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding correspondences with a plurality of user devices respectively. Solution 2. The electronic device according to Solution 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: infer the location information of the object based on the location information of the user device corresponding to the specific communication parameter when a predetermined condition is satisfied between the echo parameters and a specific communication parameter in the set of correspondences. Option 3. The electronic device according to Option 2, wherein the communication parameters include a reference signal strength parameter relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to the at least partial communication beam, and the echo parameters include an echo signal strength parameter relating to the strength of the at least one echo, and the predetermined condition includes: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range. Option 4. The electronic device according to Option 2 or 3, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: search for the specific communication parameter in the correspondence set, and infer the location information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter as the location information of the object. Option 5. The electronic device according to Option 2 or 3, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, through the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to: input the echo parameters into a trained predetermined model, and infer the position information of the object from the output of the trained predetermined model, wherein the trained predetermined model is trained by using communication parameters and position information included in the correspondences in the correspondence set as input and output, respectively.Option 6. An electronic device according to any one of Options 1 to 5, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: receive location information reported by the user equipment during beam adjustment and communication parameters related to the at least partial communication beams, thereby obtaining the correspondence, wherein the user equipment selects a predetermined number of communication beams as the at least partial communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal. Option 7. An electronic device according to any one of Options 1 to 6, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: transmit a reference signal to the user equipment via the at least one communication beam and transmit a reference signal to the object via the at least one sensing beam using spatial division multiplexing on the same time-frequency resources. Option 8. An electronic device according to any one of Options 1 to 7, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: notify the user equipment of the configuration of the communication reference signal for the communication beam and the sensing reference signal for the sensing beam. Option 9. The electronic device according to Option 8, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: configure the communication reference signal via Radio Resource Control (RRC). Option 10. The electronic device according to Option 9, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: configure the sensing reference signal via the RRC. Option 11. The electronic device according to any one of Options 1 to 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: receive a sensing ratio from the user equipment, the sensing ratio reflecting the energy ratio between a communication signal received by the user equipment via a communication beam and a sensing signal received via a sensing beam. Option 12. The electronic device according to Option 11, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: receive the sensing ratio via one of Radio Resource Control (RRC), Media Access Control (MAC) CE, and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).Option 13. The electronic device according to Option 11 or 12, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to perform: modifying a trained predetermined model based on the inductive ratio, wherein the trained predetermined model is trained using communication parameters and location information in the correspondence set as input and output. Option 14. The electronic device according to Option 11 or 12, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to perform: adjusting the communication beam for the user equipment and / or the sensing beam for the object based on the inductive ratio. Solution 15. An electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: receive a reference signal from a network-side device serving it via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and report to the network-side device a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and location information of the electronic device, wherein the network-side device transmits the reference signal to an object within the coverage area of ​​the network-side device via at least one sensing beam, and obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and the network-side device infers the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to correspondences respectively corresponding to a plurality of electronic devices. Solution 16. The electronic device according to Solution 15, wherein the location information of the object is inferred based on the location information of an electronic device corresponding to a specific communication parameter in the set of correspondences, wherein the echo parameters and the specific communication parameter satisfy a predetermined condition. Option 17. The electronic device according to Option 16, wherein the communication parameters include a reference signal strength parameter relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to the at least partial communication beam, and the echo parameters include an echo signal strength parameter relating to the strength of the at least one echo, and the predetermined condition includes: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range. Option 18. The electronic device according to Option 16 or 17, wherein the specific communication parameter is obtained by looking up in the correspondence set, and the location information of the electronic device corresponding to the specific communication parameter is inferred as the location information of the object.Option 19. The electronic device according to Option 16 or 17, wherein the specific communication parameters are obtained by inputting the echo parameters into a trained predetermined model, and the output of the trained predetermined model is inferred as the position information of the object, wherein the trained predetermined model is trained by using the communication parameters and position information included in the correspondence set as input and output, respectively. Option 20. The electronic device according to any one of Options 15 to 19, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: report the position information and communication parameters related to the at least part of the communication beams to the network-side device during the beam adjustment, thereby reporting the correspondence, wherein the electronic device selects a predetermined number of communication beams as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal. Option 21. The electronic device according to any one of Options 15 to 20, wherein the at least one communication beam is transmitted by the network-side device and the at least one sensing beam via spatial division multiplexing on the same time-frequency resources. Option 22. An electronic device according to any one of Options 15 to 21, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to perform: receiving configuration of a communication reference signal for a communication beam and a sensing reference signal for a sensing beam. Option 23. The electronic device according to Option 22, wherein the communication reference signal is configured via Radio Resource Control (RRC). Option 24. The electronic device according to Option 23, wherein the sensing reference signal is configured via the RRC. Option 25. An electronic device according to any one of Options 15 to 24, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to perform: sending a communication-to-sensing ratio to the network-side device, the communication-to-sensing ratio reflecting the energy ratio between a communication signal received by the electronic device via the communication beam and a sensing signal received via the sensing beam. Option 26. The electronic device according to Option 25, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to perform, via the at least one processor, transmitting the inductive ratio via one of Radio Resource Control (RRC), Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE), and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).Option 27. The electronic device according to Option 25 or 26, wherein the inductive ratio is used to correct a trained predetermined model, wherein the trained predetermined model is trained by using communication parameters and location information in the correspondence set as input and output. Option 28. The electronic device according to Option 25 or 26, wherein the inductive ratio is used to adjust a communication beam for the electronic device and / or a sensing beam for the object. Option 29. An electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to perform: notifying a user device within the service range of the electronic device of the configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal, and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal. Option 30. The electronic device according to Option 29, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: configure the communication reference signal via Radio Resource Control (RRC). Option 31. The electronic device according to Option 30, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: configure the sensing reference signal via the RRC. Option 32. The electronic device according to any one of Options 29 to 31, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: receive a sensing ratio from the user equipment, the sensing ratio reflecting the energy ratio between a communication signal received by the user equipment via a communication beam and a sensing signal received via a sensing beam. Option 33. The electronic device according to Option 32, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: receive the sensing ratio via one of Radio Resource Control (RRC), Media Access Control (MAC) CE, and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).Option 34. An electronic device according to any one of Options 29 to 33, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: transmit a reference signal to the user equipment via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and obtain a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the user equipment; transmit a reference signal to an object within the coverage area of ​​the electronic device via at least one sensing beam, and obtain echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and infer the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding correspondences with a plurality of user equipments respectively. Option 35. An electronic device according to Option 34, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: infer the location information of the object based on the location information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter when a predetermined condition is satisfied between the echo parameter and a specific communication parameter in the set of correspondences. Option 36. The electronic device according to Option 35, wherein the communication parameters include a reference signal strength parameter relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to the at least partial communication beam, and the echo parameters include an echo signal strength parameter relating to the strength of the at least one echo, and the predetermined condition includes: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range. Option 37. The electronic device according to Option 35 or 36, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: search for the specific communication parameter in the correspondence set, and infer the location information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter as the location information of the object. Option 38. The electronic device according to Option 35 or 36, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: input the echo parameters into a trained predetermined model, and infer the position information of the object from the output of the trained predetermined model, wherein the trained predetermined model is trained by using communication parameters and position information included in the correspondences in the correspondence set as input and output, respectively.Option 39. An electronic device according to any one of Options 34 to 38, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: receive location information reported by the user equipment during the beam adjustment and communication parameters related to the at least part of the communication beams, thereby obtaining the correspondence, wherein the user equipment selects a predetermined number of communication beams as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal. Option 40. An electronic device according to any one of Options 34 to 39, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: transmit a reference signal to the user equipment via the at least one communication beams via spatial division multiplexing on the same time-frequency resources and transmit a reference signal to the object via the at least one sensing beam. Option 41. An electronic device according to any one of Options 34 to 40, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, via the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to perform: modifying a trained predetermined model based on a perceptual ratio received from the user equipment, wherein the perceptual ratio reflects the energy ratio between a communication signal received by the user equipment via a communication beam and a sensing signal received via a sensing beam, and the trained predetermined model is trained using communication parameters and location information in the correspondence set as input and output. Option 42. An electronic device according to any one of Options 34 to 41, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, via the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to perform: adjusting a communication beam for the user equipment and / or a sensing beam for the object based on a perceptual ratio received from the user equipment, wherein the perceptual ratio reflects the energy ratio between a communication signal received by the user equipment via a communication beam and a sensing signal received via a sensing beam. Solution 43. An electronic device in a communication-sensing integrated system, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to perform: receiving configuration information from a network-side device serving the electronic device regarding a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal, and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal. Solution 44. The electronic device according to Solution 43, wherein the communication reference signal is configured via Radio Resource Control (RRC).Option 45. The electronic device according to Option 44, wherein the sensing reference signal is configured via the RRC. Option 46. The electronic device according to any one of Options 43 to 45, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, via the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: transmit a connectivity ratio to the network-side device, the connectivity ratio reflecting the energy ratio between a communication signal received by the electronic device via a communication beam and a sensing signal received via a sensing beam. Option 47. The electronic device according to Option 46, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, via the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: transmit the connectivity ratio via one of Radio Resource Control (RRC), Media Access Control (MAC) CE, and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH). Option 48. An electronic device according to any one of Options 43 to 47, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, via the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: receive a reference signal from the network-side device via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and report to the network-side device a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the electronic device, wherein the network-side device transmits the reference signal to an object within the coverage area of ​​the network-side device via at least one sensing beam, and obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and the network-side device infers the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to correspondences respectively corresponding to a plurality of electronic devices. Option 49. An electronic device according to Option 48, wherein the location information of the object is inferred based on the location information of an electronic device corresponding to a specific communication parameter in the set of correspondences, wherein the echo parameters and the specific communication parameter satisfy a predetermined condition. Option 50. The electronic device according to Option 49, wherein the communication parameters include a reference signal strength parameter relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to the at least partial communication beam, and the echo parameters include an echo signal strength parameter relating to the strength of the at least one echo, and the predetermined condition includes: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range. Option 51. The electronic device according to Option 49 or 50, wherein the specific communication parameter is obtained by looking up in the correspondence set, and the location information of the electronic device corresponding to the specific communication parameter is inferred as the location information of the object.Option 52. The electronic device according to Option 49 or 50, wherein the specific communication parameters are obtained by inputting the echo parameters into a trained predetermined model, and the output of the trained predetermined model is inferred as the position information of the object, wherein the trained predetermined model is trained by using the communication parameters and position information included in the correspondence set as input and output, respectively. Option 53. The electronic device according to any one of Options 48 to 52, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, through the at least one processor, for the electronic device to perform: reporting the position information and communication parameters related to the at least part of the communication beams to the network-side device during the beam adjustment, thereby reporting the correspondence, wherein the electronic device selects a predetermined number of communication beams as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal. Option 54. The electronic device according to any one of Options 48 to 53, wherein the at least one communication beam is transmitted by the network-side device and the at least one sensing beam via spatial division multiplexing on the same time-frequency resources. Option 55. An electronic device according to any one of Options 48 to 54, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, via the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: send a perceptual ratio to the network-side device for modifying a trained predetermined model, wherein the perceptual ratio reflects the energy ratio between a communication signal received by the electronic device via a communication beam and a sensing signal received via a sensing beam, and the trained predetermined model is trained using communication parameters and location information in the correspondence set as input and output. Option 56. An electronic device according to any one of Options 48 to 55, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, via the at least one processor, to cause the electronic device to: send a perceptual ratio to the network-side device for adjusting a communication beam for the electronic device and / or a sensing beam for the object, wherein the perceptual ratio reflects the energy ratio between a communication signal received by the electronic device via a communication beam and a sensing signal received via a sensing beam.Solution 57. A method for a communication-sensing integrated system, comprising: transmitting a reference signal to a user equipment within the service range of an electronic device via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and obtaining a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and location information of the user equipment; transmitting a reference signal to an object within the coverage range of the electronic device via at least one sensing beam, and obtaining echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object; and inferring location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to correspondences respectively corresponding to multiple user equipments. Solution 58. A method for a communication-sensing integrated system, comprising: an electronic device receiving a reference signal from a network-side device serving it via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and reporting to the network-side device a correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and location information of the electronic device, wherein the network-side device transmits the reference signal to an object within the coverage area of ​​the network-side device via at least one sensing beam, and obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object, and the network-side device infers the location information of the object based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to correspondences respectively corresponding to a plurality of electronic devices. Solution 59. A method for a communication-sensing integrated system, comprising: notifying a user equipment within the service range of an electronic device of the configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal, and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal. Solution 60. A method for a communication-sensing integrated system, comprising: receiving from a network-side device serving an electronic device configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal. Solution 61. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform the method according to any one of Solutions 57 to 60.

Claims

1. An electronic device in a communication and sensing integrated system, comprising: At least one processor; and At least one memory, including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute via the at least one processor: Reference signals are transmitted to user equipment within the service range of the electronic device via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and a correspondence is obtained between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the user equipment. A reference signal is transmitted to an object within the coverage area of ​​the electronic device via at least one sensing beam, and echo parameters related to at least one echo from the object are obtained. The location information of the object is inferred based on the echo parameters and the set of correspondences constructed according to the corresponding relationships with multiple user devices.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: When a predetermined condition is met between the echo parameters and a specific communication parameter in the correspondence set, the location information of the object is inferred based on the location information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein, The communication parameters include reference signal strength parameters relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to at least a portion of the communication beam, and the echo parameters include echo signal strength parameters relating to the strength of the at least one echo. The predetermined conditions include: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The specific communication parameter is searched in the set of correspondences, and the location information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter is inferred as the location information of the object.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The echo parameters are input into a pre-trained model, and the output of the pre-trained model is inferred as the position information of the object. The trained predetermined model is trained by using the communication parameters and location information included in the correspondence in the correspondence set as input and output, respectively.

6. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The system receives location information and communication parameters related to at least a portion of the communication beams reported by the user equipment during the beam adjustment period to obtain the correspondence. The user equipment selects a predetermined number of communication beams from the at least one communication beam as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal.

7. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: On the same time-frequency resources, a reference signal is transmitted to the user equipment via the at least one communication beam and to the object via the at least one sensing beam through spatial division multiplexing.

8. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The user equipment is notified of the configuration of the communication reference signal for the communication beam and the sensing reference signal for the sensing beam.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The communication reference signal is configured using Radio Resource Control (RRC).

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The sensing reference signal is configured using the RRC.

11. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The user equipment receives a communication-to-sensing ratio, which reflects the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the user equipment via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The inductive ratio is received via one of the following: Radio Resource Control (RRC), Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE), and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

13. The electronic device according to claim 11 or 12, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: Based on the aforementioned synesthesia ratio, the trained predetermined model is corrected. The trained predetermined model is trained by using communication parameters and location information from the correspondences in the correspondence set as input and output.

14. The electronic device according to claim 11 or 12, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: Based on the aforementioned inductance ratio, the communication beam used for the user equipment and / or the sensing beam used for the object are adjusted.

15. An electronic device in a communication and sensing integrated system, comprising: At least one processor; and At least one memory, including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute via the at least one processor: The device receives reference signals from a network-side device serving it via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and reports to the network-side device the correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the electronic device. The network-side device transmits a reference signal to an object within its coverage area via at least one sensing beam, and obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object. Based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding relationships with multiple electronic devices, the network-side device infers the location information of the object.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein, The location information of the object is inferred based on the location information of the electronic device corresponding to the specific communication parameter in the correspondence set, wherein the echo parameter and the specific communication parameter satisfy a predetermined condition.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein, The communication parameters include reference signal strength parameters relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to at least a portion of the communication beam, and the echo parameters include echo signal strength parameters relating to the strength of the at least one echo. The predetermined conditions include: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range.

18. The electronic device according to claim 16 or 17, wherein, The specific communication parameter is obtained by searching in the correspondence set, and the location information of the electronic device corresponding to the specific communication parameter is inferred as the location information of the object.

19. The electronic device according to claim 16 or 17, wherein, The specific communication parameters are obtained by inputting the echo parameters into a pre-trained model, and the output of the pre-trained model is inferred as the position information of the object. The trained predetermined model is trained by using the communication parameters and location information included in the correspondence in the correspondence set as input and output, respectively.

20. The electronic device according to any one of claims 15 to 19, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: During the beam adjustment, the location information and communication parameters related to at least a portion of the communication beams are reported to the network-side device, thereby reporting the correspondence. The electronic device selects a predetermined number of communication beams from the at least one communication beam as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal.

21. The electronic device according to any one of claims 15 to 20, wherein, The at least one communication beam is transmitted by the network-side device on the same time-frequency resources as the at least one sensing beam via spatial multiplexing.

22. The electronic device according to any one of claims 15 to 21, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: Receive configurations for communication reference signals used for communication beams and sensing reference signals used for sensing beams.

23. The electronic device according to claim 22, wherein, The communication reference signal is configured via Radio Resource Control (RRC).

24. The electronic device according to claim 23, wherein, The sensing reference signal is configured through the RRC.

25. The electronic device according to any one of claims 15 to 24, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The inductance ratio is sent to the network-side device. The inductance ratio reflects the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the electronic device via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam.

26. The electronic device according to claim 25, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The inductive ratio is transmitted via one of the following: Radio Resource Control (RRC), Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE), and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

27. The electronic device according to claim 25 or 26, wherein, The synesthesia ratio is used to correct a pre-trained model. The trained predetermined model is trained by using communication parameters and location information from the correspondences in the correspondence set as input and output.

28. The electronic device according to claim 25 or 26, wherein, The inductance ratio is used to adjust the communication beam for the electronic device and / or the sensing beam for the object.

29. An electronic device in a communication and sensing integrated system, comprising: At least one processor; and At least one memory, including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute via the at least one processor: The electronic device notifies user equipment within its service range of the configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

30. The electronic device according to claim 29, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The communication reference signal is configured using Radio Resource Control (RRC).

31. The electronic device according to claim 30, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The sensing reference signal is configured using the RRC.

32. The electronic device according to any one of claims 29 to 31, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The user equipment receives a communication-to-sensing ratio, which reflects the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the user equipment via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam.

33. The electronic device according to claim 32, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The inductive ratio is received via one of the following: Radio Resource Control (RRC), Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE), and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

34. The electronic device according to any one of claims 29 to 33, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The system transmits reference signals to the user equipment via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment and obtains the correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the user equipment. A reference signal is transmitted to an object within the coverage area of ​​the electronic device via at least one sensing beam, and echo parameters related to at least one echo from the object are obtained. The location information of the object is inferred based on the echo parameters and the set of correspondences constructed according to the corresponding relationships with multiple user devices.

35. The electronic device according to claim 34, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: When a predetermined condition is met between the echo parameters and a specific communication parameter in the correspondence set, the location information of the object is inferred based on the location information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter.

36. The electronic device according to claim 35, wherein, The communication parameters include reference signal strength parameters relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to at least a portion of the communication beam, and the echo parameters include echo signal strength parameters relating to the strength of the at least one echo. The predetermined conditions include: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range.

37. The electronic device according to claim 35 or 36, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The specific communication parameter is searched in the set of correspondences, and the location information of the user equipment corresponding to the specific communication parameter is inferred as the location information of the object.

38. The electronic device according to claim 35 or 36, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The echo parameters are input into a pre-trained model, and the output of the pre-trained model is inferred as the position information of the object. The trained predetermined model is trained by using the communication parameters and location information included in the correspondence in the correspondence set as input and output, respectively.

39. The electronic device according to any one of claims 34 to 38, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The system receives location information and communication parameters related to at least a portion of the communication beams reported by the user equipment during the beam adjustment period to obtain the correspondence. The user equipment selects a predetermined number of communication beams from the at least one communication beam as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal.

40. The electronic device according to any one of claims 34 to 39, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: On the same time-frequency resources, a reference signal is transmitted to the user equipment via the at least one communication beam and to the object via the at least one sensing beam through spatial division multiplexing.

41. The electronic device according to any one of claims 34 to 40, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: Based on the inductive ratio received from the user equipment, the trained predetermined model is corrected. Wherein, the inductance ratio reflects the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the user equipment via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam, and The trained predetermined model is trained by using communication parameters and location information from the correspondences in the correspondence set as input and output.

42. The electronic device according to any one of claims 34 to 41, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: Based on the sensing ratio received from the user equipment, the communication beam for the user equipment and / or the sensing beam for the object are adjusted. The inductance ratio reflects the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the user equipment via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam.

43. An electronic device in a communication and sensing integrated system, comprising: At least one processor; and At least one memory, including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute via the at least one processor: The network-side device providing services to the electronic device receives configurations for a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

44. The electronic device according to claim 43, wherein, The communication reference signal is configured via Radio Resource Control (RRC).

45. The electronic device according to claim 44, wherein, The sensing reference signal is configured through the RRC.

46. ​​The electronic device according to any one of claims 43 to 45, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The inductance ratio is sent to the network-side device. The inductance ratio reflects the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the electronic device via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam.

47. The electronic device according to claim 46, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The inductive ratio is transmitted via one of the following: Radio Resource Control (RRC), Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE), and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

48. The electronic device according to any one of claims 43 to 47, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The device receives reference signals from the network-side device via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment and reports to the network-side device the correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the electronic device. The network-side device transmits a reference signal to an object within its coverage area via at least one sensing beam, and obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object. Based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding relationships with multiple electronic devices, the network-side device infers the location information of the object.

49. The electronic device according to claim 48, wherein, The location information of the object is inferred based on the location information of the electronic device corresponding to the specific communication parameter in the correspondence set, wherein the echo parameter and the specific communication parameter satisfy a predetermined condition.

50. The electronic device according to claim 49, wherein, The communication parameters include reference signal strength parameters relating to the strength of a reference signal corresponding to at least a portion of the communication beam, and the echo parameters include echo signal strength parameters relating to the strength of the at least one echo. The predetermined conditions include: the difference between the echo signal strength parameter and the reference signal strength parameter included in the specific communication parameters is within a predetermined range.

51. The electronic device according to claim 49 or 50, wherein, The specific communication parameter is obtained by searching in the correspondence set, and the location information of the electronic device corresponding to the specific communication parameter is inferred as the location information of the object.

52. The electronic device according to claim 49 or 50, wherein, The specific communication parameters are obtained by inputting the echo parameters into a pre-trained model, and the output of the pre-trained model is inferred as the position information of the object. The trained predetermined model is trained by using the communication parameters and location information included in the correspondence in the correspondence set as input and output, respectively.

53. The electronic device according to any one of claims 48 to 52, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: During the beam adjustment, the location information and communication parameters related to at least a portion of the communication beams are reported to the network-side device, thereby reporting the correspondence. The electronic device selects a predetermined number of communication beams from the at least one communication beam as the at least part of the communication beams based on the strength of the received reference signal.

54. The electronic device according to any one of claims 48 to 53, wherein, The at least one communication beam is transmitted by the network-side device on the same time-frequency resources as the at least one sensing beam via spatial multiplexing.

55. The electronic device according to any one of claims 48 to 54, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The inductance ratio is sent to the network-side device for use in correcting the trained predetermined model. Wherein, the inductance ratio reflects the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the electronic device via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam, and The trained predetermined model is trained by using communication parameters and location information from the correspondences in the correspondence set as input and output.

56. The electronic device according to any one of claims 48 to 55, wherein, The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the electronic device to execute, via the at least one processor: The inductance ratio is sent to the network-side device for adjusting the communication beam for the electronic device and / or the sensing beam for the object. The inductance ratio reflects the energy ratio between the communication signal received by the electronic device via the communication beam and the sensing signal received via the sensing beam.

57. A method for an integrated communication and sensing system, comprising: Reference signals are transmitted to user equipment within the service range of the electronic device via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and a correspondence is obtained between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the user equipment. A reference signal is transmitted to an object within the coverage area of ​​the electronic device via at least one sensing beam, and echo parameters related to at least one echo from the object are obtained. The location information of the object is inferred based on the echo parameters and the set of correspondences constructed according to the corresponding relationships with multiple user devices.

58. A method for an integrated communication and sensing system, comprising: An electronic device receives reference signals from a network-side device serving it via at least one communication beam for beam adjustment, and reports to the network-side device the correspondence between communication parameters related to at least a portion of the at least one communication beam and the location information of the electronic device. The network-side device transmits a reference signal to an object within its coverage area via at least one sensing beam, and obtains echo parameters related to at least one echo of the object. Based on the echo parameters and a set of correspondences constructed according to corresponding relationships with multiple electronic devices, the network-side device infers the location information of the object.

59. A method for an integrated communication and sensing system, comprising: To notify user equipment within the service range of an electronic device of the configuration of a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

60. A method for a communication-sensing integrated system, comprising: The network-side device providing services to the electronic device receives configurations for a communication beam for communication and a sensing beam for sensing, wherein the communication beam corresponds to a communication reference signal and the sensing beam corresponds to a sensing reference signal.

61. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform the method according to any one of claims 57 to 60.

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