Information determination method and apparatus, terminal, network side device, and medium

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and discloses an information determination method and apparatus, a terminal, a network side device, a storage medium, and a program product. The information determination method of the present application comprises: a terminal acquires location-related information; and the terminal determines, on the basis of the location-related information, an object associated with the terminal, the object comprising at least one of the following: a beam set and a resource set.

Description

Information determination methods, devices, terminals, network-side equipment and media

[0001] Cross-reference of related applications

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202411954543.7, filed in China on December 27, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] This application belongs to the field of communication technology, specifically relating to an information determination method, apparatus, terminal, network-side equipment, storage medium, and program product. Background Technology

[0004] In some scenarios, terminals need to measure beams or resources, or execute communication processes based on beams or resources, such as random access. However, in some related technologies, terminals directly measure a large number of beams or resources. For example, the terminal measures all beams or resources configured on the network-side device, or directly executes communication processes based on a large number of beams or resources. This results in relatively high terminal power consumption. Summary of the Invention

[0005] This application provides an information determination method, apparatus, terminal, network-side device, storage medium, and program product, which can solve the problem of high terminal power consumption.

[0006] Firstly, an information determination method is provided, including:

[0007] The terminal obtains location-related information;

[0008] The terminal determines the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, and the object includes at least one of the following:

[0009] Beam set, resource set.

[0010] Secondly, an information determination method is provided, including:

[0011] Network-side devices obtain location-related information of the terminal;

[0012] The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, and the object includes at least one of the following:

[0013] Beam set, resource set.

[0014] Thirdly, an information determination method is provided, including:

[0015] The network-side device receives reporting information sent by the terminal, and the reporting information includes at least one of the following:

[0016] The index corresponding to the object associated with the terminal, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal;

[0017] The measurement results corresponding to the objects associated with the terminal, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal;

[0018] The object includes at least one of the following:

[0019] Beam set, resource set.

[0020] Fourthly, an information determining device is provided, comprising:

[0021] The processing module is used to obtain location-related information;

[0022] The processing module is further configured to determine the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, the object including at least one of the following:

[0023] Beam set, resource set.

[0024] Fifthly, an information determining device is provided, comprising:

[0025] The processing module is used to obtain location-related information of the terminal;

[0026] The processing module is further configured to determine the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, the object including at least one of the following:

[0027] Beam set, resource set.

[0028] Sixthly, an information determining device is provided, comprising:

[0029] The receiving module is configured to receive reporting information sent by the terminal, wherein the reporting information includes at least one of the following:

[0030] The index corresponding to the object associated with the terminal, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal;

[0031] The measurement results corresponding to the objects associated with the terminal, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal;

[0032] The object includes at least one of the following:

[0033] Beam set, resource set.

[0034] In a seventh aspect, an information determining apparatus is provided, the apparatus being configured to perform the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the third aspect.

[0035] In an eighth aspect, a terminal is provided, the terminal including a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

[0036] In a ninth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to acquire location-related information; and to determine an object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, the object including at least one of the following: a beam set and a resource set.

[0037] In a tenth aspect, a network-side device is provided, the network-side device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method as described in the second aspect, and the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method as described in the third aspect.

[0038] Eleventhly, a network-side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to acquire location-related information of a terminal; the processing module is further used to determine the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, the object including at least one of the following: a beam set and a resource set; or, the communication interface is used to receive reporting information sent by the terminal, the reporting information including at least one of the following: an index corresponding to the object associated with the terminal, or an index corresponding to at least a subset of the objects associated with the terminal; a measurement result corresponding to the object associated with the terminal, or a measurement result corresponding to at least a subset of the objects associated with the terminal; wherein the object includes at least one of the following: a beam set and a resource set.

[0039] In a twelfth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instructions are stored, which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect.

[0040] In a thirteenth aspect, a wireless communication system is provided, comprising: a terminal and a network-side device, wherein the terminal is configured to perform the steps of the method described in the first aspect, the network-side device is configured to perform the steps of the method described in the second aspect, or the network-side device is configured to perform the steps of the method described in the third aspect.

[0041] In a fourteenth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip including a processor and a communication interface coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to run a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, or the steps of the method as described in the second aspect, or the steps of the method as described in the third aspect.

[0042] In a fifteenth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, the computer program / program product being stored in a storage medium, the computer program / program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, or the computer program / program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method as described in the second aspect, or the computer program / program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method as described in the third aspect.

[0043] In this embodiment, the terminal acquires location-related information; the terminal determines the objects associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, and the objects include at least one of the following: a beam set and a resource set. By determining the objects associated with the terminal based on location-related information, the range of beams and / or resources can be narrowed, thereby helping to reduce the power consumption of the terminal. Attached Figure Description

[0044] Figure 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of this application;

[0045] Figure 2 is a flowchart of an information determination method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0046] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a beam provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0047] Figure 4 is a flowchart of another information determination method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0048] Figure 5 is a flowchart of another information determination method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0049] Figure 6 is a flowchart of a measurement triggering method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0050] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of an information determination device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0051] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of another information determination device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0052] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of another information determination device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0053] Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0054] Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0055] Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of a network-side device provided in an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0056] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of this application. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of this application are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0057] The terms "first," "second," etc., used in this application are used to distinguish similar objects and not to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such terms can be used interchangeably where appropriate so that embodiments of this application can be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same class, not limited in number; for example, the first object can be one or more. Furthermore, "or" in this application indicates at least one of the connected objects. For example, the scope of protection for "A or B" covers at least three scenarios: Scenario 1: including A but not B; Scenario 2: including B but not A; Scenario 3: including both A and B. In addition, the terms "A and / or B," "at least one of A and B," and "at least one of A or B" also cover at least the above three scenarios. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0058] The term "instruction" in this application can be either a direct instruction (or explicit instruction) or an indirect instruction (or implicit instruction). A direct instruction can be understood as the sender explicitly informing the receiver of specific information, the required operation, or the requested result in the instruction sent. An indirect instruction can be understood as the receiver determining the corresponding information based on the instruction sent by the sender, or making a judgment and determining the required operation or requested result based on the judgment result.

[0059] It is worth noting that the technologies described in this application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in this application are often used interchangeably, and the described technologies can be used with the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as with other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes New Radio (NR) systems for illustrative purposes, and the term NR is used in most of the following description; however, these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as 6th generation (6G) radio systems. th Generation 6G communication system.

[0060] Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of this application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 can also be referred to as User Equipment (UE), and can be a mobile phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld computer, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), mobile internet device (MID), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) device, robot, wearable device, flight vehicle, vehicle user equipment (VUE), shipboard equipment, pedestrian user equipment (PUE), smart home (home devices with wireless communication capabilities, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), game console, personal computer (PC), ATM, or self-service machine, etc. Wearable devices include: smartwatches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart chains, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among these, in-vehicle devices can also be referred to as in-vehicle terminals, in-vehicle controllers, in-vehicle modules, in-vehicle components, in-vehicle chips, or in-vehicle units, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of terminal 11 is not limited in this application embodiment. Network-side equipment 12 may include access network equipment or core network equipment, wherein access network equipment may also be referred to as Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment, radio access network function, or radio access network unit. Access network equipment may include base stations, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access points (APs), or Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) nodes, etc.Among them, base stations can be referred to as Node B (NB), Evolved Node B (eNB), Next Generation Node B (gNB), New Radio Node B (NR Node B), Access Point, Relay Base Station (RBS), Serving Base Station (SBS), Base Transceiver Station (BTS), Radio Base Station, Radio Transceiver, Basic Service Set (BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), Home Node B (HNB), Home Evolved Node B, Transmit / Receive Point (TRP), Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) equipment (such as satellite or high altitude platform stations). The term "base station" can be any suitable term in the field, such as "station" or any other appropriate term in the relevant field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved. The term "base station" is not limited to any specific technical term. It should be noted that the embodiments of this application only use the base station in the NR system as an example for introduction, and do not limit the specific type of base station.

[0061] Core network equipment, also known as core network nodes, core network functions, or core network elements, includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: Mobility Management Entity (MME), Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), Session Management Function (SMF), User Plane Function (UPF), Policy Control Function (PCF), Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), Edge Application Server Discovery Function (EASDF), Unified Data Management (UDM), Unified Data Repository (UDR), Home Subscriber Server (HSS), Centralized network configuration (CNC), Network Repository Function (NRF), Network Exposure Function (NEF), Local NEF (L-NEF), and Binding Support. Functions include BSF, Application Function (AF), Location Management Function (LMF), Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC), Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF), and Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) equipment (such as satellite or high altitude platform station).It should be noted that the embodiments of this application only use the core network equipment in the NR system as an example for introduction, and do not limit the specific type of core network equipment. If the name of the core network equipment mentioned in the embodiments of this application changes in subsequent protocol versions (e.g., 6G), it is also within the scope of protection of this application.

[0062] Optionally, the core network equipment can be implemented by one or more functional modules in a single device, or by multiple devices working together; this application does not specifically limit this. It is understood that the aforementioned functional modules can be network elements in hardware devices, software functional modules running on dedicated hardware, or virtualized functional modules instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud platform).

[0063] The information determination method, apparatus, terminal, network-side device, storage medium, and program product provided in this application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and through some embodiments and application scenarios.

[0064] Please refer to Figure 2, which is a flowchart of an information determination method provided in an embodiment of this application. As shown in Figure 2, it includes the following steps:

[0065] Step 201: The terminal obtains location-related information.

[0066] The aforementioned location-related information can be the terminal's location information, or information associated with the terminal's location, which can deduce the terminal's location.

[0067] Step 202: The terminal determines the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, and the object includes at least one of the following:

[0068] Beam set, resource set.

[0069] The aforementioned determination of the terminal-associated object based on the location-related information can be achieved by selecting an object corresponding to the location-related information through the aforementioned location-related information. The object corresponding to the location-related information can be determined based on a pre-configured mapping relationship between location-related information and objects, or it can be an object that matches the aforementioned location-related information determined by the terminal through calculation.

[0070] The aforementioned beam set can be one or more beams, and the aforementioned resource set can be one or more resources, which are resources for network-side devices to transmit signals.

[0071] In some implementations, where beams and resources correspond, determining a resource determines the corresponding beam, or determining a beam determines the corresponding resource.

[0072] In some implementations, the object may be a beam set or a resource set, or the object may include both a beam set and a resource set.

[0073] In some implementations, the beam set includes at least one of the following:

[0074] At least one transmit beam, at least one receive beam, and at least one beam pair.

[0075] The aforementioned transmission beam can be an uplink transmission beam or a downlink transmission beam.

[0076] The aforementioned receiving beam can be an uplink receiving beam or a downlink receiving beam.

[0077] The aforementioned beam pair can be an uplink transmit beam and an uplink receive beam pair, or a downlink transmit beam and a downlink receive beam pair.

[0078] In some implementations, the resource set includes:

[0079] At least one resource of the signal sent by the network-side device.

[0080] For example, resources such as Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), Tracking Reference Signal (TRS), Positioning Reference Signal (PRS), Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS), Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS), Sensing Signal, or other signals sent by network-side devices.

[0081] Among them, resources and beams are corresponding, that is, different beams can be represented as different resources of the signal, such as time domain, frequency domain, code domain, or spatial domain resources.

[0082] In this embodiment, since the objects associated with the terminal are determined based on location-related information, the range of beams and / or resources can be narrowed, thereby reducing the terminal's power consumption. For example, in subsequent measurement processes, the terminal only needs to measure the aforementioned beam set or resource set, or only needs to measure based on the aforementioned beam set or resource set, or the terminal only needs to perform random access based on the aforementioned beam set or resource set, thereby reducing the terminal's power consumption. Furthermore, it reduces the time spent on multi-beam measurements, thereby reducing the overall latency of processes such as random access or beam failure recovery.

[0083] As an optional implementation, the location-related information includes one of the following:

[0084] The location information of the terminal and the measurement quantity used for the positioning of the terminal.

[0085] In some implementations, the measurement quantity may include at least one of the following:

[0086] Time difference of arrival, round-trip delay, departure angle, angle of arrival, downlink positioning reference signal received power, uplink detection reference signal received power, downlink positioning reference signal received path power, uplink detection reference signal received path power, downlink reference signal carrier phase, downlink reference signal carrier phase difference, and uplink reference signal carrier phase.

[0087] The location information of the aforementioned terminal can be geographic location information, such as physical location (e.g., latitude and longitude), 2D location range, 3D location range, altitude information, etc., where altitude information can be relative altitude information or absolute altitude information. Alternatively, the location information of the aforementioned terminal can be location representation parameters based on polar coordinates, such as angle and distance.

[0088] In some implementations, the aforementioned location information may also include the orientation or attitude of the terminal, for example, obtained by the terminal through an inertial measurement unit, or through accelerometers and gyroscopes on the terminal side.

[0089] In some implementations, the location information may further include terminal movement information, which includes the terminal's movement speed and direction. Optionally, the movement information may also be used to predict the terminal's future location, for example, by combining it with artificial intelligence technology.

[0090] The measurements used for terminal positioning described above can also be referred to as virtual location information or location-related indirect information.

[0091] In the above embodiments, the object can be determined by the location information of the terminal and the measurement quantity used for terminal positioning. In this case, the object can be determined by the measurement quantity used for terminal positioning, which can reduce the amount of calculation because the location calculation can be omitted.

[0092] It should also be noted that the above-mentioned measurements may be obtained by the terminal or by other devices and sent to the terminal.

[0093] As an optional implementation, the location-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0094] Current location-related information, future location-related information.

[0095] The aforementioned current location-related information may be location-related information obtained at the time of executing step 201, or location-related information triggered at the time of triggering step 201.

[0096] The aforementioned future location-related information can be location-related information at one or more times after executing step 201 or step 202, and this location-related information can be determined by measurement or prediction.

[0097] In the above embodiments, objects in more scenarios can be identified by at least one of the current location-related information and future location-related information to meet the needs of more scenarios and improve system compatibility.

[0098] In some implementations, the aforementioned location-related information may employ 3GPP-based technologies or non-3GPP-based technologies; no specific limitations are made in the embodiments of this application.

[0099] For example, a terminal can obtain location-related information based on one or more of the following methods in combination: Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) methods assisted by network-side equipment; Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA) positioning based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) signals; Enhanced Cell ID methods based on LTE signals; Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) positioning; Bluetooth positioning; Terrestrial Beacon System (TBS) positioning; sensor-based methods (barometric pressure sensors, motion sensors); Enhanced Cell ID (NR E-CID) methods based on NR signals; Round Trip Time (Multi-RTT) positioning based on NR signals; Downlink Angle-of-Departure (DL-AoD) positioning based on NR signals; Downlink Time Difference of Arrival (DL-TDOA) positioning based on NR signals; Uplink Time Difference (UTC) positioning based on NR signals. Difference of Arrival (UL-TDOA); Uplink Angle-of-Arrival (UL-AoA) based on NR signals; SL positioning and ranging based on sidelink signals; Ultra-wideband (UWB) based positioning; Radar-based positioning; Sensing signal-based positioning; Laser-based positioning; Positioning based on accelerometers and gyroscopes or barometers (for altitude measurement), etc.

[0100] In some implementations, such as drone scenarios, the terminal always obtains its real-time location via GNSS.

[0101] In addition, the terminal's location information can also be obtained by the network-side equipment and then notified to the terminal.

[0102] As an optional implementation, the terminal determines the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, including:

[0103] The terminal determines the associated object based on at least one of the Channel Knowledge Map (CKM), environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information.

[0104] Since the terminal determines the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information, the determined object can be more reliable.

[0105] It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the application, it is not limited to determining the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information and beam index map, and the location-related information. For example, in some implementations, the object can also be determined directly based on the location-related information, such as determining the object based on the pre-configured mapping relationship between the location-related information and the object.

[0106] The aforementioned channel knowledge map may include: location information, and channel information associated with the location information;

[0107] The channel information includes at least one of the following:

[0108] Path loss, channel gain, signal reception quality, shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival, angle of departure, multipath information, Rice factor, angle spread, delay spread, and channel state information (CSI).

[0109] The multipath information mentioned above may include at least one of the following: path delay, path power, phase, angle, etc.

[0110] For example, the aforementioned channel knowledge map includes different geographical regions / locations and their associated channel information; wherein, the channel information may include one or more of the following: path loss, channel gain, reference signal received power (RSRP), shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival (AoA), angle of departure (AoD), multipath information (path delay, path power, phase, angle, etc.), Rice factor, angle spread, and delay spread; optionally, the channel information may also include CSI information, such as a periodic CSI change model; for example, in a smart factory scenario, the environment is relatively fixed, the driving path is also relatively fixed, and the CSI change is also relatively fixed.

[0111] In some implementations, the aforementioned channel knowledge map includes at least one of the following:

[0112] Channel path map (CPM), channel gain map (CGM), cascaded shadow map (CSM), and line-of-sight link probability map.

[0113] The aforementioned channel path map may include multipath information for different location areas, specifically including the power, phase, delay, and AoAs / AoDs of several paths; wherein, the several paths may be the paths with higher power between the base station / TRP and a certain location area; the power, phase, delay, and AoAs / AoDs may be represented as definite values ​​or a range of values, or they may be represented as a certain probability distribution, expressed in the form of mean and variance.

[0114] The aforementioned channel gain map may include different geographical regions / locations and their associated channel gain information; the channel gain may be represented as a definite value or a range of values, or it may be represented as a certain probability distribution, expressed in the form of mean and variance.

[0115] The aforementioned line-of-sight link probability map can include the probability or distribution of the line of sight (LOS) between different geographical regions / locations and base stations / TRPs.

[0116] The aforementioned channel shadow map can include the size or distribution of shadow fading between different geographical regions / locations and base stations / TRPs.

[0117] Since the aforementioned channel knowledge map includes location information and channel information associated with that location information—that is, it can include different geographical regions / locations and their associated channel information—the terminal can query the channel knowledge map based on its location information to obtain the corresponding channel knowledge information. The terminal's location serves as an index to the channel knowledge map, either directly or indirectly. For example, the input index to the channel knowledge map can be the terminal's location information, or it can be a measurement used for the terminal's positioning.

[0118] In some implementations, the aforementioned channel knowledge map is a channel knowledge map at the network-side device granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the frequency resource granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the beam granularity.

[0119] For example: the channel knowledge map mentioned above is for each (per) base station / per cell or per TRP; the CKM of different base stations / cells or TRPs may overlap in location, for example, the location areas of the CKM of two or more adjacent TRPs overlap, causing a terminal at one location to need to read the CKM of two or more TRPs to determine, for example, the measurement period.

[0120] For example, channel knowledge maps are frequency resource granular (e.g., per frequency / carrier). For instance, high-frequency and low-frequency channel knowledge maps are different. The corresponding channel knowledge map needs to be selected based on the frequency currently used by the base station and the terminal.

[0121] For example, the channel knowledge map is beam-level (per beam), meaning that the channel knowledge map is different for each beam.

[0122] Through the above implementation methods, channel knowledge maps of different granularities can be extracted to meet the needs of more scenarios or services.

[0123] It should be noted that the aforementioned channel knowledge map is just a term; it can also be called a channel database or a database.

[0124] The environmental information mentioned above can be related to the current environment of the terminal.

[0125] In some implementations, the environmental information described above includes at least one of the following:

[0126] Radio environment map, 3D map, point cloud information.

[0127] The point cloud information mentioned above can be point cloud information obtained by reconstructing the physical world, such as the physical world of a digital twin.

[0128] The aforementioned radio environment map can be a three-dimensional digital map, such as information on the height, width, length, and location of buildings represented in this way.

[0129] The aforementioned 3D map can represent information such as the height, width, length, and position of objects in the environment.

[0130] In some implementations, the aforementioned environmental information may also include the electromagnetic reflection coefficient of object / building surfaces / point clouds, etc.

[0131] In some implementations, channel information or a channel knowledge map can be obtained based on environmental information, using ray tracing or other methods.

[0132] The aforementioned beam index map may include beam indices corresponding to locations.

[0133] In some implementations, the aforementioned beam index map (BIM) includes:

[0134] The beam index associated with the location-related information, or the index of the beam pair associated with the location-related information.

[0135] For example, the beam index map mentioned above can include multiple locations or beam sets corresponding to each location region, or provide beam sets corresponding to each virtual location region; one location region can correspond to multiple beam pairs, and the probability / weight of each beam in the beam set can be different. In this way, given the location of the terminal, inputting it into the beam index map can yield the beam set corresponding to that location.

[0136] In some implementations, the beam index map described above can be generated in any of the following ways:

[0137] Method 1: Measurement Method. Multiple terminals measure the signal quality information (RSRP) of multiple beams and report it to the network-side equipment. The network-side equipment associates this signal quality information with the terminal's location information (e.g., the terminal's location at the time of measurement or the terminal's location at the time of reporting). The terminal's location is obtained by the terminal itself and reported to the network-side equipment, or obtained by the network-side equipment (e.g., through uplink positioning). The same terminal measures a beam set consisting of multiple beams in the same location area. Therefore, each location area corresponds to multiple beams in the beam index map of each region (per site). Each beam pair has a different probability / weight, which can be associated with the beam's RSRP / coverage area. For example, in the rectangular region shown in Figure 3, beam 1 (the beam at the center of the region) has a greater weight than beam 2 (the beams around cell 1). Different terminals may obtain different beam sets in the same location area. In this case, beam index maps at the terminal and region granularity (per UE per site) can be set, with each UE maintaining one beam index map for each region.

[0138] Method 2, Simulation Method: Based on environmental information, channel information or a channel knowledge map is reconstructed using ray tracing or other methods; then, a beam index map for each region is obtained based on the channel knowledge map and information such as the beam direction of each region.

[0139] Method 3: Combination of measurement and simulation methods.

[0140] The aforementioned beam set can be directly determined using the beam index map, or the resource set can be determined based on the beam set.

[0141] In some implementations, the terminal determines the associated object based on at least one of a channel knowledge map, environmental information, and a beam index map, as well as the location-related information, including the following:

[0142] The terminal determines the objects associated with the terminal based on the channel knowledge map and the location-related information.

[0143] The terminal determines the object associated with the terminal based on environmental information and the location-related information.

[0144] The terminal determines the objects associated with the terminal based on the beam index map and the location-related information.

[0145] The terminal determines the associated object based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the measurement results of the location-related information and downlink reference signal.

[0146] The process by which the terminal determines the associated object based on the channel knowledge map and the location-related information can involve determining the corresponding channel information based on the location-related information, and then determining the associated object based on the channel information. The relationship between the channel information and the object can be pre-configured or determined by the terminal using an algorithm.

[0147] Taking the aforementioned channel knowledge map including a channel gain map as an example, the terminal, based on the acquired location-related information and combined with the channel knowledge map, obtains the channel information of its current location, such as the channel gain of the current location, or obtains the path loss value and shadow fading information of the current location. The terminal then evaluates the signal quality, such as the quality of each beam (e.g., RSRP / Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR)), based on the transmit power of each beam (e.g., notified to the terminal by the network-side equipment) and the channel information obtained based on the channel knowledge map, and selects the beam set associated with the terminal, such as selecting the beams with the best quality or the top few as the aforementioned beam set.

[0148] Alternatively, based on terminal movement information (including movement speed, direction of movement, etc.) and a channel knowledge map, the future location can be predicted and the channel information of the future location can be obtained. Then, based on the channel information, an associated beam set can be selected.

[0149] For example, the signal quality of each beam at a given location is calculated based on the transmit power of each beam and the acquired channel information, and then compared with the signal quality threshold configured by the network-side equipment. If the signal quality of a certain beam is lower than the threshold, for example, if the number of times the measurement result of a certain beam, such as RSRP or SINR, is greater than a preset threshold within a time window is less than a preset number, then it is not included in the set of beams that the terminal needs to measure. If the signal quality of a certain beam is higher than the threshold, for example, if the number of times the measurement result of a certain beam, such as RSRP or SINR, is greater than a preset threshold within a time window is not less than a preset number, then it is included in the set of beams that the terminal needs to measure.

[0150] In some implementations, beam layout information can be used to evaluate the signal quality of each beam in order to improve the reliability of beam set selection. Taking a synchronization signal as an example, the beam layout information includes at least one of the following: the beam coverage area of ​​the synchronization signal, the topological relationship between the beams of the synchronization signal, and the parameters of the beam coverage area of ​​the synchronization signal.

[0151] In some implementations, the parameters of the beam coverage area of ​​the synchronization signal include at least one of the following: the coordinates of the reference point of the beam coverage area of ​​the synchronization signal, such as the center position coordinates, the area radius of the beam coverage area of ​​the synchronization signal, the beam angle of the synchronization signal, and the beam angle spread of the synchronization signal.

[0152] For example, taking the above-mentioned synchronization signal as a synchronization signal block (SSB), the beam layout information of the above-mentioned synchronization signal can be a parameter description of the SSB coverage area or a description of the SSB beam angle information.

[0153] For example, the layout information of an SSB beam can be an SSB identifier, the coordinates of a reference point in the SSB beam coverage area, such as the coordinates of the center point of the coverage area, longitude, latitude, altitude, and the coverage radius of the SSB beam area.

[0154] For example, the layout information of an SSB beam can be an SSB identifier, the main lobe angle of the SSB beam, the angle spread of the SSB beam, such as a 3dB angle spread, or a predefined angle spread.

[0155] It is understood that the main lobe angles of the aforementioned SSB beams are the pitch / vertical angle and the scan / horizontal angle. The beam layout information of the aforementioned synchronization signal may also include the SSB number, time-domain position, and frequency-domain position. In other words, the beam layout information of the synchronization signal corresponds one-to-one with the SSB, for example, the beam layout information of the synchronization signal is indicated sequentially according to the SSB number order.

[0156] Based on the channel knowledge map and the location-related information, the objects associated with the terminal can be determined, allowing the terminal to select suitable objects to reduce its power consumption.

[0157] The aforementioned terminal determines the object associated with the terminal based on environmental information and the location-related information. This can be done by determining the associated environmental information based on location-related information and using the object corresponding to that environmental information as the associated object. The relationship between the environmental information and the object can be pre-configured or determined by the terminal based on an algorithm.

[0158] For example, environmental information includes point cloud data from an environmental map, radio environment map information, or 3D map information. Based on terminal location-related information combined with the location information of the serving cell or network-side equipment and the radio environment map information, channel modeling is performed to obtain channel information between the serving cell and the terminal. For example, the channel modeling can be based on ray tracing. Thus, the objects associated with the terminal can be determined using the aforementioned channel information. For example, based on the transmit power of each beam and the channel information obtained from the radio environment map reconstruction, the signal quality of each beam, such as RSRP or SINR, is evaluated and compared with the signal quality threshold configured on the network side. Optionally, the future location can be predicted and the channel information for the future location can be obtained based on the terminal's movement information (including movement speed, direction of movement, etc.) and environmental information. If the signal quality of a beam is below the threshold, it is not included in the set of beams that the terminal needs to measure; if the signal quality of a beam is above the threshold, it is included in the set of beams that the terminal needs to measure.

[0159] In some implementations, in order to improve the reliability of the above-mentioned objects, beam layout information can be used to evaluate the signal quality of each beam. For an explanation of beam layout information, please refer to the corresponding description above, which will not be repeated here.

[0160] Determining the objects associated with the terminal based on environmental information and location-related information can help select suitable objects for the terminal, thereby reducing the terminal's power consumption.

[0161] The object associated with the terminal, determined based on the beam index map and the location-related information, can be the set of beams associated with the terminal, corresponding to the location-related information.

[0162] Determining the objects associated with the terminal based on the ring beam index map and the location-related information can help select suitable objects for the terminal, thereby reducing the terminal's power consumption.

[0163] The terminal may determine the associated object based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information and downlink reference signal measurement results. This can be achieved by the terminal determining candidate objects based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, and the location-related information, and then determining the associated object from among the candidate objects based on the downlink reference signal measurement results, such as selecting objects whose downlink reference signal measurement results meet preset conditions; or by the terminal determining candidate objects based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, and the downlink reference signal measurement results, and then determining the associated object from among the candidate objects based on the location-related information.

[0164] The terminal determines the associated object based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information and downlink reference signal measurement results. By taking into account the downlink reference signal measurement results, the associated object of the terminal can be more reliable, which is more conducive to reducing the power consumption of the terminal.

[0165] It should be noted that the above embodiments are mainly illustrated by taking the object as a beam set, and the method of determining the resource set can refer to the method of determining the beam set, because in the embodiments of this application, the beam set and the resource set are corresponding. For example, different beams can be represented as different resources of SSB, CSI Reference Signal (CSI-RS), Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) or other signals.

[0166] As an optional implementation, the beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or

[0167] The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

[0168] The subset of the beam set configured by the aforementioned network-side device is a subset selected from the beam set configured by the aforementioned network-side device based on the aforementioned location-related information, in order to reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

[0169] The subset of resources configured in the aforementioned network-side devices is a subset selected from the aforementioned resource set of network-side devices based on the aforementioned location-related information, in order to reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

[0170] As an optional implementation, the method further includes:

[0171] The terminal reports capability information, which is used to indicate whether it supports: determining the object associated with the terminal based on location-related information.

[0172] The aforementioned terminal reporting capability information is the terminal's capability information reported to the network-side device to inform the network-side device whether it supports determining the object associated with the terminal based on location-related information, that is, whether it supports the method of determining the aforementioned object provided in the embodiments of this application.

[0173] By reporting the aforementioned capability information, the network-side device can determine the terminal's capabilities and then interact with the terminal accordingly, thereby improving the communication performance between the terminal and the network-side device.

[0174] As an optional implementation, the above method further includes at least one of the following:

[0175] Measurements are performed on the object;

[0176] Perform beam management-related measurements on the object;

[0177] Perform beam training corresponding measurements on the object;

[0178] Random access is performed based on the object;

[0179] The object is used as a candidate to perform the measurement corresponding to beam failure recovery.

[0180] The aforementioned measurement of the object may be a measurement of the beams in the aforementioned beam set or the resources in the aforementioned resource set.

[0181] The aforementioned measurement performed on the object for beam management can be performed on beams in the aforementioned beam set or resources in the resource set during beam management.

[0182] The measurement corresponding to the beam training performed on the object can be performed on the beams in the beam set or the resources in the resource set during beam training.

[0183] The above-mentioned random access based on the object can be performed by the terminal measuring the above-mentioned beam set or resource set, selecting the random access opportunity (RACH Occasion, RO) corresponding to the target beam, and sending the random access channel (RACH).

[0184] The aforementioned measurement of beam failure recovery, which uses the object as a candidate object, can be performed by the terminal using the aforementioned beam set as a candidate beam set for beam failure recovery.

[0185] In this embodiment, since measurements or random access only need to be performed on the selected beam set or resource set in at least one of the above-mentioned methods, the power consumption of the terminal can be reduced in these processes.

[0186] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0187] The terminal sends reporting information, which includes at least one of the following:

[0188] The index corresponding to the object, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the object;

[0189] The measurement results corresponding to the object, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the object.

[0190] The aforementioned terminal can send the reported information to the network-side device.

[0191] In this context, at least one subset can be understood as a part of the aforementioned object, for example: the terminal reports the measurement results of a portion of the beams in the beam set to the network-side device.

[0192] At least one of the above subsets may be the subset with the best quality selected by the terminal or the subset that the terminal ultimately needs to use.

[0193] The above measurement results can be RSRP, SINR, or other measurement results.

[0194] In the above embodiments, by sending the above-mentioned reporting information, the terminal and the network-side device can have a consistent understanding of the objects associated with the terminal, which is beneficial to improving the communication performance between the terminal and the network-side device.

[0195] As an optional implementation, the method further includes:

[0196] When the terminal is connected to the first network-side device, the terminal determines the target information based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map;

[0197] The terminal triggers at least one of the following based on the target information: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of the measurement result;

[0198] The target information includes at least one of the following:

[0199] The channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0200] The channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0201] The line-of-sight (LOS) probability between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0202] The LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0203] The latency between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0204] The latency between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0205] The relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device;

[0206] The relationship between the beam of the second network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device.

[0207] The channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map mentioned above can be found in the corresponding descriptions of the above implementation methods, and will not be repeated here.

[0208] The above measurement results can be reported as a UE-Initiated Beam Report (UEIBR) initiated by the terminal.

[0209] The aforementioned determination of target information based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map can be based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information of the terminal, or it can be based directly on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map without using the location-related information of the terminal.

[0210] Wherein, the aforementioned terminal triggering beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device based on the target information may include at least one of the following:

[0211] If the channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device is less than or equal to a first threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting for the second network-side device is triggered.

[0212] If the channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device is greater than or equal to the second threshold, at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting is triggered.

[0213] If the channel gain difference is less than or equal to the third threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results, wherein the channel gain difference is the difference between the channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device and the channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0214] If the LOS probability between the terminal and the first network-side device is less than or equal to the fourth threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting for the second network-side device is triggered.

[0215] If the LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device is greater than or equal to the fifth threshold, at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting is triggered.

[0216] If the LOS probability difference is less than or equal to the sixth threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results. The LOS probability difference is the difference between the LOS probability between the terminal and the first network-side device and the LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device.

[0217] If the time delay between the terminal and the first network-side device is greater than or equal to the seventh threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered.

[0218] If the time delay between the terminal and the second network-side device is less than or equal to the eighth threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered.

[0219] If the delay difference is greater than or equal to the ninth threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results, wherein the delay difference is the difference between the delay between the terminal and the first network-side device and the delay between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0220] If the relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device includes the case where the beam of the first network-side device is located at the edge of the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0221] If the relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device includes that the next beam of the first network-side device is farther away from the center beam of the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device than the previous beam of the first network-side device, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0222] If the relationship between the beam of the second network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device includes that the next beam of the second network-side device is closer to the center beam of the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device than the previous beam of the second network-side device, then at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0223] The thresholds mentioned above can be determined by the protocol or configured by the network-side devices.

[0224] In the above embodiments, since at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered based on the target information, it can be prevented from being triggered in other cases, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal.

[0225] Taking the aforementioned network-side device as a TRP as an example, the mechanism by which the terminal connects to the first TRP and triggers the terminal to perform beam measurement and reporting to the second TRP includes any of the following:

[0226] The terminal predicts, based on at least one of the channel knowledge map of the first TRP and the second TRP, environmental information, and beam index map (optionally, based on the terminal's location information), that when the channel gain with the first TRP is less than a predetermined threshold, or when the channel gain with the second TRP is greater than a predetermined threshold, or when the difference between the channel gain with the first TRP and the channel gain with the second TRP is less than a predetermined threshold, the terminal triggers beam measurement / reporting to the second TRP.

[0227] Based on the line-of-sight link probability map of the first TRP and the second TRP, (optionally, according to the terminal's location information), the terminal predicts that when the LOS probability with the second TRP is higher than a certain predetermined threshold, or when the LOS probability with the first TRP is lower than a certain predetermined threshold, or when the difference between the LOS probability with the second TRP and the LOS probability with the first TRP is less than a certain predetermined threshold, the terminal triggers beam measurement / reporting to the second TRP.

[0228] Based on the channel path map of the first TRP and the second TRP, (optionally, according to the terminal's location information) the terminal predicts that when the delay with the first TRP (e.g., the delay of the strongest path) is greater than a certain predetermined threshold, or when the delay with the second TRP is less than a certain predetermined threshold, or when the difference between the delay with the first TRP and the delay with the second TRP is greater than a certain predetermined threshold, the terminal triggers beam measurement / reporting to the second TRP.

[0229] When the terminal predicts, based on the beam index map and / or channel information of the first TRP and the second TRP, (optionally, according to the terminal's location and / or direction of movement information) that the beam of the first TRP is located at the edge of the coverage area of ​​the first TRP, or predicts that the next beam of the first TRP is farther away from the center of the coverage area of ​​the first TRP / more away from the center beam of the first TRP than the previous beam, or predicts that the next beam of the second TRP is closer to the center of the coverage area of ​​the second TRP / closer to the center beam of the second TRP than the previous beam, the terminal triggers the beam measurement / reporting of the second TRP.

[0230] The center beam of the TRP can refer to the beam located at the angle center (applicable to 2D scenes) or the position center (applicable to 3D scenes) of the TRP.

[0231] The predetermined threshold is configured by the network for the terminal.

[0232] It should be noted that the various implementation methods provided in this application can be combined with each other or implemented individually, and there is no limitation thereto.

[0233] In this embodiment, the terminal acquires location-related information; the terminal determines the objects associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, and the objects include at least one of the following: a beam set and a resource set. By determining the objects associated with the terminal based on location-related information, the range of beams and / or resources can be narrowed, thereby helping to reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

[0234] Please refer to Figure 4, which is a flowchart of an information determination method provided in an embodiment of this application. As shown in Figure 4, it includes the following steps:

[0235] Step 401: The network-side device obtains the terminal's location-related information;

[0236] Step 402: The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, and the object includes at least one of the following:

[0237] Beam set, resource set.

[0238] Optionally, the network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, including:

[0239] The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information.

[0240] Optionally, the location-related information includes one of the following:

[0241] The location information of the terminal and the measurement quantities used for the positioning of the terminal;

[0242] The measured quantity includes at least one of the following:

[0243] Time difference of arrival, round-trip delay, departure angle, angle of arrival, downlink positioning reference signal received power, uplink detection reference signal received power, downlink positioning reference signal received path power, uplink detection reference signal received path power, downlink reference signal carrier phase, downlink reference signal carrier phase difference, and uplink reference signal carrier phase.

[0244] Optionally, the channel knowledge map includes: location information, and channel information associated with the location information;

[0245] The channel information includes at least one of the following:

[0246] Path loss, channel gain, signal reception quality, shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival, angle of departure, multipath information, Rice factor, angle spread, delay spread, and channel state information (CSI).

[0247] Optionally, the channel knowledge map includes at least one of the following:

[0248] Channel path map, channel gain map, channel shadow map, line-of-sight link probability map.

[0249] Optionally, the channel knowledge map is a channel knowledge map at the network-side device granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the frequency resource granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the beam granularity.

[0250] Optionally, the environmental information includes at least one of the following:

[0251] Radio environment map, 3D map, point cloud information.

[0252] Optionally, the beam index map includes:

[0253] The beam index associated with the location-related information, or the index of the beam pair associated with the location-related information.

[0254] Optionally, the location-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0255] Current location-related information, future location-related information.

[0256] Optionally, the beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or

[0257] The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

[0258] Optionally, the network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of a channel knowledge map, environmental information, and a beam index map, as well as the location-related information, including the following:

[0259] The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on the channel knowledge map and the location-related information.

[0260] The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on environmental information and the location-related information.

[0261] The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on the beam index map and the location-related information.

[0262] The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the measurement results of the location-related information and uplink reference signal.

[0263] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0264] The network-side device sends the object's information to the terminal.

[0265] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0266] The network-side device receives the reporting information sent by the terminal, the reporting information including:

[0267] The index corresponding to at least one subset of the object, and the measurement result corresponding to the at least one subset.

[0268] The aforementioned reported information is the information that the terminal receives after receiving information about the aforementioned object, performs corresponding measurements, and then reports.

[0269] Optionally, the beam set includes at least one of the following:

[0270] At least one transmit beam, at least one receive beam, and at least one beam pair.

[0271] Optionally, the resource set includes:

[0272] At least one resource of the signal sent by the network-side device.

[0273] It should be noted that this embodiment is an implementation of the network-side device corresponding to the embodiment shown in Figure 2. For the specific implementation, please refer to the relevant description of the embodiment shown in Figure 2. In order to avoid repeated description, this embodiment will not be repeated.

[0274] Please refer to Figure 5, which is a flowchart of an information determination method provided in an embodiment of this application. As shown in Figure 5, it includes the following steps:

[0275] Step 501: The network-side device receives the reporting information sent by the terminal, wherein the reporting information includes at least one of the following:

[0276] The index corresponding to the object associated with the terminal, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal;

[0277] The measurement results corresponding to the objects associated with the terminal, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal;

[0278] The object includes at least one of the following:

[0279] Beam set, resource set.

[0280] Optionally, the beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or

[0281] The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

[0282] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0283] The network-side device receives capability information reported by the terminal, which indicates whether the terminal is supported in determining the associated object based on location-related information.

[0284] It should be noted that this embodiment is an implementation of the network-side device corresponding to the embodiment shown in Figure 2. For the specific implementation, please refer to the relevant description of the embodiment shown in Figure 2. In order to avoid repeated description, this embodiment will not be repeated.

[0285] Please refer to Figure 6, which is a flowchart of a measurement triggering method provided in an embodiment of this application. As shown in Figure 6, it includes the following steps:

[0286] Step 601: When the terminal is connected to the first network-side device, the terminal determines the target information based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map;

[0287] Step 602: The terminal triggers at least one of the following based on the target information: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of the measurement result;

[0288] The target information includes at least one of the following:

[0289] The channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0290] The channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0291] The line-of-sight (LOS) probability between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0292] The LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0293] The latency between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0294] The latency between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0295] The relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device;

[0296] The relationship between the beam of the second network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device.

[0297] Optionally, the terminal triggers at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device based on the target information, including at least one of the following:

[0298] If the channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device is less than or equal to a first threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting for the second network-side device is triggered.

[0299] If the channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device is greater than or equal to the second threshold, at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting is triggered.

[0300] If the channel gain difference is less than or equal to the third threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results, wherein the channel gain difference is the difference between the channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device and the channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0301] If the LOS probability between the terminal and the first network-side device is less than or equal to the fourth threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting for the second network-side device is triggered.

[0302] If the LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device is greater than or equal to the fifth threshold, at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting is triggered.

[0303] If the LOS probability difference is less than or equal to the sixth threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results. The LOS probability difference is the difference between the LOS probability between the terminal and the first network-side device and the LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device.

[0304] If the time delay between the terminal and the first network-side device is greater than or equal to the seventh threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered.

[0305] If the time delay between the terminal and the second network-side device is less than or equal to the eighth threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered.

[0306] If the delay difference is greater than or equal to the ninth threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results, wherein the delay difference is the difference between the delay between the terminal and the first network-side device and the delay between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0307] If the relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device includes the case where the beam of the first network-side device is located at the edge of the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0308] If the relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device includes that the next beam of the first network-side device is farther away from the center beam of the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device than the previous beam of the first network-side device, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0309] If the relationship between the beam of the second network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device includes that the next beam of the second network-side device is closer to the center beam of the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device than the previous beam of the second network-side device, then at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0310] It should be noted that this embodiment is a measurement triggering implementation method corresponding to the embodiment shown in Figure 2. For the specific implementation method, please refer to the relevant description of the embodiment shown in Figure 2. In order to avoid repeated description, this embodiment will not be repeated.

[0311] The methods provided in the embodiments of this application are illustrated below through multiple examples:

[0312] Example 1:

[0313] In this embodiment, the terminal determines the beam set, including the following:

[0314] Step 1: The terminal obtains at least one of the following: channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map;

[0315] Among them, the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map are generated by the terminal or sent to the terminal by the network-side device.

[0316] In some implementations, the channel knowledge map is characterized by including channel information associated with the terminal location or virtual location. The channel information includes one or more of the following: path loss, channel gain, signal reception quality RPS, shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival, angle of departure, multipath information (path delay, path power, phase, angle, etc.), Rice factor, angle spread, delay spread, and CSI information.

[0317] In some implementations, the terminal location information may be one of the following: physical location, 2D location range, 3D location range, angle and distance, height information (relative height information or absolute height information);

[0318] Measurements used for terminal positioning can also be understood as virtual location information (i.e., location-related indirect information). These measurements may include at least one of the following: time difference of arrival, round-trip time delay, departure angle, and angle of arrival. Specifically, they include positioning measurements corresponding to various positioning methods defined by the 3GPP protocol, for example:

[0319] Downlink positioning reference signal received power (DL PRS-RSRP);

[0320] Downlink relative signal time difference (DL RSTD);

[0321] Terminal receiver-transmitter time difference (terminal Rx–Tx time difference);

[0322] Uplink relative arrival time (UL-RTOA);

[0323] Network-side device-side receive-transmit time difference (gNB Rx–Tx time difference);

[0324] UL Angle of Arrival (UL AoA);

[0325] Uplink SRS reference signal received power (UL SRS-RSRP);

[0326] Downlink positioning reference signal received path power (DL PRS-RSRPP);

[0327] Uplink SRS reference signal received path power (UL SRS-RSRPP);

[0328] Downlink reference signal carrier phase (DL RSCP);

[0329] Downlink reference signal carrier phase difference (DL RSCPD);

[0330] Uplink reference signal carrier phase (UL RSCP).

[0331] In some implementations, the channel knowledge map includes at least one of the following: a channel path map, a channel gain map, a channel shadow map, and a line-of-sight link probability map.

[0332] In some implementations, the aforementioned channel knowledge map is per network-side device / TRP, or per frequency, or per beam;

[0333] In some implementations, the environmental information includes point cloud information obtained from physical world reconstruction, or radio environment maps, or 3D maps, etc.

[0334] In some implementations, the beam index map provides the optimal beam pair or set of optimal beam pairs for each location region, or provides the optimal beam pair (set) for each virtual location region.

[0335] Step 2: The terminal obtains location information or virtual location information;

[0336] For details on how the terminal location is obtained, please refer to the corresponding description in the above embodiments.

[0337] The location information or virtual location obtained by the terminal can be the current location information or the current virtual location information, or the future location information or the future virtual location information (for example, predicting the location at a certain future moment based on the terminal's moving speed and moving direction).

[0338] Step 3: The terminal determines the beam set according to one of the following methods;

[0339] In some implementations, the set of beams that the terminal needs to measure is determined based on a channel knowledge map and the terminal's location or virtual location;

[0340] In some implementations, the set of beams that the terminal needs to measure is determined based on environmental information and the terminal's location or virtual location;

[0341] In some implementations, the set of beams that the terminal needs to measure is determined based on a beam index map and the terminal's location or virtual location.

[0342] In some implementations, the set of beams that the terminal needs to measure is a subset of the set of beams configured by the network.

[0343] In some implementations, the beam set is determined by the end based on at least one of the following: a channel knowledge map, environmental information, and a beam index map, and jointly based on downlink reference signal measurement results.

[0344] In some implementations, the terminal reports whether it supports the terminal capability to determine the beam set based on the channel knowledge map and the terminal location or virtual location, and whether it supports the terminal capability to determine the beam set based on environmental information and the terminal location or virtual location.

[0345] In some implementations, the terminal measures the beam set, and the corresponding application scenarios include any of the following:

[0346] Beam measurement during beam management / beam training;

[0347] The terminal performs random access based on the aforementioned beam set; specifically, the terminal measures the aforementioned beam set and selects the RO corresponding to the target beam to send RACH.

[0348] The terminal uses the aforementioned beam set as a candidate beam set for beam failure recovery for measurement.

[0349] In some implementations, the terminal reports the measurement results of the beam set to the network-side device; for example, it reports the beam index, such as the measurement resource index, and its corresponding measurement values, such as RSRP and SINR, to the network-side device, or the terminal reports the measurement results of some beams in the beam set to the network-side device.

[0350] In this embodiment, different beams can be represented as different resources of SSB, CSI-RS, TRS or other signals, and the directions of different beams can be different;

[0351] In this embodiment, the beam set includes at least one transmit beam;

[0352] In this embodiment, the beam set can also be extended to a beam pair set, that is, a set of transmitting beams and receiving beams.

[0353] Example 2:

[0354] In this embodiment, the network-side device determines the beam set, including the following steps:

[0355] Step 1: The network-side device obtains at least one of the following: channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map;

[0356] Among them, the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map are generated by the network-side device, or sent to the network-side device by other network-side devices or the core network;

[0357] In some implementations, the channel knowledge map is characterized by including channel information associated with terminal location or virtual location.

[0358] In some implementations, the channel information includes one or more of the following: path loss, channel gain, signal reception quality, shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival, angle of departure, multipath information (path delay, path power, phase, angle, etc.), Rice factor, angle spread, delay spread, and CSI information.

[0359] In some implementations, the terminal location information may be one of the following: physical location, 2D location range, 3D location range, angle and distance, or height information (relative height information or absolute height information).

[0360] In some implementations, the virtual location information (i.e., location-related indirect information) may be: measurements used for terminal positioning, including at least one of the following: time difference of arrival, round-trip time delay, departure angle, and angle of arrival; specifically, it includes positioning measurements corresponding to various positioning methods defined by the protocol, for example:

[0361] DL PRS, DL RSTD, terminal Rx–Tx time difference, UL-RTOA, gNB Rx–Tx time difference, UL AoA, UL SRS-RSRP, DL PRS-RSRPP, UL SRS-RSRPP, DL RSCP, DL RSCPD, UL RSCP.

[0362] In some implementations, the channel knowledge map includes at least one of the following: a channel path map, a channel gain map, a channel shadow map, and a line-of-sight link probability map.

[0363] In some implementations, the channel knowledge map is per network-side device / TRP, or per frequency, or per beam;

[0364] In some implementations, the environmental information includes point cloud information obtained from physical world reconstruction, or radio environment maps, or 3D maps, etc.

[0365] In some implementations, the beam index map provides the optimal beam pair (set) for each location region, or provides the optimal beam pair (set) for each virtual location region;

[0366] Step 2: The network-side device obtains the terminal's location information or virtual location information.

[0367] In some implementations, the terminal's location information or virtual location is obtained by the terminal and reported to the network-side device, or obtained by the network-side device through uplink positioning.

[0368] In some implementations, the location information or virtual location obtained by the terminal can be current location information or current virtual location information, or future location information or future virtual location information (e.g., predicting the location at a future moment based on the terminal's moving speed and direction of movement).

[0369] Step 3: The network-side device determines the beam set associated with the terminal according to one of the following methods:

[0370] The set of beams that the terminal needs to measure is determined based on the channel knowledge map and the terminal location or virtual location;

[0371] The set of beams that the terminal needs to measure is determined based on environmental information and the terminal's location or virtual location.

[0372] The set of beams that the terminal needs to measure is determined based on the beam index map and the terminal location or virtual location.

[0373] In some implementations, the beam set associated with a terminal is a subset of the beam set configured by the network, such as a subset of the beam set configured for all terminals in a cell.

[0374] In some implementations, the network-side device determines the beam set based on at least one of the following: a channel knowledge map, environmental information, and a beam index map, and based on uplink reference signal measurement results.

[0375] In some implementations, the network-side device notifies the terminal of the beam set;

[0376] In some implementations, the network-side device transmits the beam set;

[0377] In some implementations, the terminal measures the beam set, and the corresponding application scenarios include any of the following:

[0378] Beam measurement during beam management / beam training;

[0379] The terminal performs random access based on the aforementioned beam set; specifically, the terminal measures the aforementioned beam set and selects the RO corresponding to the target beam to send RACH.

[0380] The terminal uses the aforementioned beam set as a candidate beam set for beam failure recovery for measurement.

[0381] In some implementations, the terminal reports the measurement results of the beam set to the network-side device; for example, it reports the beam index, such as the measurement resource index, and its corresponding measurement values, such as RSRP and SINR, to the network-side device, or the terminal reports the measurement results of some beams in the beam set to the network-side device.

[0382] In this embodiment, different beams can be represented as different resources of SSB, CSI-RS, TRS or other signals, and the directions of different beams can be different;

[0383] In some implementations, the beam set includes at least one transmit beam;

[0384] In some implementations, the beam set can also be extended to a beam pair set, i.e., a set of transmitting beams and receiving beams.

[0385] In this embodiment, the set of beams that the terminal needs to measure is narrowed down by using the terminal location and at least one of the following: channel knowledge map, environmental information, or beam index map, thereby solving the problems of long beam measurement time and high terminal power consumption.

[0386] Specifically, in some scenarios, network-side devices or terminals can easily obtain the current location of the terminal. For example, some unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) terminals need to obtain the 3D location coordinates of the terminal through GNSS and barometers and report them to the network-side devices according to regulatory requirements. In this case, the network-side devices or terminals can use the terminal's location information, as well as channel knowledge maps, environmental information, or beam index maps, to determine the appropriate beam set for the terminal's location, reducing the time for multi-beam measurement, thereby reducing the overall latency of random access or beam failure recovery processes, and reducing terminal power consumption.

[0387] The information determination method provided in this application can be executed by an information determination device. This application uses an information determination device executing a connection method as an example to illustrate the information determination device provided in this application.

[0388] This application provides an information determination device. As an example, the information determination device may be a communication device or a component within a communication device, such as a chip. The communication device may be a terminal, a network-side device, or a server, etc. Exemplarily, the terminal may include, but is not limited to, the type of terminal 11 listed above, and the network-side device may include, but is not limited to, the type of network-side device 12 listed above. This application does not impose specific limitations.

[0389] The information determination device includes a receiving module, a transmitting module, and a processing module. These modules can be implemented in software or hardware. When implemented in hardware, the processing module can be implemented by a processor. For example, the processor can include general-purpose processors, special-purpose processors, etc., such as central processing units (CPUs), microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs), artificial intelligence (AI) processors, graphics processing units (GPUs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), network processors (NPs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), or other programmable logic devices, gate circuits, transistors, discrete hardware components, etc. The receiving and transmitting modules can be implemented by a communication interface, which can include one or more of the following: transceivers, pins, circuits, buses, radio frequency units, etc.

[0390] Specifically, referring to Figure 7, when the information determining device is a terminal or a component within a terminal, the information determining device 700 includes:

[0391] Processing module 701 is used to obtain location-related information;

[0392] The processing module 701 is further configured to determine the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, the object including at least one of the following:

[0393] Beam set, resource set.

[0394] Optionally, the processing module 701 is used to determine the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information and beam index map, and the location-related information.

[0395] Optionally, the location-related information includes one of the following:

[0396] The location information of the terminal and the measurement quantities used for the positioning of the terminal;

[0397] The measured quantity includes at least one of the following:

[0398] Time difference of arrival, round-trip delay, departure angle, angle of arrival, downlink positioning reference signal received power, uplink detection reference signal received power, downlink positioning reference signal received path power, uplink detection reference signal received path power, downlink reference signal carrier phase, downlink reference signal carrier phase difference, and uplink reference signal carrier phase.

[0399] Optionally, the channel knowledge map includes: location information, and channel information associated with the location information;

[0400] The channel information includes at least one of the following:

[0401] Path loss, channel gain, signal reception quality, shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival, angle of departure, multipath information, Rice factor, angle spread, delay spread, and channel state information (CSI).

[0402] Optionally, the channel knowledge map includes at least one of the following:

[0403] Channel path map, channel gain map, channel shadow map, line-of-sight link probability map.

[0404] Optionally, the channel knowledge map is a channel knowledge map at the network-side device granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the frequency resource granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the beam granularity.

[0405] Optionally, the environmental information includes at least one of the following:

[0406] Radio environment map, 3D map, point cloud information.

[0407] Optionally, the beam index map includes:

[0408] The beam index associated with the location-related information, or the index of the beam pair associated with the location-related information.

[0409] Optionally, the location-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0410] Current location-related information, future location-related information.

[0411] Optionally, the beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or

[0412] The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

[0413] Optionally, the processing module 701 is used for one of the following:

[0414] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on the channel knowledge map and the location-related information.

[0415] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on environmental information and the location-related information.

[0416] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on the beam index map and the location-related information.

[0417] The object associated with the terminal is determined based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the measurement results of the location-related information and downlink reference signal.

[0418] Optionally, the device further includes:

[0419] The sending module is used to report capability information, which indicates whether the terminal is supported for determining the associated object based on location-related information.

[0420] Optionally, the processing module 701 is further configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0421] Measurements are performed on the object;

[0422] Perform beam management-related measurements on the object;

[0423] Perform beam training corresponding measurements on the object;

[0424] Random access is performed based on the object;

[0425] The object is used as a candidate to perform the measurement corresponding to beam failure recovery.

[0426] Optionally, the transmitting module of the device is used to transmit reporting information, the reporting information including at least one of the following:

[0427] The index corresponding to the object, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the object;

[0428] The measurement results corresponding to the object, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the object.

[0429] Optionally, the beam set includes at least one of the following:

[0430] At least one transmit beam, at least one receive beam, and at least one beam pair.

[0431] Optionally, the resource set includes:

[0432] At least one resource of the signal sent by the network-side device.

[0433] Optionally, the processing module 701 is further configured to, when the terminal is connected to the first network-side device, determine target information based on at least one of a channel knowledge map, environmental information, and a beam index map; and trigger at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting based on the target information;

[0434] The target information includes at least one of the following:

[0435] The channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0436] The channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0437] The line-of-sight (LOS) probability between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0438] The LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0439] The latency between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0440] The latency between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0441] The relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device;

[0442] The relationship between the beam of the second network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device.

[0443] Optionally, the processing module 701 is used for at least one of the following:

[0444] If the channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device is less than or equal to a first threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting for the second network-side device is triggered.

[0445] If the channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device is greater than or equal to the second threshold, at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting is triggered.

[0446] If the channel gain difference is less than or equal to the third threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results, wherein the channel gain difference is the difference between the channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device and the channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0447] If the LOS probability between the terminal and the first network-side device is less than or equal to the fourth threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting for the second network-side device is triggered.

[0448] If the LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device is greater than or equal to the fifth threshold, at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting is triggered.

[0449] If the LOS probability difference is less than or equal to the sixth threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results. The LOS probability difference is the difference between the LOS probability between the terminal and the first network-side device and the LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device.

[0450] If the time delay between the terminal and the first network-side device is greater than or equal to the seventh threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered.

[0451] If the time delay between the terminal and the second network-side device is less than or equal to the eighth threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered.

[0452] If the delay difference is greater than or equal to the ninth threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results, wherein the delay difference is the difference between the delay between the terminal and the first network-side device and the delay between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0453] If the relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device includes the case where the beam of the first network-side device is located at the edge of the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0454] If the relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device includes that the next beam of the first network-side device is farther away from the center beam of the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device than the previous beam of the first network-side device, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0455] If the relationship between the beam of the second network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device includes that the next beam of the second network-side device is closer to the center beam of the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device than the previous beam of the second network-side device, then at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0456] The aforementioned information receiving device can reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

[0457] The information receiving device provided in this application embodiment can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiment of FIG2 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0458] Specifically, referring to Figure 8, when the information determination device is a network-side device or a component within a network-side device, the information determination device 800 includes:

[0459] Processing module 801 is used to obtain location-related information of the terminal;

[0460] The processing module 801 is further configured to determine the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, the object including at least one of the following:

[0461] Beam set, resource set.

[0462] Optionally, the processing module 801 is used to determine the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information and beam index map, and the location-related information.

[0463] Optionally, the location-related information includes one of the following:

[0464] The location information of the terminal and the measurement quantities used for the positioning of the terminal;

[0465] The measured quantity includes at least one of the following:

[0466] Time difference of arrival, round-trip delay, departure angle, angle of arrival, downlink positioning reference signal received power, uplink detection reference signal received power, downlink positioning reference signal received path power, uplink detection reference signal received path power, downlink reference signal carrier phase, downlink reference signal carrier phase difference, and uplink reference signal carrier phase.

[0467] Optionally, the channel knowledge map includes: location information, and channel information associated with the location information;

[0468] The channel information includes at least one of the following:

[0469] Path loss, channel gain, signal reception quality, shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival, angle of departure, multipath information, Rice factor, angle spread, delay spread, and channel state information (CSI).

[0470] Optionally, the channel knowledge map includes at least one of the following:

[0471] Channel path map, channel gain map, channel shadow map, line-of-sight link probability map.

[0472] Optionally, the channel knowledge map is a channel knowledge map at the network-side device granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the frequency resource granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the beam granularity.

[0473] Optionally, the environmental information includes at least one of the following:

[0474] Radio environment map, 3D map, point cloud information.

[0475] Optionally, the beam index map includes:

[0476] The beam index associated with the location-related information, or the index of the beam pair associated with the location-related information.

[0477] Optionally, the location-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0478] Current location-related information, future location-related information.

[0479] Optionally, the beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or

[0480] The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

[0481] Optionally, the processing module 801 is used for one of the following:

[0482] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on the channel knowledge map and the location-related information.

[0483] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on environmental information and the location-related information.

[0484] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on the beam index map and the location-related information.

[0485] The object associated with the terminal is determined based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the measurement results of the location-related information and uplink reference signal.

[0486] Optionally, the device further includes:

[0487] The sending module is used to send information about the object to the terminal.

[0488] Optionally, the device further includes:

[0489] A receiving module is configured to receive reporting information sent by the terminal, the reporting information including:

[0490] The index corresponding to at least one subset of the object, and the measurement result corresponding to the at least one subset.

[0491] The aforementioned reported information is the information that the terminal receives after receiving information about the aforementioned object, performs corresponding measurements, and then reports.

[0492] Optionally, the beam set includes at least one of the following:

[0493] At least one transmit beam, at least one receive beam, and at least one beam pair.

[0494] Optionally, the resource set includes:

[0495] At least one resource of the signal sent by the network-side device.

[0496] The aforementioned information determination device can reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

[0497] The information sending device provided in this application embodiment can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiment of FIG4 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0498] Specifically, referring to Figure 9, when the information determination device is a network-side device or a component within a network-side device, the information determination device 900 includes:

[0499] The receiving module 901 is configured to receive reporting information sent by the terminal, the reporting information including at least one of the following:

[0500] The index corresponding to the object associated with the terminal, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal;

[0501] The measurement results corresponding to the objects associated with the terminal, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal;

[0502] The object includes at least one of the following:

[0503] Beam set, resource set.

[0504] Optionally, the beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or

[0505] The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

[0506] Optionally, the receiving module 901 is further configured to receive capability information reported by the terminal, the capability information being used to indicate whether: determining the object associated with the terminal based on location-related information is supported.

[0507] The aforementioned information determination device can reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

[0508] The information sending device provided in this application embodiment can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiment of FIG5 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0509] As shown in Figure 10, this application embodiment also provides a communication device 1000, including a processor 1001 and a memory 1002. The memory 1002 stores programs or instructions that can run on the processor 1001. For example, when the communication device 1000 is a terminal, the program or instructions executed by the processor 1001 implement the various steps of the above-described connection method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 1000 is a network-side device, the program or instructions executed by the processor 1001 implement the various steps of the above-described connection method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, this will not be described again here.

[0510] This application also provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the steps in the method embodiment shown in FIG2. This terminal embodiment corresponds to the above-described terminal-side method embodiment, and all implementation processes and methods of the above-described method embodiments can be applied to this terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. The terminal may be the information determination device shown in FIG7. Specifically, FIG11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of this application, which is a first terminal.

[0511] The terminal 1100 includes, but is not limited to, at least some of the following components: radio frequency unit 1101, network module 1102, audio output unit 1103, input unit 1104, sensor 1105, display unit 1106, user input unit 1107, interface unit 1108, memory 1109, and processor 1110.

[0512] Those skilled in the art will understand that terminal 1100 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) for powering various components. The power supply can be logically connected to processor 1110 through a power management system, thereby enabling functions such as charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. The terminal structure shown in Figure 11 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be elaborated here.

[0513] It should be understood that, in this embodiment, the input unit 1104 may include a graphics processor 11041 and a microphone 11042. The graphics processor 11041 processes image data of still images or videos obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in video capture mode or image capture mode. The display unit 1106 may include a display panel 11061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1107 includes at least one of a touch panel 11071 and other input devices 11072. The touch panel 11071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 11071 may include a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 11072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, power buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be described in detail here.

[0514] In this embodiment, after receiving downlink data from the network-side device, the radio frequency unit 1101 can transmit it to the processor 1110 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 1101 can send uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 1101 includes, but is not limited to, antennas, amplifiers, transceivers, couplers, low-noise amplifiers, duplexers, etc.

[0515] The memory 1109 can be used to store software programs or instructions, as well as various data. The memory 1109 may primarily include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data. The first storage area may store the operating system, application programs or instructions required for at least one function (such as sound playback, image playback, etc.). Furthermore, the memory 1109 may include volatile memory or non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can be random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 1109 in this embodiment includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0516] Processor 1110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, processor 1110 integrates an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles operations involving the operating system, user interface, and applications, and the modem processor mainly handles wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the aforementioned modem processor may also not be integrated into processor 1110.

[0517] The processor 1110 is configured to acquire location-related information and determine the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, wherein the object includes at least one of the following:

[0518] Beam set, resource set.

[0519] Optionally, determining the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information includes:

[0520] The object associated with the terminal is determined based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information.

[0521] Optionally, the location-related information includes one of the following:

[0522] The location information of the terminal and the measurement quantities used for the positioning of the terminal;

[0523] The measured quantity includes at least one of the following:

[0524] Time difference of arrival, round-trip delay, departure angle, angle of arrival, downlink positioning reference signal received power, uplink detection reference signal received power, downlink positioning reference signal received path power, uplink detection reference signal received path power, downlink reference signal carrier phase, downlink reference signal carrier phase difference, and uplink reference signal carrier phase.

[0525] Optionally, the channel knowledge map includes: location information, and channel information associated with the location information;

[0526] The channel information includes at least one of the following:

[0527] Path loss, channel gain, signal reception quality, shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival, angle of departure, multipath information, Rice factor, angle spread, delay spread, and channel state information (CSI).

[0528] Optionally, the channel knowledge map includes at least one of the following:

[0529] Channel path map, channel gain map, channel shadow map, line-of-sight link probability map.

[0530] Optionally, the channel knowledge map is a channel knowledge map at the network-side device granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the frequency resource granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the beam granularity.

[0531] Optionally, the environmental information includes at least one of the following:

[0532] Radio environment map, 3D map, point cloud information.

[0533] Optionally, the beam index map includes:

[0534] The beam index associated with the location-related information, or the index of the beam pair associated with the location-related information.

[0535] Optionally, the location-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0536] Current location-related information, future location-related information.

[0537] Optionally, the beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or

[0538] The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

[0539] Optionally, determining the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, and the location-related information includes the following:

[0540] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on the channel knowledge map and the location-related information.

[0541] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on environmental information and the location-related information.

[0542] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on the beam index map and the location-related information.

[0543] The object associated with the terminal is determined based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the measurement results of the location-related information and downlink reference signal.

[0544] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 1101 is used to report capability information, which is used to indicate whether the terminal is supported in determining the associated object based on location-related information.

[0545] Optionally, the processor 1110 is also used for at least one of the following:

[0546] Measurements are performed on the object;

[0547] Perform beam management-related measurements on the object;

[0548] Perform beam training corresponding measurements on the object;

[0549] Random access is performed based on the object;

[0550] The object is used as a candidate to perform the measurement corresponding to beam failure recovery.

[0551] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 1101 sends reporting information, which includes at least one of the following:

[0552] The index corresponding to the object, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the object;

[0553] The measurement results corresponding to the object, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the object.

[0554] Optionally, the beam set includes at least one of the following:

[0555] At least one transmit beam, at least one receive beam, and at least one beam pair.

[0556] Optionally, the resource set includes:

[0557] At least one resource of the signal sent by the network-side device.

[0558] Optionally, the processor 1110 is further configured to, when the terminal is connected to the first network-side device, determine target information based on at least one of a channel knowledge map, environmental information, and a beam index map; and trigger at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting based on the target information;

[0559] The target information includes at least one of the following:

[0560] The channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0561] The channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0562] The line-of-sight (LOS) probability between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0563] The LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0564] The latency between the terminal and the first network-side device;

[0565] The latency between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0566] The relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device;

[0567] The relationship between the beam of the second network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device.

[0568] Optionally, at least one of the steps of triggering beam measurement of the second network-side device based on the target information and reporting the measurement results includes at least one of the following:

[0569] If the channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device is less than or equal to a first threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting for the second network-side device is triggered.

[0570] If the channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device is greater than or equal to the second threshold, at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting is triggered.

[0571] If the channel gain difference is less than or equal to the third threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results, wherein the channel gain difference is the difference between the channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device and the channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0572] If the LOS probability between the terminal and the first network-side device is less than or equal to the fourth threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting for the second network-side device is triggered.

[0573] If the LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device is greater than or equal to the fifth threshold, at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting is triggered.

[0574] If the LOS probability difference is less than or equal to the sixth threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results. The LOS probability difference is the difference between the LOS probability between the terminal and the first network-side device and the LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device.

[0575] If the time delay between the terminal and the first network-side device is greater than or equal to the seventh threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered.

[0576] If the time delay between the terminal and the second network-side device is less than or equal to the eighth threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered.

[0577] If the delay difference is greater than or equal to the ninth threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results, wherein the delay difference is the difference between the delay between the terminal and the first network-side device and the delay between the terminal and the second network-side device;

[0578] If the relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device includes the case where the beam of the first network-side device is located at the edge of the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0579] If the relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device includes that the next beam of the first network-side device is farther away from the center beam of the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device than the previous beam of the first network-side device, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0580] If the relationship between the beam of the second network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device includes that the next beam of the second network-side device is closer to the center beam of the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device than the previous beam of the second network-side device, then at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

[0581] The above methods can reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

[0582] It is understood that the implementation process of each implementation method mentioned in this embodiment can refer to the relevant description of the method embodiment and achieve the same or corresponding technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0583] This application also provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the steps of the method embodiment shown in FIG4 or FIG5. This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-described network-side device method embodiment. All implementation processes and methods of the above-described method embodiments can be applied to this network-side device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0584] Specifically, this application embodiment also provides a network-side device, which may be the information determination device shown in FIG8 or FIG9. As shown in FIG12, the network-side device 1200 includes: an antenna 1201, a radio frequency device 1202, a baseband device 1203, a processor 1204, and a memory 1205. The antenna 1201 is connected to the radio frequency device 1202. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 1202 receives information through the antenna 1201 and sends the received information to the baseband device 1203 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 1203 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to the radio frequency device 1202, which processes the received information and then transmits it through the antenna 1201.

[0585] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiments can be implemented in the baseband device 1203, which includes a baseband processor.

[0586] The baseband device 1203 may include at least one baseband board, on which multiple chips are disposed, as shown in FIG12. One of the chips is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 1205 via a bus interface to call the program or instructions in the memory 1205 to execute the network-side device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

[0587] The network-side device may also include a network interface 1206, such as a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0588] In one embodiment:

[0589] The processor 1204 is used to acquire location-related information of the terminal; and to determine the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, wherein the object includes at least one of the following:

[0590] Beam set, resource set.

[0591] Optionally, the network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, including:

[0592] The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information.

[0593] Optionally, the location-related information includes one of the following:

[0594] The location information of the terminal and the measurement quantities used for the positioning of the terminal;

[0595] The measured quantity includes at least one of the following:

[0596] Time difference of arrival, round-trip delay, departure angle, angle of arrival, downlink positioning reference signal received power, uplink detection reference signal received power, downlink positioning reference signal received path power, uplink detection reference signal received path power, downlink reference signal carrier phase, downlink reference signal carrier phase difference, and uplink reference signal carrier phase.

[0597] Optionally, the channel knowledge map includes: location information, and channel information associated with the location information;

[0598] The channel information includes at least one of the following:

[0599] Path loss, channel gain, signal reception quality, shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival, angle of departure, multipath information, Rice factor, angle spread, delay spread, and channel state information (CSI).

[0600] Optionally, the channel knowledge map includes at least one of the following:

[0601] Channel path map, channel gain map, channel shadow map, line-of-sight link probability map.

[0602] Optionally, the channel knowledge map is a channel knowledge map at the network-side device granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the frequency resource granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the beam granularity.

[0603] Optionally, the environmental information includes at least one of the following:

[0604] Radio environment map, 3D map, point cloud information.

[0605] Optionally, the beam index map includes:

[0606] The beam index associated with the location-related information, or the index of the beam pair associated with the location-related information.

[0607] Optionally, the location-related information includes at least one of the following:

[0608] Current location-related information, future location-related information.

[0609] Optionally, the beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or

[0610] The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

[0611] Optionally, determining the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, and the location-related information includes the following:

[0612] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on the channel knowledge map and the location-related information.

[0613] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on environmental information and the location-related information.

[0614] The objects associated with the terminal are determined based on the beam index map and the location-related information.

[0615] The object associated with the terminal is determined based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the measurement results of the location-related information and uplink reference signal.

[0616] Optionally, the radio frequency device 1202 is used to send information about the object to the terminal.

[0617] Optionally, the radio frequency device 1202 is used to receive reporting information sent by the terminal, the reporting information including:

[0618] The index corresponding to at least one subset of the object, and the measurement result corresponding to the at least one subset.

[0619] The aforementioned reported information is the information that the terminal receives after receiving information about the aforementioned object, performs corresponding measurements, and then reports.

[0620] Optionally, the beam set includes at least one of the following:

[0621] At least one transmit beam, at least one receive beam, and at least one beam pair.

[0622] Optionally, the resource set includes:

[0623] At least one resource of the signal sent by the network-side device.

[0624] In another embodiment:

[0625] Radio frequency device 1202 is used to receive reporting information sent by the terminal, the reporting information including at least one of the following:

[0626] The index corresponding to the object associated with the terminal, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal;

[0627] The measurement results corresponding to the objects associated with the terminal, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal;

[0628] The object includes at least one of the following:

[0629] Beam set, resource set.

[0630] Optionally, the beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or

[0631] The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

[0632] Optionally, the radio frequency device 1202 is further configured to receive capability information reported by the terminal, the capability information being used to indicate whether: determining the object associated with the terminal based on location-related information.

[0633] The aforementioned network-side devices can reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

[0634] In addition, the network-side device 1200 of this application embodiment also includes: a program or instructions stored in the memory 1205 and executable on the processor 1204. The processor 1204 calls the program or instructions in the memory 1205 to execute the methods executed by the modules shown in FIG8 or FIG9 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described in detail here.

[0635] This application also provides a readable storage medium storing a program or instructions. When the program or instructions are executed by a processor, they implement the various processes of the above-described information determination method or measurement triggering method embodiments and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, they will not be described again here.

[0636] The processor mentioned above is either the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiments or the processor in the network-side device. The readable storage medium includes computer-readable storage media, such as computer read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk, or optical disk. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transient readable storage medium.

[0637] This application embodiment also provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-described information determination method or measurement triggering method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0638] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of this application may also be referred to as a system-on-a-chip, system chip, chip system, or system-on-a-chip, etc.

[0639] This application also provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-described information determination method or measurement triggering method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0640] This application also provides a wireless communication system, including a terminal and a network-side device. The terminal can be used to perform the steps of the information determination method for the terminal described above, and the network-side device can be used to perform the steps of the information determination method for the network-side device described above.

[0641] It should be noted that, in this document, 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. Without further limitations, 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. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatuses in the embodiments of this application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing functions substantially simultaneously or in the reverse order, depending on the functions involved. For example, the described methods may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0642] From the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of computer software products plus necessary general-purpose hardware platforms, and of course, they can also be implemented by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.), and the computer software product includes several instructions to cause the terminal or network-side device to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of this application.

[0643] The embodiments of this application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this application is not limited to the specific embodiments described above. The specific embodiments described above are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art can make many other implementations under the guidance of this application without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims. All of these implementations are within the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. A method for determining information, comprising: The terminal obtains location-related information; The terminal determines the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, and the object includes at least one of the following: Beam set, resource set.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The terminal determines the objects associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, including: The terminal determines the associated object based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The location-related information includes the following: The location information of the terminal and the measurement quantities used for the positioning of the terminal; The measured quantity includes at least one of the following: Time difference of arrival, round-trip delay, departure angle, angle of arrival, downlink positioning reference signal received power, uplink detection reference signal received power, downlink positioning reference signal received path power, uplink detection reference signal received path power, downlink reference signal carrier phase, downlink reference signal carrier phase difference, and uplink reference signal carrier phase.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein, The channel knowledge map includes: location information, and channel information associated with the location information; The channel information includes at least one of the following: Path loss, channel gain, signal reception quality, shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival, angle of departure, multipath information, Rice factor, angle spread, delay spread, and channel state information (CSI).

5. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein, The channel knowledge map includes at least one of the following: Channel path map, channel gain map, channel shadow map, line-of-sight link probability map.

6. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein, The channel knowledge map is a channel knowledge map at the network-side device granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the frequency resource granularity, or a channel knowledge map at the beam granularity.

7. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein, The environmental information includes at least one of the following: Radio environment map, 3D map, point cloud information.

8. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein, The beam index map includes: The beam index associated with the location-related information, or the index of the beam pair associated with the location-related information.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein, The location-related information includes at least one of the following: Current location-related information, future location-related information.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein, The beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

11. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 10, wherein, The terminal determines the associated object based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, and the location-related information, including the following: The terminal determines the objects associated with the terminal based on the channel knowledge map and the location-related information. The terminal determines the object associated with the terminal based on environmental information and the location-related information. The terminal determines the objects associated with the terminal based on the beam index map and the location-related information. The terminal determines the associated object based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the measurement results of the location-related information and downlink reference signal.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising: The terminal reports capability information, which is used to indicate whether it supports: determining the object associated with the terminal based on location-related information.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, further comprising at least one of the following: Measurements are performed on the object; Perform beam management-related measurements on the object; Perform beam training corresponding measurements on the object; Random access is performed based on the object; The object is used as a candidate to perform the measurement corresponding to beam failure recovery.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising: The terminal sends reporting information, which includes at least one of the following: The index corresponding to the object, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the object; The measurement results corresponding to the object, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the object.

15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein, The beam set includes at least one of the following: At least one transmit beam, at least one receive beam, and at least one beam pair.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein, The resource set includes: At least one resource of the signal sent by the network-side device.

17. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, further comprising: When the terminal is connected to the first network-side device, the terminal determines the target information based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map; The terminal triggers at least one of the following based on the target information: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of the measurement result; The target information includes at least one of the following: The channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device; The channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device; The line-of-sight (LOS) probability between the terminal and the first network-side device; The LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device; The latency between the terminal and the first network-side device; The latency between the terminal and the second network-side device; The relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device; The relationship between the beam of the second network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein, The terminal triggers at least one of the following based on the target information: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of the measurement result: If the channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device is less than or equal to a first threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting for the second network-side device is triggered. If the channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device is greater than or equal to the second threshold, at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting is triggered. If the channel gain difference is less than or equal to the third threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results, wherein the channel gain difference is the difference between the channel gain between the terminal and the first network-side device and the channel gain between the terminal and the second network-side device; If the LOS probability between the terminal and the first network-side device is less than or equal to the fourth threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting for the second network-side device is triggered. If the LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device is greater than or equal to the fifth threshold, at least one of beam measurement of the second network-side device and measurement result reporting is triggered. If the LOS probability difference is less than or equal to the sixth threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results. The LOS probability difference is the difference between the LOS probability between the terminal and the first network-side device and the LOS probability between the terminal and the second network-side device. If the time delay between the terminal and the first network-side device is greater than or equal to the seventh threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered. If the time delay between the terminal and the second network-side device is less than or equal to the eighth threshold, at least one of beam measurement and measurement result reporting of the second network-side device is triggered. If the delay difference is greater than or equal to the ninth threshold, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results, wherein the delay difference is the difference between the delay between the terminal and the first network-side device and the delay between the terminal and the second network-side device; If the relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device includes the case where the beam of the first network-side device is located at the edge of the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results. If the relationship between the beam of the first network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device includes that the next beam of the first network-side device is farther away from the center beam of the coverage area of ​​the first network-side device than the previous beam of the first network-side device, at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results. If the relationship between the beam of the second network-side device and the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device includes that the next beam of the second network-side device is closer to the center beam of the coverage area of ​​the second network-side device than the previous beam of the second network-side device, then at least one of the following is triggered: beam measurement of the second network-side device and reporting of measurement results.

19. An information determination method, comprising: Network-side devices obtain location-related information of the terminal; The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, and the object includes at least one of the following: Beam set, resource set.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein, The network-side device determines the objects associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, including: The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein, The location-related information includes the following: The location information of the terminal and the measurement quantities used for the positioning of the terminal; The measured quantity includes at least one of the following: Time difference of arrival, round-trip delay, departure angle, angle of arrival, downlink positioning reference signal received power, uplink detection reference signal received power, downlink positioning reference signal received path power, uplink detection reference signal received path power, downlink reference signal carrier phase, downlink reference signal carrier phase difference, and uplink reference signal carrier phase.

22. The method according to claim 20 or 21, wherein, The channel knowledge map includes: location information, and channel information associated with the location information; The channel information includes at least one of the following: Path loss, channel gain, signal reception quality, shadow variance, shadow fading, spatial correlation matrix, angle of arrival, angle of departure, multipath information, Rice factor, angle spread, delay spread, and channel state information (CSI).

23. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 22, wherein, The environmental information includes at least one of the following: Radio environment map, 3D map, point cloud information.

24. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein, The beam index map includes: The beam index associated with the location-related information, or the index of the beam pair associated with the location-related information.

25. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 24, wherein, The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information, including the following: The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on the channel knowledge map and the location-related information. The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on environmental information and the location-related information. The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on the beam index map and the location-related information. The network-side device determines the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the measurement results of the location-related information and uplink reference signal.

26. The method according to any one of claims 19 to 25, further comprising: The network-side device sends the object's information to the terminal.

27. The method according to claim 26, further comprising: The network-side device receives the reporting information sent by the terminal, the reporting information including: The index corresponding to at least one subset of the object, and the measurement result corresponding to the at least one subset.

28. An information determination method, comprising: The network-side device receives reporting information sent by the terminal, and the reporting information includes at least one of the following: The index corresponding to the object associated with the terminal, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal; The measurement results corresponding to the objects associated with the terminal, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal; The object includes at least one of the following: Beam set, resource set.

29. The method according to claim 28, wherein, The beam set is a subset of the beam set configured by the network-side device; and / or The resource set is a subset of the resource set configured by the network-side device.

30. The method according to claim 28 or 29, further comprising: The network-side device receives capability information reported by the terminal, which indicates whether the terminal is supported in determining the associated object based on location-related information.

31. An information determining device, comprising: The processing module is used to obtain location-related information; The processing module is further configured to determine the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, the object including at least one of the following: Beam set, resource set.

32. The apparatus according to claim 31, wherein, The processing module is used to determine the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information.

33. The apparatus according to claim 31 or 32, further comprising: The sending module is used to report capability information, which indicates whether the terminal is supported for determining the associated object based on location-related information.

34. An information determining device, comprising: The processing module is used to obtain location-related information of the terminal; The processing module is further configured to determine the object associated with the terminal based on the location-related information, the object including at least one of the following: Beam set, resource set.

35. The apparatus according to claim 34, wherein, The processing module is used to determine the object associated with the terminal based on at least one of the channel knowledge map, environmental information, and beam index map, as well as the location-related information.

36. An information determining device, comprising: The receiving module is configured to receive reporting information sent by the terminal, wherein the reporting information includes at least one of the following: The index corresponding to the object associated with the terminal, or the index corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal; The measurement results corresponding to the objects associated with the terminal, or the measurement results corresponding to at least one subset of the objects associated with the terminal; The object includes at least one of the following: Beam set, resource set.

37. The apparatus according to claim 36, wherein, The receiving module is also used to receive capability information reported by the terminal, the capability information being used to indicate whether the terminal is supported in determining the object associated with it based on location-related information.

38. A terminal comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the information determination method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 18.

39. A network-side device, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the information determination method as claimed in any one of claims 19 to 27, or the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the information determination method as claimed in any one of claims 28 to 30.

40. A readable storage medium storing a program or instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the information determination method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 18, or the steps of the information determination method as claimed in any one of claims 19 to 27, or the steps of the information determination method as claimed in any one of claims 28 to 30.

41. A computer program product stored in a storage medium, the computer program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the information determination method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 18, or the steps of the information determination method as claimed in any one of claims 19 to 27, or the steps of the information determination method as claimed in any one of claims 28 to 30.

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