Configuration request method, terminal device, and network device

Abstract

The present application relates to a configuration request method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, a computer program, and a communication system. The method comprises: a terminal device sends first information to a network device, wherein the first information is used for requesting a configuration of data collection task requirements, and the first information comprises one or more pieces of the following information: first indication information, used for indicating a functional feature associated with a data collection task; second indication information, used for indicating an inference mode requirement between input information and output information of a model associated with the functional feature; third indication information, used for indicating the type of a data recording event required by the data collection task; fourth indication information, used for indicating a transmission period of a measurement reference signal required by the data collection task; and fifth indication information, used for indicating a frequency domain resource associated with the measurement reference signal required by the data collection task. The embodiments of the present application can improve the efficiency of data collection.

Description

Configure request methods, terminal devices, and network devices. Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of communications, and more specifically, to a configuration request method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, a computer program, and a communication system. Background Technology

[0002] With the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in terminal devices of communication systems, these devices also have data collection needs for model training tasks, and some data collection tasks may even need to be customized. Therefore, it is necessary to consider how to improve the efficiency of data collection. Summary of the Invention

[0003] This application provides a configuration request method that can improve the efficiency of data collection.

[0004] This application provides a configuration request method, including:

[0005] The terminal device sends first information to the network device. The first information is used to request the configuration of data collection task requirements. The first information includes one or more of the following:

[0006] The first instruction information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task;

[0007] The second instruction information is used to indicate the reasoning pattern requirements between the input and output information of the model associated with functional characteristics;

[0008] The third instruction information is used to indicate the type of data recording events required by the requested data collection task;

[0009] The fourth indication information is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task;

[0010] The fifth instruction information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task.

[0011] This application provides a configuration request method, including:

[0012] The network device receives first information sent by the terminal device. The first information is used to request configuration of data collection task requirements. The first information includes one or more of the following:

[0013] The first instruction information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task;

[0014] The second instruction information is used to indicate the reasoning pattern requirements between the input and output information of the model associated with functional characteristics;

[0015] The third instruction information is used to indicate the type of data recording events required by the requested data collection task;

[0016] The fourth indication information is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task;

[0017] The fifth instruction information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task.

[0018] This application provides a terminal device, including:

[0019] The first communication module is used to send first information to the network device. The first information is used to request the configuration of data collection task requirements. The first information includes one or more of the following:

[0020] The first instruction information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task;

[0021] The second instruction information is used to indicate the reasoning pattern requirements between the input and output information of the model associated with functional characteristics;

[0022] The third instruction information is used to indicate the type of data recording events required by the requested data collection task;

[0023] The fourth indication information is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task;

[0024] The fifth instruction information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task.

[0025] This application provides a network device, including:

[0026] The second communication module is used to receive first information sent by the terminal device. The first information is used to request the configuration of data collection task requirements. The first information includes one or more of the following:

[0027] The first instruction information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task;

[0028] The second instruction information is used to indicate the reasoning pattern requirements between the input and output information of the model associated with functional characteristics;

[0029] The third instruction information is used to indicate the type of data recording events required by the requested data collection task;

[0030] The fourth indication information is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task;

[0031] The fifth instruction information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task.

[0032] This application provides a terminal device, including a transceiver, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores a computer program, the transceiver communicates with other devices, and the processor invokes the computer program stored in the memory to cause the terminal device to execute the configuration request method described above.

[0033] This application provides a network device, including a transceiver, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores a computer program, the transceiver communicates with other devices, and the processor invokes the computer program stored in the memory to cause the network device to execute the configuration request method described above.

[0034] This application provides a chip for implementing the configuration request method described above.

[0035] Specifically, the chip includes a processor for calling a computer program from memory, causing a device equipped with the chip to execute the configuration request method described above.

[0036] This application provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program that, when run by a device, causes the device to execute the configuration request method described above.

[0037] This application provides a computer program product, including computer program instructions that cause a computer to execute the configuration request method described above.

[0038] This application provides a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute the above-described configuration request method.

[0039] This application provides a communication system, including a terminal device and a network device for executing the configuration request method described above.

[0040] In this embodiment of the application, the terminal device sends first information to the network device to request the configuration of the data collection task requirements. This makes it easier for the network device to configure the terminal device with the appropriate data collection configuration, better meet the actual data collection requirements of the terminal device, and thus improve the efficiency of data collection. Attached Figure Description

[0041] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of this application.

[0042] Figure 2 is a schematic flowchart of a configuration request method according to an embodiment of this application.

[0043] Figure 3 is a schematic flowchart of a configuration request method according to another embodiment of this application.

[0044] Figure 4 is a schematic flowchart of a configuration request method according to another embodiment of this application.

[0045] Figure 5 is a schematic flowchart of a configuration request method according to another embodiment of this application.

[0046] Figure 6 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of this application.

[0047] Figure 7 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to another embodiment of this application.

[0048] Figure 8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of this application.

[0049] Figure 9 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of this application.

[0050] Figure 10 is a schematic block diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of this application.

[0051] Figure 11 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0052] The technical solutions in the embodiments of this application will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0053] The technical solutions of this application embodiment can be applied to various communication systems, such as: Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, Advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE-A) systems, New Radio (NR) systems, evolution systems of NR systems, LTE-based access to unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) systems, NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) systems, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) systems, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), 5th Generation (5G) systems, 6th Generation (6G) systems, or other communication systems.

[0054] Traditional communication systems typically support a limited number of connections and are easy to implement. However, with the development of communication technology, mobile communication systems will not only support traditional communication but also, for example, device-to-device (D2D) communication, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, or vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. The embodiments of this application can also be applied to these communication systems.

[0055] In one implementation, the communication system in this application embodiment can be applied to a carrier aggregation (CA) scenario, a dual connectivity (DC) scenario, or a standalone (SA) network deployment scenario.

[0056] In one embodiment, the communication system in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to unlicensed spectrum, where the unlicensed spectrum can also be considered as shared spectrum; or, the communication system in the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to licensed spectrum, where the licensed spectrum can also be considered as non-shared spectrum.

[0057] The embodiments of the present application describe various embodiments in combination with network devices and terminal devices, where the terminal device can also be referred to as User Equipment (UE), access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile device, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or user device, etc.

[0058] The terminal device can be a station (STA) in a WLAN, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a next-generation communication system such as an NR network, or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, etc.

[0059] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can be deployed on land, including indoor or outdoor, handheld, wearable or vehicle-mounted; it can also be deployed on water (such as a ship, etc.); it can also be deployed in the air (such as an airplane, a balloon, a satellite, etc.).

[0060] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical, a wireless terminal device in smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in smart city, or a wireless terminal device in smart home, etc.

[0061] By way of example and not limitation, in an embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. A wearable device, also known as a wearable intelligent device, is a general term for devices developed by applying wearable technologies to the intelligent design of daily wear, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothing, and shoes. A wearable device is a portable device that is either directly worn on the body or integrated into the user's clothing or accessories. A wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction, and cloud interaction. Broadly speaking, wearable intelligent devices include those with complete functions and large sizes that can realize complete or partial functions without relying on a smart phone, such as smart watches or smart glasses, etc., and those that only focus on a certain type of application function and need to cooperate with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart bracelets and smart jewelry for physical sign monitoring.

[0062] In an embodiment of the present application, the network device may be a device used to communicate with a mobile device. The network device may be an access point (AP) in a WLAN, an evolved base station (Evolutional Node B, eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, or a relay station or access point, or a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a network device (gNB) in an NR network, or a network device in a future evolved PLMN network, or a network device in an NTN network, etc.

[0063] By way of example and not limitation, in an embodiment of the present application, the network device may have mobility characteristics. For example, the network device may be a mobile device. Optionally, the network device may be a satellite or a balloon station. For example, the satellite may be a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, a medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite, a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite, a high elliptical orbit (HEO) satellite, etc. Optionally, the network device may also be a base station located on land, water, etc.

[0064] In an embodiment of the present application, a network device can provide services for a cell, and a terminal device communicates with the network device through the transmission resources used by the cell (for example, frequency domain resources, or in other words, spectrum resources). The cell can be a cell corresponding to the network device (such as a base station). The cell can belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a small cell. Here, the small cell can include: metro cell, micro cell, pico cell, femto cell, etc. These small cells have the characteristics of small coverage range and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission services.

[0065] FIG. 1 exemplarily shows a communication system 100. The communication system includes a network device 110 and two terminal devices 120. In one embodiment, the communication system 100 can include multiple network devices 110, and the coverage range of each network device 110 can include other numbers of terminal devices 120. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0066] In one embodiment, the communication system 100 can further include other network entities such as a Mobility Management Entity (MME), an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), etc. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0067] Among them, the network device can further include an access network device and a core network device. That is, the wireless communication system further includes multiple core networks for communicating with the access network device. The access network device can be an evolved base station (evolutional node B, which can be abbreviated as eNB or e-NodeB), macro base station, micro base station (also called "small base station"), pico base station, access point (AP), transmission point (TP), or new generation Node B (gNodeB) in a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) system, a Next Radio (NR) system, or an Authorized Auxiliary Access Long-Term Evolution (LAA-LTE) system.

[0068] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, a device with communication functions in a network / system can be referred to as a communication device. Taking the communication system shown in FIG. 1 as an example, the communication device can include a network device and a terminal device with communication functions. The network device and the terminal device can be specific devices in the embodiments of the present application, which will not be elaborated here; the communication device can also include other devices in the communication system, such as other network entities like a network controller, a mobility management entity, etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0069] It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably in this article. The term "and / or" in this article merely describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / " in this article generally represents an "or" relationship between the associated objects before and after.

[0070] It should be understood that the "indication" mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can be a direct indication, an indirect indication, or a representation of an association relationship. For example, A indicates B, which can mean that A directly indicates B, for example, B can be obtained through A; it can also mean that A indirectly indicates B, for example, A indicates C, and B can be obtained through C; it can also mean that there is an association relationship between A and B.

[0071] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "corresponding" can represent a direct or indirect corresponding relationship between two entities, can also represent an association relationship between the two, or can be relationships such as indication and being indicated, configuration and being configured, etc.

[0072] To facilitate the understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the related technologies of the embodiments of the present application are described below. In the related technologies, since the data collection scenario is optimized for network device use cases, the network device will actively initiate a request for a data collection task, and the configuration of data collection is actively triggered by the network device. However, with the application of AI technology on the terminal device side, the terminal device also has data collection requirements, and even customizes some data collection tasks. The configuration required for data collection actively triggered by the network device cannot guarantee that it can definitely meet the personalized data collection requirements on the terminal device side, thus affecting the efficiency of data collection.

[0073] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application mainly aim to solve at least one of the above problems. FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a configuration request method executed by a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application. This method can optionally be applied to the system shown in FIG. 1, but is not limited thereto. The method includes:

[0074] S210. The terminal device sends a first message to the network device. The first message is used to request the configuration of the data collection task requirements. The first message includes one or more of the following information:

[0075] The first indication information, which is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task;

[0076] The second indication information, which is used to indicate the inference mode requirements between the input information and the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics;

[0077] The third indication information, which is used to indicate the type of data recording event for the requested data collection task requirements;

[0078] The fourth indication information, which is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal for the requested data collection task requirements;

[0079] The fifth indication information, which is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal for the requested data collection task requirements.

[0080] Exemplarily, the data collection task may be a task of collecting a dataset related to the training and monitoring of an AI model. For example, the terminal device expects to use an AI model to implement specific functional characteristics. Therefore, it is necessary to execute a data collection task to obtain the relevant dataset and use it to train the AI model.

[0081] In the embodiments of this application, the first message is used to request the configuration of the data collection task requirements, which can be understood as: the first message is used to indicate to the network device the configuration required by the terminal device, or rather, the first message is used for the network device to determine the configuration required by the terminal device, and this configuration is used to execute the data collection task.

[0082] Exemplarily, the configuration of the data collection task requirements may include the transmission configuration of the collected data, the transmission configuration of the measurement reference signal, etc. For example, for a data collection task related to the beam management function or the radio resource management (RRM) function (such as the data collected by this data collection task can be used for the AI model training related to the beam management function), the network device may provide the terminal device with the configuration for collecting model training data. This configuration includes the configuration related to the measurement reference signal or includes the configuration related to the measurement reference signal and the first identification information. Among them, the configuration related to the measurement reference signal includes the beam identification corresponding to the reference signal that the terminal device needs to measure. The first identification information is used to indicate the applicable conditions related to the beam management function, and the first identification information is related to the network device. The applicable conditions indicated by the first identification information can ensure the model performance consistency between the model training process and the model inference process. Each type of dataset for model training can be associated with a type of first identification information. After the model training is completed, the obtained model can also be associated with this first identification information. When the terminal device reaches a network environment, if the first identification information indicated in the model inference configuration provided by the network device is the same as the first identification information associated with the model of the corresponding function stored after the terminal device downloads, it is considered that the model stored by the terminal device at least meets the applicable conditions. Optionally, the first identification information is an ID identification. For example, the first identification information is related to the implementation of the network device and can distinguish different network devices through hardware configuration (such as antenna size, antenna angle, antenna height, etc.) and / or software configuration (such as software program, data, etc.). The model deployed by the terminal device may not necessarily obtain good working performance by separately meeting the applicable conditions indicated by the first identification information. However, if the applicable conditions are not met, generally it is considered that the corresponding model cannot work with high performance. The applicable conditions are only one of the conditions that need to be met under the requirement of realizing high-performance model work.

[0083] Correspondingly to the above method, FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a configuration request method executed by a network device according to an embodiment of the present application. This method can optionally be applied to the system shown in FIG. 1, but is not limited thereto. This method includes:

[0084] S310. The network device receives the first information sent by the terminal device. The first information is used to request the configuration of the data collection task requirements. Among them, the first information includes one or more of the following information:

[0085] The first indication information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task;

[0086] The second indication information is used to indicate the inference mode requirements between the input information and the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics;

[0087] The third indication information, which is used to indicate the type of data recording event for the requested data collection task requirement;

[0088] The fourth indication information, which is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal for the requested data collection task requirement;

[0089] The fifth indication information, which is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal for the requested data collection task requirement.

[0090] Exemplarily, the network device may be an access network device or a core network device.

[0091] Exemplarily, the access network device is any one of the following: gNB, Centralized Unit (CU), Distributed Unit (DU), Centralized Unit-Control Plane (CU-CP), Centralized Unit-User Plane (CU-UP).

[0092] Exemplarily, the core network device is any one of the following: location management function (LMF) network element, network slice selection function (NSSF), authentication server function (AUSF), unified data management (UDM), access and mobility management function (AMF), session management function (SMF), policy control function (PCF), user plane function (UPF), sensing function (SF), network data analytics function (NWDAF) network element, AI function management entity.

[0093] According to the configuration request method of any of the above embodiments, by sending the first information from the terminal device to the network device to request the configuration of the data collection task requirements, it is convenient for the network device to configure the appropriate configuration required for data collection for the terminal device, effectively avoiding the network device from configuring the inappropriate configuration required for data collection for the terminal device. At the same time, it better meets the actual data collection requirements of the terminal device, thereby improving the efficiency of data collection.

[0094] The first information includes the first indication information and has the following beneficial effects: It can assist the network device to clarify the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requirements of the terminal device, so that the network device can perform the configuration distribution operation for the functional characteristics required by the terminal device, improving the efficiency of the data collection task of the terminal device and avoiding the network device from configuring the configuration that does not meet the requirements of the terminal device.

[0095] The first information includes the second indication information and has the following beneficial effects: The second indication information can assist the network device to configure the measurement resources (such as beam set resources, etc.) that meet the model training requirements of the terminal device, so that the data set collected by the terminal device can train a model that meets the customized requirements of the terminal device, and the data collection efficiency is high.

[0096] The first information includes the third indication information and has the following beneficial effects: The third indication information can assist the network device to configure the data recording events that meet the data collection requirements of the terminal device, so that the data set collected by the terminal device is more concise, and the data collection efficiency is high.

[0097] The first information includes the fourth indication information and has the following beneficial effects: The fourth indication information can assist the network device to configure the resource period that meets the data collection requirements of the terminal device, so that the terminal device can collect the data set in a specific resource period scenario and train an AI model for that scenario, and the data collection efficiency is high.

[0098] The first information includes the fifth indication information and has the following beneficial effects: The fifth indication information can assist the network device to configure the frequency domain resources that meet the model training requirements of the terminal device. For example, if the terminal device hopes to perform a data collection task for specific frequency domain resources of a specific operator, the terminal device can indicate the fifth indication information to the network device. Then, the network device can customize the data collection task configuration according to the requirements of the terminal device, improving the data collection efficiency.

[0099] The beneficial effects of the different implementation manners of the first information introduced below are combinations of the beneficial effects of the above indication information, and will not be elaborated one by one here.

[0100] In one implementation, the first information includes first indication information (in this case, the first information can be considered as the first indication information); in another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information and the second indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information and the third indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the second indication information, and the third indication information.

[0101] In yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information and the fourth indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the second indication information, and the fourth indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the third indication information, and the fourth indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the second indication information, the third indication information, and the fourth indication information.

[0102] In yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information and the fifth indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the second indication information, and the fifth indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the third indication information, and the fifth indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the second indication information, the third indication information, and the fifth indication information.

[0103] In yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the fourth indication information, and the fifth indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the second indication information, the fourth indication information, and the fifth indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the third indication information, the fourth indication information, and the fifth indication information; in yet another implementation, the first information includes the first indication information, the second indication information, the third indication information, the fourth indication information, and the fifth indication information.

[0104] In yet another implementation, the first information includes the second indication information (in this case, the first information can be considered as the second indication information), or the first information includes the third indication information (in this case, the first information can be considered as the third indication information), or the first information includes the fourth indication information (in this case, the first information can be considered as the fourth indication information), or the first information includes the fifth indication information (in this case, the first information can be considered as the fifth indication information).

[0105] In yet another implementation, the first information includes the second indication information and the fifth indication information, or the first information includes the second indication information and the fourth indication information, or the first information includes the second indication information, the fourth indication information, and the fifth indication information.

[0106] It can be understood that in practical applications, the first information may include any combination of one or more of the above first to fifth indication information. For example, the first information includes the second indication information and the third indication information, or the first information includes the second indication information, the third indication information, and the fourth indication information, or the first information includes the second indication information, the third indication information, the fourth indication information, and the fifth indication information, or the first information includes the fourth indication information and the fifth indication information. Specifically, it can be set according to protocol agreements, system agreements, or application scenario requirements. Any combination form belongs to the protection scope of this application. For the sake of simplicity, they are not listed one by one here.

[0107] In some embodiments, the value range of the functional characteristics indicated by the first indication information may include one or more of the following functions: channel state information (CSI) compression feedback function, beam management function, positioning function, RRM function, CSI prediction function, RRM event prediction function, sensing function, beam failure detection (BFD) function, radio link failure (RLF) function, channel estimation function, low layer triggered mobility (LTM) function. Since the data collection configurations required for different functional characteristic requirements are different, the first indication information can assist the network device in confirming which configuration corresponding to the functional characteristics the terminal device needs to perform the data collection task, so that the network device can configure the appropriate configurations required for data collection for the terminal device.

[0108] It should be noted that in practical applications, the value range of the functional characteristics indicated by the first indication information may include any one of the above functions, or a combination of multiple functions. For example, the above functional characteristics are the beam management function or the RRM function. The value range of the functional characteristics can be determined according to protocol agreements, system agreements, scenario requirements, etc. For the sake of simplicity, the possible implementation manners are not listed one by one here.

[0109] In one implementation manner, the value of the first indication information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device. The association relationship between the value of the first indication information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device is agreed by the default protocol method. Through the value of the first indication information, the network device can confirm the functional characteristics involved in this request, and this implementation manner has good scalability.

[0110] Exemplarily, the first indication information is an identification information, such as an ID (identifier). One value of the first indication information is associated with one functional characteristic. For example, the identifier '0000' is associated with the beam management function, '0001' is associated with the RRM function, '0010' is associated with the LTM function, '0011' is associated with the channel state information feedback function, and so on.

[0111] Exemplarily, the first indication information is an enumerated type parameter, and each element of the enumerated type parameter corresponds to one functional characteristic. For example, the value range of the enumerated type parameter contains 4 elements. Among them, the first element corresponds to the beam management function, the second element corresponds to the RRM function, the third element corresponds to the LTM function, and the fourth element corresponds to the channel state information compression feedback function.

[0112] In another implementation manner, the functional characteristic associated with the data collection task requested by the first indication information of the terminal device is determined at a predefined position of the parameter carrying the first information in the protocol.

[0113] Exemplarily, if the parameter carrying the first information is defined specifically for the beam management function, the appearance of the parameter carrying the first information enables the network device to confirm that the functional characteristic involved in this request is the beam management function. For example, the first parameter defined for the beam management function is used to carry the first information, and the predefined first parameter is located after a specific second parameter. After decoding the second parameter, the network device determines whether the first parameter appears according to the decoded indication bit. If the first parameter appears, it is determined that the first information carried in the first parameter is a configuration for requesting the data collection task requirements associated with the beam management function. Determining the functional characteristic associated with the data collection task through the predefined position of the parameter carrying the first information in the protocol can save overhead.

[0114] In some embodiments, the second indication information is used to indicate the inference mode requirement between the input information and the output information of the model associated with the above functional characteristic, that is, for this functional characteristic, the inference mode between the input information and the output information of the model required by the terminal device. The inference mode between the input information and the output information can also be referred to as the model input-output inference rule or the model input-output inference requirement. The network device can be assisted by the second indication information to confirm the inference mode between the input information and the output information of the model required by the terminal device, so that the network device can configure the appropriate configuration required for data collection for the terminal device, and then train the AI model actually required by the terminal device to implement the above functional characteristic.

[0115] In one implementation, the value of the second indication information indicates the inference mode requirement between the input information and the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic, and the association relationship between the value of the second indication information and the inference mode is agreed upon by the default protocol method. The value of the second indication information indicates the inference mode requirement between the input information and the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic, and this implementation has good scalability.

[0116] Exemplarily, the second indication information is an identification information, such as an ID. Different inference modes can be indicated by identification information with different values. For example, the identification "000" indicates one inference mode, and the identification "001" indicates another inference mode. The association relationship between the identification information with different values and the inference mode can be agreed upon by the default protocol method.

[0117] Exemplarily, the second indication information is an enumerated type parameter, and each element of the enumerated type parameter corresponds to an inference mode. The association relationship between each element included in the enumerated type parameter and the inference mode is agreed upon by the default protocol method.

[0118] Taking the beam management function as an example, the following introduces the meaning of the second indication information being an ID identification information through an example: When the value of the second indication information is "000", it represents the prediction behavior from 4 beams to 4 beams, that is, the inference mode between the input information and the output information of the model can be to predict the measurement results of another 4 beams using the measurement results of 4 beams to obtain the measurement results of 8 beams; or, when the value of the second indication information is "001", it represents the prediction behavior from 8 beams to 24 beams, that is, the inference mode between the input information and the output information of the model can be to predict the measurement results of another 24 beams using the measurement results of 8 beams to obtain the measurement results of 32 beams; or, when the value of the second indication information is "010", it represents the prediction behavior from 4 beams to 8 beams, that is, the inference mode between the input information and the output information of the model can be to predict the measurement results of 8 narrow beams using the measurement results of 4 wide beams; or, when the value of the second indication information is "011", it represents the prediction behavior from 8 beams to 32 beams, that is, the inference mode between the input information and the output information of the model can be to predict the measurement results of 32 narrow beams using the measurement results of 8 wide beams.

[0119] In some embodiments, the second indication information may include a number of parameters, and each parameter in the number of parameters is used to indicate an information dimension of the inference mode. For example, assuming that the model is used for CSI compression feedback, the input information of the model is the encoded bitstream corresponding to the original CSI information, and the output information is the compressed bitstream. The second indication information may include parameter 1 and parameter 2. Parameter 1 is used to indicate the number of bits in the encoded bitstream corresponding to the original CSI information in the input information of the model, and parameter 2 is used to indicate the number of bits in the compressed bitstream in the output information of the model.

[0120] In some embodiments, the second indication information includes a first parameter; the first parameter is used to indicate the number of beam requirements corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic and the number of beam requirements corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic.

[0121] Exemplarily, the functional characteristic associated with the data collection task is the beam management function, and the number of beam requirements corresponding to the input information and the output information of the model are indicated by one parameter (the first parameter). This implementation method is simple and can save overhead. For example: when the value of the first parameter is "000", it represents the prediction from 4 beams to 8 beams, "001" represents the prediction from 8 beams to 16 beams, "010" represents the prediction from 8 beams to 32 beams, etc.

[0122] In some embodiments, the second indication information includes a second parameter and a third parameter; wherein, the second parameter is used to indicate the number of beam requirements corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic, and the third parameter is used to indicate the number of beam requirements corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic.

[0123] Exemplarily, the functional characteristic associated with the data collection task is the beam management function, and the number of beam requirements corresponding to the input information and the output information of the model are indicated by different parameters (the second parameter and the third parameter). This implementation method is more flexible in indication. For example: when the value of the second parameter is "00", it represents that the number of beams corresponding to the input information is 4, when the value of the second parameter is "01", it represents that the number of beams corresponding to the input information is 8, when the value of the second parameter is "10", it represents that the number of beams corresponding to the input information is 16, and when the value of the second parameter is "11", it represents that the number of beams corresponding to the input information is 32. When the value of the third parameter is "00", it represents that the number of beams corresponding to the output information is 8, when the value of the third parameter is "01", it represents that the number of beams corresponding to the output information is 16, when the value of the third parameter is "10", it represents that the number of beams corresponding to the output information is 64, and when the value of the third parameter is "11", it represents that the number of beams corresponding to the output information is 128.

[0124] In some embodiments, the second indication information further includes a fourth parameter; the fourth parameter is used to indicate any one of the following information:

[0125] The physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic and the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model; or,

[0126] Whether the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic are the same as the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model.

[0127] Exemplarily, the physical characteristics of the beam include the characteristics of at least one dimension of the size, width, coverage angle, and 3dB gain angle of the beam.

[0128] In one implementation, the fourth parameter is used to indicate the physical characteristics of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model required by the terminal device and the physical characteristics of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model. That is, the physical characteristics of the beam corresponding to the input information and the physical characteristics of the beam corresponding to the output information are indicated by one parameter (the fourth parameter). For example: "00" indicates that the beam corresponding to the input information of the model is a narrow beam, and the beam corresponding to the output information of the model is a narrow beam; "01" indicates that the beam corresponding to the input information of the model is a wide beam, and the beam corresponding to the output information of the model is a narrow beam; "10" indicates that the beam corresponding to the input information of the model is a wide beam, and the beam corresponding to the output information of the model is a wide beam. In this implementation, the meaning of each value of the fourth parameter is clearer.

[0129] In another implementation, the fourth parameter is used to indicate whether the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model are the same as the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model. In this implementation, it may not indicate whether the actual beam requirement is a wide beam or a narrow beam, and the network device can determine whether to configure a wide beam or a narrow beam for the terminal device based on the implementation. For example: when the value of the fourth parameter is "1", it indicates that the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model are the same as the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model; when the value of the fourth parameter is "0", it indicates that the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model are different from the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model. This implementation saves more signaling overhead.

[0130] In some embodiments, the first information at least includes the third indication information, and the third indication information is used to indicate the type of data recording event required for the requested data collection task.

[0131] Wherein, the type of data recording event may refer to the way the terminal device records data, such as periodically recording sampled data, recording sampled data after an event is triggered (such as periodically recording sampled data event after an event is triggered). In other words, the value range of the type of data recording event may include a periodically recording sampled data event, an event-triggered sampled data recording event, etc.

[0132] Specifically, the periodic recording of sampling data events means that after the configuration required for data collection is activated, the terminal device records sampling data according to a fixed sampling period. From the time domain perspective, the sampling data recorded in this way has the characteristic of being continuous in the time domain.

[0133] The periodic recording of sampling data events after an event is triggered means that after the configuration required for data collection is activated, the terminal device first needs to determine whether the first event is satisfied before starting the data recording behavior. Under the condition that the first event is satisfied, the terminal device officially starts recording sampling data. Generally speaking, during the period when the first event is satisfied, the terminal device will record sampling data according to a fixed sampling period. From the time domain perspective, the sampling data recorded in this way may not be continuous in the time domain.

[0134] Different types of data recording events correspond to different data acquisition effects. For example, for the periodic recording of sampling data events, the data recorded by this type of event is more comprehensive; for the periodic recording of sampling data events after an event is triggered, the data recorded by this event is more targeted, and some unnecessary data sampling can be filtered through the event.

[0135] In one implementation, the third indication information is an identification information (such as an ID identification), and one value of the third indication information is associated with one type of data recording event. For example: the identification '0000' is associated with the periodic recording event, '0001' is associated with the recording event triggered by the first event, '0010' is associated with the recording event triggered by the second event, etc. The first event is, for example, that the layer 3 cell measurement result of the current serving cell obtained by the terminal device is greater than the first threshold, and the second event is, for example, that the layer 3 cell measurement result of the current serving cell obtained by the terminal device is less than the second threshold. According to the above implementation, through the value of the third indication information, the network device can confirm the type of data recording event expected for this request. In another implementation, the third indication information is an enumerated parameter, and each element of the enumerated parameter corresponds to one type of data recording event.

[0136] Exemplarily, the first event that triggers data recording may include one or more of the following events:

[0137] The layer 3 cell measurement result of the current serving cell obtained by the terminal device is greater than the first threshold;

[0138] The layer 3 cell measurement result of the current serving cell obtained by the terminal device is greater than the first threshold and the state where the layer 3 cell measurement result of the serving cell is greater than the first threshold has lasted for the first duration;

[0139] The layer 3 cell measurement result of the current serving cell obtained by the terminal device is less than the second threshold;

[0140] The state that the layer 3 cell measurement result of the current serving cell obtained by the terminal device is less than the second threshold and the state that the layer 3 cell measurement result of the serving cell is less than the second threshold lasts for the second duration;

[0141] The beam measurement result of the best beam of the current serving cell obtained by the terminal device is greater than the third threshold;

[0142] The state that the beam measurement result of the best beam of the current serving cell obtained by the terminal device is greater than the third threshold and the state that the beam measurement result of the best beam of the serving cell is greater than the third threshold lasts for the third duration;

[0143] The beam measurement result of the best beam of the current serving cell obtained by the terminal device is less than the fourth threshold;

[0144] The state that the beam measurement result of the best beam of the current serving cell obtained by the terminal device is less than the fourth threshold and the state that the beam measurement result of the best beam of the serving cell is less than the fourth threshold lasts for the fourth duration;

[0145] The beam measurement result of the best serving beam of the terminal device is greater than the fifth threshold;

[0146] The state that the beam measurement result of the best serving beam of the terminal device is greater than the fifth threshold and the state that the beam measurement result of the best serving beam is greater than the fifth threshold lasts for the fifth duration;

[0147] The beam measurement result of the best serving beam of the terminal device is less than the sixth threshold;

[0148] The state that the beam measurement result of the best serving beam of the terminal device is less than the sixth threshold and the state that the beam measurement result of the best serving beam is less than the sixth threshold lasts for the sixth duration;

[0149] The T310 timer is started. When the T310 timer expires, the terminal device will trigger a radio link failure.

[0150] In some embodiments, the first information at least includes fifth indication information, and the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required for the requested data collection task. The fifth indication information can assist the network device in understanding on which frequency domain resources the terminal device expects to perform the data collection task, and can effectively avoid the scenario where the frequency domain resources associated with the data collection task configured by the network device for the terminal device do not meet the actual requirements of the terminal device. Through the fifth indication information, the configuration requirements of the data collection task of the terminal device are clearer, and the efficiency of data collection is also higher.

[0151] In some embodiments, the frequency domain resources associated with the required measurement reference signal include one or more of the following information:

[0152] Frequency point (carrier) information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement;

[0153] Frequency band (band) information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement;

[0154] Subcarrier spacing (SCS) information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement.

[0155] Exemplarily, the first information includes fifth indication information, and the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the fifth indication information is used to indicate the subcarrier spacing information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information and subcarrier spacing information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency band information and subcarrier spacing information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information, frequency band information and subcarrier spacing information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement.

[0156] In some embodiments, the first information includes first indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes first indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes first indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the subcarrier spacing information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes first indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information and subcarrier spacing information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes first indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes first indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the subcarrier spacing information, frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement.

[0157] In some embodiments, the first information includes second indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes second indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes second indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the subcarrier spacing information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes second indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information and subcarrier spacing information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes second indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes second indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the subcarrier spacing information, frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement.

[0158] In some embodiments, the first information includes third indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes third indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes third indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the subcarrier spacing information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes third indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information and subcarrier spacing information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes third indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement; or, the first information includes third indication information and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the subcarrier spacing information, frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the measurement reference signal of the requirement.

[0159] In some embodiments, the first information includes second indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency point information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes second indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes second indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate subcarrier spacing information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes second indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency point information and subcarrier spacing information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes second indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes second indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate subcarrier spacing information, frequency point information, and frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal.

[0160] In some embodiments, the first information includes first indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency point information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate subcarrier spacing information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency point information and subcarrier spacing information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate subcarrier spacing information, frequency point information, and frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal.

[0161] In some embodiments, the first information includes first indication information, second indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency point information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, second indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, second indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate subcarrier spacing information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, second indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency point information and subcarrier spacing information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, second indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, second indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate subcarrier spacing information, frequency point information, and frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal.

[0162] In some embodiments, the first information includes first indication information, second indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency point information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, second indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes first indication information, second indication information, third indication information, and fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate subcarrier spacing information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information includes... The system comprises a first indication information, a second indication information, a third indication information, and a fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information and subcarrier spacing information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information comprises the first indication information, the second indication information, the third indication information, and the fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the frequency point information and frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal; or, the first information comprises the first indication information, the second indication information, the third indication information, and the fifth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate the subcarrier spacing information, frequency point information, and frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal.

[0163] For example, the subcarrier spacing is, for example, 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, 240 kHz, 480 kHz, 960 kHz, etc.

[0164] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG4, the configuration request method executed by the terminal device may further include:

[0165] S410, The terminal device receives second information sent by the network device; wherein the second information is used to reject the request of the first information.

[0166] Accordingly, the configuration request method executed by the network device may further include: the network device sending second information to the terminal device; wherein the second information is used to reject the request of the first information.

[0167] Optionally, the network device may reject the request for the first information under certain circumstances using the second information. For example, the network device may reject the request for the first information when resources are scarce or when the content requested by the terminal device exceeds the implementation scope of the network device.

[0168] In some embodiments, the second information includes sixth indication information, which is used to indicate the reason why the network device rejects the request of the first information.

[0169] In some embodiments, the reason information includes one or more of the following: the network device is experiencing resource constraints; the content requested by the terminal device exceeds the implementation scope of the network device. For example, the sixth instruction information may instruct the network device to reject the request for the first information due to resource constraints, or instruct the network device to reject the request for the first information because the content requested by the terminal device exceeds the implementation scope of the network device, or instruct the network device to reject the request for the first information because both resources are limited and the content requested by the terminal device exceeds the implementation scope of the network device.

[0170] In practical applications, the request sent by the terminal device through the first information may be rejected by the network device. The second information sent by the network device to the terminal device includes the sixth indication information, which can help the terminal device decide whether to initiate the request again, that is, whether to send the first information again, thereby avoiding unnecessary information transmission.

[0171] In some embodiments, the configuration request method executed by the terminal device may further include: if the reason information indicated by the sixth indication information is that the content requested by the terminal device exceeds the implementation scope of the network device, then the terminal device is not allowed to send the first information again in the same cell or is not allowed to send the first information again for the same data collection task requirement. Since the network device has indicated that the content requested by the terminal device exceeds the implementation scope of the network device, if the first information is sent again based on the same functional characteristics, it will still be rejected by the network device for the same reason. Therefore, setting the terminal device to not be allowed to send the first information again in the same cell or to not be allowed to send the first information again for the same data collection task requirement can avoid unnecessary information transmission.

[0172] In some embodiments, the configuration request method executed by the terminal device may further include: if the reason information indicated by the sixth indication information is that the network device is experiencing resource constraints, then during the operation of the first timer, the terminal device shall not allow the first information to be sent again or shall not allow the first information to be sent again due to the same data collection task requirement.

[0173] If the reason for rejecting the first message request is network device resource constraints, it means that the network device is only temporarily unable to accept the terminal device's request. To prevent the terminal device from repeatedly initiating requests within a short period of time, it can be agreed that the terminal device is prohibited from initiating requests again within a certain period of time (i.e., during the first timer's execution period), or that requests based on the same data collection task requirements are prohibited. In other words, before sending the first message, the terminal device needs to first determine whether the first timer associated with the function characteristic that triggered the request is running. The first message can only be sent if the first timer associated with the function characteristic that triggered the request is not running; otherwise, the sending of the first message is not allowed.

[0174] In some embodiments, the second information is further used to start the first timer. Optionally, if the reason information indicated by the sixth indication information includes resource scarcity of the network device, the second information or the sixth indication information is further used to trigger the start of the first timer.

[0175] In some embodiments, the start condition (or activation condition) of the first timer includes receiving second information. In one implementation, the start condition of the first timer may include receiving the second information; in another implementation, the start condition of the first timer includes receiving a sixth indication message, and the reason indicated by the sixth indication message includes resource shortage of the network device.

[0176] In some embodiments, the timing duration of the first timer is agreed upon by the protocol default method or determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device. The seventh indication information is used to indicate the timing duration of the first timer or to indicate the value of the calculation parameter for the timing duration of the first timer.

[0177] In some embodiments, if the timing duration of the first timer is determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device, the second information may further include the seventh indication information.

[0178] In some embodiments, the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity or at the terminal device granularity.

[0179] For example, the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity. Therefore, if a terminal device requests configuration for a corresponding data collection task requirement for a functional characteristic, the network device transmits the corresponding sixth indication information for that functional characteristic to indicate the rejection reason for that functional characteristic. If the terminal device requests configuration for a corresponding data collection task requirement for other functional characteristics, the network device also needs to transmit the corresponding sixth indication information for those other functional characteristics to indicate the rejection reason for those other functional characteristics.

[0180] For example, if the sixth instruction information is indicated at the terminal device granularity, then the reason indicated by the network device transmitting the sixth instruction information applies to all functional characteristics requested by the terminal device.

[0181] In some embodiments, if the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity, the second information also includes an eighth indication information, which is used to indicate the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information.

[0182] In one implementation, the eighth indication information is an identification information (e.g., an ID identifier). A value of the eighth indication information is associated with a functional feature. For example, identifier '0000' is associated with beam management function, '0001' with RRM function, '0010' with LTM function, '0011' with CSI compression feedback function, etc. The eighth indication information can also be an enumerated type parameter, where each element of the enumerated type parameter corresponds to a functional feature. In this method, the terminal device can confirm the functional feature involved in the rejection reason provided by the network device by the value of the eighth indication information. This implementation method has good scalability.

[0183] In another implementation, if the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity, the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information is determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the second information in the protocol. In other words, the eighth indication information is implicitly confirmed by the position of the parameter corresponding to the second information (or the second information containing the sixth indication information) in the protocol. For example, if the parameter carrying the second information (or the sixth indication information) is specifically defined for beam management, then the appearance of the parameter carrying the second information allows the terminal device to confirm that the functional characteristic involved in the rejection reason provided by the network device is beam management. This implementation saves overhead.

[0184] In one implementation, the sixth indication information is indicated according to the functional characteristic granularity, and the seventh indication information is also indicated according to the functional characteristic granularity (the functional characteristic associated with the seventh indication information is indicated by the eighth indication information, or the functional characteristic associated with the seventh indication information is implicitly confirmed by the position where the second information or the corresponding parameter of the second information including the sixth indication information appears in the protocol). In this way, the rejection reason and the first timer are independently maintained according to the functional characteristics in the protocol, that is: a first timer is independently maintained for different functional characteristics. During the operation of the first timer associated with one functional characteristic, the terminal device can still trigger the sending of the first information due to the requirements of other functional characteristics. This implementation can avoid the mutual constraints between functional characteristics and achieve greater flexibility.

[0185] In another implementation, the sixth indication information is indicated according to the functional characteristic granularity, and the seventh indication information is indicated according to the terminal device granularity. In this way, the rejection reason is indicated according to the functional characteristic granularity in the protocol, but the first timer is shared by each functional characteristic. That is, during the operation of the first timer, no functional characteristic can trigger the sending of the first information. This implementation is simple.

[0186] In one implementation, the behavior of the terminal device triggering the sending of the first information is triggered by the terminal device based on its own implementation. This way gives the terminal device the highest flexibility in implementation.

[0187] In another implementation, the behavior of the terminal device triggering the sending of the first information is triggered by the network device. Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 5, the configuration request method executed by the terminal device may further include:

[0188] S510. The terminal device receives the third information sent by the network device; wherein, the third information is used to request the terminal device to report the configuration requirements expected by the terminal device for the data collection task concerned by the network device.

[0189] Correspondingly, the configuration request method executed by the network device may further include: the network device sends the third information to the terminal device; wherein, the third information is used to request the terminal device to report the configuration requirements expected by the terminal device for the data collection task concerned by the network device.

[0190] This implementation can enable the network device to obtain in advance the configuration requirements expected by the terminal device for the data collection task it is concerned about, so that the network device has time to fully coordinate and schedule resources.

[0191] In some embodiments, the terminal device sending the first information to the network device may include: in response to successfully receiving the third information sent by the network device, the terminal device sends the first information to the network device.

[0192] In some embodiments, the value of the third information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task that the network device is concerned about. The association relationship between the value of the third information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task that the network device is concerned about is agreed upon by default through the protocol. Exemplarily, the third information is an identification information (such as an ID identification). One value of the third information is associated with one functional characteristic. For example, the identification '0000' is associated with the beam management function, '0001' is associated with the RRM function, '0010' is associated with the LTM function, '0011' is associated with the CSI compression feedback function, etc. The third information can also be an enumerated type parameter, and each element of the enumerated type parameter corresponds to one functional characteristic. In this way, through the value of the third information, the terminal device can confirm the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task that the network device is concerned about, and this implementation method has good scalability.

[0193] In some embodiments, the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task that the third information indicates for the network device to be concerned about are determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the third information in the protocol. For example: if the parameter carrying the third information is defined specifically for the beam management function, then the appearance of the parameter carrying the third information enables the terminal device to confirm that the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task that the network device is concerned about are the beam management function, and this implementation method saves overhead. For example: the third information indicates occupying one bit. When the value of this bit is '1', it indicates requesting the terminal device to report the configuration required for its own expected data collection; when the value is '0', it indicates not requesting the terminal device to report the configuration required for its own expected data collection, and the functional characteristics associated with this bit are determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying this bit in the protocol.

[0194] In some embodiments, the configuration request method performed by the network device may further include: the network device sending ninth indication information to the terminal device; where the ninth indication information is used to indicate whether to allow the terminal device to send the first information. Correspondingly, the terminal device sends the first information when the ninth indication information indicates that the terminal device is allowed to send the first information.

[0195] In one implementation, the step of the network device sending the ninth indication information to the terminal is performed before the terminal device sends the first information.

[0196] In one implementation, the step of the network device sending the ninth indication information to the terminal device is performed before the network device sends the third information. Exemplarily, the network device first sends the ninth indication information to the terminal device. When the ninth indication information indicates that the terminal device is allowed to send the first information, the network device can send the third information according to actual requirements to trigger the terminal device to report, through the first information, the configuration requirements expected by the terminal device for the data collection task that the network device is concerned about.

[0197] In some embodiments, the configuration request method executed by the terminal device may further include: the terminal device receiving a ninth indication information sent by the network device; the terminal device determining whether to send first information based on the ninth indication information and first capability information; wherein the ninth indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device is allowed to send the first information; and the first capability information is used to indicate whether the terminal device has the capability to send the first information.

[0198] For example, the first capability information can be capability information inherent to the terminal device. For instance, the first capability information can be information stored when the terminal device leaves the factory.

[0199] In one implementation, in response to the ninth indication information indicating that the terminal device is allowed to send the first information, and the first capability information indicating that the terminal device has the capability to send the first information, the terminal device sends the first information to the network device. In this implementation, the terminal device can only trigger the action of sending the first information if both the value of the ninth indication information and the value of the first capability information indicate that the terminal device is allowed to trigger the action of sending the first information. Otherwise, if either condition is not met, the terminal device is considered not allowed to trigger the action of sending the first information.

[0200] According to the solution of the embodiments of this application, on the one hand, the terminal device can effectively avoid the network device configuring the terminal device with unsuitable data collection configuration by providing the terminal device with the desired configuration information for data collection; on the other hand, the terminal device can better meet the actual data collection requirements of the terminal device by providing configuration suggestions, thereby improving the efficiency of data collection.

[0201] Figure 6 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device 600 according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 600 may include:

[0202] The first communication module 610 is used to send first information to the network device. The first information is used to request the configuration of data collection task requirements. The first information includes one or more of the following:

[0203] The first instruction information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task;

[0204] The second instruction information is used to indicate the reasoning pattern requirements between the input and output information of the model associated with functional characteristics;

[0205] The third instruction information is used to indicate the type of data recording events required by the requested data collection task;

[0206] The fourth indication information is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task;

[0207] The fifth instruction information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task.

[0208] In some embodiments, the value of the first indication information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device, and the relationship between the value of the first indication information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device is agreed upon by a protocol default.

[0209] In some embodiments, the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device indicated by the first indication information are determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the first information in the protocol.

[0210] In some embodiments, the value of the second indication information indicates the inference mode requirement between the input and output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics, and the relationship between the value of the second indication information and the inference mode is agreed upon by the protocol default method.

[0211] In some embodiments, the second indication information includes a first parameter; the first parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristics and the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics.

[0212] In some embodiments, the second indication information includes a second parameter and a third parameter; wherein the second parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristics, and the third parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics.

[0213] In some embodiments, the second indication information further includes a fourth parameter; the fourth parameter is used to indicate any one of the following:

[0214] The physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model associated with functional characteristics, and the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model; or,

[0215] Are the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model associated with functional characteristics the same as the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model?

[0216] In some embodiments, the frequency domain resources associated with the required measurement reference signal include one or more of the following: frequency point information associated with the required measurement reference signal; frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal; and subcarrier spacing information associated with the required measurement reference signal.

[0217] In some embodiments, the first communication module 610 is further configured to:

[0218] Receive a second message sent by a network device; wherein the second message is used to reject the request of the first message.

[0219] In some embodiments, the second information includes sixth indication information, which is used to indicate the reason why the network device rejects the request of the first information.

[0220] In some embodiments, the cause information includes one or more of the following: the network device is experiencing resource constraints; the content requested by the terminal device exceeds the implementation scope of the network device.

[0221] In some embodiments, the first communication module 610 is further configured to:

[0222] If the reason indicated by the sixth instruction message includes resource constraints of the network device, then during the first timer operation, the first message shall not be sent again or shall not be sent again for the same data collection task requirement.

[0223] In some embodiments, the start condition for the first timer includes receiving second information, or the start condition for the first timer includes receiving sixth indication information and the reason information indicated by the sixth indication information includes resource shortage of the network device.

[0224] In some embodiments, the timing duration of the first timer is agreed upon by the protocol default method or determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device. The seventh indication information is used to indicate the timing duration of the first timer or to indicate the value of the calculation parameter for the timing duration of the first timer.

[0225] In some embodiments, if the timing duration of the first timer is determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device, the second information may further include the seventh indication information.

[0226] In some embodiments, the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity or at the terminal device granularity.

[0227] In some embodiments, if the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity, the second information also includes an eighth indication information, which is used to indicate the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information.

[0228] In some embodiments, if the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity, the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information is determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the second information in the protocol.

[0229] In some embodiments, the first communication module 610 is further configured to:

[0230] Receive third information sent by the network device; wherein the third information is used to request the terminal device to report the configuration requirements expected by the terminal device for the data collection task of interest to the network device.

[0231] In some embodiments, the value of the third information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task that the network device is concerned with, and the relationship between the value of the third information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task that the network device is concerned with is agreed upon by a protocol default.

[0232] In some embodiments, the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device indicated by the third information are determined by the predefined location of the parameter carrying the third information in the protocol.

[0233] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG7, the terminal device 600 may further include a first processing module 710:

[0234] The first communication module 610 is also used to receive the ninth instruction information sent by the network device;

[0235] The first processing module 710 is used to determine whether to send the first information based on the ninth indication information and the first capability information; wherein the ninth indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device is allowed to send the first information; and the first capability information is used to indicate whether the terminal device has the capability to send the first information.

[0236] In some embodiments, the feature is beam management or RRM functionality.

[0237] The terminal device 600 of this application embodiment can implement the corresponding functions of the terminal device in the foregoing method embodiments. The processes, functions, implementation methods, and beneficial effects of each module (sub-module, unit, or component, etc.) in the terminal device 600 can be found in the corresponding descriptions in the above method embodiments, and will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the functions described for each module (sub-module, unit, or component, etc.) in the terminal device 600 of the application embodiment can be implemented by different modules (sub-modules, units, or components, etc.) or by the same module (sub-module, unit, or component, etc.).

[0238] Figure 8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device 800 according to an embodiment of the present application. The network device 800 may include:

[0239] The second communication module 810 is used to receive first information sent by the terminal device. The first information is used to request the configuration of data collection task requirements. The first information includes one or more of the following:

[0240] The first instruction information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task;

[0241] The second instruction information is used to indicate the reasoning pattern requirements between the input and output information of the model associated with functional characteristics;

[0242] The third instruction information is used to indicate the type of data recording events required by the requested data collection task;

[0243] The fourth indication information is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task;

[0244] The fifth instruction information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task.

[0245] In some embodiments, the value of the first indication information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device, and the relationship between the value of the first indication information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device is agreed upon by a protocol default.

[0246] In some embodiments, the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device indicated by the first indication information are determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the first information in the protocol.

[0247] In some embodiments, the value of the second indication information indicates the inference mode requirement between the input and output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics, and the relationship between the value of the second indication information and the inference mode is agreed upon by the protocol default method.

[0248] In some embodiments, the second indication information includes a first parameter; the first parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristics and the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics.

[0249] In some embodiments, the second indication information includes a second parameter and a third parameter; wherein the second parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristics, and the third parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics.

[0250] In some embodiments, the second indication information further includes a fourth parameter; the fourth parameter is used to indicate any one of the following:

[0251] The physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model associated with functional characteristics, and the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model; or,

[0252] Are the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model associated with functional characteristics the same as the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model?

[0253] In some embodiments, the frequency domain resources associated with the required measurement reference signal include one or more of the following: frequency point information associated with the required measurement reference signal; frequency band information associated with the required measurement reference signal; and subcarrier spacing information associated with the required measurement reference signal.

[0254] In some embodiments, the second communication module 810 is further configured to:

[0255] A second message sent to the terminal device; wherein the second message is used to reject the request of the first message.

[0256] In some embodiments, the second information includes sixth indication information, which is used to indicate the reason why the network device rejects the request of the first information.

[0257] In some embodiments, the cause information includes one or more of the following: the network device is experiencing resource constraints; the content requested by the terminal device exceeds the implementation scope of the network device.

[0258] In some embodiments, if the reason information indicated by the sixth indication information includes resource shortage of the network device, the second information or the sixth indication information is also used to trigger the start of a first timer. During the operation of the first timer, the terminal device is not allowed to send the first information again or is not allowed to send the first information again due to the same data collection task requirement.

[0259] In some embodiments, the timing duration of the first timer is agreed upon by the protocol default method or determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device. The seventh indication information is used to indicate the timing duration of the first timer or to indicate the value of the calculation parameter for the timing duration of the first timer.

[0260] In some embodiments, if the timing duration of the first timer is determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device, the second information may further include the seventh indication information.

[0261] In some embodiments, the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity or at the terminal device granularity.

[0262] In some embodiments, if the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity, the second information also includes an eighth indication information, which is used to indicate the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information.

[0263] In some embodiments, if the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity, the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information is determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the second information in the protocol.

[0264] In some embodiments, the second communication module 810 is further configured to: send third information to the terminal device; wherein the third information is used to request the terminal device to report the configuration requirements expected by the terminal device for the data collection task of interest to the network device.

[0265] In some embodiments, the value of the third information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device, and the relationship between the value of the third information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device is agreed upon by a protocol default.

[0266] In some embodiments, the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device indicated by the third information are determined by the predefined location of the parameter carrying the third information in the protocol.

[0267] In some embodiments, the second communication module 810 is further configured to: send a ninth indication message to the terminal device; wherein the ninth indication message is used to indicate whether the terminal device is allowed to send the first message.

[0268] In some embodiments, the feature is beam management functionality.

[0269] The network device 800 of this application embodiment can implement the corresponding functions of the network device in the foregoing method embodiments. The processes, functions, implementation methods, and beneficial effects of each module (submodule, unit, or component, etc.) in the network device 800 can be found in the corresponding descriptions in the above method embodiments, and will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the functions described for each module (submodule, unit, or component, etc.) in the network device 800 of this application embodiment can be implemented by different modules (submodules, units, or components, etc.) or by the same module (submodule, unit, or component, etc.).

[0270] Figure 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 900 according to an embodiment of this application. The communication device 900 includes a processor 910, which can call a computer program from a memory to enable the communication device 900 to implement the methods in the embodiments of this application.

[0271] In one embodiment, the communication device 900 may further include a memory 920. The processor 910 can retrieve computer programs from the memory 920 to enable the communication device 900 to implement the methods described in the embodiments of this application.

[0272] The memory 920 can be a separate device independent of the processor 910, or it can be integrated into the processor 910.

[0273] In one embodiment, the communication device 900 may further include a transceiver 930, which the processor 910 may control to communicate with other devices. Specifically, it may send information or data to other devices or receive information or data sent by other devices.

[0274] The transceiver 930 may include a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 930 may further include antennas, and the number of antennas may be one or more.

[0275] In one embodiment, the communication device 900 may be a network device in the embodiments of this application, and the communication device 900 may implement the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in the various methods of the embodiments of this application. For the sake of brevity, it will not be described in detail here.

[0276] In one embodiment, the communication device 900 may be a terminal device in the embodiments of this application, and the communication device 900 may implement the corresponding processes implemented by the terminal device in the various methods of the embodiments of this application. For the sake of brevity, it will not be described in detail here.

[0277] Figure 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 1000 according to an embodiment of this application. The chip 1000 includes a processor 1010, which can call computer programs from memory to implement the methods in the embodiments of this application.

[0278] In one embodiment, chip 1000 may further include memory 1020. Processor 1010 can retrieve computer programs from memory 1020 to implement the methods executed by the terminal device or network device in this embodiment.

[0279] The memory 1020 can be a separate device independent of the processor 1010, or it can be integrated into the processor 1010.

[0280] In one embodiment, the chip 1000 may further include an input interface 1030. The processor 1010 can control the input interface 1030 to communicate with other devices or chips; specifically, it can acquire information or data sent by other devices or chips.

[0281] In one embodiment, the chip 1000 may further include an output interface 1040. The processor 1010 can control the output interface 1040 to communicate with other devices or chips; specifically, it can output information or data to other devices or chips.

[0282] In one implementation, the chip can be applied to the network device in the embodiments of this application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in the various methods of the embodiments of this application. For the sake of brevity, it will not be described in detail here.

[0283] In one embodiment, the chip can be applied to the terminal device in the embodiments of this application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the terminal device in the various methods of the embodiments of this application. For the sake of brevity, it will not be described in detail here.

[0284] The chips used in network equipment and terminal equipment can be the same chip or different chips.

[0285] 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.

[0286] The processors mentioned above can be general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. Among them, the general-purpose processors mentioned above can be microprocessors or any conventional processor.

[0287] The aforementioned memory can be volatile memory or non-volatile memory, or a combination of both. Non-volatile memory can be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can be random access memory (RAM).

[0288] It should be understood that the above-described memory is exemplary and not a limiting description. For example, the memory in the embodiments of this application may also be static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DR RAM), etc. That is to say, the memory in the embodiments of this application is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0289] Figure 11 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 1100 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication system 1100 includes a terminal device 1110 and a network device 1120.

[0290] Terminal device 1110 is used to send first information to network device 1120, the first information being used to request configuration of data collection task requirements. Network device 1120 is used to receive the first information sent by terminal device 1110.

[0291] Specifically, the terminal device 1110 can be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the terminal device in the above method, and the network device 1120 can be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the network device in the above method. For the sake of brevity, further details are omitted here.

[0292] In the above embodiments, implementation can be achieved, in whole or in part, through software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, it can be implemented, in whole or in part, as a computer program product. This computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When these computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of this application are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer instructions can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another. For example, the computer instructions can be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another via wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium accessible to a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that integrates one or more available media. The available media can be magnetic media (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes), optical media (e.g., DVDs), or semiconductor media (e.g., solid-state drives (SSDs)).

[0293] It should be understood that in the various embodiments of this application, the order of the above-mentioned processes does not imply the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of this application.

[0294] Those skilled in the art will understand that, for the sake of convenience and brevity, the specific working processes of the systems, devices, and units described above can be referred to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0295] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of this application, but the scope of protection of this application is not limited thereto. Any variations or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technology disclosed in this application should be included within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A configuration request method, comprising: The terminal device sends first information to the network device, the first information being used to request configuration of data collection task requirements, wherein the first information includes one or more of the following: The first indication information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task; The second instruction information is used to indicate the reasoning pattern requirements between the input and output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics; The third instruction information is used to indicate the type of data recording event required by the requested data collection task; The fourth indication information is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task; The fifth instruction information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the value of the first indication information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device, and the association between the value of the first indication information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device indicated by the first indication information are determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the first information in the protocol.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the value of the second indication information indicates the inference mode requirement between the input information and output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics, and the association between the value of the second indication information and the inference mode is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the second indication information includes a first parameter; the first parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic and the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the second indication information includes a second parameter and a third parameter; wherein, The second parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic, and the third parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein, The second indication information includes a fourth parameter; the fourth parameter is used to indicate any one of the following: The physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model and the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model; or, Whether the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model are the same as the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein the frequency domain resources associated with the required measurement reference signal include one or more of the following: Frequency information associated with the required measurement reference signal; The required measurement reference signal associated with the frequency band information; The required measurement reference signal is associated with the subcarrier spacing information.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein, The method further includes: The terminal device receives a second message sent by the network device; wherein the second message is used to reject the request of the first message.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein, The second information includes a sixth indication information, which is used to indicate the reason why the network device rejects the request of the first information.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein, The cause information includes one or more of the following: The network equipment is experiencing resource constraints. The content requested by the terminal device is beyond the implementation scope of the network device.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein, The method further includes: If the reason indicated by the sixth indication information includes resource shortage of the network device, then during the first timer operation, the terminal device is not allowed to send the first information again or is not allowed to send the first information again due to the same data collection task requirement.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein, The start condition for the first timer includes receiving the second information, or the start condition for the first timer includes receiving the sixth indication information and the reason information indicated by the sixth indication information includes resource shortage of the network device.

14. The method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein, The timing duration of the first timer is agreed upon by the default protocol or determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device. The seventh indication information is used to indicate the timing duration of the first timer or to indicate the value of the calculation parameter for the timing duration of the first timer.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein, If the timing duration of the first timer is determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device, the second information also includes the seventh indication information.

16. The method according to any one of claims 10-15, wherein, The sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity or at the terminal device granularity.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein, If the sixth indication information is indicated according to the functional characteristic granularity, the second information also includes an eighth indication information, which is used to indicate the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein, If the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity, the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information is determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the second information in the protocol.

19. The method according to any one of claims 1-18, wherein, The method further includes: The terminal device receives third information sent by the network device; wherein the third information is used to request the terminal device to report the configuration requirements expected by the terminal device for the data collection task of interest to the network device.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the value of the third information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device, and the association between the value of the third information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device is agreed upon by a protocol default.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device indicated by the third information are determined by a predefined position of the parameter carrying the third information in the protocol.

22. The method according to any one of claims 1-21, wherein, The method further includes: The terminal device receives the ninth instruction information sent by the network device; The terminal device determines whether to send the first information based on the ninth indication information and the first capability information; wherein, the ninth indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device is allowed to send the first information; and the first capability information is used to indicate whether the terminal device has the capability to send the first information.

23. The method according to any one of claims 1-22, wherein, The aforementioned functional features are beam management or radio resource management (RRM) functions.

24. A configuration request method, comprising: The network device receives first information sent by the terminal device, the first information being used to request configuration of data collection task requirements, wherein the first information includes one or more of the following: The first indication information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task; The second instruction information is used to indicate the reasoning pattern requirements between the input and output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics; The third instruction information is used to indicate the type of data recording event required by the requested data collection task; The fourth indication information is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task; The fifth instruction information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task.

25. The method according to claim 24, wherein the value of the first indication information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device, and the association between the value of the first indication information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device indicated by the first indication information are determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the first information in the protocol.

27. The method according to any one of claims 24-26, wherein the value of the second indication information indicates the inference mode requirement between the input and output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics, and the association between the value of the second indication information and the inference mode is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

28. The method according to any one of claims 24-26, wherein the second indication information includes a first parameter; the first parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic and the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic.

29. The method according to any one of claims 24-26, wherein the second indication information includes a second parameter and a third parameter; wherein, The second parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic, and the third parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic.

30. The method according to any one of claims 24-29, wherein, The second indication information includes a fourth parameter; the fourth parameter is used to indicate any one of the following: The physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model and the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model; or, Whether the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model are the same as the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model.

31. The method according to any one of claims 24-30, wherein the frequency domain resources associated with the required measurement reference signal include one or more of the following: Frequency information associated with the required measurement reference signal; The required measurement reference signal associated with the frequency band information; The required measurement reference signal is associated with the subcarrier spacing information.

32. The method according to any one of claims 24-31, wherein, The method further includes: The network device sends a second message to the terminal device; wherein the second message is used to reject the request of the first message.

33. The method according to claim 32, wherein, The second information includes a sixth indication information, which is used to indicate the reason why the network device rejects the request of the first information.

34. The method according to claim 33, wherein, The cause information includes one or more of the following: The network equipment is experiencing resource constraints. The content requested by the terminal device is beyond the implementation scope of the network device.

35. The method according to claim 33 or 34, wherein, If the reason indicated by the sixth indication information includes resource shortage of the network device, the second information or the sixth indication information is also used to trigger the start of the first timer. During the operation of the first timer, the terminal device is not allowed to send the first information again or is not allowed to send the first information again due to the same data collection task requirement.

36. The method according to claim 35, wherein, The timing duration of the first timer is agreed upon by the default protocol or determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device. The seventh indication information is used to indicate the timing duration of the first timer or to indicate the value of the calculation parameter for the timing duration of the first timer.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein, If the timing duration of the first timer is determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device, the second information also includes the seventh indication information.

38. The method according to any one of claims 33-37, wherein, The sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity or at the terminal device granularity.

39. The method according to claim 38, wherein, If the sixth indication information is indicated according to the functional characteristic granularity, the second information also includes an eighth indication information, which is used to indicate the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information.

40. The method of claim 38, wherein, If the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity, the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information is determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the second information in the protocol.

41. The method according to any one of claims 24-40, wherein, The method further includes: The network device sends third information to the terminal device; wherein the third information is used to request the terminal device to report the configuration requirements expected by the terminal device for the data collection task of interest to the network device.

42. The method according to claim 41, wherein the value of the third information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device, and the association between the value of the third information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

43. The method according to claim 41, wherein the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device indicated by the third information are determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the third information in the protocol.

44. The method according to any one of claims 24-43, wherein, The method further includes: The network device sends a ninth indication message to the terminal device; wherein the ninth indication message is used to indicate whether the terminal device is allowed to send the first message.

45. The method according to any one of claims 24-44, wherein, The aforementioned functional feature is beam management or RRM functionality.

46. ​​A terminal device, comprising: A first communication module is configured to send first information to a network device, the first information being used to request configuration of data collection task requirements, wherein the first information includes one or more of the following: The first indication information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task; The second instruction information is used to indicate the reasoning pattern requirements between the input and output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics; The third instruction information is used to indicate the type of data recording event required by the requested data collection task; The fourth indication information is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task; The fifth instruction information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task.

47. The terminal device according to claim 46, wherein the value of the first indication information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device, and the association between the value of the first indication information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

48. The terminal device according to claim 46, wherein the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device indicated by the first indication information are determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the first information in the protocol.

49. The terminal device according to any one of claims 46-48, wherein the value of the second indication information indicates the inference mode requirement between the input information and the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics, and the association between the value of the second indication information and the inference mode is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

50. The terminal device according to any one of claims 46-48, wherein the second indication information includes a first parameter; the first parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic and the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic.

51. The terminal device according to any one of claims 46-48, wherein the second indication information includes a second parameter and a third parameter; wherein, The second parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic, and the third parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic.

52. The terminal device according to any one of claims 46-51, wherein, The second indication information includes a fourth parameter; the fourth parameter is used to indicate any one of the following: The physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model and the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model; or, Whether the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model are the same as the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model.

53. The terminal device according to any one of claims 46-52, wherein the frequency domain resources associated with the required measurement reference signal include one or more of the following: Frequency information associated with the required measurement reference signal; The required measurement reference signal associated with the frequency band information; The required measurement reference signal is associated with the subcarrier spacing information.

54. The terminal device according to any one of claims 46-53, wherein, The first communication module is further configured to: The system receives a second message sent by the network device; wherein the second message is used to reject the request of the first message.

55. The terminal device according to claim 54, wherein, The second information includes a sixth indication information, which is used to indicate the reason why the network device rejects the request of the first information.

56. The terminal device according to claim 55, wherein, The cause information includes one or more of the following: The network equipment is experiencing resource constraints. The content requested by the terminal device is beyond the implementation scope of the network device.

57. The terminal device according to claim 55 or 56, wherein, The first communication module is further configured to: If the reason indicated by the sixth indication information includes resource shortage of the network device, then during the first timer operation, the first information shall not be sent again or shall not be sent again due to the same data collection task requirement.

58. The terminal device according to claim 57, wherein, The start condition for the first timer includes receiving the second information, or the start condition for the first timer includes receiving the sixth indication information and the reason information indicated by the sixth indication information includes resource shortage of the network device.

59. The terminal device according to claim 57 or 58, wherein, The timing duration of the first timer is agreed upon by the default protocol or determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device. The seventh indication information is used to indicate the timing duration of the first timer or to indicate the value of the calculation parameter for the timing duration of the first timer.

60. The terminal device according to claim 59, wherein, If the timing duration of the first timer is determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device, the second information also includes the seventh indication information.

61. The terminal device according to any one of claims 55-60, wherein, The sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity or at the terminal device granularity.

62. The terminal device according to claim 61, wherein, If the sixth indication information is indicated according to the functional characteristic granularity, the second information also includes an eighth indication information, which is used to indicate the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information.

63. The terminal device according to claim 61, wherein, If the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity, the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information is determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the second information in the protocol.

64. The terminal device according to any one of claims 46-63, wherein, The first communication module is further configured to: The third information sent by the network device is received; wherein the third information is used to request the terminal device to report the configuration requirements expected by the terminal device for the data collection task of interest to the network device.

65. The terminal device according to claim 64, wherein the value of the third information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device, and the association between the value of the third information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

66. The terminal device according to claim 64, wherein the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device indicated by the third information are determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the third information in the protocol.

67. The terminal device according to any one of claims 46-66, wherein, It also includes the first processing module: The first communication module is further configured to receive the ninth indication information sent by the network device; The first processing module is configured to determine whether to send the first information based on the ninth indication information and the first capability information; wherein, the ninth indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal device is allowed to send the first information; and the first capability information is used to indicate whether the terminal device has the capability to send the first information.

68. The terminal device according to any one of claims 46-67, wherein, The aforementioned functional feature is beam management or RRM functionality.

69. A network device, comprising: The second communication module is used to receive first information sent by the terminal device, the first information being used to request the configuration of data collection task requirements, wherein the first information includes one or more of the following: The first indication information is used to indicate the functional characteristics associated with the requested data collection task; The second instruction information is used to indicate the reasoning pattern requirements between the input and output information of the model associated with the functional characteristics; The third instruction information is used to indicate the type of data recording event required by the requested data collection task; The fourth indication information is used to indicate the transmission period of the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task; The fifth instruction information is used to indicate the frequency domain resources associated with the measurement reference signal required by the requested data collection task.

70. The network device according to claim 69, wherein the value of the first indication information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device, and the association between the value of the first indication information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

71. The network device according to claim 69, wherein the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task requested by the terminal device indicated by the first indication information are determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the first information in the protocol.

72. The network device according to any one of claims 69-71, wherein the value of the second indication information indicates the inference mode requirement between the input and output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic, and the association between the value of the second indication information and the inference mode is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

73. The network device according to any one of claims 69-71, wherein the second indication information includes a first parameter; the first parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic and the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic.

74. The network device according to any one of claims 69-71, wherein the second indication information includes a second parameter and a third parameter; wherein, The second parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the input information of the model associated with the functional characteristic, and the third parameter is used to indicate the beam count requirement corresponding to the output information of the model associated with the functional characteristic.

75. The network device according to any one of claims 69-74, wherein, The second indication information also includes a fourth parameter; the fourth parameter is used to indicate any one of the following: The physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model and the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model; or, Whether the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the input information of the model are the same as the physical characteristic requirements of the beam corresponding to the output information of the model.

76. The network device according to any one of claims 69-75, wherein the frequency domain resources associated with the required measurement reference signal include one or more of the following: Frequency information associated with the required measurement reference signal; The required measurement reference signal associated with the frequency band information; The required measurement reference signal is associated with the subcarrier spacing information.

77. The network device according to any one of claims 69-76, wherein, The second communication module is also used for: Send a second message to the terminal device; wherein the second message is used to reject the request of the first message.

78. The network device according to claim 77, wherein, The second information includes a sixth indication information, which is used to indicate the reason why the network device rejects the request of the first information.

79. The network device according to claim 78, wherein, The cause information includes one or more of the following: The network equipment is experiencing resource constraints. The content requested by the terminal device is beyond the implementation scope of the network device.

80. The network device according to claim 78 or 79, wherein, If the reason indicated by the sixth indication information includes resource shortage of the network device, the second information or the sixth indication information is also used to trigger the start of the first timer. During the operation of the first timer, the terminal device is not allowed to send the first information again or is not allowed to send the first information again due to the same data collection task requirement.

81. The network device according to claim 80, wherein, The timing duration of the first timer is agreed upon by the default protocol or determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device. The seventh indication information is used to indicate the timing duration of the first timer or to indicate the value of the calculation parameter for the timing duration of the first timer.

82. The network device according to claim 81, wherein, If the timing duration of the first timer is determined based on the seventh indication information sent by the network device, the second information also includes the seventh indication information.

83. The network device according to any one of claims 78-82, wherein, The sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity or at the terminal device granularity.

84. The network device according to claim 83, wherein, If the sixth indication information is indicated according to the functional characteristic granularity, the second information also includes an eighth indication information, which is used to indicate the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information.

85. The network device according to claim 83, wherein, If the sixth indication information is indicated at the functional characteristic granularity, the functional characteristic associated with the sixth indication information is determined by the predefined position of the parameter carrying the second information in the protocol.

86. The network device according to any one of claims 69-85, wherein, The second communication module is also used for: Send a third message to the terminal device; wherein the third message is used to request the terminal device to report the configuration requirements expected by the terminal device for the data collection task of interest to the network device.

87. The network device according to claim 86, wherein the value of the third information indicates the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device, and the association between the value of the third information and the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device is agreed upon by a protocol default method.

88. The network device according to claim 86, wherein the functional characteristics associated with the data collection task of interest to the network device indicated by the third information are determined by a predefined position of the parameter carrying the third information in the protocol.

89. The network device according to any one of claims 69-88, wherein, The second communication module is also used for: Send a ninth indication message to the terminal device; wherein the ninth indication message is used to indicate whether the terminal device is allowed to send the first message.

90. The network device according to any one of claims 69-89, wherein, The aforementioned functional feature is beam management or RRM functionality.

91. A terminal device, comprising: A transceiver, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory is used to store a computer program, the transceiver is used to communicate with other devices, and the processor is used to invoke the computer program stored in the memory to cause the terminal device to perform the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 23.

92. A network device, comprising: A transceiver, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory is used to store a computer program, the transceiver is used to communicate with other devices, and the processor is used to invoke the computer program stored in the memory to cause the network device to perform the method as described in any one of claims 24 to 45.

93. A chip, comprising: A processor for calling a computer program from memory, causing a device on which the chip is mounted to perform the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 23.

94. A chip, comprising: A processor for calling a computer program from memory, causing a device on which the chip is mounted to perform the method as described in any one of claims 24 to 45.

95. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program that, when run by a device, causes the device to perform the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 23.

96. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program that, when run by a device, causes the device to perform the method as described in any one of claims 24 to 45.

97. A computer program product comprising computer program instructions that cause a computer to perform the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 23.

98. A computer program product comprising computer program instructions that cause a computer to perform the method as described in any one of claims 24 to 45.

99. A computer program that causes a computer to perform the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 23.

100. A computer program that causes a computer to perform the method as described in any one of claims 24 to 45.

101. A communication system, comprising: A terminal device for performing the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 23; A network device for performing the method as described in any one of claims 24 to 45.

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