Information sending method, information acquisition method, information configuration method, device, apparatus, and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an information sending method, an information acquisition method, an information configuration method, a device, an apparatus, and a storage medium. The information sending method comprises: a terminal receiving sensing request information broadcast by a network device, the sensing request information being used for requesting the terminal to report terminal information related to sensing; and on the basis of the sensing request information, sending the terminal information to the network device.

Description

Information sending, receiving, configuration methods, devices, apparatuses and storage media

[0001] Cross-references to related applications

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202510117593.8, filed on January 24, 2025, entitled “Information Transmission, Acquisition, Configuration Method, Apparatus, Device and Storage Medium”, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Technical Field

[0003] This disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a method, device, apparatus, and storage medium for transmitting, acquiring, and configuring information. Background Technology

[0004] For dual-base sensing systems consisting of base stations (such as gNB) and terminals (User Equipment, UE), such as gNB-UE dual-base sensing or UE-gNB dual-base sensing, when the sensing service is initiated by the Sensing Function (SF), since there may be multiple UEs camped under the base station and the UE locations are not fixed, how to select the UEs to participate in sensing is a technical problem that needs to be solved. Summary of the Invention

[0005] This disclosure provides a method, device, apparatus, and storage medium for transmitting, acquiring, and configuring information to solve the problem of selecting UEs to participate in sensing.

[0006] In a first aspect, this disclosure provides an information transmission method applied to a terminal, the method comprising:

[0007] Receive sensing request information broadcast by network devices. The sensing request information is used to request terminals to report terminal information related to sensing.

[0008] Based on the perception request information, terminal information is sent to network devices.

[0009] Secondly, this disclosure also provides an information acquisition method applied to a network device, the method comprising:

[0010] Receive sensing configuration information sent by the sensing function entity;

[0011] Based on the perception configuration information, a perception request information is broadcast. The perception request information is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to perception.

[0012] Receive terminal information sent by one or more terminals.

[0013] Thirdly, this disclosure also provides an information configuration method applied to a sensing functional entity, the method comprising:

[0014] Send awareness configuration information to the network device. The awareness configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0015] Sensing area information;

[0016] Perceive the business type.

[0017] Fourthly, this disclosure also provides a terminal, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor;

[0018] A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations:

[0019] Receive sensing request information broadcast by network devices. The sensing request information is used to request terminals to report terminal information related to sensing.

[0020] Based on the perception request information, terminal information is sent to network devices.

[0021] Fifthly, this disclosure also provides a network device, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor;

[0022] A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations:

[0023] Receive sensing configuration information sent by the sensing function entity;

[0024] Based on the perception configuration information, a perception request information is broadcast. The perception request information is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to perception.

[0025] Receive terminal information sent by one or more terminals.

[0026] Sixthly, this disclosure also provides a sensing functional entity, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor;

[0027] A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations:

[0028] Send awareness configuration information to the network device. The awareness configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0029] Sensing area information;

[0030] Perceive the business type.

[0031] In a seventh aspect, this disclosure also provides an information transmitting device, the device comprising:

[0032] The first receiving unit is used to receive sensing request information broadcast by the network device. The sensing request information is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to sensing.

[0033] The first sending unit is used to send terminal information to the network device based on the perception request information.

[0034] Eighthly, this disclosure also provides an information acquisition device, the device comprising:

[0035] The second receiving unit is used to receive sensing configuration information sent by the sensing function entity;

[0036] The broadcast unit is used to broadcast perception request information based on perception configuration information. The perception request information is used to request terminals to report terminal information related to perception.

[0037] The third receiving unit is used to receive terminal information sent by one or more terminals.

[0038] Ninthly, this disclosure also provides an information configuration device, the device comprising:

[0039] The third sending unit is used to send sensing configuration information to the network device. The sensing configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0040] Sensing area information;

[0041] Perceive the business type.

[0042] In a tenth aspect, this disclosure also provides a non-transient readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to execute the information sending method described in the first aspect, or the information acquisition method described in the second aspect, or the information configuration method described in the third aspect.

[0043] In the eleventh aspect, this disclosure also provides a communication device, wherein the communication device stores a program for causing the communication device to execute the information sending method described in the first aspect, or the information acquisition method described in the second aspect, or the information configuration method described in the third aspect.

[0044] In a twelfth aspect, this disclosure also provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to perform the information transmission method described in the first aspect, or the information acquisition method described in the second aspect, or the information configuration method described in the third aspect.

[0045] In a thirteenth aspect, this disclosure also provides a chip product, wherein the chip product stores a program for causing the chip product to perform the information sending method described in the first aspect, or the information acquisition method described in the second aspect, or the information configuration method described in the third aspect.

[0046] The information transmission, acquisition, configuration methods, devices, apparatuses, and storage media provided in this disclosure broadcast perception request information through network devices. Terminals report their own perception-related terminal information based on the perception request information, enabling the network (network device or SF) to obtain the perception-related terminal information of each terminal and select terminals to participate in perception based on the terminal information, thereby better ensuring perception performance. Attached Figure Description

[0047] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or related technologies of this disclosure, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments or related technologies will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are some embodiments of this disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0048] Figure 1 shows examples of single-base sensing and dual-base sensing provided by related technologies;

[0049] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of gNB-UE and UE-gNB dual-base sensing provided by related technologies;

[0050] Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating the information sending method provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0051] Figure 4 is an example diagram of the information domain of different shape sensing regions provided in the embodiments of this disclosure;

[0052] Figure 5 is a flowchart illustrating the information acquisition method provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0053] Figure 6 is a flowchart illustrating the information configuration method provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0054] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the terminal provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0055] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the network device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0056] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the sensing functional entity provided in the embodiment of this disclosure;

[0057] Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of the information transmission device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0058] Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the information acquisition device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0059] Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of the information configuration device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. Detailed Implementation

[0060] In this disclosure, the term "and / or" describes the relationship between related objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent three cases: A alone, A and B simultaneously, and B alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following related objects have an "or" relationship.

[0061] In this disclosure, the term "multiple" refers to two or more, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0062] In the embodiments of this disclosure, the terms "first," "second," etc., are used to distinguish similar objects and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such terms can be used interchangeably where appropriate so that embodiments of this disclosure can be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same class, and the number of objects is not limited; for example, the first object can be one or more.

[0063] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of this disclosure, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this disclosure.

[0064] To facilitate a clearer understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of this disclosure, some technical content related to the embodiments of this disclosure will be introduced first.

[0065] 1. Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)

[0066] The basic idea of ​​ISAC is to introduce wireless sensing functionality into wireless mobile communication. Wireless sensing refers to sensing environmental information through wireless signals. This environmental information includes the distribution, size, quantity, and temperature of environmental objects, human actions and behaviors, and even human breathing rate and heart rate. The principle of wireless sensing is to send radio signals to the environment to be sensed at the sensing transmitter, while simultaneously collecting the wireless signals reflected, scattered, and transmitted through multiple paths by the environment at the sensing receiver. Because the collected wireless signals have been processed by the environment, they carry environmental information. After receiving the signals and undergoing complex signal processing, environmental characteristics can be discovered, and the sensed environment can be reconstructed. This includes identifying people and objects in the environment, detecting temperature, detecting human movements, and even breathing and heart rate, etc., which can be used in fields such as health monitoring and security.

[0067] 2. Perception Mode

[0068] Different implementations of ISAC are called sensing modes, which can be divided into single-base sensing and two-base sensing. The sensing transmitter is used to send sensing signals, and the sensing receiver is used to receive sensing signals. When the sensing transmitter and sensing receiver are the same, it is called single-base sensing; when the sensing transmitter and sensing receiver are different, it is called two-base sensing.

[0069] Figure 1 shows examples of single-base sensing and dual-base sensing provided by related technologies. As shown in Figure 1, based on the different types of sensing transmitters and receivers, there are six sensing modes as shown in Figure 1, including two single-base sensing modes and four dual-base sensing modes. Single-base sensing includes: gNB single-base sensing and UE single-base sensing. Dual-base sensing includes: gNB-gNB dual-base sensing, gNB-UE dual-base sensing, UE-gNB dual-base sensing, and UE-UE dual-base sensing.

[0070] For scenarios where the sensing transmitter is a gNB and the sensing receiver is a UE (gNB-UE dual-base sensing) or where the sensing transmitter is a UE and the sensing receiver is a gNB (UE-gNB dual-base sensing), if the sensing service is initiated by the SF, since the gNB location is fixed, the SF can simply select the gNB to participate in sensing based on the sensing area and gNB deployment. The gNB participating in sensing needs to determine the UE to participate in sensing, so as to allocate sensing resources and collect sensing data for it.

[0071] For gNB-UE and UE-gNB dual-base sensing, assuming that gNB and UE are in the same serving cell, as shown in Figure 2, if the sensing service is initiated by SF, since there may be multiple UEs camped under gNB and the UE location is not fixed, how to select the UE to participate in sensing is a technical problem that needs to be solved.

[0072] Therefore, the embodiments of this disclosure provide solutions. Through the technical solutions of this disclosure, it is possible to select UEs that can participate in sensing from the UEs residing in the sensing gNB, and the sensing performance can be guaranteed to a certain extent.

[0073] Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating the information sending method provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is applied to a terminal. As shown in Figure 3, the method includes the following steps 301 and 302.

[0074] Step 301: Receive the sensing request information broadcast by the network device. The sensing request information is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to sensing.

[0075] Step 302: Based on the perception request information, send terminal information to the network device.

[0076] Specifically, in this embodiment of the disclosure, a network device (e.g., a base station) may broadcast a sensing request message, requesting terminals belonging to the network device to report their respective sensing-related terminal information.

[0077] The network device is a network device participating in sensing, which can be a sensing transmitter (e.g., gNB-UE bi-base sensing) or a sensing receiver (e.g., UE-gNB bi-base sensing).

[0078] Terminals report their own terminal information based on the sensing request information. The network device can then select terminals to participate in sensing from these terminals based on the terminal information reported by each terminal, or it can send the terminal information reported by each terminal to the SF, which will then determine the terminals to participate in sensing.

[0079] The information transmission method provided in this embodiment broadcasts sensing request information through a network device. Terminals report their own sensing-related terminal information based on the sensing request information, so that the network (network device or SF) can obtain the sensing-related terminal information of each terminal and select terminals to participate in sensing based on the terminal information, which can better ensure sensing performance.

[0080] In some embodiments, the terminal information includes one or more of the following:

[0081] (1) Terminal identifier (ID).

[0082] (2) Terminal's sensing capabilities information.

[0083] In some embodiments, the sensing capability information includes sensing service types and / or sensing computing capabilities, indicating which sensing service types and / or sensing computing capabilities the terminal supports.

[0084] In some embodiments, the sensing service type includes one or more of detecting the presence or absence of a target, detecting the location of a target, and detecting the speed of a target.

[0085] For example, the representation of the sensing service types supported by the terminal may include:

[0086] 0: No supported sensing service type; 1: Supported sensing service type; or,

[0087] 0: No supported sensing service type; 1: Detect the presence or absence of a target; 2: Detect the location of a target; 3: Detect the speed of a target; or,

[0088] 0: No supported sensing service type, 1: Supported sensing service type. When indicating "1" (i.e., supported sensing service type), further indicate: 0: Detection of target presence or absence, 1: Detection of target location, 2: Detection of target speed.

[0089] It should be noted that the above are merely examples and not all representations, nor do they constitute a limitation on the technical solutions disclosed herein.

[0090] In some embodiments, the sensing computing capability includes one or more of the following: sensing capability, sensing signal measurement capability, and target detection capability.

[0091] For example, the representation of the sensing computing capabilities supported by the terminal may include:

[0092] 0: No perception ability, 1: Perception ability; or,

[0093] 0: No sensing capability; 1: Sensing signal measurement capability; 2: Target detection capability; 3: Sensing signal measurement capability and target detection capability; or...

[0094] 0: No sensing capability, 1: Sensing capability. When indicating "1" (i.e., having sensing capability), further indicate: 0: Sensing signal measurement capability, 1: Target detection capability, 2: Sensing signal measurement capability and target detection capability.

[0095] It should be noted that the above are merely examples and not all representations, nor do they constitute a limitation on the technical solutions disclosed herein.

[0096] (3) Terminal location information.

[0097] In some embodiments, the terminal location information includes one or more of the following:

[0098] (3-1) Terminal position coordinates.

[0099] For example, the terminal location coordinates can be Local Coordinate System (LCS) coordinates or Global Coordinate System (GCS) coordinates, and the unit can be m or km.

[0100] (3-2) The distance between the terminal location coordinates and the coordinates of the center of the sensing area or the reference point.

[0101] For example, the distance between the terminal's location coordinates and the center of the sensing area can be used to indicate the terminal's location information. Alternatively, the distance between the terminal's location coordinates and the coordinates of a reference point can be used to indicate the terminal's location information. The unit of distance can be meters (m) or kilometers (km).

[0102] The reference point can be agreed upon in the protocol, indicated by the network, or determined by other means; no restrictions are imposed here.

[0103] (3-3) The distance between the terminal location coordinates and the coordinates of the center of the sensing area or the reference point.

[0104] For example, this distance can be represented by different numerical values. For example: 0: 0~100m, 1: 100m~200m, 2: 200m~300m, 3: more than 300m.

[0105] (3-4) Whether the distance between the terminal location coordinates and the center or reference point coordinates of the sensing area is within the effective distance.

[0106] For example, 0: not within the effective distance, not participating in perception; 1: within the effective distance, can participate in perception.

[0107] (4) Permission to obtain terminal location information.

[0108] The permission to obtain terminal location information refers to whether or not access to the terminal location information is authorized. For example: 0: authorized, 1: not authorized.

[0109] In some embodiments, for terminals located using Location Management Function-based (LMF-based) positioning, the terminal location information is not on the terminal side but on the LMF. The terminal location information reporting content may only include the permission to obtain the terminal location information. After obtaining authorization from the terminal, the SF or network device can obtain the terminal location information with sensing capabilities through information interaction with the LMF.

[0110] In some embodiments, for UE-based positioning, the terminal already knows its own location information. If the terminal authorizes the location information, it can explicitly indicate the terminal's permission to obtain the location information, or it can implicitly indicate the terminal's permission to obtain the location information by reporting the terminal's location information.

[0111] (5) Measurement results of signals sent by the terminal to the network device.

[0112] The signal can be, for example, a synchronization signal block (SSB) or other reference signal, and the measurement result can be, for example, reference signal receiving power (RSRP) or signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).

[0113] In some embodiments, the measurement results of the signals transmitted by the network device include:

[0114] The received power of the SSB transmitted by the network device; and / or the received power of other reference signals transmitted by the network device besides the SSB.

[0115] (6) The types of sensing services that the terminal is interested in.

[0116] In some embodiments, the sensing service type includes one or more of detecting the presence or absence of a target, detecting the location of a target, and detecting the speed of a target.

[0117] In some embodiments, the terminal may report the type of sensing service of interest only when it receives a paging (sensing request information) for an interest-based sensing service. The reported sensing service type may be one or more. For example, the service type may be divided into: 00: none, 10: whether the target is detected, 11: the location of the target, and 12: the speed of the target.

[0118] In some embodiments, the perception request information includes one or more of the following:

[0119] Request information identifier (the ID of the perceived request information);

[0120] Sensing area information;

[0121] Sensing frequency band information;

[0122] Perceive the business type.

[0123] In some embodiments, the perceived area information includes one or more of the following:

[0124] Sensing area information described based on cell identifiers and / or SSB identifiers;

[0125] Perceptual region information described based on the shape information of the perceptual region.

[0126] Specifically, the sensing area information can be configured or indicated in various ways. For example, it can be configured or indicated based on the cell ID (CELL_ID) and / or SSB ID (SSB_ID) of the communication coverage area, or it can be configured or indicated based on the shape of the sensing area. In some implementations, the sensing area information domains are different for different shapes. The shape parameters can be predefined or included in the sensing configuration information or sensing request information, and the type values ​​corresponding to different shape types are different.

[0127] For sensing area information described based on cell identifiers and / or SSB identifiers, the CELL_ID and / or SSB_ID are directly configured or indicated for the sensing area. If the sensing area corresponds to the coverage area of ​​one or more cells, one CELL_ID or a group of CELL_IDs for multiple cells is directly configured; if the sensing area corresponds to one or more SSB coverage areas, a group of CELL_IDs and SSB_IDs, or multiple groups of CELL_IDs and SSB_IDs for the corresponding SSB coverage area are directly configured.

[0128] For example:

[0129] A CELL_ID: The sensing area is CELL_ID=0.

[0130] Multiple cell CELL_ID groups: the sensing area is CELL_ID0=0; CELL_ID1=15.

[0131] A set of CELL_ID and SSB_ID: the sensing area is CELL_ID=0, SSB_ID=1.

[0132] Multiple sets of CELL_ID and SSB_ID: The sensing area is CELL_ID0=0, SSB_ID0=0; CELL_ID0=1, SSB_ID1=1.

[0133] In some embodiments, the shape information of the perceived region includes one or more of the following:

[0134] Sensing the coordinates of the center of the region;

[0135] Reference point coordinates;

[0136] Perceived area radius;

[0137] Length of the sensing region;

[0138] Width of the sensing area;

[0139] Perceive the side length of the sensing region;

[0140] Starting angle of the sensing area;

[0141] Perceive the center angle of the sensing area;

[0142] The angle between the sensing regions.

[0143] Figure 4 is an example diagram of the information domain of different shape sensing regions provided in the embodiments of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 4, sensing regions of different shapes can correspond to different information domains, and the information domain of each shape can contain one or more of the items listed in the figure.

[0144] For example:

[0145] 1. The information domain contained in the circular sensing area may include one or more of the following:

[0146] (1) The center coordinates of the sensing area can be LCS coordinates or GCS coordinates, and the unit can be m or km.

[0147] (2) The radius of the sensing area can be in meters or kilometers.

[0148] 2. The information domain contained in the square sensing area may include one or more of the following:

[0149] (1) The center coordinates of the sensing area can be LCS coordinates or GCS coordinates, and the unit can be m or km.

[0150] (2) The radius of the sensing area is 1, and the length is half the side length. The unit can be m or km.

[0151] (3) The radius of the sensing area is 2, and the length is half the length of the diagonal. The unit can be m or km.

[0152] (4) The side length of the sensing area, which can be in meters or kilometers.

[0153] 3. The information domain contained in the hexagonal sensing region may include one or more of the following:

[0154] (1) The center coordinates of the sensing area can be LCS coordinates or GCS coordinates, and the unit can be m or km.

[0155] (2) The radius of the sensing area is 1, which is the radius of the circle where the vertices of the hexagon are located. The unit can be m or km.

[0156] (3) The radius of the sensing area is 2, which is the radius of the inscribed circle of the hexagon. The unit can be m or km.

[0157] 4. The information domain contained in the sector-shaped sensing area may include one or more of the following:

[0158] (1) Reference point coordinates are the coordinates of the vertices of the sector. They can be LCS coordinates or GCS coordinates, and the unit can be m or km.

[0159] (2) The starting angle of the sensing area, which can be in degrees or radians.

[0160] (3) The angle of the sensing area (also known as the offset angle), which can be in degrees or radians.

[0161] (4) The radius of the sensing area is the radius of the sector, and the unit can be m or km.

[0162] 5. The information domain contained in the rectangular sensing area may include one or more of the following:

[0163] (1) The center coordinates of the sensing area can be LCS coordinates or GCS coordinates, and the unit can be m or km.

[0164] (2) The length and width of the sensing area, which can be in meters or kilometers.

[0165] 6. The information domain contained in the equilateral triangle sensing region may include one or more of the following:

[0166] (1) Reference point coordinates, which are the coordinates of a vertex of the triangle. They can be LCS coordinates or GCS coordinates, and the unit can be m or km.

[0167] (2) The starting angle of the sensing area, which can be in degrees or radians.

[0168] (3) The angle of the sensing area (also known as the offset angle), which can be in degrees or radians.

[0169] (4) The radius (side length) of the sensing area can be in meters or kilometers.

[0170] In some embodiments, the sensing frequency band information includes one or more of the following: the transmission frequency band of the sensing signal, the cyclic prefix (CP) type, and the subcarrier spacing (SCS).

[0171] In some embodiments, the sensing service types included in the sensing request information include public emergency sensing services and / or interest-based sensing services.

[0172] Specifically, public emergency sensing services are high-priority services (e.g., higher priority than communication services), and terminals cannot decide whether to respond; they are required to report terminal information. Interest-based sensing services are low-priority services (e.g., lower priority than communication services), and terminals can decide whether to respond (i.e., whether to report terminal information).

[0173] For example, the perception service types included in the perception request information can be categorized as follows:

[0174] 0: Public emergency (terminal mandatory response), meaning that a response message must be sent as soon as the sensing request information is received;

[0175] 1: Interest-based (non-terminal forced response), meaning that the terminal can decide whether to respond to the perception request information based on its own needs.

[0176] Among them, interest-based perception services can further indicate specific service sub-types, such as: 10: detection of target presence or absence, 11: detection of target location, 12: detection of target speed.

[0177] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0178] Receive the first information sent by the network device, which is used to instruct the terminal participating in the sensing.

[0179] Specifically, after the terminal sends terminal information to the network device, the network device determines the terminal participating in sensing based on the terminal information, or obtains the terminal information participating in sensing from SF. Then, the network device can send first information to the terminal so that the terminal can determine whether it needs to participate in sensing.

[0180] In some embodiments, receiving first information sent by a network device includes:

[0181] The receiver receives first information transmitted via broadcast signaling from the network device, the first information including terminal identifier and / or sensing resource information; or...

[0182] The terminal receives first information sent by the network device via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. The first information includes sensing resource information configured for the terminal and / or indication information used to indicate whether the sensing resource information is valid or invalid.

[0183] For example, network devices can use broadcast signaling to notify the identifiers of terminals participating in sensing and / or sensing resource information (such as resource IDs) under different request information IDs. This broadcast signaling can carry the corresponding request information ID (i.e., the ID of the sensing request information).

[0184] For example, a network device can send first information to a terminal via RRC signaling. The terminal receiving the first information can be one or more terminals belonging to that network device, or it can be just the terminal belonging to that network device that is participating in sensing. The network device can implicitly indicate whether a terminal participates in sensing by whether sensing resource information is configured, or whether the configured sensing resource information is valid or invalid. For example, when the resource corresponding to the configured sensing resource ID is a valid resource, the terminal participates in sensing and receives or sends sensing signals on the specified resource. When no sensing resource ID is configured, or when the resource corresponding to the configured sensing resource ID is an invalid resource, the terminal does not participate in sensing.

[0185] For the above implementation methods involving sensing resource information, the pre-configuration method of sensing resource information can be: configuring candidate resource groups and resource identifiers through RRC or sensing-specific signaling, with each resource identifier corresponding to a sensing sequence ID, a sensing time-frequency domain resource ID (corresponding to the frequency domain start position, bandwidth, comb, time domain start position, repetition period, etc.).

[0186] Figure 5 is a flowchart illustrating the information acquisition method provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is applied to network devices (e.g., base stations). As shown in Figure 5, the method includes the following steps 501, 502, and 503.

[0187] Step 501: Receive the sensing configuration information sent by the sensing function entity.

[0188] Step 502: Broadcast perception request information based on perception configuration information. The perception request information is used to request terminals to report terminal information related to perception.

[0189] Step 503: Receive terminal information sent by one or more terminals.

[0190] Specifically, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the SF can send sensing configuration information to the network device. After receiving the sensing configuration information, in order to determine the terminals participating in sensing, the network device can broadcast sensing request information based on the sensing configuration information, requesting the terminals belonging to the network device to report their respective terminal information related to sensing.

[0191] The network device is the network device that SF determines is participating in sensing, and it can be a sensing transmitter (e.g., gNB-UE bi-base sensing) or a sensing receiver (e.g., UE-gNB bi-base sensing).

[0192] Terminals report their own terminal information based on the sensing request information. The network device can then select terminals to participate in sensing from these terminals based on the terminal information reported by each terminal, or it can send the terminal information reported by each terminal to the SF, which will then determine the terminals to participate in sensing.

[0193] The information acquisition method provided in this embodiment allows a network device to obtain terminal information related to sensing by broadcasting sensing request information after receiving the sensing configuration information. This enables the network (network device or SF) to select terminals to participate in sensing based on the terminal information, thereby better ensuring sensing performance.

[0194] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0195] Based on the received terminal information, determine the terminals participating in the sensing; or,

[0196] Based on the received terminal information, a second message is sent to the sensing function entity, the second message including the terminal information;

[0197] Receive third information sent by the sensing function entity, which is used to instruct the terminal participating in sensing.

[0198] Specifically, in some implementations, when a network device receives terminal information, it can directly determine the terminal participating in the sensing process.

[0199] In some implementations, the SF determines the terminals participating in sensing. In this case, the network device can report second information (including terminal information and other relevant information) to the SF. After determining the terminals participating in sensing, the SF sends third information to the network device to instruct the terminals participating in sensing.

[0200] In some embodiments, the second information may further include the transmission beam information of the network device.

[0201] In some embodiments, transmitting beam information includes one or more of the following:

[0202] SSB logo;

[0203] Beam index of the downlink control channel;

[0204] Beam index of downlink data channel.

[0205] There are various methods that network devices or SFs can use to determine the terminals participating in sensing, and this disclosure does not impose any specific limitations.

[0206] For example, network devices or SF can select all terminals whose terminal locations are within a specified area as terminals participating in sensing.

[0207] For example, network devices or SF can sort terminals based on their distance from a reference point (which could be the coordinates of a base station or the center of the sensing area), and select one or more terminals whose locations are closest to the reference point as the terminals participating in sensing.

[0208] For example, network devices or SF can determine, based on other reported information from terminals, whether one or more terminals that meet a certain requirement can be selected as participating terminals in sensing. For instance, an RSRP / SINR threshold can be set, and terminals with RSRP / SINR greater than the threshold can be selected as participating terminals in sensing.

[0209] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0210] Send first information to one or more terminals or terminals participating in sensing among one or more terminals, the first information being used to instruct the terminals participating in sensing.

[0211] Specifically, after the terminal sends terminal information to the network device, the network device determines the terminal participating in sensing based on the terminal information, or obtains the terminal information participating in sensing from SF. Then, the network device can send first information to the terminal so that the terminal can determine whether it needs to participate in sensing.

[0212] In some embodiments, sending first information to one or more terminals or terminals participating in sensing among one or more terminals includes:

[0213] The first information is sent via broadcast signaling, the first information including terminal identifier and / or sensing resource information; or...

[0214] The first information is sent to one or more terminals or terminals participating in sensing through RRC signaling. The first information includes sensing resource information configured for the terminal and / or indication information used to indicate whether the sensing resource information is valid or invalid.

[0215] For example, network devices can use broadcast signaling to notify the identifiers of terminals participating in sensing and / or sensing resource information (such as resource IDs) under different request information IDs. This broadcast signaling can carry the corresponding request information ID (i.e., the ID of the sensing request information).

[0216] For example, a network device can send first information to a terminal via RRC signaling. The terminal receiving the first information can be one or more terminals belonging to that network device, or it can be just the terminal belonging to that network device that is participating in sensing. The network device can implicitly indicate whether a terminal participates in sensing by whether sensing resource information is configured, or whether the configured sensing resource information is valid or invalid. For example, when the resource corresponding to the configured sensing resource ID is a valid resource, the terminal participates in sensing and receives or sends sensing signals on the specified resource. When no sensing resource ID is configured, or when the resource corresponding to the configured sensing resource ID is an invalid resource, the terminal does not participate in sensing.

[0217] For the above implementation methods involving sensing resource information, the pre-configuration method of sensing resource information can be: configuring candidate resource groups and resource identifiers through RRC or sensing-specific signaling, with each resource identifier corresponding to a sensing sequence ID, a sensing time-frequency domain resource ID (corresponding to the frequency domain start position, bandwidth, comb, time domain start position, repetition period, etc.).

[0218] In some embodiments, the awareness configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0219] Sensing area information;

[0220] Perceive the business type.

[0221] In some embodiments, the perceived area information includes one or more of the following:

[0222] Sensing area information described based on cell identifiers and / or SSB identifiers;

[0223] Perceptual region information described based on the shape information of the perceptual region.

[0224] In some embodiments, the sensing service types included in the sensing configuration information include public emergency sensing services and / or interest-based sensing services.

[0225] Specifically, public emergency sensing services are high-priority services (e.g., higher priority than communication services), and terminals cannot decide whether to respond; they are required to report terminal information. Interest-based sensing services are low-priority services (e.g., lower priority than communication services), and terminals can decide whether to respond (i.e., whether to report terminal information).

[0226] For example, the perception service types included in the perception configuration information can be divided into: 0: Public emergency (terminal forced response), 1: Interest-based (non-terminal forced response).

[0227] Among them, interest-based perception services can further indicate specific service sub-types, such as: 10: detection of target presence or absence, 11: detection of target location, 12: detection of target speed.

[0228] Figure 6 is a flowchart illustrating the information configuration method provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. The method is applied to a sensing functional entity. As shown in Figure 6, the method includes the following step 601.

[0229] Step 601: Send awareness configuration information to the network device. The awareness configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0230] Sensing area information;

[0231] Perceive the business type.

[0232] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0233] Receive second information sent by the network device, the second information including terminal information related to sensing;

[0234] Based on the second information, determine the terminals involved in sensing;

[0235] Send third information to network devices; this third information is used to instruct the terminals participating in the sensing process.

[0236] In some embodiments, the terminal information includes one or more of the following:

[0237] Terminal identifier;

[0238] Terminal sensing capability information;

[0239] Terminal location information;

[0240] Permission to obtain terminal location information;

[0241] The measurement results of the terminal on the signals sent by the network device;

[0242] The types of sensing services that the terminal is interested in.

[0243] The methods provided in the various embodiments of this disclosure are based on the same technical concept, so the implementation of each method can be referred to each other, and repeated parts will not be described again.

[0244] The methods provided in the above embodiments of this disclosure are illustrated below with specific examples. When the SF initiates a sensing service request, after the SF confirms the gNBs participating in sensing, it selects the UEs participating in sensing from among the UEs belonging to the gNBs participating in sensing, according to the scheme of this disclosure.

[0245] Example 1: Specific implementation process of public emergency awareness service (gNB decision).

[0246] Step 1: Configure SF to sense the gNB. The sense configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0247] Sensing area information;

[0248] Sensing service type: Public emergency sensing service.

[0249] Step 2: The gNB sends a sensing request message, which includes one or more of the following:

[0250] Request information ID;

[0251] Sensing frequency band information: Sensing information such as the transmission frequency band of the signal, CP type, and SCS interval;

[0252] Sensing area information;

[0253] Sensing service type: Public emergency sensing service.

[0254] Step 3: The UE responds to the perception request information, which includes one or more of the following:

[0255] UE's sensing capabilities information (e.g., support for detecting target location and velocity, support for sensing signal measurement and target detection);

[0256] UE location information (e.g., for UEs with LMF-based positioning, the permission for the UE to report its location information is authorized; for public emergency services, it may not be required to report it, and by default all UEs are authorized to obtain location information. For UEs with UE-based positioning, the UE directly reports its location coordinates).

[0257] Step 4: The gNB determines the UEs participating in the sensing based on the information reported by the UEs (e.g., selects all UEs whose locations are within a specified area as UEs participating in the sensing).

[0258] Step 5: The gNB instructs the UEs participating in the sensing (e.g., the gNB notifies the UE IDs participating in the sensing and the resource IDs of the corresponding sensing resources via broadcast signaling).

[0259] Example 2: Specific implementation process of public emergency awareness services (SF decision).

[0260] Step 1: Configure SF to sense the gNB. The sense configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0261] Sensing area information;

[0262] Sensing service type: Public emergency sensing service.

[0263] Step 2: The gNB sends a sensing request message, which includes one or more of the following:

[0264] Request information ID;

[0265] Sensing frequency band information: Sensing information such as the transmission frequency band of the signal, CP type, and SCS interval;

[0266] Sensing area information;

[0267] Sensing service type: Public emergency sensing service.

[0268] Step 3: The UE responds to the perception request information, which includes one or more of the following:

[0269] UE's sensing capabilities information (e.g., support for detecting target location and velocity, support for sensing signal measurement and target detection);

[0270] UE location information (e.g., for UEs with LMF-based positioning, the permission for the UE to report its location information is authorized; for public emergency services, it may not be required to report it, and by default all UEs are authorized to obtain location information. For UEs with UE-based positioning, the UE directly reports its location coordinates).

[0271] Step 4: The gNB reports UE information (such as UE sensing capability information, UE location information, gNB transmission beam information, etc.) to the SF. The SF determines the UEs participating in sensing based on the reported information (such as selecting all UEs whose UE locations are within a specified area as UEs participating in sensing).

[0272] Step 5: The SF notifies the gNB of the UE IDs participating in the sensing process, and the gNB instructs the participating UEs (e.g., the gNB notifies the participating UE IDs and the resource identifiers of the corresponding sensing resources via broadcast signaling).

[0273] Example 3: Specific implementation process of interest-based perception services (gNB decision).

[0274] Step 1: Configure SF to sense the gNB. The sense configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0275] Sensing area information;

[0276] Perception service type: Interest-based perception service.

[0277] Step 2: The gNB sends a sensing request message, which includes one or more of the following:

[0278] Request information ID;

[0279] Sensing frequency band information: Sensing information such as the transmission frequency band of the signal, CP type, and SCS interval;

[0280] Sensing area information;

[0281] Perception service type: Interest-based perception service (detecting target speed).

[0282] Step 3: The UE responds to the perception request information, which includes one or more of the following:

[0283] UE's sensing capabilities information (e.g., support for detecting target location and velocity, support for sensing signal measurement and target detection);

[0284] UE location information (e.g., for UEs with LMF-based positioning, the UE's permission to report its location information is authorized. For UEs with UE-based positioning, the UE reports its location coordinates);

[0285] The types of services that the UE is interested in (e.g., detecting target location and speed).

[0286] Step 4: The gNB determines the UEs participating in the sensing based on the information reported by the UEs (e.g., selects all UEs whose locations are within a specified area as UEs participating in the sensing).

[0287] Step 5: The gNB instructs the UEs participating in the sensing (e.g., the gNB configures the resource identifier of the sensing resources through RRC, and only configures valid sensing resource information for the UEs participating in the sensing).

[0288] Example 4: Specific implementation process of interest-based perception services (SF decision).

[0289] Step 1: Configure SF to sense the gNB. The sense configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0290] Sensing area information;

[0291] Perception service type: Interest-based perception service.

[0292] Step 2: The gNB sends a sensing request message, which includes one or more of the following:

[0293] Request information ID;

[0294] Sensing frequency band information: Sensing information such as the transmission frequency band of the signal, CP type, and SCS interval;

[0295] Sensing area information;

[0296] Perception service type: Interest-based perception service (detecting target speed).

[0297] Step 3: The UE responds to the perception request information, which includes one or more of the following:

[0298] UE's sensing capabilities information (e.g., support for detecting target location and velocity, support for sensing signal measurement and target detection);

[0299] UE location information (e.g., for UEs with LMF-based positioning, the UE's permission to report its location information is authorized. For UEs with UE-based positioning, the UE reports its location coordinates);

[0300] The types of services that the UE is interested in (e.g., detecting target location and speed).

[0301] Step 4: The gNB reports UE information (such as UE sensing capability information, UE location information, gNB transmission beam information, etc.) to the SF. The SF determines the UEs participating in sensing based on the reported information (such as selecting all UEs whose UE locations are within a specified area as UEs participating in sensing).

[0302] Step 5: The SF notifies the gNB of the UE IDs participating in the sensing process, and the gNB instructs the participating UEs (e.g., the gNB configures the resource identifier of the sensing resources through RRC, and only configures valid sensing resource information for the participating UEs).

[0303] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 7, the terminal includes a memory 720, a transceiver 710, and a processor 700; wherein the processor 700 and the memory 720 may also be physically arranged separately.

[0304] The memory 720 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 710 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 700.

[0305] In Figure 7, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 700 and memory represented by memory 720. The bus architecture may also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 710 may be multiple components, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, etc. For different user equipment, the user interface 730 may also be an interface capable of connecting external or internal devices, including but not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, joysticks, etc.

[0306] The processor 700 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 720 can store the data used by the processor 700 during operation.

[0307] The processor 700 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0308] The processor 700 executes any of the methods provided in the embodiments of this disclosure according to the obtained executable instructions by calling a computer program stored in the memory 720, including:

[0309] Receive sensing request information broadcast by network devices. The sensing request information is used to request terminals to report terminal information related to sensing.

[0310] Based on the perception request information, terminal information is sent to network devices.

[0311] In some embodiments, the terminal information includes one or more of the following:

[0312] Terminal identifier;

[0313] Terminal sensing capability information;

[0314] Terminal location information;

[0315] Permission to obtain terminal location information;

[0316] The measurement results of the terminal on the signals sent by the network device;

[0317] The types of sensing services that the terminal is interested in.

[0318] In some embodiments, the sensing capability information includes sensing service type and / or sensing computing capability.

[0319] In some embodiments, the sensing service type includes one or more of detecting the presence or absence of a target, detecting the location of a target, and detecting the speed of a target.

[0320] In some embodiments, the sensing computing capability includes one or more of the following: sensing capability, sensing signal measurement capability, and target detection capability.

[0321] In some embodiments, the terminal location information includes one or more of the following:

[0322] Terminal location coordinates;

[0323] The distance between the terminal's location coordinates and the coordinates of the center of the sensing area or a reference point;

[0324] The distance between the terminal's location coordinates and the coordinates of the center of the sensing area or a reference point;

[0325] Whether the distance between the terminal location coordinates and the center or reference point coordinates of the sensing area is within the effective distance.

[0326] In some embodiments, the measurement results of the signals transmitted by the network device include:

[0327] The received power of the synchronization signal block (SSB) sent by the network device; and / or,

[0328] The received power of reference signals other than SSB transmitted by network devices.

[0329] In some embodiments, the perception request information includes one or more of the following:

[0330] Request information identifier;

[0331] Sensing area information;

[0332] Sensing frequency band information;

[0333] Perceive the business type.

[0334] In some embodiments, the perceived area information includes one or more of the following:

[0335] Sensing area information described based on cell identifiers and / or SSB identifiers;

[0336] Perceptual region information described based on the shape information of the perceptual region.

[0337] In some embodiments, the shape information of the perceived region includes one or more of the following:

[0338] Sensing the coordinates of the center of the region;

[0339] Reference point coordinates;

[0340] Perceived area radius;

[0341] Length of the sensing region;

[0342] Width of the sensing area;

[0343] Perceive the side length of the sensing region;

[0344] Starting angle of the sensing area;

[0345] Perceive the center angle of the sensing area;

[0346] The angle between the sensing regions.

[0347] In some embodiments, the sensing frequency band information includes one or more of the following: the transmission frequency band of the sensing signal, the cyclic prefix type, and the subcarrier spacing.

[0348] In some embodiments, the sensing service types included in the sensing request information include public emergency sensing services and / or interest-based sensing services.

[0349] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0350] Receive the first information sent by the network device, which is used to instruct the terminal participating in the sensing.

[0351] In some embodiments, receiving first information sent by a network device includes:

[0352] The receiver receives first information transmitted via broadcast signaling from the network device, the first information including terminal identifier and / or sensing resource information; or...

[0353] The terminal receives first information sent by the network device via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. The first information includes sensing resource information configured for the terminal and / or indication information used to indicate whether the sensing resource information is valid or invalid.

[0354] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 8, the network device includes a memory 820, a transceiver 810, and a processor 800; wherein the processor 800 and the memory 820 may also be physically arranged separately.

[0355] The memory 820 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 810 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 800.

[0356] In Figure 8, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 800 and memory represented by memory 820. The bus architecture may also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 810 may be multiple elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, and other transmission media.

[0357] The processor 800 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 820 can store the data used by the processor 800 during operation.

[0358] The processor 800 can be a CPU, ASIC, FPGA or CPLD, and the processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0359] The processor 800 executes any of the methods provided in this disclosure embodiment according to the obtained executable instructions by calling a computer program stored in the memory 820, including:

[0360] Receive sensing configuration information sent by the sensing function entity;

[0361] Based on the perception configuration information, a perception request information is broadcast. The perception request information is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to perception.

[0362] Receive terminal information sent by one or more terminals.

[0363] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0364] Based on the received terminal information, determine the terminals participating in the sensing; or,

[0365] Based on the received terminal information, a second message is sent to the sensing function entity, the second message including the terminal information;

[0366] Receive third information sent by the sensing function entity, which is used to instruct the terminal participating in sensing.

[0367] In some embodiments, the second information may further include the transmission beam information of the network device.

[0368] In some embodiments, transmitting beam information includes one or more of the following:

[0369] SSB logo;

[0370] Beam index of the downlink control channel;

[0371] Beam index of downlink data channel.

[0372] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0373] Send first information to one or more terminals or terminals participating in sensing among one or more terminals, the first information being used to instruct the terminals participating in sensing.

[0374] In some embodiments, sending first information to one or more terminals or terminals participating in sensing among one or more terminals includes:

[0375] The first information is sent via broadcast signaling, the first information including terminal identifier and / or sensing resource information; or...

[0376] The first information is sent to one or more terminals or terminals participating in sensing through RRC signaling. The first information includes sensing resource information configured for the terminal and / or indication information used to indicate whether the sensing resource information is valid or invalid.

[0377] In some embodiments, the awareness configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0378] Sensing area information;

[0379] Perceive the business type.

[0380] In some embodiments, the perceived area information includes one or more of the following:

[0381] Sensing area information described based on cell identifiers and / or SSB identifiers;

[0382] Perceptual region information described based on the shape information of the perceptual region.

[0383] In some embodiments, the sensing service types included in the sensing configuration information include public emergency sensing services and / or interest-based sensing services.

[0384] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the sensing function entity provided in the embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 9, the sensing function entity includes a memory 920, a transceiver 910, and a processor 900; wherein the processor 900 and the memory 920 can also be physically arranged separately.

[0385] The memory 920 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 910 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 900.

[0386] In Figure 9, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 900 and memory represented by memory 920. The bus architecture may also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be further described herein. A bus interface provides an interface. Transceiver 910 may be multiple elements, including transmitters and receivers, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, and other transmission media.

[0387] The processor 900 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 920 can store the data used by the processor 900 during operation.

[0388] The processor 900 can be a CPU, ASIC, FPGA or CPLD, and the processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0389] The processor 900 executes any of the methods provided in the embodiments of this disclosure according to the obtained executable instructions by calling a computer program stored in the memory 920, including:

[0390] Send awareness configuration information to the network device. The awareness configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0391] Sensing area information;

[0392] Perceive the business type.

[0393] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0394] Receive second information sent by the network device, the second information including terminal information related to sensing;

[0395] Based on the second information, determine the terminals involved in sensing;

[0396] Send third information to network devices; this third information is used to instruct the terminals participating in the sensing process.

[0397] In some embodiments, the terminal information includes one or more of the following:

[0398] Terminal identifier;

[0399] Terminal sensing capability information;

[0400] Terminal location information;

[0401] Permission to obtain terminal location information;

[0402] The measurement results of the terminal on the signals sent by the network device;

[0403] The types of sensing services that the terminal is interested in.

[0404] It should be noted that the terminals, network devices and sensing functional entities provided in the embodiments of this disclosure can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiments and can achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiments will not be described in detail here.

[0405] The information sending / acquiring / configuration apparatus provided in the embodiments of this disclosure is described below. The information sending / acquiring / configuration apparatus described below and the information sending / acquiring / configuration method described above can be referred to in correspondence with each other.

[0406] Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the information transmission device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 10, the device includes:

[0407] The first receiving unit 1010 is used to receive sensing request information broadcast by the network device. The sensing request information is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to sensing.

[0408] The first sending unit 1020 is used to send terminal information to the network device based on the perception request information.

[0409] In some embodiments, the terminal information includes one or more of the following:

[0410] Terminal identifier;

[0411] Terminal sensing capability information;

[0412] Terminal location information;

[0413] Permission to obtain terminal location information;

[0414] The measurement results of the terminal on the signals sent by the network device;

[0415] The types of sensing services that the terminal is interested in.

[0416] In some embodiments, the sensing capability information includes sensing service type and / or sensing computing capability.

[0417] In some embodiments, the sensing service type includes one or more of detecting the presence or absence of a target, detecting the location of a target, and detecting the speed of a target.

[0418] In some embodiments, the sensing computing capability includes one or more of the following: sensing capability, sensing signal measurement capability, and target detection capability.

[0419] In some embodiments, the terminal location information includes one or more of the following:

[0420] Terminal location coordinates;

[0421] The distance between the terminal's location coordinates and the coordinates of the center of the sensing area or a reference point;

[0422] The distance between the terminal's location coordinates and the coordinates of the center of the sensing area or a reference point;

[0423] Whether the distance between the terminal location coordinates and the center or reference point coordinates of the sensing area is within the effective distance.

[0424] In some embodiments, the measurement results of the signals transmitted by the network device include:

[0425] The received power of the synchronization signal block (SSB) sent by the network device; and / or,

[0426] The received power of reference signals other than SSB transmitted by network devices.

[0427] In some embodiments, the perception request information includes one or more of the following:

[0428] Request information identifier;

[0429] Sensing area information;

[0430] Sensing frequency band information;

[0431] Perceive the business type.

[0432] In some embodiments, the perceived area information includes one or more of the following:

[0433] Sensing area information described based on cell identifiers and / or SSB identifiers;

[0434] Perceptual region information described based on the shape information of the perceptual region.

[0435] In some embodiments, the shape information of the perceived region includes one or more of the following:

[0436] Sensing the coordinates of the center of the region;

[0437] Reference point coordinates;

[0438] Perceived area radius;

[0439] Length of the sensing region;

[0440] Width of the sensing area;

[0441] Perceive the side length of the sensing region;

[0442] Starting angle of the sensing area;

[0443] Perceive the center angle of the sensing area;

[0444] The angle between the sensing regions.

[0445] In some embodiments, the sensing frequency band information includes one or more of the following: the transmission frequency band of the sensing signal, the cyclic prefix type, and the subcarrier spacing.

[0446] In some embodiments, the sensing service types included in the sensing request information include public emergency sensing services and / or interest-based sensing services.

[0447] In some embodiments, the first receiving unit 1010 is further configured to:

[0448] Receive the first information sent by the network device, which is used to instruct the terminal participating in the sensing.

[0449] In some embodiments, receiving first information sent by a network device includes:

[0450] The receiver receives first information transmitted via broadcast signaling from the network device, the first information including terminal identifier and / or sensing resource information; or...

[0451] The terminal receives first information sent by the network device via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. The first information includes sensing resource information configured for the terminal and / or indication information used to indicate whether the sensing resource information is valid or invalid.

[0452] Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the information acquisition device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 11, the device includes:

[0453] The second receiving unit 1110 is used to receive sensing configuration information sent by the sensing function entity;

[0454] Broadcast unit 1120 is used to broadcast perception request information based on perception configuration information. The perception request information is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to perception.

[0455] The third receiving unit 1130 is used to receive terminal information sent by one or more terminals.

[0456] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a first determining unit, configured to:

[0457] Based on the received terminal information, determine the terminals participating in the sensing; or,

[0458] Based on the received terminal information, a second message is sent to the sensing function entity, the second message including the terminal information;

[0459] Receive third information sent by the sensing function entity, which is used to instruct the terminal participating in sensing.

[0460] In some embodiments, the second information may further include the transmission beam information of the network device.

[0461] In some embodiments, transmitting beam information includes one or more of the following:

[0462] SSB logo;

[0463] Beam index of the downlink control channel;

[0464] Beam index of downlink data channel.

[0465] In some embodiments, the device further includes:

[0466] The second sending unit is used to send first information to one or more terminals or terminals participating in sensing among one or more terminals, the first information being used to instruct the terminals participating in sensing.

[0467] In some embodiments, sending first information to one or more terminals or terminals participating in sensing among one or more terminals includes:

[0468] The first information is sent via broadcast signaling, the first information including terminal identifier and / or sensing resource information; or...

[0469] The first information is sent to one or more terminals or terminals participating in sensing through RRC signaling. The first information includes sensing resource information configured for the terminal and / or indication information used to indicate whether the sensing resource information is valid or invalid.

[0470] In some embodiments, the awareness configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0471] Sensing area information;

[0472] Perceive the business type.

[0473] In some embodiments, the perceived area information includes one or more of the following:

[0474] Sensing area information described based on cell identifiers and / or SSB identifiers;

[0475] Perceptual region information described based on the shape information of the perceptual region.

[0476] In some embodiments, the sensing service types included in the sensing configuration information include public emergency sensing services and / or interest-based sensing services.

[0477] Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of the information configuration device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 12, the device includes:

[0478] The third transmitting unit 1210 is used to transmit sensing configuration information to the network device. The sensing configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0479] Sensing area information;

[0480] Perceive the business type.

[0481] In some embodiments, the device further includes:

[0482] The fourth receiving unit is used to receive second information sent by the network device, the second information including terminal information related to sensing;

[0483] The second determining unit is used to determine the terminal participating in the sensing based on the second information;

[0484] The fourth sending unit is used to send third information to the network device, which is used to instruct the terminal participating in the sensing.

[0485] In some embodiments, the terminal information includes one or more of the following:

[0486] Terminal identifier;

[0487] Terminal sensing capability information;

[0488] Terminal location information;

[0489] Permission to obtain terminal location information;

[0490] The measurement results of the terminal on the signals sent by the network device;

[0491] The types of sensing services that the terminal is interested in.

[0492] It should be noted that the information sending / acquiring / configuration device provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiments and achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiments will not be described in detail here.

[0493] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of this disclosure is illustrative and only represents one logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of this disclosure can be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically separately, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit. The integrated units described above can be implemented in hardware or as software functional units.

[0494] If the integrated unit is implemented as a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this disclosure, in essence, or the part that contributes to related technologies, or all or part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or processor to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of this disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media capable of storing program code, such as USB flash drives, portable hard drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0495] In some embodiments, this disclosure also provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to execute the information sending method provided by the method embodiments where the execution subject is a terminal, or to execute the information acquisition method provided by the method embodiments where the subject is a network device, or to execute the information configuration method provided by the method embodiments where the subject is a sensing function entity.

[0496] It should be noted that the processor-readable storage medium provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0497] The processor-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that the processor can access, including but not limited to magnetic memory (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disk (MO)), optical memory (e.g., CD, DVD, BD, HVD), and semiconductor memory (e.g., ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state drive (SSD)).

[0498] In some embodiments, this disclosure also provides a non-transient readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program being configured to cause a processor to execute the information sending method provided by the method embodiments where the execution subject is a terminal, or to execute the information acquisition method provided by the method embodiments where the subject is a network device, or to execute the information configuration method provided by the method embodiments where the subject is a sensing functional entity.

[0499] The non-transiently readable storage medium provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiments and achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiments will not be described in detail here.

[0500] In some embodiments, this disclosure also provides a communication device, which stores a computer program. The computer program is used to enable the communication device to execute the information sending method provided by the method embodiments where the execution subject is a terminal, or to execute the information acquisition method provided by the method embodiments where the subject is a network device, or to execute the information configuration method provided by the method embodiments where the subject is a sensing functional entity.

[0501] The communication device provided in this disclosure can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiments and achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiments will not be described in detail here.

[0502] In some embodiments, this disclosure also provides a chip product, which stores a computer program. The computer program is used to enable the chip product to execute the information sending method provided by the method embodiments where the execution subject is a terminal, or to execute the information acquisition method provided by the method embodiments where the subject is a network device, or to execute the information configuration method provided by the method embodiments where the subject is a sensing functional entity.

[0503] Specifically, the chip products provided in this disclosure can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. Here, the parts that are the same as those in the method embodiments and the beneficial effects will not be described in detail.

[0504] The technical solutions provided in this disclosure are applicable to a variety of systems. For example, applicable systems may include Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) systems, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) systems, Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) systems, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) systems, 5G New Radio (NR) systems and their evolved communication systems, and 6G (sixth generation mobile communication technology) systems. These systems may include terminal equipment and network equipment. The systems may also include a core network component, such as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G core network (5GC), or a 6G core network.

[0505] The terminals disclosed in this embodiment can be devices that provide voice and / or data connectivity to users, handheld devices with wireless connectivity, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The names of the terminals may differ in different systems; for example, in a 5G system, a terminal may be called User Equipment (UE). Wireless terminals can communicate with one or more core networks (CNs) via a Radio Access Network (RAN). Wireless terminals can be mobile terminals, such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile terminals, for example, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices that exchange voice and / or data with the RAN. Examples include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The wireless terminal may also be referred to as a system, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, or user device, but is not limited to these terms in the embodiments disclosed herein.

[0506] The network device disclosed in this embodiment may be a base station, which may include multiple cells providing services to terminals. Depending on the specific application, the base station may also be called an access point, or a device in the access network that communicates with the wireless terminal device through one or more sectors on the air interface, or other names. The network device may be used to exchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets, acting as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, where the rest of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may also coordinate the attribute management of the air interface. For example, the network equipment involved in this disclosure can be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a base station (NodeB) in Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), an evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a next-generation 5G network architecture, a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay node, a femto, a pico, etc., and is not limited in this disclosure. In some network structures, the network equipment may include Centralized Unit (CU) nodes and Distributed Unit (DU) nodes, and the Centralized Unit and Distributed Unit may be geographically separated.

[0507] Those skilled in the art will understand that embodiments of this disclosure can be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, this disclosure can take the form of a completely hardware embodiment, a completely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, this disclosure can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage and optical storage) containing computer-usable program code.

[0508] This disclosure is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of this disclosure. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in one or more flowchart illustrations and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0509] These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can instruct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement the functions specified in one or more flowcharts and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0510] These processor-executable instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer-implemented process, such that the instructions, which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus, provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flowcharts and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0511] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this disclosure without departing from its spirit and scope. Therefore, if such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the claims of this disclosure and their equivalents, this disclosure is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. An information transmission method, applied to a terminal, the method comprising: Receive sensing request information broadcast by network devices, wherein the sensing request information is used to request terminals to report terminal information related to sensing; Based on the perception request information, the terminal information is sent to the network device.

2. The information sending method according to claim 1, wherein, The terminal information includes one or more of the following: Terminal identifier; Terminal sensing capability information; Terminal location information; Permission to obtain terminal location information; The measurement results of the signal sent by the terminal to the network device; The types of sensing services that the terminal is interested in.

3. The information sending method according to claim 2, wherein, The perception capability information includes perception service type and / or perception computing capability.

4. The information transmission method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein, The sensing service types include one or more of the following: detecting the presence or absence of a target, detecting the location of a target, and detecting the speed of a target.

5. The information sending method according to claim 3, wherein, The sensing and computing capabilities include one or more of the following: sensing capability, sensing signal measurement capability, and target detection capability.

6. The information sending method according to claim 2, wherein, The terminal location information includes one or more of the following: Terminal location coordinates; The distance between the terminal's location coordinates and the coordinates of the center of the sensing area or a reference point; The distance between the terminal's location coordinates and the coordinates of the center of the sensing area or a reference point; Whether the distance between the terminal location coordinates and the center or reference point coordinates of the sensing area is within the effective distance.

7. The information sending method according to claim 2, wherein, The measurement results of the signals transmitted by the network device include: The received power of the synchronization signal block SSB sent by the network device; and / or, The received power of reference signals other than SSB transmitted by the network device.

8. The information sending method according to claim 1, wherein, The perception request information includes one or more of the following: Request information identifier; Sensing area information; Sensing frequency band information; Perceive the business type.

9. The information transmission method according to claim 8, wherein, The sensing area information includes one or more of the following: Sensing area information described based on cell identifiers and / or SSB identifiers; Perceptual region information described based on the shape information of the perceptual region.

10. The information transmission method according to claim 9, wherein, The shape information of the sensing region includes one or more of the following: Sensing the coordinates of the center of the region; Reference point coordinates; Perception area radius; Length of the sensing region; Width of the sensing area; Perceive the side length of the sensing region; Starting angle of the sensing area; Perceive the center angle of the sensing area; The angle between the sensing regions.

11. The information transmission method according to claim 8, wherein, The sensing frequency band information includes one or more of the following: the transmission frequency band of the sensing signal, the cyclic prefix type, and the subcarrier spacing.

12. The information transmission method according to claim 8, wherein, The perception request information includes perception service types such as public emergency perception services and / or interest-based perception services.

13. The information sending method according to claim 1, wherein, The method further includes: The system receives first information sent by the network device, which is used to indicate the terminal participating in the sensing process.

14. The information transmission method according to claim 13, wherein, The receipt of the first information sent by the network device includes: The network device receives the first information transmitted via broadcast signaling, wherein the first information includes a terminal identifier and / or sensing resource information; or, The terminal receives the first information sent by the network device via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, the first information including sensing resource information configured for the terminal and / or indication information for indicating whether the sensing resource information is valid or invalid.

15. An information acquisition method, applied to a network device, the method comprising: Receive sensing configuration information sent by the sensing function entity; Based on the perception configuration information, a perception request information is broadcast, which is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to perception. Receive terminal information sent by one or more terminals.

16. The information acquisition method according to claim 15, wherein, The method further includes: Based on the received terminal information, determine the terminals participating in the sensing; or, Based on the received terminal information, a second message is sent to the sensing function entity, the second message including the terminal information; The third information sent by the sensing function entity is received, and the third information is used to instruct the terminal participating in the sensing.

17. The information acquisition method according to claim 16, wherein, The second information also includes the transmission beam information of the network device.

18. The information acquisition method according to claim 17, wherein, The transmitted beam information includes one or more of the following: SSB logo; Beam index of the downlink control channel; Beam index of downlink data channel.

19. The information acquisition method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein, The method further includes: Send first information to one or more terminals or to a terminal among the one or more terminals that participates in sensing, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal participating in sensing.

20. The information acquisition method according to claim 19, wherein, Sending the first information to the one or more terminals or to a terminal among the one or more terminals that participates in sensing includes: The first information is sent via broadcast signaling, and the first information includes a terminal identifier and / or sensing resource information; or... The first information is sent to one or more terminals or terminals participating in sensing via RRC signaling. The first information includes sensing resource information configured for the terminal and / or indication information for indicating whether the sensing resource information is valid or invalid.

21. The information acquisition method according to claim 15, wherein, The perception configuration information includes one or more of the following: Sensing area information; Perceive the business type.

22. The information acquisition method according to claim 21, wherein, The sensing area information includes one or more of the following: Sensing area information described based on cell identifiers and / or SSB identifiers; Perceptual region information described based on the shape information of the perceptual region.

23. The information acquisition method according to claim 21, wherein, The perception configuration information includes perception service types such as public emergency perception services and / or interest-based perception services.

24. An information configuration method applied to a sensing functional entity, the method comprising: Sending sensing configuration information to network devices, wherein the sensing configuration information includes one or more of the following: Sensing area information; Perceive the business type.

25. The information configuration method according to claim 24, wherein, The method further includes: Receive second information sent by the network device, the second information including terminal information related to sensing; Based on the second information, determine the terminals participating in the sensing; A third message is sent to the network device, the third message being used to instruct the terminal participating in the sensing.

26. The information configuration method according to claim 25, wherein, The terminal information includes one or more of the following: Terminal identifier; Terminal sensing capability information; Terminal location information; Permission to obtain terminal location information; The measurement results of the signal sent by the terminal to the network device; The types of sensing services that the terminal is interested in.

27. A terminal, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; Memory, used to store computer programs; Transceiver, used to send and receive data under the control of the processor; Processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Receive sensing request information broadcast by network devices, wherein the sensing request information is used to request terminals to report terminal information related to sensing; Based on the perception request information, the terminal information is sent to the network device.

28. A network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; Memory, used to store computer programs; Transceiver, used to send and receive data under the control of the processor; Processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Receive sensing configuration information sent by the sensing function entity; Based on the perception configuration information, a perception request information is broadcast, which is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to perception. Receive terminal information sent by one or more terminals.

29. A sensing functional entity, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; Memory, used to store computer programs; The transceiver is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor; the processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Sending sensing configuration information to network devices, wherein the sensing configuration information includes one or more of the following: Sensing area information; Perceive the business type.

30. An information transmitting device, the device comprising: The first receiving unit is used to receive sensing request information broadcast by the network device, wherein the sensing request information is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to sensing. The first sending unit is used to send the terminal information to the network device based on the perception request information.

31. An information acquisition device, the device comprising: The second receiving unit is used to receive sensing configuration information sent by the sensing function entity; The broadcasting unit is used to broadcast perception request information based on the perception configuration information, wherein the perception request information is used to request the terminal to report terminal information related to perception. The third receiving unit is used to receive the terminal information sent by one or more terminals.

32. An information configuration device, the device comprising: The third sending unit is used to send sensing configuration information to the network device, wherein the sensing configuration information includes one or more of the following: Sensing area information; Perceive the business type.

33. A processor-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 14, or the method of any one of claims 15 to 23, or the method of any one of claims 24 to 26.

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