Communication method, terminal, network device, system, storage medium, and program product

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method, a terminal, a network device, a system, a storage medium, and a program product. The communication method comprises: a terminal receives first information; the terminal determines a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set on the basis of the first information, wherein the first reference signal resource set comprises one or more first reference signal resource subsets, the second reference signal resource set comprises one or more second reference signal resource subsets, and there is a correspondence between the first reference signal resource subset and the second reference signal resource subset. The present disclosure can improve the communication efficiency.

Description

Communication method, terminal, network device, system, storage medium and program product TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a communication method, a terminal, a network device, a system, a storage medium and a program product. BACKGROUND

[0002] In new radio (NR), especially when the frequency range (FR) is above FR1, due to fast attenuation of high frequency channels, in order to ensure coverage, beam-based transmission and reception need to be used. SUMMARY

[0003] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a terminal, a network device, a system, a storage medium and a program product.

[0004] According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, the method comprising: a terminal receiving first information; the terminal determining a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set based on the first information; wherein the first reference signal resource set comprises one or more first reference signal resource subsets, the second reference signal resource set comprises one or more second reference signal resource subsets, and the first reference signal resource subsets and the second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

[0005] According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, the method comprising: a network device sending first information, the first information being used to determine a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set; wherein the first reference signal resource set comprises one or more first reference signal resource subsets, the second reference signal resource set comprises one or more second reference signal resource subsets, and the first reference signal resource subsets and the second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

[0006] According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising: a transceiver module, configured to receive first information; a processing module, configured to determine a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set based on the first information; wherein the first reference signal resource set comprises one or more first reference signal resource subsets, the second reference signal resource set comprises one or more second reference signal resource subsets, and the first reference signal resource subsets and the second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

[0007] According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, comprising: a transceiver module configured to transmit first information, the first information being configured to determine a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set; wherein the first reference signal resource set includes one or more first reference signal resource subsets, the second reference signal resource set includes one or more second reference signal resource subsets, and the first reference signal resource subsets and the second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

[0008] According to a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the terminal is configured to execute the first aspect and any one of the communication methods in the first aspect.

[0009] According to a sixth aspect of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the network device is configured to perform the second aspect and any one of the communication methods in the second aspect.

[0010] According to a seventh aspect of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, including a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the first aspect and any one of the communication methods in the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the second aspect and any one of the communication methods in the second aspect.

[0011] According to an eighth aspect of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided that stores instructions which, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform a communication method as described in the first aspect and any one thereof, or the second aspect and any one thereof.

[0012] According to a ninth aspect of the present disclosure, a program product is provided, comprising: a computer program, which, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform a communication method as described in the first aspect and any one of the first aspects or the second aspect and the second aspect.

[0013] This disclosure describes a method where a terminal receives first information sent by a network device and determines a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set based on the first information. The first reference signal resource set includes one or more subsets of first reference signal resources, and the second reference signal resource set includes one or more subsets of second reference signal resources. The first and second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship. This enables group-based reporting, thereby improving communication efficiency. Attached Figure Description

[0014] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this disclosure, the accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments are introduced below. The following drawings are only some embodiments of this disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of this disclosure.

[0015] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system architecture according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0016] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication method interaction according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0018] Figure 4 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of a communication method interaction according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] Figure 6a is a schematic diagram of the structure of the terminal proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure.

[0021] Figure 6b is a schematic diagram of the structure of the network device proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure.

[0022] Figure 7a is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure.

[0023] Figure 7b is a schematic diagram of the chip structure proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure. Detailed Implementation

[0024] This disclosure provides communication methods, terminals, network devices, systems, storage media, and program products.

[0025] In a first aspect, embodiments of this disclosure propose a communication method, the method comprising: a terminal receiving first information; the terminal determining a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set based on the first information; wherein the first reference signal resource set includes one or more first reference signal resource subsets, the second reference signal resource set includes one or more second reference signal resource subsets, and the first reference signal resource subsets and the second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

[0026] In some alternative embodiments of the first aspect, the first subset of reference signal resources and / or the second subset of reference signal resources includes at least one of the following: one or more reference signal resources; one or more reference signal resource ports.

[0027] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, the first subset of reference signal resources and the second subset of reference signal resources that have a corresponding relationship correspond to at least one of the following: a transmit / receive point; a control resource set pool index; a cell identifier; and a port.

[0028] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, different subsets of the first reference signal resources or different subsets of the second reference signal resources correspond to at least one of the following: transmit / receive point; control resource set pool index; cell identifier; port.

[0029] In some alternative embodiments of the first aspect, the first information is used to indicate a first identifier, the first identifier corresponding to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set, the method further comprising: the terminal measuring the first reference signal resource set to obtain a first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set, and determining a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result; the terminal sending the report to the network device, the report including the second result.

[0030] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, the report includes at least one set of second results, which includes multiple reference signal resource identifiers or multiple port identifiers. The different reference signal resource identifiers or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to different subsets of second reference signal resources, or the different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to the same subset of second reference signal resources.

[0031] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, the report may also include at least one of the following: Layer 1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP); Layer 1 Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (L1-SINR); Maximum number of ports for Sounding Reference Signal (SRS); Cell identifier; Identifier of the report.

[0032] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, the report includes a first report, the first information including a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to the first report.

[0033] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, the report further includes a second report, wherein the first information field is also used to indicate a second identifier corresponding to the second report, and the second report is different from the first report.

[0034] In some alternative embodiments of the first aspect, the first bit of the first information field is used to indicate the first identifier of the first report, and the second bit of the first information field is used to indicate the second identifier of the second report; or, the first codepoint of the first information field is used to indicate the first identifier of the first report, and the second codepoint of the first information field is used to indicate the second identifier of the second report.

[0035] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, the first information further includes a second information field, the second information field indicating that the first information is used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to the first report or a second identifier corresponding to the second report.

[0036] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, different first information respectively indicates a first identifier corresponding to a first report and a second identifier corresponding to a second report, the second report being different from the first report.

[0037] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, the report is carried by at least one of the following: a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH); a Configuration-License Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG PUSCH); or a Dynamically Licensed Physical Uplink Shared Channel (DG PUSCH).

[0038] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, the first result is a measurement result, the second result is a prediction result, and the step of determining the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result includes: determining the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result and artificial intelligence (AI) functions.

[0039] In some alternative embodiments of the first aspect, the method further includes: the terminal receiving second information sent by a network device, different pieces of the second information corresponding to different first identifiers, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set being determined based on the second information and the first identifier.

[0040] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, the second information includes at least one of the following: a third identifier, which is an identifier of the first reference signal resource set; a fourth identifier, which is an identifier of the second reference signal resource set; and a fifth identifier, which is used to determine additional conditions of the network device.

[0041] In some alternative examples of the first aspect, the first information includes at least one of the following: a Media Access Control Unit (MAC CE); and Downlink Control Information (DCI).

[0042] In some alternative embodiments of the first aspect, the first report includes at least one of the following: at least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the plurality of second reference signal resource subsets include reference signal resource subsets corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; at least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein a portion of the second reference signal resource subsets includes reference signal resources of a first cell, and a portion of the second reference signal resource subsets includes reference signal resources of a second cell, the first cell being the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell being a cell other than the serving cell; the second report includes at least one of the following: at least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the plurality of second reference signal resource subsets include reference signal resource subsets corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; at least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein a portion of the second reference signal resource subsets includes reference signal resources of a first cell, and a portion of the second reference signal resource subsets includes reference signal resources of a second cell, wherein the... The first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell; the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are different serving cells of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located at different frequencies; the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located at the same frequency; the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located at different frequencies;The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, and the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, or the first cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal; a second result for mobility management, the second result being a result obtained based on a non-measurement method; a measurement result of the second reference signal resource set, wherein the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources of the second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; a first result for mobility management, the first result being a result obtained based on a measurement method; a Channel State Information (CSI) report; the first report and the second report are different.

[0043] In some alternative embodiments of the second aspect, the first subset of reference signal resources and / or the second subset of reference signal resources includes at least one of the following: one or more reference signal resources; one or more reference signal resource ports.

[0044] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the first and second subsets of reference signal resources that have a corresponding relationship correspond to at least one of the following: a transmit / receive point; a control resource set pool index; a cell identifier; and a port.

[0045] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, different subsets of the first reference signal resources or different subsets of the second reference signal resources correspond to at least one of the following: transmit / receive point; control resource set pool index; cell identifier; port.

[0046] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the first information is used to indicate a first identifier, the first identifier corresponding to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set, and the method further includes: the network device receiving a report sent by the terminal, the report including a second result, the second result being determined by the terminal based on the first result, the first result being obtained by the terminal measuring the first reference signal resource set.

[0047] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the report includes at least one set of second results, which includes multiple reference signal resource identifiers or multiple port identifiers. The different reference signal resource identifiers or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to different subsets of second reference signal resources, or the different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to the same subset of second reference signal resources.

[0048] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the report may also include at least one of the following: Layer 1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP); Layer 1 Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (L1-SINR); Maximum number of ports for Sounding Reference Signal (SRS); Cell identifier; Identifier of the report.

[0049] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the report includes a first report, the first information including a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to the first report.

[0050] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the report further includes a second report, wherein the first information field is also used to indicate a second identifier corresponding to the second report, and the second report is different from the first report.

[0051] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the first bit of the first information field is used to indicate the first identifier of the first report, and the second bit of the first information field is used to indicate the second identifier of the second report; or, the first codepoint of the first information field is used to indicate the first identifier of the first report, and the second codepoint of the first information field is used to indicate the second identifier of the second report.

[0052] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the first information further includes a second information field, wherein the first information is used to indicate the first identifier when the second information field indicates that the first information is used to indicate the first identifier; the second information field is used to indicate either that the first information is used to indicate the first identifier or that the first information is used to indicate the second identifier.

[0053] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, different first information respectively indicates a first identifier corresponding to a first report and a second identifier corresponding to a second report, the second report being different from the first report.

[0054] In some alternative embodiments of the second aspect, the first report includes at least one of the following: at least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the plurality of second reference signal resource subsets include reference signal resource subsets corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; at least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein a portion of the second reference signal resource subsets includes reference signal resources of a first cell, and a portion of the second reference signal resource subsets includes reference signal resources of a second cell, the first cell being the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell being a cell other than the serving cell; the second report includes at least one of the following: at least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the plurality of second reference signal resource subsets include reference signal resource subsets corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; at least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein a portion of the second reference signal resource subsets includes reference signal resources of a first cell, and a portion of the second reference signal resource subsets includes reference signal resources of a second cell, wherein the... The first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell; the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are different serving cells of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located at different frequencies; the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located at the same frequency; the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located at different frequencies;The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, and the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, or the first cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal; a second result for mobility management, the second result being a result obtained based on a non-measurement method; a measurement result of the second reference signal resource set, wherein the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources of the second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; a first result for mobility management, the first result being a result obtained based on a measurement method; a Channel State Information (CSI) report; the first report and the second report are different.

[0055] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the report is carried by at least one of the following: a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH); a Configuration-License Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG PUSCH); or a Dynamically Licensed Physical Uplink Shared Channel (DG PUSCH).

[0056] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the first result is a measurement result, the second result is a prediction result, and the second result is determined based on the first result and artificial intelligence (AI) functions.

[0057] In some alternative embodiments of the second aspect, the method further includes: the network device sending second information to the terminal, different pieces of the second information corresponding to different first identifiers, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set being determined based on the second information and the first identifier.

[0058] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the second information includes at least one of the following: a third identifier, which is an identifier of the first reference signal resource set; a fourth identifier, which is an identifier of the second reference signal resource set; and a fifth identifier, which is used to determine additional conditions of the network device.

[0059] In some alternative examples of the second aspect, the first information includes at least one of the following: Media Access Control Unit (MAC CE); Downlink Control Information (DCI).

[0060] Thirdly, a terminal is provided, comprising: a transceiver module for receiving first information; and a processing module for determining a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set based on the first information; wherein the first reference signal resource set includes one or more first reference signal resource subsets, the second reference signal resource set includes one or more second reference signal resource subsets, and the first reference signal resource subsets and the second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

[0061] Fourthly, a network device is provided, comprising: a transceiver module for transmitting first information, the first information being used to determine a first set of reference signal resources and a second set of reference signal resources; wherein the first set of reference signal resources includes one or more subsets of first reference signal resources, the second set of reference signal resources includes one or more subsets of second reference signal resources, and the first subsets of reference signal resources and the second subsets of reference signal resources have a corresponding relationship.

[0062] Fifthly, a terminal is provided, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the terminal is configured to execute the first aspect and any one of the communication methods in the first aspect.

[0063] A sixth aspect provides a network device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the network device is configured to perform the second aspect and any one of the communication methods in the second aspect.

[0064] A seventh aspect provides a communication system, including a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the first aspect and any one of the communication methods in the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the second aspect and any one of the communication methods in the second aspect.

[0065] Eighthly, a storage medium is provided that stores instructions, which, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform a communication method as described in the first aspect and any one thereof, or the second aspect and any one thereof.

[0066] Ninth aspect, a program product is provided, comprising: a computer program, which, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform a communication method as described in the first aspect and any one of the first aspects or the second aspect and the second aspect.

[0067] In a tenth aspect, embodiments of this disclosure provide a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the methods described in an optional implementation of the first or second aspect.

[0068] Eleventhly, embodiments of this disclosure provide a chip or chip system. The chip or chip system includes processing circuitry configured to perform the methods described in the optional implementations of the first or second aspect above.

[0069] It is understood that the terminals, access network devices, first network elements, other network elements, core network devices, communication systems, storage media, program products, computer programs, chips, or chip systems involved in the embodiments of this disclosure are all used to execute the methods proposed in the embodiments of this disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can be referred to the beneficial effects in the corresponding methods, and will not be repeated here.

[0070] This disclosure provides communication methods, terminals, network devices, systems, storage media, and program products. In some embodiments, the terms "communication method" and "information processing method" can be used interchangeably, as can the terms "communication device" and "information processing device" and "communication device," and the terms "information processing system" and "communication system."

[0071] This disclosure is not exhaustive, but merely illustrative of some embodiments, and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of this disclosure. Unless otherwise specified, each step in a particular embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a particular embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a particular embodiment can be arbitrarily interchanged. Furthermore, the optional implementation methods in a particular embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; moreover, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a particular embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0072] In each of the disclosed embodiments, unless otherwise specified or in case of logical conflict, the terminology and / or descriptions of the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical environments of different embodiments can be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationships.

[0073] The terminology used in the embodiments of this disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure.

[0074] In this embodiment of the disclosure, unless otherwise stated, elements expressed in the singular form, such as "a," "an," "the," "the," "the," "the," "the," "the," "this," etc., can mean "one and only one," or "one or more," "at least one," etc. For example, when using articles such as "a," "an," "the," etc. in translation, the noun following the article can be understood as either a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0075] In the embodiments disclosed herein, "multiple" refers to two or more.

[0076] In some embodiments, the terms “at least one of”, “one or more”, “a plurality of”, “multiple”, etc., may be used interchangeably.

[0077] In some embodiments, the notation "at least one of A and B", "A and / or B", "A in one case, B in another", "in response to one case A, in response to another case B", etc., may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (execute A regardless of B); in some embodiments, B (execute B regardless of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The same applies when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0078] In some embodiments, the notation "A or B" may include the following technical solutions, depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (execution of A regardless of B); in some embodiments, B (execution of B regardless of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The same applies when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0079] The prefixes "first," "second," etc., used in the embodiments of this disclosure are merely for distinguishing different descriptive objects and do not impose restrictions on the position, order, priority, quantity, or content of the descriptive objects. The description of the descriptive objects is found in the claims or the context of the embodiments, and the use of prefixes should not constitute unnecessary restrictions. For example, if the descriptive object is a "field," the ordinal numbers preceding "field" in "first field" and "second field" do not restrict the position or order of the "fields." "First" and "second" do not restrict whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they restrict the order of "first field" and "second field." Similarly, if the descriptive object is a "level," the ordinal numbers preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not restrict the priority between "levels." Furthermore, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal numbers and can be one or more. For example, in "first device," the number of "devices" can be one or more. Furthermore, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the object being described is "device", then "first device" and "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different. Similarly, if the object being described is "information", then "first information" and "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their content can be the same or different.

[0080] In some embodiments, “including A,” “containing A,” “for indicating A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0081] In some embodiments, the terms “in response to…”, “in response to determining…”, “in the case of…”, “when…”, “if…”, “if…”, etc., can be used interchangeably.

[0082] In some embodiments, the terms “greater than,” “greater than or equal to,” “not less than,” “more than,” “more than or equal to,” “not less than,” “higher than,” “higher than or equal to,” “not lower than,” and “above” can be used interchangeably, as can the terms “less than,” “less than or equal to,” “not greater than,” “less than,” “less than or equal to,” “not more than,” “lower than,” “lower than or equal to,” “not higher than,” and “below”.

[0083] In some embodiments, the apparatus and device may be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. In some cases, they may also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "body", etc.

[0084] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network devices, core network devices, etc.

[0085] In some embodiments, "access network device (AN device)" may also be referred to as "radio access network device (RAN device)," "base station (BS)," "radio base station," or "fixed station." In some embodiments, it may also be understood as "node," "access point," "transmission point (TP)," "reception point (RP)," "transmission / reception point (TRP)," "panel," "antenna panel," "antenna array," "cell," "macro cell," "small cell," "femto cell," "pico cell," "sector," "cell group," "serving cell," "carrier," "component carrier," or "bandwidth part (BWP)."

[0086] In some embodiments, "terminal" or "terminal device" may be referred to as "user equipment (UE)," "user terminal," "mobile station (MS)," "mobile terminal (MT)," "subscriber station," "mobile unit," "subscriber unit," "wireless unit," "remote unit," "mobile device," "wireless device," "wireless communication device," "remote device," "mobile subscriber station," "access terminal," "mobile terminal," "wireless terminal," "remote terminal," "handset," "user agent," "mobile client," "client," etc.

[0087] In some embodiments, the acquisition of data, information, etc., may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the location is situated.

[0088] In some embodiments, data, information, etc., may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0089] Furthermore, each element, each row, or each column in the table of this disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and any combination of any element, any row, or any column can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0090] During beam management, the base station configures a set of reference signal resources for beam measurement. The terminal measures the reference signal resources in this set and then reports the identifiers (IDs) of the X strongest reference signal resources, along with their corresponding Layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) and / or Layer 1 signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (L1-SINR). The problem with traditional methods is that the base station's set of reference signal resources contains M reference signal resources, each corresponding to a different transmitted beam. Therefore, for each reference signal resource, the terminal needs to use all received beams to measure it, obtain the beam measurement quality for each received beam, and determine the best beam measurement quality. Thus, the number of beam pairs the terminal needs to measure is M*N, where M is the number of transmitted beams from the base station and N is the number of received beams from the terminal.

[0091] The following explains the specific processes by which beam information is output by artificial intelligence (AI) models and obtained by traditional methods.

[0092] The principle of beam prediction based on AI models is as follows:

[0093] For spatial prediction: The L1-RSRP (which may also include beam or beam pair IDs) of the terminal measurement set B is input into the AI ​​model to predict the L1-RSRP of set A or the optimal beam ID of set A. The relationship between set B and set A includes the following two types:

[0094] First, set B is a subset of set A. For example, if set A contains 32 reference signal resources (each reference signal resource corresponds to a beam direction), then set B contains N of those reference signal resources, such as N=8. The above only considers the transmit beams. If beam pairs are considered, the terminal's receive beams also need to be taken into account. For example, if there are 32 transmit beams and the terminal has 4 receive beams, then set A would have 32*4 beam pairs; set B could have 32 beam pairs, 16 beam pairs, etc. Here, * stands for multiplication.

[0095] Second, set B is a wide beam, and set A is a narrow beam. For example, set A contains 32 reference signal resources (each reference signal resource corresponds to a beam direction, and the 32 reference signals cover a 120-degree direction). Set B contains another N reference signal resources, for example, N=8, and these N reference signals also cover a 120-degree direction. That is, the beam direction of each reference signal in set B covers the beam directions of multiple reference signal resources in set A. This can be understood as the 32 / N reference signal resources in set A and the same reference signal resource in set B having a quasi-co-location (QCL) type (Type D) relationship.

[0096] If monitoring the performance of the AI ​​model is not required, assuming that the AI ​​model has been pre-trained, the network device only needs to periodically send the reference signal of set B (e.g., in the first cycle). Then, the terminal measures the L1-RSRP of the reference signal in set B and inputs it into the AI ​​model. The model can then output the L1-RSRP of all beams or beam pairs in set A, or output the IDs of the K strongest reference signals or beam pairs among the 32 reference signals in set A.

[0097] If monitoring AI model performance is required, in addition to sending set B, the network device is also required to periodically send reference signals for set A (e.g., the second period, which is longer than the first period; whether it's a multiple of the first period or by how much longer is not restricted here). The terminal then only measures the result of set B and inputs it into the AI ​​model to obtain the predicted beam information, which is then reported to the network device. Simultaneously, the L1-RSRP of all reference signals in set A is measured, and the beam information is obtained and reported to the network device. Of course, if set B is a subset of set A, it's equivalent to the terminal only needing to measure all beams or beam pairs in set A.

[0098] For time-domain prediction, the terminal measures the L1-RSRP of historical time set B and inputs it into the AI ​​model to predict the L1-RSRP or optimal beam ID of future time set A. Besides the two relationships mentioned above, there is another possibility: set B and set A are the same.

[0099] If beam prediction is based on an AI model, then the reference signal for future moments does not need to be sent; that is, beam information can be obtained based on the output of the AI ​​model and reported to the network equipment.

[0100] If beam prediction is performed using methods from related technologies, reference signals for future timeframes also need to be transmitted for performance monitoring. The terminal measures the reference signals for future timeframes and obtains beam information, which is then reported to the base station. Therefore, during model performance monitoring, for co-spatial beam prediction, network devices need to periodically transmit the transmitted beams in set B and set A, and the terminal needs to measure all beams or beam pairs in set B and set A.

[0101] Currently, the main considerations are for spatial or temporal beam prediction of serving cells. Specifically, spatial beam prediction predicts the result of set A based on the measurement results of set B of the serving cell. Temporal beam prediction predicts the future result of the serving cell based on its historical measurement results.

[0102] Traditional AI methods only consider beam measurement and prediction in single transmission and receiving point (STRP) scenarios. However, in multi-transmission and receiving point (MTRP) scenarios, where multiple TRPs need to transmit simultaneously for the terminal, group-based beam reporting is required. This means the terminal measures and informs the network device which reference signal resources correspond to beams that the terminal can simultaneously receive or transmit. Therefore, this invention primarily proposes a group-based beam prediction method.

[0103] Traditional beam reporting time-domain characteristics include periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, and aperiodic reporting.

[0104] Traditional semi-persistent reporting includes two methods: one is semi-persistent CSI report on the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUCCH), which is activated based on the Medium Access Control Element (MAC CE); the other is semi-persistent CSI report on the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), which is triggered based on Downlink Control Information (DCI). Traditional aperiodic reporting is triggered by DCI, and the DCI indicates the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource used for reporting. The indicator field in the DCI indicates one trigger state. One trigger state can correspond to up to 16 report configuration information (reportconfiginfo), each reportconfiginfo corresponding to a report configuration identifier (reportconfigID), and each reportconfigID corresponding to measurement resource configuration, measurement quantity, reporting type, etc.

[0105] The question of how to determine the reporting method is one that needs to be addressed.

[0106] Therefore, this disclosure provides a communication method in which a terminal can receive first information sent by a network device and determine a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set based on the first information. The first reference signal resource set includes one or more subsets of first reference signal resources, and the second reference signal resource set includes one or more subsets of second reference signal resources, with a corresponding relationship between the first and second reference signal resource subsets. This enables group-based reporting, thereby improving communication efficiency.

[0107] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system architecture according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0108] As shown in Figure 1, the communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102.

[0109] In some embodiments, terminal 101 includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: mobile phone, wearable device, Internet of Things device, car with communication function, smart car, tablet computer, computer with wireless transceiver function, virtual reality (VR) terminal device, augmented reality (AR) terminal device, wireless terminal device in industrial control, wireless terminal device in self-driving, wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, wireless terminal device in smart grid, wireless terminal device in transportation safety, wireless terminal device in smart city, and wireless terminal device in smart home.

[0110] In some embodiments, network device 102 may include at least one of access network device and core network device.

[0111] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that connects a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following in a 5G communication system: evolved Node B (eNB), next-generation eNB (ng-eNB), next-generation Node B (gNB), node B (NB), home node B (HNB), home evolved node B (HeNB), radio backhaul device, radio network controller (RNC), base station controller (BSC), base transceiver station (BTS), base band unit (BBU), mobile switching center, base station in a 6G communication system, open RAN, cloud RAN, base station in other communication systems, and access node in a Wi-Fi system.

[0112] In some embodiments, the technical solutions of this disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within access network devices involved in the embodiments of this disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of Open RAN. The processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented by software or programs.

[0113] In some embodiments, the access network device may be composed of a central unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU). The CU may also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can separate the protocol layer of the access network device. Some of the protocol layer functions are centrally controlled by the CU, while the remaining part or all of the protocol layer functions are distributed in the DU and centrally controlled by the CU. However, this is not the only possibility.

[0114] In some embodiments, a core network device may be a single device comprising one or more network elements, or it may be multiple devices or a group of devices, each comprising all or part of the aforementioned one or more network elements. Network elements may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), or a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0115] It is understood that the communication system described in this disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of this disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions proposed in this disclosure. As those skilled in the art will know, with the evolution of system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solutions proposed in this disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0116] The following embodiments of this disclosure can be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1, or to some of the main bodies, but are not limited thereto. The main bodies shown in FIG1 are illustrative. The communication system may include all or some of the main bodies in FIG1, or may include other main bodies outside of FIG1. ​​The number and form of each main body are arbitrary. Each main body may be physical or virtual. The connection relationship between the main bodies is illustrative. The main bodies may not be connected or may be connected. The connection can be in any way, it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection, it can be a wired connection or a wireless connection.

[0117] The embodiments disclosed herein can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 6th generation mobile communication system (6G), 5G New Radio (NR), Future Radio Access (FRA), New-Radio Access Technology (RAT), New Radio (NR), New Radio Access (NX), Future Generation Radio Access (FX), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), and IEEE 802.20, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), Bluetooth (a registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) systems, systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems built upon them, etc. Furthermore, multiple systems can be combined (e.g., a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0118] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication method interaction according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2, this embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a communication system 100, the method including:

[0119] In step S2101, network device 102 sends first information to terminal 101.

[0120] In some embodiments, terminal 101 receives first information sent by network device 102.

[0121] In some embodiments, the first information can be used to determine a first set of reference signal resources and a second set of reference signal resources. The first set of reference signal resources includes one or more subsets of first reference signal resources, and the second set of reference signal resources includes one or more subsets of second reference signal resources. The first and second subsets of reference signal resources have a corresponding relationship. For example, the first and second subsets of reference signal resources can have a one-to-one correspondence, but this is not limited to this. For example, the first set of reference signal resources includes first subsets #1-1, #1-2, and #1-3, and the second set of reference signal resources includes second subsets #2-1, #2-2, and #2-3. First subset #1-1 can correspond to second subset #2-1, first subset #1-2 can correspond to second subset #2-2, and first subset #1-3 can correspond to second subset #2-3.

[0122] In some embodiments, the terminal may measure a first set of reference signal resources to obtain a first result corresponding to the first set of reference signal resources, and determine a second result corresponding to a second set of reference signal resources based on the first result. For example, the terminal may measure a first subset of reference signal resources #1-1 and a first subset of reference signal resources #1-2 to obtain a first result corresponding to the first subset of reference signal resources #1-1 and the first subset of reference signal resources #1-2, and determine a second result corresponding to the second subset of reference signal resources #2-1 and the second subset of reference signal resources #2-2 based on the first result corresponding to the first subset of reference signal resources #1-1 and the first subset of reference signal resources #1-2. This disclosure does not provide a complete list of examples, but is not limited to the examples given.

[0123] In some embodiments, the first subset of reference signal resources and / or the second subset of reference signal resources includes at least one of the following: one or more reference signal resources; one or more reference signal resource ports.

[0124] For example, if the first subset of reference signal resources includes single-port reference signal resources, then the first subset of reference signal resources may include one or more reference signal resources. For example, if the first subset of reference signal resources includes multiple reference signal resources, it can also be understood as including multiple reference signal resource identifiers corresponding to reference signal resources. The second subset of reference signal resources is similar, and will not be elaborated further in this disclosure.

[0125] For example, if the first subset of reference signal resources includes multi-port reference signal resources, then the first subset of reference signal resources may include one or more reference signal resources, each corresponding to multiple ports. For instance, if the first subset of reference signal resources includes multiple reference signal resources, each corresponding to multiple ports, it can also be understood as the first subset of reference signal resources including multiple port identifiers corresponding to multiple reference signal resources, where the multiple port identifiers are multiple port identifiers of the multiple reference signal resources. The second subset of reference signal resources is similar, and will not be elaborated further in this disclosure.

[0126] For example, if the first subset of reference signal resources includes multi-port reference signal resources, then the first subset of reference signal resources may include one or more reference signal resources, each corresponding to multiple ports. For instance, if the first subset of reference signal resources includes one reference signal resource corresponding to multiple ports, it can also be understood as the first subset of reference signal resources including multiple port identifiers corresponding to reference signal resources, where the multiple port identifiers are multiple port identifiers of one reference signal resource. The second subset of reference signal resources is similar and will not be elaborated further in this disclosure.

[0127] In some embodiments, the first and second subsets of reference signal resources that have a corresponding relationship correspond to at least one of the following: Transmission and Receiving Point (TRP); Control Resource Set Pool Index (CORESETPoolIndex); Cell ID; Port.

[0128] For example, the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 correspond to TRP #1, the first reference signal resource subset #1-2 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 correspond to TRP #2, and the first reference signal resource subset #1-3 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-3 correspond to TRP #3. Then, based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 and the first reference signal resource subset #1-2, a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 is determined. This second result corresponds to TRP #1 and TRP #2. A report containing this second result can be sent to the network device, indicating to the network device that the report corresponds to TRP #1 and TRP #2. This disclosure does not provide a complete list of examples, but is not limited to the examples given.

[0129] For example, the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 correspond to CORESETPoolIndex #1, the first reference signal resource subset #1-2 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 correspond to CORESETPoolIndex #2, and the first reference signal resource subset #1-3 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-3 correspond to CORESETPoolIndex #3. Then, based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 and the first reference signal resource subset #1-2, a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 is determined. This second result corresponds to CORESETPoolIndex #1 and CORESETPoolIndex #2. A report containing this second result can be sent to the network device, indicating to the network device that the report corresponds to CORESETPoolIndex #1 and CORESETPoolIndex #2. This disclosure does not provide a complete list of examples, but is not limited to the examples given.

[0130] For example, the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 correspond to cell #1, the first reference signal resource subset #1-2 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 correspond to cell #2, and the first reference signal resource subset #1-3 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-3 correspond to cell #3. Then, based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 and the first reference signal resource subset #1-2, a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 is determined. This second result corresponds to cell #1 and cell #2. A report containing this second result can be sent to the network device, indicating to the network device that the report corresponds to cell #1 and cell #2. This disclosure does not provide a complete list of examples, but is not limited to the examples given.

[0131] For example, the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 correspond to port #1, the first reference signal resource subset #1-2 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 correspond to port #2, and the first reference signal resource subset #1-3 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-3 correspond to port #3. Then, based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 and the first reference signal resource subset #1-2, a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 is determined. This second result corresponds to port #1 and port #2. A report containing this second result can be sent to the network device, indicating to the network device that the report corresponds to port #1 and port #2. This disclosure does not provide a complete list of examples, but is not limited to the examples given.

[0132] In some embodiments, the ports in various embodiments of this disclosure may be replaced with port groups, antenna ports, antenna port groups, antenna subarrays, antenna element groups, CSI-RS ports, CSI-RS port groups, etc.

[0133] In some embodiments, different first subsets of reference signal resources or different second subsets of reference signal resources correspond to at least one of the following: transmit / receive points; control resource set pool index; cell identifier; port.

[0134] For example, the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 corresponds to TRP #1, and the first reference signal resource subset #1-2 corresponds to TRP #2. Different first reference signal resource subsets can correspond to different TRPs for reporting different TRP-related reports. The report includes a second result for the second reference signal resource set determined based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. For example, the report includes a second result for the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 determined based on the first results corresponding to the first reference signal resource subsets #1-1 and #1-2, corresponding to TRP #1 and TRP #2.

[0135] For example, the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 corresponds to CORESETPoolIndex #1, and the first reference signal resource subset #1-2 corresponds to CORESETPoolIndex #2. Different first reference signal resource subsets can correspond to different CORESETPoolIndexes for reporting reports corresponding to different CORESETPoolIndexes. The report includes a second result for the second reference signal resource set determined based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. For example, the report includes a second result for the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 determined based on the first results corresponding to the first reference signal resource subsets #1-1 and #1-2, corresponding to CORESETPoolIndex #1 and CORESETPoolIndex #2.

[0136] For example, the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 corresponds to cell #1, and the first reference signal resource subset #1-2 corresponds to cell #2. Different first reference signal resource subsets can correspond to different cells for reporting different cell-specific reports. The report includes a second result for the second reference signal resource set determined based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. For example, the report includes a second result for the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 determined based on the first results corresponding to the first reference signal resource subsets #1-1 and #1-2, corresponding to cell #1 and cell #2.

[0137] For example, the first reference signal resource subset #1-1 corresponds to port #1, and the first reference signal resource subset #1-2 corresponds to port #2. Different first reference signal resource subsets can correspond to different ports for reporting different port-specific reports. The report includes a second result for the second reference signal resource set determined based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. For example, the report includes a second result for the second reference signal resource subset #2-1 and the second reference signal resource subset #2-2 determined based on the first results corresponding to the first reference signal resource subsets #1-1 and #1-2, corresponding to ports #1 and #2.

[0138] In step S2102, terminal 101 determines the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set based on the first information.

[0139] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate a first identifier.

[0140] In some embodiments, the first identifier corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The terminal can measure the first reference signal resource set to obtain a first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set, and determine a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result, thereby reporting a report containing the second result to the network device. That is, the network device can configure the first identifier to the terminal so that the terminal can report a report based on the first identifier. Here, the terminal measuring the first reference signal resource set can be understood as the terminal measuring the reference signal on at least one reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource set to obtain the first result.

[0141] In some embodiments, the report includes at least one set of second results, which includes multiple reference signal resource identifiers or multiple port identifiers. Different reference signal resource identifiers or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to different subsets of second reference signal resources, or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to the same subset of second reference signal resources.

[0142] For example, suppose the first subset of second reference signal resources includes reference signal resources #1, #2, and #3, and the second subset of second reference signal resources includes reference signal resources #4, #5, and #6. The first set of second results may include reference signal resources #1 and #5, i.e., from the first and second subsets of second reference signal resources, respectively. The second set of second results may include reference signal resources #2 and #4, i.e., from the first and second subsets of second reference signal resources, respectively.

[0143] For example, suppose the first subset of second reference signal resources includes ports #1-1 and #1-2 of reference signal resource #1, ports #2-1 and #2-2 of reference signal resource #2, and the second subset of second reference signal resources includes ports #3-1 and #3-2 of reference signal resource #3, and ports #4-1 and #4-2 of reference signal resource #4. The first set of second results can include ports #1-1 and #3-2, and the second set of second results can include ports #2-2 and #4-1, that is, they come from the first subset of second reference signal resources and the second subset of second reference signal resources, respectively.

[0144] In some embodiments, the report includes at least one set of second results, which includes multiple port identifiers, and the different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to the same subset of second reference signal resources.

[0145] Assume the first subset of second reference signal resources includes ports #1-1, #1-2, #1-3, and #1-4 of reference signal resource #1, and the second subset of second reference signal resources includes ports #2-1, #2-2, #2-3, and #2-4 of reference signal resource #2. The first set of second results can include ports #1-1 and #1-2, and the second set of second results can include ports #2-2 and #2-4, meaning they originate from the same subset of second reference signal resources.

[0146] In some embodiments, a set of second results may include one or zero reference signal resource identifiers from each second subset of signal resources. For example, if there are N subsets of second reference signal resources in total, then the number of reference signal resource identifiers in a set of second results is less than or equal to N. If the number of reference signal resource identifiers in a set of second results is less than N, then some subsets of second reference signal resources have no reference signal resource identifiers included in that set of second results. Similarly, a set of second results may include one or zero port identifiers from each subset of second signal resources. For example, if there are N subsets of second reference signal resources in total, then the number of port identifiers in a set of second results is less than or equal to N. If the number of port identifiers in a set of second results is less than N, then some subsets of second reference signal resources have no port identifiers included in that set of second results.

[0147] In some embodiments, the spatial domain filter corresponding to the reference signal resource identifier and / or port identifier included in a set of second results is a spatial domain filter that the terminal can support for simultaneous reception or transmission. The spatial domain filter can be called a beam.

[0148] In some embodiments, the reference signal resource identifier may be a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) index or a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource index, and this disclosure does not limit it.

[0149] In some embodiments, the reference signal resource port identifier may be an SSB port identifier or a CSI-RS port identifier, and this disclosure does not limit it.

[0150] In some embodiments, the report may also include at least one of the following: L1-RSRP; L1-SINR; maximum number of ports for the Sounding Reference Signal (SRS); cell identifier; and report identifier.

[0151] In some embodiments, the first result and / or the second result includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: Layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP); Layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio (L1-SINR); Layer 3 reference signal received power (L3-RSRP); Layer 3 signal to interference plus noise ratio (L3-SINR); Layer 3 Reference Signal Received Quality (L3-RSRQ); Channel State Information (CSI); Channel Quality Indicator (CQI); Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI); Ranking Indicator (RI); Delay offset, frequency offset, and phase offset.

[0152] In some embodiments, the first result and the second result may be of the same type or different types.

[0153] For example, the first result is L1-RSRP, and the second result is L1-RSRP. That is, the L1-RSRP corresponding to the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on the L1-RSRP corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. In this case, the first result and the second result are of the same type.

[0154] For example, the first result is the L1-RSRP, and the second result is the predicted RSRP. That is, the predicted RSRP corresponding to the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on the measured L1-RSRP corresponding to the first reference signal resource set.

[0155] For example, the first result can be L1-RSRP, and the second result can be L1-SINR. That is, the L1-SINR corresponding to the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on the L1-RSRP corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. In this case, the first result and the second result are of different types.

[0156] For example, the first result is L1-RSRP and the second result is the predicted SINR. That is, the predicted SINR corresponding to the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on the measured L1-RSRP corresponding to the first reference signal resource set.

[0157] In some embodiments, the first result is a measurement result, and the second result is a prediction result. The terminal determines the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result, including: determining the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result and the AI ​​function. For example, the terminal can input the first result into one or more AI models corresponding to the AI ​​function to obtain the second result.

[0158] Understandably, AI functions can be replaced with AI models, ML functions, ML models, etc.

[0159] In some embodiments, the second subset of reference signal resources includes a subset of reference signal resources corresponding to the same second cell, where the second cell is the serving cell of the terminal or a neighboring cell of the terminal. That is, for a subset of reference signal resources of the same serving cell or the same neighboring cell, the terminal can report at least one set of second results corresponding to at least one subset of reference signal resources; that is, the report includes at least one set of second results corresponding to at least one subset of reference signal resources. For example, the first report and / or the second report may include at least one set of second results corresponding to at least one subset of reference signal resources of the same serving cell or the same neighboring cell.

[0160] In some embodiments, a portion of the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources of the first cell, and a portion of the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources of the second cell. The first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell. For example, the second cell is a neighboring cell. The frequencies of the first cell and the second cell can be the same or different. That is, for the serving cell and the neighboring cell of the terminal, the terminal can report a set of second results corresponding to at least one subset of reference signal resources, respectively. That is, the report includes a set of second results corresponding to at least one subset of reference signal resources for the serving cell and the neighboring cell, respectively. For example, the first report or the second report and / or the second report may include at least one set of second results corresponding to at least one subset of reference signal resources for each of the serving cell and the neighboring cell.

[0161] In some embodiments, the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources of a first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources of a second cell, and the second report may include a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first cell and the second cell satisfy the following conditions:

[0162] Optionally, the first and second communities can be the same community.

[0163] For example, the first cell and the second cell are the same serving cell for the terminal. That is, for the reference signal resources of the same serving cell, the network device can configure a first identifier. The first identifier corresponds to a first set of reference signal resources and a second set of reference signal resources for that serving cell. A second result corresponding to the second set of reference signal resources can be determined based on a first result corresponding to the first set of reference signal resources. For example, the first identifier can correspond to a first set of reference signal resources and a second set of reference signal resources. The first set of reference signal resources includes M reference signal resources of the serving cell, and the second set of reference signal resources includes N reference signal resources of the serving cell, where M and N are both positive integers, and M is less than N. A second result corresponding to the N reference signal resources can be determined based on the first result corresponding to the M reference signal resources. As another example, the first identifier can correspond to a first set of reference signal resources and a second set of reference signal resources. The first set of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources corresponding to the narrow beam of the serving cell, and the second set of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources corresponding to the wide beam of the serving cell. A second result corresponding to the wide beam of reference signal resources can be determined based on the first result corresponding to the narrow beam of reference signal resources. For example, the first identifier corresponds to the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set are the same reference signal resource set of the serving cell. The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. The first result can be the result of the reference signal resource set at a historical time, and the second result can be the result of the reference signal resource set at a future time.

[0164] For example, the first cell and the second cell are the same cell except for the serving cell. Alternatively, the first cell and the second cell are the same neighboring cell of the terminal. That is, for the reference signal resources of the same neighboring cell, the network device can configure a first identifier. The first identifier corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set of that neighboring cell. A second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on a first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. For example, the first identifier can correspond to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set includes M reference signal resources of the neighboring cell, and the second reference signal resource set includes N reference signal resources of the neighboring cell, where M and N are both positive integers, and M is less than N. A second result corresponding to the N reference signal resources can be determined based on the first result corresponding to the M reference signal resources. For another example, the first identifier corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the narrow beam of the neighboring cell, and the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the wide beam of the neighboring cell. A second result corresponding to the wide beam of the reference signal resources can be determined based on the first result corresponding to the narrow beam of the reference signal resources. For example, the first identifier corresponds to the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set are the same reference signal resource set of the neighboring cell. The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. The first result can be the result of the reference signal resource set at a historical time, and the second result can be the result of the reference signal resource set at a future time.

[0165] Optionally, the first cell and the second cell are different cells, and both the first cell and the second cell are serving cells for the terminal. For example, the first cell is the terminal's first serving cell, and the second cell is the terminal's second serving cell. That is, the network device can configure a first identifier for the different serving cells of the terminal. The first identifier corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources of the first serving cell, and the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources of the second serving cell. A second result corresponding to the reference signal resources of the second serving cell can be determined based on the first result corresponding to the reference signal resources of the first serving cell. The first cell and the second cell can correspond to different carrier frequencies.

[0166] Optionally, the first cell and the second cell are different cells, with the first cell being the serving cell of the terminal and the second cell being a cell other than the serving cell. For example, the second cell can be a neighboring cell of the terminal. That is, the network device can configure a first identifier for the terminal's serving cell and neighboring cells. The first identifier corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources of the serving cell, and the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources of the neighboring cells. A second result for the reference signal resources of the neighboring cells can be determined based on the first result corresponding to the reference signal resources of the serving cell. The second cell can correspond to the same frequency as the first cell, or it can correspond to a different frequency.

[0167] It is understood that the first cell and the second cell in this disclosure may be the serving cell or a cell other than the serving cell, such as a neighboring cell, in different embodiments. Furthermore, the first cell and the second cell may have the same frequency or different frequencies in different embodiments, and this disclosure does not limit this.

[0168] In some embodiments, the network device may send second information to the terminal to indicate the cell index, physical cell identifier (PCI), and carrier frequency of the first cell and / or the second cell.

[0169] It is understood that the terms carrier frequency and frequency may be used interchangeably in the various embodiments of this disclosure.

[0170] In some embodiments, the report includes a first report, and the first information includes a first information field, which can be used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to the first report.

[0171] For example, the first information can be MAC CE, and the first information field can include a first bit. Each bit in the first bit can correspond to a report identifier in the list where the first report is located. The report identifier corresponding to the bit with a first value in the first bit is the first identifier, that is, the first information indicates that the report corresponding to the first identifier is activated. In other words, the first bit can be used to indicate the first identifier of the first report. Here, the first value can be 1, that is, the report identifier corresponding to the bit with a first value of 1 is the activated report identifier, that is, the first identifier, but it is not limited to this. For example, the report identifiers included in the list are #1, #2, and #3, then the first bit can be 3 bits. Assuming that the 3 bits are #1, #2, and #3 from low to high, then when the first bit is 001, the first identifier is #1 in the list. #1 corresponds to the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on #1. When the first bit is 010, the first identifier is #2 in the list. #2 corresponds to the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on #2. When the first bit is 100, the first identifier is #3 in the list. #3 corresponds to the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on #3.

[0172] In some embodiments, the first identifier may be a reportconfigID. The list containing the first report may be a list containing the trigger states corresponding to the first report. One trigger state may correspond to one or more reportconfigIDs. The first information used to indicate the first identifier can be understood as the first information used to indicate the trigger state, thereby determining the first identifier corresponding to the trigger state. That is, the first information may directly indicate the first identifier or indirectly indicate the first identifier.

[0173] For example, the first information can be DCI, and the first information field can include a third bit. The third bit can indicate a first code point, and different values ​​of the first code point can correspond to different report identifiers in the list. That is, the first code point can be used to indicate the first identifier of the first report, i.e., the first information is used to indicate that the report corresponding to the first identifier is triggered. For example, if the report identifiers included in the list are #1, #2, #3, and #4, then the first code points can be 00, 01, 10, and 11, respectively. Assume that 00 corresponds to #1, 01 corresponds to #2, 10 corresponds to #3, and 11 corresponds to #4. Taking the first code point as 00 as an example, when the first code point is 00, the first identifier is #1 in the list. #1 corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on #1.

[0174] In some embodiments, the report further includes a second report, and the first information field is further used to indicate a second identifier corresponding to the second report, which is different from the first report. There may be one or more second reports. For example, the type of the report corresponding to the second report may be different from the type of the report corresponding to the first report. See other embodiments of step S2101 for details.

[0175] In some embodiments, the second identifier corresponding to the second report and the first identifier corresponding to the first report may have the same or different functions. For example, the second identifier also corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The terminal measures the first reference signal resource set corresponding to the second identifier to obtain a first result for the first reference signal resource set corresponding to the second identifier, and determines a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set corresponding to the second identifier based on the first result. The second report includes the second result. That is, the first report includes the second result for the second reference signal resource set corresponding to the first identifier, and the second report includes the second result for the second reference signal resource set corresponding to the second identifier. For another example, the second identifier may correspond to a second reference signal resource. The terminal can measure the second reference signal resource set corresponding to the second identifier to obtain a second result for the second identifier, and the second report may include the second result for the second reference signal resource set corresponding to the second identifier. That is, for the second identifier, the terminal can determine the second result for the second reference signal resource set based on the first result for the first reference signal resource set corresponding to the second identifier, or it can measure the second reference signal resource set corresponding to the second identifier to obtain the second result for the second reference signal resource set. In other words, the second result in the second report can be based on measurement or not.

[0176] For example, the first information can be MAC CE, and the first information field can include a second bit. Each bit in the second bit can correspond to a report identifier in the list where the second report is located. The report identifier corresponding to the bit with a first value in the second bit is the second identifier, that is, the first information indicates that the report corresponding to the second identifier is activated. In other words, the second bit can be used to indicate the second identifier of the second report. Here, the first value can be 1, that is, the report identifier corresponding to the bit with a first value of 1 is the activated report identifier, that is, the second identifier, but it is not limited to this. For example, the report identifiers included in the list are #1, #2, and #3, then the second bit can be 3 bits. Assuming that the 3 bits are #1, #2, and #3 from low to high, then when the second bit is 001, the second identifier is #1 in the list. #1 corresponds to the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on #1. When the second bit is 010, the second identifier is #2 in the list. #2 corresponds to the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on #2. When the second bit is 100, the second identifier is #3 in the list. #3 corresponds to the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on #3.

[0177] For example, the first information can be a DCI (Digital Information Classification), and the first information field can include a fourth bit. The fourth bit can indicate a second code point, and different values ​​of the second code point can correspond to different report identifiers in the list. That is, the second code point can be used to indicate the second identifier of the second report, i.e., the first information is used to indicate that the report corresponding to the second identifier is triggered. For example, if the report identifiers included in the list are #1, #2, #3, and #4, then the second code points can be 00, 01, 10, and 11, respectively. Assume that 00 corresponds to #1, 01 corresponds to #2, 10 corresponds to #3, and 11 corresponds to #4. Taking the second code point as 00 as an example, when the second code point is 00, the second identifier is #1 in the list. #1 corresponds to the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set can be determined based on #1.

[0178] In some embodiments, the second identifier may be a reportconfigID. The list containing the second report may be a list containing the trigger states corresponding to the second report. One trigger state may correspond to one or more reportconfigIDs. The first information used to indicate the second identifier can be understood as the first information used to indicate the trigger state, thereby determining the second identifier corresponding to the trigger state. That is, the first information may directly indicate the second identifier or indirectly indicate the second identifier.

[0179] In some embodiments, the first information field in the first information may include a first bit and a second bit. For example, if the report identifiers in the list containing the first report are #1, #2, and #3, and the report identifiers in the list containing the second report are #1, #2, #3, and #4, then the first bit can be 3 bits, corresponding to #1, #2, and #3 from the least significant bit to the most significant bit, and the second bit can be 4 bits, corresponding to #1, #2, #3, and #4 from the least significant bit to the most significant bit. Assume the first information field consists of the first bit and the second bit from the least significant bit to the most significant bit. If the first information field is 0001000, then the least significant bit 000 is the first bit, indicating no first identifier, and the most significant bit 0001 is the second bit, indicating the second identifier, which is #1. If the first information field is 0000010, then the least significant bit 010 is the first bit, indicating the first identifier, which is #2, and the most significant bit 0000 is the second bit, indicating no second identifier. If the first information field is 0010100, then the lower bit 100 is the first bit, indicating the first identifier, and the first identifier is #3. The higher bit 0010 is the second bit, indicating the second identifier, and the second identifier is #2.

[0180] In some embodiments, the first information field in the first information may include a first bit or a second bit. For example, the report identifiers in the list containing the first report are #1, #2, and #3, and the report identifiers in the list containing the second report are #1, #2, #3, and #4. If the first information field includes 3 bits, it indicates the first identifier, not the second identifier. If the first information field includes 4 bits, it indicates the second identifier, not the first identifier.

[0181] In some embodiments, the first information field in the first information may include a third bit and a fourth bit, where the third bit may indicate a first code point and the fourth bit may indicate a second code point. For example, the report identifiers in the list containing the first report are #1, #2, and #3, and the report identifiers in the list containing the second report are #1, #2, #3, and #4. Assuming the third bit is 2 bits, 00 corresponds to #1, 01 corresponds to #2, and 10 corresponds to #3 for the first code point. Assuming the fourth bit is 2 bits, 00 corresponds to #1, 01 corresponds to #2, 10 corresponds to #3, and 11 corresponds to #4 for the second code point. Assuming the first information field consists of the third bit and the fourth bit from the least significant bit to the most significant bit. If the first information field is 0001, then 01 is the first code point, indicating the first identifier as #2, and 00 is the second code point, indicating the second identifier as #1. If the first information field is 1110, then 10 is the first code point, indicating the first identifier as #3, and 11 is the second code point, indicating the second identifier as #4.

[0182] In some embodiments, the first information field in the first information may include a third bit or a fourth bit. The third bit may indicate a first code point, and the fourth bit may indicate a second code point. For example, the report identifiers in the list containing the first report are #1, #2, and #3, and the report identifiers in the list containing the second report are #1, #2, #3, and #4. Assuming the third bit is 2 bits, 00 corresponds to #1, 01 corresponds to #2, and 10 corresponds to #3 in the first code point. Assuming the fourth bit is 2 bits, 00 corresponds to #1, 01 corresponds to #2, 10 corresponds to #3, and 11 corresponds to #4 in the second code point. If the first information field includes 11, it indicates that the second identifier is #4. If the first information field includes 00, it may indicate that the first identifier is #1 or the second identifier is #1. If the first information field includes 01, it may indicate that the first identifier is #2 or the second identifier is #2.

[0183] In some embodiments, the first information may further include a second information field. If the second information field indicates that the first information is used to indicate a first identifier, then the first information is determined to be used to indicate a first identifier. The second information field indicates either that the first information is used to indicate a first identifier or that the first information is used to indicate a second identifier. That is, the second information field can indicate that the first information is used to indicate a first identifier or vice versa. If the second information field indicates that the first information field is used to indicate a first identifier, the terminal can determine that the first information field is used to indicate a first identifier and determine the first identifier based on the first information field. Conversely, if the second information field indicates that the first information field is used to indicate a second identifier, then the first information field can indicate the second identifier, and the terminal can determine the second identifier based on the first information field.

[0184] For example, if the first information field includes a first bit and a second bit, it can be determined from the second information field whether the first information field indicates the first identifier corresponding to the first report or the second identifier corresponding to the second report. If it is determined that the first information field indicates the first identifier corresponding to the first report, only the first bit can be read. If the first information field indicates the second identifier corresponding to the second report, only the second bit can be read. This can improve efficiency and reduce the power consumption and resources wasted in the reading process.

[0185] For example, if the first information field includes either a first bit or a second bit, the first information field can be used to determine whether it indicates the first bit or the second bit. For instance, if the report identifiers in the list containing the first report are #1, #2, and #3, and the report identifiers in the list containing the second report are #1, #2, and #3, then when the three bits of the first information field are 001, it can be determined whether the first identifier indicates #1 in the list containing the first report, or the second identifier indicates #1 in the list containing the second report, based on the second information field. For example, if the second information field indicates that the first information field indicates the first identifier corresponding to the first report, then 001 indicates that the first identifier is #1 in the list containing the first report. If the second information field indicates that the first information field indicates the second identifier corresponding to the second report, then 001 indicates that the second identifier is #1 in the list containing the second report.

[0186] For example, if the first information field includes the third and fourth bits, where the third bit can indicate the first code point and the fourth bit can indicate the second code point, then the first information field can be used to determine whether it indicates the first identifier corresponding to the first report or the second identifier corresponding to the second report. If it is determined that the first information field indicates the first identifier corresponding to the first report, then only the first code point indicated by the third bit can be read. If the first information field indicates the second identifier corresponding to the second report, then only the second code point indicated by the fourth bit can be read. This can improve efficiency and reduce the power consumption and resources wasted in the reading process.

[0187] For example, if the first information field includes a third bit or a fourth bit, where the third bit indicates a first code point and the fourth bit indicates a second code point, then the first information field can be used to determine whether it indicates the first or second code point. For instance, suppose the report identifiers in the list containing the first report are #1, #2, and #3, and the report identifiers in the list containing the second report are #1, #2, #3, and #4. Assume that 00 corresponds to #1, 01 to #2, and 10 to #3 for the first code point. Assume that 00 corresponds to #1, 01 to #2, 10 to #3, and 11 to #4 for the second code point. If the first information field includes 11, it indicates the second identifier is #4. If the first information field includes 00, it may indicate either the first or second identifier is #1. If the first information field includes 01, it may indicate either the first or second identifier is #2. If the second information field indicates that the first information field indicates the first identifier corresponding to the first report, then the first information field includes the first code point, and 00 indicates that the first identifier is #1 in the list where the first report is located. If the second information field indicates that the first information field indicates the second identifier corresponding to the second report, then the first information field includes the second code point, and 00 indicates that the second identifier is #1 in the list where the second report is located.

[0188] It is understood that this disclosure uses the first report and the second report as examples, but is not limited thereto. For example, the report may also include a third report, and the first information field may also include a third bit or a third code point to indicate a third identifier corresponding to the third report. The second information field may indicate that the first information is used to indicate the first identifier corresponding to the first report, the second identifier corresponding to the second report, or the third identifier corresponding to the third report. This disclosure does not provide examples one by one, but is not limited thereto.

[0189] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: MAC CE; DCI.

[0190] Optionally, the first information may include MAC CE.

[0191] Optionally, if the first information includes MAC CE, the first information field may include a first bit and / or a second bit.

[0192] Optionally, the first information may include DCI.

[0193] Optionally, if the first information includes DCI, the first information field may include a third bit and / or a fourth bit, whereby the third bit may indicate a first code point and the fourth bit may indicate a second code point.

[0194] In some embodiments, there can be multiple first pieces of information, and different first pieces of information can be used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to a first report and a second identifier corresponding to a second report, respectively. For example, the first piece of information is used to indicate the first identifier corresponding to the first report, and the second piece of information can be used to indicate the second identifier corresponding to the second report. It is understood that the first / second first pieces of information described in this embodiment are only for distinction and their sending order is not limited.

[0195] In some embodiments, the first report includes at least one of the following:

[0196] (1) At least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein multiple subsets of second reference signal resources include the reference signal resource subsets corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal;

[0197] (2) At least one set of second results corresponding to the second set of reference signal resources, wherein a subset of the second set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources of the first cell, a subset of the second set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell.

[0198] Optionally, the second reference signal resource includes multiple subsets of second reference signal resources, wherein the multiple subsets of second reference signal resources may be subsets of reference signal resources corresponding to the same second cell, and the second cell may be the serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal. For example, the multiple subsets of second reference signal resources may be subsets of reference signal resources corresponding to the same serving cell, and the first report may be a report containing at least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set.

[0199] Optionally, the second reference signal resource includes multiple subsets of second reference signal resources, wherein a portion of the second reference signal resource subsets includes reference signal resources of the first cell, and a portion of the second reference signal resource subsets includes reference signal resources of the second cell, where the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell. For example, the second cell is a neighboring cell. The first report may be a report containing at least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set.

[0200] In some embodiments, the second report includes at least one of the following:

[0201] (1) At least one set of second results corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein multiple subsets of second reference signal resources include the reference signal resource subsets corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal;

[0202] (2) At least one set of second results corresponding to the second set of reference signal resources, wherein a subset of the second set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources of the first cell, a subset of the second set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell.

[0203] (3) The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are different serving cells of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located at different frequencies;

[0204] (4) The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are on the same frequency.

[0205] (5) The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located at different frequencies.

[0206] (6) The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, or the first cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal;

[0207] (7) A second result for mobility management, which is a result obtained based on a non-measuring method;

[0208] (8) Measurement results of the second reference signal resource set, wherein the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal;

[0209] (9) The first result for mobility management, which is the result obtained based on the measurement method;

[0210] (10) CSI report.

[0211] Optionally, the second report can be a type of report like the first report in the examples above, but the second report is different from the first report. For example, the first report is (1) and the second report is (2). Or, the first report is (2) and the second report is (1).

[0212] Optionally, the second report can be a type of report that is not present in the first report exemplified above. For example:

[0213] Optionally, the first identifier corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, and the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell. The first cell and the second cell are different serving cells for the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located on different frequencies. The terminal can determine a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. The first report can be a first report containing the second result. For example, the first report is a beam report corresponding to inter-frequency beam prediction based on AI functionality.

[0214] Optionally, the first identifier corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to a first cell, and the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to a second cell. The first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal. The first cell and the second cell operate on the same frequency. The terminal can determine a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on a first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set. The first report can be a first report containing the second result. For example, the first report could be a beam report corresponding to co-frequency neighboring cell beam prediction based on AI functionality.

[0215] Optionally, the first identifier corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to a first cell, and the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to a second cell. The first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located on different frequencies. For example, the second cell can be a neighboring cell of the terminal. The terminal can determine a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set, and the first report can be a first report containing the second result. For example, the first report is a beam report corresponding to inter-frequency neighboring cell beam prediction based on AI function.

[0216] Optionally, the first identifier corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, and the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell. The first cell and the second cell are the same cell, and the first cell is either the serving cell of the terminal or a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal. For example, the first cell can be a neighboring cell. The terminal can determine a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set, and the first report can be a first report containing the second result.

[0217] It is understandable that the first cell is described here as the serving cell of the terminal. Since the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, the second cell is also the serving cell of the terminal, and it is the same serving cell as the first cell.

[0218] It is understandable that the second cell described here is a cell other than the terminal's serving cell. Since the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, the second cell is also a cell other than the terminal's serving cell, and it is the same cell as the first cell, which is also a cell other than the terminal's serving cell.

[0219] Optionally, the first report may include a second result for mobility management, wherein the second result is a result obtained without measurement. For example, the first report may be a report corresponding to mobility based on AI functionality, that is, a report corresponding to L1 or L2 triggered mobility management.

[0220] Optionally, the second identifier corresponds to a second set of reference signal resources, which includes the reference signal resources of a second cell, where the second cell is either the serving cell of the terminal or a neighboring cell of the terminal. That is, the second report can be a report obtained from measuring the reference signal resources of the serving cell or neighboring cell. The second report can include a first result obtained from measuring the reference signal resources of the serving cell or neighboring cell, but not a second result determined based on the first result. For example, the second report can be a beam report of the serving cell measured using conventional methods, or a beam report of the neighboring cell measured using conventional methods. The conventional method can be a non-AI method.

[0221] Optionally, the second report may include a first result for mobility management, which is the result obtained through measurement. For example, the first report may be a report corresponding to mobility measured based on conventional methods. These conventional methods may be non-AI methods.

[0222] Optionally, the second report may be a Channel State Information (CSI) report. The CSI report may include either the first result or the second result. That is, the CSI report may include measurement results or non-measurement results.

[0223] In some embodiments, the names of the first identifier and the second identifier are not limited, and may be, for example, "report identifier".

[0224] In step S2103, terminal 101 measures the first reference signal resource set, obtains the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set, and determines the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result.

[0225] In some embodiments, the first identifier corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The terminal can determine the first identifier based on first information, and determine the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set according to the first identifier. It can measure the reference signal on at least one reference signal resource in the first reference signal resource set to obtain a first result, and determine the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result.

[0226] In some embodiments, the first result can be input into the AI ​​model to obtain the second result.

[0227] In step S2104, terminal 101 sends a report to network device 102.

[0228] In some embodiments, network device 102 receives a report sent by terminal 101.

[0229] In some embodiments, the report includes a second result, the details of which can be found in the above embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0230] In some embodiments, the report may be carried by at least one of the following: PUCCH and PUSCH. Specifically, PUCCH includes at least one of the following: a configured grant PUSCH (CG PUSCH); or a dynamic grant PUSCH (DG PUSCH).

[0231] In some embodiments, if the report is carried by PUCCH or CG PUSCH, the first information may include MAC CE.

[0232] In some embodiments, if the report is carried by DG PUSCH, the first information may include DCI.

[0233] The communication method involved in the embodiments of this disclosure may include at least one of steps S2101 to S2104. The order of implementation is not limited. For example, steps S2101 and S2102 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0234] In some embodiments, step S2103 is optional and may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0235] In some embodiments, step S2104 is optional and may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0236] In some embodiments, other optional implementations described before or after the specification corresponding to FIG2 may be referred to.

[0237] Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 3, this embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method executed by terminal 101, the method including:

[0238] Step S3101: Obtain the first information.

[0239] The optional implementation of step S3101 can be found in the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0240] In some embodiments, terminal 101 receives first information sent by network device 102, but is not limited thereto; it may also receive first information sent by other entities.

[0241] In some embodiments, terminal 101 obtains first information as defined by the protocol.

[0242] In some embodiments, terminal 101 obtains first information from upper layer(s).

[0243] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 processes the information to obtain the first information.

[0244] In some embodiments, step S3101 is omitted, and the terminal 101 autonomously implements the function indicated by the first information, or the above function is default or default.

[0245] Step S3102: Based on the first information, determine the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set.

[0246] The optional implementation of step S3102 can be found in the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0247] Step S3103: Measure the first reference signal resource set to obtain the first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set, and determine the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result.

[0248] The optional implementation of step S3103 can be found in the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0249] Step S3104: Send the report.

[0250] The optional implementation of step S3104 can be found in the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0251] In some embodiments, terminal 101 sends a report to network device 102, but is not limited thereto; it may also send a report to other entities.

[0252] The communication method involved in the embodiments of this disclosure may include at least one of steps S3101 to S3104. For example, steps S3101 and S3102 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0253] In some embodiments, step S3103 is optional and may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0254] In some embodiments, step S3104 is optional and may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0255] In some embodiments, other optional implementations may be described before or after the specification corresponding to FIG3.

[0256] Figure 4 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 4, this embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method executed by a network device 102, the method comprising:

[0257] Step S4101: Send the first message.

[0258] The optional implementation of step S4101 can be found in the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0259] In some embodiments, network device 102 sends first information to terminal 101, but is not limited thereto; it may also send first information to other entities.

[0260] Step S4102: Obtain the report.

[0261] The optional implementation of step S4102 can be found in the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0262] In some embodiments, network device 102 receives reports sent by terminal 101, but is not limited thereto; it may also receive reports sent by other entities.

[0263] In some embodiments, network device 102 obtains reports as defined by a protocol.

[0264] In some embodiments, network device 102 obtains reports from upper layer(s).

[0265] In some embodiments, network device 102 processes the data to obtain a report.

[0266] In some embodiments, step S4102 is omitted, and the network device 102 autonomously implements the function indicated in the report, or the above function is default or default.

[0267] The communication method involved in the embodiments of this disclosure may include at least one of steps S4101 to S4102. For example, step S4101 may be implemented as a standalone embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0268] In some embodiments, step S4102 is optional and may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0269] In some embodiments, other optional implementations may be described before or after the specification corresponding to Figure 4.

[0270] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5, this embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which includes:

[0271] In step S5101, network device 102 sends first information to terminal 101.

[0272] In step S5102, terminal 101 determines the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set based on the first information.

[0273] In some embodiments, the above methods may include the methods of the embodiments related to the communication system 100, terminal 101, and network device 102, which will not be described again here.

[0274] This disclosure provides a method for triggering group-based beam reporting derived from an AI model, as follows:

[0275] In some embodiments, the terminal receives first information from the network device, determines a first report to be reported based on the first information, the first report corresponds to first configuration information, the terminal determines at least two sets of reference signal resources based on the first configuration information, and the terminal obtains and reports the first report based on the at least two sets of reference signal resources.

[0276] In some embodiments, the terminal measures at least one first reference signal resource set among at least two reference signal resource sets, and the terminal obtains a first report corresponding to at least one second reference signal resource set among at least two reference signal resource sets based on the measurement results of at least one first reference signal resource set.

[0277] In some embodiments, at least one first reference signal resource set includes multiple first reference signal resource subsets, and at least one second reference signal resource set includes multiple second reference signal resource subsets.

[0278] In some embodiments, each subset of reference signal resources includes multiple reference signal resources and / or multiple reference signal resource ports.

[0279] In some embodiments, multiple first reference signal resource subsets correspond to multiple second reference signal resource subsets, for example, they may be in a one-to-one correspondence. For example, they may correspond to the same TRP, CORESETPoolIndex, the same cell ID, the same port or port group or reference signal resource port or reference signal resource port group or antenna port or antenna port group or antenna element or antenna element group, etc. (hereinafter referred to as port).

[0280] In some embodiments, multiple first subsets of reference signal resources correspond to different identifiers, such as different ports, different TRPs, CORESETPoolIndex, and different cell IDs; and / or, multiple second subsets of reference signal resources correspond to different identifiers, such as different ports, different TRPs, CORESETPoolIndex, and different cell IDs. That is, different subsets of reference signal resources correspond to different ports or different transmit / receive points on the network device side, and these transmit / receive points may correspond to the same cell or different cells.

[0281] In some embodiments, the first report includes beam reports from at least one group.

[0282] In some embodiments, each group contains a Reference Signal Resource Identifier (SSB index) and a CSI-RS resource index from a second reference signal resource set. Multiple reference signal resource identifiers within a group come from different subsets of the second reference signal resources. That is, each group can contain at most one reference signal resource from each subset of the second reference signal resources; some subsets of the second reference signal resources may not yet have reference signal resources included in a certain group. For example, if there are N subsets of the second reference signal resources, then a group can contain at most N reference signal resources, meaning at most one resource from each subset. Alternatively, each group contains port identifiers from a second reference signal resource set. Multiple port identifiers within a group come from different subsets of the second reference signal resources. That is, each group can contain at most one port from each subset of the second reference signal resources; some subsets of the second reference signal resources may not yet have ports included in a certain group. For example, if there are N subsets of the second reference signal resources, then a group can contain at most N ports, meaning at most one port from each subset.

[0283] In some embodiments, the beam report may also include the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to the reference signal resource identifier, the maximum number of ports of the corresponding SRS, cell ID, etc.

[0284] In some embodiments, the beam report may also include the report ID corresponding to the first report.

[0285] In some embodiments, the first report is reported on the PUCCH, or on the CG PUSCH, or on the PUSCH scheduled by the DCI.

[0286] In some embodiments, the first information is MAC CE, which is used to determine the report ID corresponding to the first report (for example, if the first report is reported on PUCCH or CG PUSCH, the first information can be MAC CE).

[0287] In some embodiments, the MAC CE includes a first information field, N bits, where at least a portion of the N bits correspond one-to-one with report IDs in a list containing report IDs of the first report. For example, the least significant bit corresponds to the least significant report ID, the second least significant bit corresponds to the second least significant report ID, and so on. If a bit position displays "1", it indicates that the first report corresponding to the report ID corresponding to that bit is activated.

[0288] In some embodiments, another portion of the N bits may also correspond one-to-one with other non-first report IDs in the list of report IDs for the first report. These non-first report IDs may be second report IDs. That is, the first report ID and the second report ID are on the same report ID list.

[0289] In some embodiments, the first information further includes a second information field, which is used to determine whether the first information is used to determine the ID corresponding to the first report or the ID corresponding to the second report.

[0290] In some embodiments, the first report includes at least one of the following:

[0291] AI-powered group-based beam reporting, where multiple subsets of second reference signal resources correspond to the same serving cell;

[0292] AI-powered group-based beamforming reports show that multiple subsets of second reference signal resources correspond to either the serving cell or neighboring cells.

[0293] In some embodiments, the second report includes at least one of the following:

[0294] Any item in the first report is acceptable, as long as it is different from the first report. For example, the first report is item 1 below, and the second report is item 2 below.

[0295] AI-powered group-based beam reporting, where multiple subsets of second reference signal resources correspond to the same serving cell;

[0296] AI-powered group-based beamforming reports show that multiple subsets of second reference signal resources correspond to either the serving cell or neighboring cells.

[0297] The second report may also include at least one of the following:

[0298] Beam report based on AI-powered heterogeneous beam prediction;

[0299] Beam report corresponding to co-frequency neighboring cell beam prediction based on AI function;

[0300] Beam report corresponding to inter-frequency neighboring cell beam prediction based on AI function;

[0301] The report corresponding to mobility based on AI function, namely the report corresponding to L1 / L2 triggered mobility (LTM);

[0302] Beam reporting based on traditional methods

[0303] Beam reporting of serving cells based on traditional methods

[0304] The beam report contains the following information: SSB ID / CSI-RS ID, L1-RSRP, L1-SINR, serving cell index, event ID, maximum number of supported SRS ports, etc.

[0305] Beam reporting of neighboring cells based on traditional methods

[0306] The beamforming report for neighboring cells needs to replace the serving cell index with the neighboring cell ID or PCI (and may further include carrier frequency information).

[0307] LTM (Location-Based Reporting) based on traditional methods

[0308] The report contains similar content to the beamforming report of neighboring cells.

[0309] CSI Reporting Based on Traditional Methods

[0310] PMI, CQI, RI, LI, CRI, delay offset, frequency offset, phase offset, etc.

[0311] In some embodiments, the second information field indicates whether the first information is used to determine the first report ID or the second report ID because the MAC CE can be used to determine either the first or the second report ID. The specific use of the MAC CE in this transmission requires indication from the second information field. The first report ID corresponds to the first list, the second report ID corresponds to the second list, and there may even be a third report ID corresponding to a third list, and so on. If the second information field does not indicate which report ID the first information is used to determine, then Nbit will not know which list it corresponds to.

[0312] In some embodiments, the terminal receives second information, where the first information is a different MAC CE, used to determine the second report ID. That is, the second report ID and the first report ID are determined based on different MAC CEs, and the MAC subheader (codepoint or index) of the MAC CE corresponding to the MAC CE is different.

[0313] In some embodiments, the first information is DCI, which is used to determine the report ID corresponding to the first report (for example, if the first report is sent on the PUSCH scheduled by DCI, the first information can be DCI).

[0314] In some embodiments, the DCI includes a first information field. The number of bits M in the first information field can be the logarithm of the number of IDs N contained in the first report ID list, rounded up. For example, if N is 7, then the number of bits M is 3; if N is 3, then the number of bits M is 2. The codepoints corresponding to the M bits correspond one-to-one with the IDs in the ID list. For example, codepoint 001 corresponds to ..., 010 corresponds to ...

[0315] In some embodiments, the first information includes a second information field, which functions the same as the second information field in the MAC CE. The second report is the same.

[0316] In some embodiments, the first report is a measurement result based on a first set of reference signal resources and a prediction result corresponding to a second set of reference signal resources obtained by AI function.

[0317] In some embodiments, the first configuration information (i.e., the configuration information corresponding to the first report ID mentioned above) includes at least one of the following:

[0318] Information on at least two sets of reference signal resources. The first configuration information directly displays the configurations set B and set A. In this case, the first ID below can also be included.

[0319] Information about the first reference signal resource set from at least two reference signal resource sets, for example, the first configuration information only shows configuration set B, while set A is obtained based on the first ID below.

[0320] First ID

[0321] In some embodiments, the first ID can also be called the associated ID. The associated ID is used by the terminal to determine the additional conditions on the network side. Additional conditions include, for example, the angle corresponding to the beam transmitted by the base station, the order of the beam angles corresponding to multiple reference signal resource IDs in set B / set A (e.g., whether the beam angle relative to a certain reference direction increases with the larger the resource ID), the difference in beam angles corresponding to two adjacent reference signal resource IDs, the number of reference signal resources included in set B / set A, and the number of historical measurement times corresponding to the model input or the number of future prediction times corresponding to the model output during time-domain beam prediction. The consistency of the additional conditions is mainly for the terminal to select the most suitable model. For example, in spatial beam prediction, suppose set B is a subset of set A. The terminal trains multiple models. One model, model A, uses the measurement results of the eight corresponding beams with resource IDs 1, 5, 9, 13... from set A (a total of 32 resources) as input. Another model, model B, uses the measurement results of the eight corresponding beams with resource IDs 1, 2, 3, 4... from set A as input. When the terminal needs to perform inference based on these models, if it doesn't know whether the set B transmitted by the base station uses the eight corresponding beams with resource IDs 1, 5, 9, 13... or 1, 2, 3, 4... from set A, the terminal doesn't know which model, A or B, is more suitable for inference. Therefore, associated IDs are used to indicate to the terminal; identical associated IDs indicate that the corresponding beams in set B are the same. When the terminal obtains the measurement results of set B and set A corresponding to model training, the base station also sends associated IDs when sending the configuration information of set B and set A. The terminal can train different models based on the measurement results corresponding to different associated IDs. Therefore, when the base station sends the first configuration information of weight 1, which also includes an associated ID, the terminal can determine the most suitable model for model derivation based on that associated ID.Of course, the first configuration information may not include associated IDs. In this case, the terminal can take several approaches: First, the terminal pre-trains a hybrid model based on the measurement results of set B and set A corresponding to multiple associated IDs. In this case, the terminal can select this hybrid model to derive the beam prediction result of set A in the first configuration information. Second, the terminal trains models corresponding to different associated IDs based only on the measurement results of set B and set A corresponding to a single associated ID. In this case, the terminal can only randomly select one model to derive the beam prediction result of set A in the first configuration information.

[0322] This disclosure also provides an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided that includes units or modules for implementing the steps performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. Alternatively, another apparatus is provided that includes units or modules for implementing the steps performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network functional node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0323] It should be understood that the division of units or modules in the above device is only a logical functional division. In actual implementation, they can be fully or partially integrated into a single physical entity, or they can be physically separated. Furthermore, the units or modules in the device can be implemented by a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor connected to a memory containing instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or to implement the functions of the units or modules in the above device. The processor can be, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory can be internal or external to the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits. The functionality of some or all of the units or modules can be achieved through the design of these hardware circuits, which can be understood as one or more processors. For example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The functionality of some or all of the units or modules is achieved through the design of the logical relationships between the components within the circuit. In another implementation, the hardware circuit can be implemented using a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gates. The connection relationships between the logic gates are configured through configuration files, thereby achieving the functionality of some or all of the units or modules. All units or modules of the above device can be implemented entirely through processor-called software, entirely through hardware circuits, or partially through processor-called software with the remaining parts implemented through hardware circuits.

[0324] In this embodiment, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction read and execute capabilities, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationships of hardware circuits. The logical relationships of the aforementioned hardware circuits are fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented using an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and configuring the hardware circuit can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. Furthermore, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a Neural Network Processing Unit (NPU), a Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), or a Deep Learning Processing Unit (DPU).

[0325] Figure 6a is a schematic diagram of the terminal structure proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 6a, the terminal 6100 may include at least one of a transceiver module 6101 and a processing module 6102. The transceiver module 6101 is used to receive first information; the processing module 6102 is used to determine a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set based on the first information; wherein the first reference signal resource set includes one or more first reference signal resource subsets, the second reference signal resource set includes one or more second reference signal resource subsets, and the first and second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

[0326] In some embodiments, the first subset of reference signal resources and / or the second subset of reference signal resources includes at least one of the following: one or more reference signal resources; one or more reference signal resource ports.

[0327] In some embodiments, the first and second subsets of reference signal resources that have a corresponding relationship correspond to at least one of the following: a transmit / receive point; a control resource set pool index; a cell identifier; and a port.

[0328] In some embodiments, different first subsets of reference signal resources or different second subsets of reference signal resources correspond to at least one of the following: transmit / receive points; control resource set pool index; cell identifier; port.

[0329] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate a first identifier, which corresponds to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The processing module 6102 is further used to: measure the first reference signal resource set, obtain a first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set, and determine a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result. The transceiver module 6101 is further used to: send a report to the network device, the report including the second result.

[0330] In some embodiments, the report includes at least one set of second results, which includes multiple reference signal resource identifiers or multiple port identifiers. Different reference signal resource identifiers or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to different subsets of second reference signal resources, or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to the same subset of second reference signal resources.

[0331] In some embodiments, the report may also include at least one of the following: Layer 1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP); Layer 1 Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (L1-SINR); Maximum number of ports for Sounding Reference Signal (SRS); Cell Identifier; Report Identifier.

[0332] In some embodiments, the report includes a first report, and the first information includes a first information field, which is used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to the first report.

[0333] In some embodiments, the report further includes a second report, and the first information field is also used to indicate a second identifier corresponding to the second report, which is different from the first report.

[0334] In some embodiments, a first bit of the first information field is used to indicate a first identifier of a first report, and a second bit of the first information field is used to indicate a second identifier of a second report; or, a first codepoint of the first information field is used to indicate a first identifier of a first report, and a second codepoint of the first information field is used to indicate a second identifier of a second report.

[0335] In some embodiments, the first information further includes a second information field, which indicates that the first information is used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to a first report or a second identifier corresponding to a second report.

[0336] In some embodiments, different first information indicates a first identifier corresponding to a first report and a second identifier corresponding to a second report, wherein the second report is different from the first report.

[0337] In some embodiments, the report is carried by at least one of the following: Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH); Configuration-License Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG PUSCH); Dynamically Licensed Physical Uplink Shared Channel (DG PUSCH).

[0338] In some embodiments, the first result is a measurement result and the second result is a prediction result. The processing module 6102 determines the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result in the following manner: the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set is determined based on the first result and the artificial intelligence (AI) function.

[0339] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 is further configured to: receive second information sent by a network device, wherein different second information corresponds to different first identifiers, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set are determined based on the second information and the first identifier.

[0340] In some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of the following: a third identifier, which is an identifier of a first reference signal resource set; a fourth identifier, which is an identifier of a second reference signal resource set; and a fifth identifier, which is used to determine additional conditions of the network device.

[0341] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: Media Access Control Unit (MAC CE); Downlink Control Information (DCI).

[0342] In some embodiments, the first report includes at least one of the following: at least one set of second results corresponding to a second set of reference signal resources, wherein multiple subsets of second reference signal resources include a subset of reference signal resources corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; at least one set of second results corresponding to a second set of reference signal resources, wherein a portion of the second subsets of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources of a first cell, a portion of the second subsets of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources of a second cell, the first cell being the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell being a cell other than the serving cell; the second report includes at least one of the following: at least one set of second results corresponding to a second set of reference signal resources, wherein... In this context, multiple subsets of second reference signal resources include a subset of reference signal resources corresponding to the same second cell, where the second cell is the serving cell of the terminal or a neighboring cell of the terminal; at least one set of second results corresponds to the second set of reference signal resources, wherein a portion of the second subsets of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources of the first cell, and a portion of the second subsets of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources of the second cell, where the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell; the second result corresponds to the second set of reference signal resources, wherein the first set of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second set of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, and the first cell and the second cell... The first and second cells are different serving cells for the terminal, and the frequencies of the first and second cells are different. The second result corresponds to the second set of reference signal resources, wherein the first set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, and the second set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell. The first cell is the serving cell for the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell for the terminal, and the frequencies of the first and second cells are the same. The second result corresponds to the second set of reference signal resources, wherein the first set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, and the second set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell. The first cell is the serving cell for the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell for the terminal. The first cell is a cell other than the serving cell, and the frequencies of the first cell and the second cell are different; the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, and the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, or the first cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal; the second result for mobility management, the second result is a result obtained based on a non-measurement method; the measurement result of the second reference signal resource set, wherein the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, the second cell is the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell is a neighboring cell of the terminal;The first result used for mobility management is based on the measurement method; Channel State Information (CSI) report; the first report and the second report are different.

[0343] Figure 6b is a schematic diagram of the network device proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 6b, the network device 6200 may include at least one of a transceiver module 6201 and a processing module 6202. The transceiver module 6201 is used to transmit first information, which is used to determine a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set; wherein the first reference signal resource set includes one or more first reference signal resource subsets, the second reference signal resource set includes one or more second reference signal resource subsets, and the first and second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

[0344] In some embodiments, the first subset of reference signal resources and / or the second subset of reference signal resources includes at least one of the following: one or more reference signal resources; one or more reference signal resource ports.

[0345] In some embodiments, the first and second subsets of reference signal resources that have a corresponding relationship correspond to at least one of the following: a transmit / receive point; a control resource set pool index; a cell identifier; and a port.

[0346] In some embodiments, different first subsets of reference signal resources or different second subsets of reference signal resources correspond to at least one of the following: transmit / receive points; control resource set pool index; cell identifier; port.

[0347] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate a first identifier, the first identifier corresponding to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The transceiver module 6201 is further used to: receive a report sent by the terminal, the report including a second result, the second result being determined by the terminal based on the first result, and the first result being obtained by the terminal measuring the first reference signal resource set.

[0348] In some embodiments, the report includes at least one set of second results, which includes multiple reference signal resource identifiers or multiple port identifiers. Different reference signal resource identifiers or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to different subsets of second reference signal resources, or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to the same subset of second reference signal resources.

[0349] In some embodiments, the report may also include at least one of the following: Layer 1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP); Layer 1 Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (L1-SINR); Maximum number of ports for Sounding Reference Signal (SRS); Cell Identifier; Report Identifier.

[0350] In some embodiments, the report includes a first report, and the first information includes a first information field, which is used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to the first report.

[0351] In some embodiments, the report further includes a second report, and the first information field is also used to indicate a second identifier corresponding to the second report, which is different from the first report.

[0352] In some embodiments, a first bit of the first information field is used to indicate a first identifier of a first report, and a second bit of the first information field is used to indicate a second identifier of a second report; or, a first codepoint of the first information field is used to indicate a first identifier of a first report, and a second codepoint of the first information field is used to indicate a second identifier of a second report.

[0353] In some embodiments, the first information further includes a second information field, which indicates that the first information is used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to a first report or a second identifier corresponding to a second report.

[0354] In some embodiments, different first information indicates a first identifier corresponding to a first report and a second identifier corresponding to a second report, wherein the second report is different from the first report.

[0355] In some embodiments, the report is carried by at least one of the following: Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH); Configuration-License Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG PUSCH); Dynamically Licensed Physical Uplink Shared Channel (DG PUSCH).

[0356] In some embodiments, the first result is a measurement result, and the second result is a prediction result, which is determined based on the first result and artificial intelligence (AI) functions.

[0357] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 is further configured to: send second information to the terminal, wherein different second information corresponds to different first identifiers, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set are determined based on the second information and the first identifier.

[0358] In some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of the following: a third identifier, which is an identifier of a first reference signal resource set; a fourth identifier, which is an identifier of a second reference signal resource set; and a fifth identifier, which is used to determine additional conditions of the network device.

[0359] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: Media Access Control Unit (MAC CE); Downlink Control Information (DCI).

[0360] In some embodiments, the first report includes at least one of the following: at least one set of second results corresponding to a second set of reference signal resources, wherein multiple subsets of second reference signal resources include a subset of reference signal resources corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; at least one set of second results corresponding to a second set of reference signal resources, wherein a portion of the second subsets of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources of a first cell, a portion of the second subsets of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources of a second cell, the first cell being the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell being a cell other than the serving cell; the second report includes at least one of the following: at least one set of second results corresponding to a second set of reference signal resources, wherein... In this context, multiple subsets of second reference signal resources include a subset of reference signal resources corresponding to the same second cell, where the second cell is the serving cell of the terminal or a neighboring cell of the terminal; at least one set of second results corresponds to the second set of reference signal resources, wherein a portion of the second subsets of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources of the first cell, and a portion of the second subsets of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources of the second cell, where the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell; the second result corresponds to the second set of reference signal resources, wherein the first set of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second set of reference signal resources includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, and the first cell and the second cell... The first and second cells are different serving cells for the terminal, and the frequencies of the first and second cells are different. The second result corresponds to the second set of reference signal resources, wherein the first set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, and the second set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell. The first cell is the serving cell for the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell for the terminal, and the frequencies of the first and second cells are the same. The second result corresponds to the second set of reference signal resources, wherein the first set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, and the second set of reference signal resources includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell. The first cell is the serving cell for the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell for the terminal. The first cell is a cell other than the serving cell, and the frequencies of the first cell and the second cell are different; the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, and the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, or the first cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal; the second result for mobility management, the second result is a result obtained based on a non-measurement method; the measurement result of the second reference signal resource set, wherein the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, the second cell is the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell is a neighboring cell of the terminal;The first result used for mobility management is based on the measurement method; Channel State Information (CSI) report; the first report and the second report are different.

[0361] Figure 7a is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of this disclosure. The communication device 7100 can be a network device, a terminal, or a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the network device in implementing any of the above methods; alternatively, the network device can be an access network device, a core network device, etc. Optionally, the terminal can be a user equipment, etc. The communication device 7100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments; for details, please refer to the descriptions in the above method embodiments.

[0362] As shown in Figure 7a, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, such as a baseband processor or a central processing unit (CPU). The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, while the CPU can be used to control the communication device, execute programs, and process program data. The communication device 7100 is used to execute any of the above methods. Optionally, the communication device can be a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal, a terminal chip, a DU, or a CU, etc.

[0363] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 7102 may also be located outside the communication device 7100.

[0364] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the transceivers 7103 perform communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above-described method, such as steps S2101 and S2102, but are not limited thereto. The processor 7201 performs other steps, but is not limited thereto.

[0365] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, transceiver circuit, etc., may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, transmitting circuit, etc., may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc., may be used interchangeably.

[0366] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 may include one or more interface circuits 7104. Optionally, the interface circuit 7104 is connected to the memory 7102, and the interface circuit 7104 can be used to receive signals from the memory 7102 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 7104 can read instructions stored in the memory 7102 and send the instructions to the processor 7101.

[0367] The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiments may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in this disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by FIG. 7a. The communication device may be a standalone device or a part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: (1) a standalone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the IC collection may also include storage components for storing data and programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, terminal, smart terminal, cellular phone, wireless device, handheld device, mobile unit, vehicle device, network device, cloud device, artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0368] Figure 7b is a schematic diagram of the chip structure proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure. For cases where the communication device 7100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the chip 7200 shown in Figure 7b, but it is not limited thereto.

[0369] Chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201, which are used to perform any of the above methods.

[0370] In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202. Optionally, the interface circuit 7202 is connected to memory 7203, and the interface circuit 7202 can be used to receive signals from memory 7203 or other devices, and the interface circuit 7202 can be used to send signals to memory 7203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 7202 can read instructions stored in memory 7203 and send the instructions to processor 7201.

[0371] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 7202 performs communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method, such as steps S2101 and S2102, but is not limited thereto. The processor 7201 performs other steps, but is not limited thereto.

[0372] In some embodiments, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc., can be used interchangeably.

[0373] In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 7203 may be located outside of chip 7200.

[0374] This disclosure also proposes a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on the communication device 7100, cause the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but not limited thereto; it may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but not limited thereto; it may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0375] This disclosure also provides a program product that, when executed by the communication device 7100, causes the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0376] This disclosure also proposes a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that, The method includes: The terminal receives the first information; The terminal determines a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set based on the first information; The first reference signal resource set includes one or more first reference signal resource subsets, and the second reference signal resource set includes one or more second reference signal resource subsets. The first reference signal resource subsets and the second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first subset of reference signal resources and / or the second subset of reference signal resources includes at least one of the following: One or more reference signal resources; One or more reference signal resource ports.

3. The method according to any one of claims 1-2, characterized in that, The first and second reference signal resource subsets that have a corresponding relationship have at least one of the following characteristics: Sending and receiving points; Control resource pool index; Community signage; port.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that, Different subsets of the first reference signal resources or different subsets of the second reference signal resources correspond to at least one of the following: Sending and receiving points; Control resource pool index; Community signage; port.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that, The first information is used to indicate a first identifier, the first identifier corresponding to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set, and the method further includes: The terminal measures the first reference signal resource set, obtains a first result corresponding to the first reference signal resource set, and determines a second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result; The terminal sends a report to the network device, the report including the second result.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, The report includes at least one set of second results, wherein the set of second results includes multiple reference signal resource identifiers or multiple port identifiers, and the different reference signal resource identifiers or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to different subsets of second reference signal resources, or the different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to the same subset of second reference signal resources.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The report also includes at least one of the following: Layer 1 reference signal received power L1-RSRP; Layer 1 signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (L1-SINR); Maximum number of ports for the Sound Reference Signal (SRS); Community signage; The identifier of the report.

8. The method according to any one of claims 5-7, characterized in that, The report includes a first report, and the first information includes a first information field, which is used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to the first report.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that, The report also includes a second report, and the first information field is further used to indicate a second identifier corresponding to the second report, which is different from the first report.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that, The first bit of the first information field is used to indicate the first identifier of the first report, and the second bit of the first information field is used to indicate the second identifier of the second report; or, The first codepoint in the first information field is used to indicate the first identifier of the first report, and the second codepoint in the first information field is used to indicate the second identifier of the second report.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that, The first information also includes a second information field, and the method further includes: If the second information field indicates that the first information is used to indicate the first identifier, then the first information is determined to be used to indicate the first identifier; The second information field is used to indicate either that the first information is used to indicate a first identifier or that the first information is used to indicate a second identifier.

12. The method according to any one of claims 5-7, characterized in that, The different first information respectively indicates the first identifier corresponding to the first report and the second identifier corresponding to the second report, and the second report is different from the first report.

13. The method according to any one of claims 9-12, characterized in that, The first report includes at least one of the following: The second reference signal resource set corresponds to at least one set of second results, wherein the plurality of second reference signal resource subsets include reference signal resource subsets corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; The second reference signal resource set corresponds to at least one set of second results, wherein a portion of the second reference signal resource subset includes the reference signal resources of the first cell, and a portion of the second reference signal resource subset includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, wherein the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell; The second report includes at least one of the following: The second reference signal resource set corresponds to at least one set of second results, wherein the plurality of second reference signal resource subsets include reference signal resource subsets corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; The second reference signal resource set corresponds to at least one set of second results, wherein a portion of the second reference signal resource subset includes the reference signal resources of the first cell, and a portion of the second reference signal resource subset includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, wherein the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell; The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are different serving cells of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located at different frequencies; The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are on the same frequency; The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located on different frequencies; The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, and the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, or the first cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal; A second result for mobility management, wherein the second result is a result obtained based on a non-measurement method; The measurement results of the second reference signal resource set, wherein the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; The first result for mobility management, the first result being a result obtained based on a measurement method; Channel Status Information (CSI) report; The first report and the second report are different.

14. The method according to any one of claims 5-13, characterized in that, The report is carried by at least one of the following: Physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); Configure the permitted Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG PUSCH); Dynamically licensed Physical Uplink Shared Channel (DG PUSCH).

15. The method according to any one of claims 5-14, characterized in that, The first result is a measurement result, the second result is a prediction result, and the step of determining the second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set based on the first result includes: Based on the first result and the artificial intelligence (AI) function, a second result is determined corresponding to the second set of reference signal resources.

16. The method according to any one of claims 5-15, characterized in that, The method further includes: The terminal receives second information sent by the network device, and different second information corresponds to different first identifiers. The first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set are determined based on the second information and the first identifier.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that, The second information includes at least one of the following: The third identifier is the identifier of the first reference signal resource set; The fourth identifier is the identifier of the second reference signal resource set; The fifth identifier is used to determine additional conditions for network devices.

18. The method according to any one of claims 1-17, characterized in that, The first information includes at least one of the following: Media Access Control Unit (MAC CE); Downlink Control Information (DCI).

19. A communication method, characterized in that, The method includes: The network device sends first information, which is used to determine a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set; The first reference signal resource set includes one or more first reference signal resource subsets, and the second reference signal resource set includes one or more second reference signal resource subsets. The first reference signal resource subsets and the second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

20. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that, The first subset of reference signal resources and / or the second subset of reference signal resources includes at least one of the following: One or more reference signal resources; One or more reference signal resource ports.

21. The method according to any one of claims 19-20, characterized in that, The first and second reference signal resource subsets that have a corresponding relationship have at least one of the following characteristics: Sending and receiving points; Control resource pool index; Community signage; port.

22. The method according to any one of claims 19-21, characterized in that, Different subsets of the first reference signal resources or different subsets of the second reference signal resources correspond to at least one of the following: Sending and receiving points; Control resource pool index; Community signage; port.

23. The method according to any one of claims 19-22, characterized in that, The first information is used to indicate a first identifier, the first identifier corresponding to a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set, and the method further includes: The network device receives a report sent by the terminal, the report including a second result, the second result being determined by the terminal based on a first result, the first result being obtained by the terminal measuring the first reference signal resource set.

24. The method according to claim 23, characterized in that, The report includes at least one set of second results, which includes multiple reference signal resource identifiers or multiple port identifiers. Different reference signal resource identifiers or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to different subsets of second reference signal resources, or different port identifiers included in the set of second results correspond to the same subset of second reference signal resources.

25. The method according to claim 24, characterized in that, The report also includes at least one of the following: Layer 1 reference signal received power L1-RSRP; Layer 1 signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (L1-SINR); Maximum number of ports for the Sound Reference Signal (SRS); Community signage; The identifier of the report.

26. The method according to any one of claims 23-25, characterized in that, The report includes a first report, and the first information includes a first information field, which is used to indicate a first identifier corresponding to the first report.

27. The method according to claim 26, characterized in that, The report also includes a second report, and the first information field is further used to indicate a second identifier corresponding to the second report, which is different from the first report.

28. The method according to claim 27, characterized in that, The first bit of the first information field is used to indicate the first identifier of the first report, and the second bit of the first information field is used to indicate the second identifier of the second report; or, The first codepoint in the first information field is used to indicate the first identifier of the first report, and the second codepoint in the first information field is used to indicate the second identifier of the second report.

29. The method according to claim 27 or 28, characterized in that, The first information also includes a second information field, wherein the first information is used to indicate the first identifier when the second information field indicates that the first information is used to indicate the first identifier; The second information field is used to indicate either that the first information is used to indicate a first identifier or that the first information is used to indicate a second identifier.

30. The method according to any one of claims 23-25, characterized in that, The different first information respectively indicates the first identifier corresponding to the first report and the second identifier corresponding to the second report, and the second report is different from the first report.

31. The method according to any one of claims 27-30, characterized in that, The first report includes at least one of the following: The second reference signal resource set corresponds to at least one set of second results, wherein the plurality of second reference signal resource subsets include reference signal resource subsets corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; The second reference signal resource set corresponds to at least one set of second results, wherein a portion of the second reference signal resource subset includes the reference signal resources of the first cell, and a portion of the second reference signal resource subset includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, wherein the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell; The second report includes at least one of the following: The second reference signal resource set corresponds to at least one set of second results, wherein the plurality of second reference signal resource subsets include reference signal resource subsets corresponding to the same second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; The second reference signal resource set corresponds to at least one set of second results, wherein a portion of the second reference signal resource subset includes the reference signal resources of the first cell, and a portion of the second reference signal resource subset includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, wherein the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, and the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell; The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are different serving cells of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located at different frequencies; The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are on the same frequency; The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, the second cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal, and the first cell and the second cell are located on different frequencies; The second result corresponding to the second reference signal resource set, wherein the first reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the first cell, the second reference signal resource set includes reference signal resources corresponding to the second cell, the first cell and the second cell are the same cell, and the first cell is the serving cell of the terminal, or the first cell is a cell other than the serving cell of the terminal; A second result for mobility management, wherein the second result is a result obtained based on a non-measurement method; The measurement results of the second reference signal resource set, wherein the second reference signal resource set includes the reference signal resources of the second cell, the second cell being the serving cell of the terminal, or the second cell being a neighboring cell of the terminal; The first result for mobility management, the first result being a result obtained based on a measurement method; Channel Status Information (CSI) report; The first report and the second report are different.

32. The method according to any one of claims 23-31, characterized in that, The report is carried by at least one of the following: Physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); Configure the permitted Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG PUSCH); Dynamically licensed Physical Uplink Shared Channel (DG PUSCH).

33. The method according to any one of claims 23-32, characterized in that, The first result is a measurement result, and the second result is a prediction result. The second result is determined based on the first result and the artificial intelligence (AI) function.

34. The method according to any one of claims 23-33, characterized in that, The method further includes: The network device sends second information to the terminal, with different second information corresponding to different first identifiers, and the first reference signal resource set and the second reference signal resource set are determined based on the second information and the first identifier.

35. The method according to claim 34, characterized in that, The second information includes at least one of the following: The third identifier is the identifier of the first reference signal resource set; The fourth identifier is the identifier of the second reference signal resource set; The fifth identifier is used to determine additional conditions for network devices.

36. The method according to any one of claims 19-35, characterized in that, The first information includes at least one of the following: Media Access Control Unit (MAC CE); Downlink Control Information (DCI).

37. A terminal, characterized in that, include: The transceiver module is used to receive the initial information; The processing module is configured to determine a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set based on the first information; The first reference signal resource set includes one or more first reference signal resource subsets, and the second reference signal resource set includes one or more second reference signal resource subsets. The first reference signal resource subsets and the second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

38. A network device, characterized in that, include: The transceiver module is used to send first information, which is used to determine a first reference signal resource set and a second reference signal resource set. The first reference signal resource set includes one or more first reference signal resource subsets, and the second reference signal resource set includes one or more second reference signal resource subsets. The first reference signal resource subsets and the second reference signal resource subsets have a corresponding relationship.

39. A terminal, characterized in that, include: One or more processors; The processor is used to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1-18.

40. A network device, characterized in that, include: One or more processors; The processor is used to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 19-36.

41. A communication system, characterized in that, include: A terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the communication method of any one of claims 1-18, and the network device is configured to implement the communication method of any one of claims 19-36.

42. A storage medium, characterized in that, include: The storage medium stores instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the communication method as described in any one of claims 1-18 or 19-36.

43. A program product, characterized in that, include: A computer program, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform the communication method as described in any one of claims 1-18 or 19-36.

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