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CN112533228B - Beam switching method, device, network side equipment and terminal - Google Patents

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CN112533228B
CN112533228B CN201910877657.9A CN201910877657A CN112533228B CN 112533228 B CN112533228 B CN 112533228B CN 201910877657 A CN201910877657 A CN 201910877657A CN 112533228 B CN112533228 B CN 112533228B
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Abstract

The invention provides a beam switching method, a device, network side equipment and a terminal, wherein the method comprises the steps of acquiring measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam sent by the network side equipment; wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels. By adopting the method, the terminal can acquire the measurement configuration information of the corresponding service beam and/or the target beam, wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage grades, so that the terminal can perform beam quality measurement based on the measurement configuration information and switch between beams with different coverage areas or coverage grades.

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Beam switching method and device, network side equipment and terminal
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of wireless technologies, and in particular, to a beam switching method, a device, a network side device, and a terminal.
Background
In the conventional art, a primary synchronization signal (Primary Synchronization Signal, PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (Secondary Synchronization Signal, SSS) and a physical broadcast channel (Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH) are transmitted in a synchronization signal Block (SS-Block, SSB). Wherein the transmission of SSBs is periodic, and is transmitted according to a synchronization measurement timing configuration (Synchronization Measurement Timing Configuration, SMTC) period and SMTC duration.
And transmitting a plurality of SSBs in the SMTC duration, wherein the transmission directions of the SSBs of different index indexes are different, and realizing the whole coverage of the cells through SSB scanning beams (beam sweeping).
However, coverage holes may exist in the actual wireless network, for example, the signal in the building may be poor due to the puncture, and one way to solve the problem is to implement coverage enhancement by reasonably configuring SSB transmission, specifically, in the extended coverage scenario, the transmission directions of SSBs of different index in SMTC duration are likely to be the same, and extended coverage is implemented by retransmission. Based on this approach, there is both normal coverage SSB and coverage enhanced SSB in the network, and switching between SSBs with different coverage capabilities is the focus of research on the current wireless network technology.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a beam switching method, a device, network side equipment and a terminal, which are used for realizing the switching among beams with different coverage capacities.
The embodiment of the invention provides a beam switching method, which is applied to a terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
acquiring measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam sent by network side equipment;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the method further includes:
And switching from the service beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
measuring and reporting indication information;
the opening information is measured.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the beam related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
Optionally, in the beam switching method, the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the measurement start information includes at least one of a measurement start threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein according to the measurement start information, the measurement of the target beam is started when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
The beam quality meets the measurement opening threshold;
the number of times that the beam quality meets the measurement start threshold is greater than or equal to the first count number;
within the first timing duration, the beam quality meets the measurement start threshold;
And in the first timing duration, the number of times that the beam quality meets the measurement starting threshold is greater than or equal to the first counting number of times.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the method further includes:
and receiving indication information which is sent by the network side equipment and indicates whether measurement reporting is performed.
Optionally, the beam switching method further comprises the step of performing beam measurement reporting when at least one of the following conditions is met:
The beam quality of the measuring beam reaches a third threshold;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a fourth threshold within a second preset duration;
the times of the beam quality of the measuring beam meeting a fifth threshold reach a second counting time within a third preset time length;
The beam quality of M beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams reaches a sixth threshold, wherein M is an integer;
The beam quality of the service beam in the measuring beam is lower than or equal to a seventh threshold, and the beam quality of the target beam in the measuring beam is higher than or equal to the eighth threshold.
Optionally, the beam switching method further includes defining an event of at least one of:
The first preset measurement times are continuous, and the beam quality of the measurement beam meets a first condition;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a second condition within a fourth preset time period;
the number of times that the beam quality of the measuring beam meets the third condition reaches the second preset measuring number of times within the fifth preset time length;
The beam quality of N beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams meets a fourth condition, wherein N is an integer;
the beam quality of the serving one of the measurement beams is lower than or equal to the fifth condition, while the beam quality of the target one of the measurement beams is higher than or equal to the sixth condition;
the difference between the beam quality of the serving beam in the measurement beam and the beam quality of the target beam in the measurement beam satisfies a seventh condition.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a beam switching method applied to the network side equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
transmitting measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam to a terminal;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
measuring and reporting indication information;
the opening information is measured.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the beam related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
Optionally, in the beam switching method, the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the measurement start information includes at least one of a measurement start threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the method further includes:
and sending indication information indicating whether measurement reporting is performed or not to the terminal.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a beam switching device, which is applied to the terminal, wherein the device comprises:
the information acquisition module is used for acquiring measurement configuration information of the service beam and/or the target beam sent by the network side equipment;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a beam switching device which is applied to the network side equipment, wherein the device comprises:
the information sending module is used for sending measurement configuration information of the service beam and/or the target beam to the terminal;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a terminal, which comprises a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is used for:
acquiring measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam sent by network side equipment;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
The embodiment of the invention also provides network side equipment, which comprises a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is used for:
transmitting measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam to a terminal;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a terminal, which comprises a processor, a memory and a program stored on the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the program realizes the beam switching method according to any one of the above when being executed by the processor.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a network side device, which comprises a processor, a memory and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the program realizes the beam switching method according to any one of the above when being executed by the processor.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program realizes the steps in the beam switching method according to any one of the above when being executed by a processor.
At least one of the above technical solutions of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
According to the beam switching method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the terminal can acquire the measurement configuration information of the corresponding service beam and/or the target beam, wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage grades, so that the terminal can perform beam quality measurement based on the measurement configuration information and switch between beams with different coverage areas or coverage grades.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a beam switching method according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a second flow chart of a beam switching method according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a beam switching device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a second schematic structural diagram of a beam switching device according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is a second schematic structural diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a second schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a second schematic structural diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantages to be solved more apparent, the following detailed description will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
In order to achieve the switching between beams with different coverage capacities, the embodiment of the invention provides a beam switching method, and network side equipment sends measurement configuration information corresponding to service beams and/or target beams to a terminal, wherein the service beams and the target beams correspond to different coverage areas or coverage grades, so that the terminal can perform beam quality measurement based on the measurement configuration information and switch between beams with different coverage areas or coverage grades.
As shown in fig. 1, the beam switching method according to one embodiment of the present invention is applied to a terminal, and includes:
acquiring measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam sent by network side equipment;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
In one embodiment, the service beam is one of a normal coverage beam and an extended coverage beam, and the target beam is the other of the normal coverage beam and the extended coverage beam.
In another embodiment, the serving beam is one of the beam coverage levels and the target beam is a different coverage level from the coverage level of the serving beam.
The normal coverage beam is a beam normally transmitted according to a pre-configured transmission period, and the extended coverage beam is a beam for realizing coverage enhancement by retransmission. Those skilled in the art will understand that the normal coverage beam is different from the extended coverage beam and will not be described in detail herein.
In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
measuring and reporting indication information;
the opening information is measured.
The beam related information refers to beam information that needs to perform beam measurement, and includes a serving beam and/or a target beam. Optionally, in one embodiment, the beam related information may further include beam information of a beam operating on the active BWP and/or beam information of a beam operating on the target BWP.
In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the beam related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
In the embodiment of the invention, optionally, the measurement reference symbol comprises an SSB and/or a channel state Information reference signal (CHANNEL STATE Information REFERENCE SIGNAL, CSI-RS), the time domain Information comprises a period, a duration or a transmission offset value of the SSB and/or the CSI-RS, the frequency domain Information comprises a frequency domain position of the SSB and/or the CSI-RS, and the frequency domain position comprises an absolute wireless channel number (Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number, ARFCN), a frequency domain bandwidth, a central frequency point of the frequency domain bandwidth, a starting frequency point of the frequency domain bandwidth and/or the like.
Further, the BWP information comprises BWP ID, the frequency domain bandwidth of BWP, the center frequency point of the frequency domain bandwidth and/or the starting frequency point of the frequency domain bandwidth in the bandwidth part BWP information of the wave beam.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the measurement mode information is used to indicate a measurement mode of the terminal for performing beam quality measurement, and optionally, the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the measurement interval configuration information includes a measurement interval period, a measurement interval duration, and/or a measurement interval time domain start offset.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the measurement start information is parameter information for indicating the terminal to start beam quality measurement, and optionally, the measurement start information includes at least one of a measurement start threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration.
It should be noted that the measurement start threshold includes, but is not limited to, reference signal received Power (REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVING Power, RSRP), reference signal received Quality (REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVING Quality, RSRQ), signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio, SINR), and/or demodulation error rate, which are used to instruct the terminal to start measurement on the target beam when the beam Quality of the currently accessed service beam meets the threshold defined by the measurement start threshold.
The first count is used for indicating the terminal to start measuring the target beam when the detection times of the beam quality meeting the preset quality condition exceeds the first count when the beam quality of the current accessed source beam is detected.
The first timing duration is used for indicating the terminal to start measurement of the target beam if the beam quality accords with a preset quality condition in the first timing duration when the beam quality of the accessed service beam is detected.
Specifically, according to the measurement start information, when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied, the measurement of the target beam is started:
The beam quality meets the measurement opening threshold;
the number of times that the beam quality meets the measurement start threshold is greater than or equal to the first count number;
within the first timing duration, the beam quality meets the measurement start threshold;
And in the first timing duration, the number of times that the beam quality meets the measurement starting threshold is greater than or equal to the first counting number of times.
For example, when the measurement opening information includes a measurement opening threshold, if the service beam is a first coverage beam and the target beam is a second coverage beam, the first coverage is not better than the second coverage, and when the beam quality is less than or equal to the measurement opening threshold, the beam quality satisfies the measurement opening threshold, and the measurement of the target beam is started;
When the measurement opening information comprises a measurement opening threshold, if the service beam is a second coverage area beam, the target beam is a first coverage area beam, the first coverage area is not better than the second coverage area, and if the beam quality is greater than or equal to the measurement opening threshold, the beam quality meets the measurement opening threshold, and the measurement of the target beam is started;
When the measurement opening information comprises a measurement opening threshold and a first count number, if the service beam is a first coverage beam, the target beam is a second coverage beam, the first coverage is not better than the second coverage, the number of times that the beam quality is smaller than or equal to the measurement opening threshold exceeds or is equal to the first count number, and the target beam measurement is started;
When the measurement opening information comprises a measurement opening threshold and a first timing frequency, if the service beam is a second coverage beam, the target beam is a first coverage beam, the first coverage is not better than the second coverage, the frequency of the beam quality larger than or equal to the measurement opening threshold exceeds or is equal to the first counting frequency, and the target beam measurement is started;
when the measurement opening information comprises a measurement opening threshold and a first timing duration, if the service beam is a first coverage area beam, the target beam is a second coverage area beam, the first coverage area is not better than the second coverage area, and the beam quality in the first timing duration is smaller than or equal to the measurement opening threshold, the target beam quality is opened;
when the measurement starting information comprises a measurement starting threshold and a first timing duration, if the service beam is a second coverage beam, the target beam is a first coverage beam, the first coverage is not better than the second coverage, and the beam quality in the first timing duration is greater than or equal to the measurement starting threshold, the target beam measurement is started;
when the measurement starting information comprises a measurement starting threshold, a first counting number and a first timing duration, if the service beam is a first coverage beam, the target beam is a second coverage beam, the first coverage is not better than the second coverage, and the number of times that the beam quality is smaller than or equal to the measurement starting threshold in the first timing duration is larger than or equal to the first counting number, the target beam measurement is started;
when the measurement opening information comprises a measurement opening threshold, a first counting number of times and a first timing duration, if the service beam is a second coverage beam, the target beam is a first coverage beam, the first coverage is not better than the second coverage, and the number of times that the beam quality is greater than or equal to the measurement opening threshold in the first timing duration is greater than or equal to the first counting number of times, the target beam measurement is started.
Based on the above, the beam switching method according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes:
And switching from the service beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
The first threshold and the second threshold may be issued by the network side device, or may be preset in the protocol.
In addition, the service beam and the target beam may be SSB-based beams, or CSI-RS-based beams, respectively.
Wherein it may be determined that the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold when any of the following conditions is met:
The beam quality of the service beam reaches a first threshold;
Continuously first preset measurement times, wherein the beam quality of the service beam meets a first threshold;
Within a first preset duration, the beam quality of the service beam meets a first threshold;
The number of times that the beam quality of the service beam meets the first threshold reaches or exceeds the second preset measurement number of times within the second preset time length;
the beam quality of M service beams with highest beam quality among the service beams meets a first threshold, wherein M is a positive integer.
The beam quality of the target beam of the terminal may be determined to reach a second threshold when any of the following conditions is met:
the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold;
continuously first preset measurement times, wherein the beam quality of the target beam meets a second threshold;
Within a first preset duration, the beam quality of the target beam meets a second threshold;
the number of times that the beam quality of the target beam meets a second threshold reaches or exceeds a second preset measurement number of times within a second preset duration;
the beam quality of M target beams with highest beam quality among the target beams meets a second threshold, wherein M is a positive integer.
The beam Quality includes at least one of reference signal received Power (REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVING Power, RSRP), reference signal received Quality (REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVING Quality, RSRQ), signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio, SINR), and demodulation error rate.
Based on the above, the first threshold and the second threshold may be threshold values with at least one of RSRP, RSRQ, SINR and a demodulation error rate as an evaluation parameter. Wherein when the beam quality decreases or increases to the first threshold or the second threshold, it is determined that the beam quality meets or meets the first threshold or the second threshold.
Optionally, the beam switching method according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes:
and receiving indication information which is sent by the network side equipment and indicates whether measurement reporting is performed.
Optionally, the network side device may send indication information indicating whether to perform measurement reporting to the terminal through broadcasting or a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) message, or the like.
Further, the measurement configuration information sent by the network side device may also be sent to the terminal through broadcasting or RRC message.
Optionally, the beam switching method in the embodiment of the present invention further includes performing beam measurement reporting when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
The beam quality of the measuring beam reaches a third threshold;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a fourth threshold within a second preset duration;
the times of the beam quality of the measuring beam meeting a fifth threshold reach a second counting time within a third preset time length;
The beam quality of M beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams reaches a sixth threshold, wherein M is an integer;
The beam quality of the service beam in the measuring beam is lower than or equal to a seventh threshold, and the beam quality of the target beam in the measuring beam is higher than or equal to the eighth threshold.
Any of the above condition information may be issued by the network side device or may be predefined by a protocol.
In addition, the beam quality reaches a third threshold, a fourth threshold, a fifth threshold, or a sixth threshold, including the beam quality rising to the third threshold, the fourth threshold, the fifth threshold, or the sixth threshold, and also including the beam quality falling to the third threshold, the fourth threshold, the fifth threshold, or the sixth threshold.
The measurement beams may include a serving beam and/or a target beam, wherein the thresholds may be different for the serving beam and the target beam, respectively.
According to the beam switching method, optionally, the method can also introduce a measurement reporting event of the terminal to help the network find out coverage holes or coverage blind areas.
Thus, optionally, the beam switching method further comprises defining an event of at least one of:
The first preset measurement times are continuous, and the beam quality of the measurement beam meets a first condition;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a second condition within a fourth preset time period;
the number of times that the beam quality of the measuring beam meets the third condition reaches the second preset measuring number of times within the fifth preset time length;
The beam quality of N beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams meets a fourth condition, wherein N is an integer;
The beam quality of the service beam in the measuring beam is lower than or equal to the fifth condition, and the beam quality of the target beam in the measuring beam is higher than or equal to the sixth condition;
the difference between the beam quality of the serving beam in the measurement beam and the beam quality of the target beam in the measurement beam satisfies a seventh condition.
Any of the above condition information may be issued by the network side device or may be predefined by a protocol.
Further, in each measurement report event, the beam quality satisfies the first condition, the second condition, the third condition or the fourth condition, including at least one of the following situations:
The beam quality is lower than or equal to a corresponding threshold value;
the beam quality is higher than or equal to the corresponding threshold value.
For example, the following cases may be taken as the case where the beam quality of the measurement beam satisfies the first condition for the first preset number of measurements:
in one embodiment, when the beam quality change between any two measurements of the measurement beam meets a preset threshold (a first condition) within a preset number of times, reporting the beam quality to the network side device;
In another embodiment, when the beam quality of each measurement of the measurement beam meets a preset threshold (a first condition) within a preset number of times, reporting the beam quality to the network side device;
In another embodiment, when the beam quality change between all the two continuous measurements of the measurement beam meets a preset threshold (a first condition) within a preset number of times, reporting the beam quality to the network side device;
in yet another embodiment, when the final beam quality measurement of the measurement beam meets a preset threshold (first condition), the beam quality is reported to the network side device.
The above-mentioned beam quality change includes a beam quality increase and a beam quality decrease.
The measurement beams described above include a serving beam and/or a target beam, wherein each of the conditions described above may be different for the serving beam and the target beam, respectively.
Further, for a case where the beam quality of the N beams having the highest beam quality among the plurality of measurement beams satisfies the fourth condition, the method includes:
the quality of the N beams with the highest beam quality of the service beam or the service BWP is lower than a certain threshold, or
The quality of the N beams with the highest beam quality among the beams serving the beam or serving the BWP is below a certain threshold and the quality of the target beam is above a certain threshold.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the beam quality of the N measurement beams with the highest beam quality in the service beam or the service BWP beam is lower than a certain threshold, it is indicated that all the beams in the current coverage area cannot meet the requirement, and beam switching is required.
In the embodiment of the present invention, each threshold and each condition may use at least one of RSRP, RSRQ, SINR and a demodulation error rate as an evaluation parameter, and specific contents of each threshold and each condition may be issued by a network side device or may be predefined by a protocol.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a beam switching method, which is applied to the network side equipment, as shown in fig. 2, and comprises the following steps:
S210, sending measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam to a terminal;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
According to the beam switching method, the network side equipment sends the measurement configuration information of the corresponding service beam and/or the corresponding target beam to the terminal, wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage grades, so that the terminal can perform beam quality measurement based on the measurement configuration information, and switch between beams in different coverage areas or coverage grades.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
measuring and reporting indication information;
the opening information is measured.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the beam related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
Optionally, in the beam switching method, the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the measurement start information includes at least one of a measurement start threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration.
Optionally, the beam switching method, wherein the method further includes:
and sending indication information indicating whether measurement reporting is performed or not to the terminal.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a beam switching device, which is applied to a terminal, as shown in fig. 3, and comprises:
An information obtaining module 310, configured to obtain measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam sent by a network side device;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
Optionally, the beam switching device further includes:
a switching module 320, configured to switch from the serving beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the serving beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or when the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
Optionally, the beam switching device, wherein the measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
measuring and reporting indication information;
the opening information is measured.
Optionally, the beam switching device, wherein the beam related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
Optionally, the beam switching device, wherein the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
Optionally, the beam switching device, wherein the measurement start information includes at least one of a measurement start threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration.
Optionally, the beam switching device further includes:
A measurement module 330, configured to turn on measurement of the target beam according to the measurement turn-on information when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
The beam quality meets the measurement opening threshold;
the number of times that the beam quality meets the measurement start threshold is greater than or equal to the first count number;
within the first timing duration, the beam quality meets the measurement start threshold;
And in the first timing duration, the number of times that the beam quality meets the measurement starting threshold is greater than or equal to the first counting number of times.
Optionally, the beam switching device further includes:
the information receiving module 340 is configured to receive indication information sent by the network side device and indicating whether measurement reporting is performed.
Optionally, the beam switching device further includes:
The reporting module 350 is configured to perform beam measurement reporting when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
The beam quality of the measuring beam reaches a third threshold;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a fourth threshold within a second preset duration;
the times of the beam quality of the measuring beam meeting a fifth threshold reach a second counting time within a third preset time length;
The beam quality of M beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams reaches a sixth threshold, wherein M is an integer;
The beam quality of the service beam in the measuring beam is lower than or equal to a seventh threshold, and the beam quality of the target beam in the measuring beam is higher than or equal to the eighth threshold.
Optionally, the beam switching device further includes:
A determining module 360, configured to define an event of at least one of the following as a measurement report event:
The first preset measurement times are continuous, and the beam quality of the measurement beam meets a first condition;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a second condition within a fourth preset time period;
the number of times that the beam quality of the measuring beam meets the third condition reaches the second preset measuring number of times within the fifth preset time length;
The beam quality of N beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams meets a fourth condition, wherein N is an integer;
the beam quality of the serving one of the measurement beams is lower than or equal to the fifth condition, while the beam quality of the target one of the measurement beams is higher than or equal to the sixth condition;
the difference between the beam quality of the serving beam in the measurement beam and the beam quality of the target beam in the measurement beam satisfies a seventh condition.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides a beam switching device of another embodiment, which is applied to a network side device, as shown in fig. 4, and the device includes:
an information transmitting module 410, configured to transmit measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam to a terminal;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
Optionally, the beam switching device, wherein the measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
measuring and reporting indication information;
the opening information is measured.
Optionally, the beam switching device, wherein the beam related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
Optionally, the beam switching device, wherein the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
Optionally, the beam switching device, wherein the measurement start information includes at least one of a measurement start threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration.
Optionally, the beam switching device further includes:
The indication sending module 420 is configured to send indication information indicating whether to perform measurement reporting to the terminal.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a terminal, as shown in fig. 5, including a transceiver 510, where the transceiver 510 is configured to:
acquiring measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam sent by network side equipment;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
Optionally, the terminal further includes a processor 520, configured to:
And switching from the service beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
measuring and reporting indication information;
the opening information is measured.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the beam related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
Optionally, the terminal includes at least one of a measurement start threshold, a first count number, and a first timing duration.
Optionally, the terminal further includes a processor 520, configured to:
According to the measurement start information, when at least one of the following conditions is met, starting the measurement of the target beam:
The beam quality meets the measurement opening threshold;
the number of times that the beam quality meets the measurement start threshold is greater than or equal to the first count number;
within the first timing duration, the beam quality meets the measurement start threshold;
And in the first timing duration, the number of times that the beam quality meets the measurement starting threshold is greater than or equal to the first counting number of times.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the transceiver 510 is further configured to:
and receiving indication information which is sent by the network side equipment and indicates whether measurement reporting is performed.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the transceiver 510 is further configured to perform beam measurement reporting when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
The beam quality of the measuring beam reaches a third threshold;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a fourth threshold within a second preset duration;
the times of the beam quality of the measuring beam meeting a fifth threshold reach a second counting time within a third preset time length;
The beam quality of M beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams reaches a sixth threshold, wherein M is an integer;
The beam quality of the service beam in the measuring beam is lower than or equal to a seventh threshold, and the beam quality of the target beam in the measuring beam is higher than or equal to the eighth threshold.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the transceiver 510 is further configured to define an event of at least one of:
The first preset measurement times are continuous, and the beam quality of the measurement beam meets a first condition;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a second condition within a fourth preset time period;
the number of times that the beam quality of the measuring beam meets the third condition reaches the second preset measuring number of times within the fifth preset time length;
The beam quality of N beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams meets a fourth condition, wherein N is an integer;
the beam quality of the serving one of the measurement beams is lower than or equal to the fifth condition, while the beam quality of the target one of the measurement beams is higher than or equal to the sixth condition;
the difference between the beam quality of the serving beam in the measurement beam and the beam quality of the target beam in the measurement beam satisfies a seventh condition.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a network side device, as shown in fig. 6, including a transceiver 610, where the transceiver 610 is configured to:
transmitting measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam to a terminal;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
Optionally, the network side device, wherein the measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
measuring and reporting indication information;
the opening information is measured.
Optionally, the network side device, wherein the beam related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
Optionally, the network side device, wherein the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
Optionally, the network side device further includes a measurement start threshold, a first count number, and a first timing duration.
Optionally, the network side device, wherein the transceiver 610 is further configured to:
and sending indication information indicating whether measurement reporting is performed or not to the terminal.
Another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, as shown in fig. 7, including a processor 701, and a memory 703 connected to the processor 701 through a bus interface 702, where the memory 703 is used to store a program and data used by the processor 701 when executing an operation, and the processor 701 calls and executes the program and data stored in the memory 703.
The transceiver 704 is connected to the bus interface 702, and is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 701, specifically, the processor 701 is configured to read a program in the memory 703, and perform the following procedures:
acquiring measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam sent by network side equipment;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the processor 701 is further configured to:
And switching from the service beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
measuring and reporting indication information;
the opening information is measured.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the beam related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
Optionally, the terminal includes at least one of a measurement start threshold, a first count number, and a first timing duration.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the processor 701 turns on measurement of the target beam according to the measurement turn-on information when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
The beam quality meets the measurement opening threshold;
the number of times that the beam quality meets the measurement start threshold is greater than or equal to the first count number;
within the first timing duration, the beam quality meets the measurement start threshold;
And in the first timing duration, the number of times that the beam quality meets the measurement starting threshold is greater than or equal to the first counting number of times.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the processor 701 is further configured to:
and receiving indication information which is sent by the network side equipment and indicates whether measurement reporting is performed.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the processor 701 is further configured to:
and when at least one of the following conditions is met, carrying out beam measurement reporting:
The beam quality of the measuring beam reaches a third threshold;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a fourth threshold within a second preset duration;
the times of the beam quality of the measuring beam meeting a fifth threshold reach a second counting time within a third preset time length;
The beam quality of M beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams reaches a sixth threshold, wherein M is an integer;
The beam quality of the service beam in the measuring beam is lower than or equal to a seventh threshold, and the beam quality of the target beam in the measuring beam is higher than or equal to the eighth threshold.
Optionally, the terminal, wherein the processor 701 is further configured to:
defining an event of at least one of the following as a measurement report event:
The first preset measurement times are continuous, and the beam quality of the measurement beam meets a first condition;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a second condition within a fourth preset time period;
the number of times that the beam quality of the measuring beam meets the third condition reaches the second preset measuring number of times within the fifth preset time length;
The beam quality of N beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams meets a fourth condition, wherein N is an integer;
the beam quality of the serving one of the measurement beams is lower than or equal to the fifth condition, while the beam quality of the target one of the measurement beams is higher than or equal to the sixth condition;
the difference between the beam quality of the serving beam in the measurement beam and the beam quality of the target beam in the measurement beam satisfies a seventh condition.
It should be noted that in fig. 7, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular, one or more processors represented by the processor 701 and various circuits of the memory represented by the memory 703, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 704 may be a number of elements, i.e. include a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The user interface 705 may also be an interface capable of interfacing with an inscribed desired device for a different terminal, including but not limited to a keypad, display, speaker, microphone, joystick, etc. The processor 701 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 703 may store data used by the processor 701 in performing operations.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by a program indicating relevant hardware, the program including instructions for performing some or all of the steps of the above method, and the program may be stored in a readable storage medium, which may be any form of storage medium.
Another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, as shown in fig. 8, including a processor 801, and a memory 803 connected to the processor 801 through a bus interface 802, where the memory 803 is used to store a program and data used by the processor 801 when executing an operation, and the processor 801 calls and executes the program and data stored in the memory 803.
The transceiver 804 is connected to the bus interface 802, and is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 801, specifically, the processor 801 is configured to read a program in the memory 803, and perform the following procedures:
transmitting measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam to a terminal;
wherein the service beam and the target beam correspond to different coverage areas or coverage levels.
Optionally, the network side device, wherein the measurement configuration information includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
measuring and reporting indication information;
the opening information is measured.
Optionally, the network side device, wherein the beam related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
Optionally, the network side device, wherein the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
Optionally, the network side device further includes a measurement start threshold, a first count number, and a first timing duration.
Optionally, the network side device, wherein the processor 801 is further configured to:
and sending indication information indicating whether measurement reporting is performed or not to the terminal.
Where in FIG. 8, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented in particular by processor 801, and various circuits of memory, represented by memory 803, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 804 may be a number of elements, i.e. include a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 801 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 803 may store data used by the processor 801 in performing operations.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by a program indicating relevant hardware, the program including instructions for performing some or all of the steps of the above method, and the program may be stored in a readable storage medium, which may be any form of storage medium.
In addition, a specific embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the program when executed by a processor implements the steps of the beam switching method as described in any of the above.
In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed methods and apparatus may be implemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.
In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may be physically included separately, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in hardware plus software functional units.
The integrated units implemented in the form of software functional units described above may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform part of the steps of the transceiving method according to the embodiments of the present invention. The storage medium includes various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the principles of the present invention, and such modifications and changes should also be considered as being within the scope of the present invention.

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1. A beam switching method applied to a terminal, the method comprising:
acquiring measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam sent by network side equipment;
The service beam is one of a normal coverage beam and an extended coverage beam, and the target beam is the other of the normal coverage beam and the extended coverage beam, wherein the normal coverage beam is a beam transmitted according to a preset transmission period, and the extended coverage beam is a beam for realizing coverage enhancement by retransmission;
the measurement configuration information comprises measurement starting information, and the measurement starting information comprises at least one of a measurement starting threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration;
The method further comprises the steps of:
According to the measurement start information, when at least one of the following conditions is met, starting the measurement of the target beam:
The beam quality of the accessed service beam meets the measurement opening threshold;
The number of times that the beam quality of the accessed service beam meets the measurement start threshold is greater than or equal to the first count number;
Within the first timing duration, the beam quality of the service beam accessed by the terminal meets the measurement opening threshold;
The number of times that the beam quality of the service beam accessed by the terminal meets the measurement starting threshold is larger than or equal to the first counting number of times within the first timing duration;
And switching from the service beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
2. The beam switching method according to claim 1, wherein the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
And measuring and reporting indication information.
3. The beam switching method according to claim 2, wherein the beam-related information includes at least one of the following information:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
4. The beam switching method according to claim 2, wherein the measurement mode information includes at least one of the following information:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
5. The beam switching method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:
and receiving indication information which is sent by the network side equipment and indicates whether measurement reporting is performed.
6. The beam switching method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising performing beam measurement reporting when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
The beam quality of the measuring beam reaches a third threshold;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a fourth threshold within a second preset duration;
the times of the beam quality of the measuring beam meeting a fifth threshold reach a second counting time within a third preset time length;
The beam quality of M beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams reaches a sixth threshold, wherein M is an integer;
The beam quality of the service beam in the measuring beam is lower than or equal to a seventh threshold, and the beam quality of the target beam in the measuring beam is higher than or equal to the eighth threshold.
7. The beam switching method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising defining an event of at least one of:
The first preset measurement times are continuous, and the beam quality of the measurement beam meets a first condition;
The beam quality of the measuring beam meets a second condition within a fourth preset time period;
the number of times that the beam quality of the measuring beam meets the third condition reaches the second preset measuring number of times within the fifth preset time length;
The beam quality of N beams with highest beam quality in the plurality of measuring beams meets a fourth condition, wherein N is an integer;
the beam quality of the serving one of the measurement beams is lower than or equal to the fifth condition, while the beam quality of the target one of the measurement beams is higher than or equal to the sixth condition;
the difference between the beam quality of the serving beam in the measurement beam and the beam quality of the target beam in the measurement beam satisfies a seventh condition.
8. The beam switching method is applied to network side equipment and is characterized by comprising the following steps:
transmitting measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam to a terminal;
The service beam is one of a normal coverage beam and an extended coverage beam, and the target beam is the other of the normal coverage beam and the extended coverage beam, wherein the normal coverage beam is a beam transmitted according to a preset transmission period, and the extended coverage beam is a beam for realizing coverage enhancement by retransmission;
the measurement configuration information comprises measurement starting information, and the measurement starting information comprises at least one of a measurement starting threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration;
And switching from the service beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
9. The beam switching method according to claim 8, wherein the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following information:
Beam related information;
measuring mode information;
And measuring and reporting indication information.
10. The beam switching method according to claim 9, wherein the beam-related information includes at least one of:
beam index;
measuring time domain information of reference symbols;
measuring frequency domain information of reference symbols;
The bandwidth part BWP information of the reference symbol is measured.
11. The beam switching method according to claim 9, wherein the measurement mode information includes at least one of:
whether a measurement interval is required;
measuring interval configuration information;
whether to measure with an autonomous measurement interval;
Whether there is a scheduling restriction.
12. The beam switching method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, characterized in that the method further comprises:
and sending indication information indicating whether measurement reporting is performed or not to the terminal.
13. A beam switching apparatus for use in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
the information acquisition module is used for acquiring measurement configuration information of the service beam and/or the target beam sent by the network side equipment;
The service beam is one of a normal coverage beam and an extended coverage beam, and the target beam is the other of the normal coverage beam and the extended coverage beam, wherein the normal coverage beam is a beam transmitted according to a preset transmission period, and the extended coverage beam is a beam for realizing coverage enhancement by retransmission;
the measurement configuration information comprises measurement starting information, and the measurement starting information comprises at least one of a measurement starting threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration;
The measurement module is used for starting the measurement of the target beam according to the measurement starting information when at least one of the following conditions is met:
The beam quality of the accessed service beam meets the measurement opening threshold;
The number of times that the beam quality of the accessed service beam meets the measurement start threshold is greater than or equal to the first count number;
Within the first timing duration, the beam quality of the service beam accessed by the terminal meets the measurement opening threshold;
The number of times that the beam quality of the service beam accessed by the terminal meets the measurement starting threshold is larger than or equal to the first counting number of times within the first timing duration;
And the switching module is used for switching from the service beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
14. A beam switching apparatus applied to a network side device, the apparatus comprising:
the information sending module is used for sending measurement configuration information of the service beam and/or the target beam to the terminal;
The service beam is one of a normal coverage beam and an extended coverage beam, and the target beam is the other of the normal coverage beam and the extended coverage beam, wherein the normal coverage beam is a beam transmitted according to a preset transmission period, and the extended coverage beam is a beam for realizing coverage enhancement by retransmission;
the measurement configuration information comprises measurement starting information, and the measurement starting information comprises at least one of a measurement starting threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration;
And switching from the service beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
15. A terminal comprising a transceiver, the transceiver configured to:
acquiring measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam sent by network side equipment;
The service beam is one of a normal coverage beam and an extended coverage beam, and the target beam is the other of the normal coverage beam and the extended coverage beam, wherein the normal coverage beam is a beam transmitted according to a preset transmission period, and the extended coverage beam is a beam for realizing coverage enhancement by retransmission;
the measurement configuration information comprises measurement starting information, and the measurement starting information comprises at least one of a measurement starting threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration;
The terminal further comprises a processor for:
According to the measurement start information, when at least one of the following conditions is met, starting the measurement of the target beam:
The beam quality of the accessed service beam meets the measurement opening threshold;
The number of times that the beam quality of the accessed service beam meets the measurement start threshold is greater than or equal to the first count number;
Within the first timing duration, the beam quality of the service beam accessed by the terminal meets the measurement opening threshold;
The number of times that the beam quality of the service beam accessed by the terminal meets the measurement starting threshold is larger than or equal to the first counting number of times within the first timing duration;
And switching from the service beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
16. A network-side device comprising a transceiver, the transceiver configured to:
transmitting measurement configuration information of a service beam and/or a target beam to a terminal;
The service beam is one of a normal coverage beam and an extended coverage beam, and the target beam is the other of the normal coverage beam and the extended coverage beam, wherein the normal coverage beam is a beam transmitted according to a preset transmission period, and the extended coverage beam is a beam for realizing coverage enhancement by retransmission;
the measurement configuration information comprises measurement starting information, and the measurement starting information comprises at least one of a measurement starting threshold, a first count number and a first timing duration;
And switching from the service beam to the target beam when the beam quality of the service beam of the terminal reaches a first threshold and/or the beam quality of the target beam reaches a second threshold.
17. A terminal comprising a processor, a memory and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor implements the beam switching method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
18. A network side device comprising a processor, a memory and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program when executed by the processor implementing the beam switching method of any of claims 8 to 12.
19. A computer readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer readable storage medium has stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the beam switching method according to any of claims 1 to 7 or the steps of the beam switching method according to any of claims 8 to 12.
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