CN113661678A

CN113661678A - Method and device for determining beam measurement reporting mode

Info

Publication number: CN113661678A
Application number: CN202180002069.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗星熠
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-14
Filing date: 2021-07-14
Publication date: 2021-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 2041-07-14
Also published as: CN113661678B; WO2023283840A1

Abstract

The present disclosure proposes a method and an apparatus for determining a beam measurement reporting method, and relates to the field of communications. The technical solution of the present application is that a network device sends a control message about beam measurement reporting to a terminal device, and the terminal device responds to the control message. A reporting manner for beam measurement reporting is determined, where the reporting manner may include at least one of a combined reporting manner and an individual reporting manner. The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a mechanism for determining a reporting manner of beam measurement reporting, which makes up for the deficiencies of the prior art.

Description

Method and device for determining beam measurement reporting mode

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for determining a beam measurement reporting mode.

Background

In the 5G NR system, an inter-cell mobility (L1/L2-centralized inter-cell mobility) and inter-cell multi-transmission and reception point (inter-cell multi-TRP) framework based on L1/L2 signaling are proposed. In L1/L2-centralized inter-cell mobility and inter-cell multi-TRP, in order to provide a service to a terminal by using beams of neighboring cells adjacent to a serving cell of the terminal, it is desirable that the terminal can perform beam measurement on reference signals of the neighboring cells and report the measurement result. For the beam measurement reporting of multiple cells, there may be multiple different reporting modes, and at present, there is no suitable mechanism for determining the reporting mode of the beam measurement reporting of multiple cells.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining a reporting mode of beam measurement, and provides a mechanism for determining a reporting mode of beam measurement reporting.

An embodiment of a first aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode, which is applied to a terminal device, and the method includes: determining a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement in response to a control message received from the network device about the reporting of the beam measurement; the reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes: a combined reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends the beam measurement result of a serving cell and multiple beam measurement results of non-serving cells to the network device based on the control message, where the serving cell is a cell providing service for the terminal device and the non-serving cells are one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell; and an individual reporting mode in which the terminal device independently transmits at least one of the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell to the network device based on the control message.

Optionally, before determining the reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement, the method further includes: receiving a configuration message sent by a network device to configure a beam measurement report, wherein the configuration message is used to configure the beam measurement report of the serving cell and the beam measurement report of each non-serving cell.

Optionally, the control message includes reporting mode information, where the reporting mode information is used to indicate a reporting mode of beam measurement reporting; the determining a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement includes: and determining a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement based on the reporting mode information.

Optionally, the control message comprises an activation message indicating one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of preconfigured trigger states are preconfigured to each be associated with one of the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell; the determining a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement includes: determining, based on the activation message, a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting to be a mode for sending, in the separate reporting mode, a beam measurement result corresponding to CSI reporting configuration associated with the indicated one or more trigger states to the network device.

Optionally, the control message includes a first message and a second message, wherein the first message is used to select one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states and the second message is used to trigger one or more of the selected one or more preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of preconfigured trigger states includes a plurality of first class of trigger states and a second class of trigger states, the plurality of first class of trigger states being preconfigured to be associated with one of the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell and the second class of trigger states being configured to be associated with all of the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, respectively; the determining a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement includes: and determining a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement based on the first message and the second message.

Optionally, the determining, based on the first message and the second message, a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement includes: when the first message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type trigger states and the second message indicates one or more of the indicated one or more first type trigger states, determining that a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting is to send, in the separate reporting manner, a beam measurement result corresponding to a CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device.

Optionally, the determining, based on the first message and the second message, a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement includes: when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates the second type of trigger state, determining that a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting is to send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in the combined reporting mode.

Optionally, the determining, based on the first message and the second message, a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement includes: when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates one or more of the first type of trigger states and the second type of trigger state, determining that a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting is to send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in the combined reporting manner and to send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device in the individual reporting manner.

Optionally, the determining, based on the first message and the second message, a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement includes: when the first message includes a first sub-message and a second sub-message, where the first sub-message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, the second sub-message indicates one or more of the multiple first type of trigger states, and the second message indicates one or more of the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second sub-message and the second type of trigger state, determining a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting to be a combined reporting manner in which beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configurations activated in the activation information are sent to the network device and an individual reporting manner in which beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configurations associated with the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second message are sent to the network device And sending the measurement result to the network equipment.

Optionally, the control message includes reporting resource configuration information for indicating beam measurement reporting; the determining a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement includes: for a plurality of beam measurement reports with the same reporting resource configuration information, determining a reporting mode for the beam measurement reports to be that the plurality of beam measurement results are sent to the network equipment in the combined reporting mode; and for the beam measurement report with the unique report resource configuration information, determining the mode for the beam measurement report to be the mode for sending the beam measurement result to the network equipment in the independent report mode.

An embodiment of a second aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode, which is applied to a network device, and the method includes: sending a control message about beam measurement reporting to a terminal device, wherein the control message indicates the terminal device to determine a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting based on the control message; the reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes: a combined reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends the beam measurement result of a serving cell and multiple beam measurement results of non-serving cells to the network device based on the control message, where the serving cell is a cell providing service for the terminal device and the non-serving cells are one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell; and an individual reporting mode in which the terminal device independently transmits at least one of the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell to the network device based on the control message.

Optionally, before sending the control message about beam measurement reporting to the terminal device, the method further includes: and sending a configuration message to the terminal device to configure the beam measurement report, wherein the configuration message is used for configuring the beam measurement report of the serving cell and the beam measurement report of each non-serving cell.

Optionally, the control message includes reporting mode information for indicating a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting, so as to indicate that the terminal device determines the reporting mode for beam measurement reporting based on the reporting mode information.

Optionally, the control message includes an activation message indicating one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of preconfigured trigger states are preconfigured to be respectively associated with one CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, and the control message is used to instruct the terminal device to send, to the network device, the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the indicated one or more trigger states in the separate reporting manner.

Optionally, the control message comprises a first message and a second message, wherein the first message is used to select one or more of the plurality of preconfigured trigger states and the second message is used to trigger the selected one or more of the one or more preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of pre-configured trigger states comprises a plurality of trigger states of a first type and a trigger state of a second type, the plurality of first type trigger states are preconfigured to be each associated with one of a CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and a CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell and the second type trigger state is configured to be associated with all of the CSI reporting configurations of the serving cell and the non-serving cell, and the control message instructs the terminal equipment to determine a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement based on the first message and the second message.

Optionally, when the first message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type trigger states, and the second message indicates one or more of the indicated one or more first type trigger states, the control message instructs the terminal device to send, to the network device, the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type trigger states indicated in the second message in the separate reporting manner.

Optionally, when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates the second type of trigger state, the control message instructs the terminal device to send a beam measurement result corresponding to a CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in the combined reporting manner.

Optionally, when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates one or more of the multiple first type of trigger states and the second type of trigger state, the control message instructs the terminal device to send, in the combined reporting manner, a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device and send, in the individual reporting manner, a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device.

Optionally, when the first message includes a first sub-message and a second sub-message, where the first sub-message includes identification information for indicating the second class of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second class of trigger state, the second sub-message indicates one or more of the multiple first class of trigger states, and the second message indicates one or more of the one or more first class of trigger states indicated in the second sub-message and the second class of trigger state, the control message instructs the terminal device to send, in the combined reporting manner, beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configurations activated in the activation information to the network device and, in the individual reporting manner, wave measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configurations associated with the one or more first class of trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device And sending the beam measurement result to the network equipment.

Optionally, the control message includes reporting resource configuration information for indicating beam measurement reporting; the same reporting resource configuration information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to send a plurality of beam measurement results with the same resource configuration information to the network equipment in the combined reporting mode; and the unique reported resource configuration information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to send the beam measurement result with the unique resource configuration information to the network equipment in the individual reporting mode.

A third aspect of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for determining a beam measurement reporting mode, which is applied to a terminal device, and includes: a processing module, configured to determine a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting in response to a control message received from a network device about beam measurement reporting; the reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes: a combined reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends the beam measurement result of a serving cell and multiple beam measurement results of non-serving cells to the network device based on the control message, where the serving cell is a cell providing service for the terminal device and the non-serving cells are one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell; and an individual reporting mode in which the terminal device independently transmits at least one of the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell to the network device based on the control message.

A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for determining a beam measurement reporting mode, which is applied to a network device, and includes: a communication module, configured to send a control message related to beam measurement reporting to a terminal device, where the control message instructs the terminal device to determine a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting based on the control message; the reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes: a combined reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends the beam measurement result of a serving cell and multiple beam measurement results of non-serving cells to the network device based on the control message, where the serving cell is a cell providing service for the terminal device and the non-serving cells are one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell; and an individual reporting mode in which the terminal device independently transmits at least one of the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell to the network device based on the control message.

An embodiment of a fifth aspect of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including: a transceiver; a memory; a processor, respectively connected to the transceiver and the memory, configured to control the transceiver to transmit and receive wireless signals by executing computer-executable instructions on the memory, and implement the method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode in the first aspect embodiment or the second aspect embodiment.

A sixth aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions; the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, may implement the method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode in the first aspect embodiment or the second aspect embodiment.

The disclosed embodiment provides a method and a device for determining a beam measurement reporting mode, wherein a network device sends a control message about beam measurement reporting to a terminal device, and the terminal device determines the reporting mode for beam measurement reporting in response to the control message, wherein the reporting mode may include at least one of a combined reporting mode and an individual reporting mode. The embodiment of the disclosure provides a mechanism for determining a reporting mode of beam measurement reporting, and makes up for the defects of the prior art.

Additional aspects and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is an architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5A is a schematic diagram of an MAC CE signaling used for beam measurement reporting activation in the related art;

fig. 5B is a schematic diagram of MAC CE signaling for beam measurement reporting activation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be illustrative of the present disclosure, and should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure.

In order to better understand the method and the apparatus for determining a beam measurement reporting mode disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, a communication system to which the embodiments of the present application are applicable is first described below.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system may include, but is not limited to, one network device and one terminal device, the number and form of the devices shown in fig. 1 are only for example and do not constitute a limitation to the embodiments of the present application, and two or more network devices and two or more terminal devices may be included in practical applications. The communication system shown in fig. 1 includes a network device 101 and a terminal device 102 as an example.

It should be noted that the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems. For example: a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a 5th generation (5G) mobile communication system, a 5G New Radio (NR) system, or other future new mobile communication systems.

The network device 101 in the embodiment of the present application is an entity for transmitting or receiving signals on the network side. For example, the network device 101 may be an evolved NodeB (eNB), a transmission point (TRP), a next generation base station (gNB) in an NR system, a base station in other future mobile communication systems, or an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific technologies and the specific device forms used by the network devices. The network device provided by the embodiment of the present application may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and a protocol layer of a network device, such as a base station, may be split by using a structure of CU-DU, functions of a part of the protocol layer are placed in the CU for centralized control, and functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layer are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU.

The terminal device 102 in the embodiment of the present application is an entity, such as a mobile phone, on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals. A terminal equipment (terminal) may also be referred to as a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a Mobile Terminal (MT), etc. The terminal device may be a vehicle having a communication function, a smart vehicle, a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in self-driving (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in remote surgery (remote medical supply), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation safety (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), and the like. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific technology and the specific device form adopted by the terminal device.

It is to be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present application is for more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application, and does not constitute a limitation to the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application, and as a person having ordinary skill in the art knows that along with the evolution of the system architecture and the appearance of a new service scenario, the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application is also applicable to similar technical problems.

In the 5G NR system, beam measurement reporting includes three types: periodic Reporting (Periodic Reporting), Semi-persistent Reporting (Semi-persistent Reporting), and Aperiodic Reporting (Aperiodic Reporting). In some related technologies, for periodic reporting, the periodic reporting takes effect after Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration, and the reporting time is defined by parameters; for semi-persistent reporting, after RRC configuration, reporting can be performed only by signaling activation through a Media Access Control Element (MAC CE), and reporting time is limited by parameters; for the aperiodic report, the report is triggered by Downlink Control Information (DCI). The present disclosure designs mechanisms for determining the beam measurement reporting mode for these three reporting types.

The method and apparatus for determining a reporting mode of beam measurement provided by the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the method may be performed by a terminal device and includes the following steps.

Step S201, in response to a control message about beam measurement reporting received from a network device, determines a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting.

The reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes: a combined reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement results of the non-serving cells to the network device based on the control message, wherein the serving cell is a cell providing service for the terminal device and the non-serving cells are one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell; and an individual reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends at least one beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell to the network device individually based on the control message.

In this embodiment, the network device may send a control message about beam measurement reporting to the terminal device, and the terminal device determines how to perform beam measurement reporting in response to the control message. Specifically, the terminal device may use a combined reporting mode, a separate reporting mode, or a combination of the two modes to perform beam measurement reporting.

In the combined reporting mode, the terminal device reports the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement results of the non-serving cells to the network device together.

In the separate reporting mode, the terminal device reports at least one beam measurement result of the beam measurement results of the serving cell and the beam measurement results of the non-serving cell to the network device separately, that is, the terminal device reports one beam measurement result each time.

In the combination of the combined reporting mode and the separate reporting mode, the terminal device may report some beam measurement results of the serving cell and the beam measurement results of the non-serving cell to the network device together, and report at least one beam measurement result of the remaining beam measurement results to the network device separately.

According to the method for determining the beam measurement reporting mode of the embodiment of the invention, the network equipment sends a control message about beam measurement reporting to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment determines the reporting mode for beam measurement reporting in response to the control message, wherein the reporting mode can comprise at least one of a combined reporting mode and an independent reporting mode. The embodiment of the disclosure provides a mechanism for determining a reporting mode of beam measurement reporting, and makes up for the defects of the prior art.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3, the method may be performed by a terminal device and may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

step S301, receiving a configuration message sent by a network device to configure a beam measurement report. The configuration message is used to configure beam measurement reporting of the serving cell and beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell.

In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the configuration message is used to configure beam measurement reporting of the serving cell and beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell; the configuration message may indicate the beam measurement report of the configured serving cell and the beam measurement report of each non-serving cell through one signaling, or may indicate the beam measurement report of the configured serving cell and the beam measurement report of each non-serving cell through different signaling; the disclosed embodiments are not limited thereto.

In this embodiment, the network device sends a configuration message for configuring beam measurement reporting to the terminal device, and in some embodiments, the configuration message may be RRC signaling, and the configuration message is used for configuring beam measurement reporting of a serving cell and each non-serving cell. For example, the configuration message may include configuration information for beam measurement reporting of the serving cell and beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the beam measurement report of the serving cell and the beam measurement report of each non-serving cell are exemplarily described by using the same signaling indication configuration; of course, this is not a limiting illustration of the technology to which embodiments of the disclosure relate.

In some embodiments, the configuration information may include a CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and a CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, for example, the network device may notify a configuration information CSI reporting configuration (CSI-ReportConfig) for configuring beam measurement reporting of each cell (including the serving cell and the non-serving cell) to the terminal device through RRC signaling. Specifically, the network device includes, by RRC configuration, CSI reporting configuration of each cell in a CSI reporting configuration List (CSI-reportconfiglist), and sequentially allocates CSI reporting configuration IDs (CSI-reportconfigids) to CSI reporting configurations in the CSI reporting configuration List. For example, the current serving Cell of the terminal device is Cell1, and the plurality of non-serving cells are Cell 2-Cell 5, and the CSI reporting configuration for the configuration of the beam measurement reporting of the cells Cell 1-Cell 5 is included in a CSI reporting configuration list and assigned with corresponding IDs, for example, the CSI reporting configuration list includes CSI-ReportConfig 1 (configuration information reported by the beam measurement of the serving Cell1, whose CSI reporting configuration ID is 1), CSI-ReportConfig 2 (configuration information reported by the beam measurement of the non-serving Cell 2, whose CSI reporting configuration ID is 2) … … -ReportConfig 5 (configuration information reported by the beam measurement of the non-serving Cell 5, whose CSI reporting configuration ID is 5).

In addition, a cell ID may be introduced into a CSI resource set (CSI-SSB-resource set) associated with CSI reporting configuration to distinguish which cell the measurement reference signal comes from.

Step S302, in response to a control message about beam measurement reporting received from a network device, determines a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting.

The reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes:

a combined reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement results of the non-serving cells to the network device based on the control message, wherein the serving cell is a cell providing service for the terminal device and the non-serving cells are one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell;

and in the independent reporting mode, the terminal equipment independently sends at least one beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell to the network equipment based on the control message.

For the detailed description of step S302, reference may be made to the related description of step S201, and no further exclusions are made here.

According to the method for determining the beam measurement reporting mode of the embodiment of the invention, the network equipment sends the configuration messages of the beam measurement reporting of the configured serving cell and the beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment can know how to execute the configuration of the beam measurement reporting on the serving cell and the non-serving cell, so that the terminal equipment can execute the beam measurement reporting on the serving cell and the non-serving cell. In addition, the terminal device adopts a reporting mode determined in response to the control message when performing the beam measurement reporting, wherein the reporting mode may include at least one of a combined reporting mode and an individual reporting mode. Therefore, a mechanism for determining the reporting mode of the beam measurement report is provided, and the defects of the prior art are overcome.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and based on the embodiment shown in fig. 2 or fig. 3, in this example embodiment, the control message includes reporting mode information for indicating a reporting mode of beam measurement reporting, as shown in fig. 4, step S201 shown in fig. 2 or step S302 shown in fig. 3 may include the following steps.

S401, determining a reporting mode for reporting beam measurement based on the reporting mode information.

In this embodiment, the control message includes reporting mode information indicating a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting, and after receiving the control message, the terminal device may directly perform beam measurement reporting according to the reporting mode indicated by the reporting mode information.

For example, for semi-persistent reporting based on physical uplink control channel, in the prior art, beam measurement reporting is activated through MAC CE signaling such as shown in fig. 5A, where R represents a reserved bit, Serving Cell ID represents ID of a Serving Cell (i.e. a Cell currently Serving a terminal device) for which the measurement reporting is directed, BWP ID represents ID of a partial Bandwidth (BWP, Bandwidth Part) for which the measurement reporting is directed, S_i(in fig. 2, i ═ 0, 1, 2, and 3) indicates an activation/deactivation status of the configured semi-persistent beam measurement report, and the field is set to "1" to indicate that the corresponding semi-persistent beam measurement report is activated, and "0" to indicate that the corresponding semi-persistent beam measurement report is deactivated.

In this embodiment, a plurality of bits may be added on the basis of the MAC CE signaling structure shown in fig. 5A to indicate a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting, and in addition, to enable activation of beam measurement reporting for a non-serving cell, a plurality of bits may be added to indicate an activation state of beam measurement reporting for each non-serving cell, where a bit value of 1 indicates that a corresponding beam measurement reporting is activated, and a bit value of 0 indicates that a corresponding beam measurement reporting is deactivated, as shown in fig. 5B, for example, W indicates reporting mode information, and S indicates that a beam measurement reporting is deactivated, where W indicates reporting mode information, and S indicates that a beam measurement reporting is deactivated, respectively_1i、S_2iAnd the activation state of the beam measurement report of the non-service cell is represented.

In any embodiment of the present disclosure, the control message for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting means that the control message is used for activating and/or deactivating beam measurement reporting. That is, the message may respectively indicate the activated beam measurement reporting and the deactivated beam measurement reporting through an identifier or a specific data format/coding format; or default to activate the beam measurement report, and instruct to deactivate the beam measurement report through the message; and the beam measurement report can be defaulted to be deactivated, and the message indicates to activate the beam measurement report.

The indicated reporting mode may include a combined reporting mode, for example, reporting the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell together, reporting the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell only together, and the like; and may also include a separate reporting mode, for example, separate reporting of the beam measurement result of each cell.

According to the method for determining the beam measurement reporting mode of the embodiment of the invention, for the semi-continuous reporting based on the physical uplink control channel, the control message sent by the network equipment to the terminal equipment comprises the reporting mode information to indicate the reporting mode of the beam measurement reporting, and the terminal equipment determines the reporting mode for the beam measurement reporting based on the reporting mode information. Therefore, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a mechanism for determining a reporting mode for reporting beam measurement, which makes up for the deficiencies of the prior art.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting manner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and based on the embodiment shown in fig. 2 or fig. 3, in this example embodiment, the control message includes an activation message indicating one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states, where the plurality of preconfigured trigger states are preconfigured to be respectively associated with one CSI reporting configuration of a serving cell and a CSI reporting configuration of a non-serving cell, as shown in fig. 6, step S201 shown in fig. 2 or step S302 shown in fig. 3 may include the following steps.

S601, determining, based on the activation message, that a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting is to send a beam measurement result corresponding to CSI reporting configurations associated with the indicated one or more trigger states to the network device in an individual reporting mode.

The embodiment can be applied to semi-persistent reporting based on the physical uplink shared channel. In this embodiment, a CSI reporting configuration of a serving cell and a CSI reporting configuration of each non-serving cell may be configured in advance through RRC signaling, and a plurality of semi-persistent trigger states (semi-persistent trigger states) may be respectively associated with the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, where each semi-persistent trigger state is associated with one CSI reporting configuration, a control message includes an activation message, the activation message indicates one or more of the plurality of preconfigured semi-persistent trigger states, and after receiving the control message, the terminal device may determine, based on the activation message, to send, to the network device, a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the indicated one or more semi-persistent trigger states in an individual reporting manner.

For example, a current serving Cell of the terminal device is Cell1, and a plurality of non-serving cells are Cell 2-Cell 10, for semi-persistent reporting based on a physical uplink shared channel, 10 semi-persistent trigger states T1-T10 are respectively associated with a CSI reporting configuration 1 of the current serving Cell1 and a CSI reporting configuration 2-CSI reporting configuration 10 of the non-serving cells Cell 2-Cell 10 (where the CSI reporting configuration 2 corresponds to Cell 2, the CSI reporting configuration 3 corresponds to Cell 3, and so on), where T1 is associated with the CSI reporting configuration 1, and T2 is associated with the CSI reporting configuration 2, and so on. The Control message includes Downlink Control Information (DCI), the network device activates a semi-persistent trigger state associated with CSI reporting configuration of a desired Cell through the DCI, for example, a plurality of DCIs may indicate the semi-persistent trigger states T1, T3, T5, and T6, and the terminal device may determine, in response to the plurality of DCIs, to separately send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 1 of the serving Cell1, a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 3 of the non-serving cells Cell 3, Cell 5, and Cell 6, a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 5, and a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 6 to the network device.

According to the method for determining the beam measurement reporting mode of the embodiment of the invention, for the semi-continuous reporting based on the physical uplink shared channel, the control message sent by the network equipment to the terminal equipment comprisesActivation messageThe terminal device determines to separately send beam measurement results corresponding to CSI reporting configurations associated with the indicated one or more trigger states to the network device respectively based on the activation message to indicate one or more of the plurality of preconfigured trigger states. Therefore, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a mechanism for determining a reporting mode for reporting beam measurement, which makes up for the deficiencies of the prior art.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where, based on the embodiment illustrated in fig. 2 or fig. 3, in this example embodiment, the control message includes a first message and a second message, the first message is used to select one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states and the second message is used to trigger one or more of the selected one or more preconfigured trigger states, the plurality of preconfigured trigger states includes a plurality of first-class trigger states and a second-class trigger state, the plurality of first-class trigger states are preconfigured to be respectively associated with one of a CSI reporting configuration of a serving cell and a CSI reporting configuration of a non-serving cell, the second-class trigger state is configured to be associated with all of the CSI reporting configurations of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, as shown in fig. 7, step S201 shown in fig. 2 or step S302 shown in fig. 3 may include the following steps.

S701, determining a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement based on the first message and the second message.

In this embodiment, the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of each non-serving cell may be configured in advance through RRC signaling, and a plurality of trigger states may be associated with the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, respectively, where each CSI reporting configuration is preconfigured to be associated with one trigger state, and in addition, one additional trigger state is configured to be associated with all CSI reporting configurations. The control message includes a first message and a second message, the first message is used for selecting one or more of the plurality of preconfigured trigger states, the second message is used for triggering the selected one or more of the one or more preconfigured trigger states, and after receiving the control message, the terminal device may determine a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting based on the first message and the second message.

Specifically, based on the specific contents of the first message and the second message, the step S701 may be implemented by different steps of the following steps S7011 to S7014.

S7011, when the first message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type trigger states, and the second message indicates one or more of the indicated one or more first type trigger states, determining that a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting is to separately send, to the network device, a beam measurement result corresponding to CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type trigger states indicated in the second message in a reporting mode.

The embodiment can be applied to aperiodic report. In this embodiment, the first message indicates one or more of the multiple first-type trigger states, the second message indicates one or more of the one or more first-type trigger states indicated in the first message, and the terminal device determines, in response to the control message including the first message and the second message, to separately send, to the network device, beam measurement results corresponding to CSI reporting configurations associated with the one or more first-type trigger states indicated in the second message, respectively.

For example, a current serving Cell of the terminal device is Cell1, and a plurality of non-serving cells are Cell 2-cells 10, and for aperiodic reporting, 10 aperiodic trigger states (aperiodic trigger states) T1-T10 are configured to be respectively associated with CSI reporting configuration 1 of the current serving Cell1 and CSI reporting configuration 2-CSI reporting configuration 10 of the non-serving cells Cell 2-cells 10 (where CSI reporting configuration 2 corresponds to Cell 2, CSI reporting configuration 3 corresponds to Cell 3, and so on), where T1 is associated with CSI reporting configuration 1, T2 is associated with CSI reporting configuration 2, and so on. In addition, 1 aperiodic trigger state T11 is configured to be associated with all CSI reporting configurations 1-CSI reporting configurations 10. The first message in the control message may be a MAC CE signaling, and the second message may be a DCI, where the network device selects an aperiodic trigger state associated with the CSI reporting configuration of the desired Cell from the aperiodic trigger states T1-T10 through the MAC CE signaling, and the DCI triggers one or more of the selected aperiodic trigger states, for example, the MAC CE signaling may indicate T1, T2, T3, T5, T6, T8, and T10, and the multiple DCIs may indicate aperiodic trigger states T1, T3, T5, and T6, and the terminal device may send, in response to the MAC CE signaling and the multiple DCIs, the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 1 of the serving Cell1, the CSI configuration reporting 3 of the non-serving Cell 3, the CSI configuration reporting 3 of the cells 5 and 6, the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 5 and the CSI reporting configuration 6, to the network device separately.

S7012, when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates the second type of trigger state, determining that a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting is to send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in a combined reporting mode.

The embodiment can be applied to aperiodic reporting and also can be applied to semi-persistent reporting based on a physical uplink shared channel. In this embodiment, the first message includes identification information and activation information, the identification information indicates a second type of trigger state, the activation information activates/deactivates beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, the second message indicates the second type of trigger state, and the terminal device determines to send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device together in response to a control message including the first message and the second message.

For example, the current serving Cell of the terminal device is Cell1, and a plurality of non-serving cells are Cell 2-Cell 10, for aperiodic reporting, 10 aperiodic trigger states T1-T10 are configured to be respectively associated with CSI reporting configuration 1 of the current serving Cell1 and CSI reporting configuration 2-CSI reporting configuration 10 of the non-serving cells Cell 2-Cell 10 (where CSI reporting configuration 2 corresponds to Cell 2, CSI reporting configuration 3 corresponds to Cell 3, and so on), where T1 is associated with CSI reporting configuration 1, T2 is associated with CSI reporting configuration 2, and so on. In addition, 1 aperiodic trigger state T11 is configured to be associated with all CSI reporting configurations 1-CSI reporting configurations 10. The first message of the control messages may be MAC CE signaling, and the second message may be DCI, where the MAC CE signaling is composed of two parts, where the first part indicates identification information of the aperiodic trigger state T11, and the second part is used for activating the aperiodic trigger state T11Activating/deactivating activation information S reported by beam measurement corresponding to CSI reporting configuration 1-CSI reporting configuration 10 associated with T11₀-S₉As shown in FIG. 7, e.g. S ₀1 denotes that the beam measurement report corresponding to the CSI report configuration 1 of the serving Cell1 is activated, and S is₁When the value is 0, it indicates that the beam measurement reporting deactivation … … S corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 2 of the non-serving Cell 2 is deactivated₉And 0 represents that the beam measurement reporting corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 10 of the non-serving Cell10 is deactivated. DCI triggers the aperiodic trigger state T11. The terminal equipment responds to the MAC CE signaling and the DCI and can determine that the beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information are sent to the network equipment together, namely S in the activation information_iThe beam measurement results corresponding to 1 are sent to the network device together.

For another example, a current serving Cell of the terminal device is Cell1, and a plurality of non-serving cells are Cell 2-Cell 10, and for semi-persistent reporting based on a physical uplink shared channel, 10 semi-persistent trigger states T1-T10 are configured to be respectively associated with a CSI reporting configuration 1 of the current serving Cell1 and a CSI reporting configuration 2-CSI reporting configuration 10 of the non-serving cells Cell 2-Cell 10 (where the CSI reporting configuration 2 corresponds to Cell 2, the CSI reporting configuration 3 corresponds to Cell 3, and so on), where T1 is associated with the CSI reporting configuration 1, and T2 is associated with the CSI reporting configuration 2, and so on. In addition, 1 semi-persistent trigger state T11 is configured to be associated with all CSI reporting configurations 1-CSI reporting configurations 10. The first message in the control message may be MAC CE signaling, and the second message may be DCI, where the MAC CE signaling is composed of two parts, where the first part indicates identification information of a semi-persistent trigger state T11, and the second part is activation information S for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a CSI reporting configuration 1-CSI reporting configuration 10 associated with T11₀-S₉E.g. S ₀1 denotes that the beam measurement report corresponding to the CSI report configuration 1 of the serving Cell1 is activated, and S is₁When the value is 0, it indicates that the beam measurement reporting deactivation … … S corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 2 of the non-serving Cell 2 is deactivated₉0 denotes a non-serving cell Cell10, the beam measurement reporting corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 10 is deactivated. DCI activates this semi-persistent trigger state T11. The terminal equipment responds to the MAC CE signaling and the DCI and can determine that the beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information are sent to the network equipment together, namely S in the activation information_iThe beam measurement results corresponding to 1 are sent to the network device together.

S7013, when the first message includes identification information for indicating a second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type of trigger states and the second type of trigger state, determining that a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting is to send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in a combined reporting manner and to send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device in an individual reporting manner.

The embodiment can be applied to semi-persistent reporting based on the physical uplink shared channel. In this embodiment, the first message includes identification information and activation information, the identification information indicates a second type of trigger state, the activation information activates/deactivates beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, the second message indicates one or more of the multiple first type of trigger states and the second type of trigger state, and the terminal device, in response to a control message including the first message and the second message, determines to send beam measurement results corresponding to CSI reporting configurations activated in the activation information to the network device together and to send beam measurement results corresponding to CSI reporting configurations associated with one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device separately.

For example, the current serving Cell of the terminal device is Cell1, and several non-serving cells are Cell 2-Cell 10, and for semi-persistent reporting based on the physical uplink shared channel, 10 semi-persistent reports are configuredThe persistent trigger states T1-T10 are respectively associated with the CSI reporting configuration 1 of the current serving Cell1 and the CSI reporting configuration 2-CSI reporting configuration 10 of the non-serving Cell 2-Cell 10 (where the CSI reporting configuration 2 corresponds to the Cell 2, the CSI reporting configuration 3 corresponds to the Cell 3, and so on), where T1 is associated with the CSI reporting configuration 1, T2 is associated with the CSI reporting configuration 2, and so on. In addition, 1 semi-persistent trigger state T11 is configured to be associated with all CSI reporting configurations 1-CSI reporting configurations 10. The first message in the control message may be MAC CE signaling, and the second message may be DCI, where the MAC CE signaling is composed of two parts, where the first part indicates identification information of a semi-persistent trigger state T11, and the second part is activation information S for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a CSI reporting configuration 1-CSI reporting configuration 10 associated with T11₀-S₉E.g. S ₀1 denotes that the beam measurement report corresponding to the CSI report configuration 1 of the serving Cell1 is activated, and S is₁When the value is 0, it indicates that the beam measurement reporting deactivation … … S corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 2 of the non-serving Cell 2 is deactivated₉And 0 represents that the beam measurement reporting corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 10 of the non-serving Cell10 is deactivated. DCI's activate the semi-persistent trigger state T11 and semi-persistent trigger states T1, T3, T5, T6. The terminal equipment responds to the MAC CE signaling and the plurality of DCIs to determine that the beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information are sent to the network equipment together, namely S in the activation information_iAnd respectively and independently sending the beam measurement reports corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 1 of the serving Cell1, the

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3, 5 and 6 of the non-serving cells Cell 3, Cell 5 and Cell 6 to the network equipment.

S7014, when the first message includes a first sub-message and a second sub-message, the first sub-message includes identification information for indicating a second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, the second sub-message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type of trigger states, and the second message indicates one or more of the one or more first type of trigger state already indicated in the second sub-message and the second type of trigger state, and determining a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting as a mode of combined reporting to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network equipment and a mode of individual reporting to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first-class trigger states indicated in the second message to the network equipment.

The embodiment can be applied to aperiodic report. In this embodiment, the first message includes a first sub-message and a second sub-message, the first sub-message includes identification information and activation information, the identification information indicates a second class of trigger state, the activation information activates/deactivates beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second class of trigger state, the second sub-message indicates one or more of the multiple first class of trigger states, the second message indicates one or more of the one or more first class of trigger states indicated in the second sub-message and the second class of trigger state, the terminal device responds to a control message including the first message and the second message, and determining to send the beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configurations activated in the activation information to the network equipment together, and sending the beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configurations associated with the one or more first-type trigger states indicated in the second message to the network equipment separately.

For example, the current serving Cell of the terminal device is Cell1, and a plurality of non-serving cells are Cell 2-Cell 10, for aperiodic reporting, 10 aperiodic trigger states T1-T10 are configured to be respectively associated with CSI reporting configuration 1 of the current serving Cell1 and CSI reporting configuration 2-CSI reporting configuration 10 of the non-serving cells Cell 2-Cell 10 (where CSI reporting configuration 2 corresponds to Cell 2, CSI reporting configuration 3 corresponds to Cell 3, and so on), where T1 is associated with CSI reporting configuration 1, T2 is associated with CSI reporting configuration 2, and so on. In addition, 1 aperiodic trigger state T11 is configured to be associated with all CSI reporting configurations 1-CSI reporting configurations 10.The first message in the control message may be a first MAC CE signaling and a second MAC CE signaling, and the second message may be DCI, where the first MAC CE signaling is composed of two parts, a first part indicates identification information of an aperiodic trigger state T11, and a second part is activation information S for activating/deactivating a beam measurement report corresponding to a CSI report configuration 1-CSI report configuration 10 associated with T11₀-S₉As shown in FIG. 7, e.g. S ₀1 denotes that the beam measurement report corresponding to the CSI report configuration 1 of the serving Cell1 is activated, and S is₁When the value is 0, it indicates that the beam measurement reporting deactivation … … S corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 2 of the non-serving Cell 2 is deactivated₉And 0 represents that the beam measurement reporting corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 10 of the non-serving Cell10 is deactivated. The second MAC CE signaling indicates an aperiodic trigger state associated with the CSI reporting configuration for selecting the desired cell from the aperiodic trigger states T1-T10, for example, the second MAC CE signaling may indicate T1, T2, T3, T5, T6, T8, and T10. Multiple DCIs may trigger the aperiodic trigger state T11 and aperiodic trigger states T1, T3, T5, T6. The terminal equipment responds to the MAC CE signaling and the plurality of DCIs to determine that the beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information are sent to the network equipment together, namely S in the activation information_iAnd respectively and independently sending the beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration 1 of the serving Cell1, the CSI reporting configuration 3 of the non-serving cells Cell 3, Cell 5 and Cell 6, the CSI reporting configuration 5 and the CSI reporting configuration 6 to the network equipment.

According to the method for determining the beam measurement reporting mode of the embodiment of the invention, for the semi-persistent reporting and the aperiodic reporting based on the physical uplink shared channel, the control message sent by the network equipment to the terminal equipment comprises a first message and a second message, and the terminal equipment determines the reporting mode of the beam measurement reporting based on the first message and the second message. Therefore, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a mechanism for determining a reporting mode for reporting beam measurement, which makes up for the deficiencies of the prior art.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and based on the embodiment shown in fig. 2 or fig. 3, in this example embodiment, a control message includes reporting resource configuration information for indicating beam measurement reporting, as shown in fig. 8, step S201 shown in fig. 2 or step S302 shown in fig. 3 may include at least one of the following steps.

S801, for multiple beam measurement reports with the same reporting resource configuration information, determining a reporting mode for the beam measurement report to be a combined reporting mode, and sending multiple beam measurement results to a network device.

S802, for the beam measurement report with the unique report resource configuration information, the mode for the beam measurement report is determined to be that the beam measurement result is sent to the network equipment in a single report mode.

In this embodiment, reporting resource configuration information may be configured for beam measurement reporting of each cell in advance through RRC signaling, if a plurality of beam measurement reports configure the same reporting resource configuration information, the corresponding plurality of beam measurement results are sent to the network device together, and if a certain beam measurement report configures reporting resource configuration information different from the reporting resource configuration information configured for other beam measurement reports, the corresponding beam measurement result is sent to the network device separately.

For example, the current serving Cell of the terminal device is Cell1, and the non-serving cells are Cell 2-Cell 10, for periodic reporting, the reporting resources configured with Cell 1-Cell 3 are configured as the same PUCCH resource, while Cell 4-Cell10 is configured with different PUCCH resources, then the beam measurement results of Cell 1-Cell 3 are sent together to the network device, and the beam measurement results of Cell 4-Cell10 are sent to the network device separately.

According to the method for determining the beam measurement reporting mode of the embodiment of the invention, for periodic reporting, the control message sent by the network equipment to the terminal equipment comprises reporting resource configuration information, the terminal equipment sends the beam measurement reports with the same reporting resource configuration information to the network equipment together, and the beam measurement reports with unique reporting resource configuration information are respectively and independently sent to the network equipment. Therefore, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a mechanism for determining a reporting mode for reporting beam measurement, which makes up for the deficiencies of the prior art.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 9, the method may be performed by a network device and includes the following steps.

Step S901, a control message related to beam measurement reporting is sent to the terminal device. The control message instructs the terminal device to determine a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting based on the control message.

The reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes: a combined reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement results of the non-serving cells to the network device based on the control message, wherein the serving cell is a cell providing service for the terminal device and the non-serving cells are one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell; and in the independent reporting mode, the terminal equipment independently sends at least one beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell to the network equipment based on the control message.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 10, the method may be performed by a network device and may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

step S1001, a configuration message is sent to the terminal equipment to configure the beam measurement report. The configuration message is used to configure beam measurement reporting of the serving cell and beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell.

In this embodiment, the network device sends a configuration message for configuring beam measurement reporting to the terminal device, and in some embodiments, the configuration message may be RRC signaling, and the configuration message is used for configuring beam measurement reporting of a serving cell and each non-serving cell. For example, the configuration message may include configuration information for beam measurement reporting of the serving cell and beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell.

Step S1002, sends a control message about beam measurement reporting to the terminal device. The control message instructs the terminal device to determine a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting based on the control message.

For the detailed description of the above step S1002, reference may be made to the related description of step S901, which is not recited here.

According to the method for determining the beam measurement reporting mode of the embodiment of the invention, the network equipment sends the configuration information of the beam measurement reporting of the configured serving cell and the beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment can know how to execute the configuration of the beam measurement reporting on the serving cell and the non-serving cell, so that the terminal equipment can execute the beam measurement reporting on the serving cell and the non-serving cell. In addition, the terminal device adopts a reporting mode determined in response to the control message when performing the beam measurement reporting, wherein the reporting mode may include at least one of a combined reporting mode and an individual reporting mode. Therefore, a mechanism for determining the reporting mode of the beam measurement report is provided, and the defects of the prior art are overcome.

On the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 9 or fig. 10, the control message may have the following form.

In some embodiments, the control message includes reporting mode information for indicating a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting, so as to instruct the terminal device to determine the reporting mode for beam measurement reporting based on the reporting mode information.

In some embodiments, the control message includes an activation message indicating one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of preconfigured trigger states are preconfigured to be respectively associated with one of a CSI reporting configuration of a serving cell and a CSI reporting configuration of a non-serving cell, and the activation message is used for instructing the terminal device to send, in an individual reporting manner, beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the indicated one or more trigger states to the network device.

In some embodiments, the control message includes a first message and a second message, wherein the first message is used to select one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states and the second message is used to trigger one or more of the selected one or more preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of preconfigured trigger states includes a plurality of first class of trigger states and a second class of trigger states, the plurality of first class of trigger states are preconfigured to be associated with one CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell and the second class of trigger states are configured to be associated with all CSI reporting configurations of the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, and the control message instructs the terminal device to determine a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting based on the first message and the second message.

In some embodiments, when the first message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type trigger states, and the second message indicates one or more of the indicated one or more first type trigger states, the control message instructs the terminal device to send, to the network device, the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type trigger states indicated in the second message in an individual reporting manner.

In some embodiments, when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates the second type of trigger state, the control message instructs the terminal device to send, to the network device, a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information in a combined reporting manner.

In some embodiments, when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates one or more of the multiple first type of trigger states and the second type of trigger state, the control message instructs the terminal device to send, in a combined reporting manner, a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device and send, in an individual reporting manner, a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device.

In some embodiments, when the first message includes a first sub-message and a second sub-message, the first sub-message includes identification information for indicating a second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, the second sub-message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type of trigger states, and the second message indicates one or more of the one or more first type of trigger state already indicated in the second sub-message and the second type of trigger state, the control message instructs the terminal device to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in a combined reporting manner and to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first-type trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device in an individual reporting manner.

In some embodiments, the control message includes reporting resource configuration information for indicating beam measurement reporting; the same reporting resource configuration information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to send a plurality of beam measurement results with the same resource configuration information to the network equipment in a combined reporting mode; and the unique reported resource configuration information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to send the beam measurement result with the unique resource configuration information to the network equipment in a separate reporting mode.

For the specific description of the control message in the above embodiments, reference may be made to the related description in the corresponding embodiments in the method for determining the beam measurement reporting manner performed on the terminal device side, which is not repeated herein.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, the method provided in the embodiments of the present application is introduced from the perspective of a network device and a user equipment, respectively. In order to implement the functions in the method provided by the embodiments of the present application, the network device and the user equipment may include a hardware structure and a software module, and the functions are implemented in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure and a software module. Some of the above functions may be implemented by a hardware configuration, a software module, or a combination of a hardware configuration and a software module

Corresponding to the beam measurement reporting activation methods provided in the foregoing embodiments, the present disclosure also provides a beam measurement reporting activation device, and since the beam measurement reporting activation device provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure corresponds to the beam measurement reporting activation methods provided in the foregoing embodiments, the implementation manner of the beam measurement reporting activation method is also applicable to the beam measurement reporting activation device provided in this embodiment, and is not described in detail in this embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus 1100 for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus 1100 for determining a beam measurement reporting mode may be applied to a terminal device.

As shown in fig. 11, an apparatus 1100 for determining a beam measurement reporting manner may include a processing module 1101, configured to determine a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting in response to a control message about beam measurement reporting received from a network device; the reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes: a combined reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends the beam measurement result of a serving cell and multiple beam measurement results of non-serving cells to the network device based on the control message, where the serving cell is a cell providing service for the terminal device and the non-serving cells are one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell; and an individual reporting mode in which the terminal device independently transmits at least one of the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell to the network device based on the control message.

According to the apparatus for determining a beam measurement reporting mode of the embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device sends a control message related to beam measurement reporting to a terminal device, and the terminal device determines a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting in response to the control message, where the reporting mode may include at least one of a combined reporting mode and an individual reporting mode. The embodiment of the disclosure provides a mechanism for determining a reporting mode of beam measurement reporting, and makes up for the defects of the prior art.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 12, the apparatus 1100 further comprises: a communication module 1102 configured to receive the control message.

In some embodiments, the communication module 1102 is further configured to receive a configuration message sent by the network device to configure beam measurement reporting of the serving cell and beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell.

In some embodiments, the control message includes reporting mode information for indicating a reporting mode of beam measurement reporting; the processing module 1101 is configured to determine a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement based on the reporting mode information.

In some embodiments, the control message comprises an activation message indicating one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of preconfigured trigger states are preconfigured to each be associated with one of a CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and a CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell; the processing module 1101 is configured to determine, based on the activation message, that the reporting manner for beam measurement reporting is to send, to the network device, a beam measurement result corresponding to CSI reporting configuration associated with the indicated one or more trigger states in the separate reporting manner.

In some embodiments, the control message includes a first message and a second message, wherein the first message is used to select one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states and the second message is used to trigger one or more of the selected one or more preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of preconfigured trigger states includes a plurality of first class of trigger states and a second class of trigger states, the plurality of first class of trigger states being preconfigured to be associated with one of a CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and a CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell and the second class of trigger states being configured to be associated with all of the CSI reporting configurations of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, respectively; the processing module 1101 is configured to determine a reporting mode for reporting beam measurement based on the first message and the second message.

In some embodiments, the processing module 1101 is configured to: when the first message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type trigger states and the second message indicates one or more of the indicated one or more first type trigger states, determining that a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting is to send, in the separate reporting manner, a beam measurement result corresponding to a CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device.

In some embodiments, the processing module 1101 is configured to: when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates the second type of trigger state, determining that a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting is to send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in the combined reporting mode.

In some embodiments, the processing module 1101 is configured to: when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates one or more of the first type of trigger states and the second type of trigger state, determining that a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting is to send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in the combined reporting manner and to send a beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device in the individual reporting manner.

In some embodiments, the processing module 1001 is configured to: when the first message includes a first sub-message and a second sub-message, where the first sub-message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, the second sub-message indicates one or more of the multiple first type of trigger states, and the second message indicates one or more of the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second sub-message and the second type of trigger state, determining a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting to be a combined reporting manner in which beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configurations activated in the activation information are sent to the network device and an individual reporting manner in which beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configurations associated with the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second message are sent to the network device And sending the measurement result to the network equipment.

In some embodiments, the control message includes reporting resource configuration information for indicating beam measurement reporting; the processing module 1101 is configured to: for a plurality of beam measurement reports with the same reporting resource configuration information, determining a reporting mode for the beam measurement reports to be that the plurality of beam measurement results are sent to the network equipment in the combined reporting mode; and for the beam measurement report with the unique report resource configuration information, determining the mode for the beam measurement report to be the mode for sending the beam measurement result to the network equipment in the independent report mode.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus 1300 for determining a beam measurement reporting mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus 1300 for determining a beam measurement reporting mode may be applied to a network device.

As shown in fig. 13, an apparatus 1300 for determining a beam measurement reporting mode may include a communication module 1301 configured to send a control message related to beam measurement reporting to a terminal device, where the control message instructs the terminal device to determine a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting based on the control message; the reporting mode comprises at least one of the following modes: a combined reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends the beam measurement result of a serving cell and multiple beam measurement results of non-serving cells to the network device based on the control message, where the serving cell is a cell providing service for the terminal device and the non-serving cells are one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell; and an individual reporting mode in which the terminal device independently transmits at least one of the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell to the network device based on the control message.

In some embodiments, the communication module 1301 is further configured to send a configuration message to the terminal device to configure beam measurement reporting, where the configuration message is used to configure the beam measurement reporting of the serving cell and the beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell.

In some embodiments, the control message includes reporting mode information for indicating a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting, so as to indicate that the terminal device determines the reporting mode for beam measurement reporting based on the reporting mode information.

In some embodiments, the control message includes an activation message indicating one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states that are preconfigured to be each associated with one of the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, and the control message is configured to instruct the terminal device to send, to the network device, beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the indicated one or more trigger states in the separate reporting manner.

In some embodiments, the control message comprises a first message and a second message, wherein the first message is used to select one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states and the second message is used to trigger the selected one or more of the one or more preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of pre-configured trigger states comprises a plurality of trigger states of a first type and a trigger state of a second type, the plurality of first type trigger states are preconfigured to be each associated with one of a CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and a CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell and the second type trigger state is configured to be associated with all of the CSI reporting configurations of the serving cell and the non-serving cell, and the control message instructs the terminal equipment to determine a reporting mode for reporting the beam measurement based on the first message and the second message.

In some embodiments, when the first message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type trigger states and the second message indicates one or more of the indicated one or more first type trigger states, the control message instructs the terminal device to send, to the network device, the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first type trigger states indicated in the second message in the separate reporting manner.

In some embodiments, when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates the second type of trigger state, the control message instructs the terminal device to send a beam measurement result corresponding to a CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in the combined reporting manner.

In some embodiments, when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to a plurality of CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type of trigger states and the second type of trigger state, the control message instructs the terminal device to send, in the combined reporting manner, a beam measurement result corresponding to a CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device and send, in the individual reporting manner, a beam measurement result corresponding to a CSI reporting configuration associated with one or more of the first type of trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device.

In some embodiments, when the first message includes a first sub-message and a second sub-message, the first sub-message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, the second sub-message indicates one or more of the multiple first type of trigger states, and the second message indicates one or more of the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second sub-message and the second type of trigger state, the control message instructs the terminal device to send, in the combined reporting manner, beam measurement results corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device and to send, in the individual reporting manner, CSI reporting configurations associated with the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second message to the network device And sending the corresponding beam measurement result to the network equipment.

In some embodiments, the control message includes reporting resource configuration information for indicating beam measurement reporting; the same reporting resource configuration information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to send a plurality of beam measurement results with the same resource configuration information to the network equipment in the combined reporting mode; and the unique reported resource configuration information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to send the beam measurement result with the unique resource configuration information to the network equipment in the individual reporting mode.

Referring to fig. 14, fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 1400 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication apparatus 1400 may be a network device, a user device, a chip system, a processor, or the like supporting the network device to implement the method described above, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, or the like supporting the terminal device to implement the method described above. The apparatus may be configured to implement the method described in the method embodiment, and refer to the description in the method embodiment.

The communications device 1400 may include one or more processors 1401. Processor 1401 may be a general purpose processor, or a special purpose processor, etc. For example, a baseband processor or a central processor. The baseband processor may be configured to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be configured to control a communication device (e.g., a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device chip, a DU or CU, etc.), execute a computer program, and process data of the computer program.

Optionally, the communication device 1400 may further comprise one or more memories 1402 on which a computer program 1404 may be stored, the processor 1401 executing the computer program 1404 to cause the communication device 1400 to perform the methods described in the above method embodiments. Optionally, the memory 1402 may further store data therein. The communication device 1400 and the memory 1402 may be provided separately or may be integrated together.

Optionally, the communication device 1400 may further include a transceiver 1405 and an antenna 1406. The transceiver 1405 may be referred to as a transceiving unit, a transceiver, or a transceiving circuit, etc. for implementing a transceiving function. The transceiver 1405 may include a receiver and a transmitter, and the receiver may be referred to as a receiver or a receiving circuit, etc. for implementing a receiving function; the transmitter may be referred to as a transmitter or a transmission circuit, etc. for implementing the transmission function.

Optionally, one or more interface circuits 1407 may also be included in the communications device 1400. Interface circuit 1407 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to processor 1401. The processor 1401 executes the code instructions to cause the communication device 1400 to perform the methods described in the above-described method embodiments.

In one implementation, a transceiver to perform receive and transmit functions may be included in processor 1401. The transceiver may be, for example, a transceiver circuit, or an interface circuit. The transmit and receive circuitry, interfaces or interface circuitry used to implement the receive and transmit functions may be separate or integrated. The transceiver circuit, the interface circuit or the interface circuit may be used for reading and writing code/data, or the transceiver circuit, the interface circuit or the interface circuit may be used for transmitting or transferring signals.

In one implementation, the processor 1401 may have stored thereon a computer program 1403, the computer program 1403 being executable on the processor 1401, and being capable of causing the communication device 1400 to perform the method described in the above method embodiments. The computer program 1403 may be solidified in the processor 1401, in which case the processor 1401 may be implemented by hardware.

In one implementation, the communication device 1400 may include circuitry that may implement the functionality of transmitting or receiving or communicating in the foregoing method embodiments. The processors and transceivers described herein may be implemented on Integrated Circuits (ICs), analog ICs, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs), mixed signal ICs, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), electronic devices, and the like. The processor and transceiver may also be fabricated using various IC process technologies, such as Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS), N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS), P-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS), Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), bipolar CMOS (bicmos), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), and the like.

The communication apparatus in the above description of the embodiment may be a network device or a terminal device (such as the first terminal device in the foregoing embodiment of the method), but the scope of the communication apparatus described in the present application is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication apparatus may not be limited by fig. 14. The communication means may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication means may be:

(1) a stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or system-on-chip or subsystem;

(2) a set of one or more ICs, which optionally may also include storage means for storing data, computer programs;

(3) an ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem);

(4) a module that may be embedded within other devices;

(5) receivers, terminal devices, smart terminal devices, cellular phones, wireless devices, handsets, mobile units, in-vehicle devices, network devices, cloud devices, artificial intelligence devices, and the like;

(6) others, and so forth.

For the case that the communication device may be a chip or a system of chips, see the schematic structural diagram of the chip shown in fig. 15. The chip shown in fig. 15 comprises a processor 1501 and an interface 1502. The number of the processors 1501 may be one or more, and the number of the interfaces 1502 may be more.

Optionally, the chip further comprises a memory 1503, the memory 1503 being used for storing necessary computer programs and data.

Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps (step) set forth in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design requirements of the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a system for implementing a beam measurement report activation method, where the system includes the communication device serving as the user equipment in the foregoing fig. 10 embodiment and the communication device serving as the network device in the foregoing fig. 15 embodiment, or the system includes the communication device serving as the user equipment and the communication device serving as the network device in the foregoing fig. 15 embodiment.

The present application also provides a readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a computer, implement the functionality of any of the above-described method embodiments.

The present application also provides a computer program product which, when executed by a computer, implements the functionality of any of the above-described method embodiments.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. The procedures or functions according to the embodiments of the present application are wholly or partially generated when the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer program can be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a Digital Video Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: the various numbers of the first, second, etc. mentioned in this application are only used for the convenience of description and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of this application, but also to indicate the sequence.

At least one of the present applications may also be described as one or more, and a plurality may be two, three, four or more, and the present application is not limited thereto. In the embodiment of the present application, for a technical feature, the technical features in the technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D", and the like, and the technical features described in "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D" are not in a sequential order or a size order.

As used herein, the terms "machine-readable medium" and "computer-readable medium" refer to any computer program product, apparatus, and/or device (e.g., magnetic discs, optical disks, memory, Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs)) used to provide machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor, including a machine-readable medium that receives machine instructions as a machine-readable signal. The term "machine-readable signal" refers to any signal used to provide machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor.

The systems and techniques described here can be implemented in a computing system that includes a back-end component (e.g., as a data server), or that includes a middleware component (e.g., an application server), or that includes a front-end component (e.g., a user computer having a graphical user interface or a web browser through which a user can interact with an implementation of the systems and techniques described here), or any combination of such back-end, middleware, or front-end components. The components of the system can be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include: local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), and the Internet.

The computer system may include clients and servers. A client and server are generally remote from each other and typically interact through a communication network. The relationship of client and server arises by virtue of computer programs running on the respective computers and having a client-server relationship to each other.

It should be understood that various forms of the flows shown above may be used, with steps reordered, added, or deleted. For example, the steps described in the present disclosure may be executed in parallel or sequentially or in different orders, and are not limited herein as long as the desired results of the technical solutions disclosed in the present disclosure can be achieved.

In addition, it is to be understood that the various embodiments described herein may be implemented alone or in combination with other embodiments as the solution allows.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for determining a beam measurement reporting method, characterized in that, applied to a terminal device, the method comprising:

determining a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting in response to a control message received from the network device regarding beam measurement reporting;

The reporting method includes at least one of the following:

Combined reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends multiple beam measurement results of the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell together to the network device based on the control message , wherein the serving cell is a cell serving the terminal device and the non-serving cell is one or more cells adjacent to the serving cell; and

Separate reporting mode, in which the terminal device sends at least one beam measurement result of the beam measurement result of the serving cell and the beam measurement result of the non-serving cell separately based on the control message to the network device.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, before determining a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting, further comprising:

A configuration message sent by a network device is received to configure beam measurement reporting, wherein the configuration message is used to configure beam measurement reporting of the serving cell and beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control message includes reporting mode information, and the reporting mode information is used to indicate a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting;

The determining of the reporting manner for beam measurement reporting includes:

A reporting method for beam measurement reporting is determined based on the reporting method information.

4. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the control message comprises an activation message indicating one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of preconfigured trigger states are pre-configured be configured to be respectively associated with one CSI reporting configuration in the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell;

It is determined based on the activation message that the reporting method for beam measurement reporting is to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the indicated one or more trigger states to the network device in the separate reporting method .

5. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the control message comprises a first message and a second message, wherein the first message is used to select one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states and the second message is used to trigger one or more of the selected one or more pre-configured trigger states, wherein the multiple pre-configured trigger states include a plurality of first type of trigger states and a second type of trigger state Trigger states, the plurality of trigger states of the first type are preconfigured to be each associated with one of the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell and the second type a trigger state is configured to be associated with all CSI reporting configurations in the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell;

A reporting manner for beam measurement reporting is determined based on the first message and the second message.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the determining a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting based on the first message and the second message comprises:

when the first message indicates one or more of the plurality of trigger states of the first type and the second message indicates one or more of the one or more trigger states of the first type that have been indicated , determine that the reporting method used for beam measurement reporting is to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first-type trigger states indicated in the second message in the separate reporting method to the network device.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the determining a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting based on the first message and the second message comprises:

When the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and a beam measurement report for activating/deactivating multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state activation information, and when the second message indicates the second type of trigger state, determine that the reporting method used for beam measurement reporting is to configure the beam corresponding to the CSI report activated in the activation information in the combined reporting method The measurement result is sent to the network device.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the determining a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting based on the first message and the second message comprises:

When the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and a beam measurement report for activating/deactivating multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state activation information, and the second message indicates one or more of the multiple first-type trigger states and the second-type trigger state, determine that the reporting method used for beam measurement reporting is to report in the combination The beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information is sent to the network device, and the single reporting method is used to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the one or more first-type trigger states indicated in the second message. The beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the CSI is sent to the network device.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting based on the first message and the second message comprises:

When the first message includes a first sub-message and a second sub-message, wherein the first sub-message includes identification information for indicating the trigger state of the second type and for activation/deactivation and the second sub-message activation information of beam measurement reports corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the trigger-like state, the second sub-message indicates one or more of the multiple trigger states of the first type, and the second message indicates the When one or more of the one or more trigger states of the first type and the trigger state of the second type have been indicated in the second sub-message, it is determined that the reporting method for beam measurement reporting is the combined reporting method Send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device, and correlate it with one or more first-type trigger states indicated in the second message in the separate reporting manner The beam measurement result corresponding to the associated CSI reporting configuration is sent to the network device.

10. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control message comprises reporting resource configuration information for indicating beam measurement reporting;

For multiple beam measurement reports with the same reporting resource configuration information, determining a reporting method for beam measurement reporting is to send the multiple beam measurement results to the network device in the combined reporting method; and

For beam measurement reporting with unique reporting resource configuration information, the method determined for beam measurement reporting is to send the beam measurement result to the network device in the separate reporting manner.

11. A method for determining a beam measurement reporting method, characterized in that, applied to a network device, the method comprising:

sending a control message about beam measurement reporting to the terminal device, wherein the control message instructs the terminal device to determine a reporting manner for beam measurement reporting based on the control message;

The reporting method includes at least one of the following:

12. The method according to claim 11, before sending the control message about beam measurement reporting to the terminal device, further comprising:

A configuration message is sent to the terminal device to configure beam measurement reporting, wherein the configuration message is used to configure beam measurement reporting of the serving cell and beam measurement reporting of each non-serving cell.

13. The method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the control message includes reporting mode information used to indicate a reporting mode of beam measurement reporting, so as to instruct the terminal device to determine the method based on the reporting mode information. The reporting method for beam measurement reporting.

14. The method of claim 11 or 12, wherein the control message comprises an activation message indicating one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states, wherein the plurality of preconfigured trigger states are preconfigured. are configured to be respectively associated with one of the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, and the control message is used to instruct the terminal device to report to the terminal device in the separate reporting manner. The beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the indicated one or more trigger states is sent to the network device.

15. The method of claim 11 or 12, wherein the control message comprises a first message and a second message, wherein the first message is used to select one or more of a plurality of preconfigured trigger states and the second message is used to trigger one or more of the selected one or more pre-configured trigger states, wherein the multiple pre-configured trigger states include a plurality of first type of trigger states and a second type of trigger state Trigger states, the plurality of trigger states of the first type are preconfigured to be each associated with one of the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell and the second type The trigger state is configured to be associated with all CSI reporting configurations in the CSI reporting configuration of the serving cell and the CSI reporting configuration of the non-serving cell, and the control message instructs the terminal device based on the first message and all the CSI reporting configurations. The second message determines a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein when the first message indicates one or more of the plurality of first type trigger states, and the second message indicates the indicated one or When one or more of the first type of trigger states are selected, the control message instructs the terminal device to use the separate reporting manner to communicate with the one or more first type of trigger states indicated in the second message. The beam measurement result corresponding to the associated CSI reporting configuration is sent to the network device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and for activation/deactivation and the second type of trigger state When the activation information of beam measurement reporting corresponding to the associated multiple CSI reporting configurations, and the second message indicates the second type of trigger state, the control message instructs the terminal device to report in the combined reporting manner. The beam measurement result corresponding to the activated CSI reporting configuration in the activation information is sent to the network device.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein when the first message includes identification information for indicating the second type of trigger state and for activation/deactivation and the second type of trigger state When the activation information of beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations is associated, and the second message indicates one or more of the multiple first-type trigger states and the second-type trigger state, The control message instructs the terminal device to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in the combined reporting mode, and to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in the separate reporting mode. The beam measurement results corresponding to the associated CSI reporting configurations in the one or more first-type trigger states indicated in the second message are sent to the network device.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein when the first message includes a first sub-message and a second sub-message, wherein the first sub-message includes a trigger state for indicating the second type identification information and activation information for activating/deactivating beam measurement reporting corresponding to multiple CSI reporting configurations associated with the second type of trigger state, and the second sub-message indicates the multiple first type of trigger states When the second message indicates one or more of the one or more first type of trigger states and the second type of trigger states that have been indicated in the second sub-message, the The control message instructs the terminal device to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in the combined reporting mode, and to send the beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration activated in the activation information to the network device in the separate reporting mode. The beam measurement result corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration associated with the one or more first-type trigger states indicated in the message is sent to the network device.

20. The method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the control message comprises reporting resource configuration information for indicating beam measurement reporting; wherein,

The same reporting resource configuration information is used to instruct the terminal device to send multiple beam measurement results with the same resource configuration information to the network device in the combined reporting manner; and

The unique reporting resource configuration information is used to instruct the terminal device to send the beam measurement result with the unique resource configuration information to the network device in the separate reporting manner.

21. An apparatus for determining a beam measurement reporting method, characterized in that, applied to terminal equipment, comprising:

a processing module, configured to determine a reporting mode for beam measurement reporting in response to a control message about beam measurement reporting received from the network device;

The reporting method includes at least one of the following:

22. An apparatus for indicating a beam measurement reporting mode, characterized in that, applied to network equipment, comprising:

a communication module, configured to send a control message about beam measurement reporting to a terminal device, wherein the control message instructs the terminal device to determine a reporting method for beam measurement reporting based on the control message;

The reporting method includes at least one of the following:

23. A communication device, comprising: a transceiver; a memory; a processor, respectively connected to the transceiver and the memory, configured to control the transceiver by executing computer-executable instructions on the memory The wireless signal transmission and reception, and can implement the method of any one of claims 1-10.

24. A communication device, comprising: a transceiver; a memory; a processor, respectively connected to the transceiver and the memory, configured to control the transceiver by executing computer-executable instructions on the memory The wireless signal transmission and reception, and can implement the method of any one of claims 11-20.

25. A computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions; after the computer-executable instructions are executed by a processor, the method of any one of claims 1-10 can be implemented.

26. A computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions; after the computer-executable instructions are executed by a processor, the method of any one of claims 11-20 can be implemented.