WO2024055215A1

WO2024055215A1 - Method and apparatus for transmitting configuration information, and readable storage medium

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Publication number: WO2024055215A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/118828
Authority: WO
Inventors: 付婷
Original assignee: 北京小米移动软件有限公司
Priority date: 2022-09-14
Filing date: 2022-09-14
Publication date: 2024-03-21
Also published as: CN118044161A

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are a method and apparatus for transmitting configuration information, and a readable storage medium. The method comprises: sending configuration information to a user equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring a plurality of space unit groups, each of the space unit groups comprising at least one space unit. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device configures grouped space units to the user equipment by means of issued configuration information, such that the user equipment can learn of different space unit groups on the basis of the configuration information, which facilitates dynamic turning-on and turning-off performed by the network device on the space unit groups in groups, thereby saving on energy consumption.

Description

A method, device and readable storage medium for transmitting configuration information

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to wireless communication technology, and in particular, to a method, device and readable storage medium for transmitting configuration information.

Background technique

The network energy saving project in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 18 (R18) aims to study technologies to reduce energy consumption of network equipment. In order to reduce the energy consumption of network equipment, some space units of network equipment can be dynamically switched on and off. In the process of dynamically switching space units, the beams or reference signals (Reference Signal, RS) sent by the network equipment will change. For example, if the space unit is dynamically closed, the relevant beams will be closed, or the relevant reference signals will be closed. . The problem of how to effectively dynamically switch space units needs to be solved.

Contents of the invention

The present disclosure provides a method, device and readable storage medium for transmitting configuration information.

In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, which is executed by a network device. The method includes:

Send configuration information to the user equipment, where the configuration information is used to configure multiple sets of space unit groups, and each group of the space unit groups includes at least one space unit.

In the method of the present disclosure, the network device configures the space units in the form of groups to the user equipment through the configuration information delivered, so that the user equipment can learn different space unit groups based on the configuration information, which is beneficial to the network equipment to group each space unit. The group performs dynamic switching to save energy consumption.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

First indication information is sent to the user equipment, where the first indication information is used to indicate at least one set of space unit groups to be applied among the plurality of sets of space unit groups.

In some possible implementations, sending the first indication information to the user equipment includes:

Send downlink control information DCI or media access control MAC signaling to the user equipment, where the DCI or the MAC signaling includes the first indication information.

In some possible implementations, the DCI is multicast DCI or unicast DCI.

In some possible implementations, the at least one spatial unit group to be applied takes effect after a first period of time after the user equipment receives the first indication information.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

Send second indication information to the user equipment, where the second indication information is used to indicate a duration for which the at least one spatial unit group is valid.

In some possible implementations, sending the second indication information to the user equipment includes:

Send at least one second indication information to the user equipment, where each second indication information is used to indicate the duration of the corresponding space unit group.

In some possible implementations, the second indication information is used to indicate the duration that is applicable to all of the at least one group of spatial units.

In some possible implementations, the configuration information is also used to configure a default space unit group among multiple groups of space unit groups.

In some possible implementations, the configuration information is also used to configure reference signals corresponding to each group of spatial unit groups for one or more of the following measurements:

Reference signal for wireless link monitoring;

Reference signal for beam failure detection;

Reference signal for link recovery.

In a second aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, which is executed by user equipment. The method includes:

Receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure multiple groups of space units, each of which includes at least one space unit.

In the method of the present disclosure, the user equipment learns each group of space unit groups in the group form through the configuration information of the network device, which is conducive to promptly learning the situation of the network device dynamically switching each space unit group on a group basis, so as to perform corresponding processing.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

Receive first indication information sent by the network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate at least one group of space unit groups to be applied among the plurality of groups of space unit groups;

After receiving the first indication information for a first period of time, confirm that the at least one space unit group is effective, and start or stop receiving reference signals of the at least one space unit group.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

Receive second indication information sent by the network device, where the second indication information is used to indicate the duration for which the at least one spatial unit group is valid.

In some possible implementations, when starting to receive the reference signal of the at least one group of spatial unit groups after the first duration of receiving the first indication information, the method further includes:

At the end of the duration for which the at least one spatial unit group is valid, reception of the reference signal of the at least one spatial unit group is stopped.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

In response to receiving the N+1th first indication information when the duration of the spatial unit group corresponding to the Nth first indication information has not ended, after receiving the second duration of the N+1th first indication information Start receiving the reference signal of the space unit group corresponding to the N+1th first indication information.

In some possible implementations, the second duration is equal to the first duration, or the second duration is the maximum of the remaining durations corresponding to the first duration and the Nth piece of first indication information. value.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

In response to receiving the N+1th first indication information before the Nth first indication information takes effect, the N+1th first indication information is ignored.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

In response to the fact that the N+1th first indication information is not received at the end of the duration corresponding to the Nth first indication information, the reference signal of the default space unit group is received.

In some possible implementations, the default space unit group is configured by the configuration information or defined by a protocol.

In a third aspect, the present disclosure provides an apparatus for sending configuration information, which may be used to perform the steps performed by a network device in the above-mentioned first aspect or any possible design of the first aspect. The network device can implement each function in the above methods through a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module.

When the device shown in the third aspect is implemented through a software module, the device may include a transceiver module, where the transceiver module may be used to support the communication device to communicate.

When performing the steps described in the first aspect, the transceiver module is configured to send configuration information to the user equipment, the configuration information being used to configure multiple groups of space units, each group of the space unit groups including at least one space unit. .

In a fourth aspect, the present disclosure provides a device for receiving configuration information, which may be used to perform the steps performed by user equipment in the above-mentioned second aspect or any possible design of the second aspect. The user equipment can implement each function in the above methods through a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module.

When performing the steps described in the second aspect, the transceiver module is configured to receive configuration information sent by the network device. The configuration information is used to configure multiple groups of space units, and each group of the space unit groups includes at least one space. unit.

In a fifth aspect, the present disclosure provides a communication device, including a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store a computer program; the processor is used to execute the computer program to implement the first aspect or any one of the first aspects. possible designs.

In a sixth aspect, the present disclosure provides a communication device, including a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store a computer program; the processor is used to execute the computer program to implement the second aspect or any one of the second aspects. possible designs.

In a seventh aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which instructions (or computer programs, programs) are stored. When called and executed on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the above-mentioned third step. Any possible design of the aspect or first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium in which instructions (or computer programs, programs) are stored, which when called and executed on a computer, cause the computer to execute the above-mentioned first step. Two aspects or any possible design of the second aspect.

It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only, and do not limit the present disclosure.

Description of drawings

The drawings described here are used to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure and constitute a part of this application. The schematic embodiments of the embodiments of the present disclosure and their descriptions are used to explain the embodiments of the present disclosure and do not constitute an explanation of the embodiments of the present disclosure. undue limitation. In the attached picture:

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain principles of embodiments of the disclosure.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 2 is a flow chart of a method of transmitting configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 3 is a flow chart of another method of transmitting configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 4 is a flow chart of a method for sending configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 5 is a flow chart of a method of receiving configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 6 is a flow chart of another method of receiving configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of receiving information timing according to an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of receiving information timing according to another exemplary embodiment;

Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of receiving information timing according to another exemplary embodiment;

Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of receiving information timing according to another exemplary embodiment;

Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of receiving information timing according to another exemplary embodiment;

Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of receiving information timing according to another exemplary embodiment;

Figure 13 is a schematic diagram of receiving information timing according to another exemplary embodiment;

Figure 14 is a block diagram of an apparatus for sending configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 15 is a block diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 16 is a block diagram of a device for receiving configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 17 is a block diagram of user equipment according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed ways

The embodiments of the present disclosure will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific implementation modes.

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of the disclosure as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information may also be called second information, and similarly, the second information may also be called first information. Depending on the context, the words "if" and "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "when" or "when" or "in response to determining."

Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and intended to explain the present disclosure and are not to be construed as limitations of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 1 , a method for transmitting configuration information provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a wireless communication system 100 , which may include a user equipment 101 and a network device 102 . The user equipment 101 is configured to support carrier aggregation and can be connected to multiple carrier units of the network device 102, including a primary carrier unit and one or more secondary carrier units.

It should be understood that the above wireless communication system 100 can be applied to both low-frequency scenarios and high-frequency scenarios. Application scenarios of the wireless communication system 100 include but are not limited to long term evolution (LTE) systems, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) systems, LTE time division duplex (TDD) systems, global Internet microwave access (worldwide interoperability for micro wave access, WiMAX) communication system, cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN) system, future fifth generation (5th-Generation, 5G) system, new wireless (new radio, NR) communication system or future evolved public land mobile network (public land mobile network, PLMN) system, etc.

The user equipment 101 shown above can be a terminal, an access terminal, a terminal unit, a terminal station, a mobile station (MS), a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless communication device, a terminal Agent or terminal device, etc. The user equipment 101 may be equipped with a wireless transceiver function, which can communicate (such as wireless communication) with one or more network devices of one or more communication systems, and accept network services provided by the network devices. The network devices here include but are not Limited to network device 102 shown.

Among them, the user equipment (UE) 101 can be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, or a personal digital assistant. , PDA) equipment, handheld devices with wireless communication functions, computing devices or other processing equipment connected to wireless modems, vehicle-mounted equipment, wearable devices, terminal equipment in future 5G networks or terminal equipment in future evolved PLMN networks, etc. .

The network device 102 may be an access network device (or access network site). Among them, access network equipment refers to equipment that provides network access functions, such as wireless access network (radio access network, RAN) base stations and so on. The network device 102 may specifically include a base station (BS), or a base station and a wireless resource management device for controlling the base station, etc. The network device 102 may also include relay stations (relay devices), access points, and base stations in future 5G networks, base stations in future evolved PLMN networks, or NR base stations, etc. Network device 102 may be a wearable device or a vehicle-mounted device. The network device 102 may also be a communication chip having a communication module.

For example, the network device 102 includes but is not limited to: the next generation base station (gnodeB, gNB) in 5G, the evolved node B (evolved node B, eNB) in the LTE system, the radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), Node B (NB) in the WCDMA system, wireless controller under the CRAN system, base station controller (BSC), base transceiver station (BTS) in the GSM system or CDMA system, home Base station (for example, home evolved nodeB, or home node B, HNB), baseband unit (baseband unit, BBU), transmission point (transmitting and receiving point, TRP), transmitting point (transmitting point, TP) or mobile switching center, etc.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting configuration information. Figure 2 is a flow chart of a method of transmitting configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 2, the method includes steps S201 to S202, specifically:

Step S201: The network device 102 sends configuration information to the user device 101. The configuration information is used to configure multiple space unit groups, and each space unit group includes at least one space unit.

Step S202: The user equipment 101 receives the configuration information sent by the network device 102.

In some possible implementations, the space unit includes: antenna unit, transmit port (TX port), transceiver link (TRX chain), beam (beam), antenna panel (panel), etc.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 sends Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling to the user equipment, and the RRC signaling includes configuration information. Alternatively, the network device 102 sends downlink control information (DCI) to the user equipment, where the DCI includes configuration information.

In some possible implementations, the spatial units are grouped according to the reference signals corresponding to the spatial units, so that each group of spatial units is also a group of reference signals.

In some possible implementations, the spatial units are grouped according to the type of the spatial unit, for example, transceiver link group, antenna panel group, etc.

In some possible implementations, the spatial units are grouped according to the service types corresponding to the spatial units.

In some possible implementations, for the grouped spatial units, the network device 102 may dynamically switch (on-off) different groups of spatial units in groups, so as to dynamically switch between different spatial unit groups according to business needs.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 102 configures spatial units in the form of groups to the user equipment 101 through the configuration information delivered, so that the user equipment 101 can learn different spatial unit groups based on the configuration information, which is beneficial to the network device 102 in group-based units. Dynamically switch each space unit group to save energy consumption.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting configuration information. Figure 3 is a flow chart of a method of transmitting configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 3, the method includes steps S301 to S303, specifically:

Step S301: The network device 102 sends configuration information to the user device 101. The configuration information is used to configure multiple groups of space units, and each group of space units includes at least one space unit.

Step S302: The network device 102 sends first indication information to the user equipment 101. The first indication information is used to indicate at least one set of space unit groups to be applied among multiple sets of space unit groups.

Step S303: After receiving the first indication information for a first period of time, confirm that at least one space unit group is effective, and start or stop receiving reference signals of the at least one space unit group.

Wherein, the user equipment 101 starts to receive or stops receiving the reference signal of the at least one spatial unit group, that is, the reference signal of the at least one spatial unit group indicated in the first indication information.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 sends a DCI to the user equipment, where the DCI includes the first indication information.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 sends Media Access Control Layer Control Element (MAC CE) signaling to the user equipment, where the MAC CE signaling includes first indication information.

In some possible implementations, at least one group of space unit groups to be applied may be at least one group of space unit groups to be turned on (on), or at least one group of space unit groups to be turned off (off).

In an example, the first indication information is used to indicate at least one group of space unit groups to be opened, and the space unit groups other than the at least one group of space unit groups in the first indication information will be in a closed state.

In another example, the first indication information is used to indicate at least one group of space unit groups to be closed, and the space unit groups other than the at least one group of space unit groups in the first indication information will be in an open state.

In some possible implementations, at least one set of space unit groups to be applied takes effect after the first period of time (T1) when the user equipment 101 receives the first indication information.

In an example, when the to-be-applied corresponds to the to-be-opened, at least one group of space unit groups to be applied takes effect after the first period of time when the user equipment 101 receives the first indication information, that is, at least one group of space unit groups to be applied is in It opens after the first duration.

In this example, the user equipment 101 may start to receive the reference signal of at least one spatial unit group after receiving the first indication information for a first time period.

In another example, when to-be-applied corresponds to to-be-closed, at least one group of space unit groups to be applied takes effect after the first period of time when the user equipment 101 receives the first indication information, that is, at least one group of space unit groups to be applied. Close after this first period of time.

In this example, the user equipment 101 may stop receiving the reference signal of at least one spatial unit group after receiving the first indication information for a first time period.

In some possible implementations, the first duration includes a delay for the network device 102 to switch space unit groups or open and close space unit groups, and may also include a delay for the user equipment 101 to process the first indication information.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user equipment 101 learns the grouping status of the space unit according to the configuration information of the network device 102, and learns the space unit group to be opened or closed according to the first instruction information of the network device 102, so that it can combine the space of the dynamic switch. Unit group, corresponding to receive or stop receiving related reference signals. This embodiment not only saves energy consumption of the network device 102, but also ensures timely communication between the network device 102 and the user equipment 101, which facilitates the user equipment 101 to reasonably adjust the reception state.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, which is executed by the network device 102. Figure 4 is a flow chart of a method of sending configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 4, the method includes step S401, specifically:

Step S401: The network device 102 sends configuration information to the user device 101. The configuration information is used to configure multiple groups of space units, and each group of space units includes at least one space unit.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 sends RRC signaling to the user equipment, and the RRC signaling includes configuration information.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 sends a DCI to the user equipment, where the DCI includes configuration information.

In some possible implementations, the spatial unit includes: antenna unit, transmit port (TX port), transceiver link (TRX chain), beam (beam), antenna panel (panel), reference signal, etc.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, which is executed by the network device 102. The method includes steps S401 to S402, specifically:

Step S402: The network device 102 sends first indication information to the user equipment 101, where the first indication information is used to indicate at least one set of space unit groups to be applied among multiple sets of space unit groups.

In some possible implementations, at least one set of spatial unit groups to be applied takes effect after the first duration (T1) of the user equipment receiving the first indication information. For example, at least one group of space unit groups to be applied is opened after the first period of time, or at least one group of space unit groups to be applied is closed after the first period of time.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, for the grouped space units, the network device 102 can dynamically switch (on-off) different groups of space unit groups on a group basis to dynamically switch between different space unit groups according to business requirements.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, which is executed by the network device 102. The method includes steps S401 to S402', specifically:

Step S402': Send downlink control information DCI or media access control MAC signaling to the user equipment, where the DCI or MAC signaling includes first indication information.

In some possible implementations, the DCI is multicast DCI or unicast DCI.

In an example, when the DCI is a multicast DCI, the DCI carrying the first indication information may be sent to a group of user equipments 101. When the DCI is unicast DCI, the DCI carrying the first indication information may be sent to a single user equipment 101.

In some possible implementations, the at least one group of spatial unit groups to be applied takes effect after the user equipment receives the first indication information for a first duration (T1). For example, the at least one group of spatial unit groups to be applied is turned on after the first duration, or the at least one group of spatial unit groups to be applied is turned off after the first duration.

In some possible implementations, the first indication information sent using the DCI method and the first indication information sent using the MAC signaling have different first durations.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 102 can send the first indication information to the user equipment 101 in different ways, thereby promptly informing the user equipment 101 of dynamically opened or closed space unit groups, and the user equipment 101 can reasonably adjust the reception status.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, which is executed by the network device 102. The method includes steps S401 to S403, specifically:

Step S403: The network device 102 sends second indication information to the user equipment 101. The second indication information is used to indicate the duration for which at least one spatial unit group is valid.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 may carry the first indication information and the second indication information in the same signaling.

In an example, the network device 102 sends DCI to the user equipment 101, where the DCI includes first indication information and second indication information.

In an example, the network device 102 sends MAC signaling to the user equipment 101, where the MAC signaling includes first indication information and second indication information.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 uses different signaling to send the first indication information and the second indication information respectively.

In an example, the network device 102 sends a DCI to the user equipment 101, where the DCI includes first indication information. The network device 102 sends MAC signaling to the user equipment 101, where the MAC signaling includes second indication information.

In some possible implementations, at least one set of space unit groups to be applied takes effect after the first time period (T1) when the user equipment receives the first indication information, and the duration of the effect is T2.

In an example, when the to-be-applied corresponds to the to-be-opened, at least one group of space unit groups to be applied takes effect after the first period of time when the user equipment 101 receives the first indication information, that is, at least one group of space unit groups to be applied is in After the first period of time, the opening duration of the at least one group of space unit groups may be T2.

In another example, when to-be-applied corresponds to to-be-closed, at least one group of space unit groups to be applied takes effect after the first period of time when the user equipment 101 receives the first indication information, that is, at least one group of space unit groups to be applied. After shutting down after the first period of time, the duration of the shutdown of the at least one group of space unit groups may all be T2.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 102 can also indicate to the user equipment 101 the duration for which at least one spatial unit group to be applied is effective, so that the user equipment 101 can adjust the reception status according to the duration.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, which is executed by the network device 102. The method includes steps S401 to S403', specifically:

Step S403', the network device 102 sends at least one second indication information to the user equipment 101, where each second indication information is used to indicate the duration of the corresponding spatial unit group.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 configures second indication information correspondingly for each group of space unit groups in at least one group of space unit groups, and each second indication information may carry an identification of the corresponding space unit group. Or index.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 102 indicates the corresponding effective duration for each group of space units.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, which is executed by the network device 102. The method includes steps S401 to S403", specifically:

Step S403", the network device 102 sends second indication information to the user equipment 101. The second indication information is used to indicate the duration applicable to at least one group of spatial unit groups.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 uniformly configures the second indication information for at least one group of spatial unit groups, and uses the second indication information to indicate the duration. In this embodiment, each group of space unit groups may be configured to have the same duration.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 102 configures a unified effective duration for at least one group of spatial unit groups.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, which is executed by the network device 102. The method includes step S401, or steps S401-S402, or steps S401-S403, wherein:

The configuration information is also used to configure the default space unit group among multiple space unit groups.

In some possible implementations, the configuration information may indicate that the space unit group for which the index is set is used as the default space unit group.

In an example, the configuration information indicates that the index is 0, that is, space unit group 0, as the default space unit group.

In some possible implementations, the default space unit group is a space unit group that can be applied by default in a scenario where the network device 102 does not indicate the first indication information.

In an example, when the network device 102 does not indicate the first indication information, the default space unit group may be a space unit group that is opened by default. Therefore, the user equipment 101 can receive the reference signal of the default spatial unit group when the first indication information is not received.

The configuration information is also used to configure the reference signal corresponding to each group of space units for one or more of the following measurements:

Reference signal for Radio Link Monitoring (RLM);

Reference signal for beam failure detection (BFD);

Reference signal used for link recovery (LR).

In some possible implementations, the index of the reference signal for RLM, BFD or LR may be different.

In some possible implementations, the reference signal may be a synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal Block, SSB), or a downlink channel state information reference signal (Channel-State-Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS).

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the configuration information of the network device 102 can indicate the measurement scenario corresponding to each spatial unit group, so that the user equipment 101 can receive the corresponding reference signal in conjunction with the applied spatial unit group and perform corresponding measurements.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, which is executed by the user equipment 101. Figure 5 is a flow chart of a method of receiving configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 5, the method includes step S501, specifically:

Step S501: The user equipment 101 receives the configuration information sent by the network device 102. The configuration information is used to configure multiple groups of space units, and each group of space units includes at least one space unit.

In some possible implementations, the configuration information is also used to configure the reference signal corresponding to each group of spatial units for one or more of the following measurements:

Reference signal for wireless link monitoring RLM;

Reference signal for beam failure detection BFD;

Reference signal for link recovery LR.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user equipment 101 learns each group of space unit groups in the group form through the configuration information of the network device 102, which is conducive to promptly learning the status of the network device 102 dynamically switching each space unit group on a group basis, so as to make corresponding deal with.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, which is executed by the user equipment 101. The method includes steps S501 to S503, specifically:

Step S502: The user equipment 101 receives the first indication information sent by the network device 102. The first indication information is used to indicate at least one group of space unit groups to be applied among the plurality of groups of space unit groups.

Step S503: After receiving the first indication information for a first period of time, the user equipment 101 confirms that at least one spatial unit group is valid, and starts or stops receiving reference signals of at least one spatial unit group.

In some possible implementations, the first duration includes a delay for the network device 102 to switch spatial unit groups or to open and close spatial unit groups, and may also include a delay for the user equipment 101 to process the first indication information.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, which is executed by the user equipment 101. The method includes steps S501 to S504, specifically:

Step S504: The user equipment 101 receives the second indication information sent by the network device 102. The second indication information is used to indicate the duration of validity of at least one spatial unit group.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 configures second indication information correspondingly for each group of space unit groups in at least one group of space unit groups. In this embodiment, the duration of each space unit group may be the same or different.

In some possible implementations, the network device 102 uniformly configures the second indication information for at least one group of spatial unit groups. In this embodiment, the duration of each space unit group is the same.

In some possible implementations, in a scenario where at least one spatial unit group takes effect and the user equipment 101 starts to receive the reference signal of at least one spatial unit group, the duration may be the duration for which at least one spatial unit group is turned on.

In some possible implementations, in a scenario where at least one spatial unit group takes effect and the user equipment 101 stops receiving the reference signal of at least one spatial unit group, the duration may be the duration for which at least one spatial unit group is turned off.

It is worth noting that the following embodiments of the present disclosure will take as an example a scenario in which at least one spatial unit group takes effect and the user equipment 101 starts to receive the reference signal of at least one spatial unit group.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user equipment 101 can combine the first indication information and the second indication information to reasonably adjust the reception status according to different spatial unit groups that are dynamically opened and closed.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, which is executed by the user equipment 101. Figure 6 is a flow chart of a method of receiving configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 6, the method includes steps S601 to S604, specifically:

Step S601: The user equipment 101 receives the configuration information sent by the network device 102. The configuration information is used to configure multiple groups of space units, and each group of space units includes at least one space unit.

Step S602: The user equipment 101 receives the first indication information and the second indication information sent by the network device 102. The first indication information is used to indicate at least one group of space unit groups to be applied among the multiple groups of space unit groups. The second indication information is used. Indicates the duration for which at least one spatial unit group is in effect.

Step S603: After receiving the first indication information for a first period of time, the user equipment 101 confirms that at least one set of space unit groups is valid, and starts receiving reference signals of at least one set of space unit groups.

Step S604: The user equipment 101 stops receiving the reference signal of at least one spatial unit group at the end of the duration for which at least one spatial unit group is valid.

It is worth noting that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the application to be applied corresponds to the application to be turned on as an example. When at least one group of space unit groups is effective, that is, at least one group of space unit groups is turned on, and the UE can receive the reference signal of the at least one group of space unit groups. .

In some possible implementations, the durations of at least one set of spatial unit groups are the same or different.

To facilitate explanation of this embodiment, several examples are listed below.

Example one:

As shown in Figure 7, three groups of space unit groups are configured in the configuration information issued by the network device 102, space unit group 0, space unit group 1 and space unit group 2.

The first instruction information sent by the network device 102 indicates that the space unit group to be applied, that is, to be opened, is: space unit group 1. The second instruction information indicates that the duration for which the space unit group 1 is effective, that is, the duration for which the space unit group 1 is turned on, is T2.

The time when the user equipment 101 receives the first indication information is t1, and the time after the first duration T1 of t1 is t2. At t2, the space unit group 1 takes effect and is turned on, and starts sending reference signals. The user equipment 101 starts receiving the reference signal of the space unit group 1 from t2.

At the end time t3 of the duration T2, the space unit group 1 will become invalid or shut down, and the user equipment 101 will stop receiving the reference signal of the space unit group 1 starting from t3.

Example two:

As shown in Figure 8, three groups of space unit groups are configured in the configuration information issued by the network device 102, space unit group 0, space unit group 1 and space unit group 2.

The first instruction information sent by the network device 102 indicates that the space unit groups to be applied, that is, to be opened, are: space unit group 1 and space unit group 2. The second instruction information indicates that the effective duration of space unit group 1 and space unit group 2, that is, the duration of opening, is both T2.

The time when the user equipment 101 receives the first indication information is t1, and the time after the first duration T1 of t1 is t2. At t2, the space unit group 1 and the space unit group 2 are turned on and start sending reference signals. The user equipment 101 starts receiving the reference signals of the space unit group 1 and the space unit group 2 from t2.

At the end time t3 of the duration T2, the space unit group 1 and the space unit group 2 will be turned off, and the user equipment 101 stops receiving the reference signals of the space unit group 1 and the space unit group 2 starting from t3.

Example three:

As shown in Figure 9, three sets of space unit groups are configured in the configuration information issued by the network device 102, space unit group 0, space unit group 1 and space unit group 2.

The first instruction information sent by the network device 102 indicates that the space unit groups to be applied, that is, to be opened, are: space unit group 1 and space unit group 2. The second instruction information indicates that the effective duration of space unit group 1, that is, the open duration, is T21, and the effective duration of space unit group 2, that is, the open duration, is T22, where T21>T22.

At the end time t3 of the duration T22, the spatial unit group 2 will be turned off, and the user equipment 101 will stop receiving the reference signal of the spatial unit group 2 starting from t3. However, at this time, the end time t4 of the duration T21 of the space unit group 1 has not yet been reached. The reference signal of the space unit group 1 continues to be received from t3 to t4, and stops at t4.

In this example, if a default space unit group is configured in the configuration information, for example, space unit group 0 is the default space unit group. Between t3 and t4, the network device 102 can switch the space unit group 2 to the space unit group 0 by default, and the user equipment 101 can receive the reference signals of the space unit group 0 and the space unit group 1 by default.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, which is executed by the user equipment 101. The method includes steps S601 to S604-1, specifically:

Step S603: After receiving the first indication information for a first period of time, the user equipment 101 confirms that at least one set of space unit groups is valid, and starts to receive reference signals of at least one set of space unit groups.

Step S604-1, in response to receiving the N+1th first indication information when the duration of the spatial unit group corresponding to the Nth first indication information has not ended, the user equipment 101 receives the N+1th After the second duration of the indication information, the reference signal of the space unit group corresponding to the N+1th first indication information is received.

In some possible implementations, the second duration is equal to the first duration T1, or the second duration is the maximum value of the remaining durations corresponding to the first duration T1 and the Nth first indication information.

To facilitate explanation of this embodiment, a specific example is listed below.

Example four:

As shown in Figure 10, three sets of space unit groups are configured in the configuration information issued by the network device 102, space unit group 0, space unit group 1 and space unit group 2.

The Nth first indication information sent by the network device 102 indicates that the space unit group to be applied, that is, to be opened, is: space unit group 1. The corresponding second instruction information indicates that the effective duration of space unit group 1, that is, the duration of opening, is T21.

The end time of duration T21 is t3. For example, the user equipment 101 receives the N+1th first indication information at time t5 between t2 and t3, and the N+1th first indication information indicates that the space unit group to be applied, that is, to be opened, is: space unit. Group 2. The corresponding second instruction information indicates that the duration for which the space unit group 2 is effective, that is, the duration for which it is turned on, is T22. Among them, T21>T22 or T21=T22.

In this example, the second duration = the first duration T1, then the user equipment 101 starts receiving the reference signal of the spatial unit group 2 at time t6 after T1 of t5, and stops receiving the reference signal of the spatial unit group 1. Stop receiving the reference signal of space unit group 2 at time t7 after T22 of t5.

Example five:

As shown in Figure 11, three sets of space unit groups are configured in the configuration information issued by the network device 102, space unit group 0, space unit group 1 and space unit group 2.

In this example, the second duration is the maximum value of the remaining duration T21' corresponding to the first duration T1 and the N-th first indication information, where T21'>T1, then the second duration is T21'.

Then the user equipment 101 starts to receive the reference signal of the spatial unit group 2 at time t3 after T21' of t5, and stops receiving the reference signal of the spatial unit group 1. Stop receiving the reference signal of space unit group 2 at time t6 after T22 of t3.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, which is executed by the user equipment 101. The method includes steps S601 to S604-2, specifically:

Step S604-2: In response to the user equipment 101 receiving the N+1th first indication information before the Nth first indication information takes effect, ignore the N+1th first indication information.

Example six:

As shown in Figure 12, three sets of space unit groups are configured in the configuration information issued by the network device 102, space unit group 0, space unit group 1 and space unit group 2.

The Nth first indication information sent by the network device 102 indicates that the space unit group to be applied, that is, to be opened, is: space unit group 1. The corresponding second instruction information indicates that the effective duration of space unit group 1, that is, the duration of opening, is T2.

The time when the user equipment 101 receives the first indication information is t1, and the time after the first duration T1 of t1 is t2.

For example, the user equipment 101 receives the N+1th first indication information between t1 and t2. The user equipment 101 ignores the N+1th first indication information and still receives the reference signal of the space unit group 1 starting from t2. And stop receiving the reference signal of the space unit group 1 at the end time t3 of the duration T2.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, which is executed by the user equipment 101. The method includes steps S601 to S604-3, specifically:

Step S604-3: In response to not receiving the N+1th first indication information when the duration corresponding to the Nth first indication information ends, the user equipment 101 receives the reference signal of the default spatial unit group.

In some possible implementations, the default space unit group is configured by configuration information or defined by a protocol.

Example seven:

As shown in Figure 13, three sets of space unit groups are configured in the configuration information issued by the network device 102, space unit group 0, space unit group 1 and space unit group 2. Among them, the default space unit group is space unit group 0.

The user equipment 101 starts receiving the reference signal of the spatial unit group 1 from t2, and stops receiving the reference signal of the spatial unit group 1 at the end time t3 of the duration T2.

If the N+1th first indication information has not been received at time t3, the user equipment 101 will receive the reference signal of space unit group 0 after t3.

Based on the same concept as the above method embodiments, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a device for sending configuration information. This device can have the functions of the network device 102 in the above method embodiments, and can be used to perform the functions provided by the above method embodiments. Steps performed by network device 102. This function can be implemented by hardware, or it can be implemented by software or hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.

In a possible implementation, the device 1400 shown in Figure 14 can serve as the network device 102 involved in the above method embodiment, and perform the steps performed by the network device 102 in the above method embodiment. As shown in Figure 14, the device 1400 may include a transceiver module 1401, where the transceiver module 1401 may be used to support the communication device to communicate.

When performing the steps implemented by the network device 102, the transceiver module 1401 is configured to send configuration information to the user equipment. The configuration information is used to configure multiple sets of space unit groups, and each group of space unit groups includes at least one space unit.

In some possible implementations, the transceiver module 1401 is further configured to send first indication information to the user equipment, where the first indication information is used to indicate at least one set of space unit groups to be applied among the plurality of sets of space unit groups.

In some possible implementations, the transceiver module 1401 is further configured to send downlink control information DCI or media access control MAC signaling to the user equipment, where the DCI or MAC signaling includes the first indication information.

In some possible implementations, the DCI is multicast DCI or unicast DCI.

In some possible implementations, at least one set of spatial unit groups to be applied takes effect after a first period of time after the user equipment receives the first indication information.

In some possible implementations, the transceiver module 1401 is further configured to send second indication information to the user equipment, where the second indication information is used to indicate the duration of validity of at least one spatial unit group.

In some possible implementations, the transceiver module 1401 is further configured to send at least one second indication information to the user equipment, where each second indication information is used to indicate the duration of the corresponding spatial unit group.

In some possible implementations, the second indication information is used to indicate a duration that is applicable to at least one set of spatial unit groups.

Reference signal for wireless link monitoring;

Reference signal for beam failure detection;

Reference signal for link recovery.

When the communication device is a network device 102, its structure may also be as shown in Figure 15. Taking a base station as an example to illustrate the structure of a communication device. As shown in Figure 15, the device 1500 includes a memory 1501, a processor 1502, a transceiver component 1503, and a power supply component 1506. The memory 1501 is coupled with the processor 1502 and can be used to store programs and data necessary for the communication device 1500 to implement various functions. The processor 1502 is configured to support the communication device 1500 to perform corresponding functions in the above method, and the functions can be implemented by calling a program stored in the memory 1501 . The transceiver component 1503 may be a wireless transceiver, which may be used to support the communication device 1500 to receive signaling and/or data through a wireless air interface, and to send signaling and/or data. The transceiver component 1503 may also be called a transceiver unit or a communication unit. The transceiver component 1503 may include a radio frequency component 1504 and one or more antennas 1505. The radio frequency component 1504 may be a remote radio unit (RRU). Specifically, It can be used for the transmission of radio frequency signals and the conversion of radio frequency signals and baseband signals. The one or more antennas 1505 can be specifically used for radiating and receiving radio frequency signals.

When the communication device 1500 needs to send data, the processor 1502 can perform baseband processing on the data to be sent, and then output the baseband signal to the radio frequency unit. The radio frequency unit performs radio frequency processing on the baseband signal and then sends the radio frequency signal in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna. When data is sent to the communication device 1500, the radio frequency unit receives the radio frequency signal through the antenna, converts the radio frequency signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor 1502. The processor 1502 converts the baseband signal into data and processes the data. for processing.

Based on the same concept as the above method embodiments, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a device for receiving configuration information. The device can have the functions of the user equipment 101 in the above method embodiments, and can be used to perform the functions provided by the above method embodiments. Steps performed by user device 101. This function can be implemented by hardware, or it can be implemented by software or hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.

In a possible implementation, the communication device 1600 shown in Figure 16 can serve as the user equipment 101 involved in the above method embodiment, and perform the steps performed by the user equipment 101 in the above method embodiment. As shown in Figure 16, the communication device 1600 may include a transceiver module 1601, where the transceiver module 1601 may be used to support the communication device to communicate. The transceiver module 1601 may have a wireless communication function, such as being able to communicate wirelessly with other communication devices through a wireless air interface. .

When performing the steps implemented by the user equipment 101, the transceiver module 1601 is configured to receive configuration information sent by the network device. The configuration information is used to configure multiple sets of space unit groups, and each group of space unit groups includes at least one space unit.

In some possible implementations, the transceiver module 1601 is further configured to receive first indication information sent by the network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate at least one set of space unit groups to be applied among the plurality of sets of space unit groups;

The device also includes a processing module, which is configured to, after receiving the first time period of the first indication information, confirm that at least one set of space unit groups is valid, and start or stop receiving reference signals of at least one set of space unit groups.

In some possible implementations, the transceiver module 1601 is further configured to receive second indication information sent by the network device, where the second indication information is used to indicate the duration of validity of at least one spatial unit group.

In some possible implementations, when starting to receive the reference signal of at least one spatial unit group after receiving the first time period of the first indication information, the processing module is further configured to, while at least one spatial unit group is effective, At the end of the duration, stop receiving reference signals of at least one spatial unit group.

In some possible implementations, the processing module is further configured to, in response to receiving the N+1th first indication information when the duration of the space unit group corresponding to the Nth first indication information has not ended, after receiving After the second duration of the N+1th first indication information, the reference signal of the space unit group corresponding to the N+1th first indication information is received.

In some possible implementations, the second duration is equal to the first duration, or the second duration is the maximum value of the remaining durations corresponding to the first duration and the Nth piece of first indication information.

In some possible implementations, the processing module is further configured to, in response to receiving the N+1th first indication information before the Nth first indication information takes effect, ignore the N+1th first indication information. .

In some possible implementations, the processing module is further configured to receive the default space unit group in response to not receiving the N+1th first indication information at the end of the duration corresponding to the Nth first indication information. reference signal.

When the communication device is user equipment 101, its structure may also be as shown in Figure 17. Referring to Figure 17, the device 1700 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 1702, a memory 1704, a power supply component 1706, a multimedia component 1708, an audio component 1710, an input/output (I/O) interface 1712, a sensor component 1714, and communications component 1716.

Processing component 1702 generally controls the overall operations of device 1700, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 1702 may include one or more processors 1720 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above method. Additionally, processing component 1702 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 1702 and other components. For example, processing component 1702 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between multimedia component 1708 and processing component 1702.

Memory 1704 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at device 1700 . Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 1700, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. Memory 1704 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device, or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), Programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

Power supply component 1706 provides power to various components of device 1700. Power supply components 1706 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to device 1700 .

Multimedia component 1708 includes a screen that provides an output interface between device 1700 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. A touch sensor can not only sense the boundaries of a touch or swipe action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or swipe action. In some embodiments, multimedia component 1708 includes a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. When the device 1700 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front-facing camera and rear-facing camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

Audio component 1710 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 1710 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when device 1000 is in operating modes, such as call mode, recording mode, and speech recognition mode. The received audio signal may be further stored in memory 1704 or sent via communications component 1716. In some embodiments, audio component 1710 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 1712 provides an interface between the processing component 1702 and a peripheral interface module. The peripheral interface module may be a keyboard, a click wheel, a button, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: Home button, Volume buttons, Start button, and Lock button.

Sensor component 1714 includes one or more sensors that provide various aspects of status assessment for device 1700 . For example, the sensor component 1714 can detect the open/closed state of the device 1700, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 1700, the sensor component 1714 can also detect the position change of the device 1700 or a component of the device 1700, the user The presence or absence of contact with device 1700, device 1700 orientation or acceleration/deceleration and temperature changes of device 1700. Sensor component 1714 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. Sensor assembly 1714 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 1714 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Communications component 1716 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communications between device 1700 and other devices. Device 1700 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1716 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, communications component 1716 also includes a near field communications (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, apparatus 1700 may be configured by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable Gate array (FPGA), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor or other electronic components are implemented for executing the above method.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, such as a memory 1704 including instructions, executable by the processor 1720 of the device 1700 to complete the above method is also provided. For example, non-transitory computer-readable storage media may be ROM, random access memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

Other implementations of the disclosed embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, upon consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. The present disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the embodiments of the present disclosure that follow the general principles of the embodiments of the present disclosure and include common general knowledge in the technical field that is not disclosed in the present disclosure. or conventional technical means. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosed embodiments being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are not limited to the precise structures described above and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the disclosed embodiments is limited only by the appended claims.

Industrial applicability

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device configures the space unit in the form of grouping to the user equipment through the configuration information delivered, so that the user equipment can learn different space unit groups based on the configuration information, which is beneficial to the network equipment to group each space unit. The group performs dynamic switching to save energy consumption.

Claims

A method of sending configuration information, executed by a network device, the method includes:

Send configuration information to the user equipment, where the configuration information is used to configure multiple sets of space unit groups, and each group of the space unit groups includes at least one space unit.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

First indication information is sent to the user equipment, where the first indication information is used to indicate at least one set of space unit groups to be applied among the plurality of sets of space unit groups.
The method of claim 2, wherein sending the first indication information to the user equipment includes:

Send downlink control information DCI or media access control MAC signaling to the user equipment, where the DCI or the MAC signaling includes the first indication information.
The method of claim 3, wherein the DCI is multicast DCI or unicast DCI.
The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein,

The at least one set of space unit groups to be applied takes effect after a first period of time after the user equipment receives the first indication information.
The method of claim 5, further comprising:

Send second indication information to the user equipment, where the second indication information is used to indicate the duration for which the at least one spatial unit group is valid.
The method of claim 6, wherein sending the second indication information to the user equipment includes:

Send at least one second indication information to the user equipment, where each second indication information is used to indicate the duration of the corresponding space unit group.
The method of claim 6, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the duration for which the at least one spatial unit group is applicable.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein,

The configuration information is also used to configure a default space unit group among multiple space unit groups.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein,

The configuration information is also used to configure the reference signal corresponding to each group of the spatial unit group for one or more of the following measurements:

Reference signal for wireless link monitoring;

Reference signal for beam failure detection;

Reference signal for link recovery.
A method of receiving configuration information, executed by user equipment, the method includes:

Receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure multiple groups of space units, each of which includes at least one space unit.
The method of claim 11, further comprising:

Receive first indication information sent by the network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate at least one group of space unit groups to be applied among the plurality of groups of space unit groups;

After receiving the first indication information for a first period of time, confirm that the at least one space unit group is effective, and start or stop receiving reference signals of the at least one space unit group.
The method of claim 12, wherein the method further includes:

Receive second indication information sent by the network device, where the second indication information is used to indicate the duration for which the at least one spatial unit group is valid.
The method of claim 13, wherein when receiving the reference signal of the at least one group of spatial units after receiving the first time period of the first indication information, the method further includes:

At the end of the duration during which the at least one group of spatial unit groups is effective, the reception of the reference signal of the at least one group of spatial unit groups is stopped.
The method of claim 13, wherein the method further includes:

In response to receiving the N+1th first indication information when the duration of the spatial unit group corresponding to the Nth first indication information has not ended, after receiving the second duration of the N+1th first indication information Start receiving the reference signal of the space unit group corresponding to the N+1th first indication information.
The method of claim 15, wherein,

The second duration is equal to the first duration, or the second duration is the maximum value among the remaining durations corresponding to the first duration and the Nth piece of first indication information.
The method of claim 13, wherein the method further includes:

In response to receiving the N+1th first indication information before the Nth first indication information takes effect, the N+1th first indication information is ignored.
The method of claim 13, wherein the method further includes:

In response to the fact that the N+1th first indication information is not received at the end of the duration corresponding to the Nth first indication information, the reference signal of the default space unit group is received.
The method of claim 18, wherein the default space unit group is configured by the configuration information or defined by a protocol.
A device for sending configuration information, configured on network equipment, the device includes:

A transceiver module, configured to send configuration information to user equipment, where the configuration information is used to configure multiple groups of space units, and each group of the space unit groups includes at least one space unit.
A device for receiving configuration information, configured on user equipment, the device includes:

A transceiver module, configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure multiple groups of space units, each of which includes at least one space unit.
A communication device includes a processor and a memory, wherein,

The memory is used to store computer programs;

The processor is used to execute the computer program to implement the method according to any one of claims 1-10.
A communication device includes a processor and a memory, wherein,

The memory is used to store computer programs;

The processor is used to execute the computer program to implement the method according to any one of claims 11-19.
A computer-readable storage medium in which instructions are stored. When the instructions are called and executed on a computer, they cause the computer to execute the method described in any one of claims 1-10. method.
A computer-readable storage medium in which instructions are stored. When the instructions are called and executed on a computer, they cause the computer to execute the method described in any one of claims 11-19. method.