CN109392001B

CN109392001B - Measurement report reporting method and user terminal

Info

Publication number: CN109392001B
Application number: CN201710682603.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马玥; 潘学明; 孙鹏; 杨宇
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-10
Filing date: 2017-08-10
Publication date: 2020-04-14
Anticipated expiration: 2037-08-10
Also published as: CN109392001A; WO2019029689A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention relates to a measurement report reporting method and a user terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining measurement report configuration information, the measurement report configuration information comprising: measuring configuration information and reporting configuration information of beams indicated by at least two types of reference signals; determining beam measurement results indicated by at least two types of reference signals according to the measurement configuration information; and generating a joint measurement report according to the reporting configuration information and the beam measurement result, and sending the joint measurement report. The problem that measurement results of the SS Block signals and the wave beams indicated by the CSI-RS are frequently reported due to measurement configuration and reporting configuration of the wave beams respectively configured with the SS Block signals and the CSI-RS is solved.

Description

Measurement report reporting method and user terminal

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a measurement report reporting method and a user terminal.

Background

1) With respect to multiple antennas:

the wireless access technology standards such as LTE (Long Term Evolution)/LTE-a (LTE-Advanced Evolution) are constructed based on MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output ) + OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology. The MIMO technology utilizes spatial freedom available in a multi-antenna system to improve peak rate and system spectrum utilization.

The dimension of the MIMO technology is continuously expanding in the process of standardization development. In LTE Rel-8, MIMO transmission of up to 4 layers can be supported. In Rel-9, MU-MIMO (Multi-User MIMO) technology is enhanced, and at most 4 downlink data layers can be supported in MU-MIMO (Multi-User MIMO) transmission of TM-8 (transmission mode 8). The transmission capability of SU-MIMO (Single-User MIMO) is extended to a maximum of 8 data layers in Rel-10.

The industry is further pushing MIMO technology towards three-dimensionality and large-scale. Currently, 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) has completed a research Project of 3D channel modeling, and research and standardization work of eFD (Evolved Full Dimension) -MIMO and NR (new radio) MIMO is being conducted. It is expected that in the future 5G (fifth generation communication technology), a larger-scale, more antenna-port MIMO technology will be introduced.

The MassiveMIMO (massive MIMO) technology uses a massive antenna array, which can greatly improve the system frequency band utilization efficiency and support a larger number of access users. Therefore, the massive MIMO technology is considered by various research organizations as one of the most potential physical layer technologies in the next generation mobile communication system.

If a full digital array is adopted in the Massive MIMO technology, the maximum spatial resolution and the optimal MU-MIMO performance can be achieved, but such a structure requires a large number of AD (analog-to-digital)/DA (digital-to-analog) conversion devices and a large number of complete rf-baseband processing channels, which is a huge burden in terms of both equipment cost and baseband processing complexity.

In order to avoid the implementation cost and the equipment complexity, a digital-analog hybrid beamforming technology is developed, that is, on the basis of the conventional digital domain beamforming, a primary beamforming is added to a radio frequency signal near the front end of an antenna system. Analog forming enables a sending signal to be roughly matched with a channel in a simpler mode. The dimension of the equivalent channel formed after analog shaping is smaller than the actual number of antennas, so that the AD/DA conversion devices, the number of digital channels and the corresponding baseband processing complexity required thereafter can be greatly reduced. The residual interference of the analog forming part can be processed once again in the digital domain, thereby ensuring the quality of MU-MIMO transmission. Compared with full digital forming, digital-analog hybrid beam forming is a compromise scheme of performance and complexity, and has a high practical prospect in a system with a high frequency band and a large bandwidth or a large number of antennas.

2) Regarding the high frequency band:

in the research on the next-generation communication system after 4G (fourth-generation mobile communication technology), the operating frequency band supported by the system is increased to more than 6GHz, and the operating frequency band is up to about 100 GHz. The high frequency band has richer idle frequency resources, and can provide higher throughput for data transmission. At present, 3GPP has completed high-frequency channel modeling work, the wavelength of a high-frequency signal is short, and compared with a low-frequency band, more antenna array elements can be arranged on a panel with the same size, and a beam with stronger directivity and narrower lobes is formed by using a beam forming technology. Therefore, the combination of a large-scale antenna and high-frequency communication is one of the trends in the future.

3) Regarding beam measurement and beam reporting (beam measurement and beam reporting):

analog beamforming is full bandwidth transmit and each polar array element on the panel of each high frequency antenna array can only transmit analog beams in a time division multiplexed manner. The shaping weight of the analog beam is realized by adjusting parameters of equipment such as a radio frequency front end phase shifter and the like.

At present, in academic and industrial fields, a polling method is usually used to train analog beamforming vectors, that is, array elements in each polarization direction of each antenna panel sequentially send training signals (i.e., candidate beamforming vectors) at an appointed time in a time division multiplexing manner, and a terminal feeds back a beam report after measurement, so that a network side can use the training signals to realize analog beamforming transmission when transmitting services next time.

The network side configures setting information of a beam report (beam reporting) for a UE (user equipment) through high-level signaling, where the setting information includes content information of the beam report, time domain related messages (periodic, aperiodic, and semi-persistent) of the beam report, frequency domain granularity (frequency granularity) information of the beam report, and the like. The content information in the beam report may include: at least one of optimal transmit beam identification information selected by the UE, physical layer measurements of beams selected by the UE (e.g., L1-RSRP), grouping information of beams selected by the UE, and the like.

4) Regarding beam management:

the beam management is divided into downlink beam management and uplink beam management. The downlink beam management mechanism is mainly implemented by a CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal) configured by a base station, a L1-RSRP (Reference Symbol Received Power) measurement value of a corresponding beam is measured by a user terminal, and the value is reported to a network, and the network adds or deletes the corresponding beam by obtaining the measurement value, thereby maintaining a dynamic beam set for use. The uplink performs similar functions by the base station detecting SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) or CSI-RS.

Currently 3GPP discussions do not specify whether SS Block signals are introduced into beam management. If SS Block signals are introduced into the set of beam management, namely, two types of RS signals (reference signals) of SS Block signals and CSI-RS will be used as reference symbols for beam measurement. If the beam measurement and reporting configuration (report setting) corresponding to the SS Block signal and the CSI-RS are configured, frequent reporting may be brought, on one hand, power consumption of the terminal is increased, and on the other hand, a situation of reporting collision may exist.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a measurement report reporting method and a user terminal, which solve the problem that measurement results of beams indicated by an SSBlock signal and a CSI-RS are frequently reported due to measurement configuration and reporting configuration of the beams indicated by the SSBlock signal and the CSI-RS which are respectively configured.

In a first aspect, a method for reporting a measurement report is provided, which is applied to a user equipment, and includes:

determining measurement report configuration information, the measurement report configuration information comprising: measuring configuration information and reporting configuration information of beams indicated by at least two types of reference signals;

determining beam measurement results indicated by at least two types of reference signals according to the measurement configuration information;

and generating a joint measurement report according to the reporting configuration information and the beam measurement result, and sending the joint measurement report.

In a second aspect, there is also provided a user terminal, including:

a first determining module, configured to determine measurement report configuration information, where the measurement report configuration information includes: measuring configuration information and reporting configuration information of beams indicated by at least two types of reference signals;

the second determining module is used for determining the beam measurement results indicated by at least two types of reference signals according to the measurement configuration information;

and the generating module is used for generating a joint measurement report according to the reporting configuration information and the beam measurement result and sending the joint measurement report.

In a third aspect, a user terminal is further provided, which includes: the measurement report reporting program is executed by the processor to realize the steps of the measurement report reporting method.

In a fourth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is further provided, where a measurement report reporting program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when executed by a processor, the measurement report reporting program implements the steps of the measurement report reporting method described above.

In this way, by linking (Link) the measurement configuration and the reporting configuration of the beams indicated by the different types of reference signals to the same measurement report configuration information, which is used for configuring the reporting period and the reporting format for the combined reporting of the beam measurement results indicated by the different types of reference signals, the problem of frequent reporting of the measurement results due to multiple independent beams can be avoided, the power consumption of the terminal can be reduced, and the reporting conflict can be reduced.

Drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Also, like reference numerals are used to refer to like parts throughout the drawings. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a flowchart of a measurement report reporting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating a joint reporting of a beam measurement result indicated by an SS Block signal and a CSI-RS in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a second schematic diagram illustrating joint reporting of beam measurement results indicated by SS Block signals and CSI-RS in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a block diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a block diagram of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims of this invention, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the network side may refer to a Base Station, where the Base Station may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in global system for Mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a Base Station (NodeB, NB) in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), an evolved Node B (eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, a Base Station in New radio Access (New RAT or NR), a relay Station or an Access point, or a Base Station in a future 5G network, and the like, and is not limited herein.

In embodiments of the present invention, a User Equipment (UE) may be a wireless terminal or a wired terminal, and the wireless terminal may be a device providing voice and/or other service data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having a wireless connection function, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem. Wireless terminals, which may be mobile terminals such as mobile telephones (or "cellular" telephones) and computers having mobile terminals, such as portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices, may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and may exchange language and/or data with the RAN. Examples of such devices include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, SIP (session initiation Protocol) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). A wireless Terminal may also be referred to as a system, a Subscriber Unit (Subscriber Unit), a Subscriber Station (Subscriber Station), a Mobile Station (Mobile), a Remote Station (Remote Station), a Remote Terminal (Remote Terminal), an access Terminal (access Terminal), a Terminal (User Terminal), a User Agent (User Agent), and a User Equipment (User Device or User Equipment), which are not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 1, a flow of a measurement report reporting method according to an embodiment is shown in the figure, where an execution subject of the method is a user terminal, and the method includes the following specific steps:

step 101, determining measurement report configuration information, wherein the measurement report configuration information comprises: measuring configuration information and reporting configuration information of beams indicated by at least two types of reference signals;

by linking (Link) the measurement configuration information and the reporting configuration information of the beams indicated by the different types of reference signals into the same measurement report configuration information, the measurement report configuration information is used for configuring the reporting period and the reporting format of the beam measurement results indicated by the different types of reference signals, and the situation that a plurality of independent measurement results are frequently reported can be avoided.

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the user equipment may acquire the measurement report configuration information configured by the network side (e.g., the base station) through an RRC (radio resource control) message.

The at least two types of reference signals may include: SS Block signal (or SSB signal for short) and CSI-RS, but is not limited thereto.

The CSI-RS is an existing concept in LTE (Long Term Evolution), and due to the introduction of a beam (beam) concept in NR, the CSI-RS can be used for indicating a beam due to its flexible configuration. SS Block (synchronization Signal Block) is a synchronization Signal newly introduced in NR, and is transmitted periodically and its period is configurable. The SSBlock signal may also indicate a beam as well. In general, SS Block signals may indicate wider beams, while CSI-RS may indicate narrower beams. But both can indicate a wide/narrow beam by proper configuration.

Step 102, determining beam measurement results indicated by at least two types of reference signals according to the measurement configuration information;

in this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the measurement configuration information at least includes: each type of reference signal indicates a beam measurement period.

Further, the beam measurement period indicated by each type of reference signal is the same, or the beam measurement period indicated by each type of reference signal is different, or the beam measurement period indicated by each type of reference signal is partially the same.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the beam measurement periods indicated by the SS Block signal and the CSI-RS are different.

And 103, generating a joint measurement report according to the reporting configuration information and the beam measurement result, and sending the joint measurement report.

That is, the user terminal generates a joint measurement report according to the reporting configuration information and the beam measurement result, and sends the joint measurement report to the network side.

In the embodiment of the present invention, reporting the configuration information includes: the reporting format of the joint measurement report, and the reporting period of the joint measurement report or the reporting period offset of the joint measurement report. The reporting format of the joint measurement report may be configured by the network side, or determined by a predefined manner, which is not limited to this.

The reporting period of the joint measurement report may be periodic or aperiodic, and for the periodic reporting, the reporting period of the joint measurement report may be set based on the beam measurement period indicated by each type of reference signal, which is not limited thereto.

As an example, the reporting period is periodic, and the reporting format includes: the at least two types of reference signals in the joint measurement report indicate a correspondence of the beam measurement results, optionally, the correspondence may include a time period relationship of each beam measurement result in the joint measurement report or a placement frequency relationship of each beam measurement result in the joint measurement report. For example, the correspondence between the beam measurement results indicated by the at least two types of reference signals is set according to the beam measurement period indicated by the at least two types of reference signals.

For example, the joint measurement report may include only one type of beam measurement result indicated by the reference signal, as shown in the scenario illustrated in fig. 2, or may include multiple types of beam measurement results indicated by the reference signal, as shown in the scenarios illustrated in fig. 2 and 3.

As an example, the reporting period is periodic, and the reporting format may include: an ordering rule for beam measurements indicated by each type of reference signal in the joint measurement report. Alternatively, the ordering rule may be obtained by the user terminal from dedicated signaling from the network side.

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the sorting rule includes: and the bit arrangement sequence of the beam measurement results indicated by each type of reference signal in the joint measurement report is used for indicating that each measurement result is arranged according to the sequence of the bit resources occupied by the measurement result.

For example: the first type of reference signal indicates beam measurements arranged in the first x bits, the second type of reference signal indicates beam measurements arranged in the second x bits, the third type of reference signal indicates beam measurements arranged in the third z bits, … …, and so on, where x, y, and z are positive integers.

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the sorting rule includes: the joint coding form of the beam measurement results indicated by at least two types of reference signals in the joint measurement report is also understood, and it is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the reporting period is aperiodic, and the reporting format includes: the unified format of the beam measurement results indicated by the at least two types of reference signals is, of course, understood that the unified format is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

For example, the network side configures reporting configuration (reporting setting) of the ue through an RRC message, where the reporting configuration includes at least configuration information of a beam indicated by an SS Block signal and a CSI-RS, and a measurement period of the beam indicated by the SS Block signal and the CSI-RS may be aperiodic. And the network side is configured to report the SS Block signal and the wave beam measurement result indicated by the CSI-RS in a joint reporting mode, and the SS Block signal and the wave beam measurement result indicated by the CSI-RS adopt unified reporting content and reporting format.

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the content of the joint measurement report includes one or more of the following items: a beam identification indicated by each type of reference signal; beam measurements (e.g., beam layer 1 measurements) indicated by each type of reference signal; and the beam time-frequency resource indicated by each type of reference signal.

The following describes a procedure of a measurement report reporting method according to an embodiment of the present invention, by taking an example of simultaneously configuring an SS Block signal and a CSI-RS as measurement resources of a beam management set.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the reporting period of the joint measurement report is periodic, and the reporting format of the joint measurement report may include: the at least two types of reference signals in the joint measurement report indicate a correspondence of the beam measurement results, optionally, the correspondence may include a time period relationship of each beam measurement result in the joint measurement report or a placement frequency relationship of each beam measurement result in the joint measurement report. For example, the correspondence between the beam measurement results indicated by the at least two types of reference signals is set according to any one of the beam measurement periods indicated by the at least two types of reference signals.

For example, the joint measurement report may include only one type of beam measurement result indicated by the reference signal, or may include multiple types of beam measurement results indicated by the reference signal.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, the beam measurement periods indicated by the SS Block signal and the CSI-RS are different, for example, the beam measurement period indicated by the SS Block signal is configured to be NS, the beam measurement period indicated by the CSI-RS is configured to be NC, and NS is different from NC.

In fig. 2, a beam measurement result indicated by one SS Block signal corresponds to beam measurement results indicated by four CSI-RS, a reporting period of a joint measurement report may be according to a measurement period of a beam indicated by the CSI-RS, a reporting format of the joint measurement report may be that a beam measurement result indicated by the CSI-RS is separately reported for the first three times, and a beam measurement result indicated by the SSBlock signal and the CSI-RS is jointly reported for the fourth time.

That is, the correspondence between the beam measurement result indicated by the CSI-RS in the first three joint measurement reports and the beam measurement result indicated by the SS Block signal is 1:0, and the correspondence between the beam measurement result indicated by the CSI-RS in the fourth joint measurement report and the beam measurement result indicated by the SS Block signal is 1: 1.

In fig. 3, a beam measurement result indicated by one SS Block signal corresponds to beam measurement results indicated by four CSI-RS, a reporting period of a joint measurement report may be set according to a measurement period of a beam indicated by the SS Block signal, and a reporting format of the joint measurement report may be that each reporting carries the beam measurement results indicated by the SS Block signal and the CSI-RS.

That is, the correspondence between the beam measurement result indicated by the CSI-RS and the beam measurement result indicated by the SS Block signal in the joint measurement report is 4: 1.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a user terminal, and as the principle of solving the problems of the user terminal is similar to the method for reporting the measurement report in the embodiment of the invention, the implementation of the user terminal can refer to the implementation of the method, and repeated parts are not described again.

Referring to fig. 4, the structure of a user terminal in one embodiment is shown, where the user terminal 400 includes:

a first determining module 401, configured to determine measurement report configuration information, where the measurement report configuration information includes: at least two types of measurement configuration information and reporting configuration information indicated by reference signals;

a second determining module 402, configured to determine beam measurement results indicated by at least two types of reference signals according to the measurement configuration information;

a generating module 403, configured to generate a joint measurement report according to the reporting configuration information and the beam measurement result, and send the joint measurement report.

Optionally, the first determining module 401 is further configured to: and acquiring the measurement report configuration information configured on the network side through an RRC (radio resource control) message.

Optionally, the measurement configuration information at least includes: each type of reference signal indicates a beam measurement period.

Optionally, the beam measurement periods indicated by each type of reference signal are the same, or the beam measurement periods indicated by each type of reference signal are different, or the beam measurement periods indicated by each type of reference signal are partially the same.

Optionally, the content of the joint measurement report comprises one or more of:

the Beam identification (e.g., Beam ID) indicated by each type of reference signal;

beam measurements (e.g., beam layer 1 measurements) indicated by each type of reference signal; and the number of the first and second groups,

each type of reference signal indicates a beam time-frequency resource.

Optionally, the reporting the configuration information includes: the reporting format of the joint measurement report, and the reporting period of the joint measurement report or the reporting period offset of the joint measurement report.

Optionally, the reporting format of the joint measurement report is configured by the network side, or determined by a predefined manner.

Optionally, the reporting period is periodic; the reporting format comprises: and the corresponding relation of the beam measurement results indicated by at least two types of reference signals in each joint measurement report.

Optionally, the reporting period is periodic; the reporting format comprises: an ordering rule for beam measurements indicated by each type of reference signal in the joint measurement report.

Optionally, with continuing reference to fig. 4, the ue 400 further includes: a receiving module 404, configured to receive a dedicated signaling on a network side, where the dedicated signaling includes the ordering rule.

Optionally, the sort rule further includes: a jointly coded version of beam measurements indicated by at least two types of reference signals in a joint measurement report.

Optionally, the reporting period is aperiodic; the reporting format comprises: a unified format of beam measurements indicated by at least two types of reference signals.

The user terminal provided in this embodiment may execute the method embodiments described above, and the implementation principle and technical effect are similar, which is not described herein again.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, the user terminal 500 shown in fig. 5 includes: at least one processor 501, memory 502, at least one network interface 504, and a user interface 503. The various components in the user terminal 500 are coupled together by a bus system 505. It is understood that the bus system 505 is used to enable connection communications between these components. The bus system 505 includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus. For clarity of illustration, however, the various buses are labeled as bus system 505 in FIG. 5.

The user interface 503 may include, among other things, a display, a keyboard, or a pointing device (e.g., a mouse, trackball, touch pad, or touch screen, among others.

It is to be understood that the memory 502 in embodiments of the present invention may be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static random access memory (Static RAM, SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), Double Data rate Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (ddr SDRAM ), Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 502 of the subject systems and methods described in connection with the embodiments of the invention is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

In some embodiments, memory 502 holds the following elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or an expanded set thereof: an operating system 5021 and application programs 5022.

The operating system 5021 includes various system programs, such as a framework layer, a core library layer, a driver layer, and the like, and is used for implementing various basic services and processing hardware-based tasks. The application 5022 includes various applications, such as a Media Player (Media Player), a Browser (Browser), and the like, for implementing various application services. The program for implementing the method according to the embodiment of the present invention may be included in the application program 5022.

In the embodiment of the present invention, by calling the program or the instruction stored in the memory 502, specifically, the program or the instruction stored in the application 5022, the following steps are implemented when the program or the instruction is executed: determining measurement report configuration information, the measurement report configuration information comprising: at least two types of measurement configuration information and reporting configuration information indicated by reference signals; determining measurement results indicated by at least two types of reference signals according to the measurement configuration information; and generating a joint measurement report according to the reporting configuration information and the beam measurement result, and sending the joint measurement report.

The method disclosed by the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention may be applied to the processor 501, or implemented by the processor 501. The processor 501 may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware or instructions in the form of software in the processor 501. The Processor 501 may be a general-purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic device, or discrete hardware components. The various methods, steps and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present invention may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software modules may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, or other storage media as is known in the art. The storage medium is located in the memory 502, and the processor 501 reads the information in the memory 502 and completes the steps of the method in combination with the hardware.

It is to be understood that the embodiments described herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the processing units may be implemented in one or at least two Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), general purpose processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic units configured to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof.

For a software implementation, the techniques described in this disclosure may be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described in this disclosure. The software codes may be stored in a memory and executed by a processor. The memory may be implemented within the processor or external to the processor.

Optionally, when executed by the processor 501, the measurement report reporting further includes the following steps:

and acquiring the measurement report configuration information configured by the network side through the RRC message.

receiving dedicated signaling of a network side, wherein the dedicated signaling comprises the ordering rule.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a measurement report reporting program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when executed by a processor, the measurement report reporting program implements the steps in the measurement report reporting method described above.

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 invention.

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.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and there may be other divisions in actual implementation, for example, at least two units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may also be distributed on at least two network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment of the present invention.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to perform all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned preservation medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a U disk, a removable hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention 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 invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for reporting measurement report is applied to a user terminal, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining measurement report configuration information comprises:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement configuration information at least comprises: each type of reference signal indicates a beam measurement period.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the beam measurement period indicated by each type of reference signal is the same, or the beam measurement period indicated by each type of reference signal is different, or the beam measurement period indicated by each type of reference signal is partially the same.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content of the joint measurement report comprises one or more of:

a beam identification indicated by each type of reference signal;

beam measurements indicated by each type of reference signal; and the number of the first and second groups,

each type of reference signal indicates a beam time-frequency resource.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein reporting the configuration information comprises:

the reporting format of the joint measurement report, and the reporting period or the reporting period offset.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a reporting format of the joint measurement report is configured by a network side or determined by a predefined manner.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the reporting period is periodic;

the reporting format comprises: a correspondence of beam measurements indicated by at least two types of reference signals in a joint measurement report.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the reporting period is periodic;

the reporting format comprises: an ordering rule for beam measurements indicated by each type of reference signal in the joint measurement report.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the ordering rule comprises: the bit arrangement order of the beam measurement results indicated by each type of reference signal in the joint measurement report.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the ordering rule comprises: a jointly coded version of beam measurements indicated by at least two types of reference signals in a joint measurement report.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein the reporting period is aperiodic;

the reporting format comprises: a unified format of beam measurements indicated by at least two types of reference signals.

14. A user terminal, comprising:

15. The user terminal of claim 14, wherein the first determining module is further configured to: and acquiring the measurement report configuration information configured by the network side through the RRC message.

16. The ue of claim 14, wherein the measurement configuration information at least comprises: each type of reference signal indicates a beam measurement period.

17. The ue of claim 16, wherein the beam measurement period indicated by each type of reference signal is the same, or the beam measurement period indicated by each type of reference signal is different, or the beam measurement period indicated by each type of reference signal is partially the same.

18. The ue of claim 14, wherein the content of the joint measurement report comprises one or more of:

a beam identification indicated by each type of reference signal;

each type of reference signal indicates a beam time-frequency resource.

19. The ue of claim 14, wherein the reporting the configuration information comprises:

20. The ue of claim 19, wherein a reporting format of the joint measurement report is configured by a network side or determined by a predefined manner.

21. The ue of claim 19, wherein the reporting period is periodic;

22. The ue of claim 19, wherein the reporting period is periodic;

23. The ue of claim 22, wherein the ue further comprises: a receiving module, configured to receive a dedicated signaling of a network side, where the dedicated signaling includes the ordering rule.

24. The ue of claim 22, wherein the ordering rule comprises: the bit arrangement order of the beam measurement results indicated by each type of reference signal in the joint measurement report.

25. The ue of claim 22, wherein the ordering rule comprises: a jointly coded version of beam measurements indicated by at least two types of reference signals in a joint measurement report.

26. The ue of claim 19, wherein the reporting period is aperiodic;

27. A user terminal, comprising: processor, memory and a measurement report reporting program stored on the memory and being executable on the processor, the measurement report reporting program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the measurement report reporting method according to any of claims 1 to 13.

28. A computer-readable storage medium, having a measurement report reporting program stored thereon, wherein the measurement report reporting program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the measurement report reporting method according to any one of claims 1 to 13.