CN110149178B

CN110149178B - Reference signal configuration method, terminal equipment and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110149178B
Application number: CN201810147481.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 司晔; 孙鹏
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-02-12
Filing date: 2018-02-12
Publication date: 2020-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 2038-02-12
Also published as: CN110149178A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a reference signal configuration method, terminal equipment and network side equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: generating a first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for activating an SCell of a UE and triggering the UE to send a preset aperiodic reference signal; and transmitting the first MAC CE signaling. The embodiment of the invention can accurately configure the non-periodic reference signal for the SCell, and effectively reduce the activation time delay of the SCell.

Description

Reference signal configuration method, terminal equipment and network side equipment

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a reference signal configuration method, a terminal device, and a network side device.

Background

In a future-oriented fifth Generation (5Generation,5G) mobile communication system, a carrier aggregation technique is proposed to improve spectral efficiency. Cells in carrier aggregation may be divided into primary cells (PrimAPy cells, PCell) and secondary cells (SecondAPy cells, scells). Wherein, the PCell of the terminal Equipment (User Equipment, UE) is always in an activated state, and does not support activation and deactivation; and the SCell needs to be activated by activation signaling. Currently, the reference signal cannot be accurately configured for the UE due to the long activation time of the SCell, the periodicity of the reference signal, and the fact that the UE only supports time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement on the activated SCell.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention aims to provide a reference signal configuration method, terminal equipment and network side equipment, so that a reference signal can be accurately configured for an SCell, and the activation time delay of the SCell is effectively reduced.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for configuring a reference signal, which is applied to a network side device, and includes:

generating a first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for activating a secondary cell (SCell) of a UE (user equipment) and triggering the UE to send a preset aperiodic reference signal;

and transmitting the first MAC CE signaling.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a reference signal configuration method, applied to a terminal device, including:

receiving first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for activating an SCell of a UE and triggering the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a reference signal configuration method, applied to a network side device, including:

generating a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for triggering sending of a preset non-periodic reference signal to a UE, and indicating the UE to receive the preset non-periodic reference signal on an inactive SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is not activated;

and sending the first DCI signaling.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a reference signal configuration method, applied to a terminal device, including:

receiving a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for triggering UE to receive a preset non-periodic reference signal, and indicating the UE to receive the preset non-periodic reference signal on an inactive SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is inactive.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, including:

a generating module, configured to generate a first MAC CE signaling, where the first MAC CE signaling is used to activate an SCell of a UE and is used to trigger sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE;

and the sending module is used for sending the first MAC CE signaling.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, including: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, including:

the apparatus includes a receiving module configured to receive a first MAC CE signaling, where the first MAC CE signaling is used to activate an SCell of a UE and trigger the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, including: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, including:

a generating module, configured to generate a first DCI signaling, where the first DCI signaling is used to trigger sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to a UE, and instruct the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell when the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is inactive;

and a sending module, configured to send the first DCI signaling.

In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, including: memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In a fourteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, including:

the receiving module is configured to receive a first DCI signaling, where the first DCI signaling is used to trigger a UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal, and instruct the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell when the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is inactive.

In a fifteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, including: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method according to the fourth aspect.

In a sixteenth aspect, the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method according to the fourth aspect.

In the embodiment of the invention, the SCell used for activating the UE is generated and used for triggering the sending of the first MAC CE signaling of the preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE and the sending of the first MAC CE signaling, so that the aperiodic reference signal can be accurately configured for the SCell, and the activation time delay of the SCell is effectively reduced.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a reference signal configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating transmission of a first MAC CE signaling and a predetermined aperiodic reference signal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating transmission of a first MAC CE signaling and a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another reference signal configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating reception of a first MAC CE signaling and a predetermined aperiodic reference signal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating reception of a first MAC CE signaling and a plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating another reference signal configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating another reference signal configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, 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 any inventive step, are within the scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the ue includes a user terminal 11 and a base station 12, where the user terminal 11 may be a ue (user equipment), for example: the terminal side Device may be a Mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), or a Wearable Device (Wearable Device), and it should be noted that the specific type of the user terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention. The base station 12 is a network side device, and may be a base station of 5G and later versions (e.g., a gNB, a 5G NR NB), or a base station in another communication system, or referred to as a node B, and it should be noted that in the embodiment of the present invention, only the 5G base station is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station 12 is not limited.

It should be noted that the specific functions of the user terminal 11 and the base station 12 are described in detail through a plurality of embodiments below.

Example 1

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a reference signal configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method is applied to the network side equipment, and comprises the following steps:

step S210, a first MAC CE (Medium Access Control Element) signaling is generated, where the first MAC CE signaling is used to activate an SCell of the UE and trigger sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE.

In practical application, an SCell of a UE needs to be activated, and the activated SCell can provide wireless resources for the UE. In order to activate the SCell, the network side device generates a first MAC CE signaling, where the first MAC CE signaling may activate the SCell and trigger transmission of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE.

Because the first MAC CE signaling is not physical layer signaling, the demodulation time is longer when the UE demodulates the first MAC CE signaling for SCell activation. If the SCell is configured with a periodic reference signal, the activation delay of the SCell may be increased by the period of one reference signal for the longest time, resulting in that the UE cannot synchronize with the SCell quickly. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first MAC CE signaling is used to trigger sending of the preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE, so as to effectively avoid the problem of long activation delay caused by the periodic reference signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined aperiodic reference signal includes one of the following: the system comprises an AP TRS (AP tracking Reference Signal) and an AP CSI-RS (AP Channel State Information Reference Signal), wherein the AP TRS is used for performing time-frequency tracking on the SCell, and the AP CSI-RS is used for performing Channel measurement on the SCell.

The first MAC CE signaling includes, but is not limited to, the following two:

the first method comprises the following steps:

in the embodiment of the invention, a first MAC CE signaling is used for triggering the sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to UE; and transmitting the preset aperiodic reference signal at a time corresponding to a transmission time offset value (off set) of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first MAC CE signaling, wherein the transmission time offset value is used for representing a time difference between the first MAC CE signaling and the transmission of the preset aperiodic reference signal.

The network side equipment configures a preset non-periodic reference signal, and after the first MAC CE signaling is sent, the preset non-periodic reference signal is sent at the time corresponding to the sending time offset value of the preset non-periodic reference signal relative to the first MAC CE signaling.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating transmission of a first MAC CE signaling and a predetermined aperiodic reference signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 3, the aperiodic reference signal is preset to be AP TRS. The network side equipment configures an AP TRS, and the transmission time offset value of the AP TRS relative to the first MAC CE signaling is Y. The network side device transmits the AP TRS at time (t + Y) after transmitting the first MAC CE signaling at time t.

In order to enable the UE to accurately receive the preset aperiodic reference signal, a transmission time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal needs to be indicated to the UE.

In an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: indicating a transmit time offset value to the UE;

wherein, the manner of indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE includes one of:

indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE through a first MAC CE signaling;

indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE through second MAC CE signaling or first RRC (radio Resource control) signaling;

indicating the indexes of the plurality of preset sending time deviation values to the UE through a second RRC signaling, and indicating the indexes of the sending time deviation values to the UE through a third MACCE signaling;

the transmission time offset value is specified by a first preset protocol.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first MAC CE signaling is further configured to determine a bandwidth Part (BWP) of a preset aperiodic reference signal when triggering to send the preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE, where the BWP includes one of: first active BWP, default BWP.

In order to enable the UE to accurately receive one preset aperiodic reference signal, BWP of the preset aperiodic reference signal needs to be indicated to the UE.

It should be noted that, the manner of indicating the BWP of the pre-set aperiodic reference signal to the UE may be determined according to practical situations, and is not limited herein.

By generating the SCell for activating the UE, triggering the sending of a first MAC CE signaling of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE and sending the first MAC CE signaling, the method can accurately configure an aperiodic reference signal for the SCell and effectively reduce the activation time delay of the SCell.

And the second method comprises the following steps:

in the embodiment of the invention, a first MAC CE signaling is used for triggering the sending of a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to UE; the method comprises the steps of sending a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a sending time offset value set of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to a first MAC CE signaling, wherein the sending time offset value set comprises a sending time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the sending time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used for representing a time difference between the sending of the first MAC CE signaling and the sending of each preset aperiodic reference signal.

The network side equipment configures a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and after the first MAC CE signaling is sent, each preset aperiodic reference signal is sent at the moment corresponding to the sending time deviation value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first MAC CE signaling.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating transmission of a first MAC CE signaling and a plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 4, the plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals are AP TRS 1, AP TRS 2, and AP TRS 3. The set of transmission time offset values includes: a first transmission time offset value Y1, indicating a transmission time offset value of the AP TRS 1 with respect to the first MAC CE signaling; a second transmission time offset value Y2 indicating a transmission time offset value of the AP TRS 2 with respect to the first MAC CE signaling; the third transmission time offset value Y3 indicates a transmission time offset value of the AP TRS 3 with respect to the first MAC CE signaling. The network side device sends the AP TRS 1 at time (t + Y1) after sending the first MAC CE signaling at time t; transmitting the AP TRS 2 at time (t + Y2); the AP TRS 3 is transmitted at time (t + Y3).

In order to enable the UE to accurately receive the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, it is necessary to indicate a set of transmission time offset values of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to the UE.

In an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: indicating to the UE to transmit a set of time offset values;

wherein the manner of indicating to the UE to transmit the set of time offset values comprises one of:

indicating a transmission time offset value set to the UE through a first MAC CE signaling;

indicating to send the time offset value set to the UE through a fourth MAC CE signaling or a third RRC signaling;

indicating indexes of a plurality of preset transmission time offset values to the UE through a fourth RRC signaling; indicating the index of each transmission time offset value in the transmission time offset value set to the UE through a fifth MACCE signaling;

the set of transmission time offset values is specified by a second predetermined protocol.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first MAC CE signaling is further configured to, when triggering transmission of a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to a UE, determine a BWP set of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, where the BWP set includes BWPs of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the BWP includes one of: first active BWP, default BWP.

In order to enable the UE to accurately receive the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, a BWP set of the preset plurality of aperiodic reference signals needs to be indicated to the UE.

It should be noted that, the manner of indicating the BWP sets of the multiple preset aperiodic reference signals to the UE may be determined according to practical situations, and is not limited herein.

By generating the SCell for activating the UE, triggering the transmission of a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to the UE, namely first MAC CE signaling, and transmitting the first MAC CE signaling, a plurality of aperiodic reference signals can be accurately configured for the SCell, and the activation time delay of the SCell is effectively reduced.

Step S220, the first MAC CE signaling is sent.

After generating the first MAC CE signaling, the network side equipment sends the first MAC CE signaling to the UE, so that the UE performs SCell activation after receiving the first MAC CE, and receives a preset non-periodic reference signal.

By generating the SCell for activating the UE, triggering the sending of a first MAC CE signaling of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE and sending the first MAC CE signaling, the aperiodic reference signal can be accurately configured for the SCell, and the activation time delay of the SCell is effectively reduced.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another reference signal configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method is applied to the terminal equipment and comprises the following steps:

step S510, receiving a first MAC CE signaling, where the first MAC CE signaling is used to activate an SCell of the UE and is used to trigger the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal.

The method comprises the steps that UE receives a first MAC CE signaling sent by network side equipment, SCell activation is carried out by demodulating the first MAC CE signaling, and a preset non-periodic reference signal is triggered and received according to the first MAC CE signaling.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined aperiodic reference signal includes one of the following: the system comprises an AP TRS and an AP CSI-RS, wherein the AP TRS is used for carrying out time-frequency tracking on the SCell, and the AP CSI-RS is used for carrying out channel measurement on the SCell.

The first MAC CE signaling includes, but is not limited to, the following two:

the first method comprises the following steps:

in the embodiment of the invention, a first MAC CE signaling is used for triggering UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal; and receiving the preset aperiodic reference signal at a time corresponding to a transmission time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first MAC CE signaling, wherein the transmission time offset value is used for representing a time difference between the transmission of the first MAC CE signaling and the transmission of the preset aperiodic reference signal.

And after receiving the first MAC CE signaling, the UE receives the preset aperiodic reference signal at the moment corresponding to the transmission time deviation value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first MAC CE signaling.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating reception of a first MAC CE signaling and a predetermined aperiodic reference signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 6, the aperiodic reference signal is preset to be AP TRS. The transmission time offset value of the AP TRS with respect to the first MAC CE signaling is Y. The UE transmits the AP TRS at time (n + Y) after receiving the first MAC CE signaling at time n.

In order to enable the UE to accurately receive the predetermined aperiodic reference signal, the UE needs to determine a transmission time offset value of the predetermined aperiodic reference signal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: determining a transmission time offset value;

wherein, the method for determining the transmission time offset value comprises one of the following steps:

determining a transmission time offset value through first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE;

receiving a second MAC CE signaling or a first RRC signaling, wherein the second MAC CE signaling and the first RRC signaling are used for indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE;

receiving a second RRC signaling and a third MAC CE signaling, wherein the second RRC signaling is used for indicating indexes of a plurality of preset transmission time offset values to the UE, and the third MAC CE signaling is used for indicating the indexes of the transmission time offset values to the UE;

the transmission time offset value is specified by a first preset protocol.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: determining a BWP of a pre-defined aperiodic reference signal, wherein the BWP includes one of: first active BWP, default BWP.

The BWP of the preset aperiodic reference signal is preset by the network side equipment and is indicated to the UE.

It should be noted that the manner in which the UE determines the BWP of the aperiodic reference signal depends on the manner in which the network-side device indicates the BWP of the aperiodic reference signal to the UE, and may be determined according to practical situations, and is not specifically limited herein.

By receiving the SCell for activating the UE and the first MAC CE signaling for triggering the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal, the UE can be accurately configured with an aperiodic reference signal, and the activation time delay of the SCell can be effectively reduced.

And the second method comprises the following steps:

in the embodiment of the invention, a first MAC CE signaling is used for triggering UE to receive a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals; receiving a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a transmission time offset value set of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first MAC CE signaling, where the transmission time offset value set includes a transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used to represent a time difference between transmission of the first MAC CE signaling and transmission of each preset aperiodic reference signal.

After receiving the first MAC CE signaling, the UE receives each of the plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals at a time corresponding to a transmission time offset value of each of the plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals with respect to the first MAC CE signaling.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating reception of a first MAC CE signaling and a plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 7, the plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals are AP TRS 1, AP TRS 2, and AP TRS 3. The set of transmission time offsets for a plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals includes: a first transmission time offset value Y1, indicating a transmission time offset value of the AP TRS 1 with respect to the first MAC CE signaling; a second transmission time offset value Y2, indicating the transmission time offset value of the AP TRS 2 with respect to the first MAC CE signaling; a third transmission time offset value Y3, indicating the transmission time offset value of the AP TRS 3 with respect to the first mac ce signaling. The UE receives the APTRS 1 at time (n + Y1) after receiving the first MAC CE signaling at time n; receiving AP TRS 2 at time (n + Y2); the AP TRS 3 is received at time (n + Y3).

In order to enable the UE to accurately receive the multiple preset aperiodic reference signals, the UE needs to determine a set of transmission time offset values of the multiple preset aperiodic reference signals.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: determining a set of transmission time offset values;

wherein the determining the set of transmission time offset values comprises one of:

determining a transmission time offset value set through first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value set to the UE;

receiving a fourth MAC CE signaling or a third RRC signaling, wherein the fourth MAC CE signaling and the third RRC signaling are used for indicating a transmission time offset value set to the UE;

receiving a fourth RRC signaling and a fifth MAC CE signaling, where the fourth RRC signaling is used to indicate, to the UE, indexes of a plurality of preset transmission time offset values, and the fifth MAC CE signaling is used to indicate, to the UE, an index of each transmission time offset value in the transmission time offset value set;

In the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: determining a BWP set of a plurality of pre-defined aperiodic reference signals, where the BWP set includes BWPs of each of the plurality of pre-defined aperiodic reference signals, and the BWP includes one of: first active BWP, default BWP.

The BWP set of the multiple preset aperiodic reference signals is preset by the network side equipment and is indicated to the UE.

It should be noted that the manner in which the UE determines the BWP sets of the multiple preset aperiodic reference signals depends on the manner in which the network-side device indicates the BWP sets of the multiple preset aperiodic reference signals to the UE, and may be determined according to actual situations, which is not specifically limited herein.

By receiving the SCell for activating the UE and the first MAC CE signaling for triggering the UE to receive the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, the plurality of aperiodic reference signals can be accurately configured for the SCell, and the activation time delay of the SCell is effectively reduced.

It should be noted that, in the first embodiment of the method, the first MAC CE signaling, the second MAC CE signaling, the third MAC CE signaling, the fourth MAC CE signaling, and the fifth MAC CE signaling may be the same or different; the first RRC signaling, the second RRC signaling, the third RRC signaling, and the fourth RRC signaling may be the same or different; the first preset protocol and the second preset protocol may be the same or different, and are not limited herein.

In the first embodiment of the method, the transmission time offset value is greater than a preset value; the preset value includes one of the following: UE reported values, network configuration values, protocol provisioning values.

Example 2

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating another reference signal configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method is applied to network side equipment, and comprises the following steps:

step S810, generating a first DCI signaling, where the first DCI signaling is used to trigger sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE, and instruct the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell when the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is inactive.

In practical application, an SCell of a UE needs to be activated, and the activated SCell can provide wireless resources for the UE. The UE needs to receive the reference signal on the activated SCell, and if there is no signaling indication or protocol specification, the UE cannot receive the reference signal on the deactivated SCell.

The MAC CE signaling is used for activating the UE, and because the MAC CE signaling is not physical layer signaling, the demodulation time is longer when the UE demodulates the MAC CE signaling to activate the SCell. If the aperiodic reference signal is configured for the UE, the SCell is not activated when the UE receives the aperiodic reference signal, which causes UE timing disorder. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first DCI signaling is used to trigger sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE, and when the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is not activated, the UE is indicated to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on the inactive SCell, so that the problem of UE timing disorder is effectively avoided.

The first DCI signaling includes, but is not limited to, the following two:

the first method comprises the following steps:

in the embodiment of the invention, a first DCI signaling is used for triggering the sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to UE; and transmitting the preset aperiodic reference signal at a time corresponding to a transmission time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first DCI signaling, wherein the transmission time offset value is used for indicating a time difference between the transmission of the first DCI signaling and the transmission of the preset aperiodic reference signal.

The network side equipment configures a preset aperiodic reference signal, and sends the preset aperiodic reference signal after sending the first DCI signaling and at the time corresponding to the sending time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first DCI signaling.

For example, the aperiodic reference signal is preset to be an AP CSI-RS. And the network side equipment configures an AP CSI-RS, and the transmission time offset value of the AP CSI-RS relative to the first DCI signaling is Y. The network side device transmits the AP CSI-RS at time (t + Y) after transmitting the first DCI signaling at time t.

indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE through a first DCI signaling;

indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE through a second DCI signaling;

indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE through a first RRC signaling;

the transmission time offset value is specified by a third preset protocol.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first DCI signaling is further configured to determine, when a preset aperiodic reference signal is triggered to be sent to the UE, a BWP of the preset aperiodic reference signal, where the BWP includes one of: first active BWP, default BWP.

The method comprises the steps of generating a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for triggering the sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE, and indicating the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactivated SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is not activated, so that the problem of UE time sequence disorder is effectively avoided.

And the second method comprises the following steps:

in the embodiment of the invention, a first DCI signaling is used for triggering the sending of a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to UE; and transmitting the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a transmission time offset value set of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first DCI signaling, wherein the transmission time offset value set comprises a transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used for representing a time difference between the transmission of the first DCI signaling and the transmission of each preset aperiodic reference signal.

The network side equipment configures a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and after the first DCI signaling is sent, each preset aperiodic reference signal is sent at the moment corresponding to the sending time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first DCI signaling.

For example, the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals are AP CSI-RS 1, AP CSI-RS2 and AP CSI-RS 3. The set of transmission time offsets for a plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals includes: a first transmission time offset value Y1 indicating a transmission time offset value of the APCSI-RS 1 with respect to the first DCI signaling; a second transmission time offset value Y2 indicating a transmission time offset value of the AP CSI-RS2 with respect to the first DCI signaling; and a third transmission time offset value Y3 indicating a transmission time offset value of the AP CSI-RS with respect to the first DCI signaling. The UE transmits the AP CSI-RS 1 at time (t + Y1) after transmitting the first DCI signaling at time t; transmitting AP CSI-RS2 at the time (t + Y2); the AP CSI-RS 3 is transmitted at time (t + Y3).

indicating a set of transmission time offset values to the UE through first DCI signaling;

indicating a transmission time offset value set to the UE through a third DCI signaling;

indicating to transmit the set of time offset values to the UE through a second RRC signaling;

a set of transmission time offset values is specified by a fourth preset protocol.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first DCI signaling is further configured to, when triggering to send a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to a UE, determine a BWP set of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, where the BWP set includes BWPs of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, where the BWP includes one of: first active BWP, default BWP.

In order to enable the UE to accurately receive the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, a BWP set of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals needs to be indicated to the UE.

The method comprises the steps of generating a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for triggering the sending of a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to the UE, and indicating the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signals on an inactivated SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is not activated, so that the problem of UE time sequence disorder is effectively avoided.

Step S820, the first DCI signaling is sent.

The method comprises the steps that after a first DCI signaling is generated by a network side, the first DCI signaling is sent to UE, so that the UE triggers and receives a preset aperiodic reference signal after receiving the first DCI signaling, and under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and an SCell of the UE is not activated, the UE is indicated to be capable of receiving the preset aperiodic reference signal on the inactivated SCell.

The method comprises the steps of generating a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for triggering the sending of a preset non-periodic reference signal to the UE, and indicating the UE to receive the preset non-periodic reference signal on an inactive SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is not activated, so that the problem of UE time sequence disorder is effectively avoided.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating another reference signal configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method is applied to the terminal equipment and comprises the following steps:

step S910, receiving a first DCI signaling, where the first DCI signaling is used to trigger the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal, and indicating the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell when the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is not activated.

The UE receives a first DCI signaling sent by network side equipment, and then triggers and receives a preset non-periodic reference signal according to the first DCI signaling, and indicates the UE to receive the preset non-periodic reference signal on an inactive SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is inactive.

The first DCI signaling includes, but is not limited to, the following two:

in the embodiment of the invention, a first DCI signaling is used for triggering UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal; and receiving the preset aperiodic reference signal at a time corresponding to a transmission time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first DCI signaling, wherein the transmission time offset value is used for representing a time difference between the transmission of the first DCI signaling and the transmission of the preset aperiodic reference signal.

And after receiving the first DCI signaling, the UE receives the preset aperiodic reference signal at the moment corresponding to the transmission time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first DCI signaling.

For example, the aperiodic reference signal is preset to be an AP CSI-RS. The transmission time offset value of the AP CSI-RS with respect to the first DCI signaling is Y. The UE receives the AP CSI-RS at time (t + Y) after receiving the first DCI signaling at time t. If the SCell is not activated at time (t + Y), the UE may receive the AP CSI-RS on the inactive SCell.

In order to enable the UE to accurately receive the preset aperiodic reference signal, the UE needs to determine a transmission time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal.

In an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: determining a transmission time offset value;

determining a transmission time offset value through first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE;

receiving a second DCI signaling, wherein the second DCI signaling is used for indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE;

receiving first RRC signaling, wherein the first RRC signaling is used for indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE;

the transmission time offset value is specified by a third preset protocol.

The UE is indicated to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on the inactivated SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is not activated, so that the problem of UE time sequence disorder is effectively avoided.

And the second method comprises the following steps:

in the embodiment of the invention, a first DCI signaling is used for triggering UE to receive a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals; receiving a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a set of transmission time offset values of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first DCI signaling, wherein the set of transmission time offset values includes a transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used for representing a time difference between the transmission of the first DCI signaling and the transmission of each preset aperiodic reference signal.

After receiving the first DCI signaling, the UE receives each of the plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals at a time corresponding to a transmission time offset value of each of the plurality of predetermined aperiodic reference signals with respect to the first DCI signaling.

For example, the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals are AP CSI-RS 1, AP CSI-RS2 and AP CSI-RS 3. The set of transmission time offsets of the plurality of preset non-periodic reference signals includes: a first transmission time offset value Y1 indicating a transmission time offset value of the APCSI-RS 1 with respect to the first DCI signaling; a second transmission time offset value Y2 representing a transmission time offset value of the AP CSI-RS2 with respect to the first DCI signaling; and a third transmission time offset value Y3 indicating a transmission time offset value of the AP CSI-RS with respect to the first DCI signaling. The UE receives the AP CSI-RS 1 at time (n + Y1) after receiving the first DCI signaling at time n; receiving AP CSI-RS2 at time (n + Y2); the AP CSI-RS 3 is received at time (n + Y3). When the UE receives a certain AP CSI-RS, if the SCell is activated, the UE can receive the AP CSI-RS on the inactivated SCell.

In an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: determining a set of transmission time offset values;

the manner of determining the set of transmission time offset values includes one of:

determining a transmission time offset value set through a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value set to the UE;

receiving a third DCI signaling, wherein the third DCI signaling is used for indicating a set of transmission time offset values to the UE;

receiving second RRC signaling, wherein the second RRC signaling is used for indicating to the UE to send a time offset value set;

The method comprises the steps of receiving a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for triggering the UE to receive a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and indicating the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signals on an inactivated SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is not activated, so that the problem of UE time sequence disorder is effectively avoided.

It should be noted that, in the second embodiment of the method, the first DCI signaling, the second DCI signaling, and the third DCI signaling may be the same or different; the first RRC signaling and the second RRC signaling may be the same or different; the third preset protocol and the fourth preset protocol may be the same or different, and are not limited specifically herein.

In the second embodiment of the method, the transmission time offset value is greater than a preset value; the preset value includes one of the following: UE reported values, network configuration values, protocol provisioning values.

Example 3

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network side device 100 shown in fig. 10 includes:

a generating module 101, configured to generate a first MAC CE signaling, where the first MAC CE signaling is used to activate an SCell of a UE and is used to trigger sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE;

a sending module 102, configured to send the first MAC CE signaling.

Optionally, the first MAC CE signaling is used to trigger sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE;

the sending module 102 is further configured to send the preset aperiodic reference signal at a time corresponding to a sending time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first MAC CE signaling, where the sending time offset value is used to indicate a time difference between sending the first MAC CE signaling and sending the preset aperiodic reference signal.

Optionally, the network-side device 100 further includes:

a first indication module, configured to indicate a transmission time offset value to a UE;

the first indication module is specifically configured to:

indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE through a first MAC CE signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE through a second MAC CE signaling or a first RRC signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

indicating the indexes of a plurality of preset transmission time deviation values to the UE through a second RRC signaling, and indicating the indexes of the transmission time deviation values to the UE through a third MACCE signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

the transmission time offset value is specified by a first preset protocol.

Optionally, the first MAC CE signaling is used to trigger sending of a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to the UE;

the sending unit 102 is further configured to send a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a set of sending time offset values of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first MAC CE signaling, where the set of sending time offset values includes a sending time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the sending time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used to indicate a time difference between sending the first MAC CE signaling and sending each preset aperiodic reference signal.

Optionally, the transmission time offset value is greater than a preset value;

the preset value comprises one of the following: UE reported values, network configuration values, protocol provisioning values.

Optionally, the network-side device 100 further includes:

a second indication module, configured to indicate to the UE to send the set of time offset values;

wherein, the second indication module is specifically configured to:

indicating a transmission time offset value set to the UE through a first MAC CE signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

indicating to send the time offset value set to the UE through a fourth MAC CE signaling or a third RRC signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

indicating indexes of a plurality of preset transmission time offset values to the UE through a fourth RRC signaling; indicating the index of each transmission time offset value in the transmission time offset value set to the UE through a fifth MACCE signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

Optionally, the preset aperiodic reference signal includes one of: AP TRS, AP CSI-RS;

the AP TRS is used for performing time-frequency tracking on the SCell, and the AP CSI-RS is used for performing channel measurement on the SCell.

The network side device 100 provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the network side device in the method embodiment of fig. 2, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network-side device 110 shown in fig. 11 includes:

a generating module 111, configured to generate a first DCI signaling, where the first DCI signaling is used to trigger sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to a UE, and instruct the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell when the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is not activated;

a sending module 112, configured to send the first DCI signaling.

Optionally, the first DCI signaling is used to trigger sending a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE;

the sending module 112 is further configured to send the preset aperiodic reference signal at a time corresponding to a sending time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first DCI signaling, where the sending time offset value is used to indicate a time difference between sending the first DCI signaling and sending the preset aperiodic reference signal.

Optionally, the network-side device 110 further includes:

a third indication module, configured to indicate a transmission time offset value to the UE;

the third indicating module is specifically configured to:

indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE through a first DCI signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE through a second DCI signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE through a first RRC signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

the transmission time offset value is specified by a third preset protocol.

Optionally, the first DCI signaling is used to trigger sending of a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to the UE;

the sending module 112 is further configured to send a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a set of sending time offset values of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first DCI signaling, where the set of sending time offset values includes a sending time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the sending time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used to indicate a time difference between sending the first DCI signaling and sending each preset aperiodic reference signal.

Optionally, the transmission time offset value is greater than a preset value;

Optionally, the network-side device 110 further includes:

a fourth indication module, configured to indicate to the UE to send the set of time offset values;

the fourth indicating module is specifically configured to:

indicating a set of transmission time offset values to the UE through first DCI signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

indicating a transmission time offset value set to the UE through a third DCI signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

indicating to transmit the set of time offset values to the UE through a second RRC signaling; or the like, or, alternatively,

The network side device 110 provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the network side device in the method embodiment of fig. 8, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Example 4

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device 120 shown in fig. 12 includes:

a receiving module 121, configured to receive a first MAC CE signaling, where the first MAC CE signaling is used to activate an SCell of a UE and is used to trigger the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal.

Optionally, the first MAC CE signaling is used to trigger the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal;

the receiving module 121 is specifically configured to:

and receiving the preset aperiodic reference signal at a time corresponding to a transmission time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first MAC CE signaling, wherein the transmission time offset value is used for representing a time difference between the transmission of the first MAC CE signaling and the transmission of the preset aperiodic reference signal.

Optionally, the terminal device 120 further includes:

a first determining module for determining a transmit time offset value;

the first determining module is specifically configured to:

determining a transmission time offset value through first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE; or the like, or, alternatively,

receiving a second MAC CE signaling or a first RRC signaling, wherein the second MAC CE signaling and the first RRC signaling are used for indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE; or the like, or, alternatively,

receiving a second RRC signaling and a third MAC CE signaling, wherein the second RRC signaling is used for indicating indexes of a plurality of preset transmission time offset values to the UE, and the third MAC CE signaling is used for indicating the indexes of the transmission time offset values to the UE; or the like, or, alternatively,

the transmission time offset value is specified by a first preset protocol.

Optionally, the first MAC CE signaling is configured to trigger the UE to receive a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals;

the receiving module 121 is specifically configured to:

receiving a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a set of transmission time offset values of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first MAC CE signaling, wherein the set of transmission time offset values includes a transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used for representing a time difference between the transmission of the first MAC CE signaling and the transmission of each preset aperiodic reference signal.

Optionally, the transmission time offset value is greater than a preset value;

Optionally, the terminal device 120 further includes:

a second determining module for determining a set of transmission time offset values;

the second determining module is specifically configured to:

determining a transmission time offset value set through first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value set to the UE; or the like, or, alternatively,

receiving a fourth MAC CE signaling or a third RRC signaling, wherein the fourth MAC CE signaling and the third RRC signaling are used for indicating a transmission time offset value set to the UE; or the like, or, alternatively,

receiving a fourth RRC signaling and a fifth MAC CE signaling, where the fourth RRC signaling is used to indicate, to the UE, indexes of a plurality of preset transmission time offset values, and the fifth MAC CE signaling is used to indicate, to the UE, an index of each transmission time offset value in the transmission time offset value set; or the like, or, alternatively,

The terminal device 120 provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the terminal device in the method embodiment of fig. 5, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device 130 shown in fig. 13 includes:

the receiving module 131 is configured to receive a first DCI signaling, where the first DCI signaling is used to trigger the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal, and instruct the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell when the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is inactive.

Optionally, the first DCI signaling is used to trigger the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal;

the receiving module 131 is specifically configured to:

and receiving the preset aperiodic reference signal at a time corresponding to a transmission time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first DCI signaling, wherein the transmission time offset value is used for representing a time difference between the transmission of the first DCI signaling and the transmission of the preset aperiodic reference signal.

Optionally, the terminal device 130 further includes:

a third determining module for determining a transmission time offset value;

wherein the third determining module is specifically configured to:

determining a transmission time offset value through first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE; or the like, or, alternatively,

receiving a second DCI signaling, wherein the second DCI signaling is used for indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE; or the like, or, alternatively,

receiving first RRC signaling, wherein the first RRC signaling is used for indicating a transmission time offset value to the UE; or the like, or, alternatively,

the transmission time offset value is specified by a third preset protocol.

Optionally, the first DCI signaling is used to trigger the UE to receive a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals;

the receiving module 131 is specifically configured to:

receiving a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a set of transmission time offset values of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first DCI signaling, wherein the set of transmission time offset values includes a transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used for representing a time difference between the transmission of the first DCI signaling and the transmission of each preset aperiodic reference signal.

Optionally, the transmission time offset value is greater than a preset value;

Optionally, the terminal device 130 further includes:

a fourth determining module, configured to determine a set of transmission time offset values;

the fourth determining module is specifically configured to:

determining a transmission time offset value set through a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value set to the UE; or the like, or, alternatively,

receiving a third DCI signaling, wherein the third DCI signaling is used for indicating a set of transmission time offset values to the UE; or the like, or, alternatively,

receiving second RRC signaling, wherein the second RRC signaling is used for indicating to the UE to send a time offset value set; or the like, or, alternatively,

The terminal device 130 provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the terminal device in the method embodiment of fig. 9, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Example 5

Fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network side device 1400 shown in fig. 14 can implement the details of the method embodiments shown in fig. 2 and/or fig. 8, and achieve the same effect. The network side device 1400 includes: a processor 1401, a transceiver 1402, a memory 1403, a user interface 1404, and a bus interface, wherein:

in this embodiment of the present invention, the network side device 1400 further includes: a computer program stored on a memory 1403 and executable on a processor 1401, which computer program, when executed by the processor 1401, performs the steps of:

generating a first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for activating a secondary cell (SCell) of terminal equipment (UE) and triggering the UE to send a preset aperiodic reference signal; first MAC CE signaling is transmitted.

And/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

generating a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for triggering the sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE, and indicating the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is not activated; and sending the first DCI signaling.

In fig. 14, a bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors represented by processor 1401 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 1403 being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1402 may be a plurality of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. For different user devices, the user interface 1404 may also be an interface capable of interfacing with a desired device externally, including but not limited to a keypad, display, speaker, microphone, joystick, etc.

The processor 1401 is responsible for managing a bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1403 may store data used by the processor 1401 in performing operations.

The network side device 1400 may implement each process implemented by the network side device in the embodiments shown in fig. 2 and/or fig. 8, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the method embodiments shown in fig. 2 and/or fig. 8, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

Fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device 1500 shown in fig. 15 includes: at least one processor 1501, memory 1502, at least one network interface 1504, and a user interface 1503. The various components in the terminal equipment 1500 are coupled together by a bus system 1505. It is understood that bus system 1505 is used to enable communications among the components by way of connections. Bus system 1505 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 1505 in fig. 15.

The user interface 1503 may include, among other things, a display, a keyboard, or a pointing device (e.g., a mouse, trackball, touch pad, or touch screen, etc.).

It is to be understood that the memory 1502 in embodiments of the present invention can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can 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. The volatile Memory may be a Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as an 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 (Dynamic RAM, DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), double data Rate Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (DoubleData Rate SDRAM, ddr SDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct memory bus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 1502 of the 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 1502 stores the following elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or an expanded set thereof: an operating system 15021 and application programs 15022.

The operating system 15021 includes various system programs, such as a framework layer, a core library layer, a driver layer, and the like, for implementing various basic services and processing hardware-based tasks. The application 15022 includes various applications, such as a Media Player (Media Player), a Browser (Browser), and the like, for implementing various application services. A program implementing a method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be included in application program 15022.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device 1500 further includes: a computer program stored on the memory 1502 and executable on the processor 1501, the computer program when executed by the processor 1501 implementing the steps of:

receiving a first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for activating an SCell of the UE and triggering the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and receiving a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for triggering the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal, and indicating the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is inactive.

The method disclosed in the above embodiments of the present invention may be applied to the processor 1501 or implemented by the processor 1501. Processor 1501 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 1501. The Processor 1501 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. The 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 reside in ram, flash, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, among other computer-readable storage media that are well known in the art. The computer readable storage medium is located in the memory 1502, and the processor 1501 reads the information in the memory 1502 and performs the steps of the above method in combination with the hardware thereof. In particular, the computer-readable storage medium has stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by the processor 1501, performs the steps of the method embodiments as described above with respect to fig. 5 and/or 9.

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 within one or more 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-processors, other electronic units configured to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof.

For 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.

The terminal device 1500 can implement the foregoing processes implemented by the terminal device in the embodiments shown in fig. 5 and/or fig. 9, and details are not described here again to avoid repetition.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the method embodiments shown in fig. 5 and/or fig. 9, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the above embodiment method can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention or portions thereof contributing to the prior art can be essentially embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network side device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A reference signal configuration method is applied to network side equipment, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

generating a first media access control (MAC CE) signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for activating a secondary cell (SCell) of a terminal device (UE) and triggering the UE to send a preset aperiodic reference signal;

and transmitting the first MAC CE signaling.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used to trigger sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE;

and transmitting the preset aperiodic reference signal at a time corresponding to a transmission time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first MAC CE signaling, wherein the transmission time offset value is used for representing a time difference between the transmission of the first MAC CE signaling and the transmission of the preset aperiodic reference signal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

indicating the transmit time offset value to the UE;

wherein the manner of indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE comprises one of:

indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE through the first MAC CE signaling;

indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE through second MAC CE signaling or first Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;

indicating the indexes of a plurality of preset transmission time deviation values to the UE through a second RRC signaling, and indicating the indexes of the transmission time deviation values to the UE through a third MACCE signaling;

the transmission time offset value is specified by a first preset protocol.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used to trigger sending a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to the UE;

and transmitting the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a transmission time offset value set of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first MAC CE signaling, where the transmission time offset value set includes a transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used to represent a time difference between transmission of the first MAC CE signaling and transmission of each preset aperiodic reference signal.

5. The method of claim 2 or 4, wherein the transmission time offset value is greater than a preset value;

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

indicating the set of transmission time offset values to the UE;

wherein the manner of indicating the set of transmission time offset values to the UE comprises one of:

indicating the set of transmission time offset values to the UE through the first MAC CE signaling;

indicating the set of transmission time offset values to the UE through fourth MAC CE signaling or third RRC signaling;

indicating indexes of a plurality of preset transmission time offset values to the UE through a fourth RRC signaling; and indicating to the UE, by fifth mac ce signaling, an index of each of the transmission time offset values in the set of transmission time offset values;

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined aperiodic reference signal comprises one of: an aperiodic tracking reference signal AP TRS and an aperiodic channel state information reference signal AP CSI-RS;

8. A reference signal configuration method is applied to terminal equipment and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used to trigger the UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal;

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

determining the transmit time offset value;

wherein the manner of determining the transmission time offset value comprises one of:

determining the transmission time offset value through the first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE;

receiving a second MAC CE signaling or a first RRC signaling, wherein the second MAC CE signaling and the first RRC signaling are used for indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE;

receiving second RRC signaling and third MAC CE signaling, wherein the second RRC signaling is used for indicating indexes of a plurality of preset transmission time offset values to the UE, and the third MAC CE signaling is used for indicating the indexes of the transmission time offset values to the UE;

the transmission time offset value is specified by a first preset protocol.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is for triggering the UE to receive a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals;

receiving the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a transmission time offset value set of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first MAC CE signaling, where the transmission time offset value set includes a transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used to represent a time difference between transmission of the first MAC CE signaling and transmission of each preset aperiodic reference signal.

12. The method of claim 9 or 11, wherein the transmission time offset value is greater than a preset value;

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

determining the set of transmission time offset values;

wherein the manner of determining the set of transmission time offset values comprises one of:

determining the set of transmission time offset values through the first MAC CE signaling, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is used for indicating the set of transmission time offset values to the UE;

receiving fourth MAC CE signaling or third RRC signaling, wherein the fourth MAC CE signaling and the third RRC signaling are used for indicating the transmission time offset value set to the UE;

receiving fourth RRC signaling and fifth MAC CE signaling, wherein the fourth RRC signaling is used for indicating an index of a plurality of preset transmission time offset values to the UE, and the fifth MAC CE signaling is used for indicating an index of each transmission time offset value in the transmission time offset value set to the UE;

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the predetermined aperiodic reference signal comprises one of: APTRS, AP CSI-RS;

15. A reference signal configuration method is applied to network side equipment, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

generating a first downlink control DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for triggering sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to a UE, and indicating the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is inactive;

and sending the first DCI signaling.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first DCI signaling is used to trigger sending of one preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE;

and transmitting the preset aperiodic reference signal at a time corresponding to a transmission time offset value of the preset aperiodic reference signal relative to the first DCI signaling, wherein the transmission time offset value is used for indicating a time difference between the transmission of the first DCI signaling and the transmission of the preset aperiodic reference signal.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

indicating the transmit time offset value to the UE;

indicating the transmit time offset value to the UE through the first DCI signaling;

indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE through second DCI signaling;

indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE through first RRC signaling;

the transmission time offset value is specified by a third predetermined protocol.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the first DCI signaling is used to trigger transmission of a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals to the UE;

and transmitting the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a transmission time offset value set of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first DCI signaling, where the transmission time offset value set includes a transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used to represent a time difference between transmission of the first DCI signaling and transmission of each preset aperiodic reference signal.

19. The method of claim 16 or 18, wherein the transmission time offset value is greater than a preset value;

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises:

indicating the set of transmission time offset values to the UE;

indicating the set of transmission time offset values to the UE through the first DCI signaling;

indicating the set of transmission time offset values to the UE by third DCI signaling;

indicating the set of transmission time offset values to the UE through second RRC signaling;

the set of transmission time offset values is specified by a fourth predetermined protocol.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the predetermined aperiodic reference signal comprises one of: AP TRS, AP CSI-RS;

22. A reference signal configuration method is applied to terminal equipment and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for triggering UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal, and indicating the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell under the condition that the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is inactive.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the first DCI signaling is used to trigger the UE to receive one preset aperiodic reference signal;

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the method further comprises:

determining the transmit time offset value;

determining the transmission time offset value through the first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE;

receiving a second DCI signaling, wherein the second DCI signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE;

receiving first RRC signaling, wherein the first RRC signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value to the UE;

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the first DCI signaling is used to trigger the UE to receive a plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals;

receiving the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals at a plurality of moments corresponding to a set of transmission time offset values of the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals relative to the first DCI signaling, where the set of transmission time offset values includes a transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal in the plurality of preset aperiodic reference signals, and the transmission time offset value of each preset aperiodic reference signal is used to represent a time difference between transmission of the first DCI signaling and transmission of each preset aperiodic reference signal.

26. The method of claim 23 or 25, wherein the transmission time offset value is greater than a preset value;

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises:

determining the set of transmission time offset values;

determining the set of transmission time offset values through the first DCI signaling, wherein the first DCI signaling is used for indicating the set of transmission time offset values to the UE;

receiving third DCI signaling, wherein the third DCI signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value set to the UE;

receiving second RRC signaling, wherein the second RRC signaling is used for indicating the transmission time offset value set to the UE;

28. The method of claim 22, wherein the predetermined aperiodic reference signal comprises one of: AP TRS, AP CSI-RS;

29. A network-side device, comprising:

a generating module, configured to generate a first MAC CE signaling, where the first MAC CE signaling is used to activate an SCell of a UE and trigger sending of a preset aperiodic reference signal to the UE;

and the sending module is used for sending the first MAC CE signaling.

30. A network-side device, comprising: memory, processor and computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which computer program, when executed by the processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

31. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

32. A terminal device, comprising:

33. A terminal device, comprising: memory, processor and computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which computer program, when executed by the processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 8 to 14.

34. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 8 to 14.

35. A network-side device, comprising:

and a sending module, configured to send the first DCI signaling.

36. A network-side device, comprising: memory, processor and computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor implements the steps of the method according to any of claims 15 to 21.

37. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 15 to 21.

38. A terminal device, comprising:

the apparatus includes a receiving module, configured to receive a first DCI signaling, where the first DCI signaling is used to trigger a UE to receive a preset aperiodic reference signal, and instruct the UE to receive the preset aperiodic reference signal on an inactive SCell when the UE receives the first DCI signaling and the SCell of the UE is inactive.

39. A terminal device, comprising: memory, processor and computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor implements the steps of the method according to any of claims 22 to 28.

40. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 22 to 28.