CN111417133A

CN111417133A - Interference measurement method and device

Info

Publication number: CN111417133A
Application number: CN201910015676.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王爱玲; 倪吉庆; 周伟
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Priority date: 2019-01-08
Filing date: 2019-01-08
Publication date: 2020-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 2039-01-08
Also published as: CN111417133B; WO2020143618A1

Abstract

The invention discloses an interference measurement method and device, which are used for solving the problem that no scheme for measuring cross link interference between users exists in the prior art. In the embodiment of the invention, a terminal determines interference measurement resources configured by network side equipment, wherein the interference measurement resources are zero power reference signal bearing resources; and the terminal carries out interference measurement on the interference measurement resource. The terminal takes the received reusable zero-power reference signal resource of the cell as an interference measurement resource, and carries out interference measurement on the resource so as to obtain interference measurement information; when the uplink and downlink transmission directions between the serving base station of the terminal and the adjacent cell are inconsistent, the cross link interference between the terminal and the user of the adjacent cell is obtained, namely, a scheme for measuring the cross link interference between users is provided.

Description

Interference measurement method and device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for interference measurement.

Background

In the prior art, two methods are mainly provided for measuring and reporting C L I between UE (users) and UE (users), wherein, in the prior art, based on SRS-RSRP (sounding Reference Signal Received Power) and RSSI (Received Signal Strength), the RSRP is a linear average of Power of signals Received on all REs (resource elements) carrying Reference signals, and the RSSI is a linear average of Power of all signals (including Reference signals and data signals, neighboring Interference signals, noise signals, etc.) Received in Symbol, and the RSSI is a linear average of Power of signals Received in Symbol (including Reference signals and data signals, neighboring Interference signals, noise signals, etc.) indicating the Strength of signals Received.

Interference measurement reporting based on SRS-RSRP requires configuring a specific Reference signal for an interferer UE, for example, by configuring SRS (Sounding Reference signal) for interference measurement.

However, according to the existing 5G NR (New Radio, New air interface) standard, in the prior art, RSSI is usually calculated by RSRP, RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality) is calculated by further combining RSRP, and then reported by layer 1, and RSRP or RSRQ is mainly reported when layer 1 reports. But the RSSI may contain both co-cell interference and different-cell interference. For interference management of dynamic TDD, cross-link interference between users expected to be reached is relatively high.

In summary, no scheme for measuring cross link interference between users exists in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides an interference measurement method and device, which are used for solving the problem that no scheme for measuring cross link interference between users exists in the prior art.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an interference measurement method, where the method includes:

a terminal determines interference measurement resources configured by network side equipment, wherein the interference measurement resources are zero power reference signal bearing resources; and the terminal carries out interference measurement on the interference measurement resource.

In the method, a terminal determines interference measurement resources configured by network side equipment, wherein the interference measurement resources are zero power reference signal resources; the terminal then performs interference measurements on the interference measurement resources. In the embodiment of the invention, the terminal multiplexes the received zero-power reference signal resource which can be multiplexed by the cell into the interference measurement resource, and carries out interference measurement on the resource to further obtain the interference measurement information, wherein if the uplink and downlink transmission directions between the service cell of the terminal and the adjacent cell are inconsistent, the cross link interference between the terminal and the user of the adjacent cell is obtained, thereby providing a scheme for measuring the cross link interference between the users.

In one possible embodiment, the Zero power reference signal includes a ZP CSI-RS (Zero power channel state information reference signal) and/or a Ratematch signal.

The method can multiplex the zero-power reference signals which are used as the interference measurement resources, including but not limited to ZP CSI-RS and/or Ratematch signals. The power of the cell signal received on the RE of the ZP CSI-RS and/or Ratematch signal is zero, that is, the RE of the ZP CSI-RS and/or Ratematch signal is in an idle state, so that when the uplink and downlink transmission directions between the serving cell of the terminal and the adjacent cell are not consistent, the cross link interference between the terminal and the user of the adjacent cell is obtained, thereby providing a scheme for measuring the cross link interference between users.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal determines the interference measurement resource configured by the network side device by:

and the terminal determines whether the corresponding resource is the interference measurement resource according to the parameter value which is configured by the network side equipment through the high-level signaling and used for indicating whether the resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement.

In the method, the terminal determines whether the corresponding resource is the interference measurement resource according to the parameter value which is configured by the network side equipment through the high-level signaling and used for indicating whether the resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement. Therefore, the terminal can determine the resource which can be reused for interference measurement in the zero-power reference signal resource sent by the network side equipment according to the parameter value which is configured in the high-level information by the network side equipment and used for indicating whether the zero-power reference signal resource can be reused as the interference measurement resource, so that the interference measurement can be carried out on the resource, and the cross link interference between the terminal and the adjacent cell is obtained.

In a possible implementation manner, if the zero-power reference signal is a Ratematch signal, the terminal determines whether a corresponding Ratematch resource can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource according to a parameter value used for indicating whether the corresponding Ratematch resource can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource in a Ratematch pattern (rate matching resource) configured by the network side device; and/or

In the method, the terminal determines whether the corresponding Ratematch resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource according to the parameter value used for indicating whether the Ratematch pattern configured by the network side device can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource, so that the interference measurement can be performed on the Ratematch resource which is configured by the network side device and can be multiplexed as the interference measurement.

In a possible implementation manner, if the zero-power reference signal is a ZP CSI-RS, the terminal determines whether the corresponding ZP CSI-RS resource can be reused as an interference measurement resource according to a parameter value used for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resource can be reused as an interference measurement resource in the ZP CSI-RS resource configured by the network side device.

In the method, the terminal determines whether the corresponding ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource according to the parameter value which is used for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement in the ZP CSI-RS resource configured by the network side equipment, so that the interference measurement can be carried out on the ZP CSI-RS resource which is configured by the network side equipment and can be multiplexed as the interference measurement.

In one possible embodiment, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource, including:

if the terminal receives a zero-power reference signal resource sent by a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) which is indicated by the network side device through a Downlink Control Information (DCI), and each timeslot includes a zero-power reference signal resource which can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource of the last timeslot.

In the method, if the terminal receives the zero-power reference signal resource sent by the PDSCH scheduled in the multi-slot by the DCI indication, and each slot includes the zero-power reference signal resource that can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource of the last slot. Therefore, the times of interference measurement performed by the terminal can be greatly reduced, and the power consumption of the terminal can be effectively reduced.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal performs interference measurement on an interference measurement resource configured by the network side device according to an interference measurement period configured by an RRC (radio resource Control) signaling by the network side device.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal performs interference measurement on an interference measurement resource configured by the network-side device according to the measurement times configured by the network-side device through a MAC (media access Control, link Control layer) CE (Control Element).

In a possible embodiment, the interference measurement period is the same as the resource period carrying the zero-power reference signal; or the interference measurement period is an integral multiple of the resource period of the bearing zero-power reference signal.

In a possible implementation manner, the interference measurement resource is a part or all of a resource carrying Ratematch resources; after receiving the information that the network side equipment triggers the Ratematch resource through DCI indication, the terminal determines the Ratematch resource which can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource in the corresponding Ratematch group according to the information of triggering the Ratematch resource; and the terminal carries out interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource.

In the method, when the interference measurement resource is a part or all of the resource bearing the Ratematch resource, after receiving the information that the network side equipment triggers the Ratematch resource through the DCI indication, the terminal determines the Ratematch resource which can be reused as the interference measurement resource in the corresponding Ratematch group according to the information triggering the Ratematch resource, and performs interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource; by the method, the terminal can perform interference measurement on a plurality of Ratematch resources configured for the terminal when receiving the DCI indication.

In a possible implementation, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource, further including:

and the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment after receiving the activation measurement instruction sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE, and stops performing interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment after receiving the deactivation measurement instruction sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE.

In the method, after receiving an activation measurement instruction sent by a network side device through an MAC CE, a terminal starts to perform interference measurement on configured interference measurement resources; and after receiving the measurement deactivation instruction sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE, stopping performing interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment. The terminal can perform limited interference measurement on the configured zero-power reference signal resource according to the indication of the network side equipment.

In a possible implementation manner, the performing, by the terminal, interference measurement on an interference measurement resource after receiving an active measurement instruction sent by the network side device through the MAC CE includes:

after the terminal receives the activation measurement indication sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE in slot n (time slot n), the terminal receives the activation measurement indication sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE

Then, interference measurement is carried out on the interference measurement resources;

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

is the number of subframes in a slot.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an interference measurement method, where the method includes:

the network side equipment determines a zero-power reference signal resource which can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource; and the network side equipment configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource.

In the method, the network side equipment determines a zero-power reference signal resource which can be reused as an interference measurement resource; and the network side equipment configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource. Thus, the network side device firstly determines a zero power reference signal resource which can be reused as an interference measurement resource, and then configures a specific interference measurement resource for interference measurement to the terminal during specific implementation, so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource which can only receive signals of adjacent cells.

In one possible embodiment, the zero-power reference signal comprises a ZP CSI-RS and/or a Ratematch signal.

The method can multiplex the zero-power reference signals which are used as the interference measurement resources, including but not limited to ZP CSI-RS and/or Ratematch signals. The power of the cell signal received on the RE of the ZP CSI-RS and/or Ratematch signal is zero, that is, the RE of the ZP CSI-RS and/or Ratematch signal is in an idle state, so that after the network side device configures the ZP CSI-RS resource and/or Ratematch resource which can be reused as interference measurement resource to the terminal, if the uplink and downlink transmission directions between the serving cell of the terminal and the adjacent cell are not consistent, the cross link interference between the terminal and the user of the adjacent cell is obtained, thereby providing a scheme for measuring the cross link interference between users.

In a possible implementation manner, the configuring, by the network side device, the interference measurement resource for the terminal includes:

and the network side equipment configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal according to the parameter value which is configured in the high-level signaling and used for indicating whether the parameter value can be multiplexed as interference measurement.

In the method, the network side device configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal according to the parameter value configured in the high-level signaling and used for indicating whether the parameter value can be reused as the interference measurement. Therefore, the terminal can determine the resource which can be reused for interference measurement in the zero-power reference signal resource sent by the network side equipment according to the parameter value which is configured in the high-level information by the network side equipment and used for indicating whether the zero-power reference signal resource can be reused as the interference measurement resource, so that the interference measurement on the resource can be realized, and if the uplink and downlink transmission directions between two cells are not consistent at the moment, the cross link interference between the terminals is obtained.

In a possible implementation manner, if the zero-power reference signal is a Ratematch signal, the network side device configures, for the terminal, a Ratematch resource that can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource in a Ratematch resource by configuring a parameter value used for indicating whether multiplexing as an interference measurement can be performed in a Ratematch pattern.

In the method, the network side device configures the Ratematch resources which can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resources in the Ratematch resources for the terminal by configuring the parameter values which are used for indicating whether the parameters can be multiplexed as the interference measurement in the Ratematch pattern. In this way, the terminal determines whether the corresponding Ratematch resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource according to the parameter value used for indicating whether the resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement in the Ratematch pattern configured by the network side device, thereby implementing the interference measurement on the Ratematch resource which can be multiplexed as the interference measurement and is configured by the network side device.

In a possible implementation manner, if the zero-power reference signal is a ZP CSI-RS, the network side device configures, for the terminal, a ZP CSI-RS resource that can be reused as an interference measurement resource in the ZP CSI-RS resources by configuring a parameter value used for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resource can be reused as an interference measurement.

In the method, the network side equipment configures the ZP CSI-RS resource which can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource in the ZP CSI-RS resources for the terminal by configuring the parameter value which is used for indicating whether the parameter value can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource in the ZP CSI-RS resources. Therefore, the terminal can determine whether the corresponding ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource according to the parameter value which is used for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement in the ZP CSI-RS resource configured by the network side equipment, and then the interference measurement can be carried out on the ZP CSI-RS resource which is configured by the network side equipment and can be multiplexed as the interference measurement.

In a possible implementation manner, after the network side device configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal, the method further includes:

and if the network side equipment sends zero-power reference signal resources on the PDSCH scheduled by the multi-time slot and each time slot contains the zero-power reference signal resources which can be multiplexed as interference measurement resources, the network side equipment indicates the terminal to carry out interference measurement on the interference measurement resources of the last time slot through the DCI.

In the method, if the network side equipment sends zero power reference signal resources on the multi-slot scheduled PDSCH and each slot contains zero power reference signal resources which can be multiplexed as interference measurement resources, the network side equipment instructs the terminal to perform interference measurement on the interference measurement resources of the last slot through the DCI. Therefore, the frequency of interference measurement performed by the terminal can be greatly reduced, and the power consumption of the terminal can be effectively reduced.

In a possible implementation manner, the network side device configures an interference measurement period for the terminal through RRC signaling.

In a possible implementation manner, the network side device configures the number of measurements for the terminal through the MAC CE.

In a possible embodiment, the interference measurement period is the same as the resource period carrying the zero-power reference signal; or

The interference measurement period is an integer multiple of the resource period of the bearing zero-power reference signal.

In a possible implementation manner, the interference measurement resource is a part or all of a resource carrying Ratematch resources;

after the network side device configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal, the method further includes:

the network side equipment indicates information triggering the Ratematch resource through the DCI so that the terminal determines the Ratematch resource which can be reused as the interference measurement resource in the corresponding Ratematch group according to the information triggering the Ratematch resource and carries out interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource.

In the method, after configuring the interference measurement resource for the terminal, the network side device further indicates information triggering the Ratematch resource through the DCI, so that the terminal determines the Ratematch resource which can be reused as the interference measurement resource in the corresponding Ratematch group according to the information triggering the Ratematch resource, and performs interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource. In this way, the terminal may perform interference measurement on multiple Ratematch resources configured for the terminal when receiving the DCI indication.

the network side equipment sends an activation measurement instruction through an MAC CE (media access control entity) so that the terminal carries out interference measurement on configured interference measurement resources;

and the network side equipment sends a measurement deactivation instruction through the MAC CE so as to enable the terminal to stop carrying out interference measurement on the configured interference measurement resource.

In the method, the network side equipment sends an activation measurement instruction through the MAC CE, and the terminal performs interference measurement on configured interference measurement resources after receiving the instruction; and then the network side equipment sends a measurement deactivation instruction through the MAC CE, and the terminal stops performing interference measurement on the configured interference measurement resource after receiving the instruction. Therefore, the terminal can perform limited interference measurement on the configured zero-power reference signal resource according to the indication of the network side equipment.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal for interference measurement, where the terminal includes: a processor and a transceiver, the device having functionality to implement the embodiments of the first aspect described above.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device for interference measurement, where the network side device includes: a processor and a transceiver, the device having functionality to implement the embodiments of the second aspect described above.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal for interference measurement, where the terminal includes: at least one processing unit and at least one memory unit, the device having functionality to implement embodiments of the first aspect described above.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device for interference measurement, where the network side device includes: at least one processing unit and at least one memory unit, the device having functionality to implement embodiments of the second aspect described above.

Seventh aspect, a computer-storable medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the above-described method.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for interference measurement according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a ZP CSI-RS resource being a multiplexing interference measurement resource and performing interference measurement in the same period as the ZP CSI-RS resource through RRC signaling configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a ZP CSI-RS resource provided in an embodiment of the present invention being a multiplexing interference measurement resource and performing interference measurement twice as long as a period of the ZP CSI-RS resource through RRC signaling configuration;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a ZP CSI-RS resource being a multiplexing interference measurement resource and performing multiple interference measurements with the ZP CSI-RS resource through MAC CE signaling configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a ZP CSI-RS resource provided in an embodiment of the present invention being a multiplexing interference measurement resource and activating a terminal through MAC CE signaling to perform interference measurement on a configured interference measurement resource;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a ZP CSI-RS resource provided in an embodiment of the present invention being a multiplexing interference measurement resource and triggering a terminal to perform interference measurement on a configured interference measurement resource through DCI signaling;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the Ratematch resource being a multiplexing interference measurement resource and performing interference measurement in the same period as the Ratematch resource through RRC signaling configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the Ratematch resource being a multiplexing interference measurement resource and performing interference measurement twice as long as the Ratematch resource through RRC signaling configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a Ratematch resource that is a multiplexing interference measurement resource and performs multiple interference measurements with the Ratematch resource through MAC CE signaling configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a Ratematch resource provided in the embodiment of the present invention being a multiplexing interference measurement resource and activating a terminal through MAC CE signaling to perform interference measurement on a configured interference measurement resource;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a Ratematch resource provided in the embodiment of the present invention being a multiplexing interference measurement resource and triggering a terminal to perform interference measurement on a configured interference measurement resource through DCI signaling;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a Ratematch resource provided in the embodiment of the present invention being a multiplexing interference measurement resource and triggering a terminal to perform interference measurement on a grouped configured interference measurement resource through DCI signaling;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal for interference measurement according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device for interference measurement according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal for interference measurement according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device for interference measurement according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a first interference measurement method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a second interference measurement method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In the communication process, interference information often exists, so that the communication quality of a communication channel between a base station and a terminal is reduced, even communication cannot be performed, and if the base station side acquires the cross link interference information between the terminals, the base station side can contribute to operations such as dynamic resource allocation and cooperative scheduling, so that the system performance is improved.

In the prior art, two methods are mainly provided for C L I measurement reporting between UE and UE, namely a measurement reporting method based on SRS-RSRP and RSSI, wherein RSRP is a linear average value of signal power received on all REs carrying reference signals, and RSSI is a linear average value of power of all signals (including reference signals and data signals, adjacent cell interference signals, noise signals and the like) received in Symbol, and is a received signal strength indication.

The embodiment of the invention provides an interference measurement method and device, relates to network side equipment for configuring interference measurement resources for a terminal and the terminal for carrying out interference measurement, and can realize C L I measurement between users when the uplink and downlink transmission directions between a service cell of the terminal and an adjacent cell are inconsistent.

The RSSI is redefined in the embodiment of the invention, wherein L1-RSSI comprises a linear average value of the power of all signals (including reference signals and data signals, adjacent cell interference signals, noise signals and the like) received on all REs carrying ZP CSI-RS, or L1-RSSI comprises a linear average value of the power of all signals (including reference signals and data signals, adjacent cell interference signals, noise signals and the like) received on all REs carrying Ratematch pattern.

Some of the words that appear in the text are explained below:

(1) in the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" means two or more, and other terms are similar thereto.

(2) "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

(3) In the embodiment of the application, "ZP CSI-RS" is mainly used for rate matching in the prior art and can be reused as interference measurement in the invention.

(4) In the embodiment of the present application, "Ratematch Pattern" is mainly used for rate matching in the prior art, that is, a user is in an idle state on a resource receiving the Ratematch, and can be reused as interference measurement in the present invention.

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

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for interference measurement, where the method includes:

a terminal 100, configured to determine an interference measurement resource configured by a network side device, where the interference measurement resource is a resource carrying a zero power reference signal; the terminal carries out interference measurement on the interference measurement resource;

a network side device 101, configured to determine a zero-power reference signal resource that can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource; and the network side equipment configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource.

In the method, the network side equipment determines the zero power reference signal resource which can be reused as the interference measurement resource, configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal, and then the terminal determines the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment and performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource. Therefore, the network side device firstly determines the zero power reference signal resource which can be reused as the interference measurement resource, and then configures the specific zero power reference signal resource for interference measurement to the terminal, so that the terminal takes the received zero power reference signal resource which can be reused by the cell as the interference measurement resource, and performs interference measurement on the resource to obtain the interference measurement information. Therefore, when the uplink and downlink transmission directions between the service cell of the terminal and the adjacent cell are not consistent, the interference measurement of the terminal obtains the cross link interference between the terminal and the user of the adjacent cell, thereby obtaining the cross link interference between the users.

The zero power reference signal refers to that information sent by the base station of the local cell and received on the RE of the reference signal is zero, that is, on the current zero power reference signal resource, the behavior of the UE is in an idle state, and no measurement or any signal reception is performed.

Optionally, the zero-power reference signal includes, but is not limited to, a ZP CSI-RS and/or a Ratematch signal.

In particular implementations, the zero-power reference signals that can be multiplexed as interference measurement resources include, but are not limited to, ZP CSI-RS and/or Ratematch signals. The power of the cell signal received on the RE of the ZP CSI-RS and/or Ratematch signal is zero, that is, the RE of the ZP CSI-RS and/or Ratematch signal is in an idle state, so that after the network side device configures the ZP CSI-RS resource and/or Ratematch resource which can be reused as interference measurement resource to the terminal, if the uplink and downlink transmission directions between the serving cell of the terminal and the adjacent cell are not consistent, the cross link interference between the terminal and the user of the adjacent cell is obtained, thereby providing a scheme for measuring the cross link interference between users.

The two resources will be separately explained below.

Firstly, multiplexing the ZP CSI-RS resource as an interference measurement resource.

In specific implementation, the network side device determines a ZP CSI-RS resource that can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource, where the interference measurement resource is a resource that carries part or all of the ZP CSI-RS resource.

Optionally, the network side device configures, for the terminal, a ZP CSI-RS resource that can be reused as an interference measurement resource in the ZP CSI-RS resources by configuring a parameter value used for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resource can be reused as an interference measurement.

Correspondingly, the terminal determines whether the corresponding ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource according to a parameter value used for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource in the ZP CSI-RS resource configured by the network side equipment.

In the method, network side equipment configures ZP CSI-RS resources which can be multiplexed as interference measurement according to parameter values which are configured in high-level signaling and used for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resources can be multiplexed as interference measurement or not; correspondingly, the terminal determines whether the corresponding resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource according to the parameter value which is configured by the received high-level signaling and used for indicating whether the resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource. Therefore, the terminal can further select the ZP CSI-RS resource for interference measurement after determining the ZP CSI-RS resource which can be reused as the interference measurement resource, and finally realize the interference measurement on the ZP CSI-RS resource, so that the cross link interference between the terminal and the adjacent cell users is obtained.

For example: when a ZP CSI-RS resource is configured in a high-level signaling, introducing an enumeration type parameter 1 for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resource can be used for interference measurement or not, and when the value is on, indicating that the ZP CSI-RS resource can be used for interference measurement; and when the value is off, the ZP CSI-RS resource can not be used for interference measurement.

Further, after configuring and determining all ZP CSI-RS resources that can multiplex interference measurement resources, and before performing interference measurement, the network side device also configures interference measurement resources for performing interference measurement for the terminal, so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resources.

The manner in which the network side device continues to configure the interference measurement resource for the terminal is various, and will be described separately below.

And (I) the network side equipment configures interference measurement resources for the terminal through RRC signaling.

Optionally, the network side device configures an interference measurement period for the terminal through RRC signaling.

Correspondingly, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment according to the interference measurement period configured by the network side equipment through the RRC signaling.

In specific implementation, the network side device configures an interference measurement period to the terminal through RRC signaling, and then the terminal receives the RRC signaling and then analyzes the RRC signaling to obtain the interference measurement period configured by the network side device, and performs periodic interference measurement on the configured ZP CSI-RS resource that can be reused as an interference measurement resource according to the obtained interference measurement period.

Wherein the interference measurement period is the same as the ZP-bearing CSI-RS resource period; or the interference measurement period is an integral multiple of the ZP-bearing CSI-RS resource period.

Therefore, the adaptive interference measurement period can be set according to the requirement in the specific implementation process.

Example 1: as shown in fig. 2, the network side device configures a periodic ZP CSI-RS resource with a period of 1slot, and the ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource, and if the interference measurement period is consistent with the period of the ZP CSI-RS resource, the terminal performs interference measurement on the ZP CSI-RS resource of each slot.

Example 2: as shown in fig. 3, the network side device configures a periodic ZP CSI-RS resource with a period of 1slot, and the ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource, and the interference measurement period is twice the period of the ZP CSI-RS resource, so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the ZP CSI-RS resource of the corresponding slot at every other slot.

And (II) the network side equipment configures interference measurement resources for the terminal through MAC CE signaling.

Optionally, the network side device configures the number of times of measurement for the terminal through the MAC CE.

Correspondingly, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment according to the measurement times configured by the network side equipment through the MAC CE.

In the method, the network side equipment configures the measurement times for the terminal through the MAC CE, and after receiving the MAC CE signaling configured with the measurement times, the terminal analyzes the configured measurement times and performs interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource according to the configured measurement times.

Further, there is a delay from when the terminal receives the MAC CE signaling of the network side device to when the terminal responds to the MAC CE signaling to perform interference measurement.

Optionally, after receiving, in slot n, an activation measurement indication sent by the network side device through the MAC CE, the terminal is configured to send, in slot n, an activation measurement indication sent by the network side device through the MAC CE

Interference measurement on subsequent interference measurement resourcesAn amount;

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

is the number of subframes in a slot.

Wherein, the corresponding time slot of the terminal is affected by the system parameter mu.

Example 3: as shown in fig. 4, the network side device activates the terminal to perform interference measurement on the ZP CSI-RS resource for 1 time through MAC-CE signaling, the UE receives the MAC-CE signaling in slot n, and then the terminal starts to perform interference measurement on the ZP CSI-RS resource for 1 time after slot n + 5.

Optionally, after configuring the interference measurement resource and the interference measurement times for the terminal through the MAC CE signaling, when the interference measurement times are 1, the interference measurement may be moved to the last timeslot for operation.

As shown in fig. 6, the network side device activates the terminal to perform interference measurement on the ZP CSI-RS resource for 1 time through the MAC-CE signaling, the UE receives the MAC-CE signaling in slot n, and then the terminal performs interference measurement on the last slot n +6 for one time.

And thirdly, after the ZP CSI-RS resource multiplexed as the interference measurement resource is configured for the terminal, the network side equipment sends an MAC-CE signaling to the terminal to indicate the terminal to carry out interference measurement on the configured ZP CSI-RS resource.

Optionally, the network side device sends an activation measurement instruction through the MAC CE, so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the configured interference measurement resource.

Correspondingly, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side device after receiving the activation measurement instruction sent by the network side device through the MAC CE.

In specific implementation, when the terminal receives an activation measurement instruction sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE, the terminal prepares to perform interference measurement on the configured interference measurement resource, and continues to perform interference measurement on the ZP CSI-RS resource of each timeslot before receiving no other instruction sent by the network side equipment.

Further, when the terminal receives a signaling indicating to stop the interference measurement sent by the network side device, the interference measurement is stopped.

Optionally, the network side device sends a measurement deactivation instruction through the MAC CE, so that the terminal stops performing interference measurement on the configured interference measurement resource.

Correspondingly, after receiving the measurement deactivation instruction sent by the network side device through the MAC CE, the terminal stops performing interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side device.

In specific implementation, by the method, the network side device can flexibly instruct the terminal to perform interference measurement when needed, and can instruct the terminal to stop the interference measurement, so that the interference measurement requirement can be met, the measurement times can be reduced to the maximum extent, and the energy loss of the terminal can be reduced.

For example: as shown in fig. 5, the network side device activates the terminal to perform interference measurement on the ZP CSI-RS resource through MAC-CE signaling, the UE receives an activation measurement instruction at slot n, and starts to perform interference measurement on the ZP CSI-RS resource reusable as an interference measurement resource at slot n + 5;

and the network side equipment sends a deactivation measurement instruction to the terminal through MAC-CE signaling, and after the terminal receives the deactivation measurement instruction at slot n +6, the terminal stops performing interference measurement on ZP CSI-RS resources of slot n + 9.

And (IV) after the ZP CSI-RS resource multiplexed as the interference measurement resource is configured for the terminal, the network side equipment sends DCI signaling to the terminal to indicate the terminal to carry out interference measurement on the configured ZP CSI-RS resource.

Optionally, if the network side device sends ZP CSI-RS resources on the multi-slot scheduled PDSCH and each slot includes ZP CSI-RS resources that can be multiplexed as interference measurement resources, the network side device instructs the terminal to perform interference measurement on the interference measurement resources of the last slot through DCI.

Correspondingly, if the terminal receives ZP CSI-RS resources sent by PDSCH scheduled by the network side equipment through DCI indication and each time slot contains ZP CSI-RS resources which can be multiplexed as interference measurement resources, the terminal carries out interference measurement on the interference measurement resources of the last time slot.

According to the method, when the network side equipment sends the ZP CSI-RS resource through the PDSCH which is scheduled by the multi-time slot, and each time slot contains the ZP CSI-RS resource which can be reused as the interference measurement resource, the interference measurement can be carried out only on the interference measurement resource of the last time slot, and therefore the power consumption of the terminal is effectively reduced.

As shown in fig. 6, the network side device triggers the terminal to perform interference measurement through DCI signaling, and after the terminal receives the measurement deactivation indication in slot n, the terminal performs interference measurement on the ZP CSI-RS resource of the last slot n + 6.

And secondly, multiplexing the Ratematch resource into an interference measurement resource.

In specific implementation, the network side device determines a Ratematch resource that can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource, where the interference measurement resource is a part or all of a resource carrying the Ratematch resource.

Optionally, the network side device configures, for the terminal, a Ratematch resource that can be reused as an interference measurement resource in Ratematch resources by configuring a parameter value that is used to indicate whether the resource can be reused as the interference measurement in the Ratematch resources.

Correspondingly, the terminal determines whether the corresponding Ratematch resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource according to a parameter value used for indicating whether the Ratematch resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement in the Ratematch resource configured by the network side device.

In the method, the network side equipment configures the Ratematch resource which can be multiplexed as interference measurement according to the parameter value which is configured in the high-level signaling and used for indicating whether the parameter value can be multiplexed as interference measurement; correspondingly, the terminal determines whether the corresponding resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource according to the parameter value which is configured by the received high-level signaling and used for indicating whether the resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource. Therefore, the terminal can further select the Ratematch resource for performing interference measurement in determining the Ratematch resource which can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource, and finally, the interference measurement is performed on the Ratematch resource, so that the cross link interference between the terminal and the adjacent cell is obtained.

For example: when the RateMatch pattern is configured in the high-level signaling, a new high-level parameter is introduced to indicate whether the RateMatch resource corresponding to the RateMatchPattern Id can be reused as interference measurement.

For example, enumeration type high-level parameter interference C L I-info is introduced, the value of the enumeration type high-level parameter interference is { on, off }, and corresponding behaviors on RateMatch resources are determined by judging the value of the received interference C L I-info at the UE end.

That is, when the value of the interference C L I-info is on, the UE performs interference measurement on the RateMatch pattern, and when the value of the interference C L I-info is off, the UE performs RateMatch on the RateMatch pattern.

Further, after configuring and determining the Ratematch resources that can multiplex the interference measurement resources, the network side device also configures the interference measurement resources for performing interference measurement for the terminal before performing interference measurement, so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resources.

In specific implementation, the network side device configures an interference measurement period to the terminal through the RRC signaling, and then the terminal receives the RRC signaling and then analyzes the RRC signaling to obtain the interference measurement period configured by the network side device, and performs periodic interference measurement on the configured Ratematch resource that can be reused as the interference measurement resource according to the obtained interference measurement period.

Wherein the interference measurement period is the same as the Ratematch bearing resource period; or the interference measurement period is integral multiple of the Ratematch bearing resource period.

Example 1: as shown in fig. 7, the network side device configures a periodic Ratematch resource with a period of 1slot, and the Ratematch resource may be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource, and if the interference measurement period is consistent with the period of the Ratematch resource, the terminal performs interference measurement on the Ratematch resource of each slot.

Example 2: as shown in fig. 8, the network side device configures a periodic Ratematch resource with a period of 1slot, and the Ratematch resource may be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource, and the interference measurement period is twice as long as the period of the Ratematch resource, so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the Ratematch resource of the corresponding slot every other slot.

wherein，

Is the number of subframes in a slot.

Example 3: as shown in fig. 9, the network side device activates the terminal to perform interference measurement on the Ratematch resource 2 times through MAC-CE signaling, the UE receives the MAC-CE signaling in slot n, and then the terminal starts to perform interference measurement on the Ratematch resource 3 times after slot n + 5.

And thirdly, after configuring the Ratematch resource multiplexed as the interference measurement resource for the terminal, the network side equipment sends MAC-CE signaling to the terminal to indicate the terminal to perform interference measurement on the configured Ratematch resource.

In specific implementation, when the terminal receives an activation measurement instruction sent by the network side device through the MAC CE, the terminal prepares to perform interference measurement on the configured interference measurement resource, and continues to perform interference measurement on the Ratematch resource of each timeslot until no other instruction sent by the network side device is received.

For example: as shown in fig. 10, the network side device activates the terminal to perform interference measurement on the Ratematch resource through MAC-CE signaling, and the UE receives the activation measurement indication at slot 1 and starts interference measurement on the Ratematch resource at slot 5;

the network side equipment sends a measurement deactivation instruction to the terminal through MAC-CE signaling, and after the terminal receives the measurement deactivation instruction at slot 10, the terminal stops performing interference measurement on slot 14 and subsequent Ratematch resources.

And (IV) after configuring the Ratematch resource multiplexed as the interference measurement resource for the terminal, the network side equipment sends DCI signaling to the terminal to indicate the terminal to perform interference measurement on the configured Ratematch resource.

Optionally, if the network side device sends Ratematch resources on the multi-slot scheduled PDSCH and each slot includes a Ratematch resource that can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource, the network side device instructs the terminal to perform interference measurement on the interference measurement resource of the last slot through the DCI.

Correspondingly, if the terminal receives the Ratematch resources sent by the PDSCH scheduled in the multi-slot by the network side device through the DCI indication, and each slot includes the Ratematch resources that can be multiplexed as interference measurement resources, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resources of the last slot.

According to the method, when the network side equipment transmits the Ratematch resource through the PDSCH scheduled by the multi-time slot, and each time slot contains the Ratematch resource which can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource, the interference measurement can be performed only on the interference measurement resource of the last time slot, and therefore the power consumption of the terminal is effectively reduced.

As shown in fig. 11, the network side device triggers the terminal to perform interference measurement through DCI signaling, and after the terminal receives the measurement deactivation indication in slot 1, the terminal performs interference measurement on the Ratematch resource in the last slot 14.

And fifthly, after the network side equipment configures a plurality of Ratematch resources for the terminal, the DCI signaling is sent to the terminal to indicate the terminal to carry out interference measurement on the configured Ratematch resources.

Optionally, the network side device indicates, through the DCI, information for triggering a Ratematch resource, so that the terminal determines, according to the information for triggering the Ratematch resource, a Ratematch resource that can be reused as an interference measurement resource in a corresponding Ratematch group, and performs interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource.

Correspondingly, after receiving the information that the network side equipment triggers the Ratematch resources through the DCI indication, the terminal determines the Ratematch resources which can be multiplexed as interference measurement resources in the corresponding Ratematch group according to the information that the Ratematch resources are triggered; and the terminal carries out interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource.

In specific implementation, after the network side device configures a plurality of Ratematch resources for the terminal, the plurality of Ratematch resources may be grouped, and meanwhile, information of the Ratematch resources is triggered through DCI indication, and control over the plurality of multiplexing resources is simultaneously achieved.

As shown in fig. 12, when the base station configures a Ratematch resource, ids of the Ratematch resources included in the Ratematch resource group1 are Id1 and Id2, respectively, and ids included in the Ratematch resource group2 are Id3, where the Ratematch resources of Id1 and Id3 can be reused as interference measurement, and a Ratematch indicator2bit (2-bit Rate match indicator) is set to indicate whether two sets of Ratematch resources perform interference measurement, respectively, and when values of the Ratematch indicator2bit in DCI take the following values, specific operations are as follows:

when the value is 11, triggering a Ratematch resource group1 and a Ratematch resource group2 to carry out interference measurement;

when the value is 10, only triggering a Ratematch resource group2 to carry out interference measurement;

when the value is 01, only triggering the Ratematch resource group1 to carry out interference measurement;

when the value is 00, neither the Ratematch resource group1 nor the Ratematch resource group2 triggers the interference measurement.

In a specific implementation, the slot2 network side device triggers information of a Ratematch resource through DCI, and the terminal determines that a value of a Rate matching indicator2bit is 11 according to the information of the triggered Ratematch resource, so that the UE is triggered to perform interference measurement on Ratematch pattern Id1 and Id3 corresponding to Ratematch pattern group1 and Ratematch pattern group2 at the same time.

In addition, the ZP CSI-RS resource and the Ratematch resource are also used as the reusable interference measurement resource, and at this time, the instruction for instructing the trigger terminal to perform interference measurement needs to be common to both.

Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus for interference measurement, and since a terminal and a network side device in the apparatus are the terminal and the network side device in the system in the embodiment of the present invention, and a principle of the apparatus for solving the problem is similar to that of the system, the implementation of the apparatus may refer to the implementation of the system, and repeated details are not repeated.

As shown in fig. 13, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal for interference measurement, including: processor 1300 and transceiver 1301:

a processor 1300, configured to perform data transmission through a transceiver and determine an interference measurement resource configured by a network side device, where the interference measurement resource is a resource carrying a zero power reference signal; interference measurements are made on the interference measurement resources.

Optionally, the zero-power reference signal includes a ZP CSI-RS and/or a Ratematch signal.

Optionally, the processor 1300 is specifically configured to:

determining interference measurement resources configured by the network side equipment by the following method:

and determining whether the corresponding resource is an interference measurement resource according to a parameter value which is configured by the network side equipment through a high-level signaling and used for indicating whether the resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement.

Optionally, the processor 1300 is specifically configured to:

if the zero-power reference signal is a Ratematch signal, determining whether a corresponding Ratematch resource can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource according to a parameter value used for indicating whether the multiplexing can be used as the interference measurement in a Ratematch pattern configured by the network side equipment; and/or

And if the zero-power reference signal is the ZP CSI-RS, determining whether the corresponding ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource according to a parameter value which is used for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource or not and is configured by the network side equipment.

Optionally, the processor 1300 is specifically configured to:

and if the terminal receives the zero-power reference signal resource sent by the PDSCH scheduled by the network side equipment through the DCI indication and each time slot contains the zero-power reference signal resource which can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource, performing interference measurement on the interference measurement resource of the last time slot.

Optionally, the processor 1300 is specifically configured to:

performing interference measurement on interference measurement resources configured by the network side equipment according to an interference measurement period configured by the network side equipment through RRC signaling; or

And performing interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment according to the measurement times configured by the network side equipment through the MAC CE.

Optionally, the interference measurement period is the same as the resource period of the zero power reference signal; or

Optionally, the interference measurement resource is a part or all of a resource carrying Ratematch resources; the processor 1300 is specifically configured to:

after receiving the information that the network side equipment triggers the Ratematch resource through DCI indication, determining the Ratematch resource which can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource in the corresponding Ratematch group according to the information triggering the Ratematch resource; and performing interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource.

Optionally, the processor 1300 is further configured to:

and after receiving an activation measurement instruction sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE, performing interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment, and after receiving a deactivation measurement instruction sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE, stopping performing interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment.

Optionally, the processor 1300 is specifically configured to:

after slot n receives the activation measurement indication sent by the network side equipment through MAC CE, the slot n is connected with the network side equipment through the MAC CE

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

is the number of subframes in a slot.

As shown in fig. 14, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network side device for interference measurement, including: processor 1400 and transceiver 1401:

a processor 1400 configured to perform data transmission via a transceiver and determine a zero-power reference signal resource that can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource; and configuring the interference measurement resources for the terminal so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resources.

Optionally, the processor 1400 is specifically configured to:

and configuring the interference measurement resources for the terminal according to the parameter value which is configured in the high-level signaling and used for indicating whether the parameter value can be reused as the interference measurement.

Optionally, the processor 1400 is specifically configured to:

if the zero-power reference signal is a Ratematch signal, configuring a Ratematch resource which can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource in the Ratematch resources for the terminal by configuring a parameter value which is used for indicating whether the zero-power reference signal can be multiplexed as the interference measurement in a Ratematch pattern; and/or

And if the zero-power reference signal is ZP CSI-RS, the ZP CSI-RS resource which can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource in the ZP CSI-RS resource is configured for the terminal by configuring a parameter value which is used for indicating whether the parameter value can be multiplexed as the interference measurement in the ZP CSI-RS resource.

Optionally, the processor 1400 is further configured to:

and if the network side equipment sends zero-power reference signal resources on the PDSCH scheduled by the multi-time slot and each time slot contains the zero-power reference signal resources which can be multiplexed as interference measurement resources, indicating the terminal to carry out interference measurement on the interference measurement resources of the last time slot through the DCI.

Optionally, the processor 1400 is further configured to:

configuring an interference measurement period for the terminal through RRC signaling; or

And configuring the measurement times for the terminal through the MAC CE.

Optionally, the interference measurement resource is a part or all of a resource carrying Ratematch resources; the processor 1400 is further configured to:

after the interference measurement resource is configured for the terminal, the information of triggering the Ratematch resource is indicated through the DCI, so that the terminal determines the Ratematch resource which can be reused as the interference measurement resource in the corresponding Ratematch group according to the information of triggering the Ratematch resource, and carries out interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource.

Optionally, the processor 1400 is further configured to:

after the interference measurement resources are configured for the terminal, sending an activation measurement instruction through a MAC CE (media access control entity) so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the configured interference measurement resources;

As shown in fig. 15, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal for interference measurement, where the terminal includes:

at least one processing unit 1500 and at least one storage unit 1501, wherein the storage unit stores program code that, when executed by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to perform the following:

determining interference measurement resources configured by network side equipment, wherein the interference measurement resources are resources for bearing zero power reference signals; interference measurements are made on the interference measurement resources.

Optionally, the processing unit 1500 is specifically configured to:

Optionally, the interference measurement period is the same as the resource period of the Z zero power reference signal; or

Optionally, the interference measurement resource is a part or all of a resource carrying Ratematch resources; the processing unit 1500 is specifically configured to:

Optionally, the processing unit 1500 is further configured to:

Optionally, the processing unit 1500 is specifically configured to:

receiving the network side at slot nAfter the activation measurement indication sent by the device through the MAC CE

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the number of subframes in a slot.

As shown in fig. 16, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network side device for interference measurement, where the network side device includes:

at least one processing unit 1600 and at least one memory unit 1601, wherein the memory unit stores program code that, when executed by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to perform the following:

determining a zero-power reference signal resource which can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource; and configuring the interference measurement resources for the terminal so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resources.

Optionally, the processing unit 1600 is specifically configured to:

Optionally, the processing unit 1600 is further configured to:

And configuring the measurement times for the terminal through the MAC CE.

Optionally, the interference measurement resource is a part or all of a resource carrying Ratematch resources; the processing unit 1600 is further configured to:

Optionally, the processing unit 1600 is further configured to:

and sending a deactivation measurement instruction through the MAC CE so as to enable the terminal to stop carrying out interference measurement on the configured interference measurement resource.

As shown in fig. 17, an embodiment of the present invention provides an interference measurement method, where the method includes:

step 1700, a terminal determines interference measurement resources configured by a network side device, wherein the interference measurement resources are resources carrying zero power reference signals;

step 1701, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource.

Optionally, the terminal determines the interference measurement resource configured by the network side device by the following method:

Optionally, the determining, by the terminal, whether the corresponding resource is an interference measurement resource according to a parameter value, configured by the network side device through a high-level signaling, for indicating whether multiplexing as interference measurement is possible includes:

if the zero-power reference signal is a Ratematch signal, the terminal determines whether a corresponding Ratematch resource can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource according to a parameter value used for indicating whether the multiplexing can be performed as the interference measurement in a Ratematch pattern configured by the network side device; and/or

And if the zero-power reference signal is ZP CSI-RS, the terminal determines whether the corresponding ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource according to a parameter value which is used for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as interference measurement in the ZP CSI-RS resource configured by the network side equipment.

Optionally, the performing, by the terminal, interference measurement on the interference measurement resource includes:

and if the terminal receives the zero-power reference signal resource sent by the PDSCH scheduled by the network side equipment through the DCI indication and each time slot contains the zero-power reference signal resource which can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource, the terminal carries out interference measurement on the interference measurement resource of the last time slot.

the terminal carries out interference measurement on interference measurement resources configured by the network side equipment according to an interference measurement period configured by the network side equipment through RRC signaling; or

And the terminal carries out interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment according to the measurement times configured by the network side equipment through the MAC CE.

Optionally, the interference measurement resource is a part or all of a resource carrying Ratematch resources;

the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource, including:

after receiving the information that the network side equipment triggers the Ratematch resource through DCI indication, the terminal determines the Ratematch resource which can be multiplexed as the interference measurement resource in the corresponding Ratematch group according to the information of triggering the Ratematch resource;

and the terminal carries out interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource.

Optionally, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource, further including:

Optionally, the performing, by the terminal, interference measurement on the interference measurement resource after receiving the measurement activation instruction sent by the network side device through the MAC CE includes:

after the terminal receives the activation measurement indication sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE in slot n, the terminal receives the activation measurement indication sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

is the number of subframes in a slot.

As shown in fig. 18, an embodiment of the present invention provides an interference measurement method, where the method includes:

step 1800, the network side equipment determines zero power reference signal resources which can be multiplexed as interference measurement resources;

step 1801, the network side device configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal, so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource.

Optionally, the configuring, by the network side device, the interference measurement resource for the terminal includes:

Optionally, the configuring, by the network side device, the interference measurement resource for the terminal according to the parameter value configured in the high-level signaling and used for indicating whether multiplexing as interference measurement is available includes:

if the zero-power reference signal is a Ratematch signal, the network side device configures a Ratematch resource which can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource in the Ratematch resources for the terminal by configuring a parameter value which is used for indicating whether the parameter value can be multiplexed as the interference measurement in a Ratematch pattern; and/or

And if the zero-power reference signal is a ZP CSI-RS, the network side equipment configures the ZP CSI-RS resource which can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource in the ZP CSI-RS resource for the terminal by configuring a parameter value which is used for indicating whether the ZP CSI-RS resource can be multiplexed as the interference measurement or not.

Optionally, after the network side device configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal, the method further includes:

Optionally, the method further includes:

the network side equipment configures an interference measurement period for the terminal through RRC signaling; or

And the network side equipment configures the measurement times for the terminal through the MAC CE.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a storage medium readable by the computing equipment aiming at the interference measurement method, namely, the content is not lost after power failure. The storage medium has stored therein a software program comprising program code which, when executed on a computing device, when read and executed by one or more processors, implements any of the above interference measurement schemes of embodiments of the present invention.

The present application is described above with reference to block diagrams and/or flowchart illustrations of methods, apparatus (systems) and/or computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that one block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustrations, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustrations, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, and/or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer and/or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the block diagrams and/or flowchart block or blocks.

Accordingly, the subject application may also be embodied in hardware and/or in software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.). Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product on a computer-usable or computer-readable storage medium having computer-usable or computer-readable program code embodied in the medium for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system. In the context of this application, a computer-usable or computer-readable medium may be any medium that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method of interference measurement, the method comprising:

a terminal determines interference measurement resources configured by network side equipment, wherein the interference measurement resources are zero power reference signal bearing resources;

and the terminal carries out interference measurement on the interference measurement resource.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the zero power reference signal comprises a zero power channel state information reference signal, ZP CSI-RS, and/or a rate matched Ratematch signal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the terminal determines the interference measurement resource configured by the network side device by:

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining, by the terminal, whether the corresponding resource is an interference measurement resource according to the parameter value, which is configured by the network side device through higher layer signaling and used for indicating whether the resource can be reused as interference measurement, includes:

if the zero-power reference signal is a Ratematch signal, the terminal determines whether the corresponding Ratematch resource can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource according to a parameter value used for indicating whether the multiplexing can be performed as the interference measurement in a Ratematch resource Ratematch pattern configured by the network side equipment; and/or

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the terminal performs interference measurements on the interference measurement resources, comprising:

and if the terminal receives a zero-power reference signal resource sent by the network side equipment through a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) scheduled by multiple time slots by Downlink Control Information (DCI) indication and each time slot contains the zero-power reference signal resource which can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource, the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource of the last time slot.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the terminal performs interference measurements on interference measurement resources, comprising:

the terminal carries out interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment according to the interference measurement period configured by the network side equipment through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling; or

And the terminal carries out interference measurement on the interference measurement resource configured by the network side equipment according to the measurement times configured by the network side equipment through a link control layer control unit (MAC CE).

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the interference measurement period is the same as the resource period carrying a zero power reference signal; or

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the interference measurement resource is part or all of a bearer Ratematch resource;

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the terminal performs interference measurements on interference measurement resources, further comprising:

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the performing, by the terminal, interference measurement on an interference measurement resource after receiving an active measurement indication sent by the network-side device through a mac ce comprises:

after the terminal receives the activation measurement indication sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE in the slot n of the time slot, the terminal receives the activation measurement indication sent by the network side equipment through the MAC CE

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

is the number of subframes in a slot.

11. A method of interference measurement, the method comprising:

the network side equipment determines a zero-power reference signal resource which can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource;

and the network side equipment configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resource.

12. The method of claim 11, in which the zero-power reference signal comprises a ZP CSI-RS and/or a Ratematch signal.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the configuring, by the network side device, the interference measurement resource for the terminal includes:

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the network side device configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal according to the parameter value configured in the higher layer signaling to indicate whether the parameter value can be reused as interference measurement, and the method includes:

15. The method of claim 13, wherein after the network-side device configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal, the method further comprises:

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

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the interference measurement period is the same as the resource period carrying a zero power reference signal; or

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the interference measurement resource is a resource carrying part or all of a Ratematch resource;

19. The method of claim 13, wherein after the network-side device configures the interference measurement resource for the terminal, the method further comprises:

20. A terminal for interference measurement, comprising: a processor and a transceiver:

the processor is used for transmitting data through the transceiver and determining interference measurement resources configured by the network side equipment, wherein the interference measurement resources are resources for bearing zero power reference signals; interference measurements are made on the interference measurement resources.

21. The terminal of claim 20, wherein the zero-power reference signal comprises a ZP CSI-RS and/or a Ratematch signal.

22. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to:

23. The terminal of claim 22, wherein the processor is further configured to:

24. The terminal of claim 22, wherein the processor is further configured to:

25. The terminal of claim 22, wherein the processor is further configured to:

26. The terminal of claim 25, wherein the interference measurement period is the same as the resource period carrying a zero power reference signal; or

27. The terminal of claim 22, wherein the interference measurement resource is a part or all of a bearer Ratematch resource; the processor is specifically configured to:

28. The terminal of claim 22, wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

29. The terminal of claim 28, wherein the processor is further configured to:

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

is the number of subframes in a slot.

30. A network side device for interference measurement, comprising: a processor and a transceiver:

a processor configured to perform data transmission via the transceiver and determine a zero-power reference signal resource that can be multiplexed as an interference measurement resource; and configuring the interference measurement resources for the terminal so that the terminal performs interference measurement on the interference measurement resources.

31. The network-side device of claim 30, wherein the zero-power reference signal comprises a ZP CSI-RS and/or a Ratematch signal.

32. The network-side device of claim 31, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

33. The network-side device of claim 32, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

34. The network-side device of claim 32, wherein the processor is further configured to:

35. The network-side device of claim 32, wherein the processor is further configured to:

And configuring the measurement times for the terminal through the MAC CE.

36. The network-side device of claim 35, wherein the interference measurement period is the same as the resource period carrying a zero-power reference signal; or

37. The network-side device of claim 32, wherein the interference measurement resource is a part or all of a bearer Ratematch resource; the processor is further configured to:

and indicating the information triggering the Ratematch resource through the DCI so that the terminal determines the Ratematch resource which can be reused as the interference measurement resource in the corresponding Ratematch group according to the information triggering the Ratematch resource and carries out interference measurement on the determined interference measurement resource.

38. The network-side device of claim 37, wherein the processor is further configured to:

sending an activation measurement instruction through the MAC CE so that the terminal carries out interference measurement on the configured interference measurement resource;

39. A terminal for interference measurement, the terminal comprising:

at least one processing unit and at least one memory unit, wherein the memory unit stores program code that, when executed by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to perform the following:

40. A network side device for interference measurement, the network side device comprising:

41. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 or the steps of the method according to any one of claims 10 to 17.