CN113383595A

CN113383595A - Wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113383595A
Application number: CN201980091199.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 石聪; 陈文洪; 尤心
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2019-07-26
Filing date: 2019-07-26
Publication date: 2021-09-10
Anticipated expiration: 2039-07-26
Also published as: CN113383595B; WO2021016777A1

Abstract

A method, a terminal device and a network device of wireless communication, the method comprising: the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment receives a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) sent by network equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises a first bit bitmap and Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state indication information, each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to one TCI value in Downlink Control Information (DCI), each bit is used for indicating the number of TCI state IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI value, and the TCI state indication information is used for determining at least one TCI state ID corresponding to the TCI value corresponding to each bit.

Description

Wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the field of communication, in particular to a wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment.

Background

In a New Radio (NR) system, a network device may configure a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state for a downlink signal or a downlink channel, where the TCI state is used to indicate a Quasi-co-located (QCL) reference signal of the downlink signal or the downlink channel, so that a terminal device may receive the downlink signal or the downlink channel based on the QCL reference signal.

The network device may determine the TCI state configured by the network through a 3-bit indication field in Downlink Control Information (DCI) in combination with an activated TCI state indicated by a Media Access Control Element (MAC CE), and specifically, may determine the TCI state of the sequence corresponding to a value in the activated TCI state as a target TCI state configured by the network according to a correspondence between the value of the 3-bit indication field in the DCI and an order of the activated TCI state. For example, if the activated TCI states include T0, T2, T5, T10, T11, T15, and T17, if the value is 000, the target TCI state may be determined to be T0, if the value is 001, the target TCI state is determined to be T2, and so on.

However, based on the above indication manner, one DCI can only indicate one TCI state, and how to configure more TCI states through one DCI is an urgent problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment, which can realize that a plurality of TCI states are indicated through one DCI.

In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication is provided, including: the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment receives a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) sent by network equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises a first bit bitmap and Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state indication information, each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to one TCI value in Downlink Control Information (DCI), each bit is used for indicating the number of TCI state IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI value, and the TCI state indication information is used for determining at least one TCI state ID corresponding to the TCI value corresponding to each bit.

In a second aspect, a method of wireless communication is provided, including: the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment receives a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) sent by network equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises K groups of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state Identification (ID) and K groups of indication information corresponding to the K groups of TCI state IDs respectively; each group of TCI status IDs in the K groups of TCI status IDs includes two adjacent TCI status IDs, each group of TCI status IDs corresponds to one TCI value in the DCI, one group of indication information in the K groups of indication information is used to indicate whether the corresponding group of TCI status IDs is activated, and K is the total number of the TCI values.

In a third aspect, a method of wireless communication is provided, including: the method comprises the steps that network equipment sends a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to terminal equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises a first bit bitmap and Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state indication information, each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to one TCI value in Downlink Control Information (DCI), each bit is used for indicating the number of TCI state Identification (IDs) indicated by the corresponding TCI value, and the TCI state indication information is used for determining at least one TCI state ID indicated by the TCI value corresponding to each bit.

In a fourth aspect, a method of wireless communication is provided, comprising: the method comprises the steps that network equipment sends a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to terminal equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises K groups of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state Identification (ID) and K groups of indication information corresponding to the K groups of TCI state IDs respectively; each group of TCI status IDs in the K groups of TCI status IDs includes two adjacent TCI status IDs, each group of TCI status IDs corresponds to one TCI value in the DCI, one group of indication information in the K groups of indication information is used to indicate whether the corresponding group of TCI status IDs is activated, and K is the total number of the TCI values.

In a fifth aspect, a terminal device is provided, configured to perform the method of the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect. In particular, the terminal device comprises means for performing the method of the first aspect or any of the possible implementations of the first aspect, or the method of the second aspect or any of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

A sixth aspect provides a network device for performing the method of the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect. In particular, the network device comprises means for performing the method in the third to fourth aspects and any possible implementation thereof described above.

In a seventh aspect, a terminal device is provided, where the terminal device includes: including a processor and memory. The memory is used for storing a computer program, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory, and executing the method in the first aspect to the second aspect or each implementation manner thereof.

In an eighth aspect, a network device is provided, which includes: including a processor and memory. The memory is used for storing a computer program, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory, and executing the method in the third aspect to the fourth aspect or each implementation manner thereof.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a chip for implementing the method in any one of the first to fourth aspects or implementations thereof.

Specifically, the chip includes: a processor, configured to call and run a computer program from the memory, so that the device on which the chip is installed performs the method in any one of the first to fourth aspects or the implementation manners thereof.

A tenth aspect provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects or implementations thereof.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising computer program instructions to cause a computer to perform the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects or implementations thereof.

In a twelfth aspect, there is provided a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects or implementations thereof.

Based on the above technical solution, the network device may carry the first bit bitmap and the transmission configuration indication TCI status indication information in the MAC CE, so that the terminal device may determine the number of TCI status IDs indicated by the TCI value in the DCI according to the first bit bitmap, and further may determine at least one TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value by combining the TCI status indication information.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a method of wireless communication provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 to 7 are schematic format diagrams of a MAC CE according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of another method of wireless communication provided by an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 9 to 10 are schematic format diagrams of a MAC CE according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of another method of wireless communication provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of another method of wireless communication provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 13 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 14 is a schematic block diagram of another terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 15 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 16 is a schematic block diagram of another network device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 17 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 18 is a schematic block diagram of a chip provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all 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 application.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) System, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) System, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) System, an LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) System, an LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) communication System, or a 5G System.

Illustratively, a communication system 100 applied in the embodiment of the present application is shown in fig. 1. The communication system 100 may include a network device 110, and the network device 110 may be a device that communicates with a terminal device 120 (or referred to as a communication terminal, a terminal). Network device 110 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area and may communicate with terminal devices located within that coverage area. Optionally, the Network device 110 may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a GSM system or a CDMA system, a Base Station (NodeB, NB) in a WCDMA system, an evolved Node B (eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE system, or a wireless controller in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN), or may be a Network device in a Mobile switching center, a relay Station, an Access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a hub, a switch, a bridge, a router, a Network-side device in a 5G Network, or a Network device in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for future evolution, or the like.

The communication system 100 further comprises at least one terminal device 120 located within the coverage area of the network device 110. As used herein, "terminal equipment" includes, but is not limited to, connections via wireline, such as Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Digital cable, direct cable connection; and/or another data connection/network; and/or via a Wireless interface, e.g., to a cellular Network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television Network such as a DVB-H Network, a satellite Network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter; and/or means of another terminal device arranged to receive/transmit communication signals; and/or Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A terminal device arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal", or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; personal Communications Systems (PCS) terminals that may combine cellular radiotelephones with data processing, facsimile, and data Communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. Terminal Equipment may refer to an access terminal, User Equipment (UE), subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, User terminal, wireless communication device, User agent, or User Equipment. An access terminal may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device having Wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a Wireless modem, a vehicle mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network, or a terminal device in a future evolved PLMN, etc.

Optionally, a Device to Device (D2D) communication may be performed between the terminal devices 120.

Alternatively, the 5G system or the 5G network may also be referred to as a New Radio (NR) system or an NR network.

Fig. 1 exemplarily shows one network device and two terminal devices, and optionally, the communication system 100 may include a plurality of network devices and may include other numbers of terminal devices within the coverage of each network device, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, the communication system 100 may further include other network entities such as a network controller, a mobility management entity, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

It should be understood that a device having a communication function in a network/system in the embodiments of the present application may be referred to as a communication device. Taking the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1 as an example, the communication device may include a network device 110 and a terminal device 120 having a communication function, and the network device 110 and the terminal device 120 may be the specific devices described above and are not described herein again; the communication device may also include other devices in the communication system 100, such as other network entities, for example, a network controller, a mobility management entity, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and/or" herein is merely an association describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method for wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

S210, a terminal device receives a media access control MAC control element CE sent by a network device, where the MAC CE includes a first bit map and transmission configuration indication TCI status indication information, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to a TCI value in downlink control information DCI, each bit is used to indicate the number of TCI status IDs indicated by a corresponding TCI value, and the TCI status indication information is used to determine at least one TCI status ID corresponding to the TCI value corresponding to each bit.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, one TCI state may include the following configuration:

1. a TCI status identifier (identity, ID) for identifying a TCI status;

2. quasi-co-located (QCL) information 1;

3. QCL information 2.

Wherein, one QCL information may include the following information:

the QCL type configuration may be, for example, one of QCL type a (QCL typea), QCL type b (QCL typeb), QCL type c (QCL typec) or QCL type d (QCL typed);

the QCL reference signal configuration may include, for example, a cell ID where the reference signal is located, a Bandwidth part (BWP) ID, and an identification of the reference signal (e.g., may be a CSI-RS resource ID or an SSB index).

Wherein, in the QCL information 1 and the QCL information 2, the QCL type of at least one piece of QCL information is one of QCL type a, QCL type b, and QCL type c, and if another piece of QCL information is configured, the QCL type of the QCL information is QCL type d.

Wherein, the different QCL type configurations are defined as follows:

1. QCL-type A: { Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread };

2、QCL-TypeB：{Doppler shift,Doppler spread}；

3、QCL-TypeC：{Doppler shift,average delay}；

4. QCL-type D: { Spatial Rx parameter (Spatial Rx parameter) }.

If the QCL Reference Signal of the target downlink Channel is configured as a Reference synchronization Signal block (synchronization/PBCH block, SS/PBCH block) or Reference Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource by the network device through the TCI State, and the QCL type is configured as QCL-type a, QCL-type b, or QCL-type c, the terminal device may assume that the target large-scale parameters of the target downlink Channel and the Reference SSB or Reference CSI-RS resource are the same, and thus receive using the same corresponding receiving parameters, and the target large-scale parameters may be determined through QCL type configuration. Similarly, if the network device configures the QCL reference signal of the target downlink channel as the reference SSB or the reference CSI-RS resource through the TCI state, and the QCL type is configured as QCL-type, the terminal device may receive the target downlink channel using the same reception beam (i.e., Spatial Rx parameter) as that for receiving the reference SSB or the reference CSI-RS resource. Generally, the target downlink channel and its reference SSB or reference CSI-RS resource are transmitted by the same TRP, the same panel or the same beam on the network device side. Different TCI states can be configured if the TRP or panel or transmit beam transmission of the two downlink signals or downlink channels is different.

In this embodiment, the DCI may include a first indication field (or referred to as a TCI status indication field), where the first indication field may be used to indicate K TCI values, where K is a positive integer, for example, the first indication field may be 3 bits, and then the first indication field may be used to indicate 000 to 111, that is, 8 TCI values.

In this embodiment of the application, one TCI value in the DCI may indicate one TCI status identifier (identity, ID), or may also indicate multiple TCI status IDs, for example, 2 TCI status IDs, and different TCI values may indicate the same number of TCI status IDs, or may also indicate different numbers of TCI status IDs, and specifically, the number of the TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value and the indicated TCI status IDs may be determined by the network device.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the TCI value may also be referred to as a codepoint (codepoint) value, and then the value of the first indication field in the DCI may be referred to as a TCI value or a codepoint value, which may indicate one or more TCI state IDs.

In this embodiment of the present application, a terminal device may receive a MAC CE sent by a network device, where the MAC CE includes a first bitmap (bitmap) and TCI status indication Information, where the first bitmap (bitmap) may be used to determine the number of TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value of the K TCI values, and the TCI status indication Information may be used to determine at least one TCI status ID indicated by each TCI value of the K TCI values, so that when the terminal device receives Downlink Control Information (DCI), the terminal device may know the TCI value in the DCI, and further may determine the at least one TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value according to the MAC CE.

As an example, the first bit bitmap may include K groups of bits, each group of bits may correspond to one TCI value, each group of bits in the first bit bitmap is used to determine the number of TCI status IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI values, and the number of bits included in each group of bits may be determined according to the maximum number of TCI status IDs indicated by the TCI values.

For example, if a TCI value corresponds to 2 TCI status IDs at most, each group of bits may be 1 bit, which is used to indicate that the number of TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value is one or two.

For another example, if one TCI value corresponds to 3 TCI status IDs at most, each group of bits may be 2 bits, and the number of the TCI statuses indicated by each TCI value is one, two, or three, by way of example and not limitation, 00 may be set to indicate one TCI status, 01 indicates two TCI statuses, and 10 and 11 indicate three TCI statuses, or other indication manners may also be adopted. Hereinafter, it is described by taking an example that one TCI value indicates 2 TCI states at most, and when one TCI value indicates more TCI states, the TCI values may be indicated in a similar manner, and for brevity, detailed description is omitted here.

The following describes an implementation manner of the first bit map and the TCI status indication information in conjunction with a specific embodiment.

Example 1:

each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to one TCI value, and each bit may be used to indicate that the corresponding TCI value indicates one TCI status ID or two TCI status IDs, or each bit may be used to indicate whether the corresponding TCI value indicates a second TCI status ID, and if the second TCI status ID is indicated, it indicates that the TCI value indicates two TCI status IDs in total, or does not indicate the second TCI status ID, it indicates that the TCI value indicates one TCI status ID in total.

E.g. bit B in the first bit map_iTaking a first value (e.g., 0) to indicate that the corresponding TCI value does not indicate a second TCI State ID, bit B_iA second value (e.g., 1) is used to indicate that the corresponding TCI value indicates a second TCI status ID, where i is 0,1, … …, K-1, where K is the number of bits occupied by the first bitmap, or the total number of TCI values.

In this embodiment 1, the TCI status indication information includes a second bitmap, each bit in the second bitmap corresponds to one TCI status ID, and each bit in the second bitmap is used to indicate that the corresponding TCI status ID is in an activated status or a deactivated status. The second bitmap may be used to determine a first TCI status ID corresponding to each TCI value, and the manner of determining the first TCI status ID may be the same as that in the existing manner.

As an example, bit T in the second bitmap_iTaking a third value (e.g., 1) for indicating that the corresponding TCI State ID is active, bit T in the second bitmap_iTaking a fourth value (e.g., 0) is used to indicate that the corresponding TCI status ID is in a deactivated state, where i is 0,1, … …, M-1, where M is the number of bits occupied by the second bitmap, or the total number of TCI status IDs. For example, if M is 128, the second bitmap may take 128 bits, each for indicating whether a corresponding TCI status ID is active.

As an example, the number of activated TCI status IDs indicated by the second bitmap is less than a certain threshold, for example, 8, that is, there are at most 8 activated TCI status IDs in the M TCI status IDs.

Optionally, the second bit map is located before the first bit map.

If it is determined that at least one TCI value of the K TCI values indicates a second TCI status ID according to the first bit bitmap, the TCI status indication information further includes the second TCI status ID indicated by each TCI value of the at least one TCI value.

Optionally, the second TCI status IDs indicated by the at least one TCI value are arranged according to the size order of the at least one TCI value, so that the terminal device may determine the second TCI status ID indicated by each of the at least one TCI value according to the size of the TCI value.

Optionally, the second TCI status ID indicated by the at least one TCI value is located after the first bitmap.

Taking 8 TCI values as an example, if the TCI value 000, the TCI value 010 and the TCI value 100 indicate the second TCI status ID, and other TCI values do not indicate the second TCI status ID, the second TCI status IDs indicated by the TCI value 000, the TCI value 010 and the TCI value 100, respectively, may be arranged in the order of 000, 010 and 100. That is, the first TCI status ID after the first bitmap is the second TCI status ID corresponding to the TCI value 000, the second TCI status ID after the first bitmap is the second TCI status ID corresponding to the TCI value 010, and the third TCI status ID after the first bitmap is the second TCI status ID corresponding to the TCI value 100.

Therefore, in this embodiment 1, after receiving the DCI, the terminal device may determine a TCI value according to the DCI, then determine an activated TCI status ID according to a second bitmap in the MAC CE, and then determine a first TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value according to a corresponding relationship between the TCI value and an order of the activated TCI status IDs, for example, if the TCI value is 000, it may determine that the first activated TCI status ID is the first TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value, or if the TCI value is 001, it may determine that the second activated TCI status ID is the first TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value, and so on.

Further, the terminal device may determine, according to the first bit bitmap, whether the TCI value indicates a second TCI status ID, and if the second TCI status ID is indicated, the terminal device may determine, according to the size of the TCI value, the second TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value in the TCI status IDs indicated by the TCI status indication information, in combination with a size order of the TCI value in the TCI value indicating the second TCI status ID.

Following the above example, if the TCI value in the DCI is 010, the terminal device may determine that a second TCI status ID after the first bitmap is the second TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value 010.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the MAC CE may further include a serving cell identification (serving cell ID) and a bandwidth Part (Band Width Part, BWP) ID.

As an example, the second bitmap may be located after the serving cell ID and BWP ID.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic format diagram of a MAC CE according to embodiment 1 of the present application.

The MAC CE may include the following information:

1. serving cell ID and BWP ID, byte 1 in MAC CE (Oct 1);

2. the second bitmap, T₀～T _(N-2)*8+7If the total number of the TCI state IDs is 128, that is, N is 17, the 128-bit bitmap occupies 16 bytes of the MAC CE, that is, byte 2(Oct 2) -byte 17(Oct 17);

3. the length of the first bitmap can be determined according to the number of TCI values after the first bitmap is positioned behind the second bitmap, and if 8 TCI values exist, the first bitmap can be 8 bits (B)₀～B ₇) Respectively, for indicating whether each TCI value indicates a second TCI status ID. Or if the number of TCI values is less than 8, for byte alignment, a reserved bit may be added before the first bitmap;

4. and the MAC CE further includes second TCI state IDs respectively indicated by the at least one TCI value if it is determined that the at least one TCI value indicates the second TCI state ID according to the first bitmap, wherein the second TCI state IDs indicated by the at least one TCI value are arranged according to a size order of the at least one TCI value. For example, the second TCI state IDs indicated by the at least one TCI value may be arranged in order of the at least one TCI value from small to large.

As an example, the TCI status IDs indicated by the at least one TCI value may be set immediately adjacent as shown in fig. 3.

As another example, for byte alignment, a reserved bit may be set before the TCI status ID, for example, if the TCI status ID is 7 bytes, a reserved bit of 1 bit may be set before the TCI status ID, for example, as shown in fig. 4, or a reserved bit may be set after the TCI status ID, which is not limited in this application.

The terminal device may receive a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), determine a TCI value indicated by a first indication field in DCI of the PDCCH, and then determine a first TCI state ID indicated by the TCI value according to the TCI value and a second bitmap in the MAC CE, which is specifically described in the foregoing.

Further, the terminal device may determine whether the TCI value indicates a second TCI status ID according to the first bitmap, and if the second TCI status ID is indicated, the terminal device may determine, according to the size of the TCI value, the second TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value in the TCI status IDs indicated after the first bitmap, specifically implement the related description above.

Taking the first bitmap as 8 bits, the TCI state ID as 7 bytes, and the second bitmap as 16 bytes as an example, the size of the number of bits occupied by the MAC CE (without considering the bytes occupied by the serving cell ID and the BWP ID) when the TCI value indicates different numbers of TCI state IDs will be described.

Case 1: if all TCI values indicate only one TCI State ID, the MAC CE may occupy 16 bytes (first bitmap) +1 byte (second bitmap), i.e., 17 bytes.

Case 2: if all TCI values indicate two TCI status IDs, based on the MAC CE format shown in fig. 3, the MAC CE may occupy 16 bytes (first bitmap) +1 byte (second bitmap) +8 × 7 bits, that is, 24 bytes;

case 3: if all TCI values indicate two TCI status IDs, based on the MAC CE format shown in fig. 4, the MAC CE may occupy 16 bytes (first bitmap) +1 byte (second bitmap) +8 × 8 bits (7-bit TCI status ID +1 reserved bits), i.e., 25 bytes.

Therefore, the number of bytes occupied by the MAC CE ranges from 17 to 25 bytes based on the format of the MAC CE of embodiment 1.

Example 2:

each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to one TCI value, and each bit may be used to indicate the number of TCI status IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI value, or each bit may be used to indicate whether the corresponding TCI value indicates a second TCI status ID.

E.g. bit B in the first bit map_iTaking a first value (e.g., 0) for indicating that the corresponding TCI value indicates two TCI State IDs, bit B_iAnd taking a second value (for example, 1) to indicate that the corresponding TCI value indicates a TCI status ID, where i is 0,1, … …, K-1, where K is the number of bits occupied by the first bit map, or the total number of TCI values.

The TCI status indication information may be used to indicate the TCI status ID indicated by each TCI value.

As one example, the TCI status indication information may be located after the first bit map.

As an example, the TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value are arranged according to the size order of each TCI value, for example, the TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value may be arranged according to the order of the TCI values from small to large, so that the terminal device may determine the TCI status IDs indicated by the TCI values according to the size of the TCI values in the DCI.

In some embodiments, if the size of the TCI state ID is less than a whole byte, the reserved bits may be filled, for example, the reserved bits are filled before the TCI state ID so that the size of the TCI state ID plus the reserved bits is enough to a whole byte, for example, if the TCI state ID occupies 7 bits, a reserved bit may be set before the 7 bits, as shown in fig. 5.

In other embodiments, the TCI status IDs are immediately adjacent to each other, i.e., no reserved bits are set between the TCI status IDs, so that the TCI status indication information may be the size of the byte actually occupied by the TCI status IDs, as shown in fig. 6.

Therefore, in embodiment 2, after receiving the DCI, the terminal device may determine a TCI value according to the DCI, further determine the number of TCI status IDs indicated by the TCI value according to the first bitmap in the MAC CE, and then determine the TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value in the TCI status IDs indicated by the TCI status indication information according to the size of the TCI value.

Fig. 5 and 6 are two schematic format diagrams of a MAC CE according to embodiment 2, respectively. The difference between fig. 5 and fig. 6 is that reserved bits are provided between the TCI status IDs in the format shown in fig. 5, and the TCI status IDs are immediately adjacent in the format shown in fig. 6.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the MAC CE may include the following information:

1. serving cell ID and BWP ID, byte 1 in MAC CE (Oct 1);

2. the length of the first bitmap can be determined according to the number of the TCI values, and if the TCI values in the DCI can be 8, the first bitmap can be 8 bits (B)₀～B ₇) And respectively for indicating the number of TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value. Or if the number of TCI values is less than 8, for byte alignment, a reserved bit may be added before the first bitmap;

3. TCI status indication information including a TCI status ID indicated by each TCI value. The TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value are arranged according to the size sequence of each TCI value. For example, the TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value may be arranged in the order of TCI values from small to large.

Further, the terminal device may receive the PDCCH, and according to the DCI of the PDCCH including the TCI value indicated by the first indication field and the first bitmap, may determine the number of the TCI state IDs indicated by the TCI value, and then may determine the TCI state IDs indicated by the TCI value in the TCI state IDs indicated by the TCI state indication information according to the first bitmap and the size of the TCI value.

Taking 8 TCI values 000-111 as an example, if a TCI value configured by a network device and a TCI status ID have a corresponding relationship as shown in table 1, the network device may indicate the corresponding relationship through a first bitmap in an MAC CE and TCI status indication information, and in this case, the MAC CE may be specifically shown in fig. 7.

TABLE 1

TCI value	TCI State ID
000	2
001	4，5
010	7，9
011	10，11
100	15
101	25，29
110	40
111	50，60

If the TCI value in the DCI is 101, the terminal device may determine B₅The number of the TCI state IDs indicated by the other TCI values may also be determined according to the first bitmap, and further, the terminal device may search for the TCI state ID indicated by the TCI value 101 in the TCI state indication information after the first bitmap, and may determine that the 9 th and 10 th TCI state IDs in the TCI state indication information correspond to the TCI value 101 according to the first bitmap, that is, the

bytes

11 and 12 include the TCI state IDs indicated by the TCI value 101, that is, 25 and 29.

Taking the first bitmap as 8 bits and the TCI status ID as 7 bytes as an example, the number of bits occupied by the MAC CE when the TCI value indicates different numbers of TCI status IDs will be described (without considering the bytes occupied by the serving cell ID and the BWP ID).

Case 1: if each TCI value indicates only one TCI status ID, based on the MAC CE format shown in fig. 5, the MAC CE may occupy 1 byte (first bitmap) +8 × 1 byte (TCI ID of 7 bits +1 reserved bits), that is, 9 bytes.

Case 2: if each TCI value indicates two TCI status IDs, based on the MAC CE format shown in fig. 5, the MAC CE may occupy 1 byte (first bitmap) +8 × 2 bytes, i.e., 17 bytes.

Then, based on the MAC CE format shown in fig. 5, the number of bytes occupied by the MAC CE ranges from 9 to 17 bytes.

Case 3: if each TCI value indicates only one TCI status ID, based on the MAC CE format shown in fig. 6, the MAC CE may occupy 1 byte (first bitmap) +8 × 7 bits, i.e. 8 bytes.

Case 4: if each TCI value indicates two TCI state IDs, based on the MAC CE format shown in fig. 6, the MAC CE may occupy 1 byte (first bitmap) +8 × 14 bits, i.e., 15 bytes.

Then, based on the MAC CE format shown in fig. 6, the number of bytes occupied by the MAC CE ranges from 8 to 15 bytes.

Therefore, with the MAC CE format shown in fig. 6, one byte can be saved, as opposed to the MAC CE format shown in fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a method of wireless communication according to another embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 8, the method 300 including at least in part the following:

s310, a terminal device receives a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) sent by a network device, wherein the MAC CE comprises K groups of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state Identification (ID) and K groups of indication information corresponding to the K groups of TCI state IDs respectively;

each group of TCI status IDs in the K groups of TCI status IDs includes two adjacent TCI status IDs, each group of TCI status IDs corresponds to one TCI value in the DCI, one group of indication information in the K groups of indication information is used to indicate whether the corresponding group of TCI status IDs is activated, and K is the total number of the TCI values.

For convenience of differentiation and illustration, this embodiment is referred to as embodiment 3, in this embodiment 3, one TCI value corresponds to one group of TCI state identification IDs and one group of indication information, each group of TCI state identification IDs may be used to indicate a plurality of TCI state IDs corresponding to the corresponding TCI value, for example, 2 TCI state IDs, and each group of indication information is used to indicate at least one activated TCI state ID in the plurality of TCI state IDs corresponding to the corresponding TCI value.

It should be understood that in this embodiment 3, the multiple TCI status IDs corresponding to each TCI value are not necessarily the TCI status IDs actually indicated by the TCI value, and the activated TCI status ID in the multiple TCI status IDs corresponding to the TCI value needs to be further determined in combination with the indication information corresponding to the TCI value.

In this embodiment 3, the number of bits occupied by one group of TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value is the same, and therefore, the size of the number of bits occupied by each group of TCI status IDs is determined according to the maximum number of TCI status IDs indicated by the TCI value.

For example, if the first TCI value indicates one TCI status ID and the second TCI value indicates two TCI status IDs, the size of the number of bits occupied by each group of TCI status IDs can indicate at least two TCI status IDs;

for another example, if the first TCI value indicates one TCI status ID, the second TCI value indicates two TCI status IDs, and the third TCI indicates three TCI status IDs, the size of the number of bits occupied by each group of TCI status IDs can indicate at least three TCI status IDs.

In the following, taking an example that each set of TCI status IDs includes two TCI status IDs, the corresponding set of indication information may include two bits B₀And B₁Indicating whether each of the two TCI status IDs is active, respectively.

For example, the bit B₀Taking a first value (e.g. 1) for indicating that the corresponding TCI State ID is active, the bit B₀Take a second value (e.g., 0) for indicating that the corresponding TCI state ID is deactivated; the bit B₁Taking a first value (e.g. 1) for indicating that the corresponding TCI State ID is active, the bit B₁A second value (e.g., 0) is taken to indicate that the corresponding TCI state ID is deactivated.

As an example, the bit B₀And bit B₁At least one bit of the first value indicates that each TCI value indicates at least one TCI status ID.

As an example, each of the two bits in each set of indication information precedes the TCI status ID to which it corresponds. For example, if B₀For indicating TCI state identification T₀If it is activated, then B₀Can be located at T₀And (3) before.

As an example, each set of TCI state IDs is arranged according to the size order of the corresponding TCI values, for example, two TCI state IDs corresponding to each TCI value may be arranged according to the order of the TCI values from small to large.

For example, if the first TCI value is less than the second TCI value, two TCI state IDs of a set of TCI state IDs corresponding to the first TCI value precede two TCI state IDs of a set of TCI states corresponding to the second TCI value.

Fig. 9 is a schematic format diagram of a MAC CE according to embodiment 3.

Taking 8 TCI values, each TCI status ID occupies 7 bits, and the indication information corresponding to each TCI status ID occupies 1 bit as an example, the MAC CE may include the following information:

1. serving cell ID and BWP ID, byte 1 in MAC CE (Oct 1);

2. 8 sets of TCI status IDs and 8 sets of indication information;

each set of TCI State IDs includes two TCI State IDs, and each set of indication information includes bit B₀And B₁For indicating the corresponding TCI status ID activation or deactivation, respectively.

The two TCI status IDs corresponding to the 8 TCI values and the two indication information corresponding to the two TCI status IDs are arranged according to the size sequence of each TCI value. For example, the TCI values are arranged in descending order. The first byte and the second byte after the serving cell ID and the BWP ID include two TCI state IDs corresponding to the TCI value 000 and two indication information corresponding to the two TCI state IDs, the third byte and the fourth byte include two TCI state IDs corresponding to the TCI value 001 and two indication information corresponding to the two TCI state IDs, and so on.

Therefore, in this embodiment 3, after receiving the DCI, the terminal device may determine a TCI value according to the DCI, further determine a group of TCI state IDs corresponding to the TCI value in the K groups of TCI state IDs according to the size of the TCI value, and further determine the activated TCI state ID in the group of TCI state IDs by combining with a group of indication information corresponding to the group of TCI state IDs.

For example, if the TCI value is 001, the terminal device may determine that a group of TCI status IDs and a group of indication information corresponding to the TCI value 001 are included in the fourth and fifth bytes in the MAC CE, and then may determine the activated TCI status ID according to the group of TCI status IDs and the group of indication information.

For the correspondence between the TCI value and the TCI status ID shown in table 1, if the MAC CE format shown in fig. 8 is adopted, the content of the MAC CE may be as shown in fig. 10.

If the TCI value in the DCI received by the terminal device is 100, the terminal device may search the tenth byte and the eleventh byte in the MAC CE, determine that the two TCI state IDs corresponding to the TCI value 100 are 15 and 20, further combine the indication information corresponding to the two TCI state IDs 15 and 20, may determine that the TCI state ID15 is activated, and the TCI state ID20 is deactivated, and may determine that the target TCI state ID indicated by the TCI value 100 is the TCI state ID 15.

It should be understood that the above correspondence relationship between the TCI value and the TCI status ID is only an example, and other correspondence relationships may also be used, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Therefore, in embodiment 3, if the TCI status ID is 7 bytes and the corresponding indication information is 1 bit, the number of bits occupied by the MAC CE (without considering the bytes occupied by the serving cell ID and the BWP ID) is fixed to 16 bits.

In another implementation manner of this embodiment 3, the K groups of indication information are located before the K groups of TCI state IDs, in this case, the K groups of indication information may be 16-bit bitmaps, the K groups of TCI state IDs are 16 TCI state IDs, the K groups of TCI state IDs are arranged according to the size sequence of the corresponding TCI values, two TCI states corresponding to the same TCI value are arranged in close proximity, or a reserved bit may also be set, and the 16-bit bitmaps may be used to indicate activation or deactivation of the 16 TCI state IDs. The terminal device may determine two TCI state IDs corresponding to the TCI value among the 16 TCI state IDs according to the size of the TCI value in the DCI, and further determine the activated TCI state ID among the two TCI state IDs by combining values of two bits corresponding to the TCI value among the 16 bits.

It can be seen from the above embodiments 1 to 3 that the MAC CE shown in fig. 3 and 4 occupies at least 16 bytes, the MAC CE shown in fig. 6 occupies at most 15 bytes, and the MAC CE format shown in fig. 9 is fixed 16 bytes, and the MAC CE formats shown in fig. 3 and 5 are convenient for the terminal device to find the position of the TCI state ID due to the fact that the reserved bits and the bytes are aligned, so that the MAC CE format shown in fig. 6 is beneficial to reducing signaling overhead.

The method of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present application is described in detail above from the perspective of a terminal device with reference to fig. 2 to 10, and the method of wireless communication according to another embodiment of the present application is described in detail below from the perspective of a network device with reference to fig. 11 to 12. It should be understood that the description of the network device side and the description of the terminal device side correspond to each other, and similar descriptions may be referred to above, and are not repeated herein to avoid repetition.

Fig. 11 is a schematic flow chart of a method 400 of wireless communication according to another embodiment of the present application, the method 400 being executable by a network device in the communication system shown in fig. 1, as shown in fig. 11, the method 400 including the following:

s410, a network device sends a media access control MAC control element CE to a terminal device, where the MAC CE includes a first bit map and transmission configuration indication TCI status indication information, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to one TCI value in downlink control information DCI, each bit is used to indicate the number of TCI status identifier IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI value, and the TCI status indication information is used to determine at least one TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value corresponding to each bit.

In some embodiments, bit B in the first bit map_iTaking a first value to indicate that the corresponding TCI value does not indicate a second TCI State ID, said bit B_iAnd taking a second value to indicate that the corresponding TCI value indicates a second TCI state ID, wherein i is 0,1, … …, K-1, and K is the bit number occupied by the first bit map.

In some embodiments, the TCI status indication information includes a second bitmap, each bit in the second bitmap corresponds to one TCI status ID, and each bit in the second bitmap is used to indicate whether the corresponding TCI status ID is in an activated status or a deactivated status.

In some embodiments, bit T in the second bitmap_iTaking a third value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is an active state, wherein a bit T in the second bitmap_iTaking a fourth value to indicate that the corresponding TCI status is a deactivated status, wherein i is 0,1, … …, M-1, and M is the second bitThe number of bits occupied by the bitmap.

In some embodiments, if there is at least one TCI value corresponding to a second TCI status ID, the TCI status indication information further includes the second TCI status ID corresponding to each of the at least one TCI value.

In some embodiments, the second TCI states corresponding to the at least one TCI value are arranged in order of magnitude of the at least one TCI value.

In some embodiments, bit B in the first bit map_iThe number of TCI states indicated by the first value for indicating the corresponding TCI value is one, and the bit B_iAnd taking two second values to indicate that the number of TCI states indicated by the corresponding TCI values is two, wherein i is 0,1, … … and K-1, and K is the bit number occupied by the first bit bitmap.

In some embodiments, if bit B in the first bit map is not available_iTaking a first value, the TCI status indication information comprises the bit B_iA TCI status ID indicated by the corresponding TCI value; or, if bit B in the first bit map_iTaking a second value, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises the bit B_iTwo TCI state IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI values.

In some embodiments, the TCI status indication information includes a TCI status ID indicated by each TCI value, and the TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value are arranged according to a size order of each TCI value.

In some embodiments, bit B in the first bit map_iOne or two TCI State IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI value are located in bit B of the first bit map_i+1The corresponding TCI value indicates one or two TCI status IDs ahead.

In some embodiments, if bit B in the first bit map is not available_iThe corresponding TCI value indicates two TCI state IDs, which are adjacent.

Fig. 12 is a schematic flow chart of a method 500 of wireless communication according to another embodiment of the present application, the method 500 being executable by a network device in the communication system shown in fig. 1, as shown in fig. 12, the method 500 including the following:

s510, a network device sends a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to a terminal device, wherein the MAC CE comprises K groups of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state Identification (ID) and K groups of indication information corresponding to the K groups of TCI state IDs respectively;

In some embodiments, each of the K sets of indication information comprises two bits B₀And B₁The two bits B₀And B₁Respectively, for indicating whether two TCI status IDs in a corresponding set of TCI status IDs are active.

In some embodiments, the bit B₀Taking a first value for indicating the corresponding TCI State ID activation, the bit B₀Taking a second value for indicating deactivation of the corresponding TCI state ID; the bit B₁Taking a first value for indicating the corresponding TCI State ID activation, the bit B₁A second value is taken to indicate that the corresponding TCI state ID is deactivated.

In some embodiments, the bit B₀And bit B₁At least one bit of the first set takes the first value.

In some embodiments, the K sets of TCI state IDs are arranged in order of magnitude of the TCI values corresponding to each set of TCI state IDs.

In some embodiments, two TCI state IDs in a set of TCI state IDs for a first TCI value precede two TCI state IDs in a set of TCI states for a second TCI value, wherein the first TCI value is less than the second TCI value.

While method embodiments of the present application are described in detail above with reference to fig. 2-12, apparatus embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to fig. 13-18, it being understood that apparatus embodiments correspond to method embodiments and that similar descriptions may be had with reference to method embodiments.

Fig. 13 shows a schematic block diagram of a terminal device 600 according to an embodiment of the application. As shown in fig. 13, the terminal apparatus 600 includes:

a communication module 610, configured to receive a media access control MAC control element CE sent by a network device, where the MAC CE includes a first bit bitmap and transmission configuration indication TCI status indication information, where each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to one TCI value in downlink control information DCI, each bit is used to indicate the number of TCI status identifiers IDs indicated by a corresponding TCI value, and the TCI status indication information is used to determine at least one TCI status ID indicated by a TCI value corresponding to each bit.

In some embodiments, bit T in the second bitmap_iTaking a third value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is an active state, wherein a bit T in the second bitmap_iAnd taking a fourth value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is a deactivation state, wherein i is 0,1, … … and M-1, and M is the bit number occupied by the second bitmap.

Optionally, the second TCI states corresponding to the at least one TCI value are arranged according to a size order of the at least one TCI value.

It should be understood that the terminal device 600 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the terminal device in the embodiment of the method of the present application, and the above and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the terminal device 600 are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow of the terminal device in the method 200 shown in fig. 2, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 14 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 700 of fig. 14 includes:

a communication module 710, configured to receive a media access control MAC control element CE sent by a network device, where the MAC CE includes K groups of indication information corresponding to K groups of TCI state identifiers IDs and K groups of TCI state IDs respectively;

Optionally, the K groups of TCI state IDs are arranged according to a size order of TCI values corresponding to each group of TCI state IDs.

In some embodiments, two TCI state IDs in a set of TCI state IDs for a first TCI value precede two TCI state IDs in a set of TCI state for a second TCI value, wherein the first TCI value is less than the second TCI value.

It should be understood that the terminal device 700 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to a terminal device in the embodiment of the method of the present application, and the above and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the terminal device 700 are respectively for implementing a corresponding flow of the terminal device in the method 300 shown in fig. 8, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 15 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application. The network device 800 of fig. 15 includes:

a communication module 810, configured to send a media access control MAC control element CE to a terminal device, where the MAC CE includes a first bit bitmap and transmission configuration indication TCI status indication information, where each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to one TCI value in downlink control information DCI, each bit is used to indicate the number of TCI status identifiers IDs indicated by a corresponding TCI value, and the TCI status indication information is used to determine at least one TCI status ID indicated by a TCI value corresponding to each bit.

In some embodiments, bit T in the second bitmap_iTaking a third value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is an active state, wherein a bit T in the second bitmap_iTake the fourth valueAnd the TCI status is a deactivated status, where i is 0,1, … …, and M-1, where M is the number of bits occupied by the second bitmap.

In some embodiments, if bit B in the first bit map is not available_iCorresponding TThe CI value indicates two TCI State IDs, which are adjacent.

It should be understood that the network device 800 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to a network device in the embodiment of the method of the present application, and the above and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the network device 800 are respectively for implementing corresponding flows of the network device in the method 400 shown in fig. 11, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 16 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application. The network device 900 of fig. 16 includes:

the communication module is used for sending a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to terminal equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises K groups of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state Identification (ID) and K groups of indication information respectively corresponding to the K groups of TCI state IDs;

It should be understood that the network device 900 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the network device in the embodiment of the method of the present application, and the above and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the network device 900 are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow of the network device in the method 500 shown in fig. 12, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 1000 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 1000 shown in fig. 17 includes a processor 1010, and the processor 1010 may call and execute a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 17, the communication device 1000 may further include a memory 1020. From the memory 1020, the processor 1010 may call and execute a computer program to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

The memory 1020 may be a separate device from the processor 1010 or may be integrated into the processor 1010.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 17, the communication device 1000 may further include a transceiver 1030, and the processor 1010 may control the transceiver 1030 to communicate with other devices, and specifically, may transmit information or data to the other devices or receive information or data transmitted by the other devices.

The transceiver 1030 may include a transmitter and a receiver, among others. The transceiver 1030 may further include an antenna, and the number of antennas may be one or more.

Optionally, the communication device 1000 may specifically be a network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 1000 may implement a corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

Optionally, the communication device 1000 may specifically be a mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 1000 may implement a corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

Fig. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip of an embodiment of the present application. The chip 1100 shown in fig. 18 includes a processor 1110, and the processor 1110 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 18, the chip 1100 may further include a memory 1120. From the memory 1120, the processor 1110 can call and run a computer program to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

The memory 1120 may be a separate device from the processor 1110, or may be integrated into the processor 1110.

Optionally, the chip 1100 may also include an input interface 1130. The processor 1110 may control the input interface 1130 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may obtain information or data sent by other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip 1100 may further include an output interface 1140. The processor 1110 may control the output interface 1140 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may output information or data to the other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement the corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, no further description is given here.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip or a system-on-chip, etc.

The embodiment of the application also provides a communication system, which comprises the terminal equipment and the network equipment. The terminal device may be configured to implement the corresponding function implemented by the terminal device in the foregoing method, and the network device may be configured to implement the corresponding function implemented by the network device in the foregoing method, which is not described herein again for brevity.

It should be understood that the processor of the embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software. The Processor 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 application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application 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 module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and a processor reads information in the memory and completes the steps of the method in combination with hardware of the processor.

It will be appreciated that the memory in the embodiments of the subject application 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. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static random access memory (Static RAM, SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous link SDRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

It should be understood that the above memories are exemplary but not limiting illustrations, for example, the memories in the embodiments of the present application may also be Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM), and the like. That is, the memory in the embodiments of the present application is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium for storing the computer program.

Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program enables the computer to execute the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program enables the computer to execute the corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product comprising computer program instructions.

Optionally, the computer program product may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program instructions enable the computer to execute corresponding processes implemented by the network device in the methods in the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, the computer program product may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program instructions enable the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in the methods in the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein again for brevity.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer program.

Optionally, the computer program may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is enabled to execute the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

Optionally, the computer program may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is enabled to execute the corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

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

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

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

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

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

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application or portions thereof that substantially contribute to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

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

Claims

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment receives a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) sent by network equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises a first bit bitmap and Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state indication information, each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to one TCI value in Downlink Control Information (DCI), each bit is used for indicating the number of TCI state Identification (IDs) indicated by the corresponding TCI value, and the TCI state indication information is used for determining at least one TCI state ID indicated by the TCI value corresponding to each bit.
The method of claim 1, wherein bit B in the first bit map_iTaking a first value to indicate that the corresponding TCI value does not indicate a second TCI State ID, said bit B_iAnd taking a second value to indicate that the corresponding TCI value indicates a second TCI state ID, wherein i is 0,1, … … and K-1, and K is occupied by the first bitmapThe number of bits of (a).
The method of claim 2, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises a second bitmap, each bit in the second bitmap corresponds to a TCI status ID, and each bit in the second bitmap is used for indicating whether the corresponding TCI status ID is in an activated status or a deactivated status.
The method of claim 3, wherein the bit T in the second bitmap_iTaking a third value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is an active state, wherein a bit T in the second bitmap_iAnd taking a fourth value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is a deactivation state, wherein i is 0,1, … … and M-1, and M is the bit number occupied by the second bitmap.
The method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein if there is at least one TCI value corresponding to a second TCI status ID, the TCI status indication information further includes the second TCI status ID corresponding to each TCI value in the at least one TCI value.
The method of claim 5, wherein the second TCI state corresponding to the at least one TCI value is arranged in order of magnitude of the at least one TCI value.
The method of claim 1, wherein bit B in the first bit map_iThe number of TCI states indicated by the first value for indicating the corresponding TCI value is one, and the bit B_iAnd taking two second values to indicate that the number of TCI states indicated by the corresponding TCI values is two, wherein i is 0,1, … … and K-1, and K is the bit number occupied by the first bit bitmap.
According to claim 7The method, wherein if bit B in the first bit map is not available, the method further comprises_iTaking a first value, the TCI status indication information comprises the bit B_iA TCI status ID indicated by the corresponding TCI value; or, if bit B in the first bit map_iTaking a second value, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises the bit B_iTwo TCI state IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI values.
The method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises the TCI status ID indicated by each TCI value, and the TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value are arranged according to the size order of each TCI value.
Method according to any of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that bit B in the first bit map_iOne or two TCI State IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI value are located in bit B of the first bit map_i+1The corresponding TCI value indicates one or two TCI status IDs ahead.
Method according to any of claims 7 to 10, characterized in that if bit B in the first bit map is present_iThe corresponding TCI value indicates two TCI state IDs, which are adjacent.
A method of wireless communication, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment receives a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) sent by network equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises K groups of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state Identification (ID) and K groups of indication information corresponding to the K groups of TCI state IDs respectively;

each group of TCI status IDs in the K groups of TCI status IDs includes two adjacent TCI status IDs, each group of TCI status IDs corresponds to one TCI value in the DCI, one group of indication information in the K groups of indication information is used to indicate whether the corresponding group of TCI status IDs is activated, and K is the total number of the TCI values.
The method of claim 12, wherein each of the K sets of indication information comprises two bits B₀And B₁The two bits B₀And B₁Respectively, for indicating whether two TCI status IDs in a corresponding set of TCI status IDs are active.
The method of claim 13, wherein the bit B is a bit of the data stream₀Taking a first value for indicating the corresponding TCI State ID activation, the bit B₀Taking a second value for indicating deactivation of the corresponding TCI state ID; the bit B₁Taking a first value for indicating the corresponding TCI State ID activation, the bit B₁A second value is taken to indicate that the corresponding TCI state ID is deactivated.
The method of claim 14, wherein the bit B is a bit of the data stream₀And bit B₁At least one bit of the first set takes the first value.
The method according to any one of claims 12 to 15, wherein the K groups of TCI state IDs are arranged in order of magnitude of the TCI values corresponding to each group of TCI state IDs.
The method of claim 16, wherein two TCI state IDs in the set of TCI state IDs for a first TCI value precede two TCI state IDs in the set of TCI state IDs for a second TCI value, wherein the first TCI value is less than the second TCI value.
A method of wireless communication, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that network equipment sends a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to terminal equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises a first bit bitmap and Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state indication information, each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to one TCI value in Downlink Control Information (DCI), each bit is used for indicating the number of TCI state Identification (IDs) indicated by the corresponding TCI value, and the TCI state indication information is used for determining at least one TCI state ID indicated by the TCI value corresponding to each bit.
The method of claim 18, wherein bit B in the first bit map_iTaking a first value to indicate that the corresponding TCI value does not indicate a second TCI State ID, said bit B_iAnd taking a second value to indicate that the corresponding TCI value indicates a second TCI state ID, wherein i is 0,1, … …, K-1, and K is the bit number occupied by the first bit map.
The method of claim 19, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises a second bitmap, each bit in the second bitmap corresponding to a TCI status ID, and each bit in the second bitmap is used to indicate whether the corresponding TCI status ID is in an activated status or a deactivated status.
The method of claim 20, wherein the bit T in the second bitmap is a bit T_iTaking a third value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is an active state, wherein a bit T in the second bitmap_iAnd taking a fourth value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is a deactivation state, wherein i is 0,1, … … and M-1, and M is the bit number occupied by the second bitmap.
The method according to claim 20 or 21, wherein if there is at least one TCI value corresponding to a second TCI status ID, the TCI status indication information further includes the second TCI status ID corresponding to each TCI value of the at least one TCI value.
The method of claim 22, wherein the second TCI states corresponding to the at least one TCI value are arranged in order of magnitude of the at least one TCI value.
The method of claim 18, wherein bit B in the first bit map_iThe number of TCI states indicated by the first value for indicating the corresponding TCI value is one, and the bit B_iAnd taking two second values to indicate that the number of TCI states indicated by the corresponding TCI values is two, wherein i is 0,1, … … and K-1, and K is the bit number occupied by the first bit bitmap.
The method of claim 24, wherein if bit B in the first bit map is located_iTaking a first value, the TCI status indication information comprises the bit B_iA TCI status ID indicated by the corresponding TCI value; or, if bit B in the first bit map_iTaking a second value, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises the bit B_iTwo TCI state IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI values.
The method according to claim 24 or 25, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises the TCI status ID indicated by each TCI value, and the TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value are arranged according to the size order of each TCI value.
The method of any one of claims 24 to 26, wherein bit B in the first bit map is bit B_iOne or two TCI State IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI value are located in bit B of the first bit map_i+1The corresponding TCI value indicates one or two TCI status IDs ahead.
The method according to any of claims 24 to 27, wherein if bit B in the first bit map is located_iThe corresponding TCI value indicates two TCI state IDs, which are adjacent.
A method of wireless communication, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that network equipment sends a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to terminal equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises K groups of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state Identification (ID) and K groups of indication information corresponding to the K groups of TCI state IDs respectively;

each group of TCI status IDs in the K groups of TCI status IDs includes two adjacent TCI status IDs, each group of TCI status IDs corresponds to one TCI value in the DCI, one group of indication information in the K groups of indication information is used to indicate whether the corresponding group of TCI status IDs is activated, and K is the total number of the TCI values.
The method of claim 29, wherein each of the K sets of indication information comprises two bits B₀And B₁The two bits B₀And B₁Respectively, for indicating whether two TCI status IDs in a corresponding set of TCI status IDs are active.
The method of claim 30, wherein the bit B is a bit of the data stream₀Taking a first value for indicating the corresponding TCI State ID activation, the bit B₀Taking a second value for indicating deactivation of the corresponding TCI state ID; the bit B₁Taking a first value for indicating the corresponding TCI State ID activation, the bit B₁A second value is taken to indicate that the corresponding TCI state ID is deactivated.
The method of claim 31, wherein the bit B is a bit of the coded data stream₀And bit B₁At least one bit of the first set takes the first value.
The method as claimed in any one of claims 29 to 32, wherein the K sets of TCI status IDs are arranged in order of magnitude of the TCI values corresponding to each set of TCI status IDs.
The method of claim 33, wherein two TCI state IDs in the set of TCI state IDs for a first TCI value precede two TCI state IDs in the set of TCI state IDs for a second TCI value, wherein the first TCI value is less than the second TCI value.
A terminal device, comprising:

a communication module, configured to receive a media access control MAC control element CE sent by a network device, where the MAC CE includes a first bit bitmap and transmission configuration indication TCI status indication information, where each bit in the first bit bitmap corresponds to one TCI value in downlink control information DCI, each bit is used to indicate the number of TCI status identifier IDs indicated by a corresponding TCI value, and the TCI status indication information is used to determine at least one TCI status ID indicated by a TCI value corresponding to each bit.
Terminal device according to claim 35, characterised in that bit B in the first bit map is_iTaking a first value to indicate that the corresponding TCI value does not indicate a second TCI State ID, said bit B_iAnd taking a second value to indicate that the corresponding TCI value indicates a second TCI state ID, wherein i is 0,1, … …, K-1, and K is the bit number occupied by the first bit map.
The terminal device of claim 36, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises a second bitmap, each bit in the second bitmap corresponds to a TCI status ID, and each bit in the second bitmap is used to indicate whether the corresponding TCI status ID is in an activated status or a deactivated status.
Terminal device according to claim 37, characterized in that bit T in the second bitmap_iTaking a third value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is an active state, wherein a bit T in the second bitmap_iAnd taking a fourth value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is a deactivation state, wherein i is 0,1, … … and M-1, and M is the bit number occupied by the second bitmap.
The terminal device according to claim 37 or 38, wherein if there is at least one TCI value corresponding to a second TCI status ID, the TCI status indication information further includes the second TCI status ID corresponding to each TCI value in the at least one TCI value.
The terminal device of claim 39, wherein the second TCI states corresponding to the at least one TCI value are arranged in order of magnitude of the at least one TCI value.
Terminal device according to claim 35, characterised in that bit B in the first bit map is_iThe number of TCI states indicated by the first value for indicating the corresponding TCI value is one, and the bit B_iAnd taking two second values to indicate that the number of TCI states indicated by the corresponding TCI values is two, wherein i is 0,1, … … and K-1, and K is the bit number occupied by the first bit bitmap.
The terminal device of claim 41, wherein if bit B in the first bit map is located_iTaking a first value, the TCI status indication information comprises the bit B_iA TCI status ID indicated by the corresponding TCI value; or, if the first bit isBit B in the figure_iTaking a second value, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises the bit B_iTwo TCI state IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI values.
The terminal device according to claim 41 or 42, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises the TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value, and the TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value are arranged according to the size order of each TCI value.
Terminal device according to any of claims 41 to 43, characterized in that bit B in the first bit map_iOne or two TCI State IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI value are located in bit B of the first bit map_i+1The corresponding TCI value indicates one or two TCI status IDs ahead.
A terminal device according to any one of claims 41 to 44, characterised in that if bit B in the first bit map is bit B_iThe corresponding TCI value indicates two TCI state IDs, which are adjacent.
A terminal device, comprising:

the communication module is used for receiving a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) sent by network equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises K groups of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state Identification (ID) and K groups of indication information respectively corresponding to the K groups of TCI state IDs;

each group of TCI status IDs in the K groups of TCI status IDs includes two adjacent TCI status IDs, each group of TCI status IDs corresponds to one TCI value in the DCI, one group of indication information in the K groups of indication information is used to indicate whether the corresponding group of TCI status IDs is activated, and K is the total number of the TCI values.
The terminal device of claim 46, wherein the terminal device is further configured toEach of the K groups of indication information comprises two bits B₀And B₁The two bits B₀And B₁Respectively, for indicating whether two TCI status IDs in a corresponding set of TCI status IDs are active.
The terminal device of claim 47, wherein the bit B is set₀Taking a first value for indicating the corresponding TCI State ID activation, the bit B₀Taking a second value for indicating deactivation of the corresponding TCI state ID; the bit B₁Taking a first value for indicating the corresponding TCI State ID activation, the bit B₁A second value is taken to indicate that the corresponding TCI state ID is deactivated.
The terminal device of claim 48, wherein the bit B is set as₀And bit B₁At least one bit of the first set takes the first value.
The terminal device according to any one of claims 46 to 49, wherein the K groups of TCI status IDs are arranged according to the size order of the TCI values corresponding to each group of TCI status IDs.
The terminal device of claim 50, wherein two TCI state IDs in a set of TCI state IDs for a first TCI value precede two TCI state IDs in a set of TCI states for a second TCI value, wherein the first TCI value is less than the second TCI value.
A network device, comprising:

a communication module, configured to send a media access control MAC control element CE to a terminal device, where the MAC CE includes a first bit map and transmission configuration indication TCI status indication information, where each bit in the first bit map corresponds to one TCI value in downlink control information DCI, each bit is used to indicate the number of TCI status identifier IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI value, and the TCI status indication information is used to determine at least one TCI status ID indicated by the TCI value corresponding to each bit.
The network device of claim 52, wherein bit B in the first bit map_iTaking a first value to indicate that the corresponding TCI value does not indicate a second TCI State ID, said bit B_iAnd taking a second value to indicate that the corresponding TCI value indicates a second TCI state ID, wherein i is 0,1, … …, K-1, and K is the bit number occupied by the first bit map.
The network device of claim 53, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises a second bitmap, each bit in the second bitmap corresponding to a TCI status ID, and each bit in the second bitmap is used to indicate whether the corresponding TCI status ID is in an activated status or a deactivated status.
The network device of claim 54, wherein bit T in the second bitmap_iTaking a third value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is an active state, wherein a bit T in the second bitmap_iAnd taking a fourth value to indicate that the corresponding TCI state is a deactivation state, wherein i is 0,1, … … and M-1, and M is the bit number occupied by the second bitmap.
The network device of claim 54 or 55, wherein the TCI status indication information further comprises a second TCI status ID corresponding to each TCI value in the at least one TCI value if there is at least one TCI value corresponding to the second TCI status ID.
The network device of claim 56, wherein the second TCI state corresponding to the at least one TCI value is ordered by the size of the at least one TCI value.
The network device of claim 52, wherein bit B in the first bit map_iThe number of TCI states indicated by the first value for indicating the corresponding TCI value is one, and the bit B_iAnd taking two second values to indicate that the number of TCI states indicated by the corresponding TCI values is two, wherein i is 0,1, … … and K-1, and K is the bit number occupied by the first bit bitmap.
The network device of claim 58, wherein if bit B in the first bit map is not available_iTaking a first value, the TCI status indication information comprises the bit B_iA TCI status ID indicated by the corresponding TCI value; or, if bit B in the first bit map_iTaking a second value, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises the bit B_iTwo TCI state IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI values.
The network device of claim 58 or 59, wherein the TCI status indication information comprises a TCI status ID indicated by each TCI value, and the TCI status IDs indicated by each TCI value are arranged according to the size order of each TCI value.
Network device of any of claims 58 to 60, wherein bit B in the first bit map_iOne or two TCI State IDs indicated by the corresponding TCI value are located in bit B of the first bit map_i+1The corresponding TCI value indicates one or two TCI status IDs ahead.
The network device of any of claims 58 to 61, wherein if in the first bitmapBit B of (a)_iThe corresponding TCI value indicates two TCI state IDs, which are adjacent.
A network device, comprising:

the communication module is used for sending a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to terminal equipment, wherein the MAC CE comprises K groups of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state Identification (ID) and K groups of indication information respectively corresponding to the K groups of TCI state IDs;

each group of TCI status IDs in the K groups of TCI status IDs includes two adjacent TCI status IDs, each group of TCI status IDs corresponds to one TCI value in the DCI, one group of indication information in the K groups of indication information is used to indicate whether the corresponding group of TCI status IDs is activated, and K is the total number of the TCI values.
The network device of claim 63, wherein each of the K sets of indication information comprises two bits B₀And B₁The two bits B₀And B₁Respectively, for indicating whether two TCI status IDs in a corresponding set of TCI status IDs are active.
The network device of claim 64, wherein the bit B is set to₀Taking a first value for indicating the corresponding TCI State ID activation, the bit B₀Taking a second value for indicating deactivation of the corresponding TCI state ID; the bit B₁Taking a first value for indicating the corresponding TCI State ID activation, the bit B₁A second value is taken to indicate that the corresponding TCI state ID is deactivated.
The network device of claim 65, wherein the bit B is set to₀And bit B₁At least one bit of the first set takes the first value.
The network device of any one of claims 63-66, wherein the K groups of TCI status IDs are arranged in order of magnitude of TCI values corresponding to each group of TCI status IDs.
The network device of claim 67, wherein two TCI state IDs in a set of TCI state IDs for a first TCI value precede two TCI state IDs in a set of TCI states for a second TCI value, wherein the first TCI value is less than the second TCI value.
A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory, to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 11, or to perform the method of any of claims 12 to 17.
A network device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory, to perform the method of any of claims 18 to 28, or to perform the method of any of claims 29 to 34.
A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory to cause a device on which the chip is installed to perform a method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 11, or a method as claimed in any one of claims 12 to 17, or a method as claimed in any one of claims 18 to 28, or a method as claimed in any one of claims 29 to 34.
A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program which causes a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 11, or the method of any one of claims 12 to 17, or the method of any one of claims 18 to 28, or the method of any one of claims 29 to 34.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions to cause a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 11, or the method of any one of claims 12 to 17, or the method of any one of claims 18 to 28, or the method of any one of claims 29 to 34.
A computer program, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the computer program causes a computer to perform the method of any of claims 1-11, or the method of any of claims 12-17, or the method of any of claims 18-28, or the method of any of claims 29-34.