CN116260560A

CN116260560A - Signal processing method, device, terminal, network equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN116260560A
Application number: CN202111499018.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李萍; 李�根; 洪琪; 李�灿
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-09
Filing date: 2021-12-09
Publication date: 2023-06-13

Abstract

The application provides a signal processing method, a device, a terminal, network side equipment and a storage medium, wherein the signal processing method comprises the following steps: the terminal receives target indication information sent by network side equipment; receiving a first signal by the terminal in the case that a target message and the first signal meet a first condition, wherein the target message comprises at least one of a target signal and a target channel; the first signal comprises a reference signal configured by the network side equipment; the target signal is determined according to the target indication information; and the target channel is determined according to the target indication information.

Description

Signal processing method, device, terminal, network equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a signal processing method, a device, a terminal, network side equipment and a storage medium.

Background

Currently, the terminal receives the reference signal only according to the indication information sent by the network side device, for example: the reference signal is received according to a channel state information reference signal (Channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS) or a physical downlink shared channel (Physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH) determined by downlink control information (Downlink control information, DCI) transmitted by the network side device. It has been found that such a problem of poor reliability exists in receiving the reference signal based on only the indication information transmitted by the network side device.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a signal processing method, a device, a terminal, network side equipment and a storage medium, which can solve the problem of poor reliability of receiving a reference signal by the terminal.

In a first aspect, a signal processing method is provided, including:

the terminal receives target indication information sent by network side equipment;

receiving a first signal by the terminal in the case that a target message and the first signal meet a first condition, wherein the target message comprises at least one of a target signal and a target channel;

the first signal comprises a reference signal configured by the network side equipment;

the target signal is determined according to the target indication information;

and the target channel is determined according to the target indication information.

In a second aspect, there is provided a reference signal processing method, including:

under the condition that the first signal meets a third condition, the network side equipment sends the first signal to the terminal;

the first signal comprises a reference signal configured by the network side equipment.

In a third aspect, there is provided a reference signal processing apparatus comprising:

the first receiving module is used for receiving target indication information sent by the network side equipment;

A second receiving module, configured to receive a first signal if a target message and the first signal satisfy a first condition, where the target message includes at least one of a target signal and a target channel;

the target signal is determined according to the target indication information;

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a reference signal processing apparatus comprising:

a sending module, configured to send a first signal to a terminal when the first signal meets a third condition;

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of a reference signal processing method at the terminal side.

A sixth aspect provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is configured to receive target indication information sent by a network side device; receiving a first signal if a target message and the first signal satisfy a first condition, the target message including at least one of a target signal and a target channel; the first signal comprises a reference signal configured by the network side equipment; the target signal is determined according to the target indication information; and the target channel is determined according to the target indication information.

In a seventh aspect, a network side device is provided, including a processor and a memory, where the memory stores a program or an instruction executable on the processor, and the program or the instruction implements steps of a reference signal processing method on the network side device when executed by the processor.

An eighth aspect provides a network side device, including a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is configured to send a first signal to a terminal when the first signal meets a third condition; the first signal comprises a reference signal configured by the network side equipment.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a communication system comprising: a terminal operable to perform the steps of the reference signal processing method as described in the first aspect, and a network side device operable to perform the steps of the reference signal processing method as described in the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement steps of a reference signal processing method on a terminal side or implement steps of a reference signal processing method on a network side device side.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the processor being coupled, the processor being configured to execute a program or instructions, implement the reference signal processing method according to the first aspect, or implement the reference signal processing method according to the second aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, there is provided a computer program/program product stored in a storage medium, the computer program/program product being executable by at least one processor to implement the steps of the reference signal processing method as described in the first aspect, or the computer program/program product being executable by at least one processor to implement the steps of the reference signal processing method as described in the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, a terminal receives target indication information sent by network side equipment; receiving a first signal by the terminal in the case that a target message and the first signal meet a first condition, wherein the target message comprises at least one of a target signal and a target channel; the first signal comprises a reference signal configured by the network side equipment; the target signal is determined according to the target indication information; and the target channel is determined according to the target indication information. This makes it possible to receive the first signal only if the target message and the first signal satisfy the first condition, thereby improving the reliability of receiving the reference signal.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a reference signal processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a QCL relationship provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of another reference signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a block diagram of a reference signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of another reference signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a block diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application are within the scope of the protection of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein, and that the terms "first" and "second" are generally intended to be used in a generic sense and not to limit the number of objects, for example, the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally means a relationship in which the associated object is an "or" before and after.

It is noted that the techniques described in embodiments of the present application are not limited to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTThe evolution of E (LTE-Advanced, LTE-a) system may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), time division multiple access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), frequency division multiple access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), single-carrier frequency division multiple access (Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the techniques described may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New air interface (NR) system for purposes of example and uses NR terminology in much of the description that follows, but these techniques are also applicable to applications other than NR system applications, such as generation 6 (6) ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable. The wireless communication system includes one or more terminals 11 and a network-side device 12.

In this embodiment, the terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop (Laptop Computer) or a terminal-side Device called a notebook, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a palm Computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal Computer (ultra-mobile personal Computer, UMPC), a mobile internet appliance (Mobile Internet Device, MID), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) Device, a robot, a Wearable Device (weather Device), a vehicle-mounted Device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), a smart home (home Device with a wireless communication function, such as a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine, or furniture), a game machine, a personal Computer (personal Computer, a PC), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, and the Wearable Device includes: intelligent wrist-watch, intelligent bracelet, intelligent earphone, intelligent glasses, intelligent ornament (intelligent bracelet, intelligent ring, intelligent necklace, intelligent anklet, intelligent foot chain etc.), intelligent wrist strap, intelligent clothing etc.. It should be noted that, the embodiment of the present application is not limited to a specific type of terminal.

The network-side device 12 may comprise an access network device or core network device, wherein the access network device may also be referred to as a radio access network device, a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), a radio access network function or a radio access network element. Access network device 12 may include a base station, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, or the like, which may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a transmission and reception point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the art, and the base station is not limited to a particular technical vocabulary so long as the same technical effect is achieved, and it should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only a base station in an NR system is described as an example, and the specific type of the base station is not limited. The core network device may include, but is not limited to, at least one of: core network nodes, core network functions, mobility management entities (Mobility Management Entity, MME), access mobility management functions (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), session management functions (Session Management Function, SMF), user plane functions (User Plane Function, UPF), policy control functions (Policy Control Function, PCF), policy and charging rules function units (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF), edge application service discovery functions (Edge Application Server Discovery Function, EASDF), unified data management (Unified Data Management, UDM), unified data repository (Unified Data Repository, UDR), home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), centralized network configuration (Centralized network configuration, CNC), network storage functions (Network Repository Function, NRF), network opening functions (Network Exposure Function, NEF), local NEF (or L-NEF), binding support functions (Binding Support Function, BSF), application functions (Application Function, AF), and the like. In the embodiment of the present application, only the core network device in the NR system is described as an example, and the specific type of the core network device is not limited.

The following describes in detail, by means of some embodiments and application scenarios thereof, a signal processing method, apparatus, terminal, network side device and storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart of a reference signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 2, including the following steps:

step 201, a terminal receives target indication information sent by a network side device.

The target indication information may be DCI, or other signaling message, such as a medium access control element (MAC-CE) message, or a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) message, etc.

Step 202, in the case that a target message and a first signal meet a first condition, the terminal receives the first signal, wherein the target message comprises at least one of a target signal and a target channel;

the target signal is determined according to the target indication information;

The determining of the target signal according to the target indication information may be that the target indication information indicates the target signal, and the target signal may be a reference signal indicated by the target indication information, such as CSI-RS.

The target channel may be a channel scheduled by the target indication information according to the target indication information determination, and the target channel may be a PDSCH scheduled by the target indication information or a physical downlink control channel (Physical downlink control channel, PDCCH) scheduled by the target indication information.

The first signal may include a reference signal configured by the network side device, where the first signal includes a reference signal configured by the network side device through a higher layer, for example, the first signal includes CSI-RS configured by the network side device through a higher layer. The reference signal configured by the network side device may be parameter information of the network side device configured by the reference signal, for example: and configuring resource information of the reference signal, such as time domain resource, frequency domain resource and space domain resource of the reference signal. The receiving the first signal may be receiving the first signal according to a configuration of the network side device.

The first condition may be a protocol definition or a network side device, for example, the first condition may include that the first signal matches the target message.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the reference signals include, but are not limited to: common reference signals (Common Reference Signal, CRS), CSI-RS, demodulation reference signals (Demodulation Reference Signal, DM-RS).

In the embodiment of the application, the first signal is received only when the target message and the first signal meet the first condition, so that the reliability of receiving the reference signal is improved.

In addition, in some systems, unlicensed spectrum adopts a Directional LBT (direct LBT) scenario, if no slot format indication (slot format indication, SFI) and no channel occupation duration (COT duration) are provided in DCI (e.g., DCI 2_0), but if the terminal is configured to verify CSI-RS (CSI-RS-verification With-DCI) by using DCI, the method provided by the embodiment of the present application may solve the problem of how to verify CSI-RS reception, specifically may be that if the target message and the first signal satisfy the first condition, the CSI-RS is received, and if the target message and the first signal satisfy the second condition, the CSI-RS is not received, so as to avoid the problem that the network side device cannot send CSI-RS at the moment that the terminal determines that the CSI-RS is sent at the moment, but the signal quality is poor, where the network side device cannot send CSI-RS means that the CSI-RS cannot be sent due to LBT failure.

As an alternative embodiment, the first condition includes at least one of:

The first signal is matched with the target signal;

the first signal is matched to the target channel.

The matching of the first signal with the target signal may be that the parameter information of the first signal matches the parameter information of the target signal, and the matching of the first signal with the target channel may be that the parameter information of the first signal matches the parameter information of the target channel.

In this embodiment, it may be implemented to receive the first signal only when the first signal matches the target signal and/or when the first signal matches the target channel, so as to further improve reliability of receiving the reference signal.

Optionally, the matching of the first signal with the target signal includes: the first signal is spatially matched with the target signal;

the spatial matching of the first signal and the target signal may include at least one of:

the first signal and the target signal have a Quasi co-located (QCL) relationship;

the first signal is matched to a beam of the target signal.

The first signal and the target signal may have a QCL relationship, for example, the first signal and the target signal directly or indirectly have a QCL relationship of Type D (Type D), or other types of QCL relationships, for example, have a QCL relationship of Type E (Type E), where Type D is a QCL relationship Type defined in the protocol.

In this embodiment of the present application, the QCL relationship of Type E is a newly defined QCL relationship Type in the embodiment of the present application, or a newly introduced QCL relationship Type in a subsequent protocol version, and the QCL relationship of Type E may be a QCL relationship Type other than Type a, type B, type C and Type D defined in the protocol. Such as beam range matching of two signals, for example: the transmission beam of one signal is in the beam range of the other signal, and the two beams have the QCL relation of Type E; alternatively, the beam directions of two signals are matched, and if the beam direction of one signal is within the beam direction range of the other signal, the two signals have the QCL relationship of Type E.

The beam matching of the first signal and the target signal may be that the first signal is matched with beam information of the target signal, for example: beam direction matching and beam range matching.

In this embodiment, when the first signal and the target signal have QCL relationships and/or the first signal and the beam of the target signal match, the first signal is received, so as to further improve the reliability of receiving the reference signal.

Optionally, the first signal and the target signal have a QCL relationship, including at least one of:

The first signal has a first QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a second QCL relationship with the target signal;

wherein the first signal has a first QCL relationship with the target signal, including any one of: the first signal is the same as the target signal, and the target QCL source reference signal is the same as the target signal; the first signal is the same as the first QCL source reference signal;

the first signal has a second QCL relationship with the target signal, including any one of: the second QCL source reference signal is the same as the target signal, and the third QCL source reference signal is the same as the first signal;

the target QCL source reference signal is: -a transmission configuration of the first signal indicates (Transmission configuration indication, TCI) a QCL source reference signal of a first type corresponding to the state;

the first QCL source reference signal is: a QCL source reference signal of the first type corresponding to a TCI state of the target signal;

the second QCL source reference signal is: an nth QCL source reference signal of the first type of the first signal; n is a positive integer greater than 1.

The third QCL source reference signal is: an mth stage QCL source reference signal of the first type of the target signal; m is a positive integer greater than 1.

The QCL source reference signal of the first Type may be a QCL source reference signal of Type D.

The above N and M are positive integers configured on the protocol or network side, and N and M may be the same or different.

The first signal and the target signal may have a first QCL relationship, the first signal and the target signal may have a direct Type D QCL relationship, and the first signal and the target signal may have a second QCL relationship, the first signal and the target signal may have an indirect Type D QCL relationship. The first Type of the nth QCL source reference signal of the first signal and the first Type of the mth QCL source reference signal of the target signal may be shown with reference to fig. 3, as shown in fig. 3, the first Type D QCL source reference signal of the CSI-RS5 is CSI-RS4, the Type D QCL source reference signal of the CSI-RS4 is CSI-RS1, the second Type D QCL source reference signal of the CSI-RS5 is CSI-RS1, and thus, the third Type D QCL source reference of the CSI-RS5 is SSB1.

Optionally, the matching of the beam of the first signal and the target signal may include at least one of:

the beam direction/range of the first signal matches the beam direction/range of the target signal;

the beam direction/range of the first signal is within the beam direction/range of the target signal;

The beam direction/range of the target signal is within the beam direction/range of the first signal.

The matching of the beam direction/range of the first signal with the beam direction/range of the target signal may be that the beam direction/range of the first signal coincides with the beam direction/range of the target signal;

the beam direction/range of the first signal may be within the beam direction/range of the target signal, and all or part of the beam direction/range of the first signal may be within the beam direction/range of the target signal;

the beam direction/range of the target signal may be within the beam direction/range of the first signal, and all or part of the beam direction/range of the target signal may be within the beam direction/range of the first signal.

In one embodiment, the matching of the beam direction/range of the first signal with the beam direction/range of the target signal may include:

the first signal and the target signal have at least one QCL relationship, and an Average gain (Average gain) of the first signal matches an Average gain of the target signal.

The at least one QCL relationship of the first signal and the target signal may include the QCL relationship described in the foregoing embodiment, and the average gain of the first signal and the average gain of the target signal may be matched such that the average gain of the first signal is the same as or similar to the average gain of the target signal.

In one embodiment, the beam direction/range of the first signal is within the beam direction/range of the target signal, which may include:

the first signal and the target signal have at least one QCL relation, and the ratio of the average gain of the first signal to the average gain of the target signal is greater than or equal to a first threshold; or alternatively

The overlapping part of the beam main lobe of the first signal and the beam main lobe of the target signal is larger than or equal to a second threshold value;

the first beam width of the first signal is within the second beam width of the target signal, wherein the gains of the first beam width and the second beam width are the same or different;

the ratio of the gain of the transmission beam of the first signal in the maximum power direction to the gain of the transmission beam of the target signal in the maximum power direction is greater than or equal to a third threshold;

the ratio of the gain of the transmission beam of the first signal in the target direction to the gain of the transmission beam of the target signal in the target direction is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold.

The first threshold, the second threshold, the third threshold, and the fourth threshold may be protocol defined or network side configured.

The first beam width and the second beam width may be protocol defined or configured on the network side, for example: the gains of the first and second beamwidths are the same and are 3 or 4dB, or other values, and the gains of the first and second beamwidths may be different.

The target direction may be a protocol definition or one or more beam directions of the network side device.

In one embodiment, the beam direction/range of the target signal is within the beam direction/range of the first signal, and may include:

the target signal and the first signal have at least one QCL relation, and the ratio of the average gain of the target signal to the average gain of the first signal is greater than or equal to a fifth threshold; or alternatively

The overlapping part of the beam main lobe of the target signal and the beam main lobe of the first signal is greater than or equal to a sixth threshold;

the second beam width of the target signal is within the first beam width of the first signal, wherein gains of the first beam width and the second beam width are the same or different;

the ratio of the gain of the transmission beam of the target signal in the maximum power direction to the gain of the transmission beam of the first signal in the maximum power direction is greater than or equal to a seventh threshold;

The ratio of the gain of the transmission beam of the target signal in the target direction to the gain of the transmission beam of the first signal in the target direction is greater than or equal to an eighth threshold.

The fifth threshold, sixth threshold, seventh threshold, and eighth threshold described above may be protocol defined or network side configured.

The first beam width and the second beam width, and the target direction may be referred to the corresponding descriptions of the above embodiments, and are not described herein.

Optionally, the matching of the first signal with the target channel includes: the first signal is spatially matched to the target channel.

Wherein the first signal is spatially matched with the target channel, and may include at least one of:

the first signal and the target channel have a QCL relationship;

the first signal is matched to a beam of the target channel.

The first signal and the target channel may have a QCL relationship, for example, the first signal and the target signal directly or indirectly have a QCL relationship, for example, the first signal and the target channel directly or indirectly have a QCL relationship of Type D (Type D), or other types of QCL relationships, for example, a QCL relationship of Type E (Type E).

The beam matching of the first signal and the target channel may be that the first signal is matched with beam information of the target signal, for example: beam direction, beam range match.

In this embodiment, when the first signal and the target channel have QCL relationships, and/or the first signal and the beam of the target channel are matched, the first signal is received, so as to further improve the reliability of receiving the reference signal.

Optionally, the first signal has a QCL relationship with the target channel, including at least one of:

the first signal has a third QCL relationship with the target channel;

the first signal has a fourth QCL relationship with the target channel;

wherein the first signal has a third QCL relationship with the target channel, including any one of: the first signal is the same as the target channel, and a target QCL source reference signal is the same as the target channel; the first signal is the same as the fourth QCL source reference signal;

the first signal has a fourth QCL relationship with the target channel, including any one of: a fifth QCL source reference signal is identical to the target channel and a sixth QCL source reference signal is identical to the first signal;

The target QCL source reference signal is: a first type of QCL source reference signal corresponding to a TCI state of the first signal;

the fourth QCL source reference signal is: the QCL source reference signal of the first type corresponding to the TCI state of the target channel;

the fifth QCL source reference signal is: an R-th QCL source reference signal of the first type of the first signal; r is a positive integer greater than 1.

The sixth QCL source reference signal is: a Q-th QCL source reference signal of the first type of the target channel; q is a positive integer greater than 1.

R and Q are positive integers configured on the protocol or network side, and R and Q can be the same or different.

The first signal and the target channel may have a third QCL relationship, and the first signal and the target channel may have a direct Type D QCL relationship, and the first signal and the target channel may have a fourth QCL relationship, and the first signal and the target channel may have an indirect Type D QCL relationship.

Optionally, the matching of the first signal with the beam of the target channel includes at least one of:

The beam direction/range of the first signal matches the beam direction/range of the target channel;

the beam direction/range of the first signal is within the beam direction/range of the target channel;

the beam direction/range of the target channel is within the beam direction/range of the first signal.

The matching of the beam direction/range of the first signal with the beam direction/range of the target channel may be that the beam direction/range of the first signal is consistent with the beam direction/range of the target channel;

the beam direction/range of the first signal may be within the beam direction/range of the target channel, and all or part of the beam direction/range of the first signal may be within the beam direction/range of the target channel;

the beam direction/range of the target channel may be within the beam direction/range of the first signal, and all or part of the beam direction/range of the target channel may be within the beam direction/range of the first signal.

In one embodiment, the matching of the beam direction/range of the first signal with the beam direction/range of the target channel may include:

the first signal has at least one QCL relationship with the target channel, and an average gain of the first signal matches an average gain of the target channel.

The at least one QCL relationship of the first signal and the target signal may include the QCL relationship described in the foregoing embodiment, and the average gain of the first signal and the average gain of the target channel may be matched such that the average gain of the first signal is the same as or similar to the average gain of the target channel.

In one embodiment, the beam direction/range of the first signal is within the beam direction/range of the target channel, which may include:

the first signal and the target channel have at least one QCL relation, and the ratio of the average gain of the first signal to the average gain of the target channel is greater than or equal to a ninth threshold; or alternatively

The overlapping part of the beam main lobe of the first signal and the beam main lobe of the target channel is greater than or equal to a tenth threshold;

the first beam width of the first signal is within the second beam width of the target channel, wherein the gains of the first beam width and the second beam width are the same or different;

the ratio of the gain of the transmission beam of the first signal in the maximum power direction to the gain of the transmission beam of the target channel in the maximum power direction is greater than or equal to an eleventh threshold;

A ratio of a gain of a transmit beam of the first signal in a target direction to a transmit beam of the target channel in the target direction is greater than or equal to a twelfth threshold.

The ninth threshold, tenth threshold, eleventh threshold, and twelfth threshold described above may be protocol defined or network side configured.

In one embodiment, the beam direction/range of the target channel is within the beam direction/range of the first signal, which may include:

the target channel and the first signal have a QCL relationship, and the ratio of the average gain of the target channel to the average gain of the first signal is greater than or equal to a thirteenth threshold; or alternatively

The overlapping portion of the beam main lobe of the target channel and the beam main lobe of the first signal is greater than or equal to a fourteenth threshold;

the second beam width of the target channel is within a first beam width of the first signal, wherein gains of the first beam width and the second beam width are the same or different;

the ratio of the gain of the transmission beam of the target channel in the maximum power direction to the gain of the transmission beam of the first signal in the maximum power direction is greater than or equal to a fifteenth threshold;

The ratio of the gain of the transmit beam of the target channel in the target direction to the gain of the transmit beam of the first signal in the target direction is greater than or equal to a sixteenth threshold.

The thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth thresholds described above may be protocol defined or network side configured.

In this embodiment of the present application, the beam direction/range of the target signal may be determined according to second QCL type information of the TCI state of the target signal; alternatively, the beam direction/range of the target channel may be determined according to the second QCL type information of the TCI state of the target channel.

The second QCL Type information may be QCL Type information of Type E.

The determining of the second QCL type information according to the TCI state of the target signal may be according to the indication of the second QCL type information of the TCI state of the target signal or the corresponding beam direction/range; the determining of the second QCL type information according to the TCI state of the target channel may be that the second QCL type information according to the TCI state of the target channel indicates or corresponds to the beam direction/range.

Wherein, the second QCL type information may include at least one of the following:

A serving cell identity, a Bandwidth part (BWP), a source reference signal (source reference), at least one QCL type, an Average gain (Average gain).

In the embodiment of the present application, QCL types include, but are not limited to, the following QCL types:

type a defined in the protocol, type B defined in the protocol, type C defined in the protocol, type D defined in the protocol, and Type E, wherein the QCL relationship of Type E refers to the description of the above embodiment, and is not described herein.

In some embodiments, the beam direction/range of the target signal may be a beam direction/range indicated by the target indication information, or a preconfigured beam direction/range, and the beam direction/range of the target channel may be a beam direction/range indicated by the target indication information, or a preconfigured beam direction/range.

As an alternative embodiment, the QCL information of the target signal includes:

QCL information determined according to the target indication information; or alternatively

QCL information determined according to QCL assumption of the bearer channel of the target indication information;

and/or

The QCL information of the target channel includes:

QCL information determined from QCL hypotheses of a bearer channel of the target indication information.

The QCL information determined according to the target indication information may be QCL information indicated by the target indication information. The QCL information determined according to the QCL assumption of the bearer channel of the target indication information may be QCL information obtained from the QCL assumption of the bearer channel of the target indication information.

As an alternative embodiment, the terminal cancels reception of the first signal in case the target message and the first signal satisfy a second condition.

Wherein, the second condition may be defined by a network side configuration or a protocol.

The terminal may cancel reception of the first signal, and may not perform reception of the first signal, and in this case, the network device may not transmit the first signal.

In this embodiment, the second condition may be to avoid that the terminal determines that the first signal is to be transmitted at the time when the first signal cannot be transmitted, so as to save power consumption of the terminal.

Optionally, the second condition includes at least one of:

the first signal does not match the target signal;

the first signal does not match the target channel.

Wherein the first signal is not matched with the target signal, and may include: the first signal is not matched with the target signal in space domain;

the first signal not matching the target channel may include: the first signal is spatially mismatched to the target channel.

The spatial mismatch between the first signal and the target signal may include at least one of:

the first signal and the target signal do not have a QCL relationship;

the first signal does not match the beam of the target signal.

Wherein the first signal is not matched with the target channel space domain, and may include at least one of the following:

the first signal does not have a QCL relationship with the target channel;

the first signal does not match the beam of the target channel.

The first signal and the target signal do not have QCL relationship, and may include at least one of the following:

the first signal does not have a first QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal does not have a second QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal and the target channel have QCL relationship, and may include at least one of the following:

the first signal does not have a third QCL relationship with the target channel;

The first signal does not have a fourth QCL relationship with the target channel;

the first QCL relationship, the second QCL relationship, the third QCL relationship, and the fourth QCL relationship may be referred to the corresponding descriptions of the above embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

The beam mismatch between the first signal and the target signal may include at least one of:

the beam direction/range of the first signal does not match the beam direction/range of the target signal;

the beam direction/range of the first signal is not within the beam direction/range of the target signal;

the beam direction/range of the target signal is not within the beam direction/range of the first signal.

The first signal not matching the beam of the target channel may include at least one of:

the beam direction/range of the first signal does not match the beam direction/range of the target channel;

the beam direction/range of the first signal is not within the beam direction/range of the target channel;

the beam direction/range of the target channel is not within the beam direction/range of the first signal.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart of another reference signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 4, including the following steps:

step 401, in the case that the first signal meets the third condition, the network side device sends the first signal to the terminal;

The third condition may include the first condition in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, or the third condition may be a condition different from the first condition in the embodiment shown in fig. 2.

In this embodiment, the first signal is sent to the terminal only when the first signal meets the third condition, so that the terminal can receive the first signal more easily, and the reliability of receiving the reference signal by the terminal is improved.

Optionally, the third condition includes at least one of:

the first signal is matched with the target signal;

the first signal is matched with the target channel;

the resources of the first signal are in the resource range indicated by the target;

the target signal is determined according to target indication information sent to the terminal by the network side equipment;

the target channel is determined according to the target indication information;

The target indication is determined according to the target indication information.

The target indication information may be target indication information in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, and in this embodiment, the method further includes: and the network side equipment sends the target indication information to the terminal.

The target indication may be determined according to the target indication information, where the target indication is indicated by the target indication information, for example: channel occupancy time (Channel Occupancy Time, COT) or maximum channel occupancy time (Maximum Channel Occupancy Time, MCOT).

Optionally, the matching of the first signal with the target signal includes at least one of:

the time domain resource of the first signal is within the time domain resource range of the target signal;

the frequency domain resource of the first signal is in the frequency domain of listen before talk (Listen Before Talk, LBT);

the first signal is spatially matched with the target signal;

and/or

The first signal is matched with a target channel, and the method comprises at least one of the following steps:

the time domain resource of the first signal is within the time domain resource range of the target channel;

the frequency domain resource of the first signal is in the frequency domain range of LBT;

The first signal is spatially matched to the target channel.

The time domain resource of the first signal may be a time domain resource configured by the network side device to be the first signal through a higher layer, and the frequency domain resource of the first signal may be a time domain resource configured by the network side device to be the first signal through a higher layer; the time domain resource range of the target signal may be a time domain resource range indicated by the target indication information, and the time domain resource range of the target channel may be a time domain resource range indicated by the target indication information; the frequency domain range of the LBT may be a protocol definition or a network side configuration or an LBT frequency domain resource range indicated by the target indication information.

Optionally, the spatial matching of the first signal and the target signal includes at least one of:

the first signal and the target signal have a quasi co-located QCL relationship;

the first signal is matched with the wave beam of the target signal;

and/or

The first signal is spatially matched with the target channel, including at least one of:

the first signal and the target channel have a QCL relationship;

the first signal is matched to a beam of the target channel.

the first signal has a first QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a second QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a third QCL relationship with the target channel;

the first signal has a fourth QCL relationship with the target channel;

Optionally, the matching of the first signal with the beam of the target signal includes at least one of:

Optionally, the beam direction/range of the target signal is determined according to the second QCL type information of the TCI state of the target signal; alternatively, the beam direction/range of the target channel is determined according to the second QCL type information of the TCI state of the target channel.

Optionally, the second QCL type information includes at least one of:

serving cell identity, bandwidth part BWP, source reference signal, at least one QCL type, average gain.

Optionally, the beam direction/range of the first signal matches the beam direction/range of the target signal, including:

the first signal and the target signal have at least one QCL relation, and the average gain of the first signal is matched with the average gain of the target signal;

and/or

The beam direction/range of the first signal is within the beam direction/range of the target signal, comprising:

The ratio of the gain of the transmission beam of the first signal in the target direction to the gain of the transmission beam of the target signal in the target direction is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold;

and/or

The beam direction/range of the target signal is within the beam direction/range of the first signal, comprising:

Optionally, the beam direction/range of the first signal matches the beam direction/range of the target channel, including:

the first signal and the target channel have at least one QCL relation, and the average gain of the first signal is matched with the average gain of the target channel;

and/or

The beam direction/range of the first signal is within the beam direction/range of the target channel, comprising:

a ratio of a gain of a transmission beam of the first signal in a target direction to a gain of a transmission beam of the target channel in the target direction is greater than or equal to a twelfth threshold;

And/or

The beam direction/range of the target channel is within the beam direction/range of the first signal, comprising:

the target channel and the first signal have at least one QCL relation, and the ratio of the average gain of the target channel to the average gain of the first signal is greater than or equal to a thirteenth threshold; or alternatively

Optionally, the QCL information of the target signal includes:

and/or

The QCL information of the target channel includes:

Optionally, the resources of the first signal are within the range of the resources indicated by the target, including at least one of:

the time domain resource of the first signal is in the time domain resource range indicated by the target;

the frequency domain resource of the first signal is in the frequency domain resource range indicated by the target;

the spatial resource of the first signal is within a spatial range allowed to be transmitted in the target indication.

Optionally, the spatial resource of the first signal is within a spatial range allowed to be sent in the target indication, including at least one of the following:

the first signal and a QCL source reference signal of the TCI state of the target indication information carrying channel have a QCL relation;

the first signal and the target indication information carrying channel have a QCL relation;

the first signal and at least one reference signal indicated by the target indication information have a QCL relationship;

The first signal has a QCL relationship with at least one reference signal in the reference signal packet indicated by the target indication information;

the first signal and a QCL reference signal of at least one TCI state indicated by the target indication information have a QCL relation;

the first signal has a QCL relationship with a QCL source reference signal of at least one TCI state in the TCI state packet indicated by the target indication information.

The QCL relationship between the first signal and the QCL source reference signal in the TCI state of the target indication information carrying channel may be a QCL relationship in which the first signal and the QCL source reference signal in the TCI state of the target indication information carrying channel directly or indirectly have Type D. For example: the first signal and the QCL source reference signal of the TCI state of the target indication information carrying channel have a fifth QCL relationship or a sixth QCL relationship;

wherein the first signal has a fifth QCL relationship with the QCL source reference signal of the TCI state of the target indication information carrying channel, and comprises any one of the following: the first signal is the same as the QCL source reference signal of the TCI state of the target indication information carrying channel, and the target QCL source reference signal is the same as the QCL source reference signal of the TCI state of the target indication information carrying channel;

The first signal has a sixth QCL relationship with the QCL source reference signal of the TCI state of the target indication information carrying channel, including any one of: the seventh QCL source reference signal is the same as the target signal, and the eighth QCL source reference signal is the same as the first signal;

the seventh QCL source reference signal is: a T-th QCL source reference signal of the first type indicating a QCL source reference signal of a TCI state of an information bearing channel; t is a positive integer greater than 1.

The eighth QCL source reference signal is: the target indicating the QCL source reference signal of the first type of the TCI state of the information carrying channel; h is a positive integer greater than 1.

The first signal and the target indication information carrying channel may have a QCL relationship, and the first signal and the target indication information carrying channel directly or indirectly have a QCL relationship of Type E.

The above-mentioned QCL relationship between the first signal and the at least one reference signal indicated by the target indication information may be a QCL relationship in which the first signal and the at least one reference signal indicated by the target indication information directly or indirectly include Type D, or, in some embodiments, may be a QCL relationship in which the first signal and the at least one reference signal indicated by the target indication information directly or indirectly include Type E.

The QCL relationship between the first signal and at least one reference signal in the reference signal packet indicated by the target indication information may be a QCL relationship in which the first signal and at least one reference signal in the reference signal packet indicated by the target indication information directly or indirectly include Type D, or may, of course, be a QCL relationship in which the first signal and at least one reference signal in the reference signal packet indicated by the target indication information directly or indirectly include Type E.

The QCL reference signal in at least one TCI state indicated by the target indication information and the first signal may have a QCL relationship, in which the QCL reference signal in at least one TCI state indicated by the target indication information and the first signal directly or indirectly have a QCL relationship of Type D, or, in some embodiments, may have a QCL relationship of Type E.

The QCL relation between the first signal and the QCL source reference signal of at least one TCI state in the TCI state packet indicated by the target indication information may be a QCL relation in which the first signal and the QCL source reference signal of at least one TCI state in the TCI state packet indicated by the target indication information directly or indirectly include Type D, or may, of course, in some embodiments, be a QCL relation in which the Type E is directly or indirectly included.

Optionally, the network side device sends the first signal to a terminal, including:

and the network side equipment uses a target beam direction to carry out channel access and send the first signal, and the target beam direction corresponds to the terminal.

Optionally, the target beam direction includes at least one of:

the transmission beam direction of the QCL source reference signal in the TCI state of the target signal;

a transmit beam direction of the target signal;

a transmission beam direction of a QCL source reference signal in a TCI state of the target channel;

a transmit beam direction of the target channel;

a transmit beam direction of the first signal;

the target indicates the transmission beam direction of the QCL source reference signal of the TCI state of the information carrying channel;

the target indicates the transmitting beam direction of the information carrying channel;

a transmission beam direction of at least one reference signal indicated by the target indication information;

a transmission beam direction of at least one reference signal in the reference signal packet indicated by the target indication information;

a transmission beam direction of a QCL source reference signal of at least one TCI state indicated by the target indication information;

the target indication information indicates a transmission beam direction of a QCL source reference signal of at least one TCI state in at least one TCI state packet.

Optionally, in the case that the first signal meets the fourth condition, the network side device cancels sending the first signal to the terminal.

The fourth condition may include the second condition in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, or the fourth condition may be a condition different from the second condition in the embodiment shown in fig. 2.

Optionally, the fourth condition includes at least one of:

the first signal does not match the target signal;

the first signal does not match the target channel;

the resources of the first signal are not in the resource range indicated by the target;

Wherein, the mismatch between the first signal and the target signal and the mismatch between the first signal and the target channel may be referred to the corresponding description of the embodiment shown in fig. 2, which is not repeated herein.

The resources of the first signal not being within the range of resources indicated by the target may include at least one of:

The time domain resource of the first signal is not in the time domain resource range indicated by the target;

the frequency domain resource of the first signal is not in the frequency domain resource range indicated by the target;

the spatial resource of the first signal is not within the spatial range allowed to be transmitted in the target indication.

It should be noted that, as an implementation manner of the network side device corresponding to the embodiment shown in fig. 5, a specific implementation manner of the embodiment may refer to a related description of the embodiment shown in fig. 5, so that in order to avoid repeated description, the embodiment is not repeated.

The method provided in the embodiment of the present application is illustrated below by taking the first signal as CSI-RS, the target signal as aperiodic CSI-RS, and the target channel as PDSCH as an example:

example 1:

in this embodiment, the terminal and the network side device are separately described, which may specifically include the following:

the terminal receives downlink control information sent by network side equipment, wherein the downlink control information is used for indicating the receiving of aperiodic CSI-RS or PDSCH;

and the terminal judges whether to receive the CSI-RS according to a first rule (or called a first condition) according to the downlink control information and the CSI-RS characteristic information of the high-level configuration.

Wherein the first rule comprises: receiving the CSI-RS when the terminal meets at least one or more of the following conditions through the CSI-RS configured by a higher layer:

the CSI-RS is in the time domain range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH;

the CSI-RS is in the frequency domain range of the LBT;

the CSI-RS has a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relationship with the (Type D) QCL source reference signal of TCI status of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH.

Alternatively, the first rule includes: canceling receiving the CSI-RS when the CSI-RS configured by the terminal through a higher layer meets at least one or more of the following conditions:

the CSI-RS is not in the time domain range of the aperiodic CSI-RS or the PDSCH;

the CSI-RS is not in the frequency domain of the LBT;

the CSI-RS does not have a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relationship with the (Type D) QCL source reference signal of the TCI state of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH.

Alternatively, the first rule includes: receiving the CSI-RS when the CSI-RS configured by the terminal in an excessively high layer meets at least one or more of the following conditions:

the CSI-RS is in the frequency domain range of the LBT;

CSI-RS has a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relationship with the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH.

Alternatively, the first rule includes: canceling receiving the CSI-RS when the UE satisfies at least one or more of the following conditions through a higher layer configured CSI-RS:

the CSI-RS is not in the frequency domain of the LBT;

the CSI-RS does not have a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relationship with the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH.

Alternatively, the first rule includes: receiving the CSI-RS when the terminal meets at least one or more of the following conditions through the CSI-RS configured by a higher layer:

the CSI-RS is in the frequency domain range of the LBT;

the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS is consistent with the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH, or the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS is within the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH, or the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH is within the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS;

the CSI-RS is not in the time domain range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH;

The CSI-RS is not in the frequency domain of the LBT;

the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS is inconsistent with the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CIS-RS and/or the PDSCH, or the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS is not in the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH, or the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH is not in the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS.

Alternatively, the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS/the aperiodic CSI-RS/the PDSCH may be obtained according to (Type E) QCL information of the TCI state thereof.

Wherein the QCL information of Type E at least comprises one or more of the following

A service cell identification;

BWP；

a source reference signal (source reference);

one or more QCL types;

average gain (Average gain).

Optionally, the direction/range of the transmission beam of the CSI-RS and the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH is consistent, which may include: the CSI-RS may have one or more QCL Type relationships + Average gain the same as the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH.

Optionally, the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS is within the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH may include: the ratio of the one or more QCL Type relations +average gain between the CSI-RS and the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH is at least Z1 dB, and Z1 is a positive integer;

Similarly, a definition that the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH is within the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS may be available.

Optionally, the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS is within the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH, which may be defined by one or more of the following:

the beam main lobe of CSI-RS and the main lobe overlap of aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH exceeds y% (y=90, 100, or other values);

the Z dB beamwidth of CSI-RS is all contained in the Z ' dB beamwidth of aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH, positive integers of Z and Z ', e.g., Z and Z ' =3 or other values, which may be different;

the ratio of the gain of the transmitting beam of the CSI-RS in the direction of the maximum transmission power to the gain of the transmitting beam of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH in the direction of the maximum transmission power is at least Z2 dB, and Z2 is a positive integer;

the ratio of the gain of the transmitting beam of the CSI-RS in certain directions to the gain of the transmitting beam of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH in certain directions is at least Z3 dB, and Z3 is a positive integer;

Optionally, the QCL information/hypothesis of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH may be obtained according to downlink control information of the terminal receiving network side device, or may be obtained by QCL assumption of a bearer channel of the downlink control information.

The network side may specifically include the following:

and when the CSI-RS meets a third condition, the network side equipment performs channel access by using the target beam direction and sends the CSI-RS.

Optionally, the third condition includes at least one or more of:

the CSI-RS is in the frequency domain range of the LBT;

the CSI-RS has a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relation with a (Type D) QCL source reference signal of a TCI state of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH;

the CSI-RS has a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relation with the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH;

the transmission beam direction of the CSI-RS is consistent with the transmission beam direction of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH or is within the transmission beam direction of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH or the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH is within the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS.

Optionally, the third condition includes at least one or more of the following

The CSI-RS is in a time domain range indicated by COT;

the CSI-RS is in a frequency domain range indicated by COT;

the CSI-RS is in the spatial domain that can be transmitted within the COT.

Optionally, the CSI-RS may include at least one of the following in a spatial domain that may be transmitted in the COT:

the CSI-RS has a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relation with a (Type D) QCL source reference signal of the TCI state of the COT indication information carrying channel;

the CSI-RS and the COT indication information bearing channel have a direct or indirect (Type E) QCL relation;

the CSI-RS has a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relationship with at least one reference signal indicated by the control information or with at least one reference signal in a reference signal packet indicated by the control information;

the CSI-RS has a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relationship with a (Type D) QCL source reference signal of at least one TCI state indicated by the control information or with a (Type D) QCL source reference signal of at least one TCI state in a TCI state packet indicated by the control information.

Alternatively, the target beam direction may include one or more of the following

The (Type D) QCL source reference signal of TCI state of aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH transmits beam direction;

aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH transmit beam directions;

The transmit beam direction of the CSI-RS;

COT indicates the (Type D) QCL source reference signal transmit beam direction of the TCI state of the information bearing channel;

COT indicates the transmit beam direction of the information bearing channel;

the method comprises the steps that a transmission beam direction of an N1 reference signal indicated by control information or an N2 reference signal in a reference signal packet indicated by the control information is changed, wherein N1 and N2 are positive integers;

the (Type D) QCL source reference signals of N3 TCI states indicated by the control information or the (Type D) QCL source reference signals of N4 TCI states in the TCI state packet indicated by the control information.

Embodiment two:

the terminal receives downlink control information (e.g., DCI 1_1) of the network side device, where the downlink control information includes TCI information and time-domain allocation indication information of a PDSCH scheduled by a control resource set (control resource set, CORESET) for transmitting the PDCCH, and indicates that a TCI state of the PDSCH is a TCI state P, and a QCL source reference signal of the TCI state P about Type D is a QCL RS P;

receiving a CSI-RS configured by a terminal through a higher layer when the CSI-RS satisfies at least one or more of the following conditions:

the CSI-RS is in the frequency domain range of the LBT;

The CSI-RS and the QCL RS P have a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relation;

the TCI state of the CSI-RS is TCI state R, and the QCL source reference signal of the TCI state R about Type D is QCL RS R.

Or, canceling the reception of the CSI-RS when the terminal satisfies at least one of the following conditions through the CSI-RS configured by a higher layer:

the CSI-RS is not in the time domain of the PDSCH;

the CSI-RS is not in the frequency domain of the LBT;

the CSI-RS does not have a direct or indirect Type D QCL relationship with the QCL RS P.

In this embodiment, the specific RRC parameter may be used only in a specific frequency band or when a specific RRC parameter is configured.

In addition, in the present embodiment, a and B have a direct Type D QCL relationship including: the Type D QCL source reference signal of A is the same as B, or A is the same as the Type D QCL source reference signal of B;

a and B have an indirect Type D QCL relationship including: the multi-level Type D QCL source reference signal of a is the same as B, or the multi-level Type D QCL source reference signal of B is the same as a.

For example: the Type D QCL relationship between the reference signals is shown in fig. 3 below, and indicated by TCI state, where, assuming that a is CSI-RS5, B is SSB1, the primary Type D QCL source reference signal of CSI-RS5 is CSI-RS4, and the Type D QCL source reference signal of CSI-RS4 is CSI-RS1, the secondary Type D QCL source reference signal of CSI-RS5 is CSI-RS1, and by this, the tertiary Type D QCL source reference of CSI-RS5 is SSB1, then a and B have an indirect Type D QCL relationship.

Embodiment III:

the terminal receives downlink control information (e.g. DCI 1_1) of the network side equipment, wherein the downlink control information indicates that the TCI state of the PDSCH is TCI state P, and the QCL source reference signal of the TCI state P about Type D is QCL RS P;

the CSI-RS is in the frequency domain range of the LBT;

the CSI-RS has a (Type D) QCL relationship with the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH.

the CSI-RS is not in the time domain of the PDSCH;

the CSI-RS is not in the frequency domain of the LBT;

the CSI-RS does not have a (Type D) QCL relationship with the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH.

Embodiment four:

the terminal receives downlink control information of the network side equipment, and the downlink control information indicates that the TCI state of the PDSCH is TCI state P.

The TCI state of the CSI-RS configured by the high layer is TCI state R, and QCL information of the TCI state R is configured by a network side, wherein the QCL information at least comprises Type E. The QCL information for Type E includes at least one or more of the following:

A service cell identification;

BWP；

a source reference signal (source reference);

one or more QCL types;

average gain (Average gain).

The source reference signal may be a CSI-RS or synchronization signal block (synchronization signal block, SSB) or a bearer channel (e.g., PDCCH).

the CSI-RS is in the frequency domain range of the LBT;

the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS is consistent with the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH, or the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS is within the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH, or the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH is within the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS.

Or, canceling the receiving or measuring of the CSI-RS when the terminal satisfies at least one of the following conditions through the CSI-RS configured by a higher layer:

the CSI-RS is not inconsistent with the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CIS-RS and/or PDSCH in the frequency domain of LBT, or the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS is not within the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH, or the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH is not within the transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS.

Wherein, the CSI-RS is consistent with the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH, and may include: the CSI-RS has one or more QCL Type relationships + the same average gain as the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH.

The transmission beam direction/range of the CSI-RS is within the transmission beam direction/range of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH may include: the ratio of the one or more QCL Type relations and the average gain of the CSI-RS and the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or the PDSCH is at least Z1 dB, and Z1 is a positive integer;

Fifth embodiment:

when the CSI-RS meets one or more of the following first conditions, the network side equipment performs channel access by using the transmission beam direction of (Type D) QCL source reference signals of the TCI state of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH and transmits the CSI-RS:

the CSI-RS is in the frequency domain range of the LBT;

the CSI-RS has a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relationship with the (Type D) QCL source reference signal of the TCI state of the aperiodic CSI-RS and/or PDSCH.

When the CSI-RS satisfies one or more of the following first conditions, the network side device performs channel access with a (Type D) QCL state reference signal transmission beam direction of the TCI state of the COT indication information carrying channel and transmits the CSI-RS:

CSI-RS in the time domain range indicated by COT

CSI-RS in the frequency domain indicated by COT

The CSI-RS has a direct or indirect (Type D) QCL relationship with the (Type D) QCL source reference signal that COTs indicates the TCI state of the information bearing channel.

According to the reference signal processing method provided by the embodiment of the application, the execution body can be a reference signal processing device. In the embodiment of the present application, the reference signal processing device executes the reference signal processing method as an example, and the reference signal processing provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a block diagram of a reference signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 5, including:

a first receiving module 501, configured to receive target indication information sent by a network side device;

a second receiving module 502, configured to receive a first signal if a target message and the first signal satisfy a first condition, where the target message includes at least one of a target signal and a target channel;

the target signal is determined according to the target indication information;

Optionally, the first condition includes at least one of:

the first signal is matched with the target signal;

the first signal is matched to the target channel.

and/or

The first signal being matched to the target channel, comprising: the first signal is spatially matched to the target channel.

the first signal is matched with the wave beam of the target signal;

and/or

the first signal and the target channel have a QCL relationship;

the first signal is matched to a beam of the target channel.

The first signal has a first QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a second QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a third QCL relationship with the target channel;

the first signal has a fourth QCL relationship with the target channel;

the fourth QCL source reference signal is: the transmission configuration of the target channel indicates the QCL source reference signal of the first type corresponding to the TCI state;

Optionally, the second QCL type information includes at least one of:

and/or

And/or

Optionally, the QCL information of the target signal includes:

And/or

The QCL information of the target channel includes:

Optionally, in a case where the target message and the first signal satisfy a second condition, the terminal cancels reception of the first signal.

Optionally, the second condition includes at least one of:

the first signal does not match the target signal;

the first signal does not match the target channel.

Optionally, the first signal does not match the target signal, including:

the first signal is not matched with the target signal in space domain;

and/or

The first signal not matching the target channel comprises:

the first signal is spatially mismatched to the target channel.

The reference signal processing device can improve the reliability of the terminal for receiving the reference signal.

The reference signal processing device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, for example, an electronic device with an operating system, or may be a component in an electronic device, for example, an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be other devices than a terminal. By way of example, the terminals may include, but are not limited to, the types of terminals listed in embodiments of the present application, other devices may be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), etc., and embodiments of the present application are not specifically limited.

The reference signal processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment shown in fig. 2, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided herein.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a block diagram of a reference signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 6, including:

a sending module 601, configured to send, by a network side device, a first signal to a terminal if the first signal meets a third condition;

Optionally, the third condition includes at least one of:

the first signal is matched with the target signal;

the first signal is matched with the target channel;

the frequency domain resource of the first signal is in the frequency domain range of Listen Before Talk (LBT); the first signal is spatially matched with the target signal;

and/or

the frequency domain resource of the first signal is in the frequency domain range of Listen Before Talk (LBT);

the first signal is spatially matched to the target channel.

the first signal is matched with the wave beam of the target signal;

and/or

the first signal and the target channel have a QCL relationship;

the first signal is matched to a beam of the target channel.

the first signal has a first QCL relationship with the target signal;

The first signal has a second QCL relationship with the target signal;

The first signal has a third QCL relationship with the target channel;

the first signal has a fourth QCL relationship with the target channel;

Optionally, the second QCL type information includes at least one of:

and/or

And/or

Optionally, the QCL information of the target signal includes:

and/or

The QCL information of the target channel includes:

Optionally, the target beam direction includes at least one of:

a transmit beam direction of the target signal;

a transmit beam direction of the target channel;

a transmit beam direction of the first signal;

Optionally, the fourth condition includes at least one of:

the first signal does not match the target signal;

the first signal does not match the target channel;

The reference signal processing device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, for example, an electronic device with an operating system, or may be a component in an electronic device, for example, an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a network-side device or may be another device other than a terminal. By way of example, the network-side devices may include, but are not limited to, the types of network-side devices listed in embodiments of the present application, and the other devices may be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), etc., and embodiments of the present application are not specifically limited.

The reference signal processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment shown in fig. 4, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided herein.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 7, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 700, including a processor 701 and a memory 702, where the memory 702 stores a program or an instruction that can be executed on the processor 701, for example, when the communication device 700 is a terminal, the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 701 to implement each step of the above-mentioned embodiment of the reference signal processing method on the terminal side, and the same technical effects can be achieved. When the communication device 700 is a network side device, the program or the instruction, when executed by the processor 701, implements the steps of the embodiment of the reference signal processing method on the network side device, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

The embodiment of the application also provides a terminal, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used for receiving target indication information sent by the network side equipment; receiving a first signal if a target message and the first signal satisfy a first condition, the target message including at least one of a target signal and a target channel; the first signal comprises a reference signal configured by the network side equipment; the target signal is determined according to the target indication information; and the target channel is determined according to the target indication information. The terminal embodiment corresponds to the terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved. Specifically, fig. 8 is a schematic hardware structure of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 800 includes, but is not limited to: at least part of the components of the radio frequency unit 801, the network module 802, the audio output unit 803, the input unit 804, the sensor 805, the display unit 806, the user input unit 807, the interface unit 808, the memory 809, and the processor 810, etc.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 800 may further include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and that the power source may be logically coupled to the processor 810 by a power management system for performing functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption by the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 8 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than shown, or may combine certain components, or may be arranged in different components, which will not be described in detail herein.

It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the input unit 804 may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 8041 and a microphone 8042, with the graphics processor 8041 processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 806 may include a display panel 8061, and the display panel 8061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 807 includes at least one of a touch panel 8071 and other input devices 8072. Touch panel 8071, also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 8071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 8072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and so forth, which are not described in detail herein.

In this embodiment, after receiving downlink data from the network side device, the radio frequency unit 801 may transmit the downlink data to the processor 810 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 801 may send uplink data to the network side device. In general, the radio frequency unit 801 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 809 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 809 may mainly include a first storage area storing programs or instructions and a second storage area storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, application programs or instructions (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 809 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or the memory 809 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double Data Rate SDRAM (ddr SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (Enhanced SDRAM), synchronous DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct RAM (DRRAM). Memory 809 in embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The processor 810 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 810 integrates an application processor that primarily processes operations involving an operating system, user interface, application programs, etc., and a modem processor that primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 810.

The radio frequency unit 801 is configured to receive target indication information sent by a network side device; receiving a first signal if a target message and the first signal satisfy a first condition, the target message including at least one of a target signal and a target channel;

the target signal is determined according to the target indication information;

Optionally, the first condition includes at least one of:

the first signal is matched with the target signal;

the first signal is matched to the target channel.

And/or

the first signal is matched with the wave beam of the target signal;

and/or

the first signal and the target channel have a QCL relationship;

the first signal is matched to a beam of the target channel.

the first signal has a first QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a second QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a third QCL relationship with the target channel;

the first signal has a fourth QCL relationship with the target channel;

Optionally, the second QCL type information includes at least one of:

and/or

Optionally, the QCL information of the target signal includes:

and/or

The QCL information of the target channel includes:

Optionally, the second condition includes at least one of:

The first signal does not match the target signal;

the first signal does not match the target channel.

Optionally, the first signal does not match the target signal, including:

the first signal is not matched with the target signal in space domain;

and/or

The first signal not matching the target channel comprises:

the first signal is spatially mismatched to the target channel.

The terminal can improve the reliability of receiving the reference signal by the terminal.

The embodiment of the application also provides network side equipment, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used for sending the first signal to the terminal under the condition that the first signal meets a third condition; the first signal comprises a reference signal configured by the network side equipment. The network side device embodiment corresponds to the network side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the network side device embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application also provides network side equipment. As shown in fig. 9, the network-side device 9000 includes: an antenna 901, a radio frequency device 902, a baseband device 903, a processor 904, and a memory 905. The antenna 901 is connected to a radio frequency device 902. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 902 receives information via the antenna 901, and transmits the received information to the baseband device 903 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 903 processes information to be transmitted, and transmits the processed information to the radio frequency device 902, and the radio frequency device 902 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 901.

The method performed by the network side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 903, where the baseband apparatus 903 includes a baseband processor.

The baseband apparatus 903 may, for example, include at least one baseband board, where a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 9, where one chip, for example, a baseband processor, is connected to the memory 905 through a bus interface, so as to call a program in the memory 905 to perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The network-side device may also include a network interface 906, such as a common public radio interface (common public radio interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device 9000 of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 905 and executable on the processor 904, the processor 904 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 905 to perform the method performed by the modules shown in fig. 6, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided and therefore a description thereof is omitted.

The radio frequency device 902 is configured to send the first signal to a terminal when the first signal meets a third condition;

Optionally, the third condition includes at least one of:

the first signal is matched with the target signal;

the first signal is matched with the target channel;

and/or

the first signal is spatially matched to the target channel.

the first signal is matched with the wave beam of the target signal;

and/or

the first signal and the target channel have a QCL relationship;

the first signal is matched to a beam of the target channel.

the first signal has a first QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a second QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a third QCL relationship with the target channel;

the first signal has a fourth QCL relationship with the target channel;

Optionally, the second QCL type information includes at least one of:

and/or

Optionally, the QCL information of the target signal includes:

and/or

The QCL information of the target channel includes:

Optionally, the target beam direction includes at least one of:

a transmit beam direction of the target signal;

a transmit beam direction of the target channel;

a transmit beam direction of the first signal;

Optionally, the fourth condition includes at least one of:

the first signal does not match the target signal;

the first signal does not match the target channel;

The network side equipment can improve the reliability of the terminal for receiving the reference signal.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the processes of the embodiment of the reference signal processing method are implemented, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

Wherein the processor is a processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes computer readable storage medium such as computer readable memory ROM, random access memory RAM, magnetic or optical disk, etc.

The embodiment of the application further provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled with the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction, implement each process of the above reference signal processing method embodiment, and achieve the same technical effect, so that repetition is avoided, and no redundant description is provided herein.

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

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product, where the computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the embodiments of the reference signal processing method, and the same technical effects are achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and details are not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a perception measurement system, which comprises: the terminal can be used for executing the steps of the reference signal processing method of the terminal side, and the network side device can be used for executing the steps of the reference signal processing method of the network side device.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiment method may be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, but of course may also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a preferred embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a computer software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), comprising several instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method described in the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are also within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A method of reference signal processing, comprising:

the target signal is determined according to the target indication information;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first condition comprises at least one of:

the first signal is matched with the target signal;

The first signal is matched to the target channel.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first signal matches the target signal, comprising: the first signal is spatially matched with the target signal;

and/or

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first signal is spatially matched to the target signal, comprising at least one of:

the first signal is matched with the wave beam of the target signal;

and/or

the first signal and the target channel have a QCL relationship;

the first signal is matched to a beam of the target channel.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first signal has a QCL relationship with the target signal, comprising at least one of:

the first signal has a first QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a second QCL relationship with the target signal;

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first signal has a QCL relationship with the target channel, comprising at least one of:

The first signal has a third QCL relationship with the target channel;

the first signal has a fourth QCL relationship with the target channel;

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the beam matching of the first signal with the target signal comprises at least one of:

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the first signal matches a beam of the target channel, comprising at least one of:

9. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein the beam direction/range of the target signal is determined according to second QCL type information of TCI state of the target signal; alternatively, the beam direction/range of the target channel is determined according to the second QCL type information of the TCI state of the target channel.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second QCL type information includes at least one of:

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the beam direction/range of the first signal matches the beam direction/range of the target signal, comprising:

and/or

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the beam direction/range of the first signal matches the beam direction/range of the target channel, comprising:

and/or

13. The method of claims 4 to 8, wherein the QCL information of the target signal comprises:

and/or

The QCL information of the target channel includes:

14. The method according to any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the terminal cancels reception of the first signal in case the target message and the first signal satisfy a second condition.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second condition comprises at least one of:

the first signal does not match the target signal;

the first signal does not match the target channel.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first signal does not match the target signal, comprising:

The first signal is not matched with the target signal in space domain;

and/or

The first signal not matching the target channel comprises:

the first signal is spatially mismatched to the target channel.

17. A method of reference signal processing, comprising:

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the third condition comprises at least one of:

the first signal is matched with the target signal;

the first signal is matched with the target channel;

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first signal matches a target signal, comprising at least one of:

and/or

the first signal is spatially matched to the target channel.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first signal is spatially matched to the target signal, comprising at least one of:

the first signal is matched with the wave beam of the target signal;

and/or

the first signal and the target channel have a QCL relationship;

the first signal is matched to a beam of the target channel.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the first signal has a QCL relationship with the target signal, comprising at least one of:

The first signal has a first QCL relationship with the target signal;

the first signal has a second QCL relationship with the target signal;

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the first signal has a QCL relationship with the target channel, comprising at least one of:

the first signal has a third QCL relationship with the target channel;

the first signal has a fourth QCL relationship with the target channel;

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the beam matching of the first signal with the target signal comprises at least one of:

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the first signal matches a beam of the target channel, comprising at least one of:

25. The method of claim 23 or 24, wherein the beam direction/range of the target signal is determined according to second QCL type information of TCI state of the target signal; alternatively, the beam direction/range of the target channel is determined according to the second QCL type information of the TCI state of the target channel.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the second QCL type information includes at least one of:

27. The method of claim 23, wherein the beam direction/range of the first signal matches the beam direction/range of the target signal, comprising:

and/or

28. The method of claim 24, wherein the beam direction/range of the first signal matches the beam direction/range of the target channel, comprising:

and/or

29. The method of claims 20 to 24, wherein the QCL information of the target signal comprises:

and/or

The QCL information of the target channel includes:

30. The method of claim 18, wherein the resources of the first signal are within the range of resources indicated by the target, comprising at least one of:

31. The method of claim 30, wherein spatial resources of the first signal are within a spatial range allowed to be transmitted in the target indication, comprising at least one of:

32. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 24, wherein the network side device sending the first signal to a terminal comprises:

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the target beam direction comprises at least one of:

a transmit beam direction of the target signal;

a transmit beam direction of the target channel;

a transmit beam direction of the first signal;

34. The method according to claims 17 to 25, wherein the network side device cancels the transmission of the first signal to the terminal in case the first signal satisfies a fourth condition.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the fourth condition comprises at least one of:

the first signal does not match the target signal;

the first signal does not match the target channel;

36. A reference signal processing apparatus, comprising:

the target signal is determined according to the target indication information;

37. A reference signal processing apparatus, comprising:

38. A terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the reference signal processing method of any one of claims 1 to 16.

39. A network side device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the reference signal processing method of any one of claims 17 to 35.

40. A readable storage medium, characterized in that the readable storage medium has stored thereon a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the reference signal processing method according to any of claims 1 to 16 or the steps of the reference signal processing method according to any of claims 17 to 35.