CN117156559A

CN117156559A - Reference signal management method, apparatus, device and readable storage medium

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Publication number: CN117156559A
Application number: CN202210553317.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王菡凝; 苏鑫; 吴丹
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Priority date: 2022-05-20
Filing date: 2022-05-20
Publication date: 2023-12-01

Abstract

The invention discloses a reference signal management method, a device, equipment and a readable storage medium, which relate to the technical field of wireless and are used for solving the problem that coverage capability of a reference signal sent by network side equipment to terminal equipment is poor. The method is applied to target equipment and comprises the following steps: reporting target data to network side equipment, wherein the target data comprises index information or channel quality information, and the index information comprises a reference signal index and first codebook information; receiving a reflection instruction sent by the network side equipment, wherein the reflection instruction carries target information, the target information comprises time domain information of a first reference signal or time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal, and the target information is determined based on the target data; the first reference signal is reflected or forwarded based on the time domain information of the first reference signal and the second codebook information. The embodiment of the invention can improve the coverage capability of the reference signal sent by the network side equipment.

Description

Reference signal management method, apparatus, device and readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a device, and a readable storage medium for managing reference signals.

Background

When the network side equipment transmits the reference signal, the network side equipment generally adopts a reference signal scanning form, transmits a reference signal in one direction at each moment in one period, and completes coverage of terminal equipment in a cell through the reference signals in different directions transmitted at different moments.

However, in some cases, there is a blocking between the terminal device and the network side device, so that the coverage capability of the reference signal sent by the network side device to the terminal device is poor, and thus a part of the terminal devices cannot complete access.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a reference signal management method, a device, equipment and a readable storage medium, which are used for solving the problem that the coverage capability of a reference signal sent by network side equipment to terminal equipment is poor.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a reference signal management method, which is applied to a target device, including:

reporting target data to network side equipment, wherein the target data comprises index information or channel quality information, and the index information comprises a reference signal index and first codebook information;

Receiving a reflection instruction sent by the network side equipment, wherein the reflection instruction carries target information, the target information comprises time domain information of a first reference signal or time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal, and the target information is determined based on the target data;

and reflecting or forwarding the first reference signal based on the target information.

Optionally, the reporting the index information to the network side device includes:

determining a first reference signal from a plurality of reference signals of network side equipment based on the signal strength of the reference signals;

determining a reference signal index and first codebook information corresponding to the first reference signal, wherein the first codebook information comprises a first codebook number and/or at least one first codebook index;

and sending the reference signal index and the first codebook information to the network side equipment.

Optionally, the codebook index is used to characterize a phase matrix used by the target device to reflect or forward the first reference signal.

Optionally, the reporting the channel quality information to the network side device includes:

receiving a measurement instruction sent by network side equipment;

performing channel quality measurement on measurement resources configured by the network side equipment based on at least one measurement codebook to obtain channel quality information, wherein the corresponding relation between the measurement resources and a plurality of reference signals of the network side equipment is predefined;

And sending the channel quality information to the network side equipment.

Optionally, the second codebook information includes the number of second codebooks and/or at least one second codebook index, and each second codebook index corresponds to one second codebook.

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

receiving target data reported by target equipment, wherein the target data comprises index information or channel quality information, and the index information comprises a reference signal index and first codebook information;

determining target information based on the target data, wherein the target information comprises time domain information of a first reference signal or time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal;

and sending a reflection indication to the target equipment, wherein the reflection indication carries the target information.

Optionally, the receiving the index information reported by the target device includes:

and receiving a reference signal index and first codebook information sent by target equipment, wherein the first codebook information comprises the number of first codebooks and/or at least one first codebook index, and each first codebook index corresponds to one first codebook.

Optionally, the target information includes time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal, and in a case where the target data includes index information, the determining target information based on the target data includes:

determining a first reference signal based on the reference signal index and at least one first codebook based on the first codebook information;

determining time domain information of the first reference signal, and determining at least one second codebook from the at least one first codebook;

second codebook information is determined based on the at least one second codebook.

Optionally, the receiving the channel quality information reported by the target device includes:

configuring measurement resources, wherein the corresponding relation between the measurement resources and a plurality of reference signals of the network side equipment is predefined;

transmitting a measurement indication to a target device, wherein the measurement indication is used for indicating the target device to perform channel quality measurement on the measurement resources;

and receiving the channel quality information sent by the target equipment.

Optionally, the target information includes time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal, and in a case where the target data includes channel measurement information, the determining target information based on the target data includes:

Determining a first reference signal from a plurality of reference signals of the network side equipment based on the channel quality information, and determining second codebook information corresponding to the first reference signal based on the channel quality information;

time domain information of the first reference signal is determined.

Optionally, the number of the second codebooks is K, where K is a positive integer;

the sending a reflection indication to the target device includes:

under the condition that K is larger than 1, configuring K-1 second reference signals based on the first reference signals, wherein the K reference signals are in one-to-one correspondence with the K second codebooks, and the K reference signals comprise one first reference signal and K-1 second reference signals;

and sending a reflection indication to the target equipment, wherein the reflection indication carries time domain information of the K reference signals and K second codebooks.

Optionally, before the sending of the reflection indication to the target device, the method further comprises:

judging whether the number of the reference signals of the network side equipment is increased or decreased;

And modifying the resource configuration information corresponding to the reference signals of the network side equipment under the condition that the number of the reference signals of the network side equipment is increased or decreased.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a reference signal management apparatus, where the reference signal management apparatus is a target device, including:

the reporting module is used for reporting target data to network side equipment, wherein the target data comprises index information or channel quality information, and the index information comprises a reference signal index and first codebook information;

the first receiving module is used for receiving a reflection instruction sent by the network side equipment, wherein the reflection instruction carries target information, the target information comprises time domain information of a first reference signal or time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal, and the target information is determined based on the target data;

and the processing module is used for reflecting or forwarding the first reference signal based on the target information.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a reference signal management apparatus, where the reference signal management apparatus is a network side device, including:

the second receiving module is used for receiving target data reported by target equipment, wherein the target data comprises index information or channel quality information, and the index information comprises a reference signal index and first codebook information;

A determining module, configured to determine target information based on the target data, where the target information includes time domain information of a first reference signal, or time domain information of the first reference signal and second codebook information;

and the sending module is used for sending a reflection instruction to the target equipment, wherein the reflection instruction carries the target information.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a reference signal management apparatus, where the reference signal management apparatus is a target apparatus, including: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the processor implementing the steps in the reference signal management method as described in the first aspect when the computer program is executed.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a reference signal management device, where the reference signal management device is a network side device, including: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the processor implementing the steps in the reference signal management method as described in the second aspect when the computer program is executed.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a readable storage medium, on which a program is stored, which when executed by a processor implements the steps in the reference signal management method according to the first or second aspect.

The reference signal management method provided by the embodiment of the invention is applied to target equipment, and the target equipment reports target data to network side equipment, wherein the target data comprises index information or channel quality information, and the index information comprises a reference signal index and first codebook information; receiving a reflection instruction sent by the network side equipment, wherein the reflection instruction carries target information, the target information comprises time domain information of a first reference signal or time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal, and the target information is determined based on the target data; and reflecting or forwarding the first reference signal based on the target information. By the method, the target device can reflect or forward the reference signals of the network side device, so that the reflected reference signals or the forwarded reference signals with different angles are obtained, the reference signal coverage capability of the network side device is improved, and the access efficiency of the terminal device is further improved.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

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

FIG. 2 is one of the flowcharts of the reference signal management method according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a second flowchart of a reference signal management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a diagram of one of the reference signal coverage scenarios;

FIG. 5 is a third flowchart of a reference signal management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a second schematic diagram of reference signal coverage;

FIG. 7 is a fourth flowchart of a reference signal management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a block diagram of a reference signal management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a second block diagram of a reference signal management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is one of structural diagrams of a reference signal management apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a second block diagram of a reference signal management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are some, but not all embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which are derived by a person skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application, fall within the scope of protection of the application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar elements 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 "first" and "second" distinguishing between objects generally are not limited in number to the extent that the first object may, for example, 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 should be noted that the techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE evolution (LTE-Advanced, LTE-a) systems, but 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 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 NR terminology is used in much of the description below, but these techniques may also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as the 6th generation (6th Generation,6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present application is applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12. The terminal 11 may also be called a terminal Device or a User Equipment (UE), the terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer) or a terminal-side Device called a notebook Computer, 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 Device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), a Wearable Device (Wearable Device) or a vehicle-mounted Device (Vehicle User Equipment, VUE), a pedestrian terminal (Pedestrian User Equipment, PUE), and the Wearable Device includes: a bracelet, earphone, glasses, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network side device 12 may be a base station or a core network device, where a base station may be called a Node B, an Evolved Node B, 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 Node B, an Evolved Node B (eNB), a home Node B, a home Evolved Node B, a wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) access point, a wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, wiFi) Node, a transmission and reception point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the field, and the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary so long as the same technical effect is achieved, and it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, only a base station in the NR system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station is not limited. The core network device may be referred to as a location management function (Location Management Function, LMF), an enhanced services mobile location center (Enhance Serving Mobile Location Center, E-SMLC), a location server, or some other suitable terminology in the field.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is one of flowcharts of a reference signal management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to a target device, as shown in fig. 2, and specifically includes the following steps:

step 101, reporting target data to a network side device, wherein the target data comprises index information or channel quality information, and the index information comprises a reference signal index and first codebook information.

Step 102, receiving a reflection instruction sent by the network side device, where the reflection instruction carries target information, where the target information includes time domain information of a first reference signal, or time domain information of the first reference signal and second codebook information, and the target information is determined based on the target data.

Step 103, reflecting or forwarding the first reference signal based on the time domain information of the first reference signal and the second codebook information.

It should be understood that the reference signal management method provided in the embodiment of the present invention is applied to a target device, and in some embodiments, the target device may be understood as a reflective unit array and a control device of the reflective unit array. In this embodiment, the target device may implement the function of the reflection unit array, and perform information interaction with the network side device at the same time. An array of reflective elements is understood to be a new type of transport entity consisting of controllable reflective elements. In specific implementation, the specific structure of the reflective cell array is not limited herein.

For example, in some embodiments, the array of reflective elements may be an active array of reflective elements. In other embodiments, the array of reflective elements may be an array of passive reflective elements. In particular, in some embodiments, the array of reflective units is a configurable smart surface (Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface, RIS). In some embodiments, the RIS may also be referred to as a smart reflective surface, where the RIS is an array of passive reflective elements.

It should be understood that the reference signal indexes are used for characterizing the first reference signals to be reflected, and each reference signal index corresponds to one reference signal, wherein the specific content of the reference signal indexes is not limited herein. For example, in some embodiments, the reference signal index is a number of the first reference signal.

It should be understood that the first reference signal is a reference signal determined from a plurality of reference signals of the network side device, and a specific method for determining the first reference signal from the plurality of reference signals of the network side device is not limited herein. In specific implementation, the first reference signal may be considered as being determined by the target device in cooperation with the network side device.

It should be understood that the number of the first reference signals is not limited herein. For example, in some embodiments, the number of first reference signals may be a plurality. In other embodiments, the number of first reference signals may be one or two.

It should be understood that the specific content of the first codebook information is not limited herein. For example, in some embodiments, the first codebook information includes a first codebook number and/or at least one first codebook index. The first codebook index is used to characterize a phase matrix used by the target device to reflect or forward the first reference signal.

In some embodiments, the phase matrix used by the target device to reflect or forward the first reference signal may also be understood as a codebook or a reflection codebook used by the target device to reflect or forward the first reference signal.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the reporting the index information to the network side device includes:

In specific implementation, part of the reference signals of the network side equipment cannot be searched by the target equipment due to weak signal strength. Thus, the target device determines the first reference signal from among the plurality of reference signals that can be searched.

It should be understood that the specific manner in which the target device determines the first reference signal from the plurality of reference signals of the network side device based on the signal strength of the reference signal is not limited herein. For example, in some embodiments, the target device determines a reference signal with a signal strength greater than a threshold value as the first reference signal, where the specific value of the threshold value may be set and adjusted according to the actual requirement.

In other embodiments, the target device determines the first M reference signals with signal strengths ranging from large to small as the first reference signal, where M is a positive integer, and the specific value of M may be set and adjusted according to the actual requirement.

The target device determining the reference signal index corresponding to the first reference signal may be understood as determining, by the target device, after determining the first reference signal, content that may be used to characterize the first reference signal as the reference signal index. For example, the target device determines the number of the first reference signal as a reference signal index.

In this embodiment, the reference signal index of the first reference signal is the number of the first reference signal, so the network side device may locate the corresponding reference signal based on the reference signal index of the first reference signal.

The target device determines first codebook information corresponding to the first reference signal, wherein the first codebook information comprises a first codebook number and/or at least one first codebook index. In some embodiments, the target device may report the first codebook number only to the network side device, and the network side device determines the first codebook number of the first codebooks. In some embodiments, the target device may report only at least one first codebook index to the network side, where each first codebook index corresponds to one first codebook. In some embodiments, the target device may report the first codebook number and the at least one first codebook index to the network side device.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the first codebook may be understood as a phase matrix of the target device for reflecting or forwarding the first reference signal, and by adjusting the first codebook of the reflection unit array of the target device, an angle of a reflected reference signal or an angle of a forwarded reference signal obtained after the reflection unit array reflects or forwards an incident reference signal may be adjusted.

In this embodiment, the specific manner in which the target device determines at least one first codebook index corresponding to the first reference signal is not limited herein. For example, in some embodiments, the target device may determine at least one first codebook index corresponding to the first reference signal based on the condition of the array of reflective elements.

It should be understood that the first reference signal corresponds to at least one first codebook index, and in the case that the number of the first reference signals is at least one, each of the at least one first reference signal corresponds to at least one first codebook index, and the first codebook indexes corresponding to different first reference signals may be the same or different.

And the target equipment sends the reference signal index and the first codebook information to the network side equipment. The network side equipment receives a reference signal index and first codebook information sent by target equipment, wherein the first codebook information comprises the number of first codebooks and/or at least one first codebook index, and each first codebook index corresponds to one first codebook. And the network side equipment determines target information based on the reference signal index and the first codebook information.

The target information includes time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal, and in the case that the target data includes index information, the network side device determines target information based on the target data, including:

Since the reference signal indexes are used to characterize the first reference signals, the first reference signals can be determined based on the reference signal indexes, and each reference signal index determines one first reference signal, the number of reference signal indexes is the same as the number of first reference signals.

It should be understood that the specific manner in which the network-side device determines at least one first codebook based on the first codebook information is not limited herein. Wherein the first codebook information comprises a first codebook number and/or at least one first codebook index. The network side device may determine at least one first codebook based on the first codebook number and/or the at least one first codebook index.

In some embodiments, the first codebook information includes a first codebook number, and the network side device may determine at least one first codebook according to a preset condition. In other embodiments, the first codebook information includes at least one first codebook index, and the network side device may determine the first codebook based on the first codebook index, and the number of the first codebook indexes is the same as the number of the first codebooks.

It should be understood that the specific manner in which the network-side device determines the at least one second codebook from the at least one first codebook is not limited herein.

After the network side device determines at least one second codebook, the number of the second codebooks and/or the index of the second codebook can be determined, namely, the second codebook information corresponding to the at least one second codebook is determined.

Of course, in some embodiments, the target information includes time domain information of the first reference signal. In this embodiment, in a case where the target data includes index information, the network-side device determines target information based on the target data, including:

determining a first reference signal based on the reference signal index;

time domain information of the first reference signal is determined.

In this embodiment, the target device determines a first reference signal from a plurality of reference signals of the network side device based on signal strength of the reference signal, determines a reference signal index and first codebook information corresponding to the first reference signal, and sends the reference signal index and the first codebook information to the network side device, so that the network side device determines the target information based on the reference signal index and the first codebook information. Through the arrangement, in the process of cooperatively determining the first reference signal by the target device and the network side device, the first reference signal is conducted by the target device, so that the determined first reference signal is more in line with the actual situation of the target device.

It should be understood that the specific manner in which the target device reports the channel quality information to the network side device is not limited herein. Optionally, in some embodiments, the reporting the channel quality information to the network side device includes:

receiving a measurement instruction sent by network side equipment;

And sending the channel quality information to the network side equipment.

Firstly, a network side device configures measurement resources, wherein the corresponding relation between the measurement resources and a plurality of reference signals of the network side device is predefined. In this embodiment, the specific manner in which the network side device configures the measurement resources is not limited herein. For example, in some embodiments, the network-side device configures measurement resources based on information such as the position and orientation of the array of reflective elements as it accesses the network. In other embodiments, the network-side device configures measurement resources based on information of a plurality of reference signals of the network-side device.

It should be understood that the number of measurement resources is not limited herein, and in a specific implementation, the number of measurement resources may be at least one. The corresponding relation between the measurement resource and the plurality of reference signals of the network side equipment is predefined. For example, in some embodiments, the measurement resources are in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of reference signals of the network side device. In other embodiments, each of the measurement resources corresponds to at least one of a plurality of reference signals of the network side device.

After configuring measurement resources, the network side equipment sends measurement instructions to the target equipment, wherein the measurement instructions are used for indicating the target equipment to perform channel quality measurement on the measurement resources. And the target equipment receives the measurement instruction sent by the network side equipment. And the target equipment responds to the measurement instruction, and performs channel quality measurement on at least one measurement resource configured by the network side equipment based on at least one measurement codebook to obtain channel quality information.

In some embodiments, the network-side device sending the measurement indication to the target device may be understood as the network-side device sending the measurement indication to the target device through a control channel. The target device sending the channel quality information to the network side device may be understood as that the target device reports the channel quality information to the network side device through a feedback link.

It should be understood that, when the target device performs channel quality measurement on the measurement resources configured by the network side device based on at least one measurement codebook, the number and the value of the measurement codebook may be set and adjusted according to actual requirements.

It should be understood that, the target device performs channel quality measurement on the measurement resources configured by the network side device based on the measurement codebook, which is understood that the target device continuously adjusts the phase matrix for reflecting or forwarding the first reference signal, so as to obtain channel quality information under different measurement codebooks.

It should be understood that, in some embodiments, the target device may use a plurality of measurement codebooks to measure the measurement resources, and then select channel quality information corresponding to at least one measurement codebook from the plurality of measurement codebooks to report to the network side device. In other embodiments, the target device may screen the channel quality information, select the channel quality information that meets the requirement, and send the channel quality information to the network device.

And the target equipment sends the channel quality information to the network side equipment. The network side equipment receives channel quality information sent by the target equipment and determines target information based on the channel quality information, wherein the target information comprises time domain information of a first reference signal or time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal.

The target information includes time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal, and in the case that the target data includes channel measurement information, the determining target information based on the target data includes:

time domain information of the first reference signal is determined.

After the target device reports the target data to the network side device, the network side device determines target information based on the target data, wherein the target information comprises time domain information of a first reference signal and second codebook information.

It should be understood that the specific manner in which the network-side device determines the first reference signal based on the channel quality information is not limited herein. In a specific implementation, the network side device may determine, based on the channel quality information, whether the reference signal corresponding to each measurement resource meets a preset reflection condition, and then determine, as the first reference signal, the reference signal corresponding to the measurement resource that meets the preset reflection condition, where the specific content of the preset reflection condition is not limited herein.

It should be understood that, a specific manner of determining, by the network side device, the second codebook information corresponding to the first reference signal based on the channel quality information is not limited herein. The second codebook information comprises the number of second codebooks and/or at least one second codebook index, and each second codebook index corresponds to one second codebook.

Specifically, the network side device may determine at least one second codebook from the at least one measured codebook based on channel quality information corresponding to different measured codebooks, and further determine the number of the corresponding second codebooks and/or at least one second codebook index based on the at least one second codebook.

Of course, in some embodiments, the target information comprises time domain information of the first reference signal. In this embodiment, in a case where the target data includes channel measurement information, the determining target information based on the target data includes:

determining a first reference signal from a plurality of reference signals of the network side equipment based on the channel quality information;

time domain information of the first reference signal is determined.

In this embodiment, a network side device configures measurement resources, and instructs, through measurement indication, a target device to perform channel quality measurement on the measurement resources configured by the network side device based on at least one measurement codebook, so as to obtain channel quality information. And the target equipment sends the channel quality information to the network side equipment so that the network side equipment can determine the target information based on the channel quality information. Through the arrangement, in the process of cooperatively determining the first reference signal by the target device and the network side device, the first reference signal is conducted by the network side device, so that the determined first reference signal is more in line with the actual situation of the network side device.

It should be understood that, when transmitting the reference signal, the network side device generally adopts a form of reference signal scanning, and transmits a reference signal in one direction at each moment in one period, and the coverage of the terminal device in the cell is completed by the reference signals in different directions transmitted at different moments. Thus, the specific time instant of the first reference signal transmission can be determined by the time domain information of the first reference signal.

It should be understood that the specific manner in which the network side device determines the second codebook information is not limited herein. For example, in some embodiments, the network-side device determines the second codebook information based on information of a position, an orientation, etc. of the reflective unit array when accessing the network. In other embodiments, the network side device determines the second codebook information based on a difference between any two first reflective codebooks. In other embodiments, the network side device determines the second codebook information based on the total number of resources.

It should be appreciated that the second codebook information includes a second codebook number, and/or at least one second codebook index. The second codebook index is used to determine a second codebook, which may be understood as a phase matrix used by the target device to reflect or forward the first reference signal.

It should be understood that the number of second codebook included in the target information is not limited herein, i.e., the number of second codebook indexes included in the target information is not limited herein. For example, in some embodiments, the number of second codebook indices is one or two. In other embodiments, the number of second codebook indices is a plurality. In the case that the number of the first reference signals is plural, the second codebook index corresponding to each first reference signal may be the same or different.

And the network side equipment sends a reflection instruction to the target equipment, wherein the reflection instruction carries the target information. And the target equipment receives the reflection indication sent by the network side equipment. The target device reflects or forwards the first reference signal based on the target information.

It should be understood that the target device controlling the reflective element array based on the time domain information of the first reference signal may be understood that the target device adjusts the phase matrix of the reflective element array at a time corresponding to the first reference signal based on the time domain information of the first reference signal.

It should be understood that the target device controlling the reflective element array based on the second codebook information may be understood that the target device adjusts the phase matrix of the reflective element array based on the second codebook information, thereby adjusting the angle of the reference signal reflected by the reflective element array.

It should be understood that, the target device reflects the first reference signal based on the target information, so that the reflection unit array may adjust to the phase matrix corresponding to the first reference signal at the time corresponding to the first reference signal, so that the reflection unit array reflects the first reference signal to obtain the reflected reference signal with a specific angle.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the number of the second codebooks is K, where K is a positive integer;

the sending a reflection indication to the target device includes:

It should be understood that the number of second codebooks may be understood as the number of reflected reference signals and/or forwarded reference signals obtained by reflecting and/or forwarding the first reference signals by the reflective antenna array. In a specific implementation, the reflective antenna array can only correspond to one second codebook at a time, so that in the case that the number of the second codebooks is greater than 1, the network side device needs to configure K-1 second reference signals based on the first reference signals.

It should be understood that, for any one of the first reference signals, the number of the first reference signals is 1, the number of the second reference signals corresponding to the first reference signals is K-1, and the sum of the numbers of the first reference signals and the second reference signals is K, so that the K reference signals correspond to the K second codebooks one by one.

It should be understood that, when the number of the first reference signals is plural, the corresponding second reference signals of the plural first reference signals need to be configured when the number of the second codebook is greater than 1. And the number of second reference signals corresponding to each first reference signal may be the same or different.

The network side device sends the time domain information of the K reference signals and the K second codebooks to the target device, and the target device can reflect or forward the reference signals according to the time domain information of the K reference signals and the second codebooks corresponding to each reference signal.

Specifically, the target device reflects or forwards the reference signal according to a second codebook corresponding to the reference signal at a time corresponding to each reference signal in the K reference signals based on time domain information of the K reference signals, so as to obtain a reflected reference signal or a forwarded reference signal with a specific angle.

In this embodiment, when the number of second codebooks is greater than 1, the network side device configures K-1 second reference signals based on the first reference signals, where the K reference signals are in one-to-one correspondence with the K second codebooks, and the network side device sends a reflection indication to the target device, where the reflection indication carries time domain information of the K reference signals and the K second codebooks. Through the arrangement, the number of the second codebooks corresponding to the first reference signals can be multiple, so that the number of the reference signals reflected or forwarded by the reflecting unit array is increased, and the coverage capacity of the reference signals to the terminal equipment is further improved.

Optionally, in some embodiments, before the network side device sends the reflection indication to the target device, the method further includes the following steps:

Before the network side equipment sends the reflection indication to the target equipment, the network side equipment judges whether the number of the reference signals is increased or decreased, and when the number of the reference signals of the network side equipment is increased or decreased, the resource configuration information corresponding to the reference signals of the network side equipment is modified so that the resource configuration information corresponding to the reference signals is matched with the number of the reference signals. Under the condition that the number of the reference signals of the network side equipment is unchanged, the resource configuration information corresponding to the reference signals of the network side equipment does not need to be modified.

It should be understood that the specific method for determining whether the number of reference signals of the network side device is increased or decreased is not limited herein. For example, in some embodiments, in a case where the number of second codebooks corresponding to the first reference signal is greater than 1, the network side device configures the second reference signal based on the first reference signal at this time, so the number of reference signals of the network side device may be considered to be increased.

In other embodiments, the network side device may delete the reference signals that satisfy the preset deletion condition, where the number of reference signals of the network side device is reduced, and the specific content of the preset deletion condition is not limited herein.

It should be understood that the specific method for modifying the resource configuration information corresponding to the reference signal of the network side device is not limited herein. According to the different types of the resources corresponding to the reference signals, the specific methods for modifying the resource configuration information are different. In some embodiments, the resource type corresponding to the reference signal may also be referred to as a signal type.

For example, in some embodiments, the resource or the signal type corresponding to the reference signal is any one of the following: a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel signal block (Synchronization Signal and PBCH block, SSB), a primary synchronization signal (Primary Synchronization Signal, PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (Secondary Synchronization Signal, SSS), a physical downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH).

Specifically, in some embodiments, the network side device typically performs initial access through synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SS/PBCH block, synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel Block) resources. In this embodiment, modifying the resource configuration information corresponding to the reference signal of the network-side device may be understood as modifying the SSB configuration information indicated in the system information block (System Information Block, SIB) or the radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC).

In this embodiment, before sending a reflection instruction to the target device, the network side device determines whether the number of reference signals of the network side device increases or decreases; and modifying the resource configuration information corresponding to the reference signals of the network side equipment under the condition that the number of the reference signals of the network side equipment is increased or decreased. Through the setting, the resource configuration information is matched with the reference signal condition of the network side equipment.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a second flowchart of a reference signal management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, applied to a network side device, as shown in fig. 3, where the reference signal management method includes the following steps:

step 201, receiving target data reported by target equipment, wherein the target data comprises index information or channel quality information, and the index information comprises a reference signal index and first codebook information.

Step 202, determining target information based on the target data, wherein the target information comprises time domain information of a first reference signal or time domain information of the first reference signal and second codebook information.

And step 203, transmitting a reflection indication to the target equipment, wherein the reflection indication carries the target information.

The reference signal management method provided by the embodiment of the invention is applied to network side equipment, and the network side equipment receives target data reported by target equipment, wherein the target data comprises index information or channel quality information, and the index information comprises a reference signal index and first codebook information; determining target information based on the target data, wherein the target information comprises time domain information of a first reference signal or time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal; and sending a reflection indication to the target equipment, wherein the reflection indication carries the target information. By the method, the reference signal of the network side equipment can be reflected or forwarded by the target equipment, so that the reflected reference signals or the forwarded reference signals with different angles are obtained, the reference signal coverage capability of the network side equipment is improved, and the access efficiency of the terminal equipment is further improved.

It should be understood that, as an implementation manner of the network side device side corresponding to the embodiment shown in fig. 2, a specific implementation manner of the embodiment may refer to a related description in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, and in order to avoid repetition, a description is omitted here.

and receiving the channel quality information sent by the target equipment.

time domain information of the first reference signal is determined.

the sending a reflection indication to the target device includes:

For easy understanding, two specific embodiments will be taken as examples, and specific flows of the reference signal management method provided in the embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

It is first noted that in the first and second embodiments, the target device includes an RIS and an intelligent reflection surface controller (RISC). The RIS in the target device can reflect or forward the reference signal, the RIS in the target device can complete operations such as receiving, decoding and executing control information sent by the network side device, and the basic configuration of the RIS can be reported to the network side device.

In the present embodiment, reflection of the reference signal by the RIS will be described as an example. In specific implementation, the RIS codebook can be adjusted by RISC, and the incident reference signal can be reflected by adjusting the RIS codebook, so as to obtain the reflected reference signal in a specific direction.

In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the RIS/RISC has already been connected to the network side device to complete synchronization, the network side device may perform transmission of the control link to the RISC through the air interface, and the network side device may control the codebook of the RIS by using the RISC through the indication of the control link.

In the first and second embodiments, the network side device performs initial access through SS/PBCH block resources, so that the resources corresponding to the network side device are SSB resources. Of course, in other embodiments, the resources corresponding to the network side device may also be other types of resources.

Example 1

Please refer to fig. 4 and 5. As shown in fig. 4, the network-side device 41 is configured with four SSB resources, respectively denoted as SSB1, SSB2, SSB3, and SSB4, which perform reference signal scanning using four different reference signals, respectively, whose reference signal indexes are denoted as b1, b2, b3, and b4, respectively. For convenience of description, corresponding reference signals will be described below with reference signal indexes.

As shown in fig. 5, the network side device 41 configures measurement resources under different reference signals based on information such as azimuth, heading, etc. when the RIS accesses the network. The network side device 41 then sends a measurement indication to the RISC over the control channel, the measurement indication being used to instruct the RISC to take channel quality measurements on multiple measurement resources using the same or different measurement codebooks.

In this embodiment, each reference signal corresponds to one measurement resource, and the RISC adjusts the measurement codebook of the RIS so that the RIS performs channel quality measurement on each measurement resource to obtain channel quality information corresponding to each reference signal, where the number of measurement codebooks corresponding to each measurement resource is 1.

The RISC reports the channel quality information to the network side device 41 via the feedback link. Wherein, the channel quality information corresponding to different measurement codebooks is different. The network side device 41 determines that the reference signals are b1 and b2 according to the channel quality information reported by the RISC, and the measurement codebook is the second codebook corresponding to b1 and b2 because the measurement resources corresponding to b1 and b2 correspond to one measurement codebook. The network side can determine the number of the second codebooks and/or the second codebook index, namely the second codebook information, based on the second codebook.

The network side device 41 transmits the time domain information of SSB1 corresponding to b1, the time domain information of SSB2 corresponding to b2, the second codebook information corresponding to b1, and the second codebook information corresponding to b2 to the RISC. Since the number of measurement codebooks corresponding to b1 is 1, the network side device 41 determines that the number of second codebooks corresponding to b2 is also 1, and the number of measurement codebooks corresponding to b2 is 1, so the network side device 41 determines that the number of second codebooks corresponding to b1 is also 1, and therefore, in this embodiment, the number of reference signals of the network side device 41 is not increased.

In this embodiment, the time domain information of SSB1 and SSB2 includes a system frame where a Burst Set (Synchronization Signal Burst Set, SS Burst Set) of synchronization signals is located, a number of subframes, the number of SSBs existing in one SS Burst Set, a symbol number of a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (Orthogonal frequency division multiplex, OFDM) symbol of each SSB in the time domain (within one half frame), and a repetition period of the SS Burst Set.

The network-side device 41 scans with b1 at the time domain position of SSB1 and scans with b2 at the time domain position of SSB 2. The RIS controls the codebook of the RIS to be a second codebook corresponding to b1 at the time domain position corresponding to the SSB1, so that the RIS reflects the b1 according to the second codebook corresponding to b1 to obtain a corresponding reflection reference signal, and the corresponding reflection reference signal is recorded as RIS_b1. The RIS controls the codebook of the RIS to be a second codebook corresponding to b2 at the time domain position corresponding to the SSB2, so that the RIS reflects the b2 according to the second codebook corresponding to b2 to obtain a corresponding reflection reference signal, and the corresponding reflection reference signal is recorded as RIS_b2.

As shown in fig. 4, by reflection of the reference signal by the RIS, the terminal device 42 can search the signal of the SSB1 at the time domain position of the SSB1 and the signal of the SSB2 at the time domain position of the SSB2, so that the coverage capability of the reference signal of the network side device 41 is improved and the network access efficiency of the terminal device 42 is improved by the reference signal management method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

Example two

Please refer to fig. 6 and 7. As shown in fig. 7, the network-side device 61 is configured with four SSB resources, respectively denoted as SSB1, SSB2, SSB3, and SSB4, which perform reference signal scanning using four different reference signals, respectively, whose reference signal indexes are denoted as b5, b6, b7, and b8, respectively. For convenience of description, corresponding reference signals will be described below with reference signal indexes.

As shown in fig. 7, the RISC searches the reference signal of the network side device 61, and can search b5 and b6, and by calculating the signal strengths of b5 and b6, only the signal strength of b5 meets the rule of reflection, so that the RISC determines b5 as the reference signal index, and can determine a unique one based on b 5.

For B5, the RISC determines that the number of the first codebooks corresponding to B5 is 2, and the codebook indexes thereof are respectively marked as a reflection codebook a and a reflection codebook B. And the RISC reports the reference signal index and the first codebook information to the network side equipment through a feedback link. Specifically, the RISC reports B5, the reflection codebook a, and the reflection codebook B to the network side device 61 through the feedback link.

The network side device 61 evaluates the reference signal index and the first codebook information reported by the RISC based on the SSB resources, and if the total number exceeds the SSB total number of resources, prunes the first codebook number. In the present embodiment, the number of the first codebooks is smaller than the SSB total resource number, so the network side device 61 determines both the reflective codebook a and the reflective codebook B as the second codebook. Second codebook information is determined based on the reflective codebook A and the reflective codebook B. Specifically, the number of second codebooks is 2, and the second codebook index is a reflective codebook a and a reflective codebook B.

Since the number of second codebooks is greater than 1, the network-side device 61 configures 1 second reference signal based on b5 and allocates new SSB resources. As shown in fig. 6, the second reference signal configured based on b5 is denoted as b5', and the SSB resource corresponding to b5' is denoted as SSB5. In this embodiment, the second codebook corresponding to B5 is the reflective codebook a, and the second codebook corresponding to B5' is the reflective codebook B. The network side device 61 transmits the time domain information of SSB1 corresponding to B5, the time domain information of SSB5 corresponding to B5', and the reflection codebook B corresponding to B5 and the reflection codebook a corresponding to B5' to the target device.

Since the number of reference signals of the network-side device 61 increases, the network-side device 61 needs to modify the corresponding resource configuration information. In this embodiment, the network side device may modify the configuration information in SIB1 or the configuration information in RCC, such as

SIB1- > ServerCellConfigSIB- > ssb-PositionInBurst or

ServingCellConfigCommon->ssb-PositionsInBurst。

Network side device 61 scans with b5 at the time domain position of SSB1 and scans with b5' at the time domain position of SSB 5.RISC controls the code book of RIS to be the reflection code book A corresponding to b5 at the time domain position corresponding to SSB1, so that RIS reflects b5 according to the reflection code book A to obtain a corresponding reflection reference signal, which is marked as RIS_b5.RISC controls the code book of RIS to be the reflection code book B corresponding to B5' at the time domain position corresponding to SSB5, so that RIS reflects B5' according to the reflection code book B to obtain a corresponding reflection reference signal, which is marked as RIS_b5'.

As shown in fig. 6, by reflection of the reference signal by the RIS, the terminal device 62 may search for the signal of the SSB1 at the time domain position of the SSB1 and may search for the signal of the SSB5 at the time domain position of the SSB 5.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a reference signal management device, which is a target device. Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a block diagram of a reference signal management apparatus 800 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Since the principle of the reference signal management apparatus 800 for solving the problem is similar to that of the reference signal management method in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the implementation of the reference signal management apparatus 800 can refer to the implementation of the method, and the repetition is not repeated.

As shown in fig. 8, an embodiment of the present invention provides a reference signal management apparatus 800, where the reference signal management apparatus 800 is a target device, and the reference signal management apparatus 800 includes:

a reporting module 801, configured to report target data to a network side device, where the target data includes index information or channel quality information, and the index information includes a reference signal index and first codebook information;

a first receiving module 802, configured to receive a reflection indication sent by the network side device, where the reflection indication carries target information, where the target information includes time domain information of a first reference signal, or time domain information of the first reference signal and second codebook information, and the target information is determined based on the target data;

a processing module 803, configured to reflect or forward the first reference signal based on the target information.

receiving a measurement instruction sent by network side equipment;

and sending the channel quality information to the network side equipment.

The reference signal management apparatus 800 provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment shown in fig. 2, and can obtain the same beneficial effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided herein.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a reference signal management device, which is a network side device, please refer to fig. 9, and fig. 9 is a second structural diagram of a reference signal management device 900 provided in the embodiment of the invention. Since the principle of the reference signal management apparatus 900 for solving the problem is similar to that of the reference signal management method in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the implementation of the reference signal management apparatus 900 can refer to the implementation of the method, and the repetition is not repeated.

As shown in fig. 9, an embodiment of the present invention provides a reference signal management apparatus 900, where the reference signal management apparatus 900 is a network side device, and the reference signal management apparatus 900 includes:

a second receiving module 901, configured to receive target data reported by a target device, where the target data includes index information or channel quality information, and the index information includes a reference signal index and first codebook information;

a determining module 902, configured to determine target information based on the target data, where the target information includes time domain information of a first reference signal, or time domain information of the first reference signal and second codebook information;

and the sending module 903 is configured to send a reflection indication to the target device, where the reflection indication carries the target information.

Optionally, the target information includes time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal, and in case the target data includes index information, the determining module 902 includes:

A first determining unit configured to determine a first reference signal based on the reference signal index and at least one first codebook based on the first codebook information;

a second determining unit configured to determine time domain information of the first reference signal, and determine at least one second codebook from the at least one first codebook;

and a third determining unit configured to determine second codebook information based on the at least one second codebook.

and receiving the channel quality information sent by the target equipment.

Optionally, the target information includes time domain information of the first reference signal and second codebook information, and in case the target data includes channel measurement information, the determining module 902 includes:

a fourth determining unit, configured to determine a first reference signal from a plurality of reference signals of the network side device based on the channel quality information, and determine second codebook information corresponding to the first reference signal based on the channel quality information;

And a fifth determining unit, configured to determine time domain information of the first reference signal.

the sending module 903 includes:

a configuration unit, configured to configure K-1 second reference signals based on the first reference signals when K is greater than 1, where the K reference signals are in one-to-one correspondence with the K second codebooks, and the K reference signals include one first reference signal and K-1 second reference signal;

and the transmitting unit is used for transmitting a reflection instruction to the target equipment, wherein the reflection instruction carries time domain information of the K reference signals and the K second codebooks.

Optionally, the reference signal management apparatus 900 further includes:

the judging module is used for judging whether the number of the reference signals of the network side equipment is increased or decreased;

and the modification module is used for modifying the resource configuration information corresponding to the reference signals of the network side equipment under the condition that the number of the reference signals of the network side equipment is increased or decreased.

The reference signal management apparatus 900 provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment shown in fig. 3, and can obtain the same beneficial effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided herein.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a reference signal management device, which is a target device. Since the principle of the reference signal management device for solving the problem is similar to that of the reference signal management method in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the implementation of the reference signal management device can refer to the implementation of the method, and the repetition is omitted. As shown in fig. 10, a reference signal management apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes:

processor 1000, for reading the program in memory 1020, performs the following processes:

reporting target data to network side equipment through a transceiver 1010, wherein the target data comprises index information or channel quality information, and the index information comprises a reference signal index and first codebook information;

receiving, by the transceiver 1010, a reflection indication sent by the network side device, where the reflection indication carries target information, where the target information includes time domain information of a first reference signal, or time domain information of the first reference signal and second codebook information, and the target information is determined based on the target data;

A transceiver 1010 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1000.

Wherein in fig. 10, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by the processor 1000 and various circuits of the memory, represented by the memory 1020, are chained together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1010 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a transceiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 1000 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1020 may store data used by the processor 1000 in performing operations.

Optionally, the processor 1000 is further configured to read the program in the memory 1020, and perform the following steps:

the reference signal index and the first codebook information are transmitted to the network side device through a transceiver 1010.

receiving, by transceiver 1010, a measurement indication sent by a network side device;

the channel quality information is transmitted to the network side device through the transceiver 1010.

The reference signal management device provided in the embodiment of the present invention may perform the method embodiment shown in fig. 2, and its implementation principle and technical effects are similar, and this embodiment will not be described herein again.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a reference signal management device, which is network side equipment. Since the principle of the reference signal management device for solving the problem is similar to that of the reference signal management method in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the implementation of the reference signal management device may refer to the implementation of the method, and the repetition is omitted.

As shown in fig. 11, a reference signal management apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes:

the processor 1100, configured to read the program in the memory 1120, performs the following procedures:

receiving, by the transceiver 1110, target data reported by a target device, where the target data includes index information or channel quality information, and the index information includes a reference signal index and first codebook information;

a reflection indication is sent to the target device via transceiver 1110, the reflection indication carrying the target information.

A transceiver 1110 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1100.

Wherein in fig. 11, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by processor 1100 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 1120, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1110 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a transceiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 1100 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1120 may store data used by the processor 1100 in performing operations.

Optionally, the processor 1100 is further configured to read a program in the memory 1120, and perform the following steps:

the reference signal index and the first codebook information sent by the target device are received through the transceiver 1110, where the first codebook information includes the number of first codebooks and/or at least one first codebook index, and each first codebook index corresponds to one first codebook.

transmitting, by transceiver 1110, a measurement indication to a target device, the measurement indication being for instructing the target device to make channel quality measurements on the measurement resources;

channel quality information transmitted by the target device is received by transceiver 1110.

Time domain information of the first reference signal is determined.

the processor 1100 is further configured to read a program in the memory 1120, and perform the following steps:

a reflection indication is sent to the target device by transceiver 1110, the reflection indication carrying time domain information of the K reference signals and K of the second codebooks.

The reference signal management device provided in the embodiment of the present application may perform the method embodiment shown in fig. 3, and its implementation principle and technical effects are similar, and this embodiment will not be described herein again.

The embodiment of the application also provides a readable storage medium, and a program is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program is executed by a processor, the program realizes the processes of the above-mentioned reference signal management method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided here. Wherein the readable storage medium is selected from Read-Only Memory (ROM), random access Memory (Random Access Memory RAM), magnetic disk or optical disk.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed methods and apparatus may be implemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may be physically included separately, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in hardware plus software functional units.

The integrated units implemented in the form of software functional units described above may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform part of the steps of the transceiving method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications and adaptations can be made without departing from the principles of the present invention, and such modifications and adaptations are intended to be comprehended within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A reference signal management method applied to a target device, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein reporting the index information to the network side device comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the codebook index is used to characterize a phase matrix used by the target device to reflect or forward the first reference signal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein reporting the channel quality information to the network side device includes:

receiving a measurement instruction sent by network side equipment;

and sending the channel quality information to the network side equipment.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second codebook information comprises a number of second codebooks and/or at least one second codebook index, each of the second codebook indices corresponding to one of the second codebooks.

6. A reference signal management method applied to a network side device, comprising:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving index information reported by a target device comprises:

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the target information comprises time domain information and second codebook information of the first reference signal, and wherein the determining target information based on the target data in the case that the target data comprises index information comprises:

9. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving the channel quality information reported by the target device comprises:

and receiving the channel quality information sent by the target equipment.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the target information comprises time domain information and second codebook information for the first reference signal, and wherein the determining target information based on the target data in the case that the target data comprises channel measurement information comprises:

time domain information of the first reference signal is determined.

11. The method according to claim 6, wherein the second codebook information comprises a number of second codebooks and/or at least one second codebook index, each of the second codebook indices corresponding to one of the second codebooks.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the number of second codebooks is K, K being a positive integer;

the sending a reflection indication to the target device includes:

13. The method of claim 12, wherein prior to the sending the reflection indication to the target device, the method further comprises:

14. A reference signal management apparatus, the reference signal management apparatus being a target device, comprising:

15. A reference signal management apparatus, the reference signal management apparatus being a network side device, comprising:

16. A reference signal management apparatus, the reference signal management apparatus being a target apparatus, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor; it is characterized in that the method comprises the steps of,

The processor being configured to read a program in a memory to implement the steps in the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

17. A reference signal management apparatus, the reference signal management apparatus being a network side apparatus, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor; it is characterized in that the method comprises the steps of,

the processor for reading a program in a memory to implement the steps in the method according to any of claims 6 to 13.

18. A readable storage medium storing a program, wherein the program when executed by a processor performs the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5 or the steps of the method according to any one of claims 6 to 13.