WO2020030050A1 - 训练天线面板的方法与装置 - Google Patents

训练天线面板的方法与装置 Download PDF

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WO2020030050A1
WO2020030050A1 PCT/CN2019/099815 CN2019099815W WO2020030050A1 WO 2020030050 A1 WO2020030050 A1 WO 2020030050A1 CN 2019099815 W CN2019099815 W CN 2019099815W WO 2020030050 A1 WO2020030050 A1 WO 2020030050A1
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张希
陈雷
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  • the present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and device for training an antenna panel.
  • the wireless communication between the network equipment and the terminal equipment is realized through the antenna, that is, the communication signal is received and transmitted by the antenna.
  • Antenna elements are installed on network equipment and terminal equipment. Multiple antenna units can be integrated on a panel. Such a panel is called an antenna panel. An antenna panel can emit one or more beams.
  • a terminal device has an antenna panel.
  • multiple antenna panels can be equipped on the terminal device.
  • the beam emitted by each antenna panel is generally oriented in one direction.
  • the terminal device can implement transmission and reception in all directions.
  • some terminal devices have high beam quality and some have poor beam quality.
  • beam training is performed to select a beam of better quality.
  • the present application provides a method and an apparatus for training an antenna panel, which can implement management of multiple antenna panels possessed by a terminal device.
  • a method for managing an antenna panel includes: network equipment determines configuration information, the configuration information including information of a reference signal resource set used for training an antenna panel of a terminal device; The network device sends the configuration information to the terminal device.
  • the terminal device is configured with a reference signal resource set for training the antenna panel of the terminal device through the network device, so that the terminal device can implement the training of its antenna panel, thereby helping the terminal device to manage its multiple antenna panels.
  • the configuration information includes training mode information, and the training mode information is used to indicate a training mode of an antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the training mode of the antenna panel of the terminal device includes at least one of the following: a single antenna panel mode, a multiple antenna panel mode, or a designated antenna panel mode.
  • the network device may notify the terminal device of the training mode information in an explicit manner or an implicit manner.
  • the single-antenna panel mode is suitable for scenarios where the transmitting or receiving antenna panel of the terminal device has been determined, and the optimal beam needs to be further determined.
  • the terminal device is configured with a multi-antenna panel mode through a network device, so that the terminal device can train all antenna panels it has.
  • the multi-antenna panel mode is suitable for scenarios where terminal equipment has just accessed the network and all antenna panels need to be trained. Configure the specified antenna panel mode for the terminal device through the network device, so that the terminal device trains only the antenna panel specified by the network device.
  • a terminal device is configured with multiple training antenna panel modes through a network device, so that the terminal device can use a more appropriate training mode to train its antenna panel in different scenarios, so that the antenna panel can be trained.
  • Multiple antenna panels provided by the terminal device enable flexible training and management.
  • the reference signal resource set includes multiple reference signal resource sets, where each reference signal resource set is used for an antenna panel of the terminal device Training.
  • the configuration information includes: indication information of an antenna panel, and the indication information of the antenna panel is used to indicate information of an antenna panel that needs to be trained.
  • the information of each reference signal resource set corresponds to indication information of an antenna panel.
  • the antenna panel to be trained is indirectly indicated by the set of configured resources.
  • the instruction information of the antenna panel includes instruction information of one antenna panel, or instruction information of a group of antenna panels.
  • the configuration information includes information that clearly indicates the antenna panel to be trained.
  • the configuration information further includes first trigger information, and the first trigger information is used to activate the reference signal resource set.
  • the reference signal includes at least one of the following reference signals: an uplink reference signal, or a downlink reference signal.
  • the reference signal includes an uplink reference signal; the method further includes: the network device determines a time interval at which different antenna panels of the terminal device send the uplink reference signal , The time interval for sending the uplink reference signal by different antenna panels of the terminal device is greater than the time required for the terminal device to switch between different antenna panels.
  • the method further includes: sending, by the network device to the terminal device, the time interval of sending the uplink reference signal by different antenna panels of the terminal device.
  • the reference signal includes an uplink reference signal; the method further includes: the network device sends the terminal device a different antenna panel of the terminal device to send the uplink reference The time interval of the signal, which is greater than the time required for the terminal device to switch between different antenna panels.
  • the reference signal includes a downlink reference signal and an uplink reference signal;
  • the reference signal resource set includes a resource set of the downlink reference signal and a resource of the uplink reference signal Set;
  • the configuration information further includes second trigger information, the second trigger information is used to indicate a binding relationship between the resource set of the downlink reference signal and the resource set of the uplink reference signal, and / or used to notify the terminal Device time difference, which indicates the time interval between the terminal device receiving the last symbol in the downlink reference signal and sending the first symbol in the uplink reference signal, or the time difference indicates that the terminal device The time interval from the last symbol in the frame to the reception of the first symbol in the downlink reference signal.
  • the method further includes: the network device uses the resources in the resource set of the downlink reference signal to send the downlink reference signal to the terminal device; the network device Receiving, by the terminal device, the uplink reference signal sent by the best antenna panel of the terminal device through the resources in the resource set of the uplink reference signal, wherein the best antenna panel of the terminal device is the terminal device using the downlink reference signal Acquired for training.
  • the uplink reference signal and the downlink reference signal are used to train the transmit antenna panel of the terminal device. Not only can the best transmit antenna be selected, but also the best transmit beam can be selected. While ensuring the communication quality, it also Can reduce power consumption of terminal equipment.
  • the network device can effectively acquire the information about the optimal transmit antenna panel of the terminal device by controlling the training of the transmit antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the network device can instruct the terminal device to use only the best transmitting antenna panel for uplink communication, while ensuring the communication quality, it can also reduce the power consumption of the terminal device.
  • the uplink reference signal is a sounding reference signal (SRS), and the downlink reference signal is a channel status information reference signal (channel status information reference signal) , CSI-RS).
  • SRS sounding reference signal
  • CSI-RS channel status information reference signal
  • the method further includes: the network device receives antenna panel capability information sent by the terminal device, and the antenna panel capability information is used to indicate at least one of the following: :
  • the number of beams that each antenna panel of the terminal device can process, and the number of beams that each antenna panel of the terminal device can process includes: the number of beams that each receiving antenna panel of the terminal device can receive, or the terminal The number of beams that each transmitting antenna panel of the device can transmit;
  • the terminal device switches the receiving antenna panel with at least one of the following capabilities: a time interval at which the terminal device switches the receiving antenna panel, and the number of times the terminal device switches the receiving antenna panel within a preset time period;
  • the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities of the transmitting antenna panel: the time interval at which the terminal device switches the transmitting antenna panel, and the number of times the terminal device switches the transmitting antenna panel within a preset time period;
  • the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities from the receiving antenna panel to the transmitting antenna panel:
  • the time interval for the terminal device to switch from the receiving mode to the transmitting mode is the same antenna panel
  • the time interval for the terminal device to switch from the receiving mode to the transmitting mode is not the same antenna panel
  • the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities of the transmitting antenna panel: the time interval at which the terminal device switches the transmitting antenna panel, and the number of times the terminal device switches the transmitting antenna panel within a preset time period;
  • the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities from the transmitting antenna panel to the receiving antenna panel:
  • the time interval for the terminal device to switch from the transmitting mode to the receiving mode is the same antenna panel
  • the time interval for the terminal device to switch from the transmitting mode to the receiving mode is not the same antenna panel
  • the configuration information sent by the network device may be determined according to the antenna panel capability information.
  • the information of the reference signal resource set included in the configuration information is related to the antenna panel capability information.
  • the antenna panel related capability is reported to the network device through the terminal device, so that the network device can accurately obtain information about the antenna panel on the terminal device side, thereby facilitating the management of multiple antenna panels of the terminal device by the network device. For example, how many resources are allocated to the terminal device for antenna panel management and beam management. For another example, how to configure the time interval between the resources used to train the antenna panel / beam and so on.
  • the network device can obtain the optimal antenna panel information from the terminal device, thereby ensuring uplink transmission performance.
  • the network device can instruct the terminal device to use the optimal antenna panel for uplink transmission.
  • the solution of this application can effectively reduce the power consumption of the terminal device.
  • the antenna panel capability information includes indication information of the number of antenna panels that the terminal device has, and the indication information of the number of antenna panels that the terminal device includes includes At least one of the following information: the number of beam groups of the terminal device, the number of uplink reference signal resource sets the terminal device has, and the number of downlink reference signal resource sets the terminal device has; and / or
  • the antenna panel capability information includes indication information about the number of beams that can be processed by each antenna panel of the terminal device, and the indication information about the number of beams that can be processed by each antenna panel of the terminal device includes each downlink reference of the terminal device.
  • a method for managing an antenna panel includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, configuration information from a network device, the configuration information including information of a reference signal resource set used for the antenna panel of the terminal device. Training; the terminal device trains the antenna panel possessed by the terminal device through the resources in the reference signal resource set.
  • the resources for training the antenna panel of the terminal device are configured through the network device, so that the terminal device performs the training of the antenna panel based on the configured resources.
  • the configuration information includes training mode information, and the training mode information is used to indicate a training mode of an antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the training mode of the antenna panel of the terminal device includes at least one of the following: a single antenna panel mode, a multiple antenna panel mode, or a designated antenna panel mode.
  • the network device is further configured with training mode information for instructing the terminal device to train the antenna panel mode, so that the terminal device trains the antenna panel according to the training mode information.
  • the training mode of the antenna panel of the terminal device is a single antenna panel mode; the terminal device uses the resources in the reference signal resource set to provide the terminal device with The training provided by the antenna panel includes: the terminal device training the antenna panel currently used by the terminal device through resources in the reference signal resource set.
  • the training mode of the antenna panel of the terminal device is a multi-antenna panel mode; the terminal device uses resources in the reference signal resource set to provide the terminal device with Having the antenna panel for training includes: the terminal device training all antenna panels that the terminal device has through resources in the reference signal resource set.
  • the training mode of the antenna panel of the terminal device is a specified antenna panel mode; the terminal device uses resources in the reference signal resource set to provide the terminal device with The training provided by the antenna panel includes that the terminal device trains one or more antenna panels designated by the network device by using resources in the reference signal resource set.
  • the reference signal resource set includes a resource set of one or more reference signals, where the resource set of each reference signal is used for one of the terminal devices. Antenna panel training.
  • the configuration information includes: indication information of the antenna panel, and the indication information of the antenna panel is used to indicate information of the antenna panel that needs to be trained.
  • the information of each reference signal resource set corresponds to indication information of an antenna panel.
  • the configured resources indirectly indicate the antenna panel to be trained.
  • the instruction information of the antenna panel includes instruction information of one antenna panel, or instruction information of a group of antenna panels.
  • the configuration information includes information that clearly indicates the antenna panel to be trained.
  • the configuration information further includes first trigger information, and the first trigger information is used to activate the reference signal resource set.
  • the reference signal includes at least one of the following reference signals: an uplink reference signal, or a downlink reference signal.
  • the reference signal includes an uplink reference signal; the method further includes: the terminal device obtains different antenna panels of the terminal device from the network device and sends the uplink reference The time interval of the signal.
  • the time interval of sending the uplink reference signal by different antenna panels of the terminal device is greater than the time required by the terminal device to switch between different antenna panels.
  • the reference signal includes a downlink reference signal and an uplink reference signal;
  • the reference signal resource set includes a resource set of the downlink reference signal and a resource of the uplink reference signal Set;
  • the configuration information further includes second trigger information, the second trigger information is used to indicate a binding relationship between the resource set of the downlink reference signal and the resource set of the uplink reference signal, and / or used to notify the terminal Device time difference, which indicates the time interval between the terminal device receiving the last symbol in the downlink reference signal and sending the first symbol in the uplink reference signal, or the time difference indicates that the terminal device The time interval from the last symbol in the frame to the reception of the first symbol in the downlink reference signal.
  • the method further includes: receiving, by the terminal device, the downlink reference signal sent by the network device by using resources in a resource set of the downlink reference signal; the terminal The device obtains the optimal antenna panel of the terminal device through the received downlink reference signal; the terminal device uses the optimal antenna panel of the terminal device to send the uplink reference signal through resources in the resource set of the uplink reference signal.
  • the uplink reference signal is an SRS
  • the downlink reference signal is a CSI-RS
  • the method further includes: the terminal device sending antenna panel capability information to the network device, where the antenna panel capability information is used to indicate at least one of the following:
  • the number of beams that each antenna panel of the terminal device can process, and the number of beams that each antenna panel of the terminal device can process includes: the number of beams that each receiving antenna panel of the terminal device can receive, or the terminal The number of beams that each transmitting antenna panel of the device can transmit;
  • the terminal device switches the receiving antenna panel with at least one of the following capabilities: a time interval at which the terminal device switches the receiving antenna panel, and the number of times the terminal device switches the receiving antenna panel within a preset time period;
  • the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities of the transmitting antenna panel: the time interval at which the terminal device switches the transmitting antenna panel, and the number of times the terminal device switches the transmitting antenna panel within a preset time period;
  • the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities from the receiving antenna panel to the transmitting antenna panel:
  • the time interval for the terminal device to switch from the receiving mode to the transmitting mode is the same antenna panel
  • the time interval for the terminal device to switch from the receiving mode to the transmitting mode is not the same antenna panel
  • the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities of the transmitting antenna panel: the time interval at which the terminal device switches the transmitting antenna panel, and the number of times the terminal device switches the transmitting antenna panel within a preset time period;
  • the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities from the transmitting antenna panel to the receiving antenna panel:
  • the time interval for the terminal device to switch from the transmitting mode to the receiving mode is the same antenna panel
  • the time interval for the terminal device to switch from the transmitting mode to the receiving mode is not the same antenna panel
  • the information of the reference signal resource set in the configuration information determined by the network device is determined according to the antenna panel capability information.
  • the antenna panel capability information includes indication information of the number of antenna panels that the terminal device has, and the indication information of the number of antenna panels that the terminal device includes includes At least one of the following information: the number of beam groups of the terminal device, the number of uplink reference signal resource sets the terminal device has, and the number of downlink reference signal resource sets the terminal device has; and / or
  • the antenna panel capability information includes indication information of the number of beams that each antenna panel of the terminal device can process, and the indication information of the number of beams that each antenna panel of the terminal device can process includes each downlink reference of the terminal device.
  • a communication device configured to execute the foregoing first aspect or the method in any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
  • the communication apparatus may include a module for executing the method in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
  • a communication device configured to execute the foregoing second aspect or the method in any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
  • the communication apparatus may include a module for executing the method in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
  • a communication device includes a memory and a processor.
  • the memory is configured to store instructions.
  • the processor is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory. Execution of the instructions stored in the memory causes the processing.
  • the processor executes the method in the first aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect.
  • a communication device includes a memory and a processor.
  • the memory is configured to store instructions.
  • the processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory. Execution of the instructions stored in the memory causes the processing.
  • the processor executes the method in the second aspect or any possible implementation of the second aspect.
  • a chip is provided.
  • the chip includes a processing module and a communication interface.
  • the processing module is used to control the communication interface to communicate with the outside.
  • the processing module is further configured to implement the first aspect or any of the first aspect. Method of implementation.
  • a chip includes a processing module and a communication interface.
  • the processing module is used to control the communication interface to communicate with the outside.
  • the processing module is further configured to implement the second aspect or any of the second aspect. Method of implementation.
  • a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored.
  • the computer program When the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer implements the first aspect or the method in any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
  • a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, and the computer program, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to implement the method in the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
  • a computer program product containing instructions, and when the instructions are executed by a computer, the computer implements the first aspect or a method in any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
  • a computer program product includes instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to implement the second aspect or a method in any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a scenario applied in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for training an antenna panel according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an antenna panel on a training terminal device side in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 4 is another schematic diagram of the antenna panel on the training terminal device side in the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 5 is another schematic flowchart of a method for training an antenna panel according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 6 is another schematic diagram of the antenna panel on the training terminal device side in the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of another communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • GSM global mobile communication
  • CDMA code division multiple access
  • WCDMA broadband code division multiple access
  • GPRS general packet radio service
  • LTE long term evolution
  • FDD frequency division duplex
  • TDD Time Division Duplex
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • WiMAX Global Interoperability for Microwave Access
  • the terminal device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to user equipment, access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or User device.
  • Terminal equipment can also be cellular phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and wireless communications Functional handheld devices, computing devices, or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, in-vehicle devices, wearable devices, terminal devices in the future 5G network, or public land mobile network (PLMN) in future evolution Terminal equipment and the like are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • SIP session initiation protocol
  • WLL wireless local loop
  • PDAs personal digital assistants
  • PLMN public land mobile network
  • the network device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device capable of communicating with a terminal device.
  • the network device can be a base station, a relay station, or an access point.
  • the network device can be a global system for mobile communications (GSM) or a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, or a base transceiver station (BTS), or a broadband code.
  • GSM global system for mobile communications
  • CDMA code division multiple access
  • BTS base transceiver station
  • NB NodeB in wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) may also be eNB or eNodeB (evolutional NodeB) in long term evolution (LTE).
  • the network device may also be a wireless controller in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) scenario.
  • the network device may also be a base station device in a future 5G network or a network device in a future evolved PLMN network.
  • the network device may also be a wearable device or a vehicle-mounted device.
  • the terminal device or the network device includes a hardware layer, an operating system layer running on the hardware layer, and an application layer running on the operating system layer.
  • This hardware layer includes hardware such as a central processing unit (CPU), a memory management unit (MMU), and a memory (also called main memory).
  • the operating system may be any one or more computer operating systems that implement business processing through processes, such as a Linux operating system, a Unix operating system, an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or a windows operating system.
  • This application layer contains applications such as browsers, address books, word processing software, and instant messaging software.
  • the embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit the specific structure of the execution subject of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, as long as the program that records the code of the method provided by the embodiment of the application can be run to provide the program according to the embodiment of the application.
  • the communication may be performed by using the method described above.
  • the method execution subject provided in the embodiments of the present application may be a terminal device or a network device, or a function module in the terminal device or the network device that can call a program and execute the program.
  • various aspects or features of the present application may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and / or engineering techniques.
  • article of manufacture encompasses a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or medium.
  • computer-readable media may include, but are not limited to: magnetic storage devices (eg, hard disks, floppy disks, or magnetic tapes, etc.), optical disks (eg, compact discs (CD), digital versatile discs (DVD) Etc.), smart cards and flash memory devices (for example, erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), cards, sticks or key drives, etc.).
  • various storage media described herein may represent one or more devices and / or other machine-readable media used to store information.
  • machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and / or carrying instruction (s) and / or data.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a scenario applied in this application.
  • the network device and the terminal device communicate through an antenna, that is, the terminal device and the network device use the antenna to receive and transmit signals. Both the terminal equipment and the network equipment have antenna elements.
  • antenna panel also can be represented by a panel.
  • Each antenna panel can generate one or more beams.
  • a beam is a communication resource.
  • the beam can be a wide beam, or a narrow beam, or another type of beam.
  • the beam forming technology may be a beam forming technology or other technical means.
  • the beamforming technology may be specifically a digital beamforming technology, or an analog beamforming technology, or a hybrid digital / analog beamforming technology.
  • Different beams can be considered as different resources.
  • the same information or different information can be transmitted through different beams.
  • multiple beams having the same or similar communication characteristics may be considered as one beam.
  • a beam may include one or more antenna ports for transmitting data channels, control channels and sounding signals. The beam is divided into a transmission beam and a reception beam.
  • a transmitting beam may refer to a signal intensity distribution in different directions of a space after a signal is transmitted through an antenna;
  • a receiving beam may refer to a signal intensity distribution of a wireless signal received from an antenna in different directions in space.
  • one or more antenna ports forming a beam may also be regarded as an antenna port set.
  • the embodiment of the beam in the protocol can also be a spatial filter.
  • the terminal device has a plurality of antenna panels.
  • the terminal device has 4 antenna panels.
  • the antenna panel 1 can generate (or call) 2 beams
  • the antenna panel 2 can generate 2 beams
  • the antenna panel 3 can generate 4 beams
  • the antenna panel 4 can generate 6 beams, as shown in the antenna panel example of the terminal device in Figure 1.
  • the network device may also have multiple antenna panels (not shown in FIG. 1).
  • the antenna panel may be referred to as a transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device, and correspondingly, a beam generated by the transmitting antenna panel is referred to as a transmitting beam.
  • a terminal device receives a downlink signal of a network device by using a beam of an antenna panel, the antenna panel may be called a receiving antenna panel of the terminal device, and correspondingly, a beam generated by the receiving antenna panel is called a receiving beam.
  • the transmitting antenna panel and the receiving antenna panel of the terminal device may be the same antenna panel or different antenna panels.
  • the antenna panel may also be represented as an antenna array or an antenna subarray.
  • An antenna panel may include one or more antenna arrays / subarrays.
  • An antenna panel can be controlled by one or more oscillators.
  • An RF circuit can drive one or more antenna elements on the antenna panel. Therefore, an antenna panel can be driven by one RF link or multiple RF links.
  • the radio frequency link may also be called a receiving channel and / or a transmitting channel, a receiver branch, and the like. Therefore, the antenna panel can also be replaced with a radio frequency link or multiple radio frequency links driving one antenna panel or one or more radio frequency links controlled by a crystal oscillator.
  • this article uses the antenna panel as an example.
  • the antenna panels described in this article can be replaced with RF links.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method 200 for training an antenna panel according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the method 200 includes the following steps.
  • the network device determines configuration information, where the configuration information includes information of a reference signal resource set, and the reference signal resource set is used to train an antenna panel included in the terminal device.
  • the reference signal resource set used for training the antenna panel includes resources of one or more reference signals.
  • the reference signal resource set includes a resource set of one or more reference signals, where the resource set of one reference signal represents a set of one or more resources including the reference signal.
  • the reference signal resource set includes a resource set of an uplink reference signal and / or a resource set of a downlink reference signal.
  • the resource set of the uplink reference signal is embodied as a resource for calculating and measuring the beam quality generated by the transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the resource set of the downlink reference signal is embodied as a resource for calculating and measuring the beam quality generated by the receiving antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the resource set of the uplink reference signal includes the uplink reference signal and resources for transmitting the uplink reference signal.
  • the resource set of the downlink reference signal includes the downlink reference signal and resources for transmitting the downlink reference signal.
  • the terminal device may use the resource set of the uplink reference signal to train the transmitting antenna panel (or the transmission beam); if the reference signal resource set The resource set of the downlink reference signal is included, and the terminal device can use the resource set of the downlink reference signal to train the receiving antenna panel (or the receiving beam).
  • the uplink reference signal mentioned in this article can be any of the following: uplink random access sequence, uplink sounding reference signal (SRS), uplink control channel demodulation reference signal, uplink data channel demodulation reference signal, uplink Phase noise tracking signal, uplink random access signal.
  • SRS uplink sounding reference signal
  • uplink control channel demodulation reference signal uplink control channel demodulation reference signal
  • uplink data channel demodulation reference signal uplink Phase noise tracking signal
  • uplink random access signal uplink random access sequence
  • the downlink reference signal mentioned in this article may be any of the following: synchronization signal (SS), broadcast channel (physical broadcast channel, PBCH), downlink channel measurement reference signal, broadcast signal demodulation signal, channel state information reference Channel (state information reference signal, CSI-RS), cell-specific reference signal (CS-RS), UE-specific reference signal (user-specific reference signal, US-RS), downlink control channel demodulation reference Signal, downlink data channel demodulation reference signal, downlink phase noise tracking signal, or downlink shared channel demodulation reference signal.
  • SS synchronization signal
  • broadcast channel physical broadcast channel, PBCH
  • downlink channel measurement reference signal broadcast signal demodulation signal
  • broadcast signal demodulation signal channel state information reference Channel (state information reference signal, CSI-RS), cell-specific reference signal (CS-RS), UE-specific reference signal (user-specific reference signal, US-RS)
  • SS synchronization signal
  • PBCH physical broadcast channel
  • CSI-RS channel state information reference Channel
  • CS-RS cell-specific reference signal
  • the network device sends the configuration information to the terminal device.
  • the network device may send the configuration information to the terminal device through one or more downlink signaling.
  • the signaling mentioned in this article may be any of the following: RRC signaling, MAC-CE signaling, download control information (DCI) signaling, and combinations thereof.
  • the signaling mentioned herein may also include broadcast channel information, system messages, system message updates, and remaining system messages.
  • the signaling mentioned in this article can also be pre-configured by the protocol.
  • This application does not limit the method for the network device to notify the terminal device.
  • This application also does not limit the manner in which a terminal device reports a signal to a network device.
  • a terminal device may be a UE capability report, a high-level message, a MAC-CE message, an uplink control information (uplink control information) (UCI) message, and a combination thereof.
  • uplink control information uplink control information
  • the terminal device receives the configuration information, and the terminal device uses the resources in the reference signal resource set to train the antenna panel that the terminal device has.
  • the embodiments of the present application configure a reference signal resource set for a terminal device through a network device, so that the terminal device can train the antenna panel of the terminal device according to the reference signal resource set, thereby implementing management of multiple antenna panels that the terminal device has.
  • the beam mentioned herein may also be referred to as a spatial domain transmission filter
  • a transmitting beam may also be referred to as a spatial domain transmission filter
  • a receiving beam may also be referred to as a spatial domain reception filter.
  • the information used to indicate the beam used by the transmission signal may be referred to as beam indication information.
  • the beam indication information includes the beam number, the beam management resource number, the uplink signal resource number, the downlink signal resource number, the absolute index of the beam, the relative index of the beam, the logical index of the beam, the index of the antenna port corresponding to the beam, and the antenna port corresponding to the beam Group index, index of the downlink signal corresponding to the beam, time index of the downlink synchronization signal block corresponding to the beam, beam pair link (BPL) information, beam corresponding transmission parameter (Tx parameter), and beam corresponding receiving parameter ( Rx parameter), beam corresponding transmission weight, beam corresponding weight matrix, beam corresponding weight vector, beam corresponding receiving weight, beam corresponding transmission weight index, beam corresponding weight matrix index, beam corresponding weight vector At least one of an index, an index of a receiving weight corresponding to a beam, a receiving codebook corresponding to a beam, a transmitting codebook corresponding to a beam, an index of a receiving code
  • the downlink signals include synchronization signals, broadcast channels, broadcast signal demodulation signals, channel state information downlink signals (CSI-RS), cell-specific reference signals (CS-RS), and UE. Any one of a dedicated reference signal (US-RS), a downlink control channel demodulation reference signal, a downlink data channel demodulation reference signal, and a downlink phase noise tracking signal.
  • the uplink signal includes any one of a mid-uplink random access sequence, an uplink sounding reference signal (SRS), an uplink control channel demodulation reference signal, an uplink data channel demodulation reference signal, and an uplink phase noise tracking signal.
  • the beam indication information may also be expressed as a transmission configuration index (TCI).
  • TCI may include various parameters, such as a cell number, a bandwidth part number, a reference signal identifier, a synchronization signal block identifier, and a quasi-co -location, QCL) type.
  • the network device may further assign a QCL identifier to a beam having a quasi-co-location (QCL) relationship among the beams associated with the frequency resource group.
  • QCL quasi-co-location
  • QCL relationships are used to indicate that multiple resources have one or more of the same or similar communication characteristics.
  • the same or similar communication configuration can be adopted.
  • Large-scale characteristics can include: delay spread, average delay, Doppler spread, Doppler frequency shift, average gain, reception parameters, terminal device receive beam number, transmit / receive channel correlation, reception angle of arrival, receiver antenna Spatial correlation, angel-of-arrival (AoA), average arrival angle, extension of principal arrival angle, etc.
  • QCL also includes spatial QCL. Spatial QCL can be considered as a type of QCL.
  • the quasi-parity in the airspace can be understood from the perspective of the sender and the receiver. From the perspective of the transmitting end, if the two antenna ports are quasi-parity in the airspace, it means that the corresponding beam directions of the two antenna ports are spatially consistent. From the perspective of the receiving end, if the two antenna ports are quasi co-located in the airspace, it means that the receiving end can receive signals sent by the two antenna ports in the same beam direction.
  • the quasi-parity hypothesis refers to whether or not there is a QCL relationship between two ports.
  • the configuration and indication of the quasi-parity hypothesis can be used to help the receiving end to receive and demodulate signals.
  • the receiving end can confirm that the A port and the B port have a QCL relationship, that is, the large-scale parameters of the signal measured on the A port can be used for signal measurement and demodulation on the B port.
  • the reference signal resource set used for training the antenna panel may also be referred to as an antenna panel management resource or a beam management resource.
  • Beam management resources refer to resources used for beam management and can also be reflected as resources used to calculate and measure beam quality.
  • the beam quality includes layer 1 received reference signal power (layer 1 reference received power (L1-RSRP), layer 1 received reference signal quality (layer 1 reference received signal quality (L1-RSRQ), etc.
  • the beam management resource may include a synchronization signal (SS), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), a downlink channel measurement reference signal, a tracking signal, a downlink control channel demodulation reference signal, and a downlink shared channel demodulation reference. Signals, uplink sounding reference signals, uplink random access signals, etc.
  • SS synchronization signal
  • PBCH physical broadcast channel
  • a downlink channel measurement reference signal a tracking signal
  • a downlink control channel demodulation reference signal a downlink shared channel demodulation reference.
  • Signals uplink sounding reference signals, uplink random access signals, etc.
  • the reference signal resource set configured by the network device for the terminal device includes one or more resource sets of reference signals, where the resource set of one reference signal is used for training of an antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the network device may determine the number of reference signal resource sets included in the reference signal resource set according to the number of antenna panels that the terminal device has. For example, the number of reference signal resource sets included in the reference signal resource set is equal to, or greater than, or less than the number of antenna panels that the terminal device has.
  • the configuration information determined by the network device further includes first trigger information, and the first trigger information is used to activate a resource set of each reference signal in the reference signal resource set.
  • the terminal device can know when to send the SRS according to the first trigger information, and can also know when to start the training of the antenna panel.
  • the configuration information generated by the network device for the terminal device includes:
  • SRS resource set One or more SRS resource sets (SRS resource set), and each resource set has one or more SRS resources (corresponding to the reference signal resource set).
  • a trigger is designed for aperiodic transmission.
  • One trigger can activate the transmission of one or more SRS resource sets.
  • Each SRS resource set is set with its own offset.
  • one trigger may activate transmission of one or more SRS resources in one or more SRS resource sets.
  • Each SRS resource is set with its own offset.
  • the specific configuration of the resource set of each SRS can be implemented by using the existing technology, which is not described in detail herein.
  • the configuration information determined by the network device for the terminal device further includes training mode information, where the training mode information is used to indicate a mode in which the terminal device trains the antenna panel.
  • the terminal device training antenna panel mode includes at least one of the following: a single antenna panel mode, a multiple antenna panel mode, or a designated antenna panel mode.
  • the training mode of the antenna panel of the terminal device is a single antenna panel mode.
  • Step 230 The terminal device trains the antenna panel provided by the terminal device through the resource set of the reference signal, including: the terminal device trains the antenna panel currently used by the terminal device by using the resource in the reference signal resource set.
  • the antenna panel currently used by the terminal device represents any of the following: the antenna panel where the terminal device is currently in a power-on state, the antenna panel of the terminal device's latest uplink transmission, and the receiving antenna of the terminal device's latest downlink transmission A transmitting antenna panel corresponding to the panel and a transmitting antenna panel corresponding to the receiving antenna panel of the terminal device receiving the control channel.
  • the terminal device uses the beam generated by the antenna panel 1 (for example, the two beams shown in FIG. 3) Receive and send signals with network equipment.
  • resources # 1 and # 2 are resources in a reference signal resource set configured by a network device.
  • the following describes how the terminal device performs training on the transmit antenna panel and the receive antenna panel in the single antenna panel mode.
  • the reference signal resource set configured by the network device for the terminal device includes the resource set of the uplink reference signal, for example, the resource set of the SRS.
  • Step 230 includes the following steps: The terminal device sends the uplink reference signal to the network device by using the antenna panel currently used by the terminal device through the resources in the uplink reference signal resource set; the network device currently uses the uplink reference signal from the terminal device according to the received uplink reference signal. Among the beams included in the antenna panel, the best transmission beam of the terminal device is selected.
  • the network device may select an optimal transmission beam of the terminal device from the beams included in the antenna panel currently used by the terminal device according to the beam quality.
  • the beam quality mentioned in this article includes layer 1 received reference signal power (layer-received power, L1-RSRP), layer 1 received reference signal quality (layer-received signal quality (L1-RSRQ), and so on.
  • RSRP reference signal received power
  • BLER block error rate
  • RSRQ reference signal received quality
  • RSSI reference signal strength indicator
  • SINR signal-to-interference and noise ratio
  • CQI signal quality indicator correlation
  • the process of selecting the best beam from multiple beams is the prior art and will not be described in detail herein.
  • the optimal transmission beam may be one beam or multiple beams.
  • the reference signal resource set configured by the network device for the terminal device includes a resource set of a downlink reference signal, for example, a resource set of a CSI-RS.
  • Step 230 includes the following steps: the terminal device receives the downlink reference signal issued by the network device by using the antenna panel currently used by the terminal device through the resources in the resource set of the downlink reference signal; and the terminal device receives the downlink reference signal from the current The antenna panel used selects the best receiving beam.
  • the terminal device can select the best receiving beam from the beams included in the currently used antenna panel according to the beam quality.
  • the optimal receiving beam may be one beam or multiple beams.
  • the single-antenna panel mode is configured for the terminal device through the network device, so that the terminal device performs training only on the currently used antenna panel.
  • the single-antenna panel mode is applicable to a scenario where a terminal device's transmitting antenna panel or receiving antenna panel is determined, and the network device instructs the terminal device to find an optimal transmitting beam or receiving beam in a small range.
  • the second case the training mode of the antenna panel of the terminal device is a multi-antenna panel mode.
  • Step 230 The terminal device trains the antenna panel provided by the terminal device through the resource set of the reference signal, including: the terminal device trains all antenna panels provided by the terminal device through the resources in the reference signal resource set. .
  • the terminal device has four antenna panels, and the terminal device uses the four antenna panels to communicate with the network device to train the four antenna panels.
  • the terminal device uses the beam on the antenna panel 1 on each resource of the resource set # 1, and uses the beam on the antenna panel 2 on each resource of the resource set # 2.
  • the beam on the antenna panel 3 is used for each resource of the set # 3
  • the beam on the antenna panel 4 is used for each resource of the resource set # 4.
  • the resource set # 1, the resource set # 2, the resource set # 3, and the resource set # 4 are resources included in the reference signal resource set configured by the network resource for the terminal device.
  • the following describes how the terminal device performs training on the transmit antenna panel and the receive antenna panel in the multi-antenna panel mode.
  • the reference signal resource set configured by the network device for the terminal device includes the resource set of the uplink reference signal, for example, the resource set of the SRS, and the number of the resource set of the uplink reference signal included in the reference signal resource set is not less than that of the terminal device.
  • Step 230 includes the following steps: the terminal device uses all the antenna panels of the terminal device to send the uplink reference signal to the network device through the resources in the resource set of the uplink reference signal; and the network device sends the uplink reference signal from the terminal device according to the received uplink reference signal. Among all antenna panels, the best transmitting antenna panel for the terminal device is selected.
  • the network device can select the best transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device from all the antenna panels of the terminal device according to the beam quality.
  • the principle of selecting the best antenna panel from multiple antenna panels is similar to the principle of selecting the best beam from multiple beams based on beam quality. For example, the antenna panel with the best comprehensive index of the included beam quality is determined to be the best. Antenna panel.
  • the process of selecting the best beam from multiple beams according to the beam quality is the prior art and will not be described in detail herein.
  • the beam quality of multiple beams included in each antenna panel of the multiple antenna panels may be comprehensively considered, for example, using an average value of the beam qualities of the multiple beams or a filtered value as an index, from multiple antennas Select the best antenna panel from the panel.
  • the optimal transmitting antenna panel may be one antenna panel or a plurality of antenna panels with a number less than all antenna surfaces of the terminal device.
  • the network device can effectively acquire the information about the optimal transmission antenna panel of the terminal device by controlling the training of the transmission antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the network device can instruct the terminal device to use only the best transmitting antenna panel for uplink communication, while ensuring the communication quality, it can also reduce the power consumption of the terminal device.
  • the reference signal resource set configured by the network device for the terminal device includes the resource set of the downlink reference signal, for example, the resource set of the CSI-RS, and the number of the resource set of the uplink reference signal included in the reference signal resource set is not less than that of the terminal device Number of antenna panels.
  • Step 230 includes the following steps: The terminal device receives all the downlink reference signals issued by the network device through the resources in the resource set of the downlink reference signal, and receives the downlink reference signals issued by the network device; according to the received downlink reference signals, the terminal device receives the downlink reference signals from the terminal device. Out of all the antenna panels, the best receiving antenna panel is selected.
  • the terminal device can select the best receiving antenna panel from all antenna panels that the terminal device has according to the beam quality.
  • the optimal receiving antenna panel may be one antenna panel or a plurality of antenna panels whose number is less than the number of all antenna surfaces of the terminal device.
  • the terminal device uses each antenna panel (specifically, the beam generated on each antenna panel) in a certain order.
  • the terminal device corresponds in order from the number of each antenna panel and the number of the resource set from large to small or from small to large, and then the terminal device sequentially uses each antenna panel on the corresponding resource set according to this correspondence.
  • the configuration information issued by the network device to the terminal device further includes a one-to-one correspondence between each resource set in the reference signal resource set and the antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • Each antenna panel is used sequentially on the corresponding resource set.
  • the method 200 further includes: the network device determines a time interval for sending uplink reference signals by different antenna panels of the terminal device, and when configuring a reference signal resource set By designing resources, the time interval for sending uplink reference signals by different antenna panels of the terminal device is greater than the time required for the terminal device to switch between different antenna panels. Further, the network device sends, to the terminal device, a time interval for sending the uplink reference signal by different antenna panels of the terminal device.
  • the method 200 further includes: the network device determines a time interval for receiving uplink reference signals by different antenna panels of the terminal device, and when configuring a reference signal resource set By designing resources, the time interval of receiving uplink reference signals by different antenna panels of the terminal device is greater than the time required for the terminal device to switch between different antenna panels. Further, the network device sends to the terminal device a time interval at which different antenna panels of the terminal device receive the uplink reference signal.
  • a multi-antenna panel mode is configured for a terminal device through a network device, so that the terminal device can train all antenna panels it has.
  • the multi-antenna panel mode is suitable for a scenario in which an optimal antenna panel is selected among multiple antenna panels of a terminal device. For example, the terminal equipment has not been trained on all its antenna panels immediately after accessing the network. At this time, the multi-antenna panel mode needs to be used to perform training on the antenna panels of the terminal equipment.
  • the training mode of the antenna panel of the terminal device is a designated antenna panel mode.
  • the designated antenna panel mode means that the network device specifies which of the antenna panels that the terminal device has to be trained.
  • Step 230 includes: using the resources in the resource set of the reference signal to train the terminal device on one or more antenna panels designated by the network device.
  • the network device needs to notify the terminal device of the specified antenna panel.
  • the network device can notify the terminal device of the designated antenna panel in various ways.
  • the configuration information issued by the network device to the terminal device further includes antenna panel instruction information, and the antenna panel instruction information indicates one or more antenna panels of the terminal device, or one or more antennas Panel grouping.
  • the antenna panel indicated by the antenna panel instruction information is the antenna panel designated by the network device for training.
  • the network device may send the antenna panel instruction information to the terminal device through separate downlink signaling.
  • each reference signal resource set in the reference signal resource set configured by the network device is configured with indication information of an antenna panel.
  • the network device uses the configured reference signal resource set to indirectly specify one or more antenna panels of the terminal device to be trained.
  • the terminal device has an antenna panel 1-4
  • the reference signal resource set configured by the network device for the terminal device includes a resource set # 1 and a resource set # 2, where the resource set # 1 is configured with the indication information and resource set of the antenna panel 1.
  • # 2 is configured with the instruction information of the antenna panel 2. Then, according to the reference signal resource set configured by the network device, the terminal device can know that the antenna panels to be trained are antenna panels 1 and 2.
  • the following describes how the terminal device performs training on the transmit antenna panel and the receive antenna panel in the specified antenna panel mode.
  • the reference signal resource set configured by the network device for the terminal device includes the resource set of the uplink reference signal, for example, the resource set of the SRS, and the number of the resource set of the uplink reference signal included in the reference signal resource set is not less than the network device designated training Number of antenna panels.
  • Step 230 includes the following steps: The terminal device uses one or more antenna panels designated by the network device to send the uplink reference signal to the network device through the resources in the uplink reference signal resource set; the network device sends the uplink reference signal from the network according to the received uplink reference signal.
  • the best transmitting antenna panel for the terminal device is selected from one or more antenna panels designated by the device.
  • the network device may select the best transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device from one or more antenna panels designated by the network device according to the beam quality.
  • the optimal transmission antenna panel may be one antenna panel or a plurality of antenna panels whose number is less than the number of one or more antenna panels designated by the network device.
  • the network device can effectively acquire the information about the optimal transmission antenna panel of the terminal device by controlling the training of the transmission antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the network device can instruct the terminal device to use only the best transmitting antenna panel for uplink communication, while ensuring the communication quality, it can also reduce the power consumption of the terminal device.
  • the reference signal resource set configured by the network device for the terminal device includes the resource set of the downlink reference signal, for example, the resource set of the CSI-RS, and the number of the resource set of the uplink reference signal included in the reference signal resource set is not less than that of the network device The specified number of antenna panels.
  • Step 230 includes the following steps: the terminal device receives the downlink reference signal issued by the network device by using the antenna panel designated by the network device through the resources in the resource set of the downlink reference signal; and the terminal device receives the downlink reference signal from the network device according to the received downlink reference signal.
  • the best receiving antenna panel is selected from the specified one or more antenna panels.
  • the terminal device may select the best receiving antenna panel from one or more antenna panels designated by the network device according to the beam quality.
  • the optimal receiving antenna panel may be one antenna panel or a plurality of antenna panels whose number is less than the number of one or more antenna panels designated by the network device.
  • the terminal device uses each designated antenna panel (specifically, the beam generated on each antenna panel) in a certain sequence.
  • the terminal device In the case that the network device notifies the terminal device which antenna panels are to be trained by sending the antenna panel instruction information to the terminal device, the terminal device is numbered from large to small or from small to large according to the number of the specified antenna panel and the number of the resource set. The order corresponds in turn, and then the terminal device uses each specified antenna panel in sequence on the corresponding resource set according to the correspondence relationship.
  • the terminal device may directly determine the use of each specified antenna according to the correspondence between the resource set and the specified antenna panel. The timing of the panel.
  • the network device In the specified antenna panel mode, if there are multiple antenna panels designated by the network device, the network device also needs to configure the time interval for sending reference signals on different antenna panels or the time interval for receiving reference signals on different antenna panels greater than the terminal device switching Time interval of different antenna panels. Further, the network device sends to the terminal device a time interval for sending uplink reference signals on different antenna panels or receiving downlink reference signals on different antenna panels.
  • the terminal device is configured with a designated antenna panel mode through a network device, so that the terminal device only trains the antenna panel designated by the network device.
  • a terminal device is configured with multiple training antenna panel modes through a network device, so that the terminal device can use a more suitable training mode to train its antenna panel in different scenarios, so that the terminal device can be trained. It has multiple antenna panels for flexible training and management.
  • the network device configures three training modes for the antenna device for the terminal device, but this application is not limited to this. In actual applications, more other training modes can be designed according to specific needs. These solutions also fall into The scope of protection of this application.
  • the network device may indicate to the terminal device in an explicit manner or an implicit manner.
  • the network device sends downlink signaling to the terminal device, where the downlink signaling includes an "antenna panel training mode" field, and the "antenna panel training mode” field carries any one of the three training mode information described above. .
  • the network device indirectly indicates the training mode information to the terminal device through the configured reference signal resource set.
  • the reference signal resource set configured by the network device includes only one reference signal resource set, it indicates that the training mode is a single antenna panel mode.
  • the network device is configured with only one SRS resource set and / or one CSI-RS resource set, it indicates that the training mode is a single antenna panel mode.
  • the training mode is a multi-antenna panel mode.
  • the training mode is a multi-antenna panel mode.
  • the antenna panel indication information When the antenna panel indication information is configured for each reference signal resource set in the reference signal resource set configured by the network device, it indicates that the training mode is a designated antenna panel mode.
  • the terminal device trains the transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device based on the resource set of the uplink reference signal configured by the network device, and trains the receiving antenna panel of the terminal device based on the resource set of the downlink reference signal.
  • This application also proposes combining the resource set of the downlink reference signal and the resource set of the uplink reference signal to train the transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device, and combining the resource set of the downlink reference signal and the resource set of the uplink reference signal to receive the terminal device. Antenna panel for training.
  • the reference signal resource set configured by the network device for the terminal device includes a resource set of the uplink reference signal and a resource set of the downlink reference signal
  • the configuration information delivered by the network device to the terminal device further includes Second trigger information, where the second trigger information is used to indicate a binding relationship between the resource set of the downlink reference signal and the resource set of the uplink reference signal, and / or used to notify the terminal device of a time difference, where the time difference represents the terminal The time interval between the device receiving the last symbol in the downlink reference signal and sending the first symbol in the uplink reference signal, or the time difference indicates that the terminal device from the last symbol in the uplink reference signal to receiving the downlink reference signal The time interval between the first symbols in.
  • the configuration information determined by the network device includes the following information a), b), and c).
  • each SRS resource set includes one or more SRS resources (a resource set corresponding to an uplink reference signal).
  • each CSI-RS resource set includes one or more CSI-RS resources (corresponding to a resource set of a downlink reference signal).
  • association relationship between SRS resource set and CSI-RS resource set includes joint triggering of SRS resource set and CSI-RS resource set, that is, which SRS resource set is bound with which CSI-RS resource set Realize the training of the antenna panel.
  • the association relationship also includes the time difference between the bound SRS resource set and the CSI-RS resource set, that is, how long it takes for the terminal device to wait after receiving the last symbol in the CSI-RS. Send the first symbol in the SRS (corresponding to the second trigger information).
  • the symbols mentioned here may be orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols or slot symbols.
  • the following describes how to combine the resource set of the uplink reference signal and the resource set of the downlink reference signal configured by the network device to train the transmitting antenna panel and the receiving antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • step 230 the terminal device combines the resource set of the uplink reference signal and the resource set of the downlink reference signal configured by the network device to train the transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • step 230 includes the step of training the transmit antenna panel of the terminal device as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the network device sends a downlink reference signal to the terminal device by using resources in a resource set of the downlink reference signal.
  • the terminal device has four antenna panels, and the network device configures the terminal device with a CSI-RS resource set (that is, a downlink reference signal resource set) and an SRS resource set (that is, an uplink reference signal resource set).
  • the network device sends the CSI-RS to the terminal device through the CSI-RS resource set.
  • the terminal device obtains the optimal antenna panel of the terminal device by using the received downlink reference signal.
  • the terminal device receives the CSI-RS sent by the network device by using four antenna panels through the CSI-RS resource set.
  • the best antenna panel is selected from the four antenna panels according to the quality of each received CSI-RS.
  • the best antenna panel is the antenna panel 4.
  • the terminal device sends the uplink reference signal to the network device by using the optimal antenna panel through the resources in the resource set of the uplink reference signal.
  • the terminal device learns, from the second trigger information configured by the network device, the time interval between the terminal device receiving the last symbol in the downlink reference signal and sending the first symbol in the uplink reference signal (denoted as the time interval) T1). After finishing receiving the downlink reference signal, the terminal device starts to send an uplink reference signal to the network device after waiting for the time interval T1.
  • the terminal device sends the SRS to the network device by using the optimal antenna panel, that is, the antenna panel 4 through the SRS resource set.
  • the network device selects the best beam from the beams of the best antenna panel of the terminal device by using the received uplink reference signal.
  • the network device receives the SRS received by the terminal device. For example, according to the quality of each SRS received, the network device selects the best beam from the best antenna panel, that is, the beam of the antenna panel 4.
  • steps 510 to 520 correspond to the multi-antenna panel mode described above
  • steps 530 and 540 correspond to the single-antenna panel mode described above.
  • the network device may instruct the terminal device to use the best antenna panel or the best beam in subsequent uplink communications.
  • the terminal device combines the resource set of the uplink reference signal and the resource set of the downlink reference signal configured by the network device to train the receiving antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • step 230 includes the steps of training the receiving antenna panel of the terminal device: the terminal device sends the uplink reference signal to the network device by using the resources in the resource set of the uplink reference signal; and the network device obtains the terminal device through the received uplink reference signal The best antenna panel; the network equipment uses the beams in the optimal antenna panel to send downlink reference signals to the terminal equipment through the resources in the downlink reference signal resource set; the terminal equipment receives the downlink reference signals from the terminal equipment's most Select the best beam from the beams of the best antenna panel.
  • the receiving of the downlink reference signal sent by the network device by the terminal device includes: the terminal device learns from the second trigger information configured by the network device that the terminal device has transmitted from the last symbol in the uplink reference signal to receiving the first in the downlink reference signal The time interval between two symbols (recorded as time interval T2); after completing the sending of the uplink reference signal, the terminal device waits for the time interval T2 and then starts to receive the downlink reference signal sent to the network device.
  • the terminal device may also report the determined optimal beam to the network device, so that the network device uses the optimal beam in subsequent downlink communications, so that the terminal device can receive signals using this optimal beam.
  • the uplink reference signal and the downlink reference signal are jointly used to train the transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device. Not only can the optimal transmitting antenna be selected, but also the optimal transmitting beam can be selected. While ensuring the communication quality, , Can also reduce the power consumption of terminal equipment.
  • the above describes the training of the transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device based on the resource set of the uplink reference signal configured by the network device, the training of the receiving antenna panel of the terminal device based on the resource set of the downlink reference signal configured by the network device, and the uplink reference signal configured by the network device Resource set and downlink reference signal resource set to train the transmitting antenna panel (or transmit beam) of the terminal device, and the combination of the uplink reference signal resource set and downlink reference signal resource set configured by the network device trains the terminal device's receiving antenna panel (or Receive beam).
  • a beam pair (downstreamed by a network device and received by a terminal device) for downlink beam training can also be used for uplink transmission (transmitted by a terminal device and received by a network device).
  • Beam consistency means that the directivity of the transmit and receive channels can be controlled within a certain error range.
  • the radio frequency channel sends signals in a certain direction in the transmission mode, so when it is in the reception mode, it can also receive signals from the same direction. Therefore, in the case of beam consistency, only the receiving antenna panel or the transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device needs to be trained, and there is no need to train both.
  • the terminal equipment can better configure the reference signal resource set for antenna panel training, the terminal equipment can also report its own Antenna panel related capabilities.
  • the method 200 further includes: the terminal device sends antenna panel capability information to the network device, and the antenna panel capability information is used to indicate related capabilities of the antenna panel that the terminal device has.
  • the antenna panel capability information is used to indicate at least one of the following capabilities.
  • the number of antenna panels that the terminal device includes includes the number of transmitting antenna panels that the terminal device has, and / or the number of receiving antenna panels that the terminal device has.
  • ⁇ 1-8 ⁇ represents any integer from 1 to 8.
  • the number of antenna panels provided by the terminal device is: ⁇ 4 ⁇ , which indicates that the terminal device has 4 antenna panels.
  • the number of transmitting antenna panels provided by the terminal device is: ⁇ 1-8 ⁇ ; and / or the number of receiving antenna panels provided by the terminal device is: ⁇ 1-8 ⁇ .
  • Capability 2 The number of receiving antenna panels or transmitting antenna panels that the terminal device can use simultaneously.
  • Capability 3 The number of beams that each antenna panel of the terminal device can process.
  • the number of beams that each antenna panel of the terminal device can process includes: the number of beams that each receiving antenna panel of the terminal device can receive. Or the number of beams that can be transmitted by each transmitting antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the receiving antenna panels of the terminal device are divided into two groups, and each group includes two receiving antenna panels.
  • the receiving antenna panels # 1 and # 2 are group 1 and the receiving antenna panels # 3 and # 4 are group 2.
  • Capability 5 The number of transmit antenna panel groups of the terminal device, and / or the number and / or identification of transmit antenna panels included in each transmit antenna panel group.
  • the transmit antenna panels of the terminal device are divided into two groups, each of which includes two transmit antenna panels, transmit antenna panels # 1 and # 2 are group 1, and transmit antenna panels # 3 and # 4 are group 2.
  • the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities of the receiving antenna panel: the time interval at which the terminal device switches the receiving antenna panel, and the number of times the terminal device switches the receiving antenna panel within a preset time period.
  • the time interval at which the terminal device switches the receiving antenna panel is 14 or 28 OFDM symbol durations, or 1 or 2 slots, or 0.25 or 0.5 milliseconds (ms).
  • the maximum number of times the terminal device switches the receiving antenna panel in a time slot is 2, 4, 7, or 14.
  • time unit such as time interval
  • time unit may be an absolute time, such as milliseconds, or a relative time, such as one or more symbols and one or more time slots. , One or more frames, etc. This application does not limit this.
  • Capability 7 The terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities of the transmitting antenna panel: the time interval at which the terminal device switches the transmitting antenna panel, and the number of times the terminal device switches the transmitting antenna panel within a preset time period.
  • the time interval at which the terminal device switches the transmit antenna panel is 14 or 28 OFDM symbol durations, or 1 or 2 slots, or 0.25 or 0.5 milliseconds (ms).
  • the maximum number of times the terminal device switches the transmit antenna panel in a time slot is 7 or 14.
  • the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities from the receiving antenna panel to the transmitting antenna panel: when the receiving antenna panel and the transmitting antenna panel are the same antenna panel, the time for the terminal device to switch from the receiving mode to the transmitting mode. Interval; when the receiving antenna panel and the transmitting antenna panel are not the same antenna panel, the time interval for the terminal device to switch from the receiving mode to the transmitting mode; the terminal device switches from receiving mode to transmitting on the same antenna panel within a preset period of time The number of times the mode is switched; the number of times the terminal device switches from receiving mode to transmitting mode between different antenna panels within a preset time; the terminal device switches at least one of the following capabilities of the transmitting antenna panel: Time interval, the number of times the terminal device switches the transmit antenna panel within a preset time period.
  • the terminal device switches from the transmitting antenna panel to the receiving antenna panel in at least one of the following capabilities: when the receiving antenna panel and the transmitting antenna panel are the same antenna panel, the time for the terminal device to switch from the transmitting mode to the receiving mode. Interval; when the receiving antenna panel and the transmitting antenna panel are not the same antenna panel, the time interval for the terminal device to switch from the transmitting mode to the receiving mode; the terminal device switches from the transmitting mode to the receiving mode on the same antenna panel within a preset period of time The number of times the mode is switched; the number of times the terminal device switches from the sending mode to the receiving mode between different antenna panels within a preset time.
  • reporting the above-mentioned antenna panel-related capabilities to the network device through the terminal device is beneficial for the network device to configure a more suitable reference signal resource set for the terminal device.
  • the network device may determine the number of resource sets in the reference signal resource set according to the number of antenna panels that the terminal device has. Specifically, the network device may determine the number of uplink reference signal resource sets according to the number of transmitting antenna panels that the terminal device has. , The number of resource sets of the downlink reference signal may be determined according to the number of receiving antenna panels that the terminal device has.
  • the network device may determine the number of resources included in each resource set in the reference signal resource set according to the number of beams included in each antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the network device may determine different antennas corresponding to the terminal device according to the ability of the terminal device to switch the antenna panel (such as the capabilities six, seven, eight, and nine described above).
  • the time interval between the resource collections of the panels should be greater than or equal to the switching time interval that the terminal device can withstand, otherwise the terminal device cannot implement the switching between the antenna panels.
  • the antenna panel related capability is reported to the network device through the terminal device, so that the network device can accurately obtain information about the antenna panel on the terminal device side, thereby facilitating the management of multiple antenna panels of the terminal device by the network device.
  • the network device can accurately obtain information about the antenna panel on the terminal device side, thereby facilitating the management of multiple antenna panels of the terminal device by the network device.
  • how many resources are allocated to the terminal device for antenna panel management and beam management.
  • the network device can obtain the optimal antenna panel information from the terminal device, thereby ensuring uplink transmission performance.
  • the network device can instruct the terminal device to use the optimal antenna panel for uplink transmission.
  • the solution of this application can effectively reduce the power consumption of the terminal device.
  • the terminal device may report it explicitly or implicitly.
  • the antenna panel capability information sent by the terminal device to the network device directly indicates at least one of the capabilities one to nine.
  • the antenna panel capability information sent by the terminal device to the network device includes indirect indication information used to indirectly indicate at least one of the capabilities one to nine.
  • the indirect indication information includes uplink and downlink reference signal resources (resource), resource sets, resource settings, or groupings and other related information.
  • the antenna panel capability information includes indication information of the number of antenna panels that the terminal device has, and the indication information of the number of antenna panels that the terminal device includes includes at least one of the following information: a beam grouping the terminal device has The number of groups, the number of resource sets of uplink reference signals that the terminal device has, and the number of resource sets of downlink reference signals that the terminal device has.
  • beam grouping means that the terminal device groups the transmission beams of the network devices according to their own receiving capabilities.
  • the terminal device can divide the transmission beams of multiple network devices that it can receive on the same antenna panel into one group.
  • the number of packets is the number of receiving antenna panels of the terminal device.
  • beam grouping refers to that the terminal device groups its own transmission beam.
  • a terminal device may divide multiple transmission beams that it can send on the same antenna panel into one group.
  • the number of packets is the number of the transmitting antenna panels of the terminal device.
  • the number of resource sets of uplink reference signals possessed by the terminal device is, for example, the number of SRS resource sets.
  • the number of SRS resource sets of the terminal device may be the number of SRS resource sets used for antenna panel management.
  • SRS SetUse panel management.
  • the number of SRS resource sets of the terminal device may be the number of SRS resource sets used for beam management.
  • define SRS Set Use beam management.
  • the number of uplink reference signal resource sets possessed by the terminal device may also represent the number of receiving antenna panels that the terminal device has.
  • the number of resource sets of the downlink reference signal possessed by the terminal device is, for example, the number of CSI-RS resource sets.
  • the number of CSI-RS resource sets of the terminal device may be the number of CSI-RS resource sets used for antenna panel management.
  • CSI-RS SetUse panel management.
  • the number of CSI-RS resource sets of the terminal device may be the number of CSI-RS resource sets used for beam management.
  • CSI-RS Set Use beam management.
  • the antenna panel capability information includes indication information of the number of beams that each antenna panel of the terminal device can process, and the indication information of the number of beams that each antenna panel of the terminal device can process includes the terminal device.
  • the number of resources included in the resource set of each downlink reference signal of the terminal device is the number of SRS resources in each SRS resource set of the terminal device.
  • the number of resources included in the resource set of each uplink reference signal of the terminal device is the number of CSI-RS resources in each CSI-RS resource set of the terminal device.
  • the network device can obtain the optimal antenna panel information sent by the terminal device according to the antenna panel related capabilities reported by the terminal device, thereby ensuring uplink transmission performance.
  • the network device can instruct the terminal device to use the optimal antenna panel for uplink transmission. Compared with the terminal device in the prior art, which always has multiple antenna panels turned on, the solution of this application can effectively reduce the power consumption of the terminal device.
  • the terminal device's antenna panel related capabilities are reported to the network device through the terminal device, so that the network device can configure a reasonable network configuration for the terminal device based on the terminal device's capabilities, for example, the antenna panel of the terminal device should not be exceeded Related capabilities.
  • the network device obtains the antenna panel related capabilities of the terminal device, it performs reasonable network configuration on the terminal device so that it does not exceed the capabilities of the terminal device.
  • the reporting of the related capabilities of the antenna panel of the terminal device can be regarded as a way for the terminal device to request resources from the network device.
  • the network device should configure 4 SRS resource sets for the terminal device so that the terminal device can perform uplink antenna panel training.
  • each SRS resource set (SRS resource set) used for antenna panel training configured by the network device can have 8 SRS resources (SRS resource).
  • the network device may initiate a terminal device capability request, and the terminal device reports its own antenna panel-related capabilities to the network device after receiving the request.
  • a request may be triggered, and then the updated antenna panel related capability is reported to the network device.
  • the terminal device can regulate the behavior of the terminal device under the unreasonable configuration according to the antenna panel related capabilities (and the capabilities 1 to 9 described above) to avoid confusion in the terminal device.
  • the terminal device when the number of times the terminal device switches the antenna panel (for example, 5 times) exceeds the switching capability (for example, 4 times) reported by the terminal device within one time slot configured by the network device, the terminal device can abandon the antenna panel switching beyond the capability (for The fifth switch is not performed).
  • the concept of an antenna panel pair may be introduced, that is, a receiving antenna panel and one or more transmitting antenna panels are bound into a pair. , Or bind one transmitting antenna panel and one or more antenna panels into one antenna panel.
  • Which antenna panel and receiving antenna panel are included in an antenna panel pair can be notified by the network device to the terminal device, or can be notified by the terminal device to the network device.
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a method for managing an antenna panel.
  • the method includes: a terminal device sending antenna panel capability information to a network device, where the antenna panel capability information is used to indicate a related capability of the antenna panel of the terminal device;
  • the terminal device sends configuration information, the configuration information includes information of a reference signal resource set, and the reference signal resource set is used for training an antenna panel of the terminal device.
  • the configuration information may be determined according to the antenna panel capability information.
  • the information of the reference signal resource set in the configuration information is determined according to the antenna panel capability information.
  • the antenna panel capability information in this embodiment may indicate any one or more capabilities of the terminal device described above.
  • the reference signal resource set in this embodiment may include a resource set of one or more reference signals.
  • the reference signal resource set in this embodiment may include a resource set of an uplink reference signal and / or a resource set of a downlink reference signal.
  • the configuration information in this embodiment may further include any one or more of training mode information, antenna panel indication information, first trigger information, and second trigger information as described above.
  • each network element is, for example, a transmitting device or a receiving device.
  • each network element includes a hardware structure and / or a software module corresponding to each function.
  • this application can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a certain function is performed by hardware or computer software-driven hardware depends on the specific application of the technical solution and design constraints. Professional technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this application.
  • each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module.
  • the above integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional modules. It should be noted that the division of the modules in the embodiments of the present application is schematic, and is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner. The following description is made by taking each function module corresponding to each function as an example.
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a first communication device, and the first communication device may be a terminal device or a chip.
  • the first communication apparatus may be configured to perform an action performed by a terminal device in the foregoing method embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 shows a simplified schematic diagram of the structure of the terminal device. It is easy to understand and easy to illustrate.
  • the terminal device uses a mobile phone as an example.
  • the terminal device includes a processor, a memory, a radio frequency circuit, a plurality of antenna panels, and an input / output device.
  • the processor is mainly used for processing communication protocols and communication data, controlling terminal devices, executing software programs, and processing data of the software programs.
  • the memory is mainly used for storing software programs and data.
  • the radio frequency circuit is mainly used for the conversion of baseband signals and radio frequency signals and the processing of radio frequency signals. Multiple antenna panels are mainly used to send and receive radio frequency signals in the form of electromagnetic waves.
  • Input / output devices such as a touch screen, a display screen, and a keyboard, are mainly used to receive data input by the user and output data to the user. It should be noted that some types of terminal equipment may not have an input / output device.
  • the processor When the data needs to be sent, the processor performs baseband processing on the data to be sent, and then outputs the baseband signal to the radio frequency circuit. After the radio frequency circuit processes the baseband signal, the radio frequency signal is sent out in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna unit on the antenna panel. .
  • the RF circuit receives the RF signal through the antenna unit in the antenna panel, converts the RF signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor.
  • the processor converts the baseband signal into data and This data is processed.
  • FIG. 7 only one memory and processor are shown in FIG. 7. In an actual terminal equipment product, there may be one or more processors and one or more memories.
  • the memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device.
  • the memory may be set independently of the processor or integrated with the processor, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.
  • an antenna panel and a radio frequency circuit having a transmitting and receiving function may be regarded as a transmitting and receiving unit of a terminal device, and a processor having a processing function may be regarded as a processing unit of the terminal device.
  • the terminal device includes a transceiver unit 701 and a processing unit 702.
  • the transceiver unit may also be referred to as a transceiver, a transceiver, a transceiver device, and the like.
  • the processing unit may also be called a processor, a processing single board, a processing module, a processing device, and the like.
  • the device for implementing the receiving function in the transceiver unit 701 can be regarded as a receiving unit, and the device for implementing the transmitting function in the transceiver unit 701 can be regarded as a transmitting unit, that is, the transceiver unit 701 includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit.
  • the transceiver unit may also be called a transceiver, a transceiver, or a transceiver circuit.
  • the receiving unit may also be called a receiver, a receiver, or a receiving circuit.
  • the transmitting unit may also be called a transmitter, a transmitter, or a transmitting circuit.
  • the transceiver unit 701 is configured to perform the receiving operation on the terminal device side in step 220 or the receiving and sending operation on the terminal device side in step 230, and / or the transceiver unit 701 is further configured to: Perform other sending and receiving steps on the terminal device side in the embodiments of the present application.
  • the processing unit 702 is configured to execute the processing action in step 230 in FIG. 2, and / or the processing unit 702 is further configured to execute other processing steps on the terminal device side in the embodiment of the present application.
  • the transceiver unit 701 is configured to perform the receiving operation on the terminal device side in step 510 in FIG. 5 or the transmitting operation on the terminal device side in step 530, and / or the transceiver unit 702 is further configured to perform Other sending and receiving steps on the terminal device side in the embodiments of the present application.
  • the processing unit 702 is configured to execute step 520 in FIG. 5, and / or the processing unit 702 is further configured to execute other processing steps on the terminal device side in the embodiment of the present application.
  • the chip When the first communication device is a chip, the chip includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit.
  • the transceiver unit may be an input / output circuit or a communication interface;
  • the processing unit is a processor or a microprocessor or an integrated circuit integrated on the chip.
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a second communication device, and the second communication device may be a network device or a chip.
  • the second communication apparatus may be configured to perform an action performed by a network device in the foregoing method embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 shows a simplified structure diagram of a base station.
  • the base station includes a part 801 and a part 802.
  • Part 801 is mainly used for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals and converting radio frequency signals to baseband signals.
  • Part 802 is mainly used for baseband processing and controlling base stations.
  • the 801 part may be generally called a transceiver unit, a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, or a transceiver.
  • the 802 part is usually a control center of the base station, and may be generally referred to as a processing unit, and is used to control the base station to perform the action of the network device generating the first message in the foregoing method embodiment.
  • a processing unit for controlling the base station.
  • the transceiver unit in part 801 may also be called a transceiver, or a transceiver, etc. It includes multiple antenna panels and a radio frequency unit, and the radio frequency unit is mainly used for radio frequency processing.
  • the device used to implement the receiving function in the part 801 may be regarded as a receiving unit and the device used to implement the transmitting function may be regarded as a transmitting unit, that is, the part 801 includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit.
  • the receiving unit may also be called a receiver, a receiver, or a receiving circuit, and the sending unit may be called a transmitter, a transmitter, or a transmitting circuit.
  • the 802 part may include one or more single boards, and each single board may include one or more processors and one or more memories.
  • the processors are used for reading and executing programs in the memory to implement baseband processing functions and control. If there are multiple boards, the boards can be interconnected to increase processing capacity. As an optional implementation manner, multiple single boards may share one or more processors, or multiple single boards may share one or more memories, or multiple single boards may share one or more processes at the same time. Device.
  • the transceiver unit is configured to perform a sending operation on the network device side in step 220 in FIG. 2, and / or the transceiver unit is further configured to perform other transceiver steps on the network device side in the embodiment of the present application.
  • the processing unit is configured to perform the action of step 210, and / or the processing unit is also configured to perform other processing steps on the network device side in the embodiments of the present application.
  • the transceiver unit is configured to perform a sending operation on the network device side in step 510 in FIG. 5, a receiving operation on the network device side in step 530, and / or other steps in this application.
  • the processing unit is configured to execute step 540 in FIG. 5.
  • the chip When the second communication device is a chip, the chip includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit.
  • the transceiver unit may be an input / output circuit or a communication interface;
  • the processing unit is a processor or a microprocessor or an integrated circuit integrated on the chip.
  • processors mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be a central processing unit (CPU), or other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), and application-specific integrated circuits (DSPs).
  • DSPs digital signal processors
  • DSPs application-specific integrated circuits
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
  • the memory mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memory.
  • the non-volatile memory may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (erasable PROM, EPROM), electrical memory Erase programmable read-only memory (EPROM, EEPROM) or flash memory.
  • the volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache.
  • RAM random access memory
  • DRAM dynamic random access memory
  • SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
  • double SDRAM double SDRAM
  • DDR SDRAM double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory
  • enhanced SDRAM enhanced SDRAM
  • SLDRAM synchronous connection dynamic random access memory
  • direct RAMbus RAM direct RAMbus RAM
  • the processor is a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA, or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component
  • the memory memory module
  • memory described herein is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.
  • the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other ways.
  • the device embodiments described above are only schematic.
  • the division of the unit is only a logical function division.
  • multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not implemented.
  • the displayed or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, which may be electrical, mechanical or other forms.
  • the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objective of the solution of this embodiment.
  • each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of the units may exist separately physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
  • the functions are implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
  • the technical solution of this application is essentially a part that contributes to the existing technology or a part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product.
  • the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method described in the embodiments of the present application.
  • the aforementioned storage media include: U disks, mobile hard disks, read-only memories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), magnetic disks or compact discs and other media that can store program codes .

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Abstract

本申请提供一种训练天线面板的方法与装置，该方法包括：网络设备确定配置信息，该配置信息包括参考信号资源集合的信息，该参考信号的资源集合用于终端设备的天线面板的训练；该网络设备向该终端设备发送该配置信息；该终端设备通过该参考信号资源集合，对该终端设备具有的天线面板进行训练。通过网络设备为终端设备配置用于训练终端设备的天线面板的参考信号资源集合，可以使终端设备实现对其天线面板的训练，从而有助于终端设备管理其多个天线面板。

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训练天线面板的方法与装置
本申请要求于2018年08月10日提交中国专利局、申请号为201810911112.0、申请名称为“训练天线面板的方法与装置”的中国专利申请的优先权，其全部内容通过引用结合在本申请中。
技术领域
本申请涉及通信领域，并具体地，涉及一种训练天线面板的方法与装置。
背景技术
网络设备与终端设备之间的无线通信通过天线实现，即通信的信号由天线进行接收和发送。网络设备与终端设备上都装有天线单元(antenna element)。多个天线单元可以集成在一个面板(panel)上，这样的面板称为天线面板。一个天线面板可以打出一个或多个波束。
传统技术中，终端设备上具有一个天线面板。为了覆盖多个不同的方向，可以在终端设备上配备多个天线面板。例如，每个天线面板打出的波束大致朝向一个方向，同时使用多个天线面板时，终端设备可以实现全方向的发送和接收。
在终端设备与网络设备基于天线的通信过程中，终端设备的有些波束质量高，有些波束质量差。通常在终端设备与网络设备基于天线进行数据传输之前，会进行波束训练，以选择质量较好的波束出来。
目前，已有针对终端设备具有一个天线面板的场景的波束训练的相关方案。但是，尚无针对终端设备具有多个天线面板的场景进行多个天线面板的训练和管理的方案。
发明内容
本申请提供一种训练天线面板的方法与装置，可以实现对终端设备具有的多个天线面板的管理。
第一方面，提供一种天线面板管理的方法，该方法包括：网络设备确定配置信息，该配置信息包括参考信号资源集合的信息，该参考信号资源集合用于终端设备的天线面板的训练；该网络设备向该终端设备发送该配置信息。
在本申请中，通过网络设备为终端设备配置用于训练终端设备的天线面板的参考信号资源集合，可以使终端设备实现对其天线面板的训练，从而有助于终端设备管理其多个天线面板。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该配置信息包括训练模式信息，该训练模式信息用于指示该终端设备的天线面板的训练模式。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该终端设备的天线面板的训练模式包括如下至少一种：单天线面板模式，多天线面板模式，或指定天线面板模式。
可选地，网络设备可以通过显式方式或隐式方式向终端设备通知该训练模式信息。
通过网络设备为终端设备配置单天线面板模式，使得终端设备仅对于当前使用的天线面板进行训练。单天线面板模式适用于终端设备的发送或接收天线面板已确定，需要进一步确定最佳波束的场景。通过网络设备为终端设备配置多天线面板模式，使得终端设备可以对其具有的所有天线面板进行训练。多天线面板模式适用于终端设备刚接入网络，所有天线面板需要进行训练的场景。通过网络设备为终端设备配置指定天线面板模式，使得终端设备仅对网络设备指定的天线面板进行训练。
因此，在本申请提供的方案中，通过网络设备为终端设备配置多种训练天线面板的模式，可以使终端设备在不同场景下，采用较为合适的训练模式对其天线面板进行训练，从而可以对终端设备具有的多个天线面板实现灵活多变的训练和管理。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该参考信号资源集合包括多个参考信号的资源集合，其中，每一个参考信号的资源集合用于该终端设备的一个天线面板的训练。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该配置信息中包括：天线面板的指示信息，该天线面板的指示信息用于指示需要进行训练的天线面板的信息。
可选地，每一个参考信号资源集合的信息对应一个天线面板的指示信息。换句话说，通过配置的资源集合间接指示要进行训练的天线面板。
可选地，该天线面板的指示信息包括，一个天线面板的指示信息，或者一组天线面板的指示信息。换句话说，配置信息中包括明确指示要进行训练的天线面板的信息。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该配置信息还包括第一触发信息，该第一触发信息用于激活该参考信号资源集合。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该参考信号包括如下至少一种参考信号：上行参考信号，或者，下行参考信号。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该参考信号包括上行参考信号；该方法进一步包括：该网络设备确定该终端设备的不同天线面板发送该上行参考信号的时间间隔，该终端设备的不同天线面板发送该上行参考信号的时间间隔大于该终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间。
可选地，该方法进一步包括：该网络设备向该终端设备发送该终端设备的不同天线面板发送该上行参考信号的时间间隔。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该参考信号包括上行参考信号；该方法进一步包括：该网络设备向该终端设备发送该终端设备的不同天线面板发送该上行参考信号的时间间隔，该时间间隔大于该终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该参考信号包括下行参考信号和上行参考信号；该参考信号资源集合包括该下行参考信号的资源集合和该上行参考信号的资源集合；该配置信息还包括第二触发信息，该第二触发信息用于指示该下行参考信号的资源集合和该上行参考信号的资源集合之间的绑定关系，和/或用于通知该终端设备时间差，该时间差表示该终端设备从接收下行参考信号中的最后一个符号到发送上行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔，或者，该时间差表示是终端设备从发送上行参考信号中的最后一个符号到接收下行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该方法进一步包括：该网络设 备利用该下行参考信号的资源集合中的资源向该终端设备发送该下行参考信号；该网络设备接收该终端设备通过该上行参考信号的资源集合中的资源采用该终端设备的最佳天线面板发送的该上行参考信号，其中，该终端设备的最佳天线面板为该终端设备利用该下行参考信号进行训练获取的。
在本申请中，联合利用上行参考信号与下行参考信号对终端设备的发送天线面板进行训练，不仅可以选择出最佳发送天线，还可以选择出最佳发送波束，在保证通信质量的同时，还可以降低终端设备的功耗。
在本申请中，网络设备通过控制终端设备的发送天线面板的训练，可以有效地获取终端设备的最佳发送天线面板的相关信息。在后续通信中，网络设备可以指示终端设备仅使用最佳发送天线面板进行上行通信，在保证通信质量的同时，也可以降低终端设备的功耗。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该上行参考信号为探测参考信号(sounding reference signal，SRS)，该下行参考信号为信道状态信息参考信号(channel status information reference signal，CSI-RS)。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该方法还包括：该网络设备接收该终端设备发送的天线面板能力信息，该天线面板能力信息用于指示如下中至少一种：
该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量，该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量包括该终端设备具有的发送天线面板的数量，和/或该终端设备具有的接收天线面板的数量；
该终端设备能够同时使用的接收天线面板或发送天线面板的数量；
该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量，该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量包括：该终端设备的每个接收天线面板能够接收的波束的数量，或该终端设备的每个发送天线面板能够发送的波束的数量；
该终端设备的接收天线面板分组的数量，和/或每个接收天线面板分组中包括的接收天线面板的数量和/或标识；
该终端设备的发送天线面板分组的数量，和/或每个发送天线面板分组中包括的发送天线面板的数量和/或标识；
该终端设备切换接收天线面板的如下至少一种能力：该终端设备切换接收天线面板的时间间隔，该终端设备在预设时间段内切换接收天线面板的次数；
该终端设备切换发送天线面板的如下至少一种能力：该终端设备切换发送天线面板的时间间隔，该终端设备在预设时间段内切换发送天线面板的次数；
该终端设备从接收天线面板切换到发送天线面板的如下至少一种能力：
在接收天线面板与发送天线面板是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从接收模式切换到发送模式的时间间隔，
在接收天线面板与发送天线面板不是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从接收模式切换到发送模式的时间间隔，
该终端设备在预设时间段内在同一天线面板上从接收模式到发送模式的切换次数，
该终端设备在预设时间内在不同天线面板之间从接收模式到发送模式的切换次数，
该终端设备切换发送天线面板的如下至少一种能力：该终端设备切换发送天线面板的时间间隔，该终端设备在预设时间段内切换发送天线面板的次数；
该终端设备从发送天线面板切换到接收天线面板的如下至少一种能力：
在接收天线面板与发送天线面板是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从发送模式切 换到接受模式的时间间隔，
在接收天线面板与发送天线面板不是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从发送模式切换到接受模式的时间间隔，
该终端设备在预设时间段内在同一天线面板上从发送模式到接受模式的切换次数，
该终端设备在预设时间内在不同天线面板之间从发送模式到接受模式的切换次数。
可选地，该网络设备发送的配置信息可以是根据天线面板能力信息确定。例如，配置信息中包括的参考信号资源集合的信息与该天线面板能力信息有关。
在本申请中，通过终端设备向网络设备上报天线面板相关能力，使得网络设备能准确的获得关于终端设备侧天线面板的信息，从而有利于网络设备对终端设备的多个天线面板的管理。例如，配置多少资源给终端设备进行天线面板管理和波束管理。再例如，如何配置用于训练天线面板/波束的各个资源之间的时间间隔等。
网络设备根据终端设备上报的天线面板相关能力，可以获知终端设备最佳的发送天线面板信息，进而保证上行传输的性能。此外，网络设备可以指示终端设备使用最佳天线面板进行上行传输，相比于现有技术中终端设备总是开启多个天线面板，本申请的方案可以有效降低终端设备的功耗。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该天线面板能力信息包括该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量的指示信息，该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量的指示信息包括如下信息的至少一种：该终端设备具有的波束分组的组数，该终端设备具有的上行参考信号的资源集合的数量，该终端设备具有的下行参考信号的资源集合的数量；和/或
该天线面板能力信息包括该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量的指示信息，该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量的指示信息包括该终端设备的每个下行参考信号的资源集合中包括的资源的数量，或该终端设备的每个上行参考信号的资源集合中包括的资源的数量。
第二方面，提供一种天线面板管理的方法，该方法包括：终端设备从网络设备获取配置信息，该配置信息包括参考信号资源集合的信息，该参考信号资源集合用于终端设备的天线面板的训练；该终端设备通过该参考信号资源集合中的资源，对该终端设备具有的天线面板进行训练。
在本申请中，通过网络设备配置用于训练终端设备的天线面板的资源，使得终端设备基于所配置的资源进行天线面板的训练。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该配置信息包括训练模式信息，该训练模式信息用于指示该终端设备的天线面板的训练模式。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该终端设备的天线面板的训练模式包括如下至少一种：单天线面板模式，多天线面板模式，或指定天线面板模式。
在本申请中，网络设备还配置用于指示终端设备训练天线面板的模式的训练模式信息，以使得终端设备根据该训练模式信息对天线面板进行训练。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该终端设备的天线面板的训练模式为单天线面板模式；该终端设备通过该参考信号资源集合中的资源，对该终端设备具有的天线面板进行训练，包括：该终端设备通过该参考信号资源集合中的资源，对该终端设备当前使用的天线面板进行训练。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该终端设备的天线面板的训练 模式为多天线面板模式；该终端设备通过该参考信号资源集合中的资源，对该终端设备具有的天线面板进行训练，包括：该终端设备通过该参考信号资源集合中的资源，对该终端设备具有的所有天线面板进行训练。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该终端设备的天线面板的训练模式为指定天线面板模式；该终端设备通过该参考信号资源集合中的资源，对该终端设备具有的天线面板进行训练，包括：该终端设备通过该参考信号资源集合中的资源，对该网络设备指定的一个或多个天线面板进行训练。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该参考信号资源集合包括一个或多个参考信号的资源集合，其中，每一个参考信号的资源集合用于该终端设备的一个天线面板的训练。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该配置信息中包括：天线面板的指示信息，该天线面板的指示信息用于指示需要进行训练的天线面板的信息。
可选地，每一个参考信号资源集合的信息对应一个天线面板的指示信息。换句话说，通过配置的资源间接指示要进行训练的天线面板。
可选地，该天线面板的指示信息包括，一个天线面板的指示信息，或者一组天线面板的指示信息。换句话说，配置信息中包括明确指示要进行训练的天线面板的信息。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该配置信息还包括第一触发信息，该第一触发信息用于激活该参考信号资源集合。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该参考信号包括如下至少一种参考信号：上行参考信号，或者，下行参考信号。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该参考信号包括上行参考信号；该方法进一步包括：该终端设备从该网络设备获取该终端设备的不同天线面板发送该上行参考信号的时间间隔，该终端设备的不同天线面板发送该上行参考信号的时间间隔大于该终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该参考信号包括下行参考信号和上行参考信号；该参考信号资源集合包括该下行参考信号的资源集合和该上行参考信号的资源集合；该配置信息还包括第二触发信息，该第二触发信息用于指示该下行参考信号的资源集合和该上行参考信号的资源集合之间的绑定关系，和/或用于通知该终端设备时间差，该时间差表示该终端设备从接收下行参考信号中的最后一个符号到发送上行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔，或者，该时间差表示是终端设备从发送上行参考信号中的最后一个符号到接收下行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该方法进一步包括：该终端设备接收该网络设备利用该下行参考信号的资源集合中的资源发送的该下行参考信号；该终端设备通过接收的该下行参考信号，获取该终端设备的最佳天线面板；该终端设备通过该上行参考信号的资源集合中的资源采用该终端设备的最佳天线面板发送该上行参考信号。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该上行参考信号为SRS，该下行参考信号为CSI-RS。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该方法还包括：该终端设备向网络设备发送天线面板能力信息，该天线面板能力信息用于指示如下中至少一种：
该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量，该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量包括该终端设 备具有的发送天线面板的数量，和/或该终端设备具有的接收天线面板的数量；
该终端设备能够同时使用的接收天线面板或发送天线面板的数量；
该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量，该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量包括：该终端设备的每个接收天线面板能够接收的波束的数量，或该终端设备的每个发送天线面板能够发送的波束的数量；
该终端设备的接收天线面板分组的数量，和/或每个接收天线面板分组中包括的接收天线面板的数量和/或标识；
该终端设备的发送天线面板分组的数量，和/或每个发送天线面板分组中包括的发送天线面板的数量和/或标识；
该终端设备切换接收天线面板的如下至少一种能力：该终端设备切换接收天线面板的时间间隔，该终端设备在预设时间段内切换接收天线面板的次数；
该终端设备切换发送天线面板的如下至少一种能力：该终端设备切换发送天线面板的时间间隔，该终端设备在预设时间段内切换发送天线面板的次数；
该终端设备从接收天线面板切换到发送天线面板的如下至少一种能力：
在接收天线面板与发送天线面板是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从接收模式切换到发送模式的时间间隔，
在接收天线面板与发送天线面板不是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从接收模式切换到发送模式的时间间隔，
该终端设备在预设时间段内在同一天线面板上从接收模式到发送模式的切换次数，
该终端设备在预设时间内在不同天线面板之间从接收模式到发送模式的切换次数，
该终端设备切换发送天线面板的如下至少一种能力：该终端设备切换发送天线面板的时间间隔，该终端设备在预设时间段内切换发送天线面板的次数；
该终端设备从发送天线面板切换到接收天线面板的如下至少一种能力：
在接收天线面板与发送天线面板是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从发送模式切换到接受模式的时间间隔，
在接收天线面板与发送天线面板不是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从发送模式切换到接受模式的时间间隔，
该终端设备在预设时间段内在同一天线面板上从发送模式到接受模式的切换次数，
该终端设备在预设时间内在不同天线面板之间从发送模式到接受模式的切换次数。
可选地，该网络设备确定的配置信息中的参考信号资源集合的信息是根据该天线面板能力信息确定的。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的一种可能的实现方式中，该天线面板能力信息包括该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量的指示信息，该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量的指示信息包括如下信息的至少一种：该终端设备具有的波束分组的组数，该终端设备具有的上行参考信号的资源集合的数量，该终端设备具有的下行参考信号的资源集合的数量；和/或
该天线面板能力信息包括该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量的指示信息，该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量的指示信息包括该终端设备的每个下行参考信号的资源集合中包括的资源的数量，或该终端设备的每个上行参考信号的资源集合中包括的资源的数量。
第三方面，提供一种通信装置，该通信装置用于执行上述第一方面或第一方面的任一 可能的实现方式中的方法。具体地，该通信装置可以包括用于执行第一方面或第一方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法的模块。
第四方面，提供一种通信装置，该通信装置用于执行上述第二方面或第二方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法。具体地，该通信装置可以包括用于执行第二方面或第二方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法的模块。
第五方面，提供一种通信装置，该通信装置包括存储器和处理器，该存储器用于存储指令，该处理器用于执行该存储器存储的指令，并且对该存储器中存储的指令的执行使得该处理器执行第一方面或第一方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法。
第六方面，提供一种通信装置，该通信装置包括存储器和处理器，该存储器用于存储指令，该处理器用于执行该存储器存储的指令，并且对该存储器中存储的指令的执行使得该处理器执行第二方面或第二方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法。
第七方面，提供一种芯片，该芯片包括处理模块与通信接口，该处理模块用于控制该通信接口与外部进行通信，该处理模块还用于实现第一方面或第一方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法。
第八方面，提供一种芯片，该芯片包括处理模块与通信接口，该处理模块用于控制该通信接口与外部进行通信，该处理模块还用于实现第二方面或第二方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法。
第九方面，提供一种计算机可读存储介质，其上存储有计算机程序，该计算机程序被计算机执行时使得该计算机实现第一方面或第一方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法。
第十方面，提供一种计算机可读存储介质，其上存储有计算机程序，该计算机程序被计算机执行时使得该计算机实现第二方面或第二方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法。
第十一方面，提供一种包含指令的计算机程序产品，该指令被计算机执行时使得该计算机实现第一方面或第一方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法。
第十二方面，提供一种包含指令的计算机程序产品，该指令被计算机执行时使得该计算机实现第二方面或第二方面的任一可能的实现方式中的方法。
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本申请实施例的技术方案可以应用于各种通信系统，例如：全球移动通信(global system for mobile communications，GSM)系统、码分多址(code division multiple access， CDMA)系统、宽带码分多址(wideband code division multiple access，WCDMA)系统、通用分组无线业务(general packet radio service，GPRS)、长期演进(long term evolution，LTE)系统、LTE频分双工(frequency division duplex，FDD)系统、LTE时分双工(time division duplex，TDD)、通用移动通信系统(universal mobile telecommunication system，UMTS)、全球互联微波接入(worldwide interoperability for microwave access，WiMAX)通信系统、未来的第五代(5th generation，5G)系统或新无线(new radio，NR)等。
本申请实施例中的终端设备可以指用户设备、接入终端、用户单元、用户站、移动站、移动台、远方站、远程终端、移动设备、用户终端、终端、无线通信设备、用户代理或用户装置。终端设备还可以是蜂窝电话、无绳电话、会话启动协议(session initiation protocol，SIP)电话、无线本地环路(wireless local loop，WLL)站、个人数字助理(personal digital assistant，PDA)、具有无线通信功能的手持设备、计算设备或连接到无线调制解调器的其它处理设备、车载设备、可穿戴设备，未来5G网络中的终端设备或者未来演进的公用陆地移动通信网络(public land mobile network，PLMN)中的终端设备等，本申请实施例对此并不限定。
本申请实施例中的网络设备可以是能和终端设备通信的设备。网络设备可以是基站、中继站或接入点。网络设备可以是全球移动通信系统(global system for mobile communication，GSM)或码分多址(code division multiple access，CDMA)网络中的基站收发信台(base transceiver station，BTS)，也可以是宽带码分多址(wideband code division multiple access，WCDMA)中的NB(NodeB)，还可以是长期演进(long term evolution，LTE)中的eNB或eNodeB(evolutional NodeB)。网络设备还可以是云无线接入网络(cloud radio access network，CRAN)场景下的无线控制器。网络设备还可以是未来5G网络中的基站设备或者未来演进的PLMN网络中的网络设备。网络设备还可以是可穿戴设备或车载设备。
在本申请实施例中，终端设备或网络设备包括硬件层、运行在硬件层之上的操作系统层，以及运行在操作系统层上的应用层。该硬件层包括中央处理器(central processing unit，CPU)、内存管理单元(memory management unit，MMU)和内存(也称为主存)等硬件。该操作系统可以是任意一种或多种通过进程(process)实现业务处理的计算机操作系统，例如，Linux操作系统、Unix操作系统、Android操作系统、iOS操作系统或windows操作系统等。该应用层包含浏览器、通讯录、文字处理软件、即时通信软件等应用。并且，本申请实施例并未对本申请实施例提供的方法的执行主体的具体结构特别限定，只要能够通过运行记录有本申请实施例的提供的方法的代码的程序，以根据本申请实施例提供的方法进行通信即可，例如，本申请实施例提供的方法的执行主体可以是终端设备或网络设备，或者，是终端设备或网络设备中能够调用程序并执行程序的功能模块。
另外，本申请的各个方面或特征可以实现成方法、装置或使用标准编程和/或工程技术的制品。本申请中使用的术语“制品”涵盖可从任何计算机可读器件、载体或介质访问的计算机程序。例如，计算机可读介质可以包括，但不限于:磁存储器件(例如，硬盘、软盘或磁带等)，光盘(例如，压缩盘(compact disc，CD)、数字通用盘(digital versatile disc，DVD)等)，智能卡和闪存器件(例如，可擦写可编程只读存储器(erasable programmable read-only memory，EPROM)、卡、棒或钥匙驱动器等)。另外，本文描述的各种存储介质可代表用于存储信息的一个或多个设备和/或其它机器可读介质。术语“机器可读介质” 可包括但不限于，无线信道和能够存储、包含和/或承载指令和/或数据的各种其它介质。
图1为本申请应用的场景示意图。
如图1所示，网络设备与终端设备通过天线进行通信，即，终端设备与网络设备利用天线进行信号的接收与发送。终端设备和网络设备上都具有天线单元(antenna element)。
多个天线单元可以集成在一个面板(panel)上，这个集成了天线单元的面板称为天线面板(也可用panel表示)。
每个天线面板可产生一个或多个波束(beam)。波束是一种通信资源。波束可以是宽波束，或者窄波束，或者其他类型波束。形成波束的技术可以是波束成形技术或者其他技术手段。波束成形技术可以具体为数字波束成形技术，或者模拟波束成形技术，或者混合数字/模拟波束成形技术。不同的波束可以认为是不同的资源。通过不同的波束可以发送相同的信息或者不同的信息。可选地，可以将具有相同或者类似的通信特征的多个波束视为是一个波束。一个波束内可以包括一个或多个天线端口，用于传输数据信道，控制信道和探测信号等。波束分为发送波束和接收波束。例如，发送波束可以指信号经天线发射出去后在空间不同方向上形成的信号强度的分布；接收波束可以指从天线上接收到的无线信号在空间不同方向上的信号强度分布。应理解，形成一个波束的一个或多个天线端口也可以看作是一个天线端口集。波束在协议中的体现还可以是空域滤波器(spatial filter)。
在本申请中，终端设备具有多个天线面板。在图1中，终端设备具有4个天线面板，其中，天线面板1可产生(或称为打出)2个波束，天线面板2可产生2个波束，天线面板3可产生4个波束，天线面板4可产生6个波束，如图1中的终端设备的天线面板示例图所示。
网络设备上也可以具有多个天线面板(图1中未示出)。
如果终端设备利用某个天线面板的波束向网络设备发送上行信号，则该天线面板可以称为终端设备的发送天线面板，对应地，发送天线面板产生的波束称为发送波束。如果终端设备利用某个天线面板的波束接收网络设备的下行信号，则该天线面板可以称为终端设备的接收天线面板，对应地，接收天线面板产生的波束称为接收波束。
终端设备的发送天线面板与接收天线面板可以是同一个天线面板，也可以是不同的天线面板。
需要说明的是，天线面板还可表示为天线阵列(antenna array)或者天线子阵列(antenna subarray)。一个天线面板可以包括一个或多个天线阵列/子阵列。一个天线面板可以有一个或多个晶振(oscillator)控制。一个射频电路可以驱动天线面板上的一个或多个天线单元。因此，一个天线面板可以由一个射频链路驱动，也可以由多个射频链路驱动。射频链路又可以称为接收通道和/或发送通道，接收机支路(receiver branch)等。因此，天线面板还可替换为射频链路或者驱动一个天线面板的多个射频链路或者由一个晶振控制的一个或多个射频链路。
为了便于描述与理解，本文以天线面板为例进行描述。本文中描述的天线面板均可替换为射频链路。
图2为本申请实施例提供的训练天线面板的方法200的示意性流程图。该方法200包括如下步骤。
210，网络设备确定配置信息，该配置信息包括参考信号资源集合的信息，该参考信号资源集合用于训练终端设备具有的天线面板。
用于训练天线面板的参考信号资源集合包括一个或多个参考信号的资源。或者，该参考信号资源集合中包括一个或多个参考信号的资源集合，其中，一个参考信号的资源集合表示包括该参考信号的一个或多个资源的集合。
可选地，参考信号资源集合中包括上行参考信号的资源集合，和/或下行参考信号的资源集合。
上行参考信号的资源集合体现为用于计算和测量终端设备的发送天线面板产生的波束质量的资源。下行参考信号的资源集合体现为用于计算和测量终端设备的接收天线面板产生的波束质量的资源。
例如，上行参考信号的资源集合包括该上行参考信号、以及用于传输该上行参考信号的资源。下行参考信号的资源集合包括该下行参考信号、以及用于传输该下行参考信号的资源。
应理解，如果网络设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括上行参考信号的资源集合，则终端设备可以利用上行参考信号的资源集合进行发送天线面板(或发送波束)的训练；如果该参考信号资源集合中包括下行参考信号的资源集合，则终端设备可以利用下行参考信号的资源集合进行接收天线面板(或接收波束)的训练。
本文中提及的上行参考信号可以为如下任一种：上行随机接入序列，上行探测参考信号(sounding reference signal，SRS)，上行控制信道解调参考信号，上行数据信道解调参考信号，上行相位噪声跟踪信号，上行随机接入信号。
本文中提及的下行参考信号可以为如下任一种：同步信号(synchronization signal，SS)、广播信道(physical broadcast channel，PBCH)、下行信道测量参考信号、广播信号解调信号、信道状态信息参考信号(channel state information reference signal，CSI-RS)、小区专用参考信号(cell specific reference signal，CS-RS)、UE专用参考信号(user equipment specific reference signal，US-RS)、下行控制信道解调参考信号、下行数据信道解调参考信号、下行相位噪声跟踪信号或下行共享信道解调参考信号。
220，该网络设备向该终端设备发送该配置信息。
网络设备可以通过一个或多个下行信令向终端设备发送该配置信息。
本文中提及的信令可以是如下任一种：RRC信令，MAC-CE信令，下行控制信息(download control information，DCI)信令，以及它们的组合。
本文中提及的信令还可以包括广播信道信息，系统消息，系统消息更新，剩余系统消息。
本文中提及的信令还可以是协议预配置的。
本申请不限制网络设备通知终端设备的方法。
本申请对终端设备向网络设备上报信号的方式也不做限定。例如，可以是UE能力上报，高层消息，MAC-CE消息，上行控制信息(uplink control information，UCI)消息以及它们的组合。
230，终端设备接收该配置信息，该终端设备通过该参考信号资源集合中的资源，对该终端设备具有的天线面板进行训练。
本申请实施例通过网络设备为终端设备配置参考信号资源集合，使得终端设备可以根据该参考信号资源集合，对终端设备的天线面板进行训练，从而实现对终端设备具有的多个天线面板进行管理。
可选地，本文中提及的波束也可以称为空域传输滤波器，发送波束也可以称为空域发射滤波器，接收波束也可以称为空域接收滤波器。
用于指示传输信号所使用的波束的信息可以称为波束指示信息。波束指示信息包括波束编号、波束管理资源编号、上行信号资源号、下行信号资源号、波束的绝对索引、波束的相对索引、波束的逻辑索引、波束对应的天线端口的索引、波束对应的天线端口组索引、波束对应的下行信号的索引、波束对应的下行同步信号块的时间索引、波束对连接(beam pair link，BPL)信息、波束对应的发送参数(Tx parameter)、波束对应的接收参数(Rx parameter)、波束对应的发送权重、波束对应的权重矩阵、波束对应的权重向量、波束对应的接收权重、波束对应的发送权重的索引、波束对应的权重矩阵的索引、波束对应的权重向量的索引、波束对应的接收权重的索引、波束对应的接收码本、波束对应的发送码本、波束对应的接收码本的索引、波束对应的发送码本的索引中的至少一种。其中，下行信号包括同步信号、广播信道、广播信号解调信号、信道状态信息下行信号(channel state information reference signal，CSI-RS)、小区专用参考信号(cell specific reference signal，CS-RS)、UE专用参考信号(user equipment specific reference signal，US-RS)、下行控制信道解调参考信号，下行数据信道解调参考信号，下行相位噪声跟踪信号中任意一种。上行信号包括中上行随机接入序列，上行探测参考信号(SRS)，上行控制信道解调参考信号，上行数据信道解调参考信号，上行相位噪声跟踪信号任意一种。
波束指示信息还可以体现为传输配置编号(transmission configuration index，TCI)，TCI中可以包括多种参数，例如，小区编号，带宽部分编号，参考信号标识，同步信号块标识，准同位(quasi-co-location，QCL)类型等。
可选地，网络设备还可以为频率资源组关联的波束中具有准同位(quasi-co-location，QCL)关系的波束分配QCL标示符。
QCL关系用于表示多个资源之间具有一个或多个相同或者相类似的通信特征。对于具有QCL关系的多个资源，可以采用相同或者类似的通信配置。例如，如果两个天线端口具有QCL关系，那么一个端口传送一个符号的信道大尺度特性可以从另一个端口传送一个符号的信道大尺度特性推断出来。大尺度特性可以包括：延迟扩展，平均延迟，多普勒扩展，多普勒频移，平均增益，接收参数，终端设备接收波束编号，发射/接收信道相关性，接收到达角，接收机天线的空间相关性，主到达角(angel-of-arrival，AoA)，平均到达角，主到达角的扩展等。
QCL还包括空域准同位(spatial QCL)。spatial QCL可以认为是QCL的一种类型。对于空域准同位，可以分别从发送端和接收端两个角度理解。从发送端来看，如果两个天线端口是空域准同位的，表示这两个天线端口的对应的波束方向在空间上是一致的。从接收端来看，如果两个天线端口是空域准同位的，表示这个接收端能够在相同的波束方向上接收到这两个天线端口发送的信号。
关于QCL，还存在准同位假设(QCL assumption)的概念。准同位假设是指假设两个端口之间是否具有QCL关系。准同位假设的配置和指示可以用来帮助接收端进行信号的接收和解调。例如接收端能确认A端口和B端口具有QCL关系，即可以将A端口上测得的信号的大尺度参数用于B端口上的信号测量和解调。
可选地，用于训练天线面板的参考信号资源集合也可称为天线面板管理资源或波束管理资源。
波束管理资源，指的是用于波束管理的资源，又可以体现为用于计算和测量波束质量的资源。波束质量包括层一接收参考信号功率(layer 1 reference signal received power,L1-RSRP)，层一接收参考信号质量(layer 1 reference signal received quality,L1-RSRQ)等。
例如，波束管理资源可以包括同步信号(synchronization signal，SS)，物理广播信道(physical broadcast channel，PBCH)，下行信道测量参考信号，跟踪信号，下行控制信道解调参考信号，下行共享信道解调参考信号，上行探测参考信号，上行随机接入信号等。
网络设备为终端设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括一个或多个参考信号的资源集合，其中，一个参考信号的资源集合用于终端设备的一个天线面板的训练。
网络设备可以根据终端设备具有的天线面板的数量，确定参考信号资源集合中包括的参考信号的资源集合的数量。例如，参考信号资源集合中包括的参考信号的资源集合的数量等于、或大于、或小于终端设备具有的天线面板的数量。
可选地，网络设备确定的配置信息中还包括第一触发信息，该第一触发信息用于激活参考信号资源集合中各个参考信号的资源集合。
终端设备根据第一触发信息，可以获知什么时候发送SRS，也可以获知什么时候开始天线面板的训练。
以参考信号为SRS为例。假设网络设备为终端设备生成的配置信息包括：
a)一个或多个SRS的资源集合(SRS resource set)，每个资源集合中有一个或多个SRS资源(对应于参考信号资源集合)。
b)用于触发一个或多个SRS的资源集合的第一触发信息。
例如，为非周期的传输设计触发(trigger)，一次触发可以激活一个或多个SRS资源集合的传输。每个SRS的资源集合均设置有自己的偏移量(offset)。
可选的，一次触发可以激活一个或多个SRS资源集合中的一个或多个SRS资源的传输。每个SRS资源均设置有自己的偏移量。
对于每个SRS的资源集合的具体配置，可以使用现有技术实现，本文不作详述。
可选地，网络设备为终端设备确定的配置信息中还包括训练模式信息，该训练模式信息用于指示该终端设备训练天线面板的模式。
该终端设备训练天线面板的模式包括如下至少一种：单天线面板模式，多天线面板模式，或指定天线面板模式。
第一种情形，该终端设备的天线面板的训练模式为单天线面板模式。
步骤230，终端设备通过该参考信号的资源集合，对该终端设备具有的天线面板进行训练，包括：终端设备通过参考信号资源集合中的资源，对该终端设备当前使用的天线面板进行训练。
终端设备当前使用的天线面板表示如下中的任一种：终端设备当前处于上电(power-on)状态的天线面板、终端设备最近一次上行传输的天线面板、终端设备最近一次下行传输的接收天线面板对应的发送天线面板、终端设备接收控制信道的接收天线面板对应的发送天线面板。
如图3所示，假设终端设备具备4个天线面板，且终端设备当前使用的天线面板为天线面板1，则终端设备使用天线面板1产生的波束(例如图3中所示的两个波束)与网络设备进行信号的接收与发送。
例如，还可从图3看出，终端设备在资源#1上使用当前使用的天线面板的波束1传输参考信号，终端设备在资源#2上使用当前使用的天线面板的波束2传输参考信号，这里的资源#1和#2为网络设备配置的参考信号资源集合中的资源。
下文描述终端设备在单天线面板模式下，如何进行发送天线面板和接收天线面板的训练。
1)发送天线面板的训练。
假设网络设备为终端设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括上行参考信号的资源集合，例如，SRS的资源集合。
步骤230包括如下步骤：终端设备通过上行参考信号的资源集合中的资源，采用终端设备当前使用的天线面板，向网络设备发送上行参考信号；网络设备根据接收的上行参考信号，从终端设备当前使用的天线面板包括的波束中选择出终端设备的最佳发送波束。
网络设备可以根据波束质量，从终端设备当前使用的天线面板包括的波束中选择出终端设备的最佳发送波束。
本文提及的波束质量包括层一接收参考信号功率(layer 1 reference signal received power,L1-RSRP)，层一接收参考信号质量(layer 1 reference signal received quality,L1-RSRQ)等。
本申请中不限制衡量波束质量的度量指标，可能的指标包括参考信号接收功率(reference signal received power，RSRP),块误码率(block error rate，BLER),参考信号接收质量(reference signal received quality，RSRQ),参考信号接收强度指示(received signal strength indicator，RSSI),信号干扰噪声比(signal to interference and noise ratio，SINR),信号质量指示(channel quality indicator，CQI)相关性等。
根据波束质量，从多个波束中选择最佳波束的过程是现有技术，本文不作详述。
可选地，最佳发送波束可以是一个波束也是可以多个波束。
2)接收天线面板的训练。
假设网络设备为终端设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括下行参考信号的资源集合，例如，CSI-RS的资源集合。
步骤230包括如下步骤：终端设备通过该下行参考信号的资源集合中的资源，采用终端设备当前使用的天线面板，接收网络设备下发的下行参考信号；终端设备根据接收的下行参考信号，从当前使用的天线面板包括的波束中选择出最佳接收波束。
终端设备可以根据波束质量，从当前使用的天线面板包括的波束中选择出最佳接收波束。
可选地，最佳接收波束可以是一个波束也是可以多个波束。
在本申请实施例中，通过网络设备为终端设备配置单天线面板模式，使得终端设备仅对于当前使用的天线面板进行训练。
单天线面板模式适用于，在终端设备的发送天线面板或接收天线面板已确定的情况下，网络设备指示终端设备在一个较小的范围内寻找最优的发送波束或接收波束的场景。
第二种情形：该终端设备的天线面板的训练模式为多天线面板模式。
步骤230，该终端设备通过该参考信号的资源集合，对该终端设备具有的天线面板进行训练，包括：终端设备通过该参考信号资源集合中的资源，对该终端设备具有的所有天线面板进行训练。
如图4所示，假设终端设备具有4个天线面板，则终端设备分别使用这4个天线面板与网络设备进行通信，以训练这4个天线面板。
例如，还可从图4看出，终端设备在资源集合#1的各个资源上分别使用天线面板1上的波束，在资源集合#2的各个资源上分别使用天线面板2上的波束，在资源集合#3的各个资源上使用天线面板3上的波束，在资源集合#4的各个资源上使用天线面板4上的波束。其中，资源集合#1、资源集合#2、资源集合#3和资源集合#4为网络资源为终端设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括的资源。
下文描述终端设备在多天线面板模式下，如何进行发送天线面板和接收天线面板的训练。
1)发送天线面板的训练。
假设网络设备为终端设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括上行参考信号的资源集合，例如，SRS的资源集合，且参考信号资源集合中包括的上行参考信号的资源集合的数量不小于终端设备具有的天线面板的数量。
步骤230包括如下步骤：终端设备通过上行参考信号的资源集合中的资源，采用终端设备具有的所有天线面板，向网络设备发送上行参考信号；网络设备根据接收的上行参考信号，从终端设备具有的所有天线面板中选择出终端设备的最佳发送天线面板。
网络设备可以根据波束质量，从终端设备具有的所有天线面板中选择出终端设备的最佳发送天线面板。
从多个天线面板中选择最佳天线面板的原理，与根据波束质量从多个波束中选择最佳波束的原理类似，例如，将包括的波束质量的综合指标最佳的天线面板确定为最佳天线面板。根据波束质量从多个波束中选择最佳波束的过程是现有技术，本文不作详述。
可选地，可以综合考虑多个天线面板中每个天线面板各自包括的多个波束的波束质量，例如以这多个波束的波束质量的平均值或者滤波之后的值作为指标，从多个天线面板中选择最佳天线面板。
可选地，最佳发送天线面板可以是一个天线面板也可以是数量少于终端设备具有的所有的天线天面的数量的多个天线面板。
在本申请实施例中，网络设备通过控制终端设备的发送天线面板的训练，可以有效地获取终端设备的最佳发送天线面板的相关信息。在后续通信中，网络设备可以指示终端设备仅使用最佳发送天线面板进行上行通信，在保证通信质量的同时，也可以降低终端设备的功耗。
2)接收天线面板的训练。
假设网络设备为终端设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括下行参考信号的资源集合，例如，CSI-RS的资源集合，且参考信号资源集合中包括的上行参考信号的资源集合的数量不小于终端设备具有的天线面板的数量。
步骤230包括如下步骤：终端设备通过下行参考信号的资源集合中的资源，采用终端设备具有的所有天线面板，接收网络设备下发的下行参考信号；终端设备根据接收的下行参考信号，从终端设备具有的所有天线面板中选择出最佳接收天线面板。
终端设备可以根据波束质量，从终端设备具有的所有天线面板中选择出最佳接收天线面板。
可选地，最佳接收天线面板可以是一个天线面板也可以是数量少于终端设备具有的所 有的天线天面的数量的多个天线面板。
在多天线面板模式下，终端设备按照一定的顺序使用各个天线面板(具体是各个天线面板上产生的波束)。
可选地，终端设备按照各个天线面板的编号和资源集合的编号从大到小或者从小到大的顺序依次对应，然后终端设备根据这个对应关系，在对应的资源集合上顺序使用各个天线面板。
可选地，网络设备向终端设备下发的配置信息中还包括参考信号资源集合中各个资源集合与终端设备具有的天线面板之间一对一的对应关系，则终端设备根据这个对应关系，在对应的资源集合上顺序使用各个天线面板。
在多天线面板模式下，在终端设备的发送天线训练场景中，该方法200还包括：该网络设备确定该终端设备的不同天线面板发送上行参考信号的时间间隔，并且在配置参考信号资源集合时，通过设计资源使得该终端设备的不同天线面板发送上行参考信号的时间间隔大于该终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间。进一步地，该网络设备向该终端设备发送该终端设备的不同天线面板发送该上行参考信号的时间间隔。
应理解，当网络设备配置的终端设备的不同天线面板发送该上行参考信号的时间间隔小于终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间时，终端设备无法实现发送天线面板的切换。
在多天线面板模式下，在终端设备的接收天线训练场景中，该方法200还包括：该网络设备确定该终端设备的不同天线面板接收上行参考信号的时间间隔，并且在配置参考信号资源集合时，通过设计资源使得该终端设备的不同天线面板接收上行参考信号的时间间隔大于该终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间。进一步地，该网络设备向该终端设备发送该终端设备的不同天线面板接收该上行参考信号的时间间隔。
应理解，当网络设备配置的终端设备的不同天线面板接收下行参考信号的时间间隔小于终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间时，终端设备无法实现接收天线面板的切换。
在本申请实施例中，通过网络设备为终端设备配置多天线面板模式，使得终端设备可以对其具有的所有天线面板进行训练。
多天线面板模式适用于在终端设备的多个天线面板中选择最优天线面板的场景。例如终端设备刚接入网络之后尚未对其所有天线面板进行训练，这时，需要采用多天线面板模式进行终端设备的天线面板进行训练。
第三种情形：该终端设备的天线面板的训练模式为指定天线面板模式。
指定天线面板模式指的是，由网络设备指定终端设备具有的天线面板中哪些天线面板要进行训练。
步骤230包括：该终端设备通过该参考信号的资源集合中的资源，对该终端设备具有的由该网络设备指定的一个或多个天线面板进行训练。
在指定天线面板模式下，网络设备需要向终端设备通知指定的天线面板。网络设备可以通过多种方式向终端设备通知指定的天线面板。
可选地，作为一种方式，网络设备向终端设备下发的配置信息中还包括天线面板指示信息，该天线面板指示信息指示终端设备的一个或多个天线面板，或者，一个或多个天线面板分组，由该天线面板指示信息所指示的天线面板就是网络设备指定的要进行训练的天线面板。
可选地，网络设备可以通过单独的下行信令向终端设备下发该天线面板指示信息。
可选地，作为另一种方式，网络设备配置的参考信号资源集合中的每个参考信号的资源集合均配置有一个天线面板的指示信息。
换言之，网络设备利用所配置的参考信号资源集合间接地指定终端设备的要进行训练的一个或多个天线面板。
例如，终端设备具有天线面板1-4，网络设备为终端设备配置的参考信号资源集合包括资源集合#1和资源集合#2，其中，资源集合#1配置有天线面板1的指示信息，资源集合#2配置有天线面板2的指示信息。则终端设备根据网络设备配置的参考信号资源集合，可以获知要进行训练的天线面板为天线面板1和2。
下文描述终端设备在指定天线面板模式下，如何进行发送天线面板和接收天线面板的训练。
1)发送天线面板的训练。
假设网络设备为终端设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括上行参考信号的资源集合，例如，SRS的资源集合，且参考信号资源集合中包括的上行参考信号的资源集合的数量不小于网络设备指定训练的天线面板的数量。
步骤230包括如下步骤：终端设备通过上行参考信号的资源集合中的资源，采用网络设备指定的一个或多个天线面板，向网络设备发送上行参考信号；网络设备根据接收的上行参考信号，从网络设备指定的一个或多个天线面板中选择出终端设备的最佳发送天线面板。
网络设备可以根据波束质量，从网络设备指定的一个或多个天线面板中选择出终端设备的最佳发送天线面板。
可选地，最佳发送天线面板可以是一个天线面板也可以是数量少于网络设备指定的一个或多个天线面板的数量的多个天线面板。
在本申请实施例中，网络设备通过控制终端设备的发送天线面板的训练，可以有效地获取终端设备的最佳发送天线面板的相关信息。在后续通信中，网络设备可以指示终端设备仅使用最佳发送天线面板进行上行通信，在保证通信质量的同时，也可以降低终端设备的功耗。
2)接收天线面板的训练。
假设网络设备为终端设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括下行参考信号的资源集合，例如，CSI-RS的资源集合，且参考信号资源集合中包括的上行参考信号的资源集合的数量不小于网络设备指定的天线面板的数量。
步骤230包括如下步骤：终端设备通过该下行参考信号的资源集合中的资源，采用网络设备指定的天线面板，接收网络设备下发的下行参考信号；终端设备根据接收的下行参考信号，从网络设备指定的一个或多个天线面板中选择出最佳接收天线面板。
终端设备可以根据波束质量，从网络设备指定的一个或多个天线面板中选择出最佳接收天线面板。
可选地，最佳接收天线面板可以是一个天线面板也可以是数量少于网络设备指定的一个或多个天线面板的数量的多个天线面板。
在指定天线面板模式下，如果网络设备指定的天线面板为多个，则终端设备按照一定的时序，顺序使用各个指定的天线面板(具体是各个天线面板上产生的波束)。
在网络设备通过向终端设备下发天线面板指示信息来通知终端设备哪些天线面板要 进行训练的情况下，终端设备按照指定的天线面板的编号和资源集合的编号从大到小或者从小到大的顺序依次对应，然后终端设备根据这个对应关系，在对应的资源集合上顺序使用各个指定的天线面板。
在网络设备通过所配置的参考信号资源集合间接地指定终端设备的要进行训练的天线面板的情况下，终端设备可以直接根据资源集合与指定的天线面板之间的对应关系，确定使用各个指定天线面板的时序。
在指定天线面板模式下，如果网络设备指定的天线面板为多个，网络设备还需配置在不同天线面板上发送参考信号的时间间隔或在不同天线面板上接收参考信号的时间间隔大于终端设备切换不同天线面板的时间间隔。进一步地，该网络设备向该终端设备发送在不同天线面板发送上行参考信号或在不同天线面板上接收下行参考信号的时间间隔。
在本申请实施例中，通过网络设备为终端设备配置指定天线面板模式，使得终端设备仅对网络设备指定的天线面板进行训练。
在本申请提供的方案中，通过网络设备为终端设备配置多种训练天线面板的模式，可以使终端设备在不同场景下，采用较为合适的训练模式对其天线面板进行训练，从而可以对终端设备具有的多个天线面板实现灵活多变的训练和管理。
上文描述了网络设备为终端设备配置了三种训练天线面板的训练模式，但本申请并非限定于此，实际应用中，可以根据具体需求设计更多种其它的训练模式，这些方案也落入本申请的保护范围。
对于训练模式信息，网络设备可以通过显式方式或隐式方式向终端设备指示。
可选地，网络设备向终端设备发送下行信令，该下行信令中包括“天线面板训练模式”字段，该“天线面板训练模式”字段上携带上述的三种训练模式信息中的任一种。
可选地，网络设备通过配置的参考信号资源集合间接向终端设备指示训练模式信息。
当网络设备配置的参考信号资源集合中只包括一个参考信号的资源集合时，表示训练模式为单天线面板模式。例如，网络设备仅配置一个SRS资源集合和/或一个CSI-RS资源集合时，表示训练模式为单天线面板模式。
当网络设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括的参考信号的资源集合的数量与终端设备具有的天线面板的数量相等时，表示训练模式为多天线面板模式。例如，网络设备配置的SRS资源集合的数量和/或CSI-RS资源集合的数量与终端设备具有的天线面板的数量相等时，表示训练模式为多天线面板模式。
当网络设备配置的参考信号资源集合中的每个参考信号的资源集合均配置有天线面板指示信息时，表示训练模式为指定天线面板模式。
在上文描述的实施例中，终端设备基于网络设备配置的上行参考信号的资源集合对终端设备的发送天线面板进行训练，基于下行参考信号的资源集合对终端设备的接收天线面板进行训练。本申请还提出联合下行参考信号的资源集合与上行参考信号的资源集合，对终端设备的发送天线面板进行训练，以及联合下行参考信号的资源集合与上行参考信号的资源集合，对终端设备的接收天线面板进行训练。
可选地，在一些实施例中，网络设备为终端设备配置的参考信号资源集合中包括上行参考信号的资源集合和下行参考信号的资源集合，网络设备向终端设备下发的配置信息中还包括第二触发信息，该第二触发信息用于指示该下行参考信号的资源集合和该上行参考信号的资源集合之间的绑定关系，和/或用于通知该终端设备时间差，该时间差表示终端 设备从接收下行参考信号中的最后一个符号到发送上行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔，或者，该时间差表示终端设备从发送上行参考信号中的最后一个符号到接收下行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔。
例如，网络设备确定的配置信息中包括如下信息a)、b)和c)。
a)一个或多个SRS资源集合，每个SRS资源集合中包括一个或多个SRS资源(对应于上行参考信号的资源集合)。
b)一个或多个CSI-RS资源集合，每个CSI-RS资源集合中包括一个或多个CSI-RS资源(对应于下行参考信号的资源集合)。
c)SRS资源集合与CSI-RS资源集合之间的关联关系，该关联关系包括SRS资源集合与CSI-RS资源集合的联合触发，即哪些SRS资源集合与哪些CSI-RS资源集合绑定在一起实现天线面板的训练，该关联关系还包括绑定的同组SRS资源集合与CSI-RS资源集合之间的时间差，即终端设备接收到CSI-RS中的最后一个符号之后需要等多长时间开始发送SRS中的第一个符号(对应于第二触发信息)。这里提及的符号可以是正交频分复用(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing，OFDM)符号或时隙符号。
下文描述如何联合网络设备配置的上行参考信号的资源集合和下行参考信号的资源集合，训练终端设备的发送天线面板与接收天线面板。
可选地，在本实施例中，在步骤230中，终端设备联合网络设备配置的上行参考信号的资源集合和下行参考信号的资源集合，训练终端设备的发送天线面板。具体地，步骤230包括如图5所示的训练终端设备的发送天线面板的步骤。
510，网络设备利用下行参考信号的资源集合中的资源向该终端设备发送下行参考信号。
如图6所示，终端设备具有4个天线面板，网络设备为该终端设备配置CSI-RS资源集合(即下行参考信号的资源集合)与SRS资源集合(即上行参考信号资源集合)。网络设备通过CSI-RS资源集合向终端设备发送CSI-RS。
520，终端设备通过接收的下行参考信号，获取该终端设备的最佳天线面板。
还以图6为例，终端设备通过CSI-RS资源集合利用4个天线面板接收网络设备发送的CSI-RS。例如，根据接收的各个CSI-RS的质量，从4个天线面板中选择最佳天线面板，在图6中，最佳天线面板为天线面板4。
530，终端设备通过上行参考信号的资源集合中的资源采用该最佳天线面板，向网络设备发送上行参考信号。
具体地，终端设备从网络设备配置的第二触发信息中，获知终端设备从接收下行参考信号中的最后一个符号到发送上行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔(记为时间间隔T1)。终端设备在完成下行参考信号的接收后，等待时间间隔T1之后，开始向网络设备发送上行参考信号。
还以图6为例，终端设备通过SRS资源集合，利用最佳天线面板，即天线面板4向网络设备发送SRS。
540，网络设备通过接收的上行参考信号，从终端设备的最佳天线面板的波束中选择最佳波束。
还以图6为例，网络设备接收终端设备接收的SRS。例如根据接收的各个SRS的质量，网络设备从最佳天线面板，即天线面板4的波束中选择最佳波束。
应理解，上述的步骤510至步骤520对应于上文描述的多天线面板模式，步骤530和步骤540对应于上文描述的单天线面板模式。
网络设备可以指示终端设备在后续上行通信中，使用最佳天线面板或最佳波束。
可选地，在本实施例中，在步骤230中，终端设备联合网络设备配置的上行参考信号的资源集合和下行参考信号的资源集合，训练终端设备的接收天线面板。
具体地，步骤230包括如下训练终端设备的接收天线面板的步骤：终端设备利用上行参考信号的资源集合中的资源向网络设备发送上行参考信号；网络设备通过接收的上行参考信号，获取该终端设备的最佳天线面板；网络设备通过下行参考信号的资源集合中的资源使用该最佳天线面板中的波束，向终端设备发送下行参考信号；终端设备通过接收的下行参考信号，从终端设备的最佳天线面板的波束中选择最佳波束。
其中，终端设备接收网络设备发送的下行参考信号，包括：终端设备从网络设备配置的第二触发信息中，获知终端设备从发送上行参考信号中的最后一个符号到接收下行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔(记为时间间隔T2)；终端设备在完成上行参考信号的发送后，等待时间间隔T2之后，开始接收向网络设备发送的下行参考信号。
终端设备还可以向网络设备上报确定的最佳波束，以便于网络设备在后续下行通信中使用该最佳波束，从而使得终端设备能够使用这个最佳波束接收信号。
在本申请实施例中，联合利用上行参考信号与下行参考信号对终端设备的发送天线面板进行训练，不仅可以选择出最佳发送天线，还可以选择出最佳发送波束，在保证通信质量的同时，还可以降低终端设备的功耗。
上文描述了基于网络设备配置的上行参考信号的资源集合训练终端设备的发送天线面板，基于网络设备配置的下行参考信号的资源集合训练终端设备的接收天线面板，联合网络设备配置的上行参考信号的资源集合和下行参考信号的资源集合训练终端设备的发送天线面板(或者发送波束)，联合网络设备配置的上行参考信号的资源集合和下行参考信号的资源集合训练终端设备的接收天线面板(或者接收波束)。
在具有波束一致性的情况下，下行波束训练的波束对(网络设备发，终端设备收)也可以用于上行传输(终端设备发，网络设备收)。波束一致性指收发通道的方向性可控制在一定误差范围内。也就是说，射频通道在发送模式朝向某个方向发送信号，那么当其处于接收模式时，也能从相同的方向接收信号。因此，在具有波束一致性的情况下，只需训练终端设备的接收天线面板或发送天线面板，无需对二者都训练。
为了让网络设备获知终端设备具有的天线面板的相关能力，并可以基于这种能力，更好地为终端设备配置用于天线面板训练的参考信号资源集合，终端设备还可以向网络设备上报自己的天线面板相关能力。
可选地，在一些实施例中，方法200还包括：终端设备向网络设备发送天线面板能力信息，该天线面板能力信息用于指示终端设备具有的天线面板的相关能力。该天线面板能力信息用于指示如下能力中至少一种。
能力一，该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量，该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量包括该终端设备具有的发送天线面板的数量，和/或该终端设备具有的接收天线面板的数量。
例如，终端设备具有的天线面板的数量为：{1-8}。{1-8}表示1至8中任一个整数。例如，终端设备具有的天线面板的数量为：{4}，表示终端设备具有4个天线面板。
再例如，终端设备具有的发送天线面板的数量为：{1-8}；和/或终端设备具有的接收 天线面板的数量为：{1-8}。
能力二，该终端设备能够同时使用的接收天线面板或发送天线面板的数量。
能力三，该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量，该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量包括：该终端设备的每个接收天线面板能够接收的波束的数量，或该终端设备的每个发送天线面板能够发送的波束的数量。
能力四，该终端设备的接收天线面板分组的数量，和/或每个接收天线面板分组中包括的接收天线面板的数量和/或标识。
例如，终端设备的接收天线面板共分为2组，每组中包括2个接收天线面板，接收天线面板#1和#2为组1，接收天线面板#3和#4为组2。
能力五，该终端设备的发送天线面板分组的数量，和/或每个发送天线面板分组中包括的发送天线面板的数量和/或标识。
例如，终端设备的发送天线面板共分为2组，每组中包括2个发送天线面板，发送天线面板#1和#2为组1，发送天线面板#3和#4为组2。
能力六，该终端设备切换接收天线面板的如下至少一种能力：该终端设备切换接收天线面板的时间间隔，该终端设备在预设时间段内切换接收天线面板的次数。
例如，终端设备切换接收天线面板的时间间隔为14或28个OFDM符号时间(symbol duration)，或者为1或2个时隙(slot)，或者为0.25或0.5毫秒(ms)等。
再例如，终端设备在一个时隙内最多切换接收天线面板的次数为2、4、7或14。
需要说明的是，本申请实施例中提及的时间概念(例如时间间隔)的时间单位可以是绝对时间，例如毫秒，也可以相对时间，例如，一个或多个符号，一个或多个时隙，一个或多个帧等。本申请对此不做限定。
能力七，该终端设备切换发送天线面板的如下至少一种能力：该终端设备切换发送天线面板的时间间隔，该终端设备在预设时间段内切换发送天线面板的次数。
例如，终端设备切换发送天线面板的时间间隔为14或28个OFDM符号时间(symbol duration)，或者为1或2个时隙(slot)，或者为0.25或0.5毫秒(ms)等。
再例如，终端设备在一个时隙内最多切换发送天线面板的次数为7或14。
能力八，该终端设备从接收天线面板切换到发送天线面板的如下至少一种能力：在接收天线面板与发送天线面板是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从接收模式切换到发送模式的时间间隔；在接收天线面板与发送天线面板不是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从接收模式切换到发送模式的时间间隔；该终端设备在预设时间段内在同一天线面板上从接收模式到发送模式的切换次数；该终端设备在预设时间内在不同天线面板之间从接收模式到发送模式的切换次数；该终端设备切换发送天线面板的如下至少一种能力：该终端设备切换发送天线面板的时间间隔，该终端设备在预设时间段内切换发送天线面板的次数。
能力九，该终端设备从发送天线面板切换到接收天线面板的如下至少一种能力：在接收天线面板与发送天线面板是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从发送模式切换到接受模式的时间间隔；在接收天线面板与发送天线面板不是同一天线面板的情况下，该终端设备从发送模式切换到接受模式的时间间隔；该终端设备在预设时间段内在同一天线面板上从发送模式到接受模式的切换次数；该终端设备在预设时间内在不同天线面板之间从发送模式到接受模式的切换次数。
应理解，通过终端设备向网络设备上报上述天线面板相关的能力，有利于网络设备为终端设备配置较为合适的参考信号资源集合。
例如，网络设备可以根据终端设备具有的天线面板的数量，确定参考信号资源集合中资源集合的数量，具体地，可以根据终端设备具有的发送天线面板的数量，确定上行参考信号的资源集合的数量，可以根据终端设备具有的接收天线面板的数量，确定下行参考信号的资源集合的数量。
再例如，网络设备可以根据终端设备的每个天线面板中包括的波束的数量，确定参考信号资源集合中每个资源集合内包括的资源的数量。
再例如，在训练终端设备的多个天线面板的情况下，网络设备可以根据终端设备切换天线面板的能力(如上文描述的能力六、七、八、九)，确定对应于终端设备的不同天线面板的资源集合之间的时间间隔，使之大于或等于终端设备能够承受的切换时间间隔，否则终端设备无法实现天线面板之间的切换。
在本申请实施例中，通过终端设备向网络设备上报天线面板相关能力，使得网络设备能准确的获得关于终端设备侧天线面板的信息，从而有利于网络设备对终端设备的多个天线面板的管理。例如，配置多少资源给终端设备进行天线面板管理和波束管理。再例如，如何配置用于训练天线面板/波束的各个资源之间的时间间隔等。
网络设备根据终端设备上报的天线面板相关能力，可以获知终端设备最佳的发送天线面板信息，进而保证上行传输的性能。此外，网络设备可以指示终端设备使用最佳天线面板进行上行传输，相比于现有技术中终端设备总是开启多个天线面板，本申请的方案可以有效降低终端设备的功耗。
具体地，在终端设备向网络设备上报自己的天线面板相关能力时，可以通过显式方式上报，也可以通过隐式方式上报。
可选地，终端设备向网络设备发送的天线面板能力信息直接表示上述能力一至能力九中至少一种能力。
可选地，终端设备向网络设备发送的天线面板能力信息中包括用于间接指示上述能力一至能力九中至少一种能力的间接指示信息。例如，间接指示信息包括上下行参考信号资源(resource)，资源集合(resource set)，资源设置(resource setting)或分组(group)等相关的信息。
可选地，该天线面板能力信息包括该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量的指示信息，该终端设备具有的天线面板的数量的指示信息包括如下信息的至少一种：该终端设备具有的波束分组的组数，该终端设备具有的上行参考信号的资源集合的数量，该终端设备具有的下行参考信号的资源集合的数量。
例如，波束分组指的是，终端设备按自己的接收能力将网络设备的发送波束进行分组。例如终端设备可以将其能在同一天线面板接收到的多个网络设备的发送波束分为一组，这时，分组数量即为终端设备的接收天线面板的数量。
再例如，波束分组指的是，终端设备将自己的发送波束进行分组。例如终端设备可以将其能在同一天线面板发送的多个发送波束分为一组，这时，分组数量即为终端设备的发送天线面板的数量。
终端设备具有的上行参考信号的资源集合的数量，例如为，SRS资源集合(SRS resource set)数量。
可选地，终端设备的SRS资源集合的数量可以是用于天线面板管理的SRS资源集合的数量。例如，定义SRS Set Use＝panel management。
可选地，终端设备的SRS资源集合的数量可以是用于波束管理的SRS资源集合的数量。例如，定义SRS Set Use＝beam management。
应理解，通过设计终端设备具有的上行参考信号的资源集合的数量来表示终端设备具有的发送天线面板的数量，可以实现，终端设备使用相同的天线面板发送同一个上行参考信号的资源集合内的一个或多个上行参考信号。还应理解，在终端设备的上、下行传输对称的情况下，终端设备具有的上行参考信号的资源集合的数量还可以表示终端设备具有的接收天线面板的数量。
终端设备具有的下行参考信号的资源集合的数量，例如为，CSI-RS资源集合(CSI-RS resource set)的数量。
可选地，终端设备的CSI-RS资源集合的数量可以是用于天线面板管理的CSI-RS资源集合的数量。例如，定义CSI-RS Set Use＝panel management。
可选地，终端设备的CSI-RS资源集合的数量可以是用于波束管理的CSI-RS资源集合的数量。例如，定义CSI-RS Set Use＝beam management。
可选地，该天线面板能力信息包括该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量的指示信息，该终端设备的每个天线面板能够处理的波束的数量的指示信息包括该终端设备的每个下行参考信号的资源集合中包括的资源的数量，或该终端设备的每个上行参考信号的资源集合中包括的资源的数量。
例如，该终端设备的每个下行参考信号的资源集合中包括的资源的数量，为终端设备的每个SRS资源集合中的SRS资源的数量。
再例如，该终端设备的每个上行参考信号的资源集合中包括的资源的数量，为终端设备的每个CSI-RS资源集合中的CSI-RS资源的数量。
在本申请实施例中，网络设备根据终端设备上报的天线面板相关能力，可以获知终端设备最佳的发送天线面板信息，进而保证上行传输的性能。此外，网络设备可以指示终端设备使用最佳天线面板进行上行传输，相比于现有技术中终端设备总是开启多个天线面板，本申请的方案可以有效降低终端设备的功耗。
在本申请实施例中，通过终端设备向网络设备上报该终端设备的天线面板相关能力，可以使得网络设备基于终端设备的能力为终端设备配置合理的网络配置，例如不应超出终端设备的天线面板相关能力。
例如，网络设备获取到终端设备的天线面板相关能力后，对终端设备进行合理的网络配置，使其不超出终端设备的能力。
换句话说，终端设备的天线面板相关能力的上报可以看作是终端设备向网络设备请求资源的方式。
例如，当终端设备上报其具有4个发送天线面板，网络设备应该为其配置4个SRS资源集合(SRS resource set)，以便终端设备进行上行天线面板的训练。
又例如，当终端设备上报每个天线面板可以打出8个波束，网络设备配置的每个用于天线面板训练的SRS资源集合(SRS resource set)可以有8个SRS资源(SRS resource)。
可选地，网络设备可以发起终端设备能力请求，终端设备收到该请求后向网络设备上报自己的天线面板相关能力。
可选地，终端设备的天线面板相关能力发生变化时，可以触发请求，进而将更新的天线面板相关能力上报给网络设备。
应理解，如果网络配置不合理，终端设备可以根据自己具有的天线面板相关能力(及上文描述的能力一至能力九)规范终端设备在不合理配置下的行为，以免终端设备产生混乱。
例如，当网络设备配置的一个时隙内终端设备切换天线面板的次数(例如5次)超过了终端设备上报的切换能力(例如4次)，则终端设备可以放弃超出能力的天线面板切换(即不进行第五次切换)。
当终端设备的接收天线面板数和发送天线面板数不匹配时，可以引入天线面板对(panel pair)的概念，即将一个接收天线面板和一个或多个发送天线面板绑定为一个对(pair)，或者将一个发送天线面板和一个或多个天线面板绑定为一个天线面板。
一个天线面板对(panel pair)中包含哪些接收天线面板和发送天线面板可以由网络设备通知终端设备，也可以由终端设备通知网络设备。
本申请实施例还提供一种天线面板管理的方法，该方法包括：终端设备向网络设备发送天线面板能力信息，该天线面板能力信息用于指示终端设备具有的天线面板的相关能力；网络设备向终端设备发送配置信息，该配置信息包括参考信号资源集合的信息，该参考信号资源集合用于终端设备的天线面板的训练。
可选地，配置信息可以是根据天线面板能力信息确定的。例如，配置信息中的参考信号资源集合的信息是根据天线面板能力信息确定的。
可选地，本实施例中的天线面板能力信息可以指示前文描述的终端设备的任一种或多种能力。
可选地，本实施例中的参考信号资源集合中可以包括一个或多个参考信号的资源集合。
可选地，本实施例中的参考信号资源集合中可以包括上行参考信号的资源集合，和/或下行参考信号的资源集合。
可选地，本实施例中的配置信息中还可以包括如前文描述的训练模式信息、天线面板的指示信息、第一触发信息、第二触发信息中的任一种或多种。
上文描述了本申请实施例提供的方法实施例，下文将描述本申请实施例提供的装置实施例。应理解，装置实施例的描述与方法实施例的描述相互对应，因此，未详细描述的内容可以参见上文方法实施例，为了简洁，这里不再赘述。
上述主要从各个网元之间交互的角度对本申请实施例提供的方案进行了介绍。可以理解的是，各个网元，例如发射端设备或者接收端设备。为了实现上述功能，其包含了执行各个功能相应的硬件结构和/或软件模块。本领域技术人员应该很容易意识到，结合本文中所公开的实施例描述的各示例的单元及算法步骤，本申请能够以硬件或硬件和计算机软件的结合形式来实现。某个功能究竟以硬件还是计算机软件驱动硬件的方式来执行，取决于技术方案的特定应用和设计约束条件。专业技术人员可以对每个特定的应用来使用不同方法来实现所描述的功能，但是这种实现不应认为超出本申请的范围。
本申请实施例可以根据上述方法示例对发射端设备或者接收端设备进行功能模块的划分，例如，可以对应各个功能划分各个功能模块，也可以将两个或两个以上的功能集成在一个处理模块中。上述集成的模块既可以采用硬件的形式实现，也可以采用软件功能模 块的形式实现。需要说明的是，本申请实施例中对模块的划分是示意性的，仅仅为一种逻辑功能划分，实际实现时可以有另外的划分方式。下面以采用对应各个功能划分各个功能模块为例进行说明。
本申请实施例还提供一种第一通信装置，该第一通信装置可以是终端设备也可以是芯片。该第一通信装置可以用于执行上述方法实施例中由终端设备所执行的动作。
当该第一通信装置为终端设备时，图7示出了一种简化的终端设备的结构示意图。便于理解和图示方便，图7中，终端设备以手机作为例子。如图7所示，终端设备包括处理器、存储器、射频电路、多个天线面板以及输入输出装置。处理器主要用于对通信协议以及通信数据进行处理，以及对终端设备进行控制，执行软件程序，处理软件程序的数据等。存储器主要用于存储软件程序和数据。射频电路主要用于基带信号与射频信号的转换以及对射频信号的处理。多个天线面板主要用于收发电磁波形式的射频信号。输入输出装置，例如触摸屏、显示屏，键盘等主要用于接收用户输入的数据以及对用户输出数据。需要说明的是，有些种类的终端设备可以不具有输入输出装置。
当需要发送数据时，处理器对待发送的数据进行基带处理后，输出基带信号至射频电路，射频电路将基带信号进行射频处理后将射频信号通过天线面板上的天线单元以电磁波的形式向外发送。当有数据发送到终端设备时，射频电路通过天线面板中的天线单元接收到射频信号，将射频信号转换为基带信号，并将基带信号输出至处理器，处理器将基带信号转换为数据并对该数据进行处理。为便于说明，图7中仅示出了一个存储器和处理器。在实际的终端设备产品中，可以存在一个或多个处理器和一个或多个存储器。存储器也可以称为存储介质或者存储设备等。存储器可以是独立于处理器设置，也可以是与处理器集成在一起，本申请实施例对此不做限制。
在本申请实施例中，可以将具有收发功能的天线面板和射频电路视为终端设备的收发单元，将具有处理功能的处理器视为终端设备的处理单元。如图7所示，终端设备包括收发单元701和处理单元702。收发单元也可以称为收发器、收发机、收发装置等。处理单元也可以称为处理器，处理单板，处理模块、处理装置等。可选的，可以将收发单元701中用于实现接收功能的器件视为接收单元，将收发单元701中用于实现发送功能的器件视为发送单元，即收发单元701包括接收单元和发送单元。收发单元有时也可以称为收发机、收发器、或收发电路等。接收单元有时也可以称为接收机、接收器、或接收电路等。发送单元有时也可以称为发射机、发射器或者发射电路等。
例如，在一种实现方式中，收发单元701用于执行图2中的步骤220中终端设备侧的接收操作或步骤230中终端设备侧的接收与发送操作，和/或收发单元701还用于执行本申请实施例中终端设备侧的其他收发步骤。处理单元702，用于执行图2中的步骤230中的处理动作，和/或处理单元702还用于执行本申请实施例中终端设备侧的其他处理步骤。
再例如，在另一种实现方式中，收发单元701用于执行图5中步骤510中终端设备侧的接收操作或步骤530中终端设备侧的发送操作，和/或收发单元702还用于执行本申请实施例中终端设备侧的其他收发步骤。处理单元702用于执行图5中步骤520，和/或处理单元702还用于执行本申请实施例中终端设备侧的其他处理步骤。
当该第一通信装置为芯片时，该芯片包括收发单元和处理单元。其中，收发单元可以是输入输出电路、通信接口；处理单元为该芯片上集成的处理器或者微处理器或者集成电路。
本申请实施例还提供一种第二通信装置，该第二通信装置可以是网络设备也可以是芯片。该第二通信装置可以用于执行上述方法实施例中由网络设备所执行的动作。
当该第二通信装置为网络设备时，具体地，例如为基站。图8示出了一种简化的基站结构示意图。基站包括801部分以及802部分。801部分主要用于射频信号的收发以及射频信号与基带信号的转换；802部分主要用于基带处理，对基站进行控制等。801部分通常可以称为收发单元、收发机、收发电路、或者收发器等。802部分通常是基站的控制中心，通常可以称为处理单元，用于控制基站执行上述方法实施例中网络设备生成第一消息的动作。具体可参见上述相关部分的描述。
801部分的收发单元，也可以称为收发机，或收发器等，其包括多个天线面板和射频单元，其中射频单元主要用于进行射频处理。可选的，可以将801部分中用于实现接收功能的器件视为接收单元，将用于实现发送功能的器件视为发送单元，即801部分包括接收单元和发送单元。接收单元也可以称为接收机、接收器、或接收电路等，发送单元可以称为发射机、发射器或者发射电路等。
802部分可以包括一个或多个单板，每个单板可以包括一个或多个处理器和一个或多个存储器，处理器用于读取和执行存储器中的程序以实现基带处理功能以及对基站的控制。若存在多个单板，各个单板之间可以互联以增加处理能力。作为一种可选的实施方式，也可以是多个单板共用一个或多个处理器，或者是多个单板共用一个或多个存储器，或者是多个单板同时共用一个或多个处理器。
例如，在一种实现方式中，收发单元用于执行图2中步骤220中网络设备侧的发送操作，和/或收发单元还用于执行本申请实施例中网络设备侧的其他收发步骤。处理单元用于执行步骤210的动作，和/或处理单元还用于执行本申请实施例中网络设备侧的其他处理步骤。
再例如，在另一种实现方式中，收发单元用于执行图5中的步骤510中网络设备侧的发送操作，步骤530中网络设备侧的接收操作，和/或本申请中的其他步骤。处理单元用于执行图5中步骤540。
当该第二通信装置为芯片时，该芯片包括收发单元和处理单元。其中，收发单元可以是输入输出电路、通信接口；处理单元为该芯片上集成的处理器或者微处理器或者集成电路。
上述提供的任一种通信装置中相关内容的解释及有益效果均可参考上文提供的对应的方法实施例，此处不再赘述。
应理解，本申请实施例中提及的处理器可以是中央处理单元(central processing unit，CPU)，还可以是其他通用处理器、数字信号处理器(digital signal processor，DSP)、专用集成电路(application specific integrated circuit，ASIC)、现成可编程门阵列(field programmable gate array，FPGA)或者其他可编程逻辑器件、分立门或者晶体管逻辑器件、分立硬件组件等。通用处理器可以是微处理器或者该处理器也可以是任何常规的处理器等。
还应理解，本申请实施例中提及的存储器可以是易失性存储器或非易失性存储器，或可包括易失性和非易失性存储器两者。其中，非易失性存储器可以是只读存储器(read-only memory，ROM)、可编程只读存储器(programmable ROM，PROM)、可擦除可编程只读存储器(erasable PROM，EPROM)、电可擦除可编程只读存储器(electrically EPROM， EEPROM)或闪存。易失性存储器可以是随机存取存储器(random access memory，RAM)，其用作外部高速缓存。通过示例性但不是限制性说明，许多形式的RAM可用，例如静态随机存取存储器(static RAM，SRAM)、动态随机存取存储器(dynamic RAM，DRAM)、同步动态随机存取存储器(synchronous DRAM，SDRAM)、双倍数据速率同步动态随机存取存储器(double data rate SDRAM，DDR SDRAM)、增强型同步动态随机存取存储器(enhanced SDRAM，ESDRAM)、同步连接动态随机存取存储器(synchlink DRAM，SLDRAM)和直接内存总线随机存取存储器(direct rambus RAM，DR RAM)。
需要说明的是，当处理器为通用处理器、DSP、ASIC、FPGA或者其他可编程逻辑器件、分立门或者晶体管逻辑器件、分立硬件组件时，存储器(存储模块)集成在处理器中。
应注意，本文描述的存储器旨在包括但不限于这些和任意其它适合类型的存储器。
本领域普通技术人员可以意识到，结合本文中所公开的实施例描述的各示例的单元及算法步骤，能够以电子硬件、或者计算机软件和电子硬件的结合来实现。这些功能究竟以硬件还是软件方式来执行，取决于技术方案的特定应用和设计约束条件。专业技术人员可以对每个特定的应用来使用不同方法来实现所描述的功能，但是这种实现不应认为超出本申请的范围。
所属领域的技术人员可以清楚地了解到，为描述的方便和简洁，上述描述的系统、装置和单元的具体工作过程，可以参考前述方法实施例中的对应过程，在此不再赘述。
在本申请所提供的几个实施例中，应该理解到，所揭露的系统、装置和方法，可以通过其它的方式实现。例如，以上所描述的装置实施例仅仅是示意性的，例如，所述单元的划分，仅仅为一种逻辑功能划分，实际实现时可以有另外的划分方式，例如多个单元或组件可以结合或者可以集成到另一个系统，或一些特征可以忽略，或不执行。另一点，所显示或讨论的相互之间的耦合或直接耦合或通信连接可以是通过一些接口，装置或单元的间接耦合或通信连接，可以是电性，机械或其它的形式。
所述作为分离部件说明的单元可以是或者也可以不是物理上分开的，作为单元显示的部件可以是或者也可以不是物理单元，即可以位于一个地方，或者也可以分布到多个网络单元上。可以根据实际的需要选择其中的部分或者全部单元来实现本实施例方案的目的。
另外，在本申请各个实施例中的各功能单元可以集成在一个处理单元中，也可以是各个单元单独物理存在，也可以两个或两个以上单元集成在一个单元中。
所述功能如果以软件功能单元的形式实现并作为独立的产品销售或使用时，可以存储在一个计算机可读取存储介质中。基于这样的理解，本申请的技术方案本质上或者说对现有技术做出贡献的部分或者该技术方案的部分可以以软件产品的形式体现出来，该计算机软件产品存储在一个存储介质中，包括若干指令用以使得一台计算机设备(可以是个人计算机，服务器，或者网络设备等)执行本申请各个实施例所述方法的全部或部分步骤。而前述的存储介质包括：U盘、移动硬盘、只读存储器(read-only memory，ROM)、随机存取存储器(random access memory，RAM)、磁碟或者光盘等各种可以存储程序代码的介质。
以上所述，仅为本申请的具体实施方式，但本申请的保护范围并不局限于此，任何熟悉本技术领域的技术人员在本申请揭露的技术范围内，可轻易想到变化或替换，都应涵盖在本申请的保护范围之内。因此，本申请的保护范围应以所述权利要求的保护范围为准。

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  1. 一种天线面板管理的方法，其特征在于，包括：
    网络设备确定配置信息，所述配置信息包括参考信号资源集合的信息，所述参考信号资源集合用于终端设备的天线面板的训练；
    所述网络设备向所述终端设备发送所述配置信息。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法，其特征在于，所述配置信息还包括训练模式信息，所述训练模式信息用于指示所述终端设备的天线面板的训练模式。
  3. 根据权利要求2所述的方法，其特征在于，所述终端设备的天线面板的训练模式包括如下至少一种：单天线面板模式，多天线面板模式，或指定天线面板模式。
  4. 根据权利要求1-3中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述参考信号资源集合包括多个参考信号的资源集合，其中，每一个参考信号的资源集合用于所述终端设备的一个天线面板的训练。
  5. 根据权利要求1-4中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述配置信息中包括：天线面板的指示信息，所述天线面板的指示信息用于指示需要进行训练的天线面板的信息。
  6. 根据权利要求1-5中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述配置信息还包括第一触发信息，所述第一触发信息用于激活所述参考信号资源集合。
  7. 根据权利要求1-6中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括如下至少一种参考信号：上行参考信号，或者，下行参考信号。
  8. 根据权利要求7所述的方法，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括上行参考信号；
    所述方法进一步包括：
    所述网络设备向所述终端设备发送所述终端设备的不同天线面板发送所述上行参考信号的时间间隔，所述时间间隔大于所述终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间。
  9. 根据权利要求7所述的方法，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括下行参考信号和上行参考信号；所述参考信号资源集合包括所述下行参考信号的资源集合和所述上行参考信号的资源集合；所述配置信息还包括第二触发信息，所述第二触发信息用于指示所述下行参考信号的资源集合和所述上行参考信号的资源集合之间的绑定关系，和/或用于通知所述终端设备时间差，所述时间差表示所述终端设备从接收下行参考信号中的最后一个符号到发送上行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔，或者，所述时间差表示是终端设备从发送上行参考信号中的最后一个符号到接收下行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔。
  10. 一种天线面板管理的方法，其特征在于，包括：
    终端设备从网络设备获取配置信息，所述配置信息包括参考信号资源集合的信息，所述参考信号资源集合用于终端设备的天线面板的训练；
    所述终端设备通过所述参考信号资源集合中的资源，对所述终端设备具有的天线面板进行训练。
  11. 根据权利要求10所述的方法，其特征在于，所述配置信息还包括训练模式信息，所述训练模式信息用于指示所述终端设备的天线面板的训练模式。
  12. 根据权利要求11所述的方法，其特征在于，所述终端设备的天线面板的训练模 式包括如下至少一种：单天线面板模式，多天线面板模式，或指定天线面板模式。
  13. 根据权利要求10-12中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述参考信号资源集合包括一个或多个参考信号的资源集合，其中，每一个参考信号的资源集合用于所述终端设备的一个天线面板的训练。
  14. 根据权利要求10-13中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述配置信息中包括：天线面板的指示信息，所述天线面板的指示信息用于指示需要进行训练的天线面板的信息。
  15. 根据权利要求10-14中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述配置信息还包括第一触发信息，所述第一触发信息用于激活所述参考信号资源集合。
  16. 根据权利要求10-15中任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括如下至少一种参考信号：上行参考信号，或者，下行参考信号。
  17. 根据权利要求16所述的方法，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括上行参考信号；
    所述方法进一步包括：
    所述终端设备从所述网络设备获取所述终端设备的不同天线面板发送所述上行参考信号的时间间隔，所述时间间隔大于所述终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间。
  18. 根据权利要求16所述的方法，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括下行参考信号和上行参考信号；所述参考信号资源集合包括所述下行参考信号的资源集合和所述上行参考信号的资源集合；所述配置信息还包括第二触发信息，所述第二触发信息用于指示所述下行参考信号的资源集合和所述上行参考信号的资源集合之间的绑定关系，和/或用于通知所述终端设备时间差，所述时间差表示所述终端设备从接收下行参考信号中的最后一个符号到发送上行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔，或者，所述时间差表示是终端设备从发送上行参考信号中的最后一个符号到接收下行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔。
  19. 根据权利要求18所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法进一步包括：
    所述终端设备接收所述网络设备利用所述下行参考信号的资源集合中的资源发送的所述下行参考信号；
    所述终端设备通过接收的所述下行参考信号，获取所述终端设备的最佳天线面板；
    所述终端设备通过所述上行参考信号的资源集合中的资源采用所述终端设备的最佳天线面板发送所述上行参考信号。
  20. 一种网络设备，其特征在于，包括：
    处理单元，用于确定配置信息，所述配置信息包括参考信号资源集合的信息，所述参考信号资源集合用于终端设备的天线面板的训练；
    收发单元，用于向所述终端设备发送所述配置信息。
  21. 根据权利要求20所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述配置信息还包括训练模式信息，所述训练模式信息用于指示所述终端设备的天线面板的训练模式。
  22. 根据权利要求21所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述终端设备的天线面板的训练模式包括如下至少一种：单天线面板模式，多天线面板模式，或指定天线面板模式。
  23. 根据权利要求20-22中任一项所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述参考信号资源集合包括多个参考信号的资源集合，其中，每一个参考信号的资源集合用于所述终端设备的一个天线面板的训练。
  24. 根据权利要求20-23中任一项所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述配置信息中包括：天线面板的指示信息，所述天线面板的指示信息用于指示需要进行训练的天线面板的信息。
  25. 根据权利要求20-24中任一项所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述配置信息还包括第一触发信息，所述第一触发信息用于激活所述参考信号资源集合。
  26. 根据权利要求20-25中任一项所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括如下至少一种参考信号：上行参考信号，或者，下行参考信号。
  27. 根据权利要求26所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括上行参考信号；
    所述收发单元还用于，向所述终端设备发送所述终端设备的不同天线面板发送所述上行参考信号的时间间隔，所述时间间隔大于所述终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间。
  28. 根据权利要求26所述的网络设备，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括下行参考信号和上行参考信号；所述参考信号资源集合包括所述下行参考信号的资源集合和所述上行参考信号的资源集合；所述配置信息还包括第二触发信息，所述第二触发信息用于指示所述下行参考信号的资源集合和所述上行参考信号的资源集合之间的绑定关系，和/或用于通知所述终端设备时间差，所述时间差表示所述终端设备从接收下行参考信号中的最后一个符号到发送上行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔，或者，所述时间差表示是终端设备从发送上行参考信号中的最后一个符号到接收下行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔。
  29. 一种终端设备，其特征在于，包括：
    收发单元，用于从网络设备获取配置信息，所述配置信息包括参考信号资源集合的信息，所述参考信号资源集合用于终端设备的天线面板的训练；
    处理单元，用于通过所述参考信号资源集合中的资源，对所述终端设备具有的天线面板进行训练。
  30. 根据权利要求29所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述配置信息还包括训练模式信息，所述训练模式信息用于指示所述终端设备的天线面板的训练模式。
  31. 根据权利要求30所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述终端设备的天线面板的训练模式包括如下至少一种：单天线面板模式，多天线面板模式，或指定天线面板模式。
  32. 根据权利要求29-31中任一项所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述参考信号资源集合包括一个或多个参考信号的资源集合，其中，每一个参考信号的资源集合用于所述终端设备的一个天线面板的训练。
  33. 根据权利要求29-32中任一项所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述配置信息中包括：天线面板的指示信息，所述天线面板的指示信息用于指示需要进行训练的天线面板的信息。
  34. 根据权利要求29-33中任一项所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述配置信息还包括第一触发信息，所述第一触发信息用于激活所述参考信号资源集合。
  35. 根据权利要求29-34中任一项所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括如下至少一种参考信号：上行参考信号，或者，下行参考信号。
  36. 根据权利要求35所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括上行参考信号；
    所述收发单元，用于从所述网络设备获取所述终端设备的不同天线面板发送所述上行参考信号的时间间隔，所述时间间隔大于所述终端设备切换不同天线面板所需的时间。
  37. 根据权利要求35所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述参考信号包括下行参考信号和上行参考信号；所述参考信号资源集合包括所述下行参考信号的资源集合和所述上行参考信号的资源集合；所述配置信息还包括第二触发信息，所述第二触发信息用于指示所述下行参考信号的资源集合和所述上行参考信号的资源集合之间的绑定关系，和/或用于通知所述终端设备时间差，所述时间差表示所述终端设备从接收下行参考信号中的最后一个符号到发送上行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔，或者，所述时间差表示是终端设备从发送上行参考信号中的最后一个符号到接收下行参考信号中的第一个符号之间的时间间隔。
  38. 根据权利要求37所述的终端设备，其特征在于，所述终端设备进一步包括：
    所述收发单元用于，接收所述网络设备利用所述下行参考信号的资源集合中的资源发送的所述下行参考信号；
    所述处理单元，用于通过接收的所述下行参考信号，获取所述终端设备的最佳天线面板；
    所述收发单元，用于通过所述上行参考信号的资源集合中的资源采用所述终端设备的最佳天线面板发送所述上行参考信号。
  39. 一种通信装置，其特征在于，包括处理器，所述处理器与存储器耦合，所述存储器用于存储计算机程序或指令，所述处理器用于执行存储器中的所述计算机程序或指令，使得权利要求1至9中任一项所述的方法，或权利要求10至19中任一项所述的方法被执行。
  40. 一种芯片，其特征在于，所述芯片包括处理模块与通信接口，所述处理模块用于控制所述通信接口与外部进行通信，所述处理模块还用于实现权利要求1至9中任一项所述的方法，或权利要求10至19中任一项所述的方法。
  41. 一种计算机可读存储介质，其特征在于，存储有用于实现权利要求1至9中任一项所述的方法，或权利要求10至19中任一项所述的方法的程序或者指令。
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