WO2021134626A1

WO2021134626A1 - Method and apparatus for transmitting synchronization signal blocks

Info

Publication number: WO2021134626A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/130836
Authority: WO
Inventors: 高宽栋; 黄煌
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2019-12-31
Filing date: 2019-12-31
Publication date: 2021-07-08
Also published as: CN114846758A

Abstract

Provided in the present application are a method and apparatus for transmitting synchronization signal blocks. Configuration information configured by a network device for a terminal may indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and SSBs are transmitted on different time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets. According to the configuration information, the terminal can receive one or more SSBs. Different SSBs correspond to different beams (for example, beam directions and SSBs have a one-to-one mapping relation) such that the terminal can simultaneously receive the SSBs transmitted by means of at least two transmission beams. Relative to the conventional solution that a network device can only use one transmission beam in the same time-domain resource to transmit a SSB, the network device in the embodiment of the present application can use two transmission beams in the same time-domain resource to transmit the SSBs respectively, thereby being beneficial to reducing the time consumption of beam training.

Description

Method and device for transmitting synchronization signal block

Technical field

This application relates to the field of communications, and more specifically, to a method and device for transmitting synchronization signal blocks.

Background technique

The development of mobile services has increasingly higher requirements for the data rate and efficiency of wireless communications. In future wireless communication systems, beamforming technology is used to limit the energy of the transmitted signal to a certain beam direction, thereby increasing the efficiency of signal transmission and reception. Beamforming technology can effectively expand the transmission distance of wireless signals and reduce signal interference, so as to achieve higher communication efficiency and obtain higher network capacity. However, in a communication network using beamforming technology, it is first necessary to match the transmitting beam with the receiving beam, that is, to find a paired transmitting beam and receiving beam, so as to maximize the gain from the transmitting end to the receiving end. Specifically, a multi-beam terminal may perform beam training before receiving a paging message sent by a multi-beam network device. For example, when the network device has 16 transmit beams and the terminal has 8 receive beams, the terminal can perform 8 rounds of beam training to obtain the best matching beam pair, that is, each round of the network device scans all 16 transmit beams In one circle, the terminal uses one of the eight receiving beams to receive, so as to obtain a transmitting beam paired with each of the eight receiving beams of the terminal.

In the traditional solution, beam training can be implemented by transmitting a synchronization signal block (SSB). For example, when the network device has 16 transmitting beams and the terminal has 8 receiving beams, if each beam corresponds to an SSB index, and the duration of each round of beam training is 20ms for an SSB cycle, it will take at least 160ms to be The 8 beams of the terminal find the corresponding beam pair. Therefore, the beam training of the traditional scheme takes a long time.

Summary of the invention

The present application provides a method and device for transmitting SSB, which can help reduce the time-consuming beam training.

In a first aspect, a method for transmitting SSB is provided. The method includes: receiving configuration information, the configuration information being used to indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and each time-frequency unit in the at least two time-frequency unit sets The time-frequency units in the set correspond to the same frequency-domain resources, and different time-frequency unit sets correspond to different frequency-domain resources, wherein different time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets are used for transmission Different SSB; according to the configuration information, receive SSB.

The configuration information configured by the network device for the terminal may indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the SSB is sent in different time-frequency units of the same time domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets. According to the configuration information, the terminal can respectively receive the SSB on at least two time-frequency units corresponding to one time-domain resource. Since different SSBs correspond to different beams (for example, the beam direction and the SSB have a one-to-one mapping relationship), the terminal can simultaneously receive the SSBs transmitted through at least two transmission beams. Compared with the traditional scheme, the network device can only use one transmit beam to transmit the SSB on the same time domain resource. The embodiment of this application can use two transmit beams to transmit the SSB separately on the same time domain resource, which helps to reduce beam training. Time-consuming, and reduce the power consumption of terminals and network equipment.

In some possible implementation manners, the SSB and the first time-frequency unit transmitted in the second time-frequency unit subset exist in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set. The SSB transmitted by the subset has a quasi-co-located QCL relationship, where the first time-frequency unit subset is the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit subset and the second time-frequency unit The time domain resources of the unit subsets are different.

The first time-frequency unit set may be any one of the at least two time-frequency unit sets. The SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit and the time-frequency unit included in the first time-frequency unit set may exist in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set. The transmitted SSB has a QCL relationship. Wherein, the other time-frequency unit sets may be all or part of the time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set. For example, assuming that the first time-frequency unit set is a CS-SSB time-frequency unit set, other time-frequency unit sets can be NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit sets, NCD-SSB2 time-frequency unit sets, and NCD-SSB3 time-frequency unit sets. At least one of them. The first time-frequency unit and the second time-frequency unit included in the first time-frequency unit set having a QCL relationship have different time-domain resources for enabling network equipment to use different transmission beams to transmit SSB on the same time-domain resource, thereby It helps to shorten the length of beam training.

In some possible implementation manners, each time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets includes at least two time-frequency unit subsets, and the first time-frequency unit set is divided by the at least two time-frequency unit sets The SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit subset in the other time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the first time-frequency unit set, where the first time-frequency unit where the SSB with the QCL relationship is located The first time-frequency unit subset and the second time-frequency unit subset in the set have different time domain resources.

The first time-frequency unit set may be any one of the at least two time-frequency unit sets. The network device or terminal may divide each time-frequency unit set into multiple time-frequency unit sub-sets. In this way, the QCL relationship may be the QCL relationship between the SSBs transmitted by the time-frequency unit subsets in different time-frequency unit sets. The first time-frequency unit subset and the second time-frequency unit subset included in the first time-frequency unit set having a QCL relationship have different time-domain resources for implementing network devices using different transmission beams on the same time-domain resource SSB is sent to help shorten the time of beam training.

In some possible implementation manners, the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset exists in the at least two time-frequency unit sets and all time-frequency units in the first time-frequency unit set except the first time-frequency unit subset The SSB transmitted by the subset has a QCL relationship, where the time domain resources of the second time-frequency unit subset are the same as the time-domain resources of the first time-frequency unit, and the second time-frequency unit subset is the same as that of the first time-frequency unit. The time-frequency unit subset other than the time-frequency unit subset is any time-frequency unit subset where the SSB with the QCL relationship is located.

In other words, the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset of other frequency domain resources has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit set other than the first time-frequency unit subset in the time-frequency unit set traversing the first frequency domain resource. . In addition, the first time-frequency unit subset may be any time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set. The time domain resources of different time-frequency unit subsets of the transmitted SSB having a QCL relationship are different. In addition, in the time-frequency unit set of other time-frequency resources, the time-frequency unit subset that has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset except the first time-frequency unit subset and the first time-frequency unit subset The time domain resources are the same. In this way, SSBs corresponding to multiple time-frequency unit subsets can be sent on the same time-domain resource, thereby further shortening the duration of beam training.

In some possible implementation manners, the method further includes: receiving indication information for indicating that the SSB transmitted by the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set has QCL The time-frequency unit where the related SSB is located, and the second time-frequency unit set is other time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.

The indication information is used to indicate the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit. That is to say, the indication information is used to indicate the time-frequency unit where the two SSBs having a QCL relationship are located, so that the network device can flexibly configure the QCL relationship, which improves the flexibility of configuration.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes: receiving indication information, the indication information being used to indicate the SSB transmitted in the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit subset in the second time-frequency unit set A subset of time-frequency units where the SSBs having a QCL relationship are located, and the second time-frequency unit set is other time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.

The indication information may indicate the QCL relationship between the SSB transmitted in the time-frequency unit subset in the second time-frequency unit set and the SSB transmitted in the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set. That is, the indication information can indicate the location of the SSB with the QCL relationship in a combined form, thereby saving the signaling overhead of the indication information.

In some possible implementation manners, the indication information indicates the number of unit lengths of the cyclic shift of the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit subset relative to the second time-frequency unit subset.

When the terminal knows the time domain position of the second time-frequency unit subset, it can learn the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set that has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit subset according to the indication information. The domain position does not need to be specifically configured with the time domain position of the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set that has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit subset, thereby saving signaling overhead.

In some possible implementations, the indication information indicates the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the second time-frequency unit set, and the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the first time-frequency unit set, where the same The SSB used for transmission in the time-frequency unit subset of the sequential position has a QCL relationship.

The network device can set the QCL relationship of the SSBs transmitted by the time-frequency unit subsets in different time-frequency unit sets, and inform the SSB with the QCL relationship of the SSB with the QCL relationship by indicating the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the different time-frequency unit sets. The location of the time-frequency unit subset. In other words, the network device provides another way to configure the QCL relationship, which helps to save the time delay of beam training.

In some possible implementation manners, the receiving instruction information includes receiving system information, and the system information includes the instruction information.

The network equipment can reuse the information in the prior art, which avoids sending the indication information specially, thereby saving signaling overhead.

In a second aspect, a method for transmitting a synchronization signal block SSB is provided. The method includes: sending configuration information, the configuration information being used to indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, each of the at least two time-frequency unit sets The time-frequency units in the time-frequency unit set correspond to the same frequency domain resource, and different time-frequency unit sets correspond to different frequency domain resources, wherein the at least two time-frequency unit sets have different time-frequency units of the same time domain resource It is used to transmit different SSBs; the SSB is sent on at least two time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets.

In some possible implementations, the SSB and the first time-frequency unit transmitted in the second time-frequency unit subset exist in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set. The SSB transmitted by the subset has a quasi-co-located QCL relationship, where the first time-frequency unit subset is the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit subset and the second time-frequency unit The time domain resources of the unit subsets are different.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

Send instruction information, which is used to indicate the time-frequency unit where the SSB in the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship, and the second time-frequency unit set The frequency unit set is other time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

Sending instruction information, the instruction information being used to indicate the time-frequency unit subset where the SSBs in the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit subset in the second time-frequency unit set transmitted by the SSB have a QCL relationship, The second time-frequency unit set is other time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.

In some possible implementation manners, the sending instruction information includes sending system information, and the system information includes the instruction information.

In a third aspect, a device for transmitting a synchronization signal block SSB is provided. The device may be a terminal or a chip for the terminal, such as a chip that can be set in the terminal. The device has the function of realizing the above-mentioned first aspect and various possible implementation manners. This function can be realized by hardware, or by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above-mentioned functions.

In a possible design, the device includes: a processing module and a transceiver module. The transceiver module may be, for example, at least one of a transceiver, a receiver, and a transmitter. The transceiver module may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. The ground can include a radio frequency circuit or an antenna. The processing module may be a processor. Optionally, the device further includes a storage module, and the storage module may be a memory, for example. When a storage module is included, the storage module is used to store instructions. The processing module is connected to the storage module, and the processing module can execute the instructions stored in the storage module or from other instructions, so that the device executes the above-mentioned first aspect and various possible implementation modes of communication methods. In this design, the device can be a terminal.

In another possible design, when the device is a chip, the chip includes: a processing module and a transceiver module. The transceiver module may be, for example, an input/output interface, pin, or circuit on the chip. The processing module may be a processor, for example. The processing module can execute instructions so that the chip in the terminal executes the foregoing and any possible implementation communication methods. Optionally, the processing module may execute instructions in the storage module, and the storage module may be a storage module in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like. The storage module can also be located in the communication device but outside the chip, such as read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory) memory, RAM) etc.

Among them, the processor mentioned in any of the above can be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more for controlling the above The first aspect, as well as any possible implementation of the method of program execution integrated circuit.

In a fourth aspect, a device for transmitting a synchronization signal block SSB is provided. The device may be a network device or a chip used in a network device, such as a chip that can be set in a network device. The device has the function of realizing the above-mentioned second aspect and various possible implementation manners. This function can be realized by hardware, or by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above-mentioned functions.

In a possible design, the device includes: a transceiver module and a processing module. The transceiver module may be, for example, at least one of a transceiver, a receiver, and a transmitter. The transceiver module may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. Specifically, it may include a radio frequency circuit or an antenna. The processing module may be a processor.

Optionally, the device further includes a storage module, and the storage module may be a memory, for example. When a storage module is included, the storage module is used to store instructions. The processing module is connected to the storage module, and the processing module can execute instructions stored in the storage module or instructions derived from other sources, so that the device executes the above-mentioned second aspect or any one of the methods thereof.

In another possible design, when the device is a chip, the chip includes a transceiver module and a processing module. The transceiver module may be, for example, an input/output interface, pin, or circuit on the chip. The processing module may be a processor, for example. The processing module can execute instructions so that the chip in the network device executes the second aspect described above and any possible implemented communication method.

Optionally, the processing module may execute instructions in the storage module, and the storage module may be a storage module in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like. The storage module can also be located in the communication device but outside the chip, such as read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory) memory, RAM) etc.

Among them, the processor mentioned in any of the above can be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more for controlling the above The method of the second aspect is an integrated circuit for program execution.

In a fifth aspect, a device is provided, including a module for implementing the method described in the first aspect and any possible implementation manners thereof.

In a sixth aspect, a device is provided, including a module for implementing the method described in the second aspect and any possible implementation manners thereof.

In a seventh aspect, a device is provided, including a processor, configured to call a program stored in a memory to execute the method described in the first aspect and any possible implementation manners thereof.

In an eighth aspect, an apparatus is provided, including a processor, configured to call a program stored in a memory to execute the method described in the second aspect and any possible implementation manners thereof.

In a ninth aspect, a device is provided, including: a processor and an interface circuit, the processor is configured to communicate with other devices through the interface circuit, and execute the first aspect of the claim, and any possible implementation manners thereof The described method.

In a tenth aspect, a device is provided, including: a processor and an interface circuit, the processor is configured to communicate with other devices through the interface circuit, and execute the second aspect of the claim, and any possible implementation manners thereof The described method.

In an eleventh aspect, a terminal is provided, including any one of the fifth aspect, the seventh aspect, or the ninth aspect, and the device described in any possible implementation manner thereof.

In a twelfth aspect, a network device is provided, including any one of the sixth aspect, the eighth aspect, or the tenth aspect, and the device described in any possible implementation manners thereof.

In a thirteenth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, the computer storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed, the method as described in the first aspect of the claim and any possible implementation manners thereof is implemented .

In a fourteenth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, the computer storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed, the method as described in the second aspect of the claim and any possible implementation manners thereof is implemented .

In a fifteenth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, the computer storage medium stores program code, and the program code is used to instruct instructions to execute the method in the first aspect and any possible implementations thereof.

In a sixteenth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided. The computer storage medium stores program code, and the program code is used to instruct instructions to execute the method in the second aspect and any possible implementations thereof.

In a seventeenth aspect, a computer program product containing instructions is provided, which when running on a processor, causes a computer to execute the method in the first aspect described above, or any possible implementation manner thereof.

In an eighteenth aspect, a computer program product containing instructions is provided, which when running on a processor, causes a computer to execute the method in the second aspect described above, or any possible implementation manner thereof.

In a nineteenth aspect, a communication system is provided. The communication system includes a device capable of implementing the methods and various possible designs of the above-mentioned first aspect, and the above-mentioned device capable of implementing the various methods and various possible designs of the above-mentioned second aspect The function of the device.

Based on the above technical solution, the configuration information configured by the network device for the terminal may indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the SSB is sent in different time-frequency units of the same time domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets. According to the configuration information, the terminal can respectively receive the SSB on at least two time-frequency units corresponding to one time-domain resource. Since different SSBs correspond to different beams (for example, the beam direction and the SSB have a one-to-one mapping relationship), the terminal can simultaneously receive the SSBs transmitted through at least two transmission beams. Compared with the traditional scheme, the network device can only use one transmit beam to transmit the SSB on the same time domain resource. The embodiment of this application can use two transmit beams to transmit the SSB separately on the same time domain resource, which helps to reduce beam training. Time-consuming, and reduce the power consumption of terminals and network equipment.

Description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for transmitting SSB in a traditional solution;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a method for transmitting SSB according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a method for transmitting SSB according to a specific embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a device for transmitting SSB according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for transmitting SSB according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a device for transmitting SSB according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for transmitting SSB according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for transmitting SSB according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for transmitting SSB according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to another embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solution in this application will be described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: global system for mobile communications (GSM) system, code division multiple access (CDMA) system, broadband code division multiple access (wideband code division multiple access, WCDMA) system, general packet radio service (GPRS), long term evolution (LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, LTE Time division duplex (TDD), universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) communication system, the future fifth generation (5th generation, 5G) system or new radio (NR), etc.

The terminal equipment in the embodiments of this application may refer to user equipment, access terminal equipment, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal equipment, mobile equipment, user terminal equipment, terminal equipment, wireless communication equipment , User agent or user device. The terminal device can also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), with wireless communication 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 future evolution of the public land mobile network (PLMN) Terminal equipment, etc., this embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto.

The network device in the embodiment of the application may be a device used to communicate with terminal devices. The network device may be a global system for mobile communications (GSM) system or code division multiple access (CDMA) The base transceiver station (BTS) in the LTE system can also be the base station (NodeB, NB) in the wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) system, or the evolved base station (evoled) in the LTE system. NodeB, eNB or eNodeB), it can also be a wireless controller in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) scenario, or the network device can be a relay station, an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and the future The network equipment in the 5G network or the network equipment in the future evolved PLMN network, one or a group of antenna panels (including multiple antenna panels) of the base station in the 5G system, or it can also be a network node that constitutes a gNB or transmission point , Such as a baseband unit (BBU), or a distributed unit (DU), etc., which are not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In some deployments, the gNB may include a centralized unit (CU) and a DU. The gNB may also include an active antenna unit (AAU). The CU implements part of the functions of gNB, and the DU implements part of the functions of gNB. For example, the CU is responsible for processing non-real-time protocols and services, and implements radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC) and packet data convergence protocol (packet data convergence protocol, PDCP) layer functions. The DU is responsible for processing the physical layer protocol and real-time services, and realizes the functions of the radio link control (RLC) layer, the media access control (MAC) layer, and the physical (PHY) layer. AAU realizes some physical layer processing functions, radio frequency processing and related functions of active antennas. Since the information of the RRC layer will eventually become the information of the PHY layer, or be transformed from the information of the PHY layer, under this architecture, high-level signaling, such as RRC layer signaling, can also be considered to be sent by the DU , Or, sent by DU+AAU. It is understandable that the network device may be a device including one or more of the CU node, the DU node, and the AAU node. In addition, the CU can be divided into network equipment in an access network (radio access network, RAN), and the CU can also be divided into network equipment in a core network (core network, CN), which is not limited in this application.

In the embodiment of the present application, 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. The hardware layer includes hardware such as a central processing unit (CPU), a memory management unit (MMU), and memory (also referred to as main memory). The operating system can be any one or more computer operating systems that implement business processing through processes, for example, Linux operating systems, Unix operating systems, Android operating systems, iOS operating systems, or windows operating systems. The application layer includes applications such as browsers, address books, word processing software, and instant messaging software. Moreover, the embodiments of the application do not specifically limit the specific structure of the execution body of the method provided in the embodiments of the application, as long as the program that records the codes of the methods provided in the embodiments of the application can be provided in accordance with the embodiments of the application. For example, the execution subject of the method provided in the embodiments of the present application may be a terminal device or a network device, or a functional module in the terminal device or network device that can call and execute the program.

In addition, various aspects or features of the present application can be implemented as methods, devices, or products using standard programming and/or engineering techniques. The term "article of manufacture" used in this application encompasses a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or medium. For example, computer-readable media may include, but are not limited to: magnetic storage devices (for example, hard disks, floppy disks, or tapes, etc.), optical disks (for example, 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.). In addition, various storage media described herein may represent one or more devices and/or other machine-readable media for storing information. The term "machine-readable medium" may include, but is not limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and/or carrying instructions and/or data.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system of the present application. The communication system in FIG. 1 may include at least one terminal (for example, the terminal 10, the terminal 20, the terminal 30, the terminal 40, the terminal 50, and the terminal 60) and a network device 70. The network device 70 is used to provide communication services for the terminal and access the core network. The terminal can access the network by searching for synchronization signals, broadcast signals, etc. sent by the network device 70, so as to communicate with the network. The terminal 10, the terminal 20, the terminal 30, the terminal 40, and the terminal 60 in FIG. 1 can perform uplink and downlink transmissions with the network device 70. For example, the network device 70 may send downlink signals to the terminal 10, the terminal 20, the terminal 30, the terminal 40, and the terminal 60, and may also receive the uplink signal sent by the terminal 10, the terminal 20, the terminal 30, the terminal 40, and the terminal 60.

In addition, the terminal 40, the terminal 50, and the terminal 60 can also be regarded as a communication system, and the terminal 60 can send downlink signals to the terminal 40 and the terminal 50, and can also receive uplink signals sent by the terminal 40 and the terminal 50.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application may be applied to a communication system including one or more network devices, and may also be applied to a communication system including one or more terminals, which is not limited in the present application.

It should be understood that there may be one or more network devices included in the communication system. A network device can send data or control signaling to one or more terminals. Multiple network devices can also send data or control signaling to one or more terminals at the same time.

The terms involved in this application are described in detail below:

1. Beam:

The embodiment of the beam in the NR protocol can be a spatial domain filter, or a spatial filter or a spatial parameter. The beam used to transmit a signal can be called a transmission beam (Tx beam), can be called a spatial domain transmission filter or a spatial transmission parameter (spatial transmission parameter); the beam used to receive a signal can be called To receive the beam (reception beam, Rx beam), it can be called a spatial domain receive filter or a spatial receive parameter (spatial RX parameter).

The transmitting beam may refer to the distribution of signal strength in different directions in space after a signal is transmitted through the antenna, and the receiving beam may refer to the signal strength distribution of the wireless signal received from the antenna in different directions in space.

In addition, the beam may be a wide beam, or a narrow beam, or other types of beams. The beam forming technology may be beamforming technology or other technologies. The beamforming technology may specifically be a digital beamforming technology, an analog beamforming technology, or a hybrid digital/analog beamforming technology, etc.

Beams generally correspond to resources. For example, when performing beam measurement, network equipment uses different resources to measure different beams, and the terminal feeds back the measured resource quality, and the network equipment knows the quality of the corresponding beam. In data transmission, the beam information is also indicated by its corresponding resource. For example, the network equipment indicates the PDSCH beam information of the terminal through the resources in the TCI of the DCI.

Optionally, multiple beams having the same or similar communication characteristics are regarded as one beam. One or more antenna ports can be included in one beam, which are used to transmit data channels, control channels, and sounding signals. One or more antenna ports forming a beam can also be regarded as an antenna port set.

In beam measurement, each beam of the network device corresponds to a resource, so the resource index can be used to uniquely identify the beam corresponding to the resource.

2. Resources:

In beam measurement, the resource index can be used to uniquely identify the beam corresponding to the resource. The resource can be an uplink signal resource or a downlink signal resource. Uplink signals include but are not limited to sounding reference signal (SRS) and demodulation reference signal (DMRS). Downlink signals include but are not limited to: channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), cell specific reference signal (CS-RS), UE specific reference signal (user equipment specific reference signal, US-RS), demodulation reference signal (demodulation reference signal, DMRS), and synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (synchronization system/physical broadcast channel block, SS/PBCH block). Among them, the SS/PBCH block may be referred to as a synchronization signal block (synchronization signal block, SSB) for short. The SSB may include at least one of the primary synchronization signal, the secondary synchronization signal, the physical broadcast channel, and the demodulation reference signal of the physical broadcast channel.

Resources are configured through radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC) signaling. In terms of configuration structure, a resource is a data structure, including its corresponding uplink/downlink signal related parameters, such as the type of uplink/downlink signal, the resource element that carries the uplink/downlink signal, the transmission time and period of the uplink/downlink signal , The number of ports used to send uplink/downlink signals, etc. Each uplink/downlink signal resource has a unique index to identify the downlink signal resource. It is understandable that the index of the resource may also be referred to as the identifier of the resource, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

3. Beam indication information:

Used to indicate the beam used for transmission, including transmitting beam and/or receiving beam. Including beam number, beam management resource number, uplink signal resource number, downlink signal resource number, absolute index of beam, relative index of beam, logical index of beam, index of antenna port corresponding to beam, index of antenna port group corresponding to beam, The index of the downlink signal corresponding to the beam, the time index of the downlink synchronization signal block corresponding to the beam, the beam pair link (BPL) information, the transmission parameter (Tx parameter) corresponding to the beam, and the reception parameter (Rx parameter) corresponding to the beam , The transmission weight corresponding to the beam, the weight matrix corresponding to the beam, the weight vector corresponding to the beam, the reception weight corresponding to the beam, the index of the transmission weight corresponding to the beam, the index of the weight matrix corresponding to the beam, the index of the weight vector corresponding to the beam, the beam At least one of the index of the corresponding reception weight, the reception codebook corresponding to the beam, the transmission codebook corresponding to the beam, the index of the reception codebook corresponding to the beam, and the index of the transmission codebook corresponding to the beam. The downlink signal includes a synchronization signal, Broadcast channel, broadcast signal demodulation signal, channel state information downlink signal (channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS), cell specific reference signal (cell specific reference signal, CS-RS), terminal equipment specific reference signal (user equipment specific Reference signal, US-RS), downlink control channel demodulation reference signal, downlink data channel demodulation reference signal, and downlink phase noise tracking signal. The uplink signal includes any of a medium uplink random access sequence, an uplink sounding reference signal, an uplink control channel demodulation reference signal, an uplink data channel demodulation reference signal, and an uplink phase noise tracking signal. Optionally, the network device may also allocate QCL identifiers to beams having a quasi-co-location (QCL) relationship among the beams associated with the frequency resource group. The beam may also be referred to as a spatial transmission filter, the transmitting beam may also be referred to as a spatial transmitting filter, and the receiving beam may also be referred to as a spatial receiving filter. The beam indication information may also be embodied as a transmission configuration index (TCI). The TCI may include various parameters, such as cell number, bandwidth part number, reference signal identifier, synchronization signal block identifier, QCL type, and so on. Among them, the quasi-co-location (QCL) parity relationship is used to indicate that multiple resources have one or more identical or similar communication features. For multiple resources with parity relationship, the same or Similar communication configuration. For example, if two antenna ports have a co-location relationship, then the large-scale characteristics of the channel transmitting one symbol on one port can be inferred from the large-scale characteristics of the channel transmitting one symbol on the other port. Large-scale characteristics can include: delay spread, average delay, Doppler spread, Doppler shift, average gain, receiving parameters, terminal device receiving beam number, transmitting/receiving channel correlation, receiving angle of arrival, receiver antenna Spatial correlation, main angle of arrival (angel-of-arrival, AoA), average angle of arrival, expansion of AoA, etc. Spatial QCL can be considered as a type of QCL. There are two angles to understand spatial: from the sending end or from the receiving end. From the perspective of the transmitting end, if the two antenna ports are quasi-co-located in the spatial domain, it means that the corresponding beam directions of the two antenna ports are spatially consistent, that is, the spatial filters are the same. From the perspective of the receiving end, if the two antenna ports are spatially quasi-co-located, it means that the receiving end can receive the signals sent by the two antenna ports in the same beam direction, that is, the reception parameter QCL.

4. QCL:

The colocation relationship is used to indicate that multiple resources have one or more identical or similar communication features. For multiple resources with a colocation relationship, the same or similar communication configuration can be used. For example, if two antenna ports have a co-location relationship, then the large-scale characteristics of the channel transmitting one symbol on one port can be inferred from the large-scale characteristics of the channel transmitting one symbol on the other port. Large-scale characteristics can include: delay spread, average delay, Doppler spread, Doppler shift, average gain, receiving parameters, terminal device receiving beam number, transmitting/receiving channel correlation, receiving angle of arrival, receiver antenna Spatial correlation, main angle of arrival (Angel-of-Arrival, AoA), average angle of arrival, expansion of AoA, etc.

5. Spatial QCL:

Spatial QCL can be considered as a type of QCL. There are two angles to understand spatial: from the sending end or from the receiving end. From the perspective of the transmitting end, if the two antenna ports are quasi-co-located 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 spatially quasi-co-located, it means that the receiving end can receive the signals sent by the two antenna ports in the same beam direction.

6. QCL assumption:

It means to assume whether there is a QCL relationship between two ports. The configuration and instructions of the quasi-parity hypothesis can be used to assist the receiving end in signal reception and demodulation. For example, 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 the signal measurement and demodulation on the B port.

It should be noted that with the continuous development of technology, the terminology of the embodiments of this application may change, but they are all within the protection scope of this application.

In the traditional scheme, beam training can be realized by transmitting SSB. For example, when the network device has 16 transmitting beams and the terminal has 8 receiving beams, if each beam corresponds to an SSB index, and the duration of each round of beam training is 20ms for an SSB cycle, it will take at least 160ms to be The 8 beams of the terminal find the corresponding beam pair. For example, as shown in Fig. 2, the SSB is sent on time-frequency units of the same frequency domain resource but different time domain resources. Therefore, the beam training of the traditional scheme takes a long time.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic flowchart of a method for transmitting an SSB according to an embodiment of the present application.

301. The network device sends configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the time-frequency units in each time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets correspond to the same frequency domain. Resource, and different time-frequency unit sets correspond to different frequency-domain resources, wherein different time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets are used to transmit different SSBs. Correspondingly, the terminal receives the configuration information from the network device.

Specifically, the network device sends configuration information to the terminal, which is used to configure the time-frequency unit for transmitting the SSB for the terminal. The configuration information is used to indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the frequency domain resources corresponding to the at least two time-frequency unit sets are different. For example, as shown in Figure 4, the configuration information is used to indicate 4 time-frequency unit sets. The 4 time-frequency unit sets are cell-defining SSB (cell-defining SSB, CD-SSB) time-frequency unit sets and non-cell Defined SSB (NCD-SSB)1 time-frequency unit set, NCD-SSB2 time-frequency unit set and NCD-SSB3 time-frequency unit set. Among them, each time-frequency unit set includes 16 time-frequency units for transmitting SSB.

It should be noted that a time-frequency unit set may include one or more time-frequency units, and the number of time-frequency units included in different time-frequency unit sets may be the same or different, which is not limited in this application.

It is understandable that different frequency domain resources can be understood as different frequency points.

It can also be understood that the time-frequency unit in the embodiment of the present application may be an "SSB unit".

It can also be understood that the transmission of different SSBs in the embodiments of the present application can be understood to be the transmission of different signals. Among them, different SSBs can be understood as SSBs with different indexes.

Optionally, the time-frequency unit of the NCD-SSB type may be NCD-SSB1, NCD-SSB2, or NCD-SSB3.

Optionally, the time-frequency unit of the CD-SSB type may be the CD-SSB.

302. The network device sends the SSB on at least two time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two frequency-domain unit sets. Correspondingly, the terminal receives the SSB on at least two time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two frequency-domain unit sets.

Specifically, the configuration information configured by the network device for the terminal may indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the SSB is sent in different time-frequency units of the same time domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets. According to the configuration information, the terminal can receive multiple SSBs. Since different SSBs correspond to different beams (for example, the beam direction and the SSB have a one-to-one mapping relationship), the terminal can simultaneously receive the SSBs transmitted through at least two transmission beams. Compared with the traditional scheme, the network device can only use one transmit beam to transmit the SSB on the same time domain resource. The embodiment of this application can use two transmit beams to transmit the SSB separately on the same time domain resource, which helps to reduce beam training. Time-consuming, and reduce the power consumption of terminals and network equipment.

For example, as shown in Fig. 4, the network device can set the time-frequency unit identified as SSB1 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set, the time-frequency unit identified as SSB1 in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set, and the time-frequency unit identified as SSB1 in the NCD-SSB2 time-frequency unit set. The time-frequency unit identified as SSB1 in the frequency unit set, and the time-frequency unit identified as SSB1 in the NCD-SSB3 time-frequency unit set uses 4 transmit beams to simultaneously transmit SSB, and the terminal can use one receive beam to receive the 4 transmit beams respectively SSB sent. Obviously, compared with the traditional solution, the embodiment of the present application shortens the time for measuring the transmission beam paired with a certain receiving beam, that is, shortens the time for beam training.

Optionally, the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit and the time-frequency unit included in the first time-frequency unit set exist in other time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set. The SSB transmitted by the unit has a QCL relationship, where the first time-frequency unit and the second time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set where the SSB with the QCL relationship is located have different time domain resources.

Specifically, the first time-frequency unit set may be any one of the at least two time-frequency unit sets. The SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit and the time-frequency unit included in the first time-frequency unit set may exist in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set. The transmitted SSB has a QCL relationship. Wherein, the other time-frequency unit sets may be all or part of the time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set. For example, assuming that the first time-frequency unit set is a CS-SSB time-frequency unit set, other time-frequency unit sets can be NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit sets, NCD-SSB2 time-frequency unit sets, and NCD-SSB3 time-frequency unit sets. At least one of them. The time domain resources of the first time-frequency unit and the second time-frequency unit where the QCL relationship SSB is located are different, which is used to realize that the network device uses different transmission beams to transmit SSB on the same time domain resource, thereby helping to achieve shortened beam training The length of time.

In other words, two SSBs with a QCL relationship have different times and different frequency domain positions. Wherein, the time-frequency unit included in the first time-frequency unit set may be the time-frequency unit where the non-cell-defined SSB is located, and the time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set may be the time-frequency unit where the cell-defined SSB is located.

It can be understood that the SSB transmitted by the first time-frequency unit and the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit in the embodiment of the present application have a QCL relationship. The same transmit beam is used to transmit SSB on the unit.

It should be noted that when there are multiple other time-frequency unit sets, each time-frequency unit set may have one SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit and the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set has a QCL. relationship.

For example, as shown in Figure 4, the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit identified as SSB1 in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set and the time-frequency unit identified as SSB13 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship; NCD- The SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit identified as SSB1 in the SSB2 time-frequency unit set and the time-frequency unit identified as SSB9 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship; the identity in the NCD-SSB3 time-frequency unit set is SSB1 The time-frequency unit of CD-SSB has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit identified as SSB5 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set.

It should also be noted that the SSBs transmitted by different time-frequency unit sets may have a QCL relationship with the SSBs transmitted by different time-frequency units in the first time-frequency unit set.

Optionally, the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset in the at least two time-frequency unit sets and the SSB transmitted by all the time-frequency unit subsets except the first time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set The SSB has a QCL relationship, where the time-domain resources of the second time-frequency unit subset are the same as the time-domain resources of the first time-frequency unit subset, and the second time-frequency unit subset is the same as the first time-frequency unit set Any time-frequency unit subset in which the time-frequency unit subset other than the first time-frequency unit subset has an SSB with a QCL relationship is located.

Specifically, the SSB transmitted in the time-frequency unit subset of other frequency domain resources has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted in the time-frequency unit set other than the first time-frequency unit subset in the time-frequency unit set traversing the first frequency domain resource. In addition, the first time-frequency unit subset may be any time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set. The time domain resources of different time-frequency unit subsets of the transmitted SSB having a QCL relationship are different. In addition, in the time-frequency unit set of other time-frequency resources, the time-frequency unit subset that has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset except the first time-frequency unit subset and the first time-frequency unit subset The time domain resources are the same. In this way, SSBs corresponding to multiple time-frequency unit subsets can be sent on the same time-domain resource, thereby further shortening the duration of beam training.

It can be understood that the time-frequency unit set may include one or more time-frequency unit subsets, and the number of time-frequency unit subsets included in different time-frequency unit sets may be the same or different.

Optionally, the SSBs transmitted at all frequency points within the duration of the first time-frequency unit subset may have a QCL relationship with the SSBs transmitted by all time-frequency units in the first time-frequency set. All the SSBs in the first time-frequency set may not include the SSB of the frequency point where the first time-frequency unit set is located. For example, as shown in Figure 4, the SSB index in the first time-frequency unit subset is SSB1, SSB2, SSB3, SSB4 in the CD-SSB, and the other NCD-SSB1, NCD-SSB2, NCD-

SSB index

1, 2, 3, 4 in SSB4 has a QCL relationship with

SSB index

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 in CD-SSB. The sub-set duration has a QCL relationship with 1 to 16 SSBs in the first time-frequency unit set, except for the

SSB indexes

1, 2, 3, and 4 in the CD-SSB. This is because SSB1,2,3,4 are within this time period, and there is no need to set up QCL relationships.

For example, if the network device includes 16 transmission beams, the time-frequency units identified as SSB1-SSB4 in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set and the time-frequency units identified as SSB13-SSB16 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set are transmitted. SSB has a QCL relationship (that is, the time-frequency units identified as SSB1-SSB4 in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set have different time-domain resources from the time-frequency units identified as SSB13-SSB16 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set, and The time-frequency units identified as SSB1-SSB4 in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set have the same time-domain resources as the time-frequency units identified as SSB1-SSB4 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set); NCD-SSB2 time-frequency units The time-frequency unit identified as SSB1-SSB4 in the set has a QCL relationship with the time-frequency unit identified as SSB9-SSB12 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set. The SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit identified as SSB9-SSB12 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship; -The time-frequency unit of SSB4 has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit identified as SSB5-SSB8 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set, and the network device can pass the time-frequency unit identified as SSB1-SSB4 (ie the first The pairing with a certain receiving beam of the terminal can be completed at the time corresponding to the time-frequency unit subset).

Optionally, in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set, there are SSBs transmitted by the second time-frequency unit subset and the time included in the first time-frequency unit set. The SSB transmitted by the frequency unit subset has a QCL relationship, and the time domain resources of the first time-frequency unit subset and the second time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set where the SSBs with the QCL relationship are located are different.

Specifically, the network device or terminal may divide each time-frequency unit set into one or more time-frequency unit sub-sets. For example, as shown in Figure 4, the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set is divided into 4 time-frequency unit subsets, namely SSB1-SSB4 are time-frequency unit subset 1, SSB5-SSB8 are time-frequency unit subset 2, SSB9 -SSB12 is time-frequency unit subset 3, SSB13-SSB16 is time-frequency unit subset 4. Some or all of the time-frequency units in the subsets in the other time-frequency unit sets may have a QCL relationship with the time-frequency units included in the first time-frequency unit set. In addition, the first time-frequency unit set may also be divided into time-frequency unit subsets. In this way, the QCL relationship may be the QCL relationship between the SSBs transmitted by the time-frequency unit subsets in different time-frequency unit sets.

For example, the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset 1 in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set may have a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset 4 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set.

It can be understood that the QCL relationship between the SSBs transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset may be that the SSBs transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the time-frequency unit subset have a QCL relationship in turn. That is, the n*M+(1～M)th SSB transmitted in the second time-frequency unit set and the n1*M+(1～M)th SSB transmitted in the first time-frequency unit set respectively have a QCL relationship, where n ≠n1. For example, the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit identified as SSB1 in the time-frequency unit subset 1 in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set and the time-frequency unit subset 4 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set is identified as SSB13 There is a QCL relationship between the SSBs transmitted by the time-frequency unit; the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit identified as SSB2 in the time-frequency unit subset 1 in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set and the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set The SSBs transmitted by the time-frequency unit identified as SSB14 in the time-frequency unit subset 4 have a QCL relationship; and so on, in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the present application, the number of time-frequency units included in the same frequency point and different time-frequency unit subsets is the same.

It is understandable that the number L of divided time-frequency unit subsets in the time-frequency unit set may be the same as the number N of frequency points, or the number L of frequency points is less than a multiple of the number N of time-frequency unit subsets. Correspondingly, the number of each frequency domain subset M=K/L or floor (K/L) or ceil (K/L), where K is the number of time-frequency units corresponding to each frequency point, that is, each time The number of time-frequency units included in the frequency unit set.

For example, as shown in Figure 4, each time-frequency unit set includes 16 time-frequency units, and a total of 4 frequency-point time-frequency unit sets, then each time-frequency unit set can be divided into 4 time-frequency unit sub-sets , Or divided into 2 time-frequency unit subsets.

In other words, the at least two time-frequency unit sets include a first time-frequency unit set and a second time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit set includes a first time-frequency unit subset and a second time-frequency unit subset , The second time-frequency unit set includes a third time-frequency unit subset, the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit subset and each time-frequency unit in the third time-frequency unit subset are transmitted The SSB of has a QCL relationship, where the first time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, the second time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, and the third time-frequency unit subset Including one or more time-frequency units.

Optionally, the at least two time-frequency unit sets further include a third time-frequency unit set, the first time-frequency unit set further includes a fourth time-frequency unit subset, and the third time-frequency unit set includes a fifth time-frequency unit set. The unit subset, the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the fifth time-frequency unit subset and the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the fourth time-frequency unit subset have a QCL relationship, and the fourth time-frequency unit The set includes one or more time-frequency units, and the fifth time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units.

In one embodiment, before step 302, the terminal may also receive indication information, which is used to indicate that the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set and the time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set has QCL The time-frequency unit where the SSB of the relationship is located.

Specifically, the indication information is used to indicate the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit. That is, the indication information is used to indicate the time-frequency unit where the two SSBs having a QCL relationship are located.

It is understandable that the QCL relationship between the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit in different time-frequency unit sets and the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set can be indicated by indication information respectively, or can be indicated by one indication information at the same time. Instructions.

In an embodiment, the indication information is the PBCH field of the second time-frequency unit, and the PBCH field indicates the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set.

Specifically, the indication information may directly indicate the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set is divided by the at least two time-frequency unit sets. The SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit in other time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship. For example, the value of the PBCH field in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set identified as SSB1 (that is, the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit) indicates that the SSB index is 13, that is, the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set is identified as The SSB of SSB1 has a QCL relationship with the SSB identified as SSB13 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set.

It is understandable that the PBCH field can also be replaced with a MIB field or a DMRS field.

It can also be understood that the PBCH field, MIB field, or DMRS sequence can directly indicate the index of the SSB. Or the PBCH field, MIB field, or DMRS field may indirectly indicate the SSB index. For example, the MIB field can indicate the system frame number (system frame number, SFN), type A demodulation reference signal position (dmrs-TypeA-Position), subcarrier spacing (subCarrierSpacingCommon), cell barred information (CellBarred), and the same IntraFrequency Selection (IntraFrequency Selection), one or more of the remaining bits (spare) are indicated, and these fields directly indicate the associated SSB index or indicate the SSB index with QCL relationship, such as the SSB index defined by the cell.

In another embodiment, before step 302, the terminal may also receive indication information, the indication information being used to indicate the second time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit set in the second time-frequency unit set. The subset of time-frequency units where the SSBs of the collective transmission have a QCL relationship are located, and the second time-frequency unit set is the time-frequency unit set other than the first time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets Frequency unit collection.

Specifically, the indication information may indicate the QCL relationship between the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset in the second time-frequency unit set and the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set. That is, the indication information can indicate the location of the SSB with the QCL relationship in a combined form, thereby saving the signaling overhead of the indication information.

In an example, the indication information indicates the number of unit lengths of the cyclic shift of the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit subset with respect to the second time-frequency unit subset.

Specifically, the indication information may indirectly indicate the position of the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set that has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit subset (for example, the following first time-frequency unit subset). Frequency unit subset). The indication information may indicate that the number of unit lengths is i, that is, the first time-frequency unit subset is offset by i unit lengths from the second time-frequency unit subset, and the unit length is the number of time-frequency unit subsets. For example, the second time-frequency unit subset in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set is time-frequency unit subset 1 (time-frequency unit subset 1 includes time-frequency units for transmitting SSB1-SSB4), if i=1, Then the time-frequency unit subset 2 in the first time-frequency unit set (the time-frequency unit subset 2 includes time-frequency units for transmitting SSB5-SSB8) is the same as the time-frequency unit sub-set in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set. Set 1 has a QCL relationship.

Optionally, the network device can configure the frequency point of NCD-SSB1, and the configuration of the frequency point position can be configured based on the absolute global channel frequency domain grid configuration, or it can be based on the global synchronization channel frequency domain grid configuration. Configuration can also be configured based on offset. The offset reference position may be the frequency domain position of the CD-SSB, or the frequency domain position of other NCD-SSB. When the network device configures the frequency domain position, the sequence can be configured, and the cyclic shift length can also be configured. When configuring the sequence, the network device instructs the location of the SSB of the frequency domain location in the frequency domain to sort, or the sequence may not be configured, and the configuration is performed according to the distance from the reference location. The sequence can be associated with the length of the cyclic shift, and the sequence of 0 does not perform cyclic shift, and can be the frequency domain SSB of the reference position. The sequence of 1 can cyclically shift the SSB of one subset, and the sequence of 2 can cyclically shift the SSB of two subsets. The sequence can also start from 0, and the reference position is not counted. The network device can also indicate the frequency domain position and i. Or the network device can indicate the frequency domain position and i*M, where M represents the unit length.

It should be noted that the i values of different time-frequency unit sets indicated by the indication information may be different. For example, the indication information indicates that the time-frequency unit subset in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set is offset by 1 unit length from the second time-frequency unit subset, and the time-frequency unit subset in the NCD-SSB2 time-frequency unit set is relatively The second time-frequency unit subset is offset by 2 unit lengths, and the time-frequency unit subset in the NCD-SSB3 time-frequency unit set is offset by 3 unit lengths relative to the second time-frequency unit subset.

In another example, the indication information indicates the cyclic shift length of the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set relative to the second time-frequency unit subset.

Specifically, the terminal may determine the time domain position of the first time-frequency unit subset in combination with the time-domain position of the second time-frequency unit subset and the offset relationship. Wherein, the position of the second time-frequency unit subset may be pre-appointed or configured by the network device. The indication information may indicate L, that is, the position of the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set and the position of the second time-frequency unit subset offset by L time-domain unit positions. For example, the time-frequency unit subset in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set is offset by 4 time-domain positions relative to the second time-frequency unit subset, and the time-frequency unit subset in the NCD-SSB2 time-frequency unit set is relative to the first time-frequency unit subset. The second time-frequency unit subset is offset by 8 time-domain positions, and the time-frequency unit subset in the NCD-SSB3 time-frequency unit set is offset by 12 time-domain positions relative to the second time-frequency unit subset.

Optionally, L=iJ, where i is the number of unit lengths that the first time-frequency unit subset is offset from the second time-frequency unit subset, and J is the number of frequency domain units included in the time-frequency unit subset . For example, J=4 in Figure 4, the time-frequency unit subset in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set is offset by 1*4 time domain positions relative to the second time-frequency unit subset, and the NCD-SSB2 time-frequency unit set The time-frequency unit subset in is offset by 2*4 time domain positions relative to the second time-frequency unit subset, and the time-frequency unit subset in the NCD-SSB3 time-frequency unit set is offset relative to the second time-frequency unit subset Move 3*4 time domain positions.

It is understandable that the value of i and the value of J may be agreed upon by the network device and the terminal respectively, or may be determined by the network device and notified to the terminal, which is not limited in this application. The value of J may also be related to the number of time-frequency unit subsets divided by different frequency points. The value of i may be the same as the number of divisions of the time-frequency unit subset, or may be smaller than the number of divisions of the time-frequency unit subset.

It can also be understood that the value of i at different frequency points may be the same or different.

It can also be understood that the time domain length of the time domain location is the same as the time domain length of the time domain unit.

In another example, the indication information indicates the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the second time-frequency unit set, and the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the first time-frequency unit set, wherein, The SSBs used for transmission in the time-frequency unit subsets in the same sequence position have a QCL relationship.

Specifically, the network device may set the QCL relationship of the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subsets in different time-frequency unit sets, and inform the QCL relationship by indicating the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the different time-frequency unit sets through the indication information. The location of the time-frequency unit subset where the SSB is located.

For example, the network device may indicate that the sequence of the time-frequency unit subsets in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set is time-frequency unit subset 4, time-frequency unit subset 1, time-frequency unit subset 2, and time-frequency unit subset 3. . The order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set may be sequential sorting, such as the real-time frequency unit subset 1, the time-frequency unit subset 2, the time-frequency unit subset 3, and the time-frequency unit subset 4. In this way, the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset 1 in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set and the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset 4 in the NCD-SSB1 time-frequency unit set have a QCL relationship.

It is understandable that the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set may be fixed, or may be instructed by the network device, which is not limited in this application.

It can also be understood that the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the CD-SSB time-frequency unit set may also be other orders.

Optionally, the network device can set an SSB at a fixed frequency domain location. The SSB with a fixed frequency domain position may indicate that the frequency interval between two SSBs at a frequency domain position is a fixed value, and the network device may not need to indicate, thereby reducing overhead. The fixed value can be a range specified by the protocol, and can be in units of RB or SSB bandwidth, and its value can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. The number of SSBs at a fixed frequency domain position can be some or all of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. SSBs with fixed frequency domain positions send SSBs with the same QCL relationship at the same time, or SSBs with different QCL relationships are also possible. That is, the SSBs on all frequency points of the SSB at a fixed frequency domain position have a QCL relationship.

It can also be understood that the QCL relationship between the SSBs transmitted by time-frequency units of different frequency points may be indicated in the same way or differently.

Optionally, the indication information may be carried in system information or other messages, so as to save signaling overhead, which is not limited in this application.

The various embodiments described in this document may be independent solutions, or may be combined according to internal logic, and these solutions fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It can be understood that, in the foregoing method embodiments, the methods and operations implemented by the terminal can also be implemented by components (such as chips or circuits) that can be used in the terminal, and the methods and operations implemented by the network device can also be implemented by the terminal. The components (such as chips or circuits) of network equipment are implemented.

The foregoing mainly introduces the solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application from the perspective of various interactions. It can be understood that each network element, such as a terminal or a network device, in order to implement the above-mentioned functions, includes a hardware structure and/or software module corresponding to each function. Those skilled in the art should be aware that, in combination with the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein, the present application can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a certain function is executed by hardware or computer software-driven hardware depends on the specific application and design constraint conditions of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods for each specific application to implement the described functions, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.

The embodiment of the present application may divide the terminal or the network device into functional modules according to the foregoing method examples. For example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The above-mentioned integrated modules can be implemented either in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional modules. It should be noted that the division of modules in the embodiments of the present application is illustrative, and is only a logical function division, and there may be other division methods in actual implementation. The following is an example of using the corresponding functional modules to divide each functional module.

It should be understood that the specific examples in the embodiments of the present application are only to help those skilled in the art to better understand the embodiments of the present application, rather than limiting the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

It should be understood that in the various embodiments of the present application, the size of the sequence number of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not correspond to the embodiments of the present application. The implementation process constitutes any limitation.

Above, the method provided by the embodiment of the present application has been described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 4. Hereinafter, the device provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG. 15. It should be understood that the description of the device embodiment and the description of the method embodiment correspond to each other. Therefore, for the content that is not described in detail, please refer to the above method embodiment. For the sake of brevity, it will not be repeated here.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of a device 500 for transmitting SSB according to an embodiment of the present application.

It should be understood that the apparatus 500 may correspond to each terminal or chip in the terminal shown in FIG. 1, and the terminal or chip in the terminal in the embodiment shown in FIG. Any function of the terminal. The device 500 includes a transceiver module 510 and a processing module 520.

The transceiver module 510 is configured to receive configuration information, and the configuration information is used to indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the time-frequency units in each time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets correspond to the same frequency. Domain resources, and different time-frequency unit sets correspond to different frequency-domain resources, wherein different time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets are used to transmit different SSBs;

The processing module 520 is configured to receive the SSB through the transceiver module 510 according to the configuration information.

Optionally, in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set, there are SSBs transmitted in the second time-frequency unit subset and SSB transmitted in the first time-frequency unit subset. The SSB has a quasi-coordinate QCL relationship, where the first time-frequency unit subset is the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit subset and the second time-frequency unit subset are Time domain resources are different.

Optionally, the at least two time-frequency unit sets include a first time-frequency unit set and a second time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit set includes a first time-frequency unit subset and a second time-frequency unit subset , The second time-frequency unit set includes a third time-frequency unit subset, the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit subset and each time-frequency unit in the third time-frequency unit subset are transmitted The SSB of has a QCL relationship, where the first time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, the second time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, and the third time-frequency unit subset Including one or more time-frequency units.

Optionally, the time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set or the third time-frequency unit set is a time-frequency unit of a non-cell-defined NCD-SSB type.

Optionally, the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set is a time-frequency unit of the cell-defined CD-SSB type.

Optionally, the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset in the at least two time-frequency unit sets and the SSB transmitted by all the time-frequency unit subsets except the first time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set The SSB has a QCL relationship, where the time-domain resources of the first time-frequency unit subset are the same as the time-domain resources of the second time-frequency unit subset, and the second time-frequency unit subset is the same as the first time-frequency unit set Any one of the time-frequency unit subsets in which the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset other than the first time-frequency unit subset has a QCL relationship is located.

Optionally, the transceiver module 510 is further configured to receive indication information used to indicate that the SSB transmitted by the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship In the time-frequency unit where the SSB is located, the second time-frequency unit set is other time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.

Optionally, the transceiver module 510 is further configured to receive indication information, the indication information being used to indicate that the SSB transmitted in the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit subset in the second time-frequency unit set has The time-frequency unit subset where the SSB of the QCL relationship is located, and the second time-frequency unit set is the other time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.

Optionally, the indication information indicates the number of unit lengths of the cyclic shift of the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit subset relative to the second time-frequency unit subset.

Optionally, the indication information indicates the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the second time-frequency unit set, and the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the first time-frequency unit set, where the time-frequency unit subsets in the same order position The SSB used for transmission in the subset of frequency units has a QCL relationship.

Optionally, the transceiver module 510 is specifically configured to:

Receive system information, where the system information includes the indication information.

For a more detailed description of the foregoing transceiver module 510 and processing module 520, reference may be made to the relevant description in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not described here.

FIG. 6 shows a communication device 600 provided by an embodiment of the present application. The device 600 may be the terminal described in FIG. 3. The device can adopt the hardware architecture shown in FIG. 6. The device may include a processor 610 and a transceiver 630. Optionally, the device may also include a memory 640. The processor 610, the transceiver 630, and the memory 640 communicate with each other through an internal connection path. The related functions implemented by the processing module 520 in FIG. 5 may be implemented by the processor 610, and the related functions implemented by the transceiver module 510 may be implemented by the processor 610 controlling the transceiver 630.

Optionally, the processor 610 may be a general-purpose central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a dedicated processor, or one or more It is an integrated circuit implementing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application. Alternatively, a processor may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores for processing data (for example, computer program instructions). For example, it can be a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor can be used to control communication devices (such as base stations, terminals, or chips), execute software programs, and process data in the software programs.

Optionally, the processor 610 may include one or more processors, such as one or more central processing units (central processing unit, CPU). In the case where the processor is a CPU, the CPU may be a single processor. The core CPU can also be a multi-core CPU.

The transceiver 630 is used to send and receive data and/or signals, and to receive data and/or signals. The transceiver may include a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter is used to send data and/or signals, and the receiver is used to receive data and/or signals.

The memory 640 includes but is not limited to random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable memory (erasable programmable memory, EPROM), read-only memory A compact disc (read-only memory, CD-ROM), the memory 640 is used to store related instructions and data.

The memory 640 is used to store program codes and data of the terminal, and may be a separate device or integrated in the processor 610.

Specifically, the processor 610 is configured to control the transceiver to perform information transmission with the terminal. For details, please refer to the description in the method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

In a specific implementation, as an embodiment, the apparatus 600 may further include an output device and an input device. The output device communicates with the processor 610 and can display information in a variety of ways. For example, the output device may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display device, a cathode ray tube (CRT) display device, or a projector, etc. . The input device communicates with the processor 610, and can receive user input in a variety of ways. For example, the input device can be a mouse, a keyboard, a touch screen device, or a sensor device.

It can be understood that FIG. 6 only shows a simplified design of the communication device. In practical applications, the device may also contain other necessary components, including but not limited to any number of transceivers, processors, controllers, memories, etc., and all terminals that can implement this application are within the protection scope of this application. within.

In a possible design, the device 600 may be a chip, for example, a communication chip that can be used in a terminal to implement related functions of the processor 610 in the terminal. The chip can be a field programmable gate array, a dedicated integrated chip, a system chip, a central processing unit, a network processor, a digital signal processing circuit, a microcontroller, and a programmable controller or other integrated chips for realizing related functions. The chip may optionally include one or more memories for storing program codes. When the codes are executed, the processor realizes corresponding functions.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a device, which may be a terminal or a circuit. The device can be used to perform the actions performed by the terminal in the foregoing method embodiments.

FIG. 7 shows a schematic block diagram of a communication device 700 according to an embodiment of the present application.

It should be understood that the apparatus 700 may correspond to the network device or the chip in the network device shown in FIG. 1, or the network device or the chip in the network device in the embodiment shown in FIG. Any function. The device 700 includes a transceiver module 710.

The transceiver module 710 is configured to send configuration information, and the configuration information is used to indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the time-frequency units in each time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets correspond to the same frequency. Domain resources, and different time-frequency unit sets correspond to different frequency-domain resources, wherein different time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets are used to transmit different SSBs;

The transceiver module 710 is further configured to send SSB on at least two time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets.

Optionally, the apparatus 700 may further include a processing module 720, and the processing module 720 may be used to determine the foregoing configuration information.

Optionally, in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set, there are SSBs transmitted in the second time-frequency unit subset and SSB transmitted in the first time-frequency unit subset. The SSB has a quasi-coordinate QCL relationship, where the first time-frequency unit subset is the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit subset and the second time-frequency unit subset are Time domain resources are different.

Optionally, the transceiver module 710 is further configured to send indication information, which is used to indicate that the SSB transmitted by the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship In the time-frequency unit where the SSB is located, the second time-frequency unit set is other time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.

Optionally, the transceiver module 710 is further configured to send indication information, which is used to indicate that the SSB transmitted in the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit subset in the second time-frequency unit set has The time-frequency unit subset where the SSB of the QCL relationship is located, and the second time-frequency unit set is the other time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.

Optionally, the transceiver module 710 is specifically configured to send system information, where the system information includes the indication information.

For a more detailed description of the foregoing transceiver module 710 and processing module 720, reference may be made to the related description in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not described herein again.

FIG. 8 shows a communication device 800 provided by an embodiment of the present application. The device 800 may be the network device described in FIG. 4. The device can adopt the hardware architecture shown in FIG. 8. The device may include a processor 810 and a transceiver 820. Optionally, the device may also include a memory 830. The processor 810, the transceiver 820, and the memory 830 communicate with each other through an internal connection path. The related functions implemented by the processing module 720 in FIG. 7 may be implemented by the processor 810, and the related functions implemented by the transceiver module 710 may be implemented by the processor 810 controlling the transceiver 820.

Optionally, the processor 810 may be a general-purpose central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a dedicated processor, or one or more It is an integrated circuit implementing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application. Alternatively, a processor may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores for processing data (for example, computer program instructions). For example, it can be a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor can be used to control communication devices (such as base stations, terminals, or chips), execute software programs, and process data in the software programs.

Optionally, the processor 810 may include one or more processors, such as one or more central processing units (CPU). In the case that the processor is a CPU, the CPU may be a single processor. The core CPU can also be a multi-core CPU.

The transceiver 820 is used to send and receive data and/or signals, and to receive data and/or signals. The transceiver may include a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter is used to send data and/or signals, and the receiver is used to receive data and/or signals.

The memory 830 includes, but is not limited to, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable memory (erasable read only memory, EPROM), and read-only memory. A compact disc (read-only memory, CD-ROM), the memory 830 is used to store related instructions and data.

The memory 830 is used to store program codes and data of the network device, and may be a separate device or integrated in the processor 810.

Specifically, the processor 810 is configured to control the transceiver to perform information transmission with the terminal. For details, please refer to the description in the method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

In a specific implementation, as an embodiment, the apparatus 800 may further include an output device and an input device. The output device communicates with the processor 810 and can display information in a variety of ways. For example, the output device may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display device, a cathode ray tube (CRT) display device, or a projector, etc. . The input device communicates with the processor 810 and can receive user input in a variety of ways. For example, the input device can be a mouse, a keyboard, a touch screen device, or a sensor device.

It can be understood that FIG. 8 only shows a simplified design of the communication device. In practical applications, the device can also contain other necessary components, including but not limited to any number of transceivers, processors, controllers, memories, etc., and all network devices that can implement this application are protected by this application. Within range.

In a possible design, the device 800 may be a chip, for example, a communication chip that can be used in a network device to implement related functions of the processor 810 in the network device. The chip can be a field programmable gate array, a dedicated integrated chip, a system chip, a central processing unit, a network processor, a digital signal processing circuit, a microcontroller, and a programmable controller or other integrated chips for realizing related functions. The chip may optionally include one or more memories for storing program codes. When the codes are executed, the processor realizes corresponding functions.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a device, which may be a network device or a circuit. The device can be used to perform the actions performed by the network device in the foregoing method embodiments.

Optionally, when the device in this embodiment is a terminal, FIG. 9 shows a simplified structural diagram of a terminal. It is easy to understand and easy to illustrate. In FIG. 9, the terminal uses a mobile phone as an example. As shown in Figure 9, the terminal includes a processor, a memory, a radio frequency circuit, an antenna, and an input and output device. The processor is mainly used to process the communication protocol and communication data, and to control the terminal, execute the software program, and process the data of the software program. The memory is mainly used to store 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. The antenna is mainly used to send and receive radio frequency signals in the form of electromagnetic waves. Input and output devices, such as touch screens, display screens, keyboards, etc., are mainly used to receive data input by users and output data to users. It should be noted that some types of terminals may not have input and output devices.

When data needs to be sent, the processor performs baseband processing on the data to be sent and outputs the baseband signal to the radio frequency circuit. The radio frequency circuit performs radio frequency processing on the baseband signal and then sends the radio frequency signal out in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna. When data is sent to the terminal, the radio frequency circuit receives the radio frequency signal through the antenna, converts the radio frequency signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor, and the processor converts the baseband signal into data and processes the data. For ease of description, only one memory and processor are shown in FIG. 9. In actual end products, there may be one or more processors and one or more memories. The memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or storage device. The memory may be set independently of the processor, or may be integrated with the processor, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In the embodiments of the present application, the antenna and radio frequency circuit with the transceiver function may be regarded as the transceiver unit of the terminal, and the processor with the processing function may be regarded as the processing unit of the terminal. As shown in FIG. 9, the terminal includes a transceiving unit 910 and a processing unit 920. The transceiving unit may also be referred to as a transceiver, a transceiver, a transceiving device, and so on. The processing unit may also be called a processor, a processing board, a processing module, a processing device, and so on. Optionally, the device for implementing the receiving function in the transceiving unit 910 can be regarded as the receiving unit, and the device for implementing the sending function in the transceiving unit 910 can be regarded as the sending unit, that is, the transceiving unit 910 includes a receiving unit and a sending unit. The transceiver unit may sometimes be referred to as a transceiver, a transceiver, or a transceiver circuit. The receiving unit may sometimes be called a receiver, a receiver, or a receiving circuit. The transmitting unit may sometimes be called a transmitter, a transmitter, or a transmitting circuit.

It should be understood that the transceiving unit 910 is configured to perform sending operations and receiving operations on the terminal side in the foregoing method embodiments, and the processing unit 920 is configured to perform other operations on the terminal in addition to the transceiving operations in the foregoing method embodiments.

For example, in an implementation manner, the processing unit 920 is configured to execute the processing steps on the terminal side in FIG. 3. The transceiving unit 910 is configured to perform the transceiving operations in steps 301 and 302 in FIG. 3, and/or the transceiving unit 910 is also configured to perform other transceiving steps on the terminal side in the embodiment of the present application.

When the device is a chip, the chip includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit. Wherein, the transceiver unit may be an input/output circuit or a communication interface; the processing unit is a processor, microprocessor, or integrated circuit integrated on the chip.

Optionally, when the device is a terminal, the device shown in FIG. 10 can also be referred to. As an example, the device can perform functions similar to the processor 910 in FIG. 6. In Figure 10, the device includes a processor 1001, a data sending processor 1003, and a data receiving processor 1005. The processing module 520 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 may be the processor 1001 in FIG. 10 and complete corresponding functions. The transceiving module 510 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 may be the sending data processor 1003 and the receiving data processor 1005 in FIG. 10. Although the channel encoder and the channel decoder are shown in FIG. 10, it can be understood that these modules do not constitute a restrictive description of this embodiment, and are only illustrative.

Fig. 11 shows another form of this embodiment. The processing device 1100 includes modules such as a modulation subsystem, a central processing subsystem, and a peripheral subsystem. The communication device in this embodiment can be used as the modulation subsystem therein. Specifically, the modulation subsystem may include a processor 1103 and an interface 1104. The processor 1103 completes the function of the aforementioned processing module 520, and the interface 1104 completes the function of the aforementioned transceiver module 510. As another variation, the modulation subsystem includes a memory 1106, a processor 1103, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, and the processor implements the method described in the embodiment when the program is executed. It should be noted that the memory 1106 can be non-volatile or volatile, and its location can be located inside the modulation subsystem or in the processing device 1100, as long as the memory 1106 can be connected to the The processor 1103 is sufficient.

When the device in this embodiment is a network device, the network device may be as shown in FIG. 12, for example, the device 120 is a base station. The base station can be applied to the system shown in FIG. 1 to perform the functions of the network device in the foregoing method embodiment. The base station 120 may include one or more DU 1201 and one or more CU 1202. CU1202 can communicate with the next-generation core network (NG core, NC). The DU 1201 may include at least one antenna 12011, at least one radio frequency unit 12012, at least one processor 12013, and at least one memory 12014. The DU 1201 part is mainly used for the transmission and reception of radio frequency signals, the conversion of radio frequency signals and baseband signals, and part of baseband processing. The CU 1202 may include at least one processor 12022 and at least one memory 12021. CU1202 and DU1201 can communicate through interfaces, where the control plane interface can be Fs-C, such as F1-C, and the user plane interface can be Fs-U, such as F1-U.

The CU 1202 part is mainly used to perform baseband processing, control the base station, and so on. The DU 1201 and the CU 1202 may be physically set together, or may be physically separated, that is, a distributed base station. The CU 1202 is the control center of the base station, which may also be referred to as a processing unit, and is mainly used to complete baseband processing functions. For example, the CU 1202 may be used to control the base station to execute the operation procedure of the network device in the foregoing method embodiment.

Specifically, the baseband processing on the CU and DU can be divided according to the protocol layer of the wireless network, for example, the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer and the functions of the above protocol layers are set in the CU, the protocol layer below PDCP, For example, functions such as the radio link control (RLC) layer and the medium access control (MAC) layer are set in the DU. For another example, CU implements radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC), packet data convergence protocol (packet data convergence protocol, PDCP) layer functions, and DU implements radio link control (radio link control, RLC), MAC, and physical functions. The function of the (physical, PHY) layer.

In addition, optionally, the base station 120 may include one or more radio frequency units (RU), one or more DUs, and one or more CUs. The DU may include at least one processor 12013 and at least one memory 12014, the RU may include at least one antenna 12011 and at least one radio frequency unit 12012, and the CU may include at least one processor 12022 and at least one memory 12021.

For example, in an implementation manner, the processor 12013 is configured to execute the processing steps on the network device side in FIG. 3. The radio frequency unit 12012 is used to perform the receiving and sending operations in steps 301 and 302 in FIG. 3.

In an example, the CU1202 can be composed of one or more single boards, and multiple single boards can jointly support a wireless access network (such as a 5G network) with a single access indication, or can respectively support wireless access networks of different access standards. Access network (such as LTE network, 5G network or other network). The memory 12021 and the processor 12022 may serve one or more single boards. In other words, the memory and the processor can be set separately on each board. It can also be that multiple boards share the same memory and processor. In addition, necessary circuits can be provided on each board. The DU1201 can be composed of one or more single boards, and multiple single boards can jointly support a wireless access network with a single access indication (such as a 5G network), or can respectively support wireless access networks with different access standards (such as LTE network, 5G network or other network). The memory 12014 and the processor 12013 may serve one or more single boards. In other words, the memory and the processor can be set separately on each board. It can also be that multiple boards share the same memory and processor. In addition, necessary circuits can be provided on each board.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, it can be implemented in the form of a computer program product in whole or in part. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer instructions are loaded and executed on the computer, the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are generated in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from a website, computer, server, or data center. Transmission to another website, computer, server, or data center via wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or a data center integrated with one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, and a magnetic tape), an optical medium (for example, a high-density digital video disc (digital video disc, DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (for example, a solid state disk, SSD)) etc.

It should be understood that the processor may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, the steps of the foregoing method embodiments can be completed by hardware integrated logic circuits in the processor or instructions in the form of software. The above-mentioned processor may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a ready-made programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA) or other Programming logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components. The methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application can be implemented or executed. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may also be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be directly embodied as being executed and completed by a hardware decoding processor, or executed and completed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module can be located in a mature storage medium in the field, such as random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers. The storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.

It can be understood that the memory 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. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (programmable ROM, PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (erasable PROM, EPROM), and electrically available Erase programmable read-only memory (electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache. By way of exemplary but not restrictive description, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (static RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), and synchronous dynamic random access memory (synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (double data rate SDRAM, DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (synchronous link DRAM, SLDRAM) and direct memory bus random access memory (direct rambus RAM, DR RAM).

In this application, "at least one" refers to one or more, and "multiple" refers to two or more. "And/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean: A alone exists, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone, where A, B can be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship. "The following at least one item (a)" or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of a single item (a) or a plurality of items (a). For example, at least one of a, b, or c can mean: a, b, c, ab, ac, bc, or abc, where a, b, and c can be single or multiple .

It should be understood that “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” mentioned throughout the specification means that a specific feature, structure, or characteristic related to the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, the appearances of "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout the specification do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. In addition, these specific features, structures or characteristics can be combined in one or more embodiments in any suitable manner. It should be understood that in various embodiments of the present invention, the size of the sequence number of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not correspond to the embodiments of the present invention The implementation process constitutes any limitation.

The terms "component", "module", "system", etc. used in this specification are used to denote computer-related entities, hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, the component may be, but is not limited to, a process, a processor, an object, an executable file, an execution thread, a program, and/or a computer running on a processor. Through the illustration, both the application running on the computing device and the computing device can be components. One or more components may reside in processes and/or threads of execution, and components may be located on one computer and/or distributed among two or more computers. In addition, these components can be executed from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon. The component can be based on, for example, a signal having one or more data packets (e.g. data from two components interacting with another component in a local system, a distributed system, and/or a network, such as the Internet that interacts with other systems through a signal) Communicate through local and/or remote processes.

It should also be understood that the first, second, and various numerical numbers involved in this specification are only for easy distinction for description, and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" in this text is only an association relationship describing the associated objects, indicating that there can be three types of relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean: A alone exists, and both A and B exist. , There are three cases of B alone. Among them, the presence of A or B alone does not limit the number of A or B. Taking the existence of A alone as an example, it can be understood as having one or more A.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may realize that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in combination with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are executed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraint conditions of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods for each specific application to implement the described functions, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and conciseness of description, the specific working process of the system, device and unit described above can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, device, and method can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division, and there may be other divisions in actual implementation, for example, multiple units or components may be combined It can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not implemented. In addition, 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, and may be in 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, that is, they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of the solutions of the embodiments.

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

If the function is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application essentially or the part that contributes to the existing technology or the part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage media include: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (read-only memory, ROM), random access memory (random access memory, RAM), magnetic disks or optical disks and other media that can store program codes. .

The above are only specific implementations of this application, but the protection scope of this application is not limited to this. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in this application. Should be covered within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of this application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A method for transmitting a synchronization signal block SSB, characterized in that it comprises:

Receive configuration information, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the time-frequency units in each time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets correspond to the same frequency domain resources and are not The sets of simultaneous frequency units correspond to different frequency domain resources, wherein different time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets are used to transmit different SSBs;

According to the configuration information, the SSB is received.
The method according to claim 1, wherein there are SSBs transmitted by the second time-frequency unit subset in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set. The SSB transmitted with the first time-frequency unit subset has a quasi-co-location QCL relationship, wherein the first time-frequency unit subset is a time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit The time domain resources of the unit subset and the second time-frequency unit subset are different.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least two time-frequency unit sets include a first time-frequency unit set and a second time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit set includes a first time-frequency unit set. A unit subset and a second time-frequency unit subset, the second time-frequency unit set includes a third time-frequency unit subset, and the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit subset is related to the The SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the third time-frequency unit subset has a QCL relationship, wherein the first time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, and the second time-frequency unit subset includes One or more time-frequency units, and the third time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the at least two time-frequency unit sets further include a third time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit set further includes a fourth time-frequency unit subset, so The third time-frequency unit set includes a fifth time-frequency unit subset, the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the fifth time-frequency unit subset and each time-frequency unit in the fourth time-frequency unit subset The transmitted SSB has a QCL relationship, the fourth time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, and the fifth time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units.
The method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set or the third time-frequency unit set is a time-frequency unit of a non-cell-defined NCD-SSB type.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset in the at least two time-frequency unit sets and the first time-frequency unit subset is divided by the first time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set The SSB transmitted by all the time-frequency unit subsets except for the QCL relationship, wherein the time-domain resources of the first time-frequency unit subset are the same as the time-domain resources of the second time-frequency unit subset, and the second time-frequency unit subset The frequency unit subset is any time-frequency unit where the SSB that has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset other than the first time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set is located Sub-collection.
The method according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set is a time-frequency unit of a cell-defined CD-SSB type.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate the time-frequency unit where the SSB in the first time-frequency unit set and the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship, the The second time-frequency unit set is another time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.
The method according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the method further comprises:

Receive indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate the time-frequency unit in which the SSB in the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit subset in the second time-frequency unit set transmitted by the SSB has a QCL relationship is located Set, the second time-frequency unit set is other time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the indication information indicates a cyclic shift unit of the time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set relative to the second time-frequency unit subset The number of lengths.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the indication information indicates the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the second time-frequency unit set, and the time-frequency units in the first time-frequency unit set The sequence of the subsets, where the SSBs used for transmission in the time-frequency unit subsets in the same sequence position have a QCL relationship.
The method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the receiving instruction information comprises:

Receiving system information, where the system information includes the indication information.
A method for transmitting a synchronization signal block SSB, characterized in that it comprises:

Send configuration information, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the time-frequency units in each time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets correspond to the same frequency domain resources, and are not The sets of simultaneous frequency units correspond to different frequency domain resources, wherein different time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets are used to transmit different SSBs;

SSB is sent on at least two time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets.
The method according to claim 13, wherein there are SSBs transmitted by the second time-frequency unit subset in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set. The SSB transmitted with the first time-frequency unit subset has a quasi-co-location QCL relationship, wherein the first time-frequency unit subset is a time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit The time domain resources of the unit subset and the second time-frequency unit subset are different.
The method according to claim 13, wherein the at least two time-frequency unit sets include a first time-frequency unit set and a second time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit set includes a first time-frequency unit set. The unit subset and the second time-frequency unit subset, the second time-frequency unit set includes a third time-frequency unit subset, and the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit subset is related to the The SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the third time-frequency unit subset has a QCL relationship, wherein the first time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, and the second time-frequency unit subset includes One or more time-frequency units, and the third time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units.
The method according to claim 15, wherein the at least two time-frequency unit sets further include a third time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit set further includes a fourth time-frequency unit subset, so The third time-frequency unit set includes a fifth time-frequency unit subset, the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the fifth time-frequency unit subset and each time-frequency unit in the fourth time-frequency unit subset The transmitted SSB has a QCL relationship, the fourth time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, and the fifth time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units.
The method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set or the third time-frequency unit set is a time-frequency unit of a non-cell-defined NCD-SSB type.
The method according to claim 13, wherein the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset exists in the at least two time-frequency unit sets and the first time-frequency unit subset is divided by the first time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set The SSB transmitted by all the time-frequency unit subsets except for the time-frequency unit subset has a QCL relationship, where the time-domain resources of the second time-frequency unit subset are the same as the time-domain resources of the first time-frequency unit, and the second time-frequency unit The subset is any time-frequency unit subset where the SSB that has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset other than the first time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit subset is located.
The method according to any one of claims 13 to 18, wherein the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set is a time-frequency unit of a cell-defined CD-SSB type.
The method according to any one of claims 13 to 19, wherein the method further comprises:

Sending instruction information, where the instruction information is used to indicate the time-frequency unit where the SSB in the first time-frequency unit set and the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set has a QCL relationship, the The second time-frequency unit set is another time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.
The method according to any one of claims 14 to 19, wherein the method further comprises:

Send instruction information, where the instruction information is used to indicate the time-frequency unit of the SSB that has the QCL relationship between the SSB in the first time-frequency unit set and the second time-frequency unit subset in the second time-frequency unit set. Set, the second time-frequency unit set is other time-frequency unit sets in the at least two time-frequency unit sets except the first time-frequency unit set.
The method according to claim 21, wherein the indication information indicates a unit of a cyclic shift of a time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set relative to the second time-frequency unit subset The number of lengths.
The method according to claim 21, wherein the indication information indicates the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the second time-frequency unit set, and the time-frequency units in the first time-frequency unit set The sequence of the subsets, where the SSBs used for transmission in the time-frequency unit subsets in the same sequence position have a QCL relationship.
The method according to any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein the sending instruction information comprises:

Sending system information, where the system information includes the indication information.
A device for transmitting a synchronization signal block SSB, characterized in that it comprises:

The transceiver module is configured to receive configuration information, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the time-frequency units in each time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets correspond to the same frequency Domain resources, and different time-frequency unit sets correspond to different frequency-domain resources, wherein different time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets are used to transmit different SSBs;

The processing module is configured to receive the SSB through the transceiver module according to the configuration information.
The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit subset exists in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set. The SSB transmitted with the first time-frequency unit subset has a quasi-co-location QCL relationship, wherein the first time-frequency unit subset is a time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit The time domain resources of the unit subset and the second time-frequency unit subset are different.
The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the at least two time-frequency unit sets include a first time-frequency unit set and a second time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit set includes a first time-frequency unit set. A unit subset and a second time-frequency unit subset, the second time-frequency unit set includes a third time-frequency unit subset, and the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit subset is related to the The SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the third time-frequency unit subset has a QCL relationship, wherein the first time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, and the second time-frequency unit subset includes One or more time-frequency units, and the third time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units.
The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the at least two time-frequency unit sets further comprise a third time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit set further comprises a fourth time-frequency unit subset, so The third time-frequency unit set includes a fifth time-frequency unit subset, the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the fifth time-frequency unit subset and each time-frequency unit in the fourth time-frequency unit subset The transmitted SSB has a QCL relationship, the fourth time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, and the fifth time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units.
The apparatus according to claim 27 or 28, wherein the time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set or the third time-frequency unit set is a time-frequency unit of a non-cell-defined NCD-SSB type.
The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset exists in the at least two time-frequency unit sets and the first time-frequency unit subset is divided by the first time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set The SSB transmitted by all the time-frequency unit subsets except for the QCL relationship, wherein the time-domain resources of the first time-frequency unit subset are the same as the time-domain resources of the second time-frequency unit subset, and the second time-frequency unit subset The frequency unit subset is any time-frequency unit where the SSB that has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset other than the first time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set is located Sub-collection.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 26 to 30, wherein the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set is a time-frequency unit of a cell-defined CD-SSB type.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 25 to 31, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to receive indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate that the first time-frequency unit set is different from the second time-frequency unit set. The second time-frequency unit in the time-frequency unit set transmits the time-frequency unit where the SSB with the QCL relationship is located, and the second time-frequency unit set is divided by the first time-frequency unit set from the at least two time-frequency unit sets Sets of time-frequency units other than the set of frequency units.
The device according to any one of claims 26 to 31, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to receive indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate that the first time-frequency unit set is different from the second time-frequency unit set. The second time-frequency unit subset in the time-frequency unit set transmits the time-frequency unit subset where the SSB with the QCL relationship is located, and the second time-frequency unit set is divided by the at least two time-frequency unit sets Other time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set.
The apparatus according to claim 33, wherein the indication information indicates a unit of a cyclic shift of a time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set relative to the second time-frequency unit subset The number of lengths.
The apparatus according to claim 33, wherein the indication information indicates the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the second time-frequency unit set, and the time-frequency units in the first time-frequency unit set The order of the subsets, where the SSBs used for transmission in the time-frequency unit subsets in the same order position have a QCL relationship.
The device according to any one of claims 32 to 35, wherein the transceiver module is specifically used for:

Receiving system information, where the system information includes the indication information.
A device for transmitting a synchronization signal block SSB, characterized in that it comprises:

The transceiver module is configured to send configuration information, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least two time-frequency unit sets, and the time-frequency units in each time-frequency unit set in the at least two time-frequency unit sets correspond to the same frequency Domain resources, and different time-frequency unit sets correspond to different frequency-domain resources, wherein different time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets are used to transmit different SSBs;

The transceiver module is further configured to send SSB on at least two time-frequency units of the same time-domain resource in the at least two time-frequency unit sets.
The apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the SSB transmitted by the second time-frequency unit subset exists in the at least two time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set. The SSB transmitted with the first time-frequency unit subset has a quasi-co-location QCL relationship, wherein the first time-frequency unit subset is a time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit The time domain resources of the unit subset and the second time-frequency unit subset are different.
The apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the at least two time-frequency unit sets include a first time-frequency unit set and a second time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit set includes a first time-frequency unit set. A unit subset and a second time-frequency unit subset, the second time-frequency unit set includes a third time-frequency unit subset, and the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit subset is related to the The SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the third time-frequency unit subset has a QCL relationship, wherein the first time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, and the second time-frequency unit subset includes One or more time-frequency units, and the third time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units.
The apparatus according to claim 39, wherein the at least two time-frequency unit sets further comprise a third time-frequency unit set, and the first time-frequency unit set further comprises a fourth time-frequency unit subset, so The third time-frequency unit set includes a fifth time-frequency unit subset, the SSB transmitted by each time-frequency unit in the fifth time-frequency unit subset and each time-frequency unit in the fourth time-frequency unit subset The transmitted SSB has a QCL relationship, the fourth time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units, and the fifth time-frequency unit subset includes one or more time-frequency units.
The apparatus according to claim 39 or 40, wherein the time-frequency unit in the second time-frequency unit set or the third time-frequency unit set is a time-frequency unit of a non-cell-defined NCD-SSB type.
The apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset in the at least two time-frequency unit sets and the first time-frequency unit subset is divided by the first time-frequency unit set in the first time-frequency unit set The SSB transmitted by all the time-frequency unit subsets except for the time-frequency unit subset has a QCL relationship, where the time-domain resources of the second time-frequency unit subset are the same as the time-domain resources of the first time-frequency unit, and the second time-frequency unit The subset is any time-frequency unit subset where the SSB that has a QCL relationship with the SSB transmitted by the time-frequency unit subset other than the first time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit subset is located.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 37 to 42, wherein the time-frequency unit in the first time-frequency unit set is a time-frequency unit of a cell-defined CD-SSB type.
The device according to any one of claims 37 to 43, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to send instruction information, and the instruction information is used to indicate that the first time-frequency unit set is different from the second time-frequency unit set. The second time-frequency unit in the time-frequency unit set transmits the time-frequency unit where the SSB with the QCL relationship is located, and the second time-frequency unit set is divided by the first time-frequency unit set from the at least two time-frequency unit sets Sets of time-frequency units other than the set of frequency units.
The device according to any one of claims 38 to 43, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to send instruction information, and the instruction information is used to indicate that the first time-frequency unit set is different from the second time-frequency unit set. The second time-frequency unit subset in the time-frequency unit set transmits the time-frequency unit subset where the SSB with QCL relationship is located, and the second time-frequency unit set is divided by the at least two time-frequency unit sets Other time-frequency unit sets other than the first time-frequency unit set.
The apparatus according to claim 45, wherein the indication information indicates a unit of a cyclic shift of a time-frequency unit subset in the first time-frequency unit set relative to the second time-frequency unit subset The number of lengths.
The apparatus according to claim 45, wherein the indication information indicates the order of the time-frequency unit subsets in the second time-frequency unit set, and the time-frequency units in the first time-frequency unit set The sequence of the subsets, where the SSBs used for transmission in the time-frequency unit subsets in the same sequence position have a QCL relationship.
The device according to any one of claims 44 to 47, wherein the transceiver module is specifically configured to:

Sending system information, where the system information includes the indication information.
A computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium includes a computer program or instruction, and when the computer program or instruction runs on a computer, the computer executes any one of claims 1-12. Or the method of any one of claims 13-23.
A computer program product, characterized in that the computer program product comprises a computer program or instruction, when the computer program or instruction runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the computer program according to any one of claims 1-12. The method or the method of any one of claims 13-23.