WO2023168698A1

WO2023168698A1 - Information transmission method, terminal device, and network device

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Publication number: WO2023168698A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/080365
Authority: WO
Inventors: 崔胜江
Original assignee: Oppo广东移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2022-03-11
Filing date: 2022-03-11
Publication date: 2023-09-14
Also published as: CN118202718A

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide an information transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method comprises: determining a reporting mode of first uplink control information (UCI) on the basis of a first reporting mode and a second reporting mode, wherein the first reporting mode refers to a reporting mode for reporting UCI on the basis of backscatter, and the second reporting mode refers to a reporting mode for reporting UCI on the basis of an uplink physical channel; and reporting the first UCI to a network device on the basis of the reporting mode of the first UCI. According to the method provided by the present application, not only the resource conflict between the reporting of the UCI and other channels can be avoided, but also the transmission time delay of the UCI can be reduced.

Description

Information transmission methods, terminal equipment and network equipment

Technical field

The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications, and more specifically, to information transmission methods, terminal devices and network devices,

Background technique

At present, terminal equipment usually reports uplink control information (UCI) to network equipment through physical uplink channels, such as physical uplink control channel (Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH)/physical uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH) . However, when UCI is reported through the physical uplink channel, when the physical uplink channel overlaps in time with the channel corresponding to the lower priority index, it will affect the transmission of the channel corresponding to the lower priority index; when it overlaps with the channel corresponding to the higher priority index, When the corresponding channels overlap in time, the transmission of the physical uplink channel will be cancelled, that is, the UCI reporting will be cancelled. In addition, since UCI reporting can only be performed on uplink resources, for the Time Division Duplexing (TDD) frame structure that accounts for a large proportion of downlink resources, canceling UCI reporting will cause UCI reporting to cause larger transmission time delay.

Therefore, an information transmission method is urgently needed in this field to avoid UCI reporting from conflicting with other channels and to reduce UCI transmission delay.

Contents of the invention

The embodiments of the present application provide an information transmission method, terminal equipment and network equipment, which can not only avoid resource conflicts between UCI reporting and other channels, but also reduce UCI transmission delay.

In the first aspect, this application provides an information transmission method, including:

Based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode, the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI is determined; wherein the first reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on backscattering, and the second reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on backscattering. The physical channel reports UCI reporting mode;

Based on the reporting mode of the first UCI, report the first UCI to a network device.

In the second aspect, this application provides an information transmission method, including:

Based on the reporting mode of the first UCI, receive the first UCI reported by a terminal device.

In a third aspect, this application provides a terminal device for executing the method in the above first aspect or its respective implementations. Specifically, the terminal device includes a functional module for executing the method in the above first aspect or its respective implementations.

In one implementation, the terminal device may include a processing unit configured to perform functions related to information processing. For example, the processing unit may be a processor.

In one implementation, the terminal device may include a sending unit and/or a receiving unit. The sending unit is used to perform functions related to sending, and the receiving unit is used to perform functions related to receiving. For example, the sending unit may be a transmitter or a transmitter, and the receiving unit may be a receiver or a receiver. For another example, the terminal device is a communication chip, the sending unit may be an input circuit or interface of the communication chip, and the sending unit may be an output circuit or interface of the communication chip.

In a fourth aspect, this application provides a network device for performing the method in the above second aspect or its respective implementations. Specifically, the network device includes a functional module for executing the method in the above second aspect or its respective implementations.

In one implementation, the network device may include a processing unit configured to perform functions related to information processing. For example, the processing unit may be a processor.

In one implementation, the network device may include a sending unit and/or a receiving unit. The sending unit is used to perform functions related to sending, and the receiving unit is used to perform functions related to receiving. For example, the sending unit may be a transmitter or a transmitter, and the receiving unit may be a receiver or a receiver. For another example, the network device is a communication chip, the receiving unit can be an input circuit or interface of the communication chip, and the sending unit can be an output circuit or interface of the communication chip.

In a fifth aspect, this application provides a terminal device, including a processor and a memory. The memory is used to store computer programs, and the processor is used to call and run the computer programs stored in the memory to execute the method in the above first aspect or its respective implementations.

In an implementation manner, there are one or more processors and one or more memories.

In one implementation, the memory may be integrated with the processor, or the memory may be provided separately from the processor.

In one implementation, the terminal device also includes a transmitter (transmitter) and a receiver (receiver).

In a sixth aspect, this application provides a network device, including a processor and a memory. The memory is used to store computer programs, and the processor is used to call and run the computer programs stored in the memory to execute the method in the above second aspect or its respective implementations.

In one implementation, the network device also includes a transmitter (transmitter) and a receiver (receiver).

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a chip for implementing any one of the above first to second aspects or the method in each implementation manner thereof. Specifically, the chip includes: a processor, configured to call and run a computer program from a memory, so that the device installed with the chip executes any one of the above-mentioned first to second aspects or their respective implementations. method in.

In an eighth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, the computer program causing the computer to execute any one of the above-mentioned first to second aspects or the method in each implementation thereof. .

In a ninth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product, including computer program instructions, which cause a computer to execute any one of the above-mentioned first to second aspects or the method in each implementation thereof.

In a tenth aspect, the present application provides a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute any one of the above-mentioned first to second aspects or the method in each implementation thereof.

Based on the above technical solution, by introducing the first reporting mode and designing the first reporting mode as a reporting mode based on backscatter reporting UCI, on the one hand, since the first reporting mode is not limited by uplink resources, Equivalently, the first reporting mode may be an uplink resource or a downlink resource used for a physical channel, that is, the terminal device may report the first UCI to the network device on the uplink resource or downlink resource, thereby reducing the first UCI transmission delay; on the other hand, when the first UCI reports based on the first reporting mode, other channels can be used as carriers for backscattering. Therefore, the terminal device reports based on the first reporting mode When the first UCI is used, it can be better compatible with other channels. For example, even if the resources used by the first UCI reported based on the first reporting mode conflict with the resources used by other physical uplink channels, the terminal device can still Reporting the first UCI to the network device based on the first reporting mode is equivalent to enabling resource sharing between the transmission resources of the first UCI and other channels, which not only avoids conflicts between the reporting of the first UCI and other channels. The problem of cancellation of transmission of the first UCI caused by resource conflicts on the channel can also reduce the transmission delay of the first UCI.

Description of the drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the zero-power communication system provided by this application.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of energy harvesting provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of backscatter communication provided by this application.

Figure 5 is a schematic circuit diagram of resistive load modulation provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of a subcarrier modulation method provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the OOK modulation method provided by the embodiment of the present application.

Figure 8 is a schematic flow chart of the information transmission method provided by the embodiment of the present application.

Figures 9 to 11 are examples of the reporting mode of the first UCI provided by embodiments of the present application.

Figure 12 is another schematic flow chart of the information transmission method provided by the embodiment of the present application.

Figure 13 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Figure 14 is a schematic block diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Figure 15 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Figure 16 is a schematic block diagram of a chip provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and/or" in this article is just an association relationship describing related objects, indicating that there can be three relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean: A alone exists, A and B exist simultaneously, alone There are three situations B. In addition, the character "/" in this article generally indicates that the related objects are an "or" relationship. The term "correspondence" in this article can mean a direct or indirect correspondence between the two, or an associated relationship between the two, or a relationship between indicating and being instructed, configuring and being configured, etc. The term "instruction" in this article may be a direct instruction, an indirect instruction, or an association relationship. For example, A indicates B, which can mean that A directly indicates B, for example, B can be obtained through A; it can also mean that A indirectly indicates B, for example, A indicates C, and B can be obtained through C; it can also mean that there is an association between A and B. relation. The term "preconfiguration" or "preset value" in this article can be realized by pre-saving corresponding codes, tables or other methods that can be used to indicate relevant information in the device (for example, including terminal equipment and network equipment). This application There is no limitation on its specific implementation method. For example, preconfiguration can refer to what is defined in the protocol. It should also be understood that in the embodiments of this application, the "protocol" may refer to a standard protocol in the communication field, which may include, for example, LTE protocol, NR protocol, and related protocols applied in future communication systems. This application does not limit this. .

Embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, including but not limited to: Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) system, Code Division Multiple Access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA) system, broadband code division multiple access system Address (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) system, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, Advanced long term evolution (Advanced long term evolution, LTE-A) System, New Radio (NR) system, evolution system of NR system, LTE (LTE-based access to unlicensed spectrum, LTE-U) system on unlicensed spectrum, NR (NR-based access on unlicensed spectrum) to unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) system, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), next-generation communication system, zero Power consumption communication systems, cellular IoT, cellular passive IoT or other communication systems, etc.

Among them, cellular Internet of Things is the development product of the combination of cellular mobile communication network and Internet of Things. Cellular passive IoT, also known as passive cellular IoT, is a combination of network equipment and passive terminals. In cellular passive IoT, passive terminals can communicate with other passive terminals through network equipment. Alternatively, passive terminals can communicate using Device to Device (D2D) communication, and network devices only need to send carrier signals, that is, energy supply signals, to supply energy to passive terminals.

Generally speaking, traditional communication systems support a limited number of connections and are easy to implement. However, with the development of communication technology, mobile communication systems will not only support traditional communication, but also support, for example, D2D communication, machine-to-machine (Machine) to Machine (M2M) communication, Machine Type Communication (MTC), and Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) communication, etc. The embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these communication systems.

Optionally, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a carrier aggregation (Carrier Aggregation, CA) scenario, a dual connectivity (Dual Connectivity, DC) scenario, or a standalone (Standalone, SA) deployment scenario. Internet scene.

The embodiments of this application do not limit the applied spectrum. For example, the embodiments of this application can be applied to licensed spectrum or unlicensed spectrum.

Exemplarily, the communication system 100 applied in the embodiment of the present application is shown in Figure 1 . The communication system 100 may include a network device 110, which may be a device that communicates with a terminal device 120 (also referred to as a communication terminal or terminal). The network device 110 can provide communication coverage for a specific geographical area and can communicate with terminal devices located within the coverage area.

Figure 1 exemplarily shows one network device and two terminal devices. Optionally, the communication system 100 may include multiple network devices and the coverage of each network device may include other numbers of terminal devices. This application The embodiment does not limit this.

Optionally, the communication system 100 may also include other network entities such as a network controller and a mobility management entity, which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

It should be understood that in the embodiments of this application, devices with communication functions in the network/system may be called communication devices. Taking the communication system 100 shown in Figure 1 as an example, the communication device may include a network device 110 and a terminal device 120 with communication functions. The network device 110 and the terminal device 120 may be the specific devices described above, which will not be described again here. ; The communication device may also include other devices in the communication system 100, such as network controllers, mobility management entities and other network entities, which are not limited in the embodiments of this application.

The embodiments of this application describe various embodiments in combination with terminal devices and network devices, where: the network device may be a device used to communicate with mobile devices, and the network device may be an access point (Access Point, AP) in WLAN, GSM or The base station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in CDMA can also be the base station (NodeB, NB) in WCDMA, or the evolutionary base station (Evolutional Node B, eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, or a relay station or access point , or vehicle equipment, wearable devices, network equipment (gNB) in NR networks or network equipment in future evolved PLMN networks, etc.

In this embodiment of the present application, network equipment provides services for a cell, and terminal equipment communicates with the network equipment through transmission resources (for example, frequency domain resources, or spectrum resources) used by the cell. The cell may be a network equipment (for example, base station), the cell can belong to the macro base station, or it can belong to the base station corresponding to the small cell (Small cell). The small cell here can include: urban cell (Metro cell), micro cell (Micro cell), pico cell (Pico) Cell), femto cell (Femto cell), etc. These small cells have the characteristics of small coverage and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission services.

In the embodiment of this application, the terminal equipment (User Equipment, UE) may also be called user equipment, access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, Terminal, wireless communication equipment, user agent or user device, etc. The terminal device can be a station (ST) in the WLAN, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) station, or a personal digital processing unit. (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA) devices, handheld devices with wireless communication capabilities, computing devices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, and next-generation communication systems, such as terminal devices in NR networks or Terminal equipment in the future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN) network, or zero-power consumption equipment, etc.

As an example and not a limitation, in this embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. Wearable devices can also be called wearable smart devices. It is a general term for applying wearable technology to intelligently design daily wear and develop wearable devices, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothing and shoes, etc. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the user's clothing or accessories. Wearable devices are not just hardware devices, but also achieve powerful functions through software support, data interaction, and cloud interaction. Broadly defined wearable smart devices include full-featured, large-sized devices that can achieve complete or partial functions without relying on smartphones, such as smart watches or smart glasses, and those that only focus on a certain type of application function and need to cooperate with other devices such as smartphones. Use, such as various types of smart bracelets, smart jewelry, etc. for physical sign monitoring.

It should be understood that a zero-power consumption device may be understood as a device whose power consumption is lower than a preset power consumption. For example, it includes passive terminals and even semi-passive terminals.

For example, the zero-power device is a radio frequency identification (Radio Frequency Identification, RFID) tag, which is a technology that uses the spatial coupling of radio frequency signals to achieve contactless automatic transmission and identification of tag information. RFID tags are also called "radio frequency tags" or "electronic tags". The types of electronic tags classified according to different power supply methods can be divided into active electronic tags, passive electronic tags and semi-passive electronic tags. Active electronic tags, also known as active electronic tags, mean that the energy for the operation of the electronic tag is provided by the battery. The battery, memory and antenna together constitute an active electronic tag. Different from the passive radio frequency activation method, it passes through the battery until the battery is replaced. Set the frequency band to send messages. Passive electronic tags, also known as passive electronic tags, do not support built-in batteries. When a passive electronic tag is close to a reader, the tag is within the near field range formed by the radiation of the reader's antenna. The electronic tag antenna generates an induced current through electromagnetic induction. , the induced current drives the electronic tag chip circuit. The chip circuit sends the identification information stored in the tag to the reader through the electronic tag antenna. Semi-passive electronic tags, also known as semi-active electronic tags, inherit the advantages of passive electronic tags such as small size, light weight, low price and long service life. The built-in battery can be used when there is no reader access. It only provides power to a few circuits in the chip. Only when the reader is accessed, the built-in battery supplies power to the RFID chip to increase the reading and writing distance of the tag and improve the reliability of communication.

The RFID system is a wireless communication system. The RFID system is composed of two parts: electronic tag (TAG) and reader/writer (Reader/Writer). Electronic tags include coupling components and chips. Each electronic tag has a unique electronic code and is placed on the target to mark the target object. The reader/writer can not only read the information on the electronic tag, but also write the information on the electronic tag, and at the same time provide the electronic tag with the energy required for communication.

Zero-power communication uses energy harvesting and backscatter communication technology. In order to facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the related technologies of zero power consumption will be described.

As shown in Figure 2, the zero-power communication system consists of network equipment and zero-power terminals. The network equipment is used to send wireless energy supply signals to zero-power terminals, downlink communication signals, and receive backscattered signals from zero-power terminals. . A basic zero-power terminal includes an energy harvesting module, a backscatter communication module and a low-power computing module. In addition, the zero-power terminal can also be equipped with a memory or sensor to store some basic information (such as item identification, etc.) or obtain sensing data such as ambient temperature and ambient humidity.

Zero-power communication can also be called communication based on zero-power terminals. The key technologies of zero-power communication mainly include radio frequency energy harvesting and backscatter communication.

1. Energy Harvesting (RF Power Harvesting).

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of energy harvesting provided by the embodiment of this application.

As shown in Figure 3, the energy collection module may include a capacitor C and a resistor _RL . The energy collection module collects space electromagnetic wave energy based on the principle of electromagnetic induction, thereby obtaining the energy required to drive zero-power terminals, such as for driving Low-power demodulation and modulation modules, sensors and memory reading, etc. Therefore, zero-power terminals do not require traditional batteries. The principle of electromagnetic induction means that as long as the magnetic flux passing through the closed circuit changes, an induced current will be generated in the closed circuit. In connection with this application, the capacitor C and the resistor R _L can be used to form a closed circuit. After the radio frequency energy harvesting module receives the radio frequency (RF), it can generate an induced current and store the generated induced current in the capacitor C to realize space control. Harvesting of electromagnetic wave energy.

2. Back Scattering.

As shown in Figure 4, when the network device serves as the transmitter (TX), the network device sends the carrier wave to the zero-power device through the amplifier (AMP). Correspondingly, after the zero-power device receives the carrier sent by the network, it uses the energy collected by the energy collection module to drive the logic processing module to process the information that needs to be sent, and loads the information that needs to be sent into the received carrier through the variable resistor. to obtain the reflected signal, and finally the reflected signal is radiated from the antenna. This information transmission process is called backscatter communication. Correspondingly, when the network device serves as the receiving end (RX), it can receive the reflected signal sent by the zero-power device through the low noise amplifier (LNA). Further, in some possible implementations, the AMP and the LNA can each be connected to a voltage display light, and an emergency light can be set between the voltage display lights of the AMP and the LNA.

It should be noted that the backscatter communication principle shown in Figure 4 is illustrated through zero-power consumption devices and network devices. In fact, any device with backscatter communication function can implement backscatter communication.

Backscatter communication and load modulation functions are inseparable. Load modulation adjusts and controls the circuit parameters of the oscillation circuit of the zero-power terminal according to the rhythm of the data flow, so that the size and phase of the impedance of the zero-power device change accordingly, thereby completing the modulation process. Load modulation technology mainly includes two methods: resistive load modulation and capacitive load modulation.

As shown in Figure 5, in resistive load modulation, the resistor R _L is connected in parallel with a resistor R ₃ . The resistor R _L can be called the load modulation resistor. The branches where the resistor R _L and the resistor R ₃ are located are turned on or off based on the control of the switch S. Open, the switch S can be controlled by a binary data stream, and the switching of the branch where R _L and resistor R ₃ are located will cause changes in the circuit voltage. Furthermore, the resistor R _L can be connected in parallel with the inductor L ₁ through the resistor R ₂ . The inductor L ₁ is used to form a resonant circuit with the inductor L ₂ . Based on this, the opening and closing of the branch where R _L and the resistor R ₃ are located will cause the circuit voltage. Changes in the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit will in turn lead to changes in the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit, ultimately achieving amplitude keying modulation (ASK), that is, by adjusting the amplitude of the backscattered signal from the zero-power terminal to achieve signal modulation and transmission. Further, the inductor L ₂ can also be used to be connected to the capacitor C ₂ , and the capacitor C ₂ can be used to convert changes in the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit into signals for transmission by the antenna. Similarly, in capacitive load modulation, the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit can be changed by switching on and off the branch of the capacitor C ₁ and resistor R ₃ to achieve frequency keying modulation (FSK), that is, by adjusting the zero-power terminal The working frequency of the backscattered signal realizes signal modulation and transmission.

Since the zero-power terminal uses load modulation to perform information modulation on the incoming signal, the backscattering communication process is realized. Therefore, zero-power terminals have significant advantages:

1. The terminal equipment does not actively transmit signals and achieves backscatter communication by modulating the incoming wave signal.

2. The terminal equipment does not rely on traditional active power amplifier transmitters and uses low-power computing units to greatly reduce hardware complexity.

3. Combined with energy harvesting, battery-free communication can be achieved.

It should be understood that the above terminal device can be a zero-power consumption device (such as a passive terminal or even a semi-passive terminal), or even a non-zero power consumption device, such as an ordinary terminal. However, the ordinary terminal can be used in some situations. backscatter communication.

In specific implementation, the data transmitted by the terminal device can use different forms of codes to represent binary "1" and "0". Radio frequency identification systems usually use one of the following encoding methods: reverse non-return to zero (NRZ) encoding, Manchester encoding, unipolar return to zero (Unipolar RZ) encoding, differential biphase (DBP) encoding, Miller encoding spread dynamic encoding. In layman's terms, different pulse signals are used to represent 0 and 1.

For example, zero-power terminals can be divided into the following types based on their energy sources and usage methods:

1. Passive zero-power terminal.

A zero-power terminal does not need a built-in battery. When a zero-power terminal is close to a network device (such as a reader/writer of an RFID system), the zero-power terminal is within the near field range formed by the antenna radiation of the network device. Therefore, the zero-power terminal antenna generates an induced current through electromagnetic induction, and the induced current drives the low-power chip circuit of the zero-power terminal. Realizes the demodulation of the forward link signal and the signal modulation of the backward link. For backscatter links, zero-power terminals use backscatter implementations to transmit signals.

It can be seen that the passive zero-power terminal does not require a built-in battery to drive either the forward link or the reverse link, and is a true zero-power terminal. Passive zero-power terminals do not require batteries, and the RF circuit and baseband circuit are very simple. For example, they do not require low-noise amplifier (LNA), power amplifier (PA), crystal oscillator, ADC, etc., so they are small in size, light in weight, and very affordable. Cheap, long service life and many other advantages.

2. Semi-passive zero-power terminal.

The semi-passive zero-power terminal itself does not install a conventional battery, but can use an RF energy collection module to collect radio wave energy and store the collected energy in an energy storage unit (such as a capacitor). After the energy storage unit obtains energy, it can drive the low-power chip circuit of the zero-power terminal. Realizes the demodulation of the forward link signal and the signal modulation of the backward link. For backscatter links, zero-power terminals use backscatter implementations to transmit signals.

It can be seen from this that the semi-passive zero-power terminal does not require a built-in battery to drive either the forward link or the reverse link. Although the energy stored in the capacitor is used during operation, the energy comes from the energy harvesting module. of radio energy, so it is also a truly zero-power terminal. Semi-passive zero-power terminals inherit many advantages of passive zero-power terminals, so they have many advantages such as small size, light weight, very cheap price, and long service life.

3. Active zero-power terminal.

In some scenarios, the zero-power terminal used can also be an active zero-power terminal, which can have a built-in battery. Batteries are used to drive low-power chip circuits in zero-power terminals. Realizes the demodulation of the forward link signal and the signal modulation of the backward link. But for backscatter links, zero-power terminals use backscatter implementations to transmit signals. Therefore, the zero power consumption of this type of terminal is mainly reflected in the fact that signal transmission in the reverse link does not require the terminal's own power, but uses backscattering. That is to say, the active zero-power terminal supplies power to the RFID chip through the built-in battery to increase the reading and writing distance of the zero-power terminal and improve the reliability of communication. Therefore, it can be used in some scenarios that have relatively high requirements on communication distance, read latency, etc.

For example, the zero-power consumption terminal can collect energy based on the energy supply signal.

Optionally, from the energy supply signal carrier, the energy supply signal can be a base station, a smart phone, a smart gateway, a charging station, a micro base station, etc.

Optionally, in terms of frequency band, the energy supply signal can be a low frequency, medium frequency, high frequency signal, etc.

Optionally, in terms of waveform, the energy supply signal may be a sine wave, a square wave, a triangular wave, a pulse, a rectangular wave, etc.

Optionally, the energy supply signal may be a continuous wave or a discontinuous wave (that is, a certain time interruption is allowed).

Optionally, the energy supply signal may be a certain signal specified in the 3GPP standard. For example, SRS, PUSCH, PRACH, PUCCH, PDCCH, PDSCH, PBCH, etc.

It should be noted that since the carrier signal sent by the above network device can also be used to provide energy to the zero-power consumption device, the carrier signal can also be called an energy supply signal.

For example, the zero-power terminal may perform backscatter communication based on the received trigger signal.

Optionally, the trigger signal may be used to schedule or trigger zero-power terminal backscatter communication.

Optionally, the trigger signal carries scheduling information of the network device, or the trigger signal is scheduling signaling or a scheduling signal sent by the network device.

Optionally, from the energy supply signal carrier, the trigger signal can be a base station, a smart phone, a smart gateway, etc.

Optionally, in terms of frequency band, the trigger signal can be a low frequency, medium frequency, high frequency signal, etc.

Optionally, in terms of waveform, the trigger signal may be a sine wave, square wave, triangle wave, pulse, rectangular wave, etc.

Optionally, the trigger signal may be a continuous wave or a discontinuous wave (that is, a certain time interruption is allowed).

Optionally, the trigger signal may be a certain signal specified in the 3GPP standard. For example, SRS, PUSCH, PRACH, PUCCH, PDCCH, PDSCH, PBCH, etc.; it may also be a new signal.

It should be noted that the energy supply signal and the trigger signal may be one signal or two independent signals, which is not specifically limited in this application.

For example, in a cellular network, since zero-power devices do not have battery power, network devices need to provide energy supply signals for the zero-power devices to obtain energy for corresponding communication processes. Among them, the signal used for energy supply (ie, the energy supply signal) and the signal used for information transmission (ie, the trigger signal) may be two signals or one signal. For another example, in RFID technology, the energy supply signal and the trigger signal may be one signal, and in cellular passive Internet of Things technology, the energy supply signal and the trigger signal may be two independent signals. These two signals may not be sent in the same frequency band. For example, network equipment continuously or intermittently sends energy supply signals in a certain frequency band, and zero-power devices collect energy. After the zero-power device obtains energy, it can perform corresponding communication processes, such as measurement, channel/signal reception, channel /Signal sending, etc.

When sending signals, zero-power devices can send on preset resources. For example, different user IDs or different user types can use different resources. Zero-power devices can also send based on the scheduling of network devices. That is, the trigger signal is received and sent based on the scheduling of the trigger signal.

Since zero-power devices cannot generate high-frequency signals, subcarrier modulation or On-Off Keying (OOK) modulation is used in the reverse link to modulate the encoded baseband coded data stream.

As shown in Figure 6, for the subcarrier modulation method, the zero-power device first generates a low-frequency subcarrier, and then modulates the encoded baseband coded data stream on the low-frequency subcarrier to obtain the modulated subcarrier; after that, The modulated subcarrier is modulated on a high-frequency carrier through load modulation to obtain a modulated high-frequency subcarrier.

As shown in Figure 7, for the OOK modulation method, the zero-power device modulates the encoded baseband encoded data stream on the signal received by the zero-power device to obtain the reflected signal, and sends the transmitted signal to the network device. Among them, the signal received by the zero-power consumption device can be a high-frequency signal or a specific carrier signal.

With the increase in application demand in the 5G industry, there are more and more types and application scenarios of connected things. There will also be higher requirements for the price and power consumption of communication terminals. The application of battery-free, low-cost passive IoT devices It has become a key technology of the cellular Internet of Things, which can enrich the type and number of terminals in the network, and thus truly realize the Internet of Everything. Among them, passive IoT devices can be based on existing zero-power devices, such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, and can be extended on this basis to be suitable for cellular IoT.

The following describes the reporting scheme of uplink control information (UCI) based on the physical uplink channel.

The terminal device can report UCI to the network device through the physical uplink channel. For example, the terminal device can report UCI to the network device through the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) or the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

As an example, when the terminal device reports UCI through PUCCH, the UCI may include at least one of the following: Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-ACK (HARQ-ACK) information, HARQ non-acknowledgement (NACK) information, Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration signaling, Scheduling Request (SR), Link Recovery Request (LRR), Channel State Information (CSI). Optionally, the network device can configure up to 4 PUCCH resource sets for the terminal device through high-level signaling. Resource set 0 is used to carry 1 to 2 bits of UCI. The load of resource sets 1 and 2 can be configured through high-level signaling, and The maximum load of resource set 3 is 1706, which comes from the limitation of Polar encoding. For PUCCH set 0 (used to carry 1 to 2-bit UCI), high-layer signaling can configure up to 32 PUCCH resources; when the number of PUCCH resources is not greater than 8, the PUCCH resources to be used are determined directly according to the instructions in the DCI; when the PUCCH resources When the number is greater than 8, the PUCCH resources used are determined based on the index of the Control Channel Element (CCE) and the 3-bit indication information in the Downlink Control Information (DCI). For PUCCH sets 1, 2, and 3 (carrying more than 2 bits of UCI), high-layer signaling can configure up to 8 PUCCH resources, and the terminal device can determine the PUCCH resources to use based on the 3-bit indication information in the DCI.

As another example, when the terminal device reports UCI through PUSCH, the network device can determine the offset value used to determine the transmission resource of the UCI for the UCI, and indicate the determined offset value through the DCI format or higher layer signaling that schedules PUSCH transmission. to the terminal device. Optionally, in one PUSCH, the terminal device may send UCI, such as HARQ-ACK information and/or CSI, to the network device in a multiplexing manner.

However, when UCI is reported through the physical uplink channel, when the physical uplink channel overlaps in time with the channel corresponding to the lower priority index, it will affect the transmission of the channel corresponding to the lower priority index; when it overlaps with the channel corresponding to the higher priority index, When the corresponding channels overlap in time, the transmission of the physical uplink channel will be cancelled, that is, the UCI reporting will be cancelled. In addition, since UCI reporting can only be performed on uplink resources, for the Time Division Duplexing (TDD) frame structure that accounts for a large proportion of downlink resources, canceling UCI reporting will cause UCI reporting to cause a large transmission time. extension.

Illustratively, situations where PUCCH and/or PUSCH transmissions with different priority indexes overlap include but are not limited to:

Case 1: A first PUCCH with a larger priority index and a second PUCCH or PUSCH with a smaller priority index.

Case 2: PUSCH with a larger priority index and PUCCH with a smaller priority index are configured.

Case 3: The first PUCCH with a larger priority index that carries HARQ-ACK information and is only used in response to one PDSCH reception (no corresponding PDCCH), and any of the following: carries SR and/or The second PUCCH of CSI with a lower priority index; the scheduling-free PUSCH with a lower priority index; the PUSCH with a lower priority index that does not have a corresponding PDCCH carrying SP-CSI reporting information.

Case 4: A PUSCH with a larger priority index that has SP-CSI reporting information but no corresponding PDCCH and carries at least one of SR, CSI, and HARQ-ACK information (only in response to PDSCH reception without a corresponding PDCCH) , and a PUCCH with a smaller priority index.

Case 5: On the same cell, a scheduling-free PUSCH with a higher priority index and a grant-free scheduling PUSCH with a lower priority index.

When two physical uplink channels with different priority indexes overlap in time, the terminal device will process the transmission of the physical uplink channel with a lower priority index. For example, if a physical uplink channel with a lower priority index overlaps with a physical uplink channel with a higher priority index in time, the terminal device will cancel the physical uplink channel with a higher priority index that overlaps with the physical uplink channel with a higher priority index. Low physical uplink channel transmission. Further, the terminal device may also cancel the transmission of the physical uplink channel with a lower priority index before the first symbol that overlaps with the physical uplink channel with a higher priority index.

Of course, PUCCH transmission (or PUSCH transmission) with different priorities and repeated transmission of PUCCH (or repeated transmission of PUSCH) may also overlap in the time domain.

For example, if a PUCCH transmission with a larger priority index scheduled by the DCI format overlaps in time with a PUSCH transmission with a smaller priority index (or a repeated transmission of a PUCCH), the terminal device cancels the overlap with the PUCCH transmission. PUSCH transmission (or repeated transmission of PUCCH). Furthermore, the terminal equipment may also cancel the PUSCH transmission (or repeated transmission of PUCCH) before the first symbol that overlaps with the PUCCH transmission. For another example, if the transmission of PUSCH with a larger priority index scheduled by the DCI format overlaps in time with the repeated transmission of PUCCH with a smaller priority index, the terminal device cancels the PUCCH that overlaps with the PUSCH transmission. repeated transmission. Furthermore, the terminal equipment can also cancel the repeated transmission of PUCCH before the first symbol that overlaps with PUSCH transmission. For another example, if the repeated transmission of PUCCH (or repeated transmission of PUSCH) with a lower priority index overlaps in time with the PUCCH transmission (or PUSCH transmission) with a higher priority index, the terminal equipment cancels the transmission with A PUCCH transmission (or a PUSCH transmission) with a higher priority index causes repeated transmission of an overlapping PUCCH (or a repeated transmission of a PUSCH). Furthermore, the terminal device may also cancel the repeated transmission of the PUCCH with the lower priority index (or the repeated transmission of the PUSCH) before the first symbol that overlaps with the PUCCH transmission (or the PUSCH transmission) with the higher priority index.

To sum up, UCI reporting based on physical uplink channels, such as UCI reporting based on PUCCH and/or PUSCH, will cause conflicts with other channels, and canceling UCI reporting may cause UCI reporting to cause a large delay. In view of this, embodiments of the present application provide an information transmission method, terminal equipment and network equipment, which can avoid conflicts with other channels and reduce transmission delay.

Figure 8 is a schematic flow chart of the information transmission method 200 provided by the embodiment of the present application. The method 200 may be executed by a terminal device. It should be understood that the terminal device may be a zero-power device, or may be a terminal device that supports backscatter communication, that is, a terminal device that does not require energy harvesting, such as a traditional device loaded with or integrated with a backscatter communication module. NR terminal, this application does not specifically limit this. For example, the method 200 may be executed by the terminal device 120 as shown in FIG. 1 , or as another example, the method 200 may be executed by the zero-power consumption device 120 .

As shown in Figure 8, the method 200 may include:

S210: The terminal device determines the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; wherein the first reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on backscattering, and the second reporting mode Mode refers to the reporting mode of UCI based on the uplink physical channel;

S220: The terminal device reports the first UCI to the network device based on the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, for terminal equipment that supports both NR traditional communication (that is, communication based on channels such as PUCCH/PDCCH/PUSCH/PDSCH) and backscatter communication, when reporting UCI, this application introduces the first reporting mode and the third reporting mode. Second reporting mode, and determining the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode. The first reporting mode refers to a UCI reporting mode based on backscattering, that is, the terminal device reports UCI on backscattering communication resources. The second reporting mode refers to the UCI reporting mode based on the NR traditional communication mode, that is, the terminal device needs to use uplink communication resources to report UCI based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel.

In this embodiment, by introducing the first reporting mode and designing the first reporting mode as a reporting mode based on backscatter reporting UCI, on the one hand, since the first reporting mode is not limited by uplink resources, Equivalently, the first reporting mode may be an uplink resource or a downlink resource used for a physical channel, that is, the terminal device may report the first UCI to the network device on the uplink resource or downlink resource, thereby reducing the first UCI transmission delay; on the other hand, when the first UCI reports based on the first reporting mode, other channels can be used as carriers for backscattering. Therefore, the terminal device reports based on the first reporting mode When the first UCI is used, it can be better compatible with other channels. For example, even if the resources used by the first UCI reported based on the first reporting mode conflict with the resources used by other physical uplink channels, the terminal device can still Reporting the first UCI to the network device based on the first reporting mode is equivalent to enabling resource sharing between the transmission resources of the first UCI and other channels, which not only avoids conflicts between the reporting of the first UCI and other channels. The problem of cancellation of transmission of the first UCI caused by resource conflicts on the channel can also reduce the transmission delay of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the duration of the basic time unit used in the first reporting mode is greater than the duration of the basic time unit used in the second reporting mode.

When reporting UCI based on the backscatter method, considering the compatibility issue with other physical channels, the basic time unit used for backscatter communication can be designed to be larger than that based on other physical channels (such as PDCCH/PDSCH/PUCCH/PUSCH, etc.) The basic time unit for communication, that is, the rate when communicating based on backscattering is lower than the rate when communicating based on other physical channels. For example, when communicating based on PUCCH and PUSCH channels, the basic time unit can be an OFDM symbol. At the same time, when communicating based on backscattering, the basic time unit can use a larger basic time unit, for example, it can be a A time slot, or a subframe, or other time unit, etc.

For example, there is a multiple relationship between the basic time unit used in the first reporting mode and the basic time unit used in the second reporting mode. For example, the basic time unit used in the first reporting mode may be a first basic time unit, the basic time unit used in the second reporting mode may be a second basic time unit, and the duration of the first basic time unit is N times the duration of the second basic time unit, and N is a value greater than 1. For example, the first basic time unit may be N OFDM symbols, and the second basic time unit may be an OFDM symbol.

For example, in TDD deployment, the proportion of downlink time domain resources used for traditional communication in NR may be greater than the proportion of uplink time domain resources used for traditional communication in NR, and the proportion of downlink time domain resources used for traditional communication in NR The proportion may also be smaller than the proportion of uplink time domain resources used for traditional communications in NR. For example, when the proportion of downlink time domain resources used for traditional communication in NR is greater than the proportion of uplink time domain resources used for traditional communication in NR, the first reporting mode can be used to report the first UCI. In this case , since the first reporting mode is used to report the first UCI, even if the proportion of downlink time domain resources of traditional communication in NR is large, the first UCI can be reported in a timely manner without waiting for available uplink. Time domain resources are used to report the first UCI based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel, thereby reducing the reporting delay of the first UCI. For another example, when the proportion of downlink time domain resources used for traditional communication in NR is less than the proportion of uplink time domain resources used for traditional communication in NR, the second reporting mode can be used to report the first UCI. In this case Under this circumstance, the utilization of uplink time domain resources used for traditional communications in NR can be improved.

In this embodiment, the duration of the basic time unit used in the first reporting mode is designed to be greater than the duration of the basic time unit used in the second reporting mode, so that the first reporting mode can be used for reflected carrier waves or The signal is compatible with other physical channels, thus ensuring the reporting quality of the first UCI.

It should be understood that the basic time unit involved in this application can be an absolute time unit, such as microseconds, milliseconds, seconds, etc.; it can also be a relative time unit, including but not limited to symbols, time slots, sub-time slots, sub-frames, frames, etc. ; For example, the basic time unit may also be a basic unit for backscatter communication or a basic time unit for cellular communication, which is not specifically limited in this application.

In some embodiments, the S210 may include:

The terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the load of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, when the load of the first UCI is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal device determines the reporting mode of the first UCI in any of the following ways:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode as the reporting modes of the first UCI;

Select the reporting mode of the first UCI from the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode;

When the load of the first UCI is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when the load of the first UCI is less than or equal to the first threshold, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode may be a default reporting mode, and the default reporting mode may also be This is called the default reporting mode.

For example, when the load of the first UCI is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal device may use a reporting mode randomly selected from the first reporting mode or the second reporting mode as the first reporting mode. UCI reporting mode.

For example, assuming that there is a first threshold N for the load of the first UCI, when the load of the first UCI ≤ N (or the load of the first UCI < N), the terminal device adopts the first threshold N. A reporting mode reports the first UCI, or the terminal device supports reporting the first UCI using the first reporting mode; when the load of the first UCI > N (or the load of the first UCI ≥ N), the terminal device does not report the first UCI using the first reporting mode, or the terminal device does not support reporting the first UCI using the first reporting mode.

For example, assuming that there is a first threshold N for the load of the first UCI, when the load of the first UCI ≤ N (or the load of the first UCI < N), the terminal device adopts the first threshold N. The first UCI is reported in the reporting mode, or the terminal device supports reporting the first UCI in the first reporting mode; when the first UCI load>N (or the UCI load ≥N), the terminal device The first UCI is reported using the second reporting mode (that is, reporting the UCI based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel), or the terminal device supports reporting the first UCI using the second reporting mode.

For example, assuming that there is a first threshold N for the load of the first UCI, when the load of the first UCI ≤ N (or the load of the first UCI < N), the terminal device adopts the first threshold N. The first UCI is reported in the reporting mode and the second reporting mode, or the terminal device supports reporting the first UCI in the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode at the same time.

Exemplarily, the time domain resources used in the first reporting mode (i.e., the time domain resources used for backscatter communication) and the uplink time domain resources or flexible time domain resources used in the second reporting mode may partially overlap, It can also overlap completely or not overlap. For example, the time domain resources used in the first reporting mode (i.e., the time domain resources used for backscatter communication) are different from the time domain resources used for traditional communication in NR (downlink time domain resources or flexible time domain resources or uplink time domain resources). Domain resources) may overlap partially, completely, or not. Optionally, the time domain resources adopted in the first reporting mode may be time domain resources dynamically scheduled by the network device and/or time domain resources configured semi-statically. Optionally, the time domain resources adopted in the second reporting mode may be time domain resources dynamically scheduled by the network device and/or time domain resources configured semi-statically.

Since the rate of backscatter communication is low, when the load of the first UCI is large, more time domain resources are often required. At this time, there may be resources available for the third UCI when performing backscatter communication. Uplink time domain resources or flexible time domain resources in the second uplink mode, that is, there are uplink time domain resources or flexible time domain resources that can support the traditional first UCI reporting based on PUCCH/PUSCH. At this time, the terminal device can The first UCI is reported directly based on PUCCH/PUSCH to reduce the reporting delay of the first UCI.

Figure 9 is an example of the reporting mode of the first UCI provided by the embodiment of the present application. Among them, D represents the downlink time domain resource used for traditional communication in NR; U represents the uplink time domain resource used for traditional communication in NR; F represents the flexible time domain resource used for traditional communication in NR. Among them, D, U, and F all represent the basic time units (such as time slots) of traditional communication in NR.

As shown in Figure 9, it is assumed that the first basic time unit available when the terminal device reports the first UCI using the first reporting mode is the 6th basic time unit, and the terminal device reports all UCIs using the second reporting mode. The time domain resource available when describing the first UCI is the 9th basic time unit.

As shown in (a) of Figure 9, when the load of the first UCI is a smaller N1, the first basic time unit available in the first reporting mode is earlier than the available second time mode. The first basic time unit, therefore, even if the reporting rate of the first reporting mode is low, the moment when the terminal device completes the first UCI reporting using the first reporting mode is earlier than using the second reporting mode. The reporting mode completes the moment of reporting the first UCI. Therefore, the terminal device can determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI; that is, the terminal device can use the first reporting mode. mode, reporting the first UCI to the network device on the 6th basic time unit and the 7th basic time unit.

In this embodiment, since the load of the first UCI is small, even if the reporting rate of the first reporting mode is low, compared with reporting the first UCI using the second reporting mode, the reporting rate of the first UCI is lower. When reporting the first UCI in a reporting mode, the reporting delay of the first UCI can be reduced.

As shown in (b) of Figure 9, when the load of the first UCI is a large N2, if the terminal device uses the first reporting mode to report the first UCI, it will require more time domain resources (for example, the 6th basic time unit to the 13th time unit), which results in a large reporting delay of the first UCI. Therefore, in this case, the terminal device can use the The second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI. That is, the terminal device may adopt the second reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the ninth basic time unit.

In this embodiment, when the load of the first UCI is large, the first reporting mode can be used to report the first UCI, thereby reducing the reporting delay of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the S210 may include:

The terminal device receives the first information sent by the network device; the terminal device determines the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the first information; wherein the first information includes first indication information and/or a third Two indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate that the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode, and the second indication information is used to indicate to the terminal The device enables or disables the backscatter function.

For example, the first information may be information indicated dynamically or semi-statically by the network device.

Exemplarily, when the value of the first indication information is the first value, it is used to indicate that the reporting mode of the first UCI is the first reporting mode; the value of the first indication information is the first reporting mode. When taking a value of two, it is used to indicate that the reporting mode of the first UCI is the second reporting mode. Optionally, the first value is 1 and the second value is 0, or the first value is 0 and the second value is 1.

Exemplarily, when the value of the first indication information is the first value, it is used to indicate that the reporting mode of the first UCI is the first reporting mode; the value of the first indication information is the first reporting mode. When the second value is taken, it is used to indicate that the reporting mode of the first UCI is the second reporting mode; when the value of the first indication information is the third value, it is used to indicate the reporting mode of the first UCI. The modes are the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode. Optionally, the first value, the second value and the third value may all be 2-bit values.

For example, the first indication information may include an identifier of the first reporting mode and/or an identifier of the second reporting mode. Optionally, the identifier of the first reporting mode may be the name of the first reporting mode, and the identifier of the second reporting mode may be the name of the second reporting mode. For example, the identifier of the first reporting mode may be backscatter, and the identifier of the second reporting mode may be normal.

For example, the first indication information may indicate the reporting mode of the first UCI through the reporting type of the first UCI. For example, when the first indication information indicates that the reporting type of the first UCI is the first type, it means that the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode. For another example, when the first indication information indicates that the reporting type of the first UCI is the second type, it means that the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the second reporting mode. For another example, when the first indication information indicates that the reporting type of the first UCI is the first type and the second type, it means that the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode. model.

For example, the second indication information may also be called a backscatter enable switch. For example, the terminal device may instruct the terminal device to enable or disable the backscattering function according to the state of the backscattering enable switch. For example, the backscatter enable switch may be configured to enable or disable. For example, when the backscattering enable switch is configured to be enabled, the terminal device may determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI, and then the backscattering enable switch is configured to When disabling, the terminal device may determine the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the second indication information is used to indicate that when the terminal device enables the backscatter function, the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode; the second indication When the information is used to instruct the terminal device to disable the backscattering function, the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the second reporting mode.

Exemplarily, when the value of the second indication information is the first value, it is used to instruct the terminal device to enable the backscattering function; when the value of the first indication information is the second value, Used to instruct the terminal device to disable the backscattering function. Optionally, the first value is 1 and the second value is 0, or the first value is 0 and the second value is 1.

Exemplarily, when the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to enable the first reporting mode, the reporting mode of the first UCI may only include the first reporting mode, or may include all reporting modes at the same time. The first reporting mode and the second reporting mode are not specifically limited in this application.

Of course, in other alternative embodiments, the terminal device may also determine the reporting mode of the first UCI by combining the load of the first UCI and the first information. For example, assuming that there is a first threshold N for the load of the first UCI, when the load of the first UCI ≤ N (or the load of the first UCI < N), the terminal device can based on the first information The reporting mode of the first UCI is selected from the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode.

In some embodiments, the S210 may include:

The terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource; wherein, the first time domain The resources are time domain resources that can be used when the terminal device reports the first UCI in the first reporting mode, and the second time domain resource is the terminal device reporting the third UCI in the second reporting mode. A time domain resource that can be used during a UCI.

Exemplarily, the first time domain resource may include at least one of the following: downlink time domain resources, uplink time domain resources, and flexible time domain resources.

Exemplarily, the second time domain resource may include at least one of the following: uplink time domain resources and flexible time domain resources.

For example, the first time domain resource may be a time domain resource dynamically scheduled by the network device and/or a semi-statically configured time domain resource.

For example, the second time domain resource may be a time domain resource dynamically scheduled by the network device and/or a semi-statically configured time domain resource.

In some embodiments, when the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource do not overlap, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI; When a time domain resource partially overlaps or completely overlaps with the second time domain resource, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

Exemplarily, when the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource do not overlap, the terminal device only determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI, that is, based only on reverse The scattered UCI reporting method reports the first UCI to the network device on the first time domain resource.

For example, when the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource partially overlap or completely overlap, only the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI, or the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI. The first reporting mode and the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting modes of the first UCI. That is to say, when the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource partially overlap or completely overlap, the terminal device may perform the third time domain operation on the second time domain resource based only on PUCCH/PUSCH. reporting of a UCI, and canceling the reporting of the first UCI based on backscattering. Alternatively, when the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource partially overlap or completely overlap, the terminal device may report the first UCI on the second time domain resource based on PUCCH/PUSCH. , at the same time, the terminal device reports the first UCI to the network device on the first time domain resource based on the backscattered UCI reporting method.

Of course, in other alternative embodiments, the terminal device may also determine the reporting mode of the first UCI by combining the load of the first UCI and the first information. For example, assuming that there is a first threshold N for the load of the first UCI, when the load of the first UCI ≤ N (or the load of the first UCI < N), the terminal device can based on the first time domain resources and the second time domain resource, and select the reporting mode of the first UCI among the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode.

In some embodiments, the terminal device first determines the reference location of the first time domain resource and the reference location of the second time domain resource; and then determines the reference location of the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource based on the reference location of the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource. The reference position of the domain resource determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

Exemplarily, in some embodiments, the terminal device first determines the resource characteristics of the first time domain resource and the resource characteristics of the second time domain resource; and then determines the resource characteristics of the first time domain resource and the resource characteristics of the second time domain resource based on the resource characteristics of the first time domain resource and the resource characteristics of the second time domain resource. The resource characteristics of the second time domain resource determine the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI. Optionally, the resource characteristics include but are not limited to resource starting position and/or resource ending position.

In some embodiments, when the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are different, the terminal device combines the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource. The reporting mode corresponding to the time domain resource with the first reference position is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI; when the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are the same, The terminal device determines the reporting mode of the first UCI in any of the following ways:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

The reporting mode of the first UCI is selected from the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode.

Exemplarily, when the reference position of the first time domain resource is located before the reference position of the second time domain resource, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI; When the reference position of the first time domain resource is located behind the reference position of the second time domain resource, the terminal device determines the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are the same, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode may be a default reporting mode. , the default reporting mode may also be called the default reporting mode.

For example, the terminal device may use a reporting mode randomly selected from the first reporting mode or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

Of course, in other alternative embodiments, when the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are the same, the terminal device may also locate the first time domain resource in the first time domain based on the first information. Select the reporting mode of the first UCI from the reporting mode and the second reporting mode.

In some embodiments, when the reference position of the first time domain resource includes the starting position of the first time domain resource, the reference position of the second time domain resource includes the starting position of the second time domain resource. and/or, when the reference position of the first time domain resource includes the end position of the first time domain resource, the reference position of the second time domain resource includes the end of the second time domain resource. Location.

For example, the terminal device may determine the reporting mode corresponding to the time domain resource with an earlier starting position among the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, the terminal device may determine the reporting mode corresponding to the time domain resource that ends earlier among the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

The following takes the starting position of the first time domain resource and the starting position of the second time domain resource as an example to describe the implementation manner in which the terminal device determines the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, assuming that the starting position of the first time domain resource is time T1, and the starting position of the second time domain resource is time T2, the terminal device can determine based on the position relationship between T1 and T2 The reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when T1 and T2 are different, the terminal device determines the reporting mode corresponding to the earlier moment in T1 and T2 as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when T1 and T2 are the same, the terminal device may fixedly use a UCI reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device. For example, the terminal device may use the first reporting mode or the second reporting mode as the default reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when T1 and T2 are the same, the terminal device may report the first UCI to the network device using a reporting mode selected from the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode. For example, the terminal device may use the randomly selected first reporting mode or the second reporting mode as the default reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when T1 and T2 are the same, the terminal device may use the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device at the same time.

For example, when T1 and T2 are the same, the terminal device may determine the reporting mode of the first UCI according to the end position of the first time domain resource and the end position of the second time domain resource. For example, the terminal device determines the reporting mode corresponding to the time domain resource that ends earlier among the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

The following takes the end position of the first time domain resource and the end position of the second time domain resource as an example to describe the implementation manner in which the terminal device determines the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, assuming that the end position of the first time domain resource is time T3, and the end position of the second time domain resource is time T4, the terminal device can determine the Reporting mode for the first UCI.

For example, when T3 and T4 are different, the terminal device determines the reporting mode corresponding to the earlier moment in T3 and T4 as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when T3 and T4 are the same, the terminal device may fixedly use a UCI reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device. For example, the terminal device may use the first reporting mode or the second reporting mode as the default reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when T3 and T4 are the same, the terminal device may report the first UCI to the network device using a reporting mode selected from the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode. For example, the terminal device may use the randomly selected first reporting mode or the second reporting mode as the default reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when T3 and T4 are the same, the terminal device may use the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device at the same time.

For example, when T3 and T4 are the same, the terminal device may determine the reporting mode of the first UCI according to the starting position of the first time domain resource and the starting position of the second time domain resource. For example, the terminal device determines the reporting mode corresponding to the time domain resource with an earlier starting position among the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource as the reporting mode of the first UCI. Or the terminal device determines the reporting mode corresponding to the time domain resource with a later starting position among the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

Of course, in other alternative embodiments, when the reference position of the first time domain resource includes the starting position of the first time domain resource, the reference position of the second time domain resource includes the second time domain resource. The end position of the domain resource; and/or, when the reference position of the first time domain resource includes the end position of the first time domain resource, the reference position of the second time domain resource includes the second time domain The starting position of the resource.

Figure 10 is an example of the reporting mode of the first UCI provided by the embodiment of the present application. Among them, D represents the downlink time domain resource used for traditional communication in NR; U represents the uplink time domain resource used for traditional communication in NR; F represents the flexible time domain resource used for traditional communication in NR. Among them, D, U, and F all represent the basic time units (such as time slots) of traditional communication in NR.

As shown in (a) of Figure 10 , the terminal device may determine the reporting mode corresponding to the time domain resource with an earlier starting position among the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource as the third time domain resource. A UCI reporting model.

For example, assuming that the first time domain resources available when the terminal device reports the first UCI in the first reporting mode include the 6th basic time unit and the 7th basic time unit, correspondingly, the first The starting position T1 of the time domain resource is the starting position of the 6th basic time unit; assuming that the second time domain resource available when the terminal device reports the first UCI using the second reporting mode includes the 9th basic time In the first half of the unit, correspondingly, the starting position T2 of the second time domain resource is the starting position of the 9th basic time unit. At this time, when T1 and T2 are different, the terminal device determines the reporting mode corresponding to the first moment in T1 and T2 as the reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, the terminal device adopts the first reporting mode in the 6th The first UCI is reported to the network device on the 7th basic time unit and the 7th basic time unit.

As shown in (b) of FIG. 10 , the terminal device may determine the reporting mode corresponding to the time domain resource that ends earlier among the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource as the first time domain resource. UCI reporting mode.

For example, assuming that the first time domain resources available when the terminal device reports the first UCI in the first reporting mode include the 6th basic time unit to the 13th basic time unit, correspondingly, the first The end position T3 of the time domain resource is the end position of the 13th basic time unit; assuming that the second time domain resource available when the terminal device reports the first UCI using the second reporting mode includes the 9th basic time unit correspondingly, the end position T2 of the second time domain resource is the middle position of the 9th basic time unit. At this time, when T3 and T4 are different, the terminal device determines the reporting mode corresponding to the earlier moment in T3 and T4 as the reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, the terminal device adopts the second reporting mode in the 9th The first UCI is reported to the network device in the first half of the basic time unit.

In some embodiments, the S210 may include:

The terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI based on a first physical channel; wherein the first physical channel is a method used by the terminal device. A physical channel that can be used when reporting the first UCI in the second reporting mode.

In some embodiments, when there are other physical channels that collide with the first physical channel, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI; when there is no resource collision with the first physical channel, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI; When a resource collision occurs on the first physical channel with other physical channels, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, assuming that the resource used by the first physical channel is the first resource, when there are other physical channels that collide with the first resource, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the first reporting mode. A reporting mode of UCI; when there is no other physical channel that collides with the first resource, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the first UCI Reporting mode.

In some embodiments, the S210 may include:

The terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the identity of the terminal device and/or the cell identity of the terminal device.

In some embodiments, the terminal equipment first determines the first identification based on the identification of the terminal equipment and/or the cell identification; and then performs a modulo operation on the first identification based on the first value or based on the first The identification performs a modulo operation on the first value to obtain a second value; finally, based on the second value, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI .

For example, if the first identifier is marked as A and the first numerical value is marked as B, then the second numerical value is A mod B or B mod A.

In some embodiments, the terminal device determines the identity of the terminal device or the cell identity of the terminal device as the first identity; or the terminal device performs a logical operation on the identity of the terminal device and the cell identity. , obtain the first identification.

For example, the terminal device may perform a modulo operation on the identity of the terminal device based on the first numerical value, and determine the reporting mode corresponding to the operation result as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, the terminal device may perform a modulo operation on the cell identity of the terminal device based on the first numerical value, and determine the reporting mode corresponding to the operation result as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

Exemplarily, the terminal device may first perform AND/OR/XOR/EXOR operations on the identification of the terminal equipment and the cell identification of the terminal equipment, and then perform a modulo operation on the obtained result based on the first numerical value. , and finally the reporting mode corresponding to the operation result of the modulo operation is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when the value of the first numerical value is 2, in one implementation, the operation result is 0 corresponding to the first reporting mode, and the operation result is 1 corresponding to the second reporting mode; in another implementation In an implementation manner, the operation result being 1 corresponds to the first reporting mode, and the operation result being 0 corresponds to the second reporting mode.

For example, when the value of the first numerical value is 3, in an implementation manner, the operation result is 0 corresponding to the first reporting mode, the operation result is 1 corresponding to the second reporting mode, and the operation result is 2 corresponds to both the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; in another implementation mode, the operation result is 2 corresponding to the first reporting mode, the operation result is 1 corresponding to the second reporting mode, and the operation result is 1 corresponding to the second reporting mode. A result of 0 corresponds to both the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; in another implementation, an operation result of 0 corresponds to the first reporting mode, and an operation result of 2 corresponds to the second reporting mode. , the operation result is 1 and corresponds to both the first reporting method and the second reporting method.

Of course, in other alternative embodiments, the value of the first numerical value can also be other numerical values, and the corresponding method of the operation result and the reporting mode can also be other methods, which will not be specifically limited in this application.

Of course, in other alternative embodiments, the above-mentioned first time domain resource and second time domain resource may also be determined based on the identity of the terminal device and/or the cell identity. Reporting mode for the first UCI. For example, when the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are the same, the first UCI may be determined based on the identity of the terminal device and/or the cell identity. Reporting mode. For example, in an implementable manner, when the starting position of the first time domain resource and the starting position of the second time domain resource are the same, the terminal device may be based on the identity of the terminal device and/or the starting position of the second time domain resource. The cell identifier determines the reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, in another implementable manner, when the end position of the first time domain resource and the end position of the second time domain resource are the same, the end position of the first time domain resource may be based on the identity of the terminal device and/or the The cell identifier determines the reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, in another implementable manner, the starting position of the first time domain resource and the starting position of the second time domain resource are the same, and the end position of the first time domain resource and When the end positions of the second time domain resources are the same, the reporting mode of the first UCI may be determined based on the identity of the terminal device and/or the cell identity.

In some embodiments, the S210 may include:

The terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the first resource used by the first UCI.

Exemplarily, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the resource type of the starting resource of the first resource.

Exemplarily, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the resource type of the resource included in the first resource.

Illustratively, the resource types include uplink resource types, downlink resource types and flexible resource types. Optionally, the resources of the flexible resource type can be dynamically determined as uplink/downlink resources.

In some embodiments, when the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used to transmit a physical downlink channel, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI; When the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used to transmit a physical uplink channel, the terminal device determines the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

Exemplarily, the resources used to transmit the physical downlink channel may refer to the resources used to transmit the physical downlink channel in NR. For example, the resources used to transmit the physical downlink channel may include downlink time domain resources or dynamically indicated to be used for transmitting the physical downlink channel. Flexible time domain resources for downlink transmission.

Exemplarily, the resources used to transmit the physical uplink channel may refer to the resources used for uplink transmission in NR. For example, the resources used to transmit the physical uplink channel may include uplink time domain resources or be dynamically indicated to be used for uplink transmission. flexible time domain resources.

Exemplarily, when the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used for downlink transmission in NR, the terminal device reports the first UCI to the network device based on the backscattering method; When the starting location resource is a resource used for uplink transmission in NR, the terminal device reports the first UCI to the network device based on the traditional method in NR, that is, the terminal device reports the first UCI to the network device based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel. 1 UCI.

Exemplarily, the first resource is a resource indicated dynamically or semi-statically by the network device.

In some embodiments, when the first resource only includes resources for transmitting physical downlink channels, the terminal device only determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI; in the first When the resources include resources for transmitting physical uplink channels, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, when all resources included in the first resource are resources used to transmit physical downlink channels, the terminal device only determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, the terminal device may only use the first reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the first resource.

Exemplarily, when the first resource includes both resources for transmitting physical downlink channels and resources for transmitting physical uplink channels, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI. , or determine the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, when the first resource includes both a resource for transmitting a physical downlink channel and a resource for transmitting a physical uplink channel, the terminal device may use the first reporting mode to report to the network device on the first resource. The first UCI, at the same time, the terminal device may also use the second reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the resource used to transmit the physical uplink channel in the first resource. . For another example, when the first resource includes both resources for transmitting physical downlink channels and resources for transmitting physical uplink channels, the terminal device may only use the first reporting mode to report to the first resource on the first resource. The network device reports the first UCI. For another example, when the first resource includes both resources for transmitting physical downlink channels and resources for transmitting physical uplink channels, the terminal device may only use the second reporting mode. Report the first UCI to the network device on the resource used to transmit the physical uplink channel.

Exemplarily, when all the resources included in the first resource are resources used to transmit physical uplink channels, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI, or sets the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI. A reporting mode and the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting modes of the first UCI. For example, when all resources included in the first resource are resources used to transmit physical uplink channels, the terminal device may use the first reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the first resource, At the same time, the terminal device may also use the second reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the first resource. For another example, when all the resources included in the first resource are resources used to transmit physical uplink channels, the terminal device may only use the first reporting mode to report the third information to the network device on the first resource. 1 UCI. For another example, when all the resources included in the first resource are resources used to transmit physical uplink channels, the terminal device may only use the second reporting mode to report the third reporting mode to the network device on the first resource. 1 UCI.

Of course, in other alternative embodiments, the reporting mode of the first UCI may also be determined based on resource types not included in the first resource.

Exemplarily, when the first resource does not include a resource for transmitting a physical downlink channel, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI, or changes the first reporting mode to and the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, when the first resource does not include resources for transmitting physical downlink channels, the terminal device may use the first reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the first resource, and at the same time , the terminal device may also use the second reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the first resource. For another example, when the first resource does not include resources for transmitting physical downlink channels, the terminal device may only use the first reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the first resource. For another example, when the first resource does not include resources for transmitting physical downlink channels, the terminal device may only use the second reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the first resource.

For example, when the first resource does not include resources for transmitting physical downlink channels, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode may be a default reporting mode, and the default reporting mode It can also be called the default reporting mode.

Of course, in other alternative embodiments, when the first resource includes a resource for transmitting a physical uplink channel, or when the first resource does not include a resource for transmitting a physical downlink channel, the terminal device may Use other methods to select one reporting mode among the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, when the first resource includes a resource for transmitting a physical uplink channel, or when the first resource does not include a resource for transmitting a physical downlink channel, the terminal device may adopt the method based on the terminal device. The second reporting mode reports the collision situation between the first physical channel that can be used when the first UCI and other physical channels, and determines the reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, when there are other physical channels that collide with the first physical channel, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI; when there is no resource collision with the first physical channel, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI; When resource collision occurs on other physical channels, the terminal device determines the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI. For another example, when the first resource includes a resource for transmitting a physical uplink channel, or when the first resource does not include a resource for transmitting a physical downlink channel, the terminal device may based on the first resource sent by the network device. Information to determine the reporting mode of the first UCI; the specific content of the first information can be found above, and to avoid repetition, it will not be described again here. For another example, when the first resource includes a resource for transmitting a physical uplink channel, or when the first resource does not include a resource for transmitting a physical downlink channel, the terminal device may be based on the identification of the terminal device. and/or the cell identifier of the terminal device to determine the reporting mode of the first UCI; the specific content of the identifier of the terminal device and/or the cell identifier of the terminal device can be found above. To avoid duplication, No further details will be given here.

Figure 11 is an example of the reporting mode of the first UCI provided by the embodiment of the present application. Among them, D represents the downlink time domain resource used for traditional communication in NR; U represents the uplink time domain resource used for traditional communication in NR; F represents the flexible time domain resource used for traditional communication in NR. Among them, D, U, and F all represent the basic time units (such as time slots) of traditional communication in NR.

As shown in (a) of Figure 11, when the first resource includes two resources for transmitting physical downlink channels (ie, the 6th basic time unit and the 7th basic time unit), the terminal device only transmits the The first reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, the terminal device may only use the first reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the first resource (ie, the 6th basic time unit and the 7th basic time unit).

As shown in (b) of Figure 11, when the first resource includes a resource used to transmit a physical uplink channel (ie, the 9th basic time unit), the terminal device may only determine the second reporting mode as The reporting mode of the first UCI. For example, the terminal device may only use the second reporting mode to report the first UCI to the network device on the first resource (ie, the 9th basic time unit).

In some embodiments, the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; wherein, the S220 may include: the terminal device performs the following steps on the first resource or the uplink resource: On the uplink resource, the terminal device sends the first UCI to the network device based on the first reporting mode; on the uplink resource, the terminal device sends the first UCI to the network device based on the second reporting mode.

In some embodiments, the method 200 may further include:

The terminal device receives third indication information sent by the network device; wherein the third indication information is used to indicate the first resource, or the third indication information is used to indicate that the first resource includes or does not include Resources used to transmit physical downlink channels.

Exemplarily, when the third indication information is used to indicate that the first resources include resources for transmitting physical downlink channels, it may be specifically used to indicate that the first resources only include resources for transmitting physical downlink channels. , or the first resource includes a resource used for transmitting a physical downlink channel and a resource used for transmitting a physical uplink channel.

In some embodiments, the S210 may include:

The terminal device may set the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode based on the channel priority of the first uplink physical channel used to carry UCI and the priority of the first backscattered signal used to carry UCI. Determine the reporting mode of the first UCI.

For example, for a terminal device that supports the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode, the channel priority of the first uplink physical channel used to carry UCI and the first backscatter used to carry UCI may be The priority of the signal determines the specific reporting mode used by the first UCI.

Exemplarily, when the terminal device reports the first UCI, the terminal device preferentially uses the first reporting mode, that is, the terminal device preferentially uses the backscattering-based method to report UCI. Report the first UCI to the network device. If the backscatter resource used to report the first UCI overlaps with the uplink resource used for the physical channel in the NR, if the said first UCI can be reported to the network device based on PUCCH/PUSCH The first UCI is reported to the network device based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel. If the UCI cannot be reported based on the PUCCH/PUSCH, the first UCI is continued to be reported to the network device based on backscattering.

Exemplarily, when the terminal device reports the first UCI, the terminal device preferentially uses the second reporting mode, that is, the terminal device preferentially reports the first UCI to the network device based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel; when the terminal device reports the first UCI based on the PUCCH /PUSCH channel reports the first UCI to the network device. If the PUCCH/PUSCH channel used to report the first UCI collides with other physical channels, the terminal device cancels reporting the first UCI to the network device based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel. and reporting the first UCI to the network device based on backscatter communication.

For example, when the terminal device reports the first UCI to the network device based on the second reporting mode, it may cancel the first UCI reported to the network device based on the first reporting mode. That is to say, when the terminal device can report the first UCI to the network device based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel, it cancels the first UCI reported to the network device based on backscattering.

For example, when the terminal device reports the first UCI to the network device based on the second reporting mode, it may also report the first UCI to the network device based on the first reporting mode. That is to say, when the terminal device can report the first UCI to the network device based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel, it can also report the first UCI to the network device based on the backscatter method.

In some embodiments, the priority of the first uplink physical channel is higher than or equal to the priority of the first backscattered signal; and/or the priority of the first uplink physical channel is lower than the priority of the first backscattered signal. The priority of the first backscattered signal.

In some embodiments, the first UCI includes at least one of the following:

Hybrid automatic repeat request confirmation HARQ-ACK information, HARQ non-acknowledgment NACK information, scheduling request SR, link recovery request LRR, channel state information CSI, radio resource control RRC reconfiguration signaling.

In the embodiment of the present application, for a terminal device that supports both UCI reporting based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel and UCI reporting based on the backscattering method, it is proposed to determine the reporting of the first UCI when reporting the first UCI. The implementation of the mode can determine the reporting mode of the first UCI according to different scenarios, which greatly improves the reporting performance of the first UCI and reduces the reporting delay of the first UCI. For example, when the proportion of downlink resources is relatively large, the first UCI can be reported on the downlink time domain resources based on the backscattering method by indicating the first information through the network device, without waiting for the arrival of the uplink time domain resources. The reporting delay of the first UCI can be greatly reduced; for another example, when the first UCI is reported based on the PUCCH/PUSCH channel, the reporting of the first UCI is blocked due to channel conflicts or priority issues. Cancel, at this time, the first UCI can be reported through the backscattering method to ensure that the first UCI can be successfully transmitted; for another example, when the first UCI is reported based on the backscattering method, the When there are many time domain resources and the required time domain resources overlap with the uplink time domain resources, you can flexibly switch to reporting the first UCI based on the uplink time domain resources, and cancel reporting to the network device based on the backscattering method. The first UCI can reduce the reporting delay of the first UCI; for example, two UCI reporting methods can be used at the same time to enhance the reporting performance of the first UCI.

Considering that the backscattering method can communicate based on downlink signals, uplink signals or dedicated signals (that is, different limitations are limited to the uplink and downlink communication resources in the existing NR system) and the backscattering method has a lower transmission rate, etc. Typical features, this application provides various methods for determining the reporting mode of the first UCI. Specifically, the terminal device may determine the reporting mode of the first UCI based on at least one of the following information:

The load of the first UCI;

First information, the first information includes first indication information and/or second indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate that the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and/or the In the second reporting mode, the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to enable or disable the backscattering function;

First time domain resources and second time domain resources. The first time domain resources are time domain resources that can be used by the terminal device when reporting the first UCI in the first reporting mode. The second time domain resources are Domain resources are time domain resources that can be used when the terminal device reports the first UCI using the second reporting mode;

A first physical channel, which is a physical channel that can be used by the terminal device when reporting the first UCI in the second reporting mode;

The identification of the terminal equipment and/or the cell identification of the terminal equipment;

The first resource used by the first UCI;

The channel priority of the first uplink physical channel used to carry UCI and the priority of the first backscattered signal used to carry UCI.

It should be noted that the above information can be used alone or in combination, and this application does not specifically limit this.

In addition, it should also be understood that in other alternative embodiments, the first data can also be introduced. Specifically, the terminal device can determine the transmission mode of the first data based on the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode; wherein, the The first sending mode refers to a mode of sending uplink data based on backscattering, and the second reporting mode refers to a mode of sending uplink data based on an uplink physical channel; the terminal device sends the uplink data to the network device based on the first data sending mode. Describe the first data. That is to say, in other alternative embodiments, the first UCI can be replaced with the first data, and the corresponding reporting mode can be replaced with the sending mode. The specific solution is similar to the solution for reporting the first UCI, as To avoid repetition, we will not go into details here.

The preferred embodiments of the present application have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present application is not limited to the specific details of the above-mentioned embodiments. Within the scope of the technical concept of the present application, various simple modifications can be made to the technical solutions of the present application. These simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of this application. For example, each specific technical feature described in the above-mentioned specific embodiments can be combined in any suitable way without conflict. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, this application will no longer describe various possible combinations. Specify otherwise. For another example, any combination of various embodiments of the present application can be carried out. As long as they do not violate the idea of the present application, they should also be regarded as the contents disclosed in the present application.

It should also be understood that in the various method embodiments of the present application, the size of the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its functions and internal logic, and should not be used in this application. The execution of the examples does not constitute any limitations. In addition, in the embodiment of this application, the terms "downlink" and "uplink" are used to indicate the transmission direction of signals or data, where "downlink" is used to indicate that the transmission direction of signals or data is from the site to the user equipment of the cell. The first direction, "uplink" is used to indicate that the transmission direction of the signal or data is the second direction sent from the user equipment of the cell to the site. For example, "downlink signal" indicates that the transmission direction of the signal is the first direction.

The information transmission method provided according to the embodiment of the present application is described in detail from the perspective of the terminal device with reference to Figures 8 to 11. The information transmission method provided according to the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail from the perspective of the network device with reference to Figure 12. .

Figure 12 is a schematic flow chart of the information transmission method 300 provided by the embodiment of the present application. The method 300 may be performed by the network device 110 as shown in FIG. 1 .

As shown in Figure 12, the method 300 may include:

S310: Determine the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; wherein the first reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on backscattering, and the second reporting mode refers to The reporting mode of UCI based on the uplink physical channel;

S320: Receive the first UCI reported by the terminal device based on the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the S310 may include:

Based on the load of the first UCI, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, when the load of the first UCI is less than or equal to the first threshold, the reporting mode of the first UCI is determined in any of the following ways:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

In some embodiments, the method 300 may further include:

Send first information to the terminal device;

Wherein, the first information includes first indication information and/or second indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and/or the third reporting mode. In the second reporting mode, the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to enable or disable the backscattering function.

In some embodiments, the S310 may include:

Based on the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource, determine the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Wherein, the first time domain resource is a time domain resource that can be used when the terminal device reports the first UCI using the first reporting mode, and the second time domain resource is a time domain resource that the terminal device uses when reporting the first UCI. The time domain resources that can be used when reporting the first UCI in the second reporting mode.

In some embodiments, when the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource do not overlap, the first reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI; When domain resources and the second time domain resource partially overlap or completely overlap, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, determining the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource; based on the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference of the second time domain resource position, and determine the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, when the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are different, the reference positions of the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource are The reporting mode corresponding to the first time domain resource is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI; when the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are the same, the following is used: Determine the reporting mode of the first UCI in any of the following ways:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

In some embodiments, the S310 may include:

Based on the first physical channel, determine the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

The first physical channel is a physical channel that can be used by the terminal device when reporting the first UCI in the second reporting mode.

In some embodiments, when there are other physical channels that have resource collisions with the first physical channel, the first reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI; When a physical channel collides with another physical channel, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the S310 may include:

Based on the identifier of the terminal device and/or the cell identifier of the terminal device, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, a first identifier is determined based on the identifier of the terminal device and/or the cell identifier; a modulo operation is performed on the first identifier based on a first value or a first identifier is calculated based on the first identifier. A modulo operation is performed on the numerical value to obtain a second numerical value; based on the second numerical value, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the identification of the terminal equipment or the cell identification of the terminal equipment is determined as the first identification; or a logical operation is performed on the identification of the terminal equipment and the cell identification to obtain the First logo.

In some embodiments, the S310 may include:

Based on the first resource used by the first UCI, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, when the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used to transmit a physical downlink channel, the first reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI; When the starting position resource of a resource is a resource used to transmit a physical uplink channel, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, when the first resource only includes resources for transmitting physical downlink channels, only the first reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI; when the first resource includes When used to transmit resources of a physical uplink channel, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; wherein, the S320 may include:

On the first resource or the uplink resource, receive the first UCI sent by the terminal device based on the first reporting mode;

On the uplink resource, the first UCI sent by the terminal device is received based on the second reporting mode.

In some embodiments, the method 300 may further include:

Send third instruction information to the terminal device;

The third indication information is used to indicate the first resource, or the third indication information is used to indicate that the first resource includes or does not include resources for transmitting physical downlink channels.

In some embodiments, the S310 may include:

The first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined based on the channel priority of the first uplink physical channel used to carry UCI and the priority of the first backscattered signal used to carry UCI. Describe the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the first UCI includes at least one of the following:

It should be understood that the steps in the information transmission method 300 can refer to the corresponding steps in the information transmission method 200, and for the sake of brevity, they will not be described again.

The method embodiment of the present application is described in detail above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12 , and the device embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 13 to 16 .

Figure 13 is a schematic block diagram of the terminal device 400 according to the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in Figure 13, the terminal device 400 may include:

The determining unit 410 is configured to determine the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; wherein the first reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on backscattering, and the third reporting mode The second reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on the uplink physical channel;

The reporting unit 420 is configured to report the first UCI to a network device based on the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

When the load of the first UCI is less than or equal to the first threshold, the reporting mode of the first UCI is determined in any of the following ways:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

Receive the first information sent by the network device;

Based on the first information, determine the reporting mode of the first UCI;

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

When the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource do not overlap, determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource partially overlap or completely overlap, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

Determine the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource;

Based on the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

When the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are different, the time domain resource with a higher reference position among the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource is The corresponding reporting mode is determined to be the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are the same, the reporting mode of the first UCI is determined in any of the following ways:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

When there are other physical channels that have resource collisions with the first physical channel, determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When there is no other physical channel that causes resource collision with the first physical channel, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

Based on the identity of the terminal device and/or the cell identity of the terminal device, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

Determine a first identification based on the identification of the terminal equipment and/or the cell identification;

Perform a modulo operation on the first identifier based on the first value or perform a modulo operation on the first value based on the first identifier to obtain a second value;

Based on the second value, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

Determine the identification of the terminal equipment or the cell identification of the terminal equipment as the first identification; or

Perform a logical operation on the identification of the terminal equipment and the cell identification to obtain the first identification.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

When the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used to transmit a physical downlink channel, determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used to transmit a physical uplink channel, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

When the first resource only includes resources used to transmit physical downlink channels, only the first reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the first resource includes a resource for transmitting a physical uplink channel, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; wherein the reporting unit 420 is specifically configured to:

On the first resource or the uplink resource, send the first UCI to the network device based on the first reporting mode;

On the uplink resource, the first UCI is sent to the network device based on the second reporting mode.

In some embodiments, the reporting unit 420 is also used to:

Receive third indication information sent by the network device;

In some embodiments, the determining unit 410 is specifically used to:

In some embodiments, the first UCI includes at least one of the following:

It should be understood that the device embodiments and the method embodiments may correspond to each other, and similar descriptions may refer to the method embodiments. Specifically, the terminal device 400 shown in FIG. 13 may correspond to the corresponding subject in performing the method 200 of the embodiment of the present application, and the aforementioned and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the terminal device 400 are respectively to implement the implementation of the present application. The corresponding processes in each method provided in the example will not be repeated here for the sake of brevity.

As shown in Figure 14, the network device 500 may include:

The determining unit 510 is configured to determine the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; wherein the first reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on backscattering, and the third reporting mode The second reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on the uplink physical channel;

The receiving unit 520 is configured to receive the first UCI reported by a terminal device based on the reporting mode of the first UCI.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 510 is specifically used to:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

In some embodiments, the receiving unit 520 is also used to:

Send first information to the terminal device;

In some embodiments, the determining unit 510 is specifically used to:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

In some embodiments, the determining unit 510 is specifically used to:

When the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used to transmit a physical downlink channel, the first reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

In some embodiments, the determining unit 510 is specifically used to:

In some embodiments, the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; wherein the receiving unit 520 is specifically configured to:

In some embodiments, the receiving unit 520 is also used to:

Send third instruction information to the terminal device;

In some embodiments, the determining unit 510 is specifically used to:

In some embodiments, the first UCI includes at least one of the following:

It should be understood that the device embodiments and the method embodiments may correspond to each other, and similar descriptions may refer to the method embodiments. Specifically, the network device 500 shown in Figure 14 may correspond to the corresponding subject in performing the method 300 of the embodiment of the present application, and the foregoing and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the network device 500 are respectively to implement the implementation of the present application. The corresponding processes in each method provided in the example will not be repeated here for the sake of brevity.

The communication device according to the embodiment of the present application is described above from the perspective of functional modules in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that this functional module can be implemented in the form of hardware, can also be implemented through instructions in the form of software, or can also be implemented through a combination of hardware and software modules. Specifically, each step of the method embodiments in the embodiments of the present application can be completed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in the processor and/or instructions in the form of software. The steps of the methods disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present application can be directly embodied in hardware. The execution of the decoding processor is completed, or the execution is completed using a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. Optionally, the software module may be located in a mature storage medium in the field such as random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, electrically erasable programmable memory, register, etc. The storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and completes the steps in the above method embodiment in combination with its hardware.

For example, the determining unit 410 or the determining unit 510 mentioned above may be respectively implemented by a processor, and the reporting unit 420 or receiving unit 520 mentioned above may be implemented by a transceiver.

Figure 15 is a schematic structural diagram of the communication device 600 according to the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 15 , the communication device 600 may include a processor 610 .

The processor 610 can call and run the computer program from the memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in Figure 15, communication device 600 may also include memory 620.

The memory 620 can be used to store instruction information, and can also be used to store codes, instructions, etc. executed by the processor 610 . The processor 610 can call and run the computer program from the memory 620 to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application. The memory 620 may be a separate device independent of the processor 610, or may be integrated into the processor 610.

As shown in Figure 15, communication device 600 may also include a transceiver 630.

The processor 610 can control the transceiver 630 to communicate with other devices. Specifically, it can send information or data to other devices, or receive information or data sent by other devices. Transceiver 630 may include a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 630 may further include an antenna, and the number of antennas may be one or more.

It should be understood that various components in the communication device 600 are connected through a bus system, where in addition to the data bus, the bus system also includes a power bus, a control bus and a status signal bus.

It should also be understood that the communication device 600 can be a terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the terminal device in each method of the embodiment of the present application. That is to say, the communication device 600 in the embodiment of the present application The communication device 600 may correspond to the terminal device 400 in the embodiment of the present application, and may correspond to the corresponding subject in executing the method 200 according to the embodiment of the present application. For the sake of brevity, details will not be repeated here. Similarly, the communication device 600 may be a network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 may implement the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in each method of the embodiment of the present application. That is to say, the communication device 600 in the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the network device 600 in the embodiment of the present application, and may correspond to the corresponding subject in executing the method 300 according to the embodiment of the present application. For the sake of brevity, no further explanation will be given here. Repeat.

In addition, the embodiment of the present application also provides a chip.

For example, the chip may be an integrated circuit chip that has signal processing capabilities and can implement or execute the various methods, steps and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of this application. The chip may also be called system-on-a-chip, system-on-a-chip, system-on-a-chip or system-on-chip, etc. Optionally, the chip can be applied to various communication devices, so that the communication device equipped with the chip can execute the various methods, steps and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application.

Figure 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 700 according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 16 , the chip 700 includes a processor 710 .

The processor 710 can call and run the computer program from the memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 16 , the chip 700 may also include a memory 720 .

The processor 710 can call and run the computer program from the memory 720 to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application. The memory 720 can be used to store instruction information, and can also be used to store codes, instructions, etc. executed by the processor 710 . The memory 720 may be a separate device independent of the processor 710 , or may be integrated into the processor 710 .

As shown in FIG. 16 , the chip 700 may also include an input interface 730 .

The processor 710 can control the input interface 730 to communicate with other devices or chips. Specifically, it can obtain information or data sent by other devices or chips.

As shown in FIG. 16 , the chip 700 may also include an output interface 740 .

The processor 710 can control the output interface 740 to communicate with other devices or chips. Specifically, it can output information or data to other devices or chips.

It should be understood that the chip 700 can be applied to the network equipment in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the network equipment in the various methods of the embodiment of the present application, and can also implement the various methods of the embodiment of the present application. The corresponding process implemented by the terminal device will not be repeated here for the sake of simplicity.

It should also be understood that various components in the chip 700 are connected through a bus system, where in addition to the data bus, the bus system also includes a power bus, a control bus and a status signal bus.

The processors mentioned above may include but are not limited to:

General processor, Digital Signal Processor (DSP), Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gates Or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc.

The processor may be used to implement or execute each method, step, and logical block diagram disclosed in the embodiments of this application. The steps of the method disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present application can be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module can be located in random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory or erasable programmable memory, registers and other mature storage media in this field. 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.

The memories mentioned above include but are not limited to:

Volatile memory and/or non-volatile memory. Among them, non-volatile memory can be read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), programmable read-only memory (Programmable ROM, PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), electrically removable memory. Erase programmable read-only memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or flash memory. Volatile memory may be Random Access Memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache. By way of illustration, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (Static RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (Dynamic RAM, DRAM), 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 (synch link DRAM, SLDRAM) and direct memory bus random access memory (Direct Rambus RAM, DR RAM).

It should be noted that the memory described herein is intended to include these and any other suitable types of memory.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer-readable storage medium for storing computer programs. The computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs, and the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed by a portable electronic device including a plurality of application programs, enable the portable electronic device to execute the information provided by this application. Transmission method. Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium can be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program causes the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in the various methods of the embodiment of the present application. For the sake of simplicity, here No longer. Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium can be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program causes the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in the various methods of the embodiment of the present application. , for the sake of brevity, will not be repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product, including a computer program. Optionally, the computer program product can be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program causes the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in the various methods of the embodiment of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here. Repeat. Optionally, the computer program product can be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program causes the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method of the embodiment of the present application, in order to It’s concise and I won’t go into details here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program. When the computer program is executed by the computer, the computer can execute the information transmission method provided by this application. Optionally, the computer program can be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application. When the computer program is run on the computer, it causes the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in each method of the embodiment of the present application. For the sake of simplicity , which will not be described in detail here. Optionally, the computer program can be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiments of the present application. When the computer program is run on the computer, it causes the computer to execute the various methods implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiments of the present application. The corresponding process, for the sake of brevity, will not be repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a communication system. The communication system may include the above-mentioned terminal equipment and network equipment to form a communication system 100 as shown in FIG. 1 . For the sake of brevity, details will not be described again here. It should be noted that the terms "system" in this article can also be called "network management architecture" or "network system".

It should also be understood that the terminology used in the embodiments of the present application and the appended claims is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. For example, as used in the embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "the," "above," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. meaning.

Those skilled in the art can appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented with electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementations should not be considered beyond the scope of the embodiments of the present application. If 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 solutions of the embodiments of the present application are 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 to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the method described in the embodiments of this application. The aforementioned storage media include: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory, random access memory, magnetic disk or optical disk and other various media that can store program codes.

Those skilled in the art may also realize that for the convenience and simplicity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can be referred to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be described again here. In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the division of units, modules or components in the device embodiments described above is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other divisions. For example, multiple units, modules or components may be combined or integrated. to another system, or some units or modules or components can be ignored, or not executed. For another example, the units/modules/components described above as separate/displayed components may or may not be physically separate, that is, they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units/modules/components can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the embodiments of the present application. Finally, it should be noted that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed above may be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, and may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms. .

The above contents are only specific implementation modes of the embodiments of the present application, but the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application is not limited thereto. Any person familiar with the technical field can easily imagine that within the technical scope disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, Any changes or substitutions shall be within the protection scope of the embodiments of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

An information transmission method, characterized in that the method is suitable for terminal equipment, and the method includes:

Based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode, the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI is determined; wherein the first reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on backscattering, and the second reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on backscattering. The physical channel reports UCI reporting mode;

Based on the reporting mode of the first UCI, report the first UCI to a network device.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the duration of the basic time unit used in the first reporting mode is greater than the duration of the basic time unit used in the second reporting mode.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Based on the load of the first UCI, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the load of the first UCI. ,include:

When the load of the first UCI is less than or equal to the first threshold, the reporting mode of the first UCI is determined in any of the following ways:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Select the reporting mode of the first UCI from the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode;

When the load of the first UCI is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Receive the first information sent by the network device;

Based on the first information, determine the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Wherein, the first information includes first indication information and/or second indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and/or the third reporting mode. In the second reporting mode, the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to enable or disable the backscattering function.
The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, when the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to enable the backscattering function, the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting Mode; when the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to disable the backscattering function, the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the second reporting mode.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Based on the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource, determine the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Wherein, the first time domain resource is a time domain resource that can be used when the terminal device reports the first UCI using the first reporting mode, and the second time domain resource is a time domain resource that the terminal device uses when reporting the first UCI. The time domain resources that can be used when reporting the first UCI in the second reporting mode.
The method according to claim 7, characterized in that the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the first reporting mode based on the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource. UCI reporting modes include:

When the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource do not overlap, determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource partially overlap or completely overlap, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 7, characterized in that the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the first reporting mode based on the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource. UCI reporting modes include:

Determine the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource;

Based on the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 9, characterized in that, based on the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource, the first reporting mode and/or the The second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI, including:

When the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are different, the time domain resource with a higher reference position among the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource is The corresponding reporting mode is determined to be the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are the same, the reporting mode of the first UCI is determined in any of the following ways:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode as the reporting modes of the first UCI;

The reporting mode of the first UCI is selected from the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode.
The method according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that when the reference position of the first time domain resource includes the starting position of the first time domain resource, the reference position of the second time domain resource includes The starting position of the second time domain resource; and/or, when the reference position of the first time domain resource includes the end position of the first time domain resource, the reference position of the second time domain resource includes The end position of the second time domain resource.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Based on the first physical channel, determine the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

The first physical channel is a physical channel that can be used by the terminal device when reporting the first UCI in the second reporting mode.
The method of claim 12, wherein determining the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the first physical channel includes:

When there are other physical channels that have resource collisions with the first physical channel, determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When there is no other physical channel that causes resource collision with the first physical channel, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Based on the identifier of the terminal device and/or the cell identifier of the terminal device, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 14, characterized in that, based on the identification of the terminal equipment and/or the cell identification of the terminal equipment, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are: The reporting mode determined to be the first UCI includes:

Determine a first identification based on the identification of the terminal equipment and/or the cell identification;

Perform a modulo operation on the first identifier based on the first value or perform a modulo operation on the first value based on the first identifier to obtain a second value;

Based on the second value, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that determining the first identity based on the identity of the terminal device and/or the cell identity includes:

Determine the identification of the terminal equipment or the cell identification of the terminal equipment as the first identification; or

Perform a logical operation on the identification of the terminal equipment and the cell identification to obtain the first identification.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Based on the first resource used by the first UCI, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method of claim 17, wherein the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the first UCI based on the first resource used by the first UCI. reporting modes, including:

When the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used to transmit a physical downlink channel, determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used to transmit a physical uplink channel, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method of claim 17, wherein the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the first UCI based on the first resource used by the first UCI. reporting modes, including:

When the first resource only includes resources used to transmit physical downlink channels, only the first reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the first resource includes a resource for transmitting a physical uplink channel, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode;

Wherein, the reporting mode based on the first UCI, reporting the first UCI to the network device includes:

On the first resource or the uplink resource, send the first UCI to the network device based on the first reporting mode;

On the uplink resource, the first UCI is sent to the network device based on the second reporting mode.
The method according to any one of claims 17 to 20, characterized in that the method further includes:

Receive third indication information sent by the network device;

The third indication information is used to indicate the first resource, or the third indication information is used to indicate that the first resource includes or does not include resources for transmitting physical downlink channels.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 21, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

The first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined based on the channel priority of the first uplink physical channel used to carry UCI and the priority of the first backscattered signal used to carry UCI. Describe the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, the priority of the first uplink physical channel is higher than or equal to the priority of the first backscatter signal; and/or, the first uplink physical channel The priority of is lower than the priority of the first backscattered signal.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 23, wherein the first UCI includes at least one of the following:

Hybrid automatic repeat request confirmation HARQ-ACK information, HARQ non-acknowledgment NACK information, scheduling request SR, link recovery request LRR, channel state information CSI, radio resource control RRC reconfiguration signaling.
An information transmission method, characterized in that the method is suitable for network equipment, and the method includes:

Based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode, the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI is determined; wherein the first reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on backscattering, and the second reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on backscattering. The physical channel reports UCI reporting mode;

Based on the reporting mode of the first UCI, receive the first UCI reported by a terminal device.
The method according to claim 25, characterized in that the duration of the basic time unit used in the first reporting mode is greater than the duration of the basic time unit used in the second reporting mode.
The method according to claim 25 or 26, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Based on the load of the first UCI, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 27, characterized in that, based on the load of the first UCI, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI. ,include:

When the load of the first UCI is less than or equal to the first threshold, the reporting mode of the first UCI is determined in any of the following ways:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Select the reporting mode of the first UCI from the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode;

When the load of the first UCI is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to any one of claims 25 to 28, characterized in that the method further includes:

Send first information to the terminal device;

Wherein, the first information includes first indication information and/or second indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and/or the third reporting mode. In the second reporting mode, the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to enable or disable the backscattering function.
The method according to claim 29, characterized in that when the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to enable the backscattering function, the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting Mode; when the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to disable the backscattering function, the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the second reporting mode.
The method according to any one of claims 25 to 30, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Based on the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource, determine the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Wherein, the first time domain resource is a time domain resource that can be used when the terminal device reports the first UCI using the first reporting mode, and the second time domain resource is a time domain resource that the terminal device uses when reporting the first UCI. The time domain resources that can be used when reporting the first UCI in the second reporting mode.
The method according to claim 31, characterized in that the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the first reporting mode based on the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource. UCI reporting modes include:

When the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource do not overlap, determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource partially overlap or completely overlap, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 31, characterized in that the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the first reporting mode based on the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource. UCI reporting modes include:

Determine the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource;

Based on the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 33, characterized in that, based on the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource, the first reporting mode and/or the The second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI, including:

When the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are different, the time domain resource with a higher reference position among the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource is The corresponding reporting mode is determined to be the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the reference position of the first time domain resource and the reference position of the second time domain resource are the same, the reporting mode of the first UCI is determined in any of the following ways:

Determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

Determine the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode as the reporting modes of the first UCI;

The reporting mode of the first UCI is selected from the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode.
The method according to claim 33 or 34, characterized in that when the reference position of the first time domain resource includes the starting position of the first time domain resource, the reference position of the second time domain resource includes The starting position of the second time domain resource; and/or, when the reference position of the first time domain resource includes the end position of the first time domain resource, the reference position of the second time domain resource includes The end position of the second time domain resource.
The method according to any one of claims 25 to 35, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Based on the first physical channel, determine the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

The first physical channel is a physical channel that can be used by the terminal device when reporting the first UCI in the second reporting mode.
The method of claim 36, wherein determining the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI based on the first physical channel includes:

When there are other physical channels that have resource collisions with the first physical channel, determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When there is no other physical channel that causes resource collision with the first physical channel, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to any one of claims 25 to 37, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Based on the identifier of the terminal device and/or the cell identifier of the terminal device, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 38, characterized in that, based on the identification of the terminal equipment and/or the cell identification of the terminal equipment, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are: The reporting mode determined to be the first UCI includes:

Determine a first identification based on the identification of the terminal equipment and/or the cell identification;

Perform a modulo operation on the first identifier based on the first value or perform a modulo operation on the first value based on the first identifier to obtain a second value;

Based on the second value, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 38 or 39, characterized in that determining the first identity based on the identity of the terminal device and/or the cell identity includes:

Determine the identification of the terminal equipment or the cell identification of the terminal equipment as the first identification; or

Perform a logical operation on the identification of the terminal equipment and the cell identification to obtain the first identification.
The method according to any one of claims 25 to 40, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

Based on the first resource used by the first UCI, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 41, characterized in that, based on the first resource used by the first UCI, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode is determined as the first UCI. reporting modes, including:

When the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used to transmit a physical downlink channel, determine the first reporting mode as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the starting position resource of the first resource is a resource used to transmit a physical uplink channel, the second reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 41, characterized in that, based on the first resource used by the first UCI, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode is determined as the first UCI. reporting modes, including:

When the first resource only includes resources used to transmit physical downlink channels, only the first reporting mode is determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI;

When the first resource includes a resource for transmitting a physical uplink channel, the first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined as the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 43, characterized in that the reporting mode of the first UCI includes the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode;

Wherein, the reporting mode based on the first UCI and receiving the first UCI reported by the terminal device includes:

On the first resource or the uplink resource, receive the first UCI sent by the terminal device based on the first reporting mode;

On the uplink resource, the first UCI sent by the terminal device is received based on the second reporting mode.
The method according to any one of claims 41 to 44, characterized in that the method further includes:

Send third instruction information to the terminal device;

The third indication information is used to indicate the first resource, or the third indication information is used to indicate that the first resource includes or does not include resources for transmitting physical downlink channels.
The method according to any one of claims 25 to 45, wherein determining the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode includes:

The first reporting mode and/or the second reporting mode are determined based on the channel priority of the first uplink physical channel used to carry UCI and the priority of the first backscattered signal used to carry UCI. Describe the reporting mode of the first UCI.
The method according to claim 46, characterized in that, the priority of the first uplink physical channel is higher than or equal to the priority of the first backscatter signal; and/or, the first uplink physical channel The priority of is lower than the priority of the first backscattered signal.
The method according to any one of claims 25 to 47, wherein the first UCI includes at least one of the following:

Hybrid automatic repeat request confirmation HARQ-ACK information, HARQ non-acknowledgment NACK information, scheduling request SR, link recovery request LRR, channel state information CSI, radio resource control RRC reconfiguration signaling.
A terminal device, characterized by including:

A determining unit configured to determine the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; wherein the first reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on backscattering, and the second reporting mode The reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on the uplink physical channel;

A reporting unit is configured to report the first UCI to a network device based on the reporting mode of the first UCI.
A network device, characterized by including:

A determining unit configured to determine the reporting mode of the first uplink control information UCI based on the first reporting mode and the second reporting mode; wherein the first reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on backscattering, and the second reporting mode The reporting mode refers to the reporting mode of reporting UCI based on the uplink physical channel;

A receiving unit, configured to receive the first UCI reported by a terminal device based on the reporting mode of the first UCI.
A terminal device, characterized by including:

A processor and a memory, the memory is used to store a computer program, the processor is used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 24.
A network device, characterized by including:

A processor and a memory, the memory is used to store a computer program, the processor is used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method according to any one of claims 25 to 48.
A chip is characterized by including:

A processor, configured to call and run a computer program from the memory, so that the device equipped with the chip executes the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 24 or as described in any one of claims 25 to 48 Methods.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that it is used to store a computer program, the computer program causing the computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 24 or any one of claims 25 to 48 the method described.
A computer program product, characterized by comprising computer program instructions, the computer program instructions causing the computer to perform the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 24 or as described in any one of claims 25 to 48 Methods.
A computer program, characterized in that the computer program causes the computer to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 24 or the method according to any one of claims 25 to 48.