Beam management method, terminal, network device, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11539422-B2
Application number	US-202016991364-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2020
Priority date	Feb 13, 2018
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a beam management method, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium. The method includes: when a quantity of reference signals whose RSSIs are greater than a first preset value in reference signals received on a first time-frequency resource on one of one or more beams is less than a second preset value, detecting, by the terminal, a reference signal and/or downlink indication information (used to indicate a sending status of the reference signal on the first time-frequency resource and/or a second time-frequency resource on the beam) from the network device on the second time-frequency resource on the beam. Further, when receiving the downlink indication information on the second time-frequency resource on the beam, the terminal continues to detect a reference signal from the network device on the beam, thereby saving communications system resources.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A beam management method, comprising:
detecting a reference signal from a network device on a first time-frequency resource on one or more beams;
detecting at least the reference signal or downlink indication information from the network device on a second time-frequency resource on a beam of the one or more beams in response to a quantity of reference signals, whose received signal strength indicators (RSSIs) are greater than a first preset value in reference signals received on the first time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams, being less than a second preset value, wherein the downlink indication information indicates a sending status of the reference signal on the first time-frequency resource or the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams; and
continuing to detect the reference signal from the network device on the beam of the one or more beams in response to the downlink indication information being received on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting at least the reference signal or the downlink indication information from the network device on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams comprises:
detecting the reference signal or the downlink indication information on a part of the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams, wherein
the reference signal detected on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams is a part of the reference signals detected on the first time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink indication information comprises at least one of:
an identifier of at least one reference signal that has been sent on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams;
an identifier of at least one reference signal that failed to be sent on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams;
a transmission resource useable to resend the at least one reference signal that failed to be sent on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams;
an identifier of at least one reference signal that has been sent on the first time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams; or
an identifier of at least one reference signal that failed to be sent on the first time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in response to the downlink indication information comprises the transmission resource useable to resend the at least one reference signal that failed to be sent on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams, the method further comprises:
receiving the at least one reference signal on the transmission resource of the at least one reference signal based on the downlink indication information.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink indication information comprises:
an identifier of at least one reference signal that failed to be sent on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams and that corresponds to a latest preset sending time.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink indication information is carried in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
performing beam recovery in response to the quantity of reference signals, whose RSSIs are greater than the first preset value in reference signals received on the first time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams, being less than the second preset value, and the downlink indication information fails to be received on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams.

8. A beam management method, comprising:
performing, by a network device, idle channel listening on a second time-frequency resource on one or more beams; and
sending, by the network device, a reference signal and downlink indication information to a terminal on the second time-frequency resource on a beam of the one or more beams in response to the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams being idle, wherein the downlink indication information indicates a sending status of the reference signal on a first time-frequency resource or the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams, and the first time-frequency resource is before the second time-frequency resource in a time domain.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the sending at least the reference signal and the downlink indication information to the terminal on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams comprises:
sending at least the reference signal and the downlink indication information to the terminal on a part of the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams, wherein
the reference signal sent to the terminal on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams is a part of reference signals sent to the terminal on the first time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the downlink indication information comprises at least one of:
an identifier of at least one reference signal that has been sent on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams;
an identifier of at least one reference signal that failed to be sent on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams;
a transmission resource useable to resend the at least one reference signal that failed to be sent on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams;
an identifier of at least one reference signal that has been sent on the first time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams; or
an identifier of at least one reference signal that failed to be sent on the first time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the downlink indication information comprises:
an identifier of at least one reference signal that failed to be sent on the second time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams and that corresponds to a latest preset sending time.

12. The method according to any one of claim 8 , wherein the downlink indication information is carried in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

13. A terminal, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein
the memory has a storage medium configured to store non-transitory instructions; and a processor connected to the memory, the processor configured to execute the non-transitory instructions, causing the terminal to:
detect a reference signal from a network device on a first time-frequency resource on one or more beams;
detect at least the reference signal or downlink indication information from the network device on a second time-frequency resource on a beam of the one or more beams in response to a quantity of reference signals, whose received signal strength indicators (RSSIs) are greater than a first preset value in reference signals received on the first time-frequency resource on the beam of the one or more beams, being less than a second preset value, wherein the downlink indication information indicates a sending status of the reference signal on the first time-frequen

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Ji
• Zhu Jun
• Jia Qiong

Classifications

• H04W16/28 Primary

  using beam steering · CPC title

• H04L5/0048 Primary

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04L5/0051

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04L5/0094

  Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated · CPC title

• H04L5/0053

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title