Network device, user equipment, wireless communication method and storage medium

Abstract

The present invention relates to a network device, a user equipment, a wireless communication method and a storage medium. The network device comprises a processing circuit, configured to: provide to the user equipment a transmitted beam for sending an uplink signal from a plurality of transmitted beams on a plurality of antenna boards of the user equipment, and generate configuration information which indicates the transmitted beam for sending the uplink signal. By means of the network device, the user equipment, the wireless communication method and the storage medium, the network device can inform the user equipment of the selected uplink transmitted beam in the case that the user equipment is provided with a plurality of antenna boards, so as to optimize the process of determining the uplink transmitted beam.

1 . A network side equipment, comprising processing circuitry configured to:
 configure, from among a plurality of transmit beams on a plurality of antenna panels of a user equipment, a transmit beam for sending an uplink signal for the user equipment; and   generate configuration information indicating the transmit beam for sending the uplink signal.   
     
     
         2 . The network side equipment according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of antenna panels of the user equipment are in one-to-one correspondence to a plurality of SRS resource sets, and wherein one or more transmit beams on each of the plurality of antenna panels are in one-to-one correspondence to SRS resources in an SRS resource set. 
     
     
         3 . The network side equipment according to  claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 generate configuration information such that the configuration information comprises SRS resource set indication information and SRS resource indication information.   
     
     
         4 . The network side equipment according to  claim 3 , wherein the SRS resource set indication information indicates an SRS resource set where the transmit beam for sending the uplink signals lies, and the SRS resource indication information indicates a resource which is occupied by the transmit beam for sending uplink signal in the SRS resource set. 
     
     
         5 . The network side equipment according to  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 generate configuration information such that the configuration information comprises an RRC parameter, to instruct the user equipment to send the uplink signal using a transmit beam corresponding to the RRC parameter.   
     
     
         6 . The network side equipment according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the transmit beam corresponding to the RRC parameter represents a transmit beam used by an uplink signal corresponding to the RRC parameter.   
     
     
         7 . The network side equipment according to  claim 6 , wherein the uplink signal corresponding to the RRC parameter comprises at least one of:
 an uplink data signal corresponding to the RRC parameter, an uplink control signal corresponding to the RRC parameter, and an uplink reference signal corresponding to the RRC parameter.   
     
     
         8 . The network side equipment according to  claim 1 , wherein the uplink signal comprises a non-data signal, the uplink non-data signal comprises an uplink reference signal and an uplink control signal, and
 wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: send the configuration information to the user equipment through high layer signaling.   
     
     
         9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . The network side equipment according to  claim 1 , wherein the uplink signal comprises a data signal, and
 wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: send the configuration information to the user equipment through low layer signaling.   
     
     
         11 . The network side equipment according to  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:
 identify the plurality of transmit beams on the plurality of antenna panels of the user equipment based on a beam scanning process of the user equipment.   
     
     
         12 . (canceled) 
     
     
         13 . A user equipment, comprising processing circuitry configured to:
 receive configuration information indicating a transmit beam for sending an uplink signal; and   determine, based on the configuration information and from among a plurality of transmit beams on a plurality of antenna panels of a user equipment, the transmit beam for sending the uplink signal.   
     
     
         14 . The user equipment according to  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of antenna panels of the user equipment are in one-to-one correspondence to a plurality of SRS resource sets, and wherein one or more transmit beams on each of the plurality of antenna panels are in one-to-one correspondence to SRS resources in an SRS resource set, and
 wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:   determine SRS resource set indication information and SRS resource indication information based on the configuration information.   
     
     
         15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . The user equipment according to  claim 15 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:
 determine, based on the SRS resource set indication information, a SRS resource set where the transmit beam for sending the uplink signal lies; and determine, based on the SRS resource indication information, the transmit beam for sending the uplink signal from the SRS resource set.   
     
     
         17 . The user equipment according to  claim 13 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:
 determine, based on an RRC parameter in the configuration information, a transmit beam corresponding to the RRC parameter as the transmit beam for sending the uplink signal.   
     
     
         18 . The user equipment according to  claim 17 , wherein
 the transmit beam corresponding to the RRC parameter represents a transmit beam used by an uplink signal corresponding to the RRC parameter.   
     
     
         19 . The user equipment according to  claim 18 , wherein the uplink signal corresponding to the RRC parameter comprises at least one of:
 an uplink data signal corresponding to the RRC parameter, an uplink control signal corresponding to the RRC parameter, and an uplink reference signal corresponding to the RRC parameter.   
     
     
         20 . The user equipment according to  claim 13 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:
 receive the configuration information through higher layer signaling; and   determine, based on the configuration information, a transmit beam for sending an uplink non-data signal, and   wherein the uplink non-data signal comprises an uplink reference signal and an uplink control signal.   
     
     
         21 . (canceled) 
     
     
         22 . The user equipment according to  claim 13 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:
 receive the configuration information through low layer signaling; and   determine, based on the configuration information, a transmit beam for sending an uplink data signal.   
     
     
         23 . The user equipment according to  claim 13 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:
 perform an uplink beam scanning process for the network side equipment to identify the plurality of transmit beams on the plurality of antenna panels of the user equipment.   
     
     
         24 . (canceled) 
     
     
         25 . A wireless communication method performed by a network side equipment, comprising:
 configuring, from among a plurality of transmit beams on a plurality of antenna panels of a user equipment, a transmit beam for sending an uplink signal for the user equipment; and   generating configuration information indicating the transmit beam for sending the uplink signal.   
     
     
         26 .- 49 . (canceled)