User equipment, electronic device, wireless communication method, and storage medium

Abstract

The present invention relates to a user equipment, an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a storage medium. The user equipment according to the present invention comprises a processing circuit configured to: select G transmit beam groups from K transmit beams of a network side device; and sending information about the selected G transmit beam groups to the network side device, wherein each of the G transmit beam groups comprises N transmit beams, the user equipment is capable of simultaneously receiving downlink information that the network side device sends by using the N transmit beams, and K, N, G are all integers greater than 1. The use of the user equipment, the electronic device, the wireless communication method, and the storage medium according to the present invention can improve beam selection process in a system that uses a beamforming technique.

1 . A user equipment, comprising processing circuitry configured to:
 select G groups of transmit beams from K transmit beams of a network side device; and   transmit information about the selected G groups of transmit beams to the network side device,   wherein each of the G groups of transmit beams comprises N transmit beams, and the user equipment is capable of simultaneously receiving downlink information transmitted by the network side device using the N transmit beams, and   wherein each of K, N and G is an integer greater than 1.   
     
     
         2 . The user equipment according to  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 select the G groups of transmit beams according to C sets of transmit beams of the network side device so that each group of transmit beams comprises N transmit beams which are respectively from N sets of transmit beams,   wherein C is an integer greater than or equal to N.   
     
     
         3 . The user equipment according to  claim 2 , wherein each of the C sets of transmit beams comprises all transmit beams emitted by one or more antenna panels of the network side device. 
     
     
         4 . The user equipment according to  claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 select the G groups of transmit beams according to channel quality between the K transmit beams of the network side device and the user equipment.   
     
     
         5 . The user equipment according to  claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 determine, according to a mean value of channel quality between each transmit beam and the user equipment within a predetermined period of time, channel quality between the transmit beam and the user equipment.   
     
     
         6 . The user equipment according to  claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 determine all groups of transmit beams according to the C sets of transmit beams of the network side device;   determine average channel quality of each group of transmit beams according to channel quality between the N transmit beams comprised in each group of transmit beams and the user equipment; and   select the G groups of transmit beams according to the average channel quality of each group of transmit beams.   
     
     
         7 . The user equipment according to  claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 make the information about the selected G groups of transmit beams comprise: identification information of the N transmit beams comprised in each of the G groups of transmit beams.   
     
     
         8 . The user equipment according to  claim 7 , wherein identification information of each transmit beam comprises: identification information of a set of transmit beams where the transmit beam lies, and identification information of the transmit beam in the set of transmit beams. 
     
     
         9 . The user equipment according to  claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 make the information about the selected G groups of transmit beams further comprise: channel quality information of all or part of the G groups of transmit beams.   
     
     
         10 . The user equipment according to  claim 9 , wherein channel quality information of a group of transmit beams comprises: channel quality of each of the N transmit beams comprised in the group of transmit beams; or average channel quality of the group of transmit beams. 
     
     
         11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 . The user equipment according to  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 carry the information about the selected G groups of transmit beams by using one Channel State Information CSI report.   
     
     
         13 . The user equipment according to  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 receive control information from the network side device; and   determine, according to the control information, a group of transmit beams for transmitting downlink information selected by the network side device.   
     
     
         14 .- 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . An electronic device, comprising processing circuitry configured to:
 receive information about G groups of transmit beams from a user equipment; and   select a group of transmit beams for transmitting downlink information from the G groups of transmit beams,   wherein each of the G groups of transmit beams comprises N transmit beams, and the user equipment is capable of simultaneously receiving downlink information transmitted by the electronic device using the N transmit beams, and   wherein each of N and G is an integer greater than 1.   
     
     
         17 . The electronic device according to  claim 16 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 determine, according to the information about the G groups of transmit beams, identification information of the N transmit beams comprised in each of the G groups of transmit beams.   
     
     
         18 . The electronic device according to  claim 17 , wherein identification information of each transmit beam comprises: identification information of a set of transmit beams where the transmit beam lies, and identification information of the transmit beam in the set of transmit beams. 
     
     
         19 . The electronic device according to  claim 17 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 determine, according to the information about the G groups of transmit beams, channel quality information of all or part of the G groups of transmit beams.   
     
     
         20 . The electronic device according to  claim 19 , wherein channel quality information of a group of transmit beams comprises: channel quality of each of the N transmit beams comprised in the group of transmit beams; or average channel quality of the group of transmit beams. 
     
     
         21 . The electronic device according to  claim 16 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 transmit control information to the user equipment, wherein the control information comprises information about a selected group of transmit beams for transmitting downlink information.   
     
     
         22 .- 23 . (canceled) 
     
     
         24 . The electronic device according to  claim 16 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 receive one Channel State Information CSI report from the user equipment to acquire the information about the G groups of transmit beams.   
     
     
         25 . A wireless communication method performed by a user equipment, comprising:
 selecting G groups of transmit beams from K transmit beams of a network side device; and   transmitting information about the selected G groups of transmit beams to the network side device,   wherein each of the G groups of transmit beams comprises N transmit beams, and the user equipment is capable of simultaneously receiving downlink information transmitted by the network side device using the N transmit beams, and   wherein each of K, N and G is an integer greater than 1.   
     
     
         26 .- 49 . (canceled)