Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Xiaona Wang

Peng Guan

Xiaoyong Tang

Jiehua Xiao

Jingjing Cheng

Xi Zhang

Huang Huang

Yi Wang

Jing Qiu

Hao Tang

Bo Fan

Kin Nang Lau

A secondary cell activation method and an apparatus, the method including sending, by a terminal device, first indication information to a network device, where the first indication information indicates receive beam direction information of the terminal device, and where the receive beam direction information is associated with a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource for activating a secondary cell of the terminal device, receiving, by the terminal device, configuration information from the network device, where the configuration information configures the CSI-RS resource, and sending, by the terminal device, a first channel state information (CSI) report to the network device, where the first CSI report is obtained based on the CSI-RS resource, and where the first CSI report is used to activate the secondary cell.

Secondary cell activation method and apparatus

This application provides a measurement reporting method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving pilot measurement configuration information of a plurality of carriers, where the pilot measurement configuration information indicates a pilot association relationship of the plurality of carriers, and the pilot association relationship indicates that pilots of the plurality of carriers correspond to a same spatial domain transmit filter; performing measurement based on the pilot measurement configuration information, to obtain measurement report results of the plurality of carriers; and sending the measurement report results. The pilot association relationship of the plurality of carriers is configured for a terminal device, so that the terminal device may report, for the plurality of carriers, measurement results of the pilots corresponding to one or more same spatial domain transmit filters.

Measurement reporting method and apparatus

In a second cell activation method, a terminal device receives activation signaling of a secondary cell sent by a network device, where the activation signaling includes at least one piece of first quasi co-location indication information; the terminal device activates the secondary cell based on the activation signaling. The technical solution provided in this application can reduce an activation delay of a secondary cell.

Secondary cell activation method and communication apparatus

A method and an apparatus for determining a status of an antenna panel. A terminal receives configuration information including at least one downlink signal resource set. When determining that a first antenna panel corresponding to a first downlink signal resource set is turned on, the terminal measures quality of a resource in the first downlink signal resource set by using the first antenna panel, and sends first feedback information. The first feedback information may indicate the quality of the resource in the first downlink signal resource set. When the first antenna panel is turned off, the terminal skips measuring the quality of the resource in the first downlink signal resource set, and sends second feedback information. The second feedback information is used to indicate that the first antenna panel is turned off.

Method and apparatus for determining status of antenna panel

This application discloses a secondary cell activation method and an apparatus, and relates to the communication field, so that a terminal device can report a channel state information measurement result in a secondary cell activation phase to a network device. The secondary cell activation method includes: A terminal device receives first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an uplink resource for reporting a channel state information measurement result in a secondary cell activation phase; and the terminal device sends the channel state information measurement result to a network device based on the first indication information.

This application discloses a multi-codeword transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: generating, by a network device, downlink control information corresponding to each of a plurality of code words to be sent to a terminal device, where the downlink control information corresponding to each code word includes at least one of the following: a physical downlink shared channel resource element mapping and quasi-co-location indicator, and an antenna port(s), scrambling identity and number of layers; and sending, by the network device, downlink control information corresponding to the plurality of code words to the terminal device. Corresponding apparatuses are further disclosed. According to the technical solutions of this application, the network device generates the downlink control information corresponding to each of the plurality of code words to be sent to the terminal device, and the terminal device may demodulate data for the plurality of code words based on downlink control information corresponding to the plurality of code words. This ensures that the terminal device correctly demodulates data in a multi-codeword transmission scenario.

Multi-codeword transmission method and apparatus

Embodiments of the application disclose a reference signal management method, an apparatus, and a system, to resolve a problem of relatively large system overheads in an existing high frequency beam management process. A terminal device receives first information sent by a network device. The first information is used to indicate a first reference signal group that is on a first carrier, there is a correspondence between the first reference signal group that is on the first carrier and a first reference signal that is on a second carrier, and the first reference signal group that is on the first carrier includes at least two reference signals. The terminal device receives the first reference signal group that is on the first carrier and that is sent by the network device.

Reference signal management method, apparatus, and system

Embodiments of this application disclose beam training methods, apparatuses, and systems. One method includes: receiving, from a network device, interference-related information; receiving, from the network device, a downlink signal sent through two or more beams, wherein the two or more beams comprise an interfering beam that causes interference to a terminal device; and transmitting, to the network device, information related to a beam selected from the two or more beams, wherein the beam is selected by the terminal device based on the interference-related information and a measurement result obtained from measuring the downlink signal.

Beam training method, apparatus, and system

This application discloses an information sending method. The method includes: generating, by a network device, control information, where the control information includes first indication information, second indication information, and third indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate a plurality of channel state information-reference signal CSI-RS resources, the second indication information is used to indicate at least one piece of the following information: beam index information of the plurality of CSI-RS resources that is sent by the network device, beam index information of the plurality of CSI-RS resources that is received by a terminal device, or beam pair information corresponding to the network device and the terminal, and the third indication information is used to indicate a measurement method of the plurality of CSI-RS resources; and sending, by the network device, the control information to the terminal device.

Information indication method, network device, and terminal device

The present invention relates to a measurement reporting method, and a communications apparatus. In the method, measurement reporting parameters reported to a base station satisfies reporting rules including: (a) a reporting setting with a smaller identifier has priority over a reporting setting with a larger identifier; (b) a serving cell with a smaller identifier has priority over a serving cell with a larger identifier; (c) a reporting type involving a beam index indication has priority over a reporting type involving an RI; and (d) aperiodic measurement reporting has priority over semi-persistent measurement reporting, or semi-persistent measurement reporting has priority over periodic measurement reporting. According to the method, performance of a wireless communications system is improved.

Example information configuration methods, apparatus, and systems are described. One example method includes generating first configuration information by a network device. The first configuration information includes at least one of the following information: receive beam indication information of a terminal device, reference signal sending and channel state information feedback period indication information, reference signal function indication information, or beam sweeping method indication information. The network device sends the first configuration information to the terminal device by using layer one or layer two signaling. The embodiments of the present invention provide a measurement information configuration solution when a narrow beam technology is used in a high-frequency band.

Information configuration method, apparatus, and system

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method used for wireless communication and an apparatus. The method includes: configuring measurement parameters of channel state information for a terminal device, where the measurement parameters include a channel state information-reference signal configuration and a quasi-co-location indication, the channel state information-reference signal configuration includes configurations of at least two groups of antenna ports, and the quasi-co-location indication is used to indicate whether the at least two groups of antenna ports have a quasi-co-location relationship; and sending the measurement parameters to the terminal device.

Method and apparatus for coordinated multipoint (CoMP) communication using quasi-co-location

A communication beam determining method and a corresponding apparatus are disclosed. The method includes respectively sending, by a network side device, downlink sounding signals by using M beams with a first width, where main lobe directions of any two of the M beams are different; receiving, by the network side device, sounding results returned by user equipment (UE), and determining N beams with a second width based on the sounding results, where the second width is less than the first width, a coverage area of a set of the N beams is smaller than a coverage area of a set of the M beams, and M and N are integers and not less than 2; and respectively sending, by the network side device, downlink scanning signals by using the N beams, and determining, based on scanning results returned by the UE, a first beam for data transmission with the UE.

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