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CN109391310B
CN109391310B CN201710669688.6A CN201710669688A CN109391310B CN 109391310 B CN109391310 B CN 109391310B CN 201710669688 A CN201710669688 A CN 201710669688A CN 109391310 B CN109391310 B CN 109391310B
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The invention provides a beam configuration method and a beam configuration device, wherein the beam configuration method comprises the following steps: when detecting that the terminal equipment needs to switch the beamforming vector, sequentially configuring measurement resources of any beamforming vector to be switched according to a preset priority relationship; and when detecting that the reference signal corresponding to any beamforming vector to be switched meets a preset switching condition, switching the initial beamforming vector to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal. According to the technical scheme, the time delay of switching to the target beamforming vector is reduced, the communication quality and reliability are improved, and the use experience of a user is improved.

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Beam configuration method and beam configuration device
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a beam configuration method and a beam configuration apparatus.
Background
The 5G NR (fast Generation New Radio, Fifth Generation New wireless communication) technology employs a large-scale antenna array, specifically employs a beamforming (beam forming) technology to cover a communication cell, specifically, the beamforming technology makes signals effectively superimposed by conditioning phases of antennas, that is, stronger signal gain is used to overcome path loss.
In the related art, the essence of the beamforming technology is to control the focusing of a wireless carrier signal, that is, to form a directional beam (beam), which is also called a beamforming vector, but if a terminal device deviates from an area covered by the beamforming vector, the quality of a wireless communication connection of the terminal device drops suddenly, so that when the quality of the wireless communication connection is poor due to a change in the location of the terminal device, the base station needs to switch the beamforming vector, specifically, since the terminal device cannot predict the beamforming vector after switching, the terminal device needs to perform exhaustive scanning to determine the beamforming vector after switching, which includes at least the following technical defects:
(1) the exhaustive scanning mode causes higher communication delay, and seriously influences the communication experience of the user;
(2) the base station can configure the measurement resources of the beamforming vectors one by one but out of order, and determine whether the beamforming vectors meet the communication requirements of users through the handshaking process with the terminal equipment, so that a plurality of invalid data interaction processes are required between the base station and the terminal equipment, the power consumption of the terminal equipment and the base station is improved invisibly, and the waste of spectrum resources is also caused.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention is based on at least one of the above technical problems, and provides a new beam configuration scheme, which configures measurement resources of a beam forming vector to be switched according to a preset priority, wherein the preset priority is determined according to the change of the geographical position of a terminal device, so that the measurement resources are configured according to the preset priority, the beam forming vector meeting the communication requirement of the terminal device can be determined as soon as possible, that is, a wireless carrier is adjusted to focus on a coverage area to which a user belongs after moving, wherein the mobile terminal realizes a handshake interaction process by reporting a reference signal to a base station, and further instructs the base station device to finish the switching of the beam forming vector, thereby improving the configuration efficiency of the beam forming vector, reducing communication delay and power consumption, improving the utilization rate of frequency spectrum resources and data throughput, and simultaneously improving the use experience of the user.
In order to achieve the above object, a technical solution of a first aspect of the present invention provides a beam configuration method, including: when detecting that the terminal equipment needs to switch the beamforming vector, sequentially configuring measurement resources of any beamforming vector to be switched according to a preset priority relationship; and when detecting that the reference signal corresponding to any beamforming vector to be switched meets a preset switching condition, switching the initial beamforming vector to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal.
In the technical scheme, the measurement resources of the beamforming vectors to be switched are configured according to the preset priority, and the preset priority is determined according to the change of the geographic position of the terminal equipment, so that the beamforming vectors meeting the communication requirements of the terminal equipment can be determined as soon as possible according to the configuration of the measurement resources of the preset priority, namely, the wireless carriers are adjusted to focus in the coverage area to which the user belongs after moving, wherein the mobile terminal realizes a handshake interaction process by reporting a reference signal to the base station, and then instructs the base station equipment to finish the switching of the beamforming vectors, the configuration efficiency of the beamforming vectors is improved, the communication delay and power consumption are reduced, the spectrum resource utilization rate and the data throughput are improved, and meanwhile, the use experience of the user is also improved.
The measurement resource is a downlink frame, such as a management frame, a control frame and a data frame, sent by the base station to the terminal device, and is used for detecting the wireless communication quality.
In addition, configuring the measurement resources according to the preset priority refers to that, in the time domain, the terminal device reports and feeds back the measurement resources according to the preset priority.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, before it is detected that the terminal device needs to switch the beamforming vector, the method includes: determining an initial beamforming vector corresponding to an initial coverage area where the terminal equipment is located; and determining a preset priority relationship between the multiple beamforming vectors to be switched according to the relative position relationship between the initial coverage area and the coverage areas of the multiple beamforming vectors to be switched.
In the technical scheme, the initial coverage area of the terminal equipment is determined, the preset priority of the beamforming vector is determined and configured according to the initial coverage area, and specifically, the priority of the coverage area to be switched close to the initial coverage area is higher than that of the coverage area to be switched far away from the initial coverage area, so that the configuration efficiency of the test resources of the beamforming vector is improved.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, the beam configuration method further includes: when the number of the beamforming vectors to be switched is more than 3, determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area, and recording the beamforming vectors to be switched as a first beamforming vector group; and determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to other coverage areas which are not adjacent to the initial coverage area and marking the beamforming vectors to be switched as a second beamforming vector group, wherein the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector group is higher than that of the second beamforming vector group.
In the technical scheme, if the initial beamforming vector can not meet the communication requirement of the terminal equipment, considering that the terminal device is most likely to switch to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area, therefore, the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area are determined as a first beamforming vector group, and determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas which are not adjacent to the initial coverage area as a second beamforming vector group, in time domain, the measurement resource of the first beamforming vector group is generated earlier than the measurement resources of other beamforming vector groups, if the wireless communication connection quality requirement is determined not to be satisfied according to the reference signal corresponding to the measurement resource of the first beamforming vector group, then, whether the reference signal corresponding to the measurement resource of the second beamforming vector group meets the wireless communication connection quality requirement is continuously detected.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, the beam configuration method further includes: determining the moving direction of the terminal equipment in the initial coverage area in real time based on the base station positioning technology or the position information reported by the terminal equipment; the first beamforming vector group comprises a first beamforming vector to be switched and a second beamforming vector to be switched, and the beamforming vector corresponding to the coverage area pointed by the moving direction is determined as the first beamforming vector to be switched, wherein the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector to be switched is higher than that of the second beamforming vector to be switched.
In the technical scheme, the moving direction of the terminal equipment in the initial coverage area is determined in real time based on the base station positioning technology or the position information reported by the terminal equipment, and the preset priority can be determined according to the moving direction, namely the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector to be switched is higher than that of the second beamforming vector to be switched, so that the configuration efficiency of measurement resources of the beamforming vectors is further improved, and the power consumption of the base station and the power consumption of the terminal equipment are reduced.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, when it is detected that a reference signal corresponding to any beamforming vector to be switched satisfies a preset switching condition, switching an initial beamforming vector to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal includes: analyzing a reference signal corresponding to any beamforming vector to be switched to determine the corresponding wireless communication connection quality; judging whether the wireless communication connection quality is greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70 dB); when the wireless communication connection quality is judged to be greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70dB), determining that a beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to a reference signal meets a preset switching condition; and executing the beamforming operation to switch to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal.
In the technical scheme, when the wireless communication connection quality is judged to be greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70dB), the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal is determined to meet a preset switching condition, so that the reliability of the beamforming technology is improved, the reference signal can indicate the wireless communication connection quality, and is also used for realizing a negotiation process between a base station and terminal equipment, so that the frequency spectrum utilization rate and the data throughput are improved.
The Reference Signal refers to an MRS (Mobility Reference Signal, a Reference Signal for radio resource management or Mobility management measurement) Signal, and includes an uplink MRS Signal sent by a terminal device and measured by a base station and a downlink MRS Signal sent by the base station and measured by the terminal device, where the uplink MRS Signal may include an SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) and/or a DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal), and the downlink MRS Signal may include one or more of the following signals: PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal), SSS, PBCH Signal, DRS (Discovery Reference Signal), CRS (Common Reference Signal), CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal), DMRS, and Beam RS (Beam Reference Signal).
In addition, the terminal device may be a mobile phone, a wireless Wi-fi (wireless fidelity) access device, a bluetooth, a computer, a server cluster, and the like.
According to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beam configuration apparatus, including: the configuration unit is used for sequentially configuring the measurement resources of any beamforming vector to be switched according to the preset priority relationship when the fact that the terminal equipment needs to switch the beamforming vector is detected; and the switching unit is used for switching the initial beamforming vector to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal when detecting that the reference signal corresponding to any beamforming vector to be switched meets the preset switching condition.
In the technical scheme, the measurement resources of the beamforming vectors to be switched are configured according to the preset priority, and the preset priority is determined according to the change of the geographic position of the terminal equipment, so that the beamforming vectors meeting the communication requirements of the terminal equipment can be determined as soon as possible according to the configuration of the measurement resources of the preset priority, namely, the wireless carriers are adjusted to focus in the coverage area to which the user belongs after moving, wherein the mobile terminal realizes a handshake interaction process by reporting a reference signal to the base station, and then instructs the base station equipment to finish the switching of the beamforming vectors, the configuration efficiency of the beamforming vectors is improved, the communication delay and power consumption are reduced, the spectrum resource utilization rate and the data throughput are improved, and meanwhile, the use experience of the user is also improved.
The measurement resource is a downlink frame, such as a management frame, a control frame and a data frame, sent by the base station to the terminal device, and is used for detecting the wireless communication quality.
In addition, configuring the measurement resources according to the preset priority refers to that, in the time domain, the terminal device reports and feeds back the measurement resources according to the preset priority.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: the device comprises a determining unit, a processing unit and a processing unit, wherein the determining unit is used for determining an initial beamforming vector corresponding to an initial coverage area where the terminal equipment is located; the determination unit is further configured to: and determining a preset priority relationship between the multiple beamforming vectors to be switched according to the relative position relationship between the initial coverage area and the coverage areas of the multiple beamforming vectors to be switched.
In the technical scheme, the initial coverage area of the terminal equipment is determined, the preset priority of the beamforming vector is determined and configured according to the initial coverage area, and specifically, the priority of the coverage area to be switched close to the initial coverage area is higher than that of the coverage area to be switched far away from the initial coverage area, so that the configuration efficiency of the test resources of the beamforming vector is improved.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, the determining unit is further configured to: when the number of the beamforming vectors to be switched is more than 3, determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area, and recording the beamforming vectors to be switched as a first beamforming vector group; the determination unit is further configured to: and determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to other coverage areas which are not adjacent to the initial coverage area and marking the beamforming vectors to be switched as a second beamforming vector group, wherein the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector group is higher than that of the second beamforming vector group.
In the technical scheme, if the initial beamforming vector can not meet the communication requirement of the terminal equipment, considering that the terminal device is most likely to switch to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area, therefore, the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area are determined as a first beamforming vector group, and determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas which are not adjacent to the initial coverage area as a second beamforming vector group, in time domain, the measurement resource of the first beamforming vector group is generated earlier than the measurement resources of other beamforming vector groups, if the wireless communication connection quality requirement is determined not to be satisfied according to the reference signal corresponding to the measurement resource of the first beamforming vector group, then, whether the reference signal corresponding to the measurement resource of the second beamforming vector group meets the wireless communication connection quality requirement is continuously detected.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, the determining unit is further configured to: determining the moving direction of the terminal equipment in the initial coverage area in real time based on the base station positioning technology or the position information reported by the terminal equipment; the first beamforming vector group includes a first beamforming vector to be switched and a second beamforming vector to be switched, and the determining unit is further configured to: and determining a beamforming vector corresponding to a coverage area pointed by the moving direction as a first beamforming vector to be switched, wherein the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector to be switched is higher than that of the second beamforming vector to be switched.
In the technical scheme, the moving direction of the terminal equipment in the initial coverage area is determined in real time based on the base station positioning technology or the position information reported by the terminal equipment, and the preset priority can be determined according to the moving direction, namely the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector to be switched is higher than that of the second beamforming vector to be switched, so that the configuration efficiency of measurement resources of the beamforming vectors is further improved, and the power consumption of the base station and the power consumption of the terminal equipment are reduced.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: the resolving unit is used for resolving a reference signal corresponding to any beamforming vector to be switched so as to determine the corresponding wireless communication connection quality; a judging unit for judging whether the wireless communication connection quality is greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70 dB); the switching unit is further configured to: when the wireless communication connection quality is judged to be greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70dB), determining that a beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to a reference signal meets a preset switching condition; the switching unit is further configured to: and executing the beamforming operation to switch to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal.
In the technical scheme, when the wireless communication connection quality is judged to be greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70dB), the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal is determined to meet a preset switching condition, so that the reliability of the beamforming technology is improved, the reference signal can indicate the wireless communication connection quality, and is also used for realizing a negotiation process between a base station and terminal equipment, so that the frequency spectrum utilization rate and the data throughput are improved.
The Reference Signal refers to an MRS (Mobility Reference Signal, a Reference Signal for radio resource management or Mobility management measurement) Signal, and includes an uplink MRS Signal sent by a terminal device and measured by a base station and a downlink MRS Signal sent by the base station and measured by the terminal device, where the uplink MRS Signal may include an SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) and/or a DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal), and the downlink MRS Signal may include one or more of the following signals: PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal), SSS, PBCH Signal, DRS (Discovery Reference Signal), CRS (Common Reference Signal), CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal), DMRS, and Beam RS (Beam Reference Signal).
In addition, the terminal device may be a mobile phone, a wireless Wi-fi (wireless fidelity) access device, a bluetooth, a computer, a server cluster, and the like.
Advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
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fig. 1 shows a schematic flow diagram of a beam configuration method according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 2 shows a flow chart of a beam configuration method according to yet another embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 shows a schematic block diagram of a beam configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of switching of beamforming vectors according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of switching of beamforming vectors according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic flow diagram of a beam configuration method according to an embodiment of the invention;
as shown in fig. 1, a beam configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: step S102, when detecting that the terminal equipment needs to switch the beamforming vector, sequentially configuring the measurement resource of any beamforming vector to be switched according to the preset priority relationship; and step S104, when detecting that the reference signal corresponding to any beamforming vector to be switched meets the preset switching condition, switching the initial beamforming vector to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal.
In the technical scheme, the measurement resources of the beamforming vectors to be switched are configured according to the preset priority, and the preset priority is determined according to the change of the geographic position of the terminal equipment, so that the beamforming vectors meeting the communication requirements of the terminal equipment can be determined as soon as possible according to the configuration of the measurement resources of the preset priority, namely, the wireless carriers are adjusted to focus in the coverage area to which the user belongs after moving, wherein the mobile terminal realizes a handshake interaction process by reporting a reference signal to the base station, and then instructs the base station equipment to finish the switching of the beamforming vectors, the configuration efficiency of the beamforming vectors is improved, the communication delay and power consumption are reduced, the spectrum resource utilization rate and the data throughput are improved, and meanwhile, the use experience of the user is also improved.
The measurement resource is a downlink frame, such as a management frame, a control frame and a data frame, sent by the base station to the terminal device, and is used for detecting the wireless communication quality.
In addition, configuring the measurement resources according to the preset priority refers to that, in the time domain, the terminal device reports and feeds back the measurement resources according to the preset priority.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, before it is detected that the terminal device needs to switch the beamforming vector, the method includes: determining an initial beamforming vector corresponding to an initial coverage area where the terminal equipment is located; and determining a preset priority relationship between the multiple beamforming vectors to be switched according to the relative position relationship between the initial coverage area and the coverage areas of the multiple beamforming vectors to be switched.
In the technical scheme, the initial coverage area of the terminal equipment is determined, the preset priority of the beamforming vector is determined and configured according to the initial coverage area, and specifically, the priority of the coverage area to be switched close to the initial coverage area is higher than that of the coverage area to be switched far away from the initial coverage area, so that the configuration efficiency of the test resources of the beamforming vector is improved.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, the beam configuration method further includes: when the number of the beamforming vectors to be switched is more than 3, determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area, and recording the beamforming vectors to be switched as a first beamforming vector group; and determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to other coverage areas which are not adjacent to the initial coverage area and marking the beamforming vectors to be switched as a second beamforming vector group, wherein the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector group is higher than that of the second beamforming vector group.
In the technical scheme, if the initial beamforming vector can not meet the communication requirement of the terminal equipment, considering that the terminal device is most likely to switch to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area, therefore, the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area are determined as a first beamforming vector group, and determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas which are not adjacent to the initial coverage area as a second beamforming vector group, in time domain, the measurement resource of the first beamforming vector group is generated earlier than the measurement resources of other beamforming vector groups, if the wireless communication connection quality requirement is determined not to be satisfied according to the reference signal corresponding to the measurement resource of the first beamforming vector group, then, whether the reference signal corresponding to the measurement resource of the second beamforming vector group meets the wireless communication connection quality requirement is continuously detected.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, the beam configuration method further includes: determining the moving direction of the terminal equipment in the initial coverage area in real time based on the base station positioning technology or the position information reported by the terminal equipment; the first beamforming vector group comprises a first beamforming vector to be switched and a second beamforming vector to be switched, and the beamforming vector corresponding to the coverage area pointed by the moving direction is determined as the first beamforming vector to be switched, wherein the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector to be switched is higher than that of the second beamforming vector to be switched.
In the technical scheme, the moving direction of the terminal equipment in the initial coverage area is determined in real time based on the base station positioning technology or the position information reported by the terminal equipment, and the preset priority can be determined according to the moving direction, namely the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector to be switched is higher than that of the second beamforming vector to be switched, so that the configuration efficiency of measurement resources of the beamforming vectors is further improved, and the power consumption of the base station and the power consumption of the terminal equipment are reduced.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, when it is detected that a reference signal corresponding to any beamforming vector to be switched satisfies a preset switching condition, switching an initial beamforming vector to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal includes: analyzing a reference signal corresponding to any beamforming vector to be switched to determine the corresponding wireless communication connection quality; judging whether the wireless communication connection quality is greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70 dB); when the wireless communication connection quality is judged to be greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70dB), determining that a beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to a reference signal meets a preset switching condition; and executing the beamforming operation to switch to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal.
In the technical scheme, when the wireless communication connection quality is judged to be greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70dB), the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal is determined to meet a preset switching condition, so that the reliability of the beamforming technology is improved, the reference signal can indicate the wireless communication connection quality, and is also used for realizing a negotiation process between a base station and terminal equipment, so that the frequency spectrum utilization rate and the data throughput are improved.
The Reference Signal refers to an MRS (Mobility Reference Signal, a Reference Signal for radio resource management or Mobility management measurement) Signal, and includes an uplink MRS Signal sent by a terminal device and measured by a base station and a downlink MRS Signal sent by the base station and measured by the terminal device, where the uplink MRS Signal may include an SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) and/or a DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal), and the downlink MRS Signal may include one or more of the following signals: PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal), SSS, PBCH Signal, DRS (Discovery Reference Signal), CRS (Common Reference Signal), CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal), DMRS, and Beam RS (Beam Reference Signal).
In addition, the terminal device may be a mobile phone, a wireless Wi-fi (wireless fidelity) access device, a bluetooth, a computer, a server cluster, and the like.
Fig. 2 shows a flow chart of a beam configuration method according to yet another embodiment of the invention.
As shown in fig. 2, a beam configuration method according to still another embodiment of the present invention includes: step S202, switching beams; step S204, selecting a preferred and non-preferred beamforming vector set; step S206, first, searching for communication quality of a first beamforming vector to be switched and a second beamforming vector to be switched in a preferred set; secondly, searching a beamforming vector in a non-preferred set; step S208, according to the searching sequence, if the wireless communication connection quality of any beamforming vector to be switched is detected to be greater than or equal to the preset wireless communication connection quality, reporting to the base station.
Fig. 3 shows a schematic block diagram of a beam configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 3, a beam configuration apparatus 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a configuration unit 302, configured to sequentially configure measurement resources of any beamforming vector to be switched according to a preset priority relationship when it is detected that a terminal device needs to switch a beamforming vector; a switching unit 304, configured to switch an initial beamforming vector to a to-be-switched beamforming vector corresponding to a reference signal when detecting that the reference signal corresponding to any to-be-switched beamforming vector meets a preset switching condition.
In the technical scheme, the measurement resources of the beamforming vectors to be switched are configured according to the preset priority, and the preset priority is determined according to the change of the geographic position of the terminal equipment, so that the beamforming vectors meeting the communication requirements of the terminal equipment can be determined as soon as possible according to the configuration of the measurement resources of the preset priority, namely, the wireless carriers are adjusted to focus in the coverage area to which the user belongs after moving, wherein the mobile terminal realizes a handshake interaction process by reporting a reference signal to the base station, and then instructs the base station equipment to finish the switching of the beamforming vectors, the configuration efficiency of the beamforming vectors is improved, the communication delay and power consumption are reduced, the spectrum resource utilization rate and the data throughput are improved, and meanwhile, the use experience of the user is also improved.
The measurement resource is a downlink frame, such as a management frame, a control frame and a data frame, sent by the base station to the terminal device, and is used for detecting the wireless communication quality.
In addition, configuring the measurement resources according to the preset priority refers to that, in the time domain, the terminal device reports and feeds back the measurement resources according to the preset priority.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: a determining unit 306, configured to determine an initial beamforming vector corresponding to an initial coverage area where the terminal device is located; the determining unit 306 is further configured to: and determining a preset priority relationship between the multiple beamforming vectors to be switched according to the relative position relationship between the initial coverage area and the coverage areas of the multiple beamforming vectors to be switched.
In the technical scheme, the initial coverage area of the terminal equipment is determined, the preset priority of the beamforming vector is determined and configured according to the initial coverage area, and specifically, the priority of the coverage area to be switched close to the initial coverage area is higher than that of the coverage area to be switched far away from the initial coverage area, so that the configuration efficiency of the test resources of the beamforming vector is improved.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, the determining unit 306 is further configured to: when the number of the beamforming vectors to be switched is more than 3, determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area, and recording the beamforming vectors to be switched as a first beamforming vector group; the determining unit 306 is further configured to: and determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to other coverage areas which are not adjacent to the initial coverage area and marking the beamforming vectors to be switched as a second beamforming vector group, wherein the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector group is higher than that of the second beamforming vector group.
In the technical scheme, if the initial beamforming vector can not meet the communication requirement of the terminal equipment, considering that the terminal device is most likely to switch to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area, therefore, the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area are determined as a first beamforming vector group, and determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas which are not adjacent to the initial coverage area as a second beamforming vector group, in time domain, the measurement resource of the first beamforming vector group is generated earlier than the measurement resources of other beamforming vector groups, if the wireless communication connection quality requirement is determined not to be satisfied according to the reference signal corresponding to the measurement resource of the first beamforming vector group, then, whether the reference signal corresponding to the measurement resource of the second beamforming vector group meets the wireless communication connection quality requirement is continuously detected.
In the foregoing technical solution, preferably, the determining unit 306 is further configured to: determining the moving direction of the terminal equipment in the initial coverage area in real time based on the base station positioning technology or the position information reported by the terminal equipment; the first beamforming vector group includes a first beamforming vector to be switched and a second beamforming vector to be switched, and the determining unit 306 is further configured to: and determining a beamforming vector corresponding to a coverage area pointed by the moving direction as a first beamforming vector to be switched, wherein the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector to be switched is higher than that of the second beamforming vector to be switched.
In the technical scheme, the moving direction of the terminal equipment in the initial coverage area is determined in real time based on the base station positioning technology or the position information reported by the terminal equipment, and the preset priority can be determined according to the moving direction, namely the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector to be switched is higher than that of the second beamforming vector to be switched, so that the configuration efficiency of measurement resources of the beamforming vectors is further improved, and the power consumption of the base station and the power consumption of the terminal equipment are reduced.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: an analyzing unit 308, configured to analyze a reference signal corresponding to any beamforming vector to be switched, so as to determine a corresponding wireless communication connection quality; a judging unit 310, configured to judge whether the wireless communication connection quality is greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold (-70 dB); the switching unit 304 is further configured to: when the wireless communication connection quality is judged to be greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70dB), determining that a beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to a reference signal meets a preset switching condition; the switching unit 304 is further configured to: and executing the beamforming operation to switch to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal.
In the technical scheme, when the wireless communication connection quality is judged to be greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value (-70dB), the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal is determined to meet a preset switching condition, so that the reliability of the beamforming technology is improved, the reference signal can indicate the wireless communication connection quality, and is also used for realizing a negotiation process between a base station and terminal equipment, so that the frequency spectrum utilization rate and the data throughput are improved.
The Reference Signal refers to an MRS (Mobility Reference Signal, a Reference Signal for radio resource management or Mobility management measurement) Signal, and includes an uplink MRS Signal sent by a terminal device and measured by a base station and a downlink MRS Signal sent by the base station and measured by the terminal device, where the uplink MRS Signal may include an SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) and/or a DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal), and the downlink MRS Signal may include one or more of the following signals: PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal), SSS, PBCH Signal, DRS (Discovery Reference Signal), CRS (Common Reference Signal), CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal), DMRS, and Beam RS (Beam Reference Signal).
In addition, the terminal device may be a mobile phone, a wireless Wi-fi (wireless fidelity) access device, a bluetooth, a computer, a server cluster, and the like.
Example (b):
a beamforming scheme according to an embodiment of the present invention is specifically described below with reference to fig. 4 and 5.
Fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of switching of beamforming vectors according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 4, a cell covered by the base station 402 is divided into 8 coverage areas, which are f1 area between 0-45 °, f2 area between 45-90 °, f3 area between 90-135 °, f4 area between 135-180 °, f5 area between 180-225 °, f6 area between 225-270 °, f7 area between 270-315 °, and f8 area between 315-360 °.
Since the terminal device 404 stays in the f1 area, through the data interaction process 406 between the base station 402 and the terminal device 404, the base station 402 can determine that the beamforming vector is 400 and serves as an initial beamforming vector, and when it is detected that the beamforming vector needs to be switched next time, the preset priority relationship among a plurality of beamforming vectors to be switched is determined according to the coverage area of the initial beamforming vector before switching.
Fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of switching of beamforming vectors according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 5, when detecting that the terminal device 404 needs to reconfigure the measurement resources of the beamforming vector, the measurement resources of each beam are determined according to the time domain priority order. Wherein the f8 region and the f2 region are a first beamforming vector group whose measurement resources are most prioritized in the time domain, the f7 region and the f3 region are a second beamforming vector group whose measurement resources are immediately after the first beamforming vector group in the time domain, the f6 region and the f4 region are a third beamforming vector group whose measurement resources are immediately after the second beamforming vector group in the time domain, and the f5 region is a fourth beamforming vector group whose measurement resources are immediately after the third beamforming vector group in the time domain. The terminal equipment firstly measures the measurement resources of an f8 area and the measurement resources of an f2 area according to a first priority, if the wireless communication quality requirements can be met, the beam numbers with the best channel quality in the two areas are reported, if neither of the two areas can meet the wireless communication quality requirements, the terminal equipment measures the measurement resources of the beamforming vectors respectively configured in the f3 area and the f7 area according to a second priority, if the wireless communication quality requirements can be met, the beam numbers with the best channel quality in the four areas are reported, if the wireless communication quality requirements still cannot be met, the terminal equipment measures the measurement resources of the beamforming vectors respectively configured in the f4 area and the f6 area according to a third priority, if the wireless communication quality requirements can be met, the beam numbers with the best channel quality in the six areas are reported, and if the wireless communication quality requirements still cannot be met, the terminal device measures the measurement resource of the beamforming vector configured in the f5 area according to the fourth priority, and reports the beam number with the best channel quality among the seven.
As shown in fig. 5, to further optimize the efficiency of the beamforming scheme, the location information reported by the terminal device 404 is obtained, and then it is predicted that the terminal device 404 moves to the f8 area according to the moving direction 408, and the terminal device moving to the new location is denoted as 404 ', the terminal device 404' preferentially measures the measurement resources of the beamforming vector 400 configured in the f8 area, and when it is determined that the wireless communication connection quality is greater than or equal to the preset wireless communication connection quality according to the reference signal (implemented based on the data interaction process 406), the terminal device 404 'and the base station 402 determine that the beamforming vector 400 points to the f8 area, that is, the beamforming of the communication cell in fig. 4 rotates 45 ° counterclockwise, and since the moving direction 408 of the terminal device 404' is counterclockwise, the priorities decrease in a counterclockwise order, for example, the priority of the f8 area is higher than the f7 area, the priority of the f7 area is higher than that of the f6 area, the priority of the f6 area is higher than that of the f5 area, the priority of the f5 area is higher than that of the f4 area, the priority of the f4 area is higher than that of the f3 area, and the priority of the f2 area is the lowest, wherein the priorities of the areas and the priorities of the beamforming vectors are priorities corresponding to the fact that the terminal equipment searches for the measurement resources and feeds back and reports the measurement resources.
The technical scheme of the invention is explained in detail in the above with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the invention provides a beamforming scheme, by configuring the measurement resource of the beamforming vector to be switched according to the preset priority, because the preset priority is determined according to the change of the geographical position of the terminal equipment, the beam forming vector meeting the communication requirement of the terminal equipment can be determined as soon as possible by configuring the measurement resource according to the preset priority, namely the wireless carrier is adjusted to focus on the coverage area to which the user belongs after moving, the mobile terminal realizes a handshake interaction process by reporting the reference signal to the base station, and then instructs the base station equipment to end the switching of the beamforming vectors, so that the configuration efficiency of the beamforming vectors is improved, the communication time delay and the power consumption are reduced, the frequency spectrum resource utilization rate and the data throughput are improved, and the use experience of a user is also improved.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A method for configuring a beam, comprising:
when detecting that the terminal equipment needs to switch the beamforming vector, sequentially configuring measurement resources of any beamforming vector to be switched according to a preset priority relationship;
when detecting that a reference signal corresponding to any one beamforming vector to be switched meets a preset switching condition, switching an initial beamforming vector to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal;
when it is detected that the reference signal corresponding to any one of the beamforming vectors to be switched satisfies a preset switching condition, switching an initial beamforming vector to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal specifically includes:
analyzing a reference signal corresponding to any one of the beamforming vectors to be switched to determine the corresponding wireless communication connection quality;
judging whether the wireless communication connection quality is greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold value;
when the wireless communication connection quality is judged to be greater than or equal to the preset wireless communication connection quality threshold, determining that the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal meets the preset switching condition;
and executing beamforming operation to switch to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein before detecting that the terminal device needs to switch beamforming vectors, the method further comprises:
determining an initial beamforming vector corresponding to an initial coverage area where the terminal device is located;
and determining a preset priority relationship between the plurality of the beamforming vectors to be switched according to the relative position relationship between the initial coverage area and the coverage areas of the plurality of the beamforming vectors to be switched.
3. The beam configuration method according to claim 2, further comprising:
when the number of the beamforming vectors to be switched is more than 3, determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area, and recording the beamforming vectors to be switched as a first beamforming vector group;
determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to other coverage areas which are not adjacent to the initial coverage area and recording the beamforming vectors to be switched as a second beamforming vector group,
wherein the predetermined priority relationship comprises a priority of the first set of beamforming vectors being higher than a priority of the second set of beamforming vectors.
4. The beam configuration method of claim 3, further comprising:
determining the moving direction of the terminal equipment in the initial coverage area in real time based on a base station positioning technology or position information reported by the terminal equipment;
the first beamforming vector group comprises a first beamforming vector to be switched and a second beamforming vector to be switched, and the beamforming vector corresponding to the coverage area pointed by the moving direction is determined as the first beamforming vector to be switched,
wherein the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector to be switched is higher than the priority of the second beamforming vector to be switched.
5. A beam configuration apparatus, comprising:
the configuration unit is used for sequentially configuring the measurement resources of any beamforming vector to be switched according to the preset priority relationship when the fact that the terminal equipment needs to switch the beamforming vector is detected;
the switching unit is used for switching an initial beamforming vector to a to-be-switched beamforming vector corresponding to the reference signal when detecting that the reference signal corresponding to any to-be-switched beamforming vector meets a preset switching condition;
the resolving unit is used for resolving a reference signal corresponding to any one beamforming vector to be switched so as to determine the corresponding wireless communication connection quality;
a judging unit, configured to judge whether the wireless communication connection quality is greater than or equal to a preset wireless communication connection quality threshold;
the switching unit is further configured to: when the wireless communication connection quality is judged to be greater than or equal to the preset wireless communication connection quality threshold, determining that the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal meets the preset switching condition;
the switching unit is further configured to: and executing beamforming operation to switch to the beamforming vector to be switched corresponding to the reference signal.
6. The beam configuration apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:
a determining unit, configured to determine an initial beamforming vector corresponding to an initial coverage area where the terminal device is located;
the determination unit is further configured to: and determining a preset priority relationship between the plurality of the beamforming vectors to be switched according to the relative position relationship between the initial coverage area and the coverage areas of the plurality of the beamforming vectors to be switched.
7. The beam configuration apparatus of claim 6,
the determination unit is further configured to: when the number of the beamforming vectors to be switched is more than 3, determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to two coverage areas adjacent to the initial coverage area, and recording the beamforming vectors to be switched as a first beamforming vector group;
the determination unit is further configured to: determining the beamforming vectors to be switched corresponding to other coverage areas which are not adjacent to the initial coverage area and recording the beamforming vectors to be switched as a second beamforming vector group,
wherein the predetermined priority relationship comprises a priority of the first set of beamforming vectors being higher than a priority of the second set of beamforming vectors.
8. The beam configuration apparatus of claim 7,
the determination unit is further configured to: determining the moving direction of the terminal equipment in the initial coverage area in real time based on a base station positioning technology or position information reported by the terminal equipment;
the first beamforming vector group includes a first beamforming vector to be switched and a second beamforming vector to be switched, and the determining unit is further configured to: determining a beamforming vector corresponding to a coverage area pointed by the moving direction as the first beamforming vector to be switched,
wherein the preset priority relationship comprises that the priority of the first beamforming vector to be switched is higher than the priority of the second beamforming vector to be switched.
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