CN119815547A

CN119815547A - Signal forwarding control method, device, equipment, storage medium and program product

Info

Publication number: CN119815547A
Application number: CN202411998186.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吕婷; 李福昌; 张忠皓
Original assignee: China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2024-12-31
Filing date: 2024-12-31
Publication date: 2025-04-11

Abstract

The present application discloses a signal forwarding control method, device, equipment, storage medium and program product, which relates to the field of communication technology and is used to improve the efficiency of forwarding signals by forwarding equipment. The above method includes: sending first indication information to a first forwarding equipment, and sending second indication information to a second forwarding equipment; the first indication information is used to instruct the first forwarding equipment to forward a signal sent by a terminal equipment to a base station; the second indication information is used to instruct the second forwarding equipment to forward a signal sent by a base station to a terminal equipment. The present application is applied to the scenario of controlling signal forwarding.

Description

Signal forwarding control method, device, equipment, storage medium and program product

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a signal forwarding control method, apparatus, device, storage medium, and program product.

Background

In a relay communication system, a forwarding beam is adjusted by a forwarding device (e.g., a network control relay (Network Controlled Repeater, NCR), or an intelligent super surface (Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface, RIS), etc.), so as to change the direction of a signal transmitted between a transmitting end (e.g., a terminal device) and a receiving end (e.g., a base station), to enhance the power of the signal, and to assist the communication between the transmitting end and the receiving end. The signal transmitted between the terminal device and the base station can be forwarded by a forwarding device in the area of the base station, so as to enhance the power of the signal.

However, when the forwarding device is used for forwarding the uplink signal and the downlink signal between the terminal device and the base station at the same time, the efficiency of forwarding the signal by the forwarding device is poor, and the uplink signal transmission performance and the downlink signal transmission performance of the terminal device cannot be simultaneously optimized.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a signal forwarding control method, a device, equipment, a storage medium and a program product, which are used for solving the technical problem that the efficiency of forwarding signals by forwarding equipment is poor when uplink signals and downlink signals between terminal equipment and a base station are forwarded by the same forwarding equipment.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the application adopts the following technical scheme:

In a first aspect, a signal forwarding control method is provided, and the method includes sending first indication information to a first forwarding device and sending second indication information to a second forwarding device, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the first forwarding device to forward a signal sent by a terminal device to a base station, and the second indication information is used for indicating the second forwarding device to forward the signal sent by the base station to the terminal device.

In one possible implementation, the method further comprises obtaining device information of the terminal device, the base station and a plurality of forwarding devices within a coverage area of the base station, wherein the device information comprises a position and/or performance parameters of the corresponding devices, and determining a first forwarding device and a second forwarding device from the plurality of forwarding devices based on the device information.

In one possible implementation, the performance parameter includes at least one of an uplink minimum transmission rate, an uplink maximum transmission delay, a downlink minimum transmission rate, a downlink maximum transmission delay, and a number of access terminal devices.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes determining a distance between the terminal device and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, and a distance between the base station and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, based on the locations of the terminal device and the plurality of forwarding devices, determining a first forwarding device from among the plurality of forwarding devices having a distance to the terminal device less than a first value, and determining a second forwarding device from among the plurality of forwarding devices having a distance to the base station less than a second value.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes determining a first forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having the number of access terminal devices smaller than the fifth value among the plurality of forwarding devices in the case where the uplink minimum transmission rate is greater than the third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is less than or equal to the fourth value, or determining a first forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having the distance from the terminal device smaller than the first value among the plurality of forwarding devices in the case where the uplink minimum transmission rate is less than or equal to the third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is greater than the fourth value, or determining a second forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having the number of access terminal devices smaller than the fifth value among the plurality of forwarding devices in the case where the downlink minimum transmission rate is greater than or equal to the third value and/or the downlink maximum transmission delay is greater than the fourth value.

In one possible implementation manner, the first indication information and/or the second indication information comprise at least one of link direction indication information, link identification, target beam identification and forwarding resource identification, wherein the link direction indication information is used for indicating a forwarding link direction of the forwarding device, the link identification is used for indicating a link type of a link beam of the forwarding device, the target beam identification is used for indicating an adjustment direction of the link beam of the forwarding device, and the forwarding resource identification is used for indicating forwarding resources configured by the base station for the forwarding device.

In a second aspect, a signal forwarding control method is provided and applied to forwarding equipment, and the method comprises the steps of forwarding signals sent by terminal equipment to a base station based on first indication information when the first indication information is received, and forwarding signals sent by the base station to the terminal equipment based on second indication information when the second indication information is received.

In one possible implementation, forwarding signals sent by the terminal device to the base station based on the first indication information includes adjusting a receive beam to be directed to the terminal device and adjusting a transmit beam to be directed to the base station, receiving signals sent by the terminal device via the receive beam, and sending signals sent by the terminal device to the base station via the transmit beam.

In one possible implementation, forwarding the signal sent by the base station to the terminal device based on the second indication information includes adjusting the receive beam to be directed to the base station and the transmit beam to be directed to the terminal device, receiving the signal sent by the base station via the receive beam, and sending the signal sent by the base station to the terminal device via the transmit beam.

In a third aspect, a signal forwarding control device is provided, where the signal forwarding control device includes a transmission unit, and a second transmission unit, where the transmission unit is configured to send first indication information to a first forwarding device and send second indication information to a second forwarding device, the first indication information is configured to instruct the first forwarding device to forward a signal sent by a terminal device to a base station, and the second indication information is configured to instruct the second forwarding device to forward a signal sent by the base station to the terminal device.

In a possible implementation manner, the signal forwarding control device further comprises a determining unit, a transmission unit, a determining unit and a forwarding unit, wherein the transmission unit is further used for acquiring device information of the terminal device, the base station and a plurality of forwarding devices in the coverage area of the base station, the device information comprises positions and/or performance parameters of corresponding devices, and the determining unit is used for determining the first forwarding device and the second forwarding device from the plurality of forwarding devices based on the determining information.

In a possible implementation manner, the determining unit is further configured to determine a distance between the terminal device and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, and a distance between the base station and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, based on the positions of the terminal device and the plurality of forwarding devices, the determining unit is further configured to determine the first forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having a distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the terminal device smaller than the first value, and the determining unit is further configured to determine the second forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having a distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the base station smaller than the second value.

In a possible implementation manner, the determining unit is further configured to determine the first forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having the number of access terminal devices smaller than the fifth value among the plurality of forwarding devices when the uplink minimum transmission rate is greater than the third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is less than or equal to the fourth value, or the determining unit is further configured to determine the first forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having the distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the terminal device smaller than the first value when the uplink minimum transmission rate is less than or equal to the third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is greater than the fourth value, or the determining unit is further configured to determine the second forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having the number of access terminal devices smaller than the fifth value when the downlink minimum transmission rate is greater than the third value and/or the downlink maximum transmission delay is greater than the fourth value, or the determining unit is further configured to determine the distance between the second forwarding device and the terminal device among the plurality of forwarding devices smaller than the first value when the downlink minimum transmission rate is less than or equal to the third value and/or the downlink maximum transmission delay is greater than the fourth value.

In a fourth aspect, a signal forwarding control device is provided and applied to a forwarding device, where the signal forwarding control device includes a processing unit, and a processing unit, where the processing unit is configured to forward a signal sent by a terminal device to a base station based on first indication information when receiving the first indication information, and the processing unit is further configured to forward a signal sent by the base station to the terminal device based on second indication information when receiving the second indication information.

In a possible implementation manner, the signal forwarding control device further comprises a transmission unit, a processing unit, a transmission unit and a base station, wherein the processing unit is further used for adjusting the direction of a receiving beam to the terminal device and adjusting the direction of a transmitting beam to the base station, and the transmission unit is used for receiving a signal sent by the terminal device through the receiving beam and sending the signal sent by the terminal device to the base station through the transmitting beam.

In a possible implementation, the processing unit is further configured to adjust the direction of the receive beam to the base station and adjust the direction of the transmit beam to the terminal device, and the transmission unit is further configured to receive the signal transmitted by the base station via the receive beam and to transmit the signal transmitted by the base station to the terminal device via the transmit beam.

In a fifth aspect, an electronic device includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store one or more programs, the one or more programs including computer-executable instructions, the processor executing the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory when the electronic device is in operation, to cause the electronic device to perform a signal forwarding control method as in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a signal forwarding control method as in the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, a computer program product is provided which, when computer instructions are run on an electronic device, performs a signal forwarding control method as in the first aspect.

The application provides a signal forwarding control method, a device, equipment, a storage medium and a program product, which are applied to a scene of signal forwarding control. When the signal transmitted between the terminal device and the base station needs to be forwarded by the forwarding device, the controller may send first indication information for instructing the first forwarding device to forward the signal sent by the terminal device to the base station, and send second indication information for instructing the second forwarding device to forward the signal sent by the base station to the terminal device, to the second forwarding device. That is, the signal (may also be referred to as an uplink signal) transmitted from the terminal device to the base station and the signal (may also be referred to as a downlink signal) transmitted from the base station to the terminal device may be respectively forwarded by different forwarding devices. Therefore, the problem that the efficiency of the forwarding equipment for forwarding signals is poor and the uplink and downlink signal transmission performance of the terminal equipment cannot be simultaneously optimized when the uplink signal and the downlink signal between the terminal equipment and the base station are simultaneously forwarded through the same forwarding equipment can be avoided.

By the method, the controller can send corresponding indication information to different forwarding devices, so that the different forwarding devices can respectively forward signals sent by the terminal device to the base station and signals sent by the base station to the terminal device. Therefore, the technical problem that when the uplink signal and the downlink signal between the terminal equipment and the base station are simultaneously forwarded through the same forwarding equipment, the efficiency of forwarding the signal by the forwarding equipment is poor is solved, and the transmission performance of the uplink signal and the downlink signal is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a signal forwarding control system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a signal forwarding control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a configuration mode one of a MAC CE message according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a configuration mode two of a MAC CE message according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a second flow chart of a signal forwarding control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of a signal forwarding control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a flow chart diagram of a signal forwarding control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a signal forwarding control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of a signal forwarding control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a flow chart of a signal forwarding control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a signal forwarding control device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a signal forwarding control device according to a second embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the present application, "/" means "or" unless otherwise indicated, for example, A/B may mean A or B. The term "and/or" herein is merely an association relation describing the association object, and means that three kinds of relations may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean that a exists alone, a and B exist together, and B exists alone. Further, "at least one", "a plurality" means two or more. The terms "first," "second," and the like do not limit the number and order of execution, and the terms "first," "second," and the like do not necessarily differ.

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Specifically, the third generation partnership project (3 rd Generation Partnership Project Release-18,3GPP Rel-18) based on the Rel-18 protocol standard proposes network controlled NCR technology on the basis of a radio frequency repeater. Compared with the traditional radio frequency repeater, the NCR is a radio frequency repeater with the capability of receiving and processing control information from a network side. The NCR can be used as a forwarding device in a relay communication system, and based on control information issued by a network side, the amplifying and forwarding strategy of the NCR is optimally controlled, and the forwarding beam (also called as a link beam) of the NCR is adjusted, so that the signal amplifying and forwarding efficiency is effectively improved.

RIS is used as a two-dimensional implementation of electromagnetic metamaterial, and the spatial electromagnetic wave is actively and intelligently regulated and controlled in a programmable manner to form an electromagnetic field with controllable amplitude, phase, polarization and frequency. RIS is used as a carrier for electromagnetic regulation and control and is generally composed of a series of electromagnetic unit structures which are periodically arranged. The electromagnetic unit structure may integrate some tunable elements (such as P-type semiconductor-impurity-N-type semiconductor (PIN) diode, varactor, liquid crystal, micro-electro-MECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS) switch, etc.) to obtain the reconfigurability of electromagnetic wave control. The introduction of RIS changes the wireless propagation environment from passive adaptation to active control, thereby constructing an intelligent wireless environment. The RIS can remarkably improve the transmission performance between communication devices and enhance the coverage performance of a wireless communication system by dynamically adjusting the wireless channel environment. In the relay communication system, an RIS may be used as a forwarding device to assist in enhancing coverage capability of the base station, especially when coverage is performed at a cell edge and a blind spot area, a signal sent by the base station is forwarded (reflected/transmitted) to the terminal device through the RIS, and a signal sent by the terminal device may also be forwarded to the base station through the RIS. In order to expand the coverage of the base station and suppress interference, the RIS needs to direct the forward beam of the RIS to a specific terminal device by beamforming.

In summary, the forwarding beam can be regulated and controlled by a forwarding device in the area where the base station is located based on technologies such as beam forming, so that the forwarding beam is directed to a terminal device or the base station in the coverage area, signals transmitted between the terminal device and the base station are forwarded, the power of the signals is enhanced, and communication between the terminal device and the base station is assisted. However, when the signal transmitted between the terminal device and the base station includes an uplink signal and a downlink signal, and the forwarding device is used for forwarding the uplink signal and the downlink signal between the terminal device and the base station, the efficiency of forwarding the signal by the forwarding device is poor. And before the forwarding device regulates and controls the forwarding beam, the optimal forwarding device to be accessed by the terminal device needs to be determined. Particularly, when a plurality of forwarding devices exist, the terminal device may access different forwarding devices to obtain different communication performances, and if the terminal device may access the forwarding devices, the efficiency of forwarding signals by the forwarding devices is poor, which results in lower signal transmission performance.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present application provides a signal forwarding control method, which determines an uplink forwarding device (i.e. a first forwarding device) and a downlink forwarding device (i.e. a second forwarding device) for uplink and downlink signal transmission of a terminal device according to information such as access parameters (e.g. location, performance parameters, etc.) of the terminal device. By sending control messages (which may also be referred to as indication information) to the uplink forwarding device and the downlink forwarding device, respectively, the corresponding forwarding device is indicated to be used for forwarding the uplink signal and the downlink signal of the terminal device, respectively. Further, the uplink forwarding device and the downlink forwarding device respectively adjust a receiving beam and a transmitting beam on the link according to the indication information, so as to forward uplink signals and downlink signals of the terminal device. Therefore, the optimal forwarding equipment can be selected and accessed for the terminal equipment, and the transmission performance of uplink signals and downlink signals is improved.

The signal forwarding control method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to a signal forwarding control system. Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a signal forwarding control system. As shown in fig. 1, the signal forwarding control system 10 includes a terminal device 11, a base station 12, an upstream forwarding device 13 (i.e., a first forwarding device in the present application), and a downstream forwarding device 14 (i.e., a second forwarding device in the present application). The link type of the transmission link between the terminal device 11 and the uplink forwarding device 13 and the downlink forwarding device 14 is an access link. The link type of the transmission link between the base station 12 and the uplink forwarding device 13 and the downlink forwarding device 14 is a backhaul link. The terminal device 11, the base station 12, the uplink forwarding device 11, and the uplink forwarding device 12 may be connected by a wired manner or may be connected by a wireless manner, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In the uplink direction (i.e. the direction in which signals are transmitted from the terminal device to the base station), the uplink forwarding device 12 is configured to forward uplink signals sent by the terminal device 11 to the base station 12 when receiving the first indication information. Specifically, the uplink forwarding device 12 is configured to receive a signal sent by the terminal device 11 by adjusting a direction of an uplink receiving beam of the access link, and forward the signal sent by the terminal device 11 to the base station 12 by adjusting an uplink sending beam of the backhaul link.

In the downlink direction (i.e. the direction in which signals are transmitted from the base station to the terminal device), the downlink forwarding device 13 is configured to forward downlink signals sent by the base station 12 to the terminal device 11 when receiving the second indication information. Specifically, the downlink forwarding device 13 is configured to receive a signal sent by the base station 12 by adjusting a direction of a downlink receiving beam of the backhaul link, and forward the signal sent by the base station 12 to the terminal device 11 by adjusting a downlink sending beam of the access link.

As shown in fig. 1, assuming that there are a plurality of forwarding devices in the coverage area of the base station 12, since the uplink forwarding device 13 and the downlink forwarding device 14 are forwarding devices among the plurality of forwarding devices, it is known that the uplink forwarding device and the downlink forwarding device are forwarding devices controlled by the base station 12 in the relay communication system. I.e. there is a control interface between the base station 12 and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, which can be used for exchanging control information. The terminal device 11 may be a terminal accessing the base station 12, and the terminal device 11 may access the uplink forwarding device 13 and the downlink forwarding device 14 to communicate with the base station 12 through the uplink forwarding device 13 and the downlink forwarding device 14.

Alternatively, the forwarding device may be integrated in the base station or may be a separate physical entity. The forwarding device may be communication devices such as RIS and NCR, and the forwarding device designed in the embodiment of the application mainly takes RIS or NCR as an example.

The communication system (i.e., signal forwarding control system 10) in an embodiment of the present application may be an RIS or NCR-based assisted communication system including a base station, a terminal device, and a plurality of forwarding devices. Ext> theext> baseext> stationext> andext> theext> terminalext> equipmentext> bothext> supportext> oneext> orext> moreext> ofext> networkext> systemsext> suchext> asext> aext> fifthext> generationext> mobileext> communicationext> technologyext> (ext> 5ext> thext> generationext> mobileext> communicationext> technologyext> -ext> Advancedext>,ext> 5ext> Gext>)ext>,ext> 5ext> Gext> -ext> Aext>,ext> 6ext> Gext> andext> theext> likeext>.ext> The forwarding device is auxiliary communication equipment in the wireless communication system, and is provided with a plurality of electromagnetic units, and electromagnetic regulation and control and radio frequency signal forwarding can be implemented. The present application is applicable to a relay communication system including two or more forwarding devices.

The following describes a signal forwarding control method provided by an embodiment of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in fig. 2, the signal forwarding control method provided by the embodiment of the present application is applied to an egress gateway, and the method includes S201:

S201, sending first indication information to the first forwarding device and sending second indication information to the second forwarding device.

The first indication information is used for indicating the first forwarding device (i.e. the uplink forwarding device) to forward a signal (i.e. an uplink signal) sent by the terminal device to the base station, and the second indication information is used for indicating the second forwarding device (i.e. the downlink forwarding device) to forward the signal (i.e. a downlink signal) sent by the base station to the terminal device.

Optionally, under the condition that a certain terminal device connected with the base station needs to interact with the base station, the base station or other devices can respectively determine the uplink forwarding device and the downlink forwarding device to be accessed according to the position, the performance parameters and the related information of a plurality of forwarding devices in the coverage areas of the base station and the base station for the terminal device.

Further, the first indication information may include link direction indication information for indicating a forwarding link direction of the uplink forwarding device, where the forwarding link direction may be a direction in which the terminal device sends a signal to the base station, that is, a transmission direction of the uplink signal (may also be referred to as an uplink direction) by the base station or other devices. In this way, when the uplink forwarding device receives the first indication information, the signal sent by the terminal device to the base station can be forwarded.

And transmitting, by the base station or other device, second indication information to the downlink forwarding device, where the second indication information may include link direction indication information for indicating a forwarding link direction of the downlink forwarding device, where the forwarding link direction may be a direction in which the base station transmits a signal to the terminal device, that is, a transmission direction of a downlink signal (may also be referred to as a downlink direction). In this way, the downlink forwarding device can forward the signal sent by the base station to the terminal device when receiving the second indication information.

In one possible implementation, the first Indication information and/or the second Indication information includes at least one of Link direction Indication information (i.e., up Dwon Link Indication), link identification (i.e., link Indication), target beam identification (i.e., beamIndex), and forwarding resource identification (i.e., FWDRSRCID), the Link direction Indication information is used to indicate a forwarding Link direction of the forwarding device, the Link identification is used to indicate a Link type of a Link beam of the forwarding device, the target beam identification is used to indicate an adjustment direction of a Link beam of the forwarding device, and the forwarding resource identification is used to indicate forwarding resources configured by the base station for the forwarding device.

Optionally, the link direction indication information of the first indication information is used to indicate that the forwarding link direction of the uplink forwarding device is an uplink direction. The link direction indication information of the second indication information is used for indicating that the forwarding link direction of the downlink forwarding device is the downlink direction. The link identification is used to indicate the link type of the link beam of the corresponding forwarding device, which may be an access link or a backhaul link. The target beam identification is used to indicate the adjustment direction of the link beam of the corresponding forwarding device. The forwarding resource identification is used to instruct the base station to configure at least one of a plurality of forwarding resources for the corresponding forwarding device. The plurality of forwarding resources may include forwarding resources such as transmission time, transmission frequency, transmission power, beam identification, etc.

Optionally, the base station or other devices may determine the target beam direction (i.e. the adjustment direction of the link beam of the forwarding device) according to the positions of the terminal device, the uplink forwarding device, the downlink forwarding device and the base station, and further determine the target beam identifier corresponding to the target beam direction according to the correspondence between the beam direction and the beam identifier. The correspondence between the beam directions and the beam identities may be preconfigured, with one beam direction corresponding to one beam identity.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1, the target beam direction between the terminal device and the upstream forwarding device may be a direction from the upstream forwarding device to the terminal device (i.e., a direction of the upstream reception beam), so that. The uplink forwarding device may receive, through an uplink reception beam, an uplink signal sent by the terminal device. The target beam direction between the terminal device and the downstream forwarding device may be a direction from the downstream forwarding device to the terminal device (i.e., a direction of the downstream transmission beam), so that the downstream forwarding device may transmit the downstream signal to the terminal device through the downstream transmission beam. The target beam direction between the base station and the upstream forwarding device may be the direction from the upstream forwarding device to the base station (i.e. the direction of the upstream transmit beam). The target beam direction between the base station and the downstream forwarding device is the direction from the downstream forwarding device to the base station (i.e. the direction of the downstream receive beam).

Further, the forwarding device may pre-store a correspondence between the beamforming codebook and the beam identifier. The beamforming codebook corresponds to a predefined set of directions for guiding the forwarding device to adjust the beam direction during beamforming. Because the beam identifications and the beam directions corresponding to the beam forming codebooks have a one-to-one correspondence, when receiving the target beam identifications, the forwarding device can obtain the beam forming codebook corresponding to the target beam identifications by inquiring the correspondence between the beam forming codebooks and the beam identifications, so that the direction of the link beam is adjusted to the beam direction corresponding to the target beam identifications according to the beam forming codebook.

It should be noted that, the target beam identifier has a corresponding relationship with the forwarding resource identifier, that is, when the forwarding device receives the target beam identifier, the forwarding device may learn the forwarding resource identifier by querying the corresponding relationship between the target beam identifier and the forwarding resource identifier, and vice versa.

For example, as shown in fig. 1, if the link identifier of the first indication information indicates that the first indication information is used to configure the access link of the uplink forwarding device, the direction of the uplink reception beam of the uplink forwarding device may be a direction from the uplink forwarding device to the terminal device. If the link identifier of the first indication information indicates that the first indication information is used to configure the backhaul link of the uplink forwarding device, the uplink transmission beam of the uplink forwarding device may be directed from the uplink forwarding device to the base station. If the link identification of the second indication information indicates that the second indication information is used to configure the access link of the downlink forwarding device, the direction of the downlink transmission beam of the downlink forwarding device may be a direction from the downlink forwarding device to the terminal device. If the link identifier of the second indication information indicates that the second indication information is used to configure the backhaul link of the downlink forwarding device, the direction of the downlink reception beam of the downlink forwarding device may be a direction pointing from the downlink forwarding device to the base station.

In one possible implementation, the message type of the indication information may be a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) message, a media access control-control element (MEDIA ACCESS Control Control Element, MAC CE) message, or a downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI) message, etc.

Optionally, when the message type of the indication information is an RRC message, the link direction indication information, the link identifier, the target beam identifier, and the forwarding resource identifier may be sent by means of a cell. I.e. the indication information may comprise a link direction indication cell, a link identification cell, a target beam identification cell, a forwarding resource identification cell.

The link direction indication information element may be used to indicate a target beam identifier or a forwarding resource identifier carried in the control message to configure an uplink beam (i.e. a receive beam or a transmit beam in an uplink direction) or a downlink beam (i.e. a receive beam or a transmit beam in a downlink direction) of the uplink forwarding device or the downlink forwarding device. The uplink beam comprises at least one of an uplink receive beam of the access link and an uplink transmit beam of the backhaul link. The downstream beam comprises at least one of a downstream transmit beam of the access link and a downstream receive beam of the backhaul link.

The link identification information element may be configured to indicate a target beam identification or a forwarding resource identification carried in the control message for configuring one of a beam of an access link or a beam of a backhaul link of the uplink forwarding device or the downlink forwarding device.

The target beam identification cell may be used to indicate the adjustment direction of the forwarding beam to be configured of the corresponding forwarding device. The target beam identifier may be of an integer number type and be at least one of a plurality of beam identifiers currently configured by the corresponding forwarding device;

And the forwarding resource identification information element is used for indicating at least one of a plurality of forwarding resources configured by the base station for the corresponding forwarding equipment, and the value of the forwarding resource identification information element can be an integer value type and is at least one of a plurality of forwarding resource identifications currently configured by the corresponding forwarding equipment. The forwarding resources configured by the forwarding device comprise beam identifiers, corresponding transmission resources and the like.

In one possible implementation, when the message type of the indication information is an RRC message, the link direction indication cell, the link identification cell, the target beam identification cell, and the forwarding resource identification cell may be configured in several configurations.

Configuration one, the value of the link direction indication cell and the link identification cell may be configured to enumerate a numeric type.

Illustratively, the enumerated value type may be True, false. When the control information received by the forwarding device carries the link direction indication information element, and the value of the information element is True (i.e. correct), the forwarding device can adjust the uplink beam according to the target beam identifier carried in the control information, when the control information received by the forwarding device carries the link direction indication information element, and the value of the information element is False (i.e. incorrect), or when the control information received by the forwarding device does not carry the link direction indication information element, the forwarding device can adjust the downlink beam according to the target beam identifier carried in the control information.

When the control message received by the forwarding device carries a link identification cell and the value of the cell is True, the forwarding device can adjust the beam of the access link according to the target beam identification carried in the control message. When the link identification cell in the control message received by the forwarding device is False, or when the control message received by the forwarding device does not carry the link identification cell, the forwarding device can adjust the beam of the return link according to the target beam identification carried in the control message.

The configuration mode one corresponding code may be:

and in the second configuration mode, the value of the link direction indication cell and the link identification cell can be configured into an integer numerical value type.

Illustratively, the integer numeric value type may have values of Nr1, nr2. When the control information received by the forwarding device carries the link direction indication cell and the value of the cell is 1 (namely Nr 1), the forwarding device can adjust the uplink beam according to the target beam mark carried in the control information, when the control information received by the forwarding device carries the link direction indication cell and the value of the cell is 2 (namely Nr 2), or when the control information received by the forwarding device does not carry the link direction indication cell, the forwarding device can adjust the downlink beam according to the target beam mark carried in the control information.

When the control message received by the forwarding device carries a link identification cell, and the value of the cell is Nr1, the forwarding device can adjust the beam of the access link according to the target beam identification carried in the control message. When the link identification cell in the control message received by the forwarding device is Nr2, or when the control message received by the forwarding device does not carry the link identification cell, the forwarding device may adjust the beam of the backhaul link according to the target beam identification carried in the control message.

The code corresponding to the configuration mode II can be:

And in the third configuration mode, the control message does not comprise a link direction indication cell, and the target beam identifier carried by the control message is used for adjusting the uplink beam or the downlink beam by default. And the control message does not comprise a link identification cell, and the target beam identification carried by the control message is used for adjusting the beam of the access link or the beam of the return link by default.

For example, if the target beam identifier carried by the control message is used to adjust the uplink beam by default, after the forwarding device receives the control message, the forwarding device adjusts the uplink beam according to the target beam identifier carried in the control message.

If the target beam identifier carried by the control message is used for adjusting the beam of the access link by default, after the forwarding device receives the control message, the forwarding device adjusts the beam of the access link according to the target beam identifier carried by the control message.

The code corresponding to the configuration mode three can be:

optionally, when the message type of the indication information is a MAC CE message, the link direction indication information, the link identifier, the target beam identifier, and the forwarding resource identifier may be sent by field. Indication information.

In one possible implementation, when the message type of the indication information is a MAC CE message, the following configurations may be used to configure the link direction indication, the link identification, the target beam identification, and the forwarding resource identification.

Configuration one as shown in fig. 3, a schematic diagram of a configuration one of a MAC CE message, and as shown in fig. 3, the indication information may include beamIndex fields, D fields, L fields, and R fields. The beamIndex field is used to indicate the beam identity corresponding to at least one forwarding resource in the set of forwarding resources (i.e., FWDRSRCLIST). beamIndex 0a indicates a beam identity corresponding to a first one of the forwarding resources FWDRSRCLIST, beamIndex a beam identity corresponding to a second one of the forwarding resources set, and so on, the number N of beam identities being equal to the number of beam identities comprised by the forwarding resource set.

The D field is a link direction indication field for indicating an uplink direction or a downlink direction. If the value of this field is set to a value of 1, the forwarding resource indicated by FWDRSRCID of the RRC cell will be applied to the transmission or reception of the uplink signal. If the value of this field is set to a value of 2, then the forwarding resource indicated by FWDRSRCID will be applied to the transmission or reception of downstream signals.

The L field is used to indicate the access link or backhaul link. If the value of this field is set to a value of 1, the forwarding resource indicated by FWDRSRCID of the RRC cell will be applied to either transmission or reception on the access link. If the value of this field is set to a value of 2, then the forwarding resource indicated by FWDRSRCID will be applied to either transmission or reception on the backhaul link. The R field is a reserved bit.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a configuration mode two of a MAC CE message, and as shown in fig. 4, the indication information may include beamIndex fields and R fields. And, different types of MAC CE messages may be configured with different MAC headers (MAC subheader), i.e., different types of MAC CE messages may be distinguished by different MAC headers (with different values set for the header fields).

BeamIndex field, which is used to indicate the beam identifier corresponding to at least one forwarding resource in FWDRSRCLIST. beamIndex 0a indicates a beam identity corresponding to a first one of the forwarding resources FWDRSRCLIST, beamIndex a beam identity corresponding to a second one of the forwarding resources set, and so on, the number N of beam identities being equal to the number of beam identities comprised by the forwarding resource set. The R field is a reserved bit.

For example, when the MAC header is a value of 1, the MAC CE message is used to indicate that the forwarding resource set carried in the control message is used to configure the uplink beam. When the MAC header is a value of 2, the MAC CE message is used to indicate that the forwarding resource set carried in the control message is used to configure the downlink beam. When the MAC header is a value of 3, the MAC CE message is used to indicate that the forwarding resource set carried in the control message is used to configure the beam of the access link. When the MAC header is a value of 4, the MAC CE message is used to indicate that the forwarding resource set carried in the control message is used to configure the beam of the backhaul link.

Optionally, when the message type of the indication information is a DCI message, the link direction indication information, the link identifier, the target beam identifier, and the forwarding resource identifier may be sent by field. Indication information.

In one possible implementation, when the message type of the indication information is a DCI message, the link direction indication, the link identification, the target beam identification, and the forwarding resource identification may be configured in the following configuration manner. The indication information may include the following fields ：beamIndex0,beamIndex1,…,beamIndex N-1、FwdRsrcId0,FwdRsrcId1,…,FwdR srcIdN-1、UpDwonLinkIndication、LinkIndication.

Wherein beamIndex and FWDRSRCID0 are in one-to-one correspondence, N is equal to the number of beam identifiers contained in the forwarding resource set, beamIndex0 and subBandIndex0 correspond to the first forwarding resource in FWDRSRCLIST (the corresponding forwarding resource identifier has the smallest value, FWDRSRCID =0).

Illustratively, if the RRC layer parameter includes UpDwonLinkIndication cells, the DCI contains field UpDwonLinkIndication, otherwise, the DCI does not contain this field. The DCI contains field LinkIndication if the RRC layer parameters include LinkIndication cells, otherwise the DCI does not contain this field.

The application can instruct the corresponding forwarding device to adjust the uplink beam or the downlink beam according to the forwarding resource identification or the target beam identification by sending the control message to the corresponding forwarding device, so that the corresponding forwarding device is used for forwarding the uplink signal or the downlink signal of the terminal device. In the related art, the same forwarding resource is simultaneously applied to forwarding of downlink signals and uplink signals, and forwarding resources or target beams cannot be configured for uplink signals or downlink signal forwarding independently, so that the transmission performance of the downlink signals and the uplink signals is low. Aiming at the problems in the related art, the application can realize that different forwarding devices and forwarding resources are independently configured for the uplink beam and the downlink beam by carrying the link direction indication information in the control message, so that the terminal device can be connected into different forwarding devices for respectively receiving and transmitting uplink signals and downlink signals, and can be respectively matched with the optimal forwarding devices for the transmission of the uplink signals and the downlink signals, thereby simultaneously improving the transmission performance of the uplink signals and the downlink signals.

In one design, as shown in fig. 5, in the signal forwarding control method provided by the embodiment of the present application, before the step S201, the method further includes S301 to S302:

s301, acquiring equipment information of a terminal equipment, a base station and a plurality of forwarding equipment in the coverage area of the base station.

Wherein the device information comprises a location and/or performance parameter of the corresponding device.

Alternatively, the base station or other device may obtain device information for the terminal device, the base station, and a plurality of forwarding devices within the coverage area of the base station.

Alternatively, the base station may obtain the location of the terminal device, the location of the base station itself, and the location of each forwarding device based on base station positioning techniques. The terminal device can also acquire its position based on the terminal positioning technology and report it to the base station or other devices. The forwarding device may also acquire its location based on its own positioning technology and report it to the base station or other devices. The location may be a parameter representing the location, such as latitude and longitude coordinates.

In one possible implementation, the performance parameter includes at least one of an uplink minimum transmission rate, an uplink maximum transmission delay, a downlink minimum transmission rate, a downlink maximum transmission delay, and a number of access terminal devices. The uplink minimum transmission rate, the uplink maximum transmission delay, the downlink minimum transmission rate and the downlink maximum transmission delay are transmission performance parameters of the terminal equipment and are used for reflecting the minimum transmission performance requirement of the terminal equipment. The number of access terminal devices is a transmission performance parameter of the forwarding device, and is used for reflecting the number of terminal devices that have access to the forwarding device.

S302, determining a first forwarding device and a second forwarding device from a plurality of forwarding devices based on the device information.

Alternatively, the base station or other device may determine the first forwarding device and the second forwarding device from the plurality of forwarding devices based on the device information.

It should be noted that, for a specific description of how to determine the first forwarding device and the second forwarding device from the plurality of forwarding devices based on the device information, reference may be made to the following embodiments, which are not described herein.

The application can respectively and independently determine the corresponding uplink forwarding equipment and the corresponding downlink forwarding equipment according to the information such as the position, the performance parameters and the like of the terminal equipment, the base station and the plurality of forwarding equipment. The uplink forwarding equipment and the downlink forwarding equipment are decoupled, and the uplink signals and the downlink signals of the terminal are forwarded by different forwarding equipment, so that the optimal forwarding equipment is respectively adapted to the uplink signals and the downlink signals under the condition that the uplink transmission performance and the downlink transmission performance are different, and the transmission performance of the uplink and the downlink is improved.

In one design, as shown in fig. 6, the method for controlling signal forwarding according to the embodiment of the present application, before the step S201, further includes S401-S402, or S401-S403:

S401, determining the distance between the terminal equipment and each of the plurality of forwarding equipment and the distance between the base station and each of the plurality of forwarding equipment based on the positions of the terminal equipment and the plurality of forwarding equipment.

Alternatively, the base station or other device may determine a distance between the terminal device and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, respectively, and a distance between the base station and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, respectively, based on the locations of the terminal device and the plurality of forwarding devices.

For example, the number of the plurality of forwarding devices is 4, and the forwarding devices 1,2,3, and 4 are respectively assumed. The distance between the terminal device and the forwarding device 1 is 50 meters, the distance between the terminal device and the forwarding device 2 is 100 meters, the distance between the terminal device and the forwarding device 3 is 150 meters, and the distance between the terminal device and the forwarding device 4 is 200 meters. The distance between the base station and the forwarding device 1 is 50 meters, the distance between the base station and the forwarding device 2 is 100 meters, the distance between the base station and the forwarding device 3 is 150 meters, and the distance between the base station and the forwarding device 4 is 200 meters.

S402, determining a first forwarding device from forwarding devices with a distance between the forwarding devices and the terminal device being smaller than a first value.

Alternatively, the base station or other device may determine the first forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having a distance from the terminal device less than the first value, based on the distance between the terminal device and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, respectively. Further, if the number of forwarding devices smaller than the first value is plural, the first forwarding device may be determined randomly from the forwarding devices smaller than the first value, the device with the smallest distance from the terminal device among the forwarding devices smaller than the first value may be determined as the first forwarding device, or the plural forwarding devices smaller than the first value may be determined as the first forwarding device.

By way of example, it is assumed that the first value may be 150 meters. Then forwarding devices smaller than 150 meters have forwarding device 1 and forwarding device 2, and both forwarding device 1 and forwarding device 2 may be first forwarding devices.

S403, determining a second forwarding device from the forwarding devices with the distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the base station being smaller than a second value.

Alternatively, the base station or other device may determine the second forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having a distance from the terminal device smaller than the second value, according to the distance between the base station and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, respectively. Further, if the number of forwarding devices smaller than the second value is plural, the second forwarding device may be determined randomly from the forwarding devices smaller than the second value, or a device with the smallest distance from the base station among the forwarding devices smaller than the second value may be determined as the second forwarding device, or plural forwarding devices smaller than the second value may be determined as the second forwarding device.

Illustratively, it is assumed that the second value may be 150 meters. Then forwarding devices smaller than 150 meters have forwarding device 1 and forwarding device 2, and both forwarding device 1 and forwarding device 2 may be second forwarding devices. The application can determine the forwarding equipment with small distance to the terminal equipment as the uplink forwarding equipment and the forwarding equipment with small distance to the base station as the downlink forwarding equipment. This is because, when a repeater apparatus receives a signal, the closer the distance from the apparatus transmitting the signal is, the greater the intensity of an incident signal is, and the higher the quality of the repeated signal is. Therefore, the uplink incident signal strength and the downlink incident signal strength of the forwarding equipment can be improved, the quality of the forwarding signals is further improved, and the uplink and downlink transmission performance of the terminal equipment is improved.

In one design, as shown in fig. 7, the method for controlling signal forwarding according to the embodiment of the present application further includes S501, S502, S503, or S504 before the step S201:

S501, determining a first forwarding device from forwarding devices with the number of access terminal devices smaller than a fifth value in a plurality of forwarding devices when the uplink minimum transmission rate is larger than a third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is smaller than or equal to a fourth value.

Alternatively, the base station or other device may determine whether the uplink minimum transmission rate is greater than a third value and/or whether the uplink maximum transmission delay is less than or equal to a fourth value. Further, in the case where the uplink minimum transmission rate is greater than the third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is less than or equal to the fourth value, the base station or other devices may determine the first forwarding device from the forwarding devices, where the number of access terminal devices in the forwarding devices is less than the fifth value. Further, if the number of forwarding devices of the access terminal device smaller than the fifth value is plural, the first forwarding device may be determined randomly from the forwarding devices of the access terminal device smaller than the fifth value, the device of the access terminal device having the smallest number may be determined as the first forwarding device, and the plural forwarding devices of the access terminal device smaller than the fifth value may be determined as the first forwarding device.

Illustratively, the third value may be any reasonable value of 8bps, 9bps, etc., and the fourth value may be any reasonable value of 1ms, 2 ms. The fifth value may be any reasonable value such as 20.

It should be noted that the minimum transmission rate and the maximum transmission delay of the terminal device may be used to reflect the minimum transmission performance requirement of the terminal device. The larger the minimum transmission rate and the smaller the maximum transmission delay, the higher the transmission performance requirements of the terminal equipment are. The smaller the minimum transmission rate and the larger the maximum transmission delay, the lower the transmission performance requirements of the terminal equipment are. The number of forwarding device access terminal devices may reflect the load factor of the forwarding device, and the more the number of forwarding device access terminal devices, the greater the load factor, the fewer forwarding resources may be configured for the target forwarding device, and the worse the transmission performance of the forwarding device, and vice versa.

S502, determining a first forwarding device from forwarding devices with a distance between the forwarding devices and the terminal device smaller than the first value under the condition that the uplink minimum transmission rate is smaller than or equal to the third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is larger than the fourth value.

Optionally, when the uplink minimum transmission rate is less than or equal to the third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is greater than the fourth value, the base station or other devices may determine the first forwarding device from forwarding devices, where a distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the terminal device is less than the first value. If the number of forwarding devices smaller than the first value is plural, the first forwarding device may be determined randomly from the forwarding devices smaller than the first value, a device with the smallest distance from the terminal device among the forwarding devices smaller than the first value may be determined as the first forwarding device, and a plurality of forwarding devices with the distance from the terminal device smaller than the first value may be determined as the first forwarding device.

S503, determining a second forwarding device from forwarding devices with the number of access terminal devices smaller than the fifth value in the plurality of forwarding devices when the downlink minimum transmission rate is larger than the third value and/or the downlink maximum transmission delay is smaller than or equal to the fourth value.

Optionally, the base station or other device may determine whether the downlink minimum transmission rate is greater than a third value and/or whether the uplink maximum transmission delay is less than or equal to a fourth value. In the case that the downlink minimum transmission rate is greater than the third value and/or the downlink maximum transmission delay is less than or equal to the fourth value, the base station or other device may determine the second forwarding device from the forwarding devices, of the plurality of forwarding devices, for which the number of access terminal devices is less than the fifth value. Further, if the number of forwarding devices of the access terminal device smaller than the fifth value is plural, the second forwarding device may be determined randomly from the forwarding devices of the access terminal device smaller than the fifth value, the device of the access terminal device having the smallest number may be determined as the second forwarding device, and the plural forwarding devices of the access terminal device smaller than the fifth value may be determined as the second forwarding device.

S504, determining a second forwarding device from forwarding devices with a distance between the forwarding devices and the terminal device smaller than the second value under the condition that the downlink minimum transmission rate is smaller than or equal to the third value and/or the downlink maximum transmission delay is larger than the fourth value.

Optionally, in the case that the downlink minimum transmission rate is less than or equal to the third value and/or the downlink maximum transmission delay is greater than the fourth value, the base station or other device may determine the second forwarding device from forwarding devices, where a distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the terminal device is less than the second value. Further, if the number of forwarding devices smaller than the second value is plural, the second forwarding device may be determined randomly from the forwarding devices smaller than the second value, or a device with the smallest distance from the base station among the forwarding devices smaller than the second value may be determined as the second forwarding device, or plural forwarding devices smaller than the second value may be determined as the second forwarding device.

The application can select the forwarding equipment with less access terminal equipment for service transmission of the terminal equipment under the condition of high transmission performance requirement of the terminal equipment, so that more forwarding resources can be configured for the forwarding equipment, and the transmission performance is improved. And selecting forwarding equipment which is closer to the terminal under the condition that the transmission performance requirement of the terminal equipment is not high, so that the signal transmission path loss is reduced, the signal receiving strength is improved, and the transmission performance of the terminal equipment is further improved.

In one design, as shown in fig. 8, a signal forwarding control method provided by an embodiment of the present application is applied to a forwarding device, and the method includes S601 and S602:

S601, when first indication information is received, forwarding a signal sent by the terminal equipment to the base station based on the first indication information.

Optionally, in the case that the forwarding device receives the first indication information, the forwarding device is the first forwarding device, and the forwarding device may forward the signal sent by the terminal device to the base station based on the first indication information.

S602, when receiving the second instruction information, forwarding signals sent by the base station to the terminal equipment based on the second instruction information.

Optionally, in the case that the forwarding device receives the second indication information, the forwarding device is the second forwarding device, and the forwarding device may forward the signal sent by the base station to the terminal device based on the second indication information.

In one design, as shown in fig. 9, a signal forwarding control method provided in an embodiment of the present application, the method in step S601 specifically includes S701-S702:

S701, adjusting the direction of the reception beam to the terminal device and adjusting the direction of the transmission beam to the base station.

Alternatively, the first forwarding device may adjust the receiving beam (i.e. the uplink receiving beam) of the first forwarding device to be directed to the terminal device, and adjust the transmitting beam (i.e. the uplink transmitting beam) of the first forwarding device to be directed to the base station.

S702, receiving a signal transmitted by the terminal device through a reception beam, and transmitting the signal transmitted by the terminal device to the base station through a transmission beam.

Alternatively, the first forwarding device may receive the signal transmitted by the terminal device through the reception beam, and transmit the signal transmitted by the terminal device to the base station through the transmission beam.

In one design, as shown in fig. 10, a signal forwarding control method provided in an embodiment of the present application, the method in step S602 includes steps S801 to S802:

S801, adjusting the direction of the reception beam to the base station and adjusting the direction of the transmission beam to the terminal device.

Alternatively, the second forwarding device may adjust the receive beam of the second forwarding device (i.e. the downlink receive beam) to be directed to the base station, and adjust the transmit beam of the second forwarding device to be directed to the terminal device (i.e. the downlink transmit beam).

S802, receiving signals sent by the base station through a receiving beam, and sending signals sent by the base station to the terminal equipment through a sending beam.

Alternatively, the second forwarding device may receive the signal transmitted by the base station through the reception beam, and transmit the signal transmitted by the base station to the terminal device through the transmission beam.

The foregoing description of the solution provided by the embodiments of the present application has been mainly presented in terms of a method. To achieve the above functions, it includes corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules that perform the respective functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

The embodiment of the application can divide the functional modules of a signal forwarding control method according to the method example, for example, each functional module can be divided corresponding to each function, and two or more functions can be integrated in one processing module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware or in software functional modules. Optionally, the division of the modules in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in practice.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a signal forwarding control device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 11, a signal transfer control apparatus 100 is used to improve the efficiency of transferring signals by a transfer device, for example, to perform a signal transfer control method shown in fig. 2. The signal transfer control apparatus 100 includes a transmission unit 1001.

The transmission unit 1001 is configured to send first indication information to the first forwarding device and send second indication information to the second forwarding device, where the first indication information is used to instruct the first forwarding device to forward a signal sent by the terminal device to the base station, and the second indication information is used to instruct the second forwarding device to forward a signal sent by the base station to the terminal device.

In a possible implementation manner, the signal forwarding control apparatus further includes a determining unit 1002, a transmitting unit 1001 further configured to acquire device information of the terminal device, the base station, and a plurality of forwarding devices within a coverage area of the base station, the device information including a location and/or performance parameters of the corresponding device, and the determining unit 1002 configured to determine the first forwarding device and the second forwarding device from the plurality of forwarding devices based on the determining information.

In a possible implementation manner, the determining unit 1002 is further configured to determine a distance between the terminal device and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, and a distance between the base station and each of the plurality of forwarding devices, based on the locations of the terminal device and the plurality of forwarding devices, the determining unit 1002 is further configured to determine a first forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having a distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the terminal device smaller than a first value, and the determining unit 1002 is further configured to determine a second forwarding device from among the forwarding devices having a distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the base station smaller than a second value.

In a possible implementation manner, the determining unit 1002 is further configured to determine, from among the forwarding devices having the number of access terminal devices smaller than the fifth value, the first forwarding device when the uplink minimum transmission rate is greater than the third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is less than or equal to the fourth value, or the determining unit 1002 is further configured to determine, from among the forwarding devices having the number of access terminal devices smaller than the fifth value, the first forwarding device when the uplink minimum transmission rate is less than or equal to the third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is greater than the fourth value, the first forwarding device when the distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the terminal device is smaller than the first value, or the determining unit 1002 is further configured to determine, from among the forwarding devices having the number of access terminal devices smaller than the fifth value, the second forwarding device when the downlink minimum transmission rate is greater than the third value and/or the downlink maximum transmission delay is greater than or equal to the fourth value.

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a signal forwarding control device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 12, a signal transfer control apparatus 110 is used to improve the efficiency of transferring signals by a transfer device, for example, to perform a signal transfer control method shown in fig. 7. The signal transfer control apparatus 110 includes a processing unit 1101.

And a processing unit 1101, configured to forward, when the first instruction information is received, a signal sent by the terminal device to the base station based on the first instruction information.

The processing unit 1101 is further configured to forward, when receiving the second instruction information, a signal sent by the base station to the terminal device based on the second instruction information.

In a possible implementation, the signal forwarding control apparatus 110 further includes a transmission unit 1102, a processing unit 1101 further configured to adjust a reception beam to point to a terminal device and adjust a transmission beam to point to a base station, and the transmission unit 1102 is configured to receive a signal transmitted by the terminal device through the reception beam and transmit the signal transmitted by the terminal device to the base station through the transmission beam.

In a possible implementation, the processing unit 1101 is further configured to adjust a direction of a reception beam to the base station and adjust a direction of a transmission beam to the terminal device, and the transmission unit 1102 is further configured to receive a signal transmitted by the base station through the reception beam and transmit a signal transmitted by the base station to the terminal device through the transmission beam.

In the case of implementing the functions of the integrated modules in the form of hardware, the embodiment of the present application provides a possible structural schematic diagram of the electronic device involved in the above embodiment. As shown in fig. 13, an electronic device 120 is configured to increase the efficiency of forwarding signals by a forwarding device, for example, to perform a signal forwarding control method as shown in fig. 2. The electronic device 120 includes a processor 1201, a memory 1202, and a bus 1203. The processor 1201 and the memory 1202 may be connected by a bus 1203.

The processor 1201 is a control center of the communication apparatus, and may be one processor or a collective term of a plurality of processing elements. For example, the processor 1201 may be a general-purpose central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), or may be another general-purpose processor. Wherein the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like.

As one example, processor 1201 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU 0 and CPU 1 shown in fig. 13.

Memory 1202 may be, but is not limited to, read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory, RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, or electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.

As a possible implementation, the memory 1202 may exist separately from the processor 1201, and the memory 1202 may be connected to the processor 1201 by a bus 1203 for storing instructions or program code. The processor 1201, when calling and executing instructions or program code stored in the memory 1202, is capable of implementing a signal forwarding control method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

In another possible implementation, the memory 1202 may also be integrated with the processor 1201.

Bus 1203 may be an industry standard architecture (industry standard architecture, ISA) bus, a peripheral component interconnect (PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT, PCI) bus, or an extended industry standard architecture (extended industry standard architecture, EISA) bus, among others. The bus may be classified as an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in fig. 13, but not only one bus or one type of bus.

It should be noted that the structure shown in fig. 13 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device 120. The electronic device 120 may include more or fewer components than shown in fig. 13, or may combine certain components or a different arrangement of components.

As an example, in connection with fig. 11, the transmission unit 1001, the determination unit 1002 in the signal transfer control apparatus 100 realize the same functions as the processor 1201 in fig. 13. In connection with fig. 12, the functions realized by the processing unit 1101 and the transmission unit 1102 in the signal transfer control apparatus 110 are the same as those of the processor 1201 in fig. 13.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 13, the electronic device 120 provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include a communication interface 1204.

A communication interface 1204 for connecting with other devices via a communication network. The communication network may be an ethernet, a radio access network, a wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN), etc. The communication interface 1204 may include a receiving unit for receiving data, and a transmitting unit for transmitting data.

In one design, the electronic device provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include a communication interface integrated in the processor.

From the above description of embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the foregoing functional unit divisions are merely illustrative for convenience and brevity of description. In practical applications, the above-mentioned function allocation may be performed by different functional units, i.e. the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional units, as needed, to perform all or part of the functions described above. The specific working processes of the above-described systems, devices and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not described herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores instructions, when the computer executes the instructions, the computer executes each step in the method flow shown in the method embodiment.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product for, when computer instructions are run on an electronic device, the electronic device executing a signal forwarding control method as in the method embodiments described above.

The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable storage medium would include an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, and a hard disk. Random access memory (random access memory, RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (erasable programmable read only memory, EPROM), registers, hard disk, optical fiber, portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any other form of computer-readable storage medium known in the art, as appropriate, or any other combination of the foregoing.

An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC).

In embodiments of the present application, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Since the electronic device, the computer readable storage medium, and the computer program product in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to the above-mentioned method, the technical effects that can be obtained by the method can also refer to the above-mentioned method embodiments, and the embodiments of the present application are not described herein again.

The present application is not limited to the above embodiments, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application should be covered by the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A signal forwarding control method, the method comprising:

The method comprises the steps of sending first indication information to first forwarding equipment and sending second indication information to second forwarding equipment, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the first forwarding equipment to forward signals sent by terminal equipment to a base station, and the second indication information is used for indicating the second forwarding equipment to forward signals sent by the base station to the terminal equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

Acquiring equipment information of the terminal equipment, the base station and a plurality of forwarding equipment in the coverage area of the base station, wherein the equipment information comprises the position and/or performance parameters of corresponding equipment;

The first forwarding device and the second forwarding device are determined from the plurality of forwarding devices based on the device information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the performance parameter comprises at least one of an uplink minimum transmission rate, an uplink maximum transmission delay, a downlink minimum transmission rate, a downlink maximum transmission delay, and a number of access terminal devices.

4. A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the method further comprises:

Determining distances between the terminal device and each of the plurality of forwarding devices and distances between the base station and each of the plurality of forwarding devices based on the locations of the terminal device and the plurality of forwarding devices;

determining a first forwarding device from forwarding devices of which the distances between the plurality of forwarding devices and the terminal device are smaller than a first value;

And determining the second forwarding device from forwarding devices, of which the distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the base station is smaller than a second value.

5. A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the method further comprises:

Determining the first forwarding device from forwarding devices with the number of access terminal devices smaller than a fifth value in the plurality of forwarding devices, in case the uplink minimum transmission rate is larger than a third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is smaller than or equal to a fourth value, or

Determining the first forwarding device from among the plurality of forwarding devices having a distance from the terminal device smaller than a first value in the case where the uplink minimum transmission rate is smaller than or equal to the third value and/or the uplink maximum transmission delay is larger than the fourth value, or

Determining the second forwarding device from the forwarding devices with the number of access terminal devices smaller than the fifth value in the plurality of forwarding devices when the downlink minimum transmission rate is greater than the third value and/or the downlink maximum transmission delay is less than or equal to the fourth value, or

And determining the second forwarding device from forwarding devices with a distance between the plurality of forwarding devices and the terminal device smaller than a second value when the downlink minimum transmission rate is smaller than or equal to the third value and/or the downlink maximum transmission delay is larger than the fourth value.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first indication information and/or the second indication information comprises at least one of link direction indication information, a link identifier, a target beam identifier, and a forwarding resource identifier, wherein the link direction indication information is used for indicating a forwarding link direction of the forwarding device, the link identifier is used for indicating a link type of a link beam of the forwarding device, the target beam identifier is used for indicating an adjustment direction of the link beam of the forwarding device, and the forwarding resource identifier is used for indicating forwarding resources configured by the base station for the forwarding device.

7. The signal forwarding control method is characterized by being applied to forwarding equipment, and comprises the following steps:

Forwarding a signal sent by the terminal equipment to the base station based on the first indication information under the condition that the first indication information is received;

and forwarding a signal sent by the base station to the terminal equipment based on the second instruction information under the condition that the second instruction information is received.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein forwarding the signal sent by the terminal device to the base station based on the first indication information includes:

adjusting the direction of a receiving beam to the terminal equipment and adjusting the direction of a transmitting beam to the base station;

And receiving the signal sent by the terminal equipment through the receiving beam, and sending the signal sent by the terminal equipment to the base station through the sending beam.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein forwarding the signal sent by the base station to the terminal device based on the second indication information, comprises:

adjusting the direction of a receiving beam to the base station and adjusting the direction of a transmitting beam to the terminal equipment;

And receiving the signal sent by the base station through the receiving beam, and sending the signal sent by the base station to the terminal equipment through the sending beam.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the first indication information and/or the second indication information comprises at least one of link direction indication information, a link identifier, a target beam identifier, and a forwarding resource identifier, wherein the link direction indication information is used for indicating a forwarding link direction of the forwarding device, the link identifier is used for indicating a link type of a link beam of the forwarding device, the target beam identifier is used for indicating an adjustment direction of the link beam of the forwarding device, and the forwarding resource identifier is used for indicating forwarding resources configured by the base station for the forwarding device.

11. A signal transfer control device is characterized by comprising a transmission unit;

The transmission unit is used for sending first indication information to the first forwarding device and sending second indication information to the second forwarding device, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the first forwarding device to forward signals sent by the terminal device to the base station, and the second indication information is used for indicating the second forwarding device to forward signals sent by the base station to the terminal device.

12. The signal forwarding control device is characterized by being applied to forwarding equipment and comprises a processing unit, a signal forwarding control unit and a signal forwarding control unit, wherein the processing unit is used for processing the signal forwarding control unit;

The processing unit is used for forwarding signals sent by the terminal equipment to the base station based on the first indication information under the condition of receiving the first indication information, and is also used for forwarding signals sent by the base station to the terminal equipment based on the second indication information under the condition of receiving the second indication information.

13. An electronic device is characterized by comprising a processor and a memory;

Wherein the memory is configured to store one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any of claims 1-10.

14. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1-10.

15. A computer program product, characterized in that it comprises computer instructions which, when run on an electronic device, perform the method according to any of claims 1-10.