阅读说明：本技术 一种通信方法、装置及系统 (Communication method, device and system ) 是由 骆喆 高瑜 周国华 于 2020-05-18 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请实施例提供了一种通信方法,包括：生成第一参考信号,第一参考信号与第二参考信号呈二维正交,第二参考信号为第一参考信号在通信过程中经过时延τ和多普勒平移v变换后的参考信号,0≤τ≤τ-(max)、0≤|v|≤v-(max)、且τ≠0或者v≠0,τ-(max)为第一阈值,v-(max)为第二阈值,其中,|x|表示对x取绝对值；发送第一参考信号。满足如上要求的第一参考信号,在信道估计时,可以通过二维相关运算来获得信道的扩展函数。这种获得信道扩展函数的方式简单快速准确。大大提高了通信系统的性能。(The embodiment of the application provides a communication method, which comprises the following steps: generating a first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal is orthogonal to a second reference signal in two dimensions, the second reference signal is a reference signal of the first reference signal after time delay tau and Doppler shift v transformation in the communication process, and tau is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to tau max 、0≤|v|≤v max And τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, τ max Is a first threshold value, v max Is a second threshold, where | x | represents taking the absolute value of x; the first reference signal is transmitted. The first reference signal satisfying the above requirements may obtain a spreading function of a channel through a two-dimensional correlation operation in channel estimation. The method for obtaining the channel spread function is simple, fast and accurate. The performance of the communication system is greatly improved.)

1. A method of communication, comprising:

generating a first reference signal that is orthogonal in two dimensions to a second reference signalThe second reference signal is a reference signal obtained by the first reference signal after being subjected to time delay tau and Doppler shift v transformation in the communication process, and tau is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to tau_max、0≤|v|≤v_maxAnd τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, τ_maxIs a first threshold value, v_maxIs a second threshold, where | x | represents taking the absolute value of x;

and transmitting the first reference signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first reference signal is quasi-orthogonal in two dimensions to a third reference signal, the third reference signal is a fourth reference signal after the τ and v transforms, and the first reference signal is code division multiplexed with the fourth reference signal.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein a frequency domain interval between resource elements occupied by the first reference signal is proportional to a frequency domain range length of the first reference signal, to the τ_maxIn inverse proportion; the time domain interval between the resource units occupied by the first reference signal is in direct proportion to the time domain range length of the first reference signal, and is in direct proportion to the v_maxIn inverse proportion.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a period of a pattern of resource units occupied by the first reference signal is an integer multiple of a time slot corresponding to the first reference signal.

5. The method of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the expression of the first reference signal is:

wherein n and l are subcarrier index number and symbol index number of resource unit occupied by the first reference signal, respectively, and n is greater than or equal to0，l≥0，u_nAnd u_lA root, representing the first reference signal_nAnd alpha_lRespectively representing the frequency domain offset and the time frequency offset, k, of the first reference signal_nAnd k_lRespectively representing the frequency domain interval and the time domain interval between resource units occupied by the first reference signal, N being the frequency domain range length of the first reference signal, M being the time domain range length of the first reference signal, u_n，u_l，α_n，α_l，k_n，k_lAre positive integers, beta and gamma are integers not less than 0, N/k_n，M/k_lAre prime numbers.

6. The method of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the expression of the first reference signal is:

wherein n and l are subcarrier index number and symbol index number of resource unit occupied by the first reference signal, respectively, n is greater than or equal to 0, l is greater than or equal to 0, and u is greater than or equal to_nAnd u_lA root, representing the first reference signal_nAnd alpha_lRespectively representing the frequency domain offset and the time frequency offset, k, of the first reference signal_nAnd k_lRespectively representing the frequency domain interval and the time domain interval between resource units occupied by the first reference signal, wherein N is the frequency domain range length of the first reference signal, M is the time domain range length of the first reference signal, u is the time domain range length of the first reference signal_n，u_l，α_n，α_l，k_n，k_lAre positive integers, beta and gamma are integers not less than 0, N/k_n，M/k_lIs a prime number, N₁Is the number of sampling points of the symbol corresponding to the l, N₂Is the difference between the number of sampling points of the cyclic prefix of a first symbol and the number of sampling points of the cyclic prefix of a second symbol, wherein the first symbol is the first symbol of a time slot, the second symbol is any symbol except the first symbol in the time slot, M_lIs the serial number of the symbol corresponding to the l in the time slot of the symbol corresponding to the l.

7. The method of claim 5 or 6,

8. a method of communication, comprising:

receiving a fifth reference signal, wherein the fifth reference signal comprises a second reference signal, the second reference signal is orthogonal to the first reference signal in two dimensions, the second reference signal is a reference signal of the first reference signal after being subjected to time delay tau and Doppler shift v transformation in the communication process, and tau is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to tau_max、0≤|v|≤v_maxAnd τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, τ_maxIs a first threshold value, v_maxIs a second threshold, where | x | represents taking the absolute value of x;

and obtaining channel state information according to the fifth reference signal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the fifth reference signal further comprises a third reference signal, the first reference signal is quasi-orthogonal to the third reference signal in two dimensions, the third reference signal is a fourth reference signal after the τ and v transforms, and the first reference signal and the fourth reference signal are code division multiplexed.

10. A method as claimed in claim 8 or 9, wherein the frequency domain spacing between the resource elements occupied by the first reference signal is proportional to the frequency domain range length of the first reference signal, to the τ_maxIn inverse proportion; the time domain interval between the resource units occupied by the first reference signal is in direct proportion to the time domain range length of the first reference signal, and is in direct proportion to the v_maxIn inverse proportion.

11. A communication device, characterized in that it comprises means or modules for implementing a method according to any one of claims 1-7.

12. A communication device, characterized in that it comprises means or modules for implementing a method according to any one of claims 8-10.

13. A communications apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having stored therein instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform the method of any of claims 1-8.

14. A communications apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having stored therein instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform the method of any of claims 8-10.

15. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-10.

16. A communication system comprising a communication apparatus according to claim 13 and a communication apparatus according to claim 14.

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a system for designing a reference signal.

Background

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a multi-carrier modulation technique, and is mainly applied to a communication scene when an object moves at a low speed, however, when the object moves at a high speed, orthogonality among subcarriers of the OFDM is destroyed due to time-varying presentation time selective fading of a wireless channel, relatively high-speed movement of communication equipment, or doppler spread caused by high-speed movement of a scattering object, so that inter-carrier interference (ICI) is generated to affect performance of a communication system.

Equalizing symbols received by receiving end equipment by using channel state information obtained by channel estimation is a method for effectively inhibiting ICI. However, in the prior art, for a time-frequency double-selection channel, important parameters of channel state information are to be obtained: the spreading function (spreading function) of the channel is very difficult.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and apparatus, so that a channel spreading function is obtained more easily, and thus ICI generated by high-speed motion of a communication device is suppressed quickly and accurately.

In a first aspect, a communication method in an embodiment of the present application includes: generating a first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal is orthogonal to a second reference signal in two dimensions, the second reference signal is a reference signal of the first reference signal after time delay tau and Doppler shift v transformation in the communication process, and tau is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to tau_max、0≤|v|≤v_maxAnd τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, τ_maxIs a first threshold value, v_maxIs a second threshold, where | x | represents taking the absolute value of x; the first reference signal is transmitted.

In a second aspect, another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application includes: receiving a fifth reference signal, wherein the fifth reference signal comprises a second reference signal, the second reference signal is orthogonal to the first reference signal in two dimensions, the second reference signal is a reference signal of the first reference signal after being subjected to time delay tau and Doppler shift v transformation in the communication process, and tau is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to tau_max、0≤|v|≤v_maxAnd τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, τ_maxIs a first threshold value, v_maxIs a second threshold, where | x | represents taking the absolute value of x;

channel state information is obtained from the fifth reference signal.

At this time, the spread function of the channel can be obtained through two-dimensional correlation operation, and then the channel state information is obtained to estimate the channel. The method for obtaining the channel spread function is simple, fast and accurate. The performance of the communication system is greatly improved.

With reference to the first aspect and/or the second aspect, in one possible design, the method of the first aspect may be performed by a sending end device, where the sending end device may be a network device, and the first reference signal may be understood as a reference signal sent at a sending end. The first reference signal may be a downlink reference signal at this time. The sending end device may be a terminal device, and in this case, the first reference signal may be an uplink reference signal. The method of the second aspect may be performed by a sink device, which may be a terminal device or a network device. The second reference signal may be understood as a reference signal obtained at the receiving end device.

With reference to the first aspect and/or the second aspect, in one possible design, the first reference signal and the third reference signal are quasi-orthogonal in two dimensions, the third reference signal is a reference signal obtained by transforming the fourth reference signal with τ and v, and the first reference signal and the fourth reference signal are code division multiplexed. The fifth reference signal further includes a third reference signal.

In this case, the first reference signal and the fourth reference signal code-division multiplexed therewith have good cross-correlation, and can support a multi-antenna transmission scenario, thereby increasing the capacity of the communication system.

With reference to the first aspect and/or the second aspect, in one possible design, a frequency domain interval between resource units occupied by the first reference signal is proportional to a frequency domain range length of the first reference signal, and is proportional to the τ_maxIn inverse proportion; the time domain interval between the resource units occupied by the first reference signal is in direct proportion to the time domain range length of the first reference signal, and is in direct proportion to the v_maxIn inverse proportion.

Such a design is advantageous for obtaining good signal auto-correlation and cross-correlation properties.

With reference to the first aspect and/or the second aspect, in one possible design, the expression of the first reference signal is:

wherein n and l are subcarrier index number and symbol index number of resource unit occupied by the first reference signal, respectively, n is greater than or equal to 0, l is greater than or equal to 0, and u is greater than or equal to_nAnd u_lTo representRoot of the first reference signal, α_nAnd alpha_lRespectively representing the frequency domain offset and the time frequency offset, k, of the first reference signal_nAnd k_lRespectively representing the frequency domain interval and the time domain interval between resource units occupied by the first reference signal, N being the frequency domain range length of the first reference signal, M being the time domain range length of the first reference signal, u_n，u_l，α_n，α_l，k_n，k_lAre positive integers, beta and gamma are integers not less than 0, N/k_n，M/k_lAre prime numbers.

With reference to the first aspect and/or the second aspect, in one possible design, the expression of the first reference signal is:

wherein n and l are subcarrier index number and symbol index number of resource unit occupied by the first reference signal, respectively, n is greater than or equal to 0, l is greater than or equal to 0, and u is greater than or equal to_nAnd u_lA root, representing the first reference signal_nAnd alpha_lRespectively representing the frequency domain offset and the time frequency offset, k, of the first reference signal_nAnd k_lRespectively representing the frequency domain interval and the time domain interval between resource units occupied by the first reference signal, wherein N is the frequency domain range length of the first reference signal, M is the time domain range length of the first reference signal, u is the time domain range length of the first reference signal_n，u_l，α_n，α_l，k_n，k_lAre positive integers, beta and gamma are integers not less than 0, N/k_n，M/k_lIs a prime number, N₁Is the number of sampling points of the symbol corresponding to the l, N₂The symbol number is the difference between the number of sampling points of the cyclic prefix of a first symbol and the number of sampling points of the cyclic prefix of a second symbol, the first symbol is the first symbol of a time slot, the second symbol is any symbol except the first symbol in the time slot, and Ml is the serial number of the symbol corresponding to l in the time slot of the symbol corresponding to l.

The design considers the influence that the cyclic prefix length of the initial symbol in one time slot is different from other symbols and can generate on the autocorrelation property of the first reference signal and the cross-correlation property of other signals, and the expression of the first reference signal is further modified to suppress the influence.

In combination with the first aspect and/or the second aspect, in one possible design,

with reference to the first aspect and/or the second aspect, in a possible design, a period of a pattern of a resource unit occupied by a first reference signal is an integer multiple of a time slot corresponding to the first reference signal.

In a third aspect, the present application provides an apparatus, which may be a sending end device, or an apparatus in a sending end device, or an apparatus capable of being used in cooperation with a sending end device, where the apparatus may include a processing module and a transceiver module, and the processing module and the transceiver module may perform corresponding functions of any one of the methods designed in the first aspect and the first aspect.

In one possible design, the sending end device is a network device or a terminal device.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus, which may be a receiving end device, or an apparatus in the receiving end device, or an apparatus capable of being used in cooperation with the receiving end device, where the apparatus may include a processing module and a transceiver module, and the processing module and the transceiver module may perform corresponding functions of the method designed in any one of the second aspect and the second aspect.

In one possible design, the sending end device is a terminal device or a network device.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus, which includes a processor, and is configured to implement the method according to any one of the possible designs of the first aspect and the first aspect. The apparatus may also include a memory to store instructions and data. The memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor, when executing the program instructions stored in the memory, may implement the method according to any one of the possible designs of the first aspect and the first aspect. The apparatus may also include a communication interface for the apparatus to communicate with other devices, which may be, for example, a transceiver, circuit, bus, module, or other type of communication interface.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus, which includes a processor, and is configured to implement the method according to any one of the possible designs of the second aspect and the second aspect. The apparatus may also include a memory to store instructions and data. The memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor, when executing the program instructions stored in the memory, may implement the method as described above in the second aspect and any one of the possible designs of the second aspect. The apparatus may also include a communication interface for the apparatus to communicate with other devices, which may be, for example, a transceiver, circuit, bus, module, or other type of communication interface.

In a seventh aspect, this embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, which includes instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of the possible designs of the first aspect and the first aspect, and the method of any one of the possible designs of the second aspect and the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a chip system, where the chip system includes a processor and may further include a memory, and is configured to implement the method according to any one of the possible designs of the first aspect and the first aspect, and the method according to any one of the possible designs of the second aspect and the second aspect. The chip system may be formed by a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices.

In a ninth aspect, this application further provides a computer program product comprising instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of the possible designs of the first aspect and the first aspect, and the method of any one of the possible designs of the second aspect and the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, including the apparatus of the third aspect and the apparatus of the fourth aspect. Or comprising the apparatus of the fifth aspect and the apparatus of the sixth aspect.

In addition, the technical effects brought by any one of the possible design manners in the third aspect to the tenth aspect may be referred to the technical effects brought by different design manners in the method portion, and are not described herein again.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication scenario according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a resource grid according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4(a) is a diagram of an autocorrelation characteristic of a first reference signal according to an embodiment of the present application

FIG. 4(b) is a cross-correlation plot of a first reference signal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a first reference signal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In the embodiments of the present application, "at least one" means one or more, "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a alone, both A and B, and B alone, where A, B may be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship. "at least one of the following" or similar expressions refer to any combination of these items, including any combination of the singular or plural items. For example, at least one (one) of a, b, or c, may represent: a, b, c, a and b, a and c, b and c, or a, b and c, wherein each of a, b, c may itself be an element or a set comprising one or more elements.

In the present application embodiments, "exemplary," "in some embodiments," "in another embodiment," "as an implementation," etc. are used to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the term using examples is intended to present concepts in a concrete fashion.

In the embodiments of the present application, communication and transmission may be mixed sometimes, and it should be noted that the expressions are consistent when the distinction is not emphasized. For example, a transmission may include a transmission and/or a reception, may be a noun, and may be a verb.

In the embodiment of the present application, formula e^xEquivalent to exp (x).

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the embodiments of the present application are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or order. The terms equal to or greater than or equal to in the embodiments of the present application may be used with greater than or equal to, and are applicable to the technical solutions adopted when greater than or equal to, and may also be used with less than or equal to, and are applicable to the technical solutions adopted when less than or equal to, it should be noted that when equal to or greater than or equal to, it is not used with less than; when the ratio is equal to or less than the combined ratio, the ratio is not greater than the combined ratio.

The present application may be located in a communication scenario as shown in fig. 1. As shown in fig. 1, terminal devices 1-6 may access a wireless network through a network device and implement uplink communication and/or downlink communication with the network device. Wherein the wireless network includes, but is not limited to: a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a New Radio (NR) system in a fifth generation (5G) mobile communication system, a future mobile communication system, and the like. The double-headed arrows in fig. 1 may represent, among other things, communication between the terminal device and the network device using the communication channel. The time-frequency double channel selection will be explained below.

Some terms in the embodiments of the present application are explained below to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art.

1. And (4) terminal equipment. In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device is a device having a wireless transceiving function, and may be referred to as a terminal (terminal), a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a Mobile Terminal (MT), an access terminal device, a vehicle-mounted terminal device, an industrial control terminal device, a UE unit, a UE station, a mobile station, a remote terminal device, a mobile device, a UE terminal device, a wireless communication device, a UE agent, or a UE apparatus. The terminal device may be fixed or mobile. It should be noted that the terminal device may support at least one wireless communication technology, such as LTE, NR, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), and the like. For example, the terminal device may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet (pad), a desktop, a notebook, a kiosk, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in self driving, a wireless terminal in remote surgery, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in city (PDA) a wireless terminal in smart home, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (PDA) a wireless local area, a wireless personal digital assistant (wldi), a handheld wireless terminal with personal communication function, and a wireless terminal with personal communication function, A computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future mobile communication network or a terminal device in a future evolved public mobile land network (PLMN), etc. In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal may also be a device having a transceiving function, such as a system-on-chip. The chip system may include a chip and may also include other discrete devices.

2. A network device. In the embodiment of the present application, a network device is a device that provides a wireless communication function for a terminal device, and may also be referred to as an access network device, a Radio Access Network (RAN) device, and the like. Therein, the network device may support at least one wireless communication technology, such as LTE, NR, WCDMA, etc. Exemplary network devices include, but are not limited to: a next generation base station (generation node B, gNB), an evolved node B (eNB), a Radio Network Controller (RNC), a Node B (NB), a Base Station Controller (BSC), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a home base station (e.g., home evolved node B or home node B, HNB), a Base Band Unit (BBU), a transmission point (TRP), a Transmission Point (TP), a mobile switching center (mobile switching center), and the like in a fifth generation mobile communication system (5th-generation, 5G). The network device may also be a wireless controller, a Centralized Unit (CU), and/or a Distributed Unit (DU) in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN) scenario, or the network device may be a relay station, an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a terminal device, a wearable device, and a network device in future mobile communication or a network device in a PLMN that is evolved in the future, and the like. In some embodiments, the network device may also be an apparatus, such as a system-on-chip, having functionality to provide wireless communication for the terminal device. By way of example, a system of chips may include a chip and may also include other discrete devices.

3. Communication between a terminal device and a network device. In the embodiment of the application, the terminal device and the network device communicate through the communication interface by using the communication channel. For example, the communication interface between the terminal device and the network device may be a universal UE to network interface (Uu air interface). When the communication interface between the terminal device and the network device is a Uu air interface, the communication between the terminal device and the network device may also be referred to as Uu air interface communication.

4. Time slots and symbols. A time slot is understood to be a unit of time, which refers to a period of time in the time domain. The data communication in the embodiment of the present application may be in units of time units. The duration of one time slot is related to the size of the subcarrier interval, and the durations of the time slots corresponding to the subcarrier intervals with different sizes are different. For example, when the subcarrier spacing is 15kHz, the duration of one slot may be 1 ms; with a subcarrier spacing of 30kHz, the duration of one slot may be 0.5 ms. In the embodiment of the present application, one slot may include one or more symbols. For example, under a normal (normal) Cyclic Prefix (CP), a slot may include 14 symbols; under extended (extended) CP, one slot may include 12 symbols. It should be understood that the symbols in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as time domain symbols, for example, the symbols may be Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, or may also be DFT-s-OFDM (discrete fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) symbols based on discrete fourier transform spreading, and the like. In addition, a micro slot (or mini slot) in the embodiments of the present application may be a smaller unit of time than a slot, and one micro slot may include one or more symbols. For example, a micro-slot (or mini-slot) may include 2 symbols, 4 symbols, or 7 symbols, etc. . A slot may include one or more minislots (or mini-slots).

5. Resources and Resource Elements (REs). In the embodiment of the present application, a resource may also be referred to as a time-frequency resource, which is used for transmitting various signals or data and may be represented by a resource grid. FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram of a resource grid. In the resource grid, an RE is a resource unit for data transmission or a resource unit for resource mapping of data to be transmitted. One RE corresponds to one symbol in the time domain, e.g., an OFDM symbol or DFT-s-OFDM symbol, and one subcarrier in the frequency domain. One RE may be used to map one complex symbol, for example, a complex symbol obtained through modulation or a complex symbol obtained through precoding, which is not limited in this application. In the frequency domain, RBs may be defined in a resource grid, and a positive integer number of subcarriers, e.g., 12, may be included in one RB in the frequency domain. Further, the definition of RB may also be extended to the time domain, for example, one RB includes a positive integer number of subcarriers and the time domain includes a positive integer number of symbols, for example, one RB is a time-frequency resource block in which the frequency domain includes 12 subcarriers and the time domain includes 7 symbols. A positive integer number of RBs may be included in the resource grid. A slot (slot) may be defined in a resource grid or in a time domain of a time-frequency resource, and as mentioned above, a slot may include a positive integer number of symbols, for example, 14 symbols, etc.

6. A frequency domain range length of the reference signal and a time domain range length. That is, the length of the frequency domain range and the length of the time domain range of the time frequency resource to be subjected to channel estimation. The reference signal performs channel estimation using at least a portion of the time-frequency resources that need to perform channel estimation, where a frequency domain range length occupied by the time-frequency resources that need to perform channel estimation in the frequency domain in the embodiment of the present application is defined as a frequency domain range length of the reference signal, and in addition, the frequency domain range of the reference signal may also be referred to as a frequency domain span of the time-frequency resources that need to perform channel estimation, or a frequency domain span of the reference signal, and the like. For example, for an OFDM communication system, the unit is the bandwidth f of one subcarrier_scs. In the embodiment of the present application, a time domain range length occupied by a time-frequency resource to be channel-estimated in a time domain is defined as a time domain range length of a reference signal, and the time domain range of the reference signal may also be referred to as a time domain span of the time-frequency resource to be channel-estimated, or a time domain span of the reference signal. For example, for an OFDM communication system, the unit is the duration 1/f of one OFDM symbol in the time domain_scs. It should be noted that the time-frequency resource that needs to perform channel estimation is a block of time-frequency resource that carries data sent from the sending end device to the receiving end device.

7. Time-frequency double channel selection and a spreading function h (tau, v) of the time-frequency double channel selection. The time-frequency double channel selection refers to a channel having selectivity in both time domain and frequency domain, or the channel quality of the time-frequency double channel selection varies with time and varies with frequency. For example, for an OFDM communication system, on a time-frequency resource that needs to perform channel estimation, values of channel coefficients H (N, l) of time-frequency dual-selection channels are different at different N and l, where N and l are respectively a subcarrier index (frequency domain position) and a symbol index (time domain position) of a RE, N is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to N-1, l is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to M-1, N represents a length of a time-frequency resource frequency domain range that needs to perform channel estimation, and M represents a length of a time-frequency resource time domain range that needs to perform channel estimation. In addition, the term "two-dimensional" referred to in the embodiments of the present application may refer to both a time domain dimension and a frequency domain dimension.

The time-varying impulse response g (tau, l) of the time-frequency double channel selection and the channel coefficient H (n, l) of the time-frequency double channel selection have the following relationship:

wherein tau represents the time delay of the input signal passing through the time-frequency double channel selection, 0-tau is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to N-1, and the corresponding precision (or unit) of tau is 1/(N f)_scs). The time-varying impulse response g (τ, l) represents, on a symbol (time domain position) l, a response output signal of the time-frequency double channel when a unit pulse signal is input to the time-frequency double channel, which reflects the basic characteristics of the time-frequency double channel.

The spread function h (tau, v) of the time-frequency double channel selection is defined as the Fourier transform of the time-varying impulse response g (tau, l) of the time-frequency double channel selection to l, i.e. the Fourier transform

Wherein v represents the Doppler shift of the input signal through the time-frequency double-selection channel, v is more than or equal to M/2 and less than or equal to M/2-1, and the precision (or unit) of v is f_scs/M。

According to the above formula (1) and formula (2), the spreading function H (τ, v) of the time-frequency double channel selection and the channel coefficient H (n, l) of the time-frequency double channel selection have the following relationships:

it can be seen that H (n, l) exhibits the characteristic of time-frequency double selection due to the action of tau and v.

8. Frequency domain and time domain representations of the reference signal. One reference signal is represented as S (N, l) in the time-frequency domain, where N and l are the subcarrier index (frequency domain position) and symbol index (time domain position) of RE, respectively, N is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to N-1, and l is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to M-1. Correspondingly, the reference signal is represented as s (t, l) in the time domain, where l is the index of the symbol and t is the index of the sampling point in the symbol. The time domain representation S (t, l) has the following relationship with the time-frequency domain representation S (n, l):

reference signal s₁(t, l) reference signal s transformed by time delay tau and Doppler shift v₂(t, l) is:

where mod represents the modulus operator.

Reference signal s₁(t, l) and a reference signal s₂The two-dimensional correlation of (t, l) can also be understood as the two-dimensional dot product ofWhereinDenotes s₂Conjugation of (t, l).

By placing a reference signal, i.e., a pilot signal, on an RE, channel state information on the RE can be obtained. Existing reference signals are mostly based on pseudo-random sequences, such as Golden sequences. How to obtain h (τ, v) using the existing reference signal is described below.

Under the scene of high-speed movement, the time frequencyThe dual selection channel may be divided into a line of sight (LOS) channel and a non-line of sight (LOS) channel. In the LOS channel scenario, a radio signal propagates straight between a transmitting end device and a receiving end device without being blocked, and main energy of h (τ, v) is concentrated on a main path (direct path), that is, h (τ, v) is only carried out when τ is τ ═ τ -₀，v＝v₀There is a larger amplitude and a smaller amplitude for the rest of τ and v. Wherein, tau₀And v₀Respectively, the time delay and the doppler shift corresponding to the main path. In the scene of the NLOS channel, shielding exists between the transmitting end device and the receiving end device, and the wireless signal is transmitted from the transmitting end device to the receiving end device by reflection and/or diffraction. The energy of h (τ, v) is now spread over multiple paths, i.e., h (τ, v) has a larger magnitude for both τ and v. The K factor is typically used to describe the degree of LOS (or NLOS) of the communication channel. The K factor is defined as the ratio of the energy of the main path to the sum of the energies of the other paths, i.e.

K＝max|h(τ，v)|²/(∑|h(τ，v)|²-max|h(τ，v)|²) Formula (4)

For example, if the K factor is greater than 8.98 decibels (dB), h (τ, v) is considered to be the sum of τ corresponding to the main path₀And v₀And determining that the corresponding channel is an LOS channel at the moment. When only the main path exists, H (n, l) is the time delay tau corresponding to the main path₀And Doppler shift v₀The function of (3) can be converted into:

thus, τ₀And v₀Can be obtained by calculation of the phase difference, i.e. Wherein n is₁And l₁Denotes subcarrier index number and symbol index number, n, of RE1, respectively₂And l₁Denotes subcarrier index number and symbol index number, n, of RE2, respectively₁And l₂Denote the subcarrier index and the symbol index of RE3, respectively, and RE1, RE2, and RE3 are REs carrying reference signals.

For another example, when the K factor is less than 5dB, h (tau, v) is no longer only the time delay tau corresponding to the main path₀And Doppler shift v₀And determining that the corresponding channel is the NLOS channel at the moment. Since there is no obvious main path, H (n, l) is composed of the superposition of functions of τ and v corresponding to a plurality of paths, respectively, H (τ, v) cannot be obtained by a phase difference calculation method. As shown in equation (3), H (n, l) on each RE carrying the reference signal corresponds to an equation for H (τ, v). Therefore, the method for obtaining H (τ, v) of the NLOS channel may be to solve H (τ, v) based on Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) by simultaneously connecting a plurality of equations corresponding to H (n, l). For the case that h (τ, v) has no prior information, h (τ, v) includes M × N unknowns, and M × N equations need to be simultaneously solved, so that the reference signal needs to occupy M × N REs, that is, the reference signal occupies the time-frequency resources that need to be channel-estimated to obtain enough equations for solving h (τ, v). The reference signal design of all the REs occupying the time-frequency resources required for channel estimation obviously cannot support data transmission.

It should be noted that, for the actual time-frequency double-selection channel, the delay range of the multipath is far less than 1/f_scsThe Doppler frequency shift range is far less than f_scs2, i.e. for τ > τ_maxOr | v | > v_maxH (τ, v) ═ 0, where τ_maxRepresenting the maximum delay, v, of the multipath_maxRepresenting the maximum doppler shift of the multipath. At this time, since h (τ, v) includes 2 τ_maxv_maxAn unknown, even if there is no need to place reference signals on all REs of the time-frequency resource where channel estimation is needed, it still needs to be at least 2 tau_maxv_maxPlacing reference signals on each RE is used to estimate H (n, l) and thus obtain enough equations to solve for H (τ, v).

Meanwhile, H (n, l) is affected not only by noise but also by ICI, which puts a higher requirement on the accuracy of H (n, l), and since the accuracy of H (τ, v) is greatly affected by the accuracy of H (n, l), which is estimated from the channel based on the reference signal, more reference signals need to be placed on RE to improve the accuracy of H (n, l).

As can be seen from the above, for NLOS channels, the MMSE-based approach requires solving h (τ, v), which is very complex.

Moreover, the cross correlation of the existing reference signals is poor, which results in that the reference signals sent by different ports cannot be code division multiplexed, thereby greatly increasing the pilot overhead and failing to provide good support for the scene of multiple antenna ports.

Example one

Based on the above drawbacks in the prior art, the present application provides a communication method, which relates to reference signal generation, transmission, and reception, and the method can be applied in the communication scenario shown in fig. 1, so that h (τ, v) can be obtained by using a low-complexity computing method, and a computing method using MMSE with a high complexity is avoided. Meanwhile, a scene of multiplexing of multiple antenna ports can be effectively supported by using the newly generated reference signals.

As shown in fig. 3:

301, generating a first reference signal, where the first reference signal is orthogonal to a second reference signal in two dimensions, and the second reference signal is a reference signal of the first reference signal after being subjected to time delay τ and doppler shift v transformation in a communication process, where τ is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to τ_max、0≤|v|≤v_maxAnd τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0. Tau is_maxAnd v_maxHere, two thresholds are understood, which may be a priori information, i.e. the network device or the terminal device may have a priori knowledge or their values.

Step 302, transmitting the first reference signal.

Step 303, receiving a fifth reference signal, where the fifth reference signal includes the second reference signal.

Channel estimation between the transmitting-end device and the receiving-end device may be performed based on the reference signal. It should be noted that the names of the sending end device and the receiving end device may be relative, for example, at a certain time, when the sending end device is used as a signal sending end, one may be called a sending end device, and at another time, when the receiving end device is used as a signal receiving end, the device may be called a receiving end device. And the sending end equipment sends the generated first reference signal to the receiving end equipment. For example, the sending end device may be a network device, the receiving end device may be a terminal device, and at this time, the first reference signal may be a downlink reference signal, such as a downlink demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS); for another example, the sending end device may be a terminal device, the receiving end device may be a network device, and in this case, the first reference signal may be an uplink reference signal, such as an uplink DMRS, or a pilot reference signal (SRS). Because a communication channel between the sending end device and the receiving end device may generate time selective fading in a time domain and doppler effect in a frequency domain, that is, the delay τ and doppler shift v of the channel may cause a first reference signal sent by the sending end device to generate a change of the delay τ and doppler shift v in a transmission process, and when the first reference signal reaches the receiving end device, for example, a terminal device, the received reference signal is changed to a second reference signal.

And 304, obtaining channel state information according to the fifth reference signal.

The receiving end device may measure the channel by using the received fifth reference signal, and obtain channel state information. It should be noted that, the sending end device sends the first reference signal, and since one or more paths (channels) are included between the sending end device and the receiving end device, the fifth reference signal received at the receiving end may include one or more second reference signals passing through different paths (channels), and optionally, if a path (channel) exists between the sending end device and the receiving end device, where τ is 0 and v is 0, the fifth reference signal may further include the first reference signal. The fifth reference signal may specifically be a weighted sum of the above included signals. Wherein, the weight corresponding to each reference signal is reflected in the channel coefficient of each channel. In this embodiment, the receiving end device may perform equalization processing on the reception of data by using the obtained channel state information to suppress ICI occurring in data transmission, thereby improving the efficiency and reliability of data transmission.

Optionally, the receiving end device may further feed back the channel state information to the sending end device.

In order to reduce the complexity of channel acquisition h (τ, v), the embodiments of the present application propose to estimate h (τ, v) using a two-dimensional correlation operation based on equation (3). The specific implementation mode is as follows:

assuming that a first reference signal transmitted by the transmitting device is represented by S (n, l) in the time-frequency domain, a fifth reference signal received by the receiving device is represented by Y (n, l) in the time-frequency domain, and a channel coefficient H (n, l), Y (n, l) is H (n, l) · S (n, l). The fifth reference signal includes the second reference signal, and optionally, may further include the first reference signal, and specifically, the fifth reference signal is a weighted sum of the first reference signal and/or one or more of the second reference signals. The weights are reflected in the channel coefficients H (n, l). Estimating a spreading function of the channel using a two-dimensional correlation operation comprising a two-dimensional inverse fourier transform:

wherein the content of the first and second substances,for the estimated channel spread function, S^*(n, l) is the conjugate of S (n, l). Is an autocorrelation function of S (n, l)And (4) counting. Wherein, the autocorrelation function of a signal is used for representing the correlation function of the signal and the signal obtained after the signal is subjected to time delay tau and Doppler shift v transformation.

Further, τ and v are integers, τ is 0. ltoreq. N-1 and-M/2. ltoreq. v is < M/2. When corr (0, 0) ≠ 1, and when τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, corr (τ, v) ═ 0, the autocorrelation function corr (τ, v) of S (n, l) exhibits perfect autocorrelation characteristics, which can be considered as a perfect autocorrelation characteristicThe foregoing is a description of the concept of perfect autocorrelation from the mathematical definition, and perfect autocorrelation can also be expressed as that the signal is two-dimensionally orthogonal to the signal after the signal is transformed by the time delay τ ≠ 0 or the doppler shift v ≠ 0, that is, the signal is two-dimensionally correlated to the signal after the signal is transformed by the time delay τ ≠ 0 or the doppler shift v ≠ 0 by 0. That is, when S (n, l) is perfectly auto-correlated, a two-dimensional inverse Fourier transform (IFFT) can be used₂) The calculation of (d) yields h (τ, v) as in equation (6) above. It can be seen that, compared with the method using MMSE, h (τ, v) can be solved without simultaneously connecting multiple equation sets, and the complexity of the algorithm is greatly reduced.

As mentioned above, for practical channels, the delay spread of the multipaths is much less than 1/f_scsThe Doppler frequency shift range is far less than f_scs2, i.e. for τ > τ_maxOr | v | > v_maxAnd h (τ, v) ═ 0. Based on this, when τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, the condition that corr (τ, v) ═ 0 can be adjusted to be relaxed: when tau is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to tau_maxAnd | v | is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to v_maxAnd τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, corr (τ, v) ═ 0.

Therefore, when the first reference signal sent by the sending end device in step 401 is subjected to time delay τ and doppler shift v transformation in the transmission process with the first reference signal, the obtained second reference signal is orthogonal in two dimensions, where τ is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to τ_maxOr | v | more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to v |_maxAnd τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0. Then h (τ, v) can be calculated in the manner described above, thereby greatly reducing the computational complexity.

In one implementation, in order to solve the problem that reference signals sent by different ports cannot be code division multiplexed, so as to better support a multi-antenna transmission scenario, assuming that a port corresponding to a first reference signal in the multi-antenna transmission scenario is a, and a port corresponding to a fourth reference signal in the multi-antenna transmission scenario is b, to enable code division multiplexing of the first reference signal and the fourth reference signal, a further constraint may be made on cross-correlation between the two signals:

wherein S is_a(n, l) is a first reference signal sent by the sending end device at the port a, S_bAnd (n, l) is a fourth reference signal transmitted by the transmitting terminal device at the port b. corr_a，b(τ, v) is S_a(n, l) and S_bCross correlation function of (n, l). The cross-correlation function of two signals is used to represent the correlation function of one signal with the other signal obtained after time delay τ and doppler shift v transformation. E is the maximum cross-correlation. That is, when τ ≦ τ for 0 ≦ τ_maxAnd | v | is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to v_max，|corr_a，b(τ, v) | < ∈, corr_a，b(τ, v) τ ≦ τ at 0 ≦ τ_maxAnd | v | is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to v_maxThe range has low cross correlation property, and the first reference signal and the fourth reference signal transmitted by the port a and the port b can be code division multiplexed. That is, the first reference signal and the third reference signal need to be in two-dimensional quasi-orthogonality, the third reference signal is a reference signal obtained by the receiving end equipment after the fourth reference signal is subjected to time delay τ and doppler shift v transformation in the transmission process, wherein τ is greater than or equal to 0 and is less than or equal to τ_maxAnd | v | is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to v_max. The meaning of two-dimensional quasi-orthogonal can also be explained from the following points of view: the absolute value of the two-dimensional correlation function value of the two signals is smaller than e.

Correspondingly, in a multi-antenna transmission scenario, from the view of the receiving end device, the fifth reference signal received by the receiving end device may further include a third reference signal, and in an implementation manner, the fifth reference signal includes the third reference signal and a fourth reference signal. The fifth reference signal includes a combination of the reference signals exemplified above, and may be their weighted values in particular.

The implementation mode enables the multi-port multiplexing transmission of the reference signal to be possible, improves the communication efficiency, and effectively supports massive multiple-input multiple-output (massive MIMO).

Example two

In the method of the first embodiment, in order to solve the defects in the prior art, the autocorrelation characteristic of the reference signal is defined, and further, the cross-correlation characteristic thereof is defined.

The second embodiment is based on the first embodiment, and proposes a design of a reference signal, which meets the requirements of the first embodiment for the reference signal.

The expression of the first reference signal in the first embodiment may be:

wherein n and l are subcarrier index number and symbol index number of RE occupied by the first reference signal, respectively, u_nAnd u_lA root, representing the first reference signal_nAnd alpha_lRespectively representing the frequency domain offset and the time frequency offset, i.e. alpha, of the first reference signal_n，α_lRespectively represent the subcarrier index number of the first RE occupied by the first reference signal and the symbol index number of the first RE occupied by the first reference signal. k is a radical of_nAnd k_lRespectively representing the frequency domain interval and the time domain interval between resource units occupied by the first reference signal, where N is the frequency domain range length of the first reference signal (i.e. a section of frequency domain range occupied by the first reference signal in the frequency domain, or referred to as the frequency domain span of the first reference signal), M is the time domain range length of the first reference signal (i.e. a section of time domain range occupied by the first reference signal in the time domain, or referred to as the time domain span of the first reference signal), u is the time domain range length of the first reference signal_n，u_l，α_n，α_l，k_n，k_lAre all positive integers, 0 is not more than alpha_n＜k_nAnd 0. ltoreq. alpha_l＜k_lBeta and gamma are integers of not less than 0, N/k_n，M/k_lAre prime numbers.

The first reference signal represented by equation (8) may be referred to as a two-dimensional sparse Zado ff-chu (zc) sequence.

In one implementation, k_nValue of (a) and N, T_maxAnd (4) correlating. E.g. k_nProportional to N, and τ_maxIn inverse proportion. When the length of the frequency domain range of the first reference signal is relatively large and/or the maximum time delay value (corresponding to the first threshold) of the channel is relatively small, the frequency domain interval between resource units occupied by the first reference signal may be set relatively large, that is, the distance in the frequency domain is relatively loose from the pattern of the first reference signal.

Optionally, can be providedOr

In one implementation, k_lValue of and M, v_maxAnd (4) correlating. E.g. k_lProportional to M, v_maxIn inverse proportion. When the length of the time domain range of the first reference signal is larger and/or the maximum doppler shift value (corresponding to the second threshold) of the channel is smaller, the time domain interval between the resource units occupied by the first reference signal may be set larger, that is, the distance in the time domain is looser in view of the pattern of the first reference signal.

Optionally, can be providedOr

In one implementation, two thresholds τ for time-frequency dual channel selection are assumed_maxAnd v_maxSatisfy v_max＝M/(2k_t)，τ_max＝N/k_nAnd researching the autocorrelation function and the cross-correlation function of the first reference signal in the time-frequency double-selected channel according to the formula (8). It can be found that the first reference signal and the second reference signal are orthogonal in two dimensions, i.e. when 0 ≦ τ ≦ N/k_nAnd | v | more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to M/(2 k)_l) And τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, corr (τ, v) ═ 0; the first reference signal and the third reference signal are in two-dimensional quasi-orthogonality, namely when tau is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to N/k_nAnd | v | more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to M/(2 k)_l) When the temperature of the water is higher than the set temperature,the corresponding mathematical model reflects the autocorrelation characteristic of the first reference signal and the cross-correlation characteristic of the first reference signal and the fourth reference signal, respectively, as shown in fig. 4(a) and 4(b), where in fig. 4(a), the x-axis represents τ, the y-axis represents v, the z-axis represents corr (τ, v), and corr (τ, v) has a value of 1 only at a specific (x, y). In FIG. 4(b), the x-axis represents τ, the y-axis represents v, and the z-axis represents corr_a，b(τ，v)，corr_a，b(τ, v) is less than a specific value at each of (x, y), and it is seen that the autocorrelation performance and the cross-correlation performance are good.

In one implementation, τ may be required_maxIs less than or equal to N/k_nAnd requires v_maxIs less than or equal to M/(2 k)_l). Thereby, it can be ensured that the characteristics of the autocorrelation function of the first reference signal and the characteristics of the cross-correlation function of the first reference signal and the third reference signal meet the requirements of the first embodiment.

Further, the first reference signal designed by equation (8) is patterned as shown in fig. 5, where the first reference signal (occupying the gray RE in the diagram) is spaced by 2 subcarriers in the frequency domain and is spaced by 3 symbols in the time domain (in this case, k is taken as the symbol)_n＝2，k_l3). It can be seen that the pattern of the first reference signal may not repeatedly occur with a single slot period in the time domain. Alternatively, the pattern of the first reference signal may repeatedly occur in time domain with an integer multiple of a single slot as a period. In addition, the pattern of the first reference signal may be in a comb structure.

EXAMPLE III

In a communication system, if the CP length of the starting symbol of a slot is different from the CP lengths of other symbols in the slot, for example, in a scenario where the subcarrier spacing is 30KHz in an NR communication system, the CP length of the first symbol in a slot is 88 samples, and the CP lengths of the remaining symbols in the slot are 72 samples. At this time, in the time domain, the autocorrelation characteristics of the first reference signal based on the foregoing embodiment and the cross-correlation characteristics with other signals may be affected because the first reference signal based on the second embodiment will become unequally spaced in the time domain across the slot dimension.

Third embodiment, on the basis of the first and second embodiments, a new design is proposed for the first reference signal to solve the problem that the performance of the first reference signal may be affected due to the difference between the CP length of the starting symbol in one slot and the CP lengths of the other symbols in the slot.

In one implementation, the interval in the time domain may be modified by adding a phase rotation to the first reference signal in embodiment two based on different slots. For example, in this embodiment, the first reference signal in the second embodiment is multiplied by a phase rotation factorA new first reference signal is obtained. Wherein N is₁Number of sampling points for symbol l, N₂Is the difference between the number of sampling points of the cyclic prefix of a first symbol and the number of sampling points of the cyclic prefix of a second symbol, wherein the first symbol is the first symbol of a time slot, the second symbol is any symbol except the first symbol in the time slot, M_lAnd the symbol sequence is the serial number of the time slot where the symbol corresponding to the symbol is located.

In one implementation, with further adjustments made to equation (8) in example two, the first reference signal may have the following expression:

wherein n and l are subcarrier index number and symbol index number of resource unit occupied by the first reference signal, respectively, u_nAnd u_lA root, representing the first reference signal_nAnd alpha_lRespectively representing the frequency domain offset and the time frequency offset, k, of the first reference signal_nAnd k_lRespectively representing the frequency domain interval and the time domain interval between resource units occupied by the first reference signal, wherein N is the frequency domain range length of the first reference signal, M is the time domain range length of the first reference signal, u is the time domain range length of the first reference signal_n，u_l，α_n，α_l，k_n，k_lAre positive integers, beta and gamma are integers not less than 0, N/k_n，M/k_lIs a prime number, N₁Is the number of sampling points of the symbol corresponding to the l, N₂Is the difference between the number of sampling points of the cyclic prefix of a first symbol and the number of sampling points of the cyclic prefix of a second symbol, wherein the first symbol is the first symbol of a time slot, the second symbol is any symbol except the first symbol in the time slot, M_lAnd the symbol sequence is the serial number of the time slot where the symbol corresponding to the symbol is located.

The first reference signal generated by the formula (9) can always keep equal spacing in the time domain, thereby ensuring good autocorrelation and cross correlation.

Further, in an implementation manner, in step 403 in the first embodiment, the receiver of the receiving end device may have a sequence number M_lAdding a time domain offset-M when intercepting a received symbol on a time slot of a receiver_l*N₂That is, assuming that the sample point numbers of the symbols are 0 to N-1, then truncated is-M_l*N₂To N-M_l*N₂The sample point of-1 is taken as the symbol of the received fifth reference signal.

The embodiments in the present application can be used alone or in combination with each other to achieve different technical effects.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, the communication method provided in the embodiments of the present application is introduced from the perspective that the sending end device and the receiving end device are taken as execution subjects. In order to implement each function in the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the sending end device and the receiving end device may include a hardware structure and/or a software module, and implement each function in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module. Whether any of the above-described functions is implemented as a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the technical solution.

Similar to the above concept, as shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus 600, where the apparatus 600 includes a transceiver module 601 and a processing module 602.

In an example, the apparatus 600 is configured to implement the function of the sending end device in the foregoing method. For example, the apparatus may be a terminal device, or may be an apparatus in a terminal device; the device may be a network device or a device in a network device. Wherein the apparatus may be a system-on-a-chip. In the embodiment of the present application, the chip system may be composed of a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices.

The processing module 602 is configured to generate a first reference signal, where the first reference signal is orthogonal to a second reference signal in two dimensions, the second reference signal is a reference signal obtained by subjecting the first reference signal to time delay τ and doppler shift v transformation in a communication process, and τ is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to τ_max、0≤|v|≤v_maxAnd τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, τ_maxIs a first threshold value, v_maxIs a second threshold, where | x | represents taking the absolute value of x;

the transceiver module 601 is configured to transmit the first reference signal. .

For specific implementation procedures and related features of the processing module 601 and the transceiver module 602, reference may be made to the above description of the method embodiments.

In another example, the apparatus 600 is configured to implement the function of the receiving end device in the above method. For example, the apparatus may be a terminal device, or may be an apparatus in a terminal device; the device can be network equipment or network equipmentThe apparatus of (1). Wherein the apparatus may be a system-on-a-chip. In the embodiment of the present application, the chip system may be composed of a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices. The transceiver module 601 is configured to receive a fifth reference signal, where the fifth reference signal includes the second reference signal, the second reference signal is orthogonal to the first reference signal in two dimensions, the second reference signal is a reference signal obtained by the first reference signal after being subjected to time delay τ and doppler shift v transformation in a communication process, and τ is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to τ_max、0≤|v|≤v_maxAnd τ ≠ 0 or v ≠ 0, τ_maxIs a first threshold value, v_maxIs a second threshold, where | x | represents taking the absolute value of x;

a processing module 602, configured to obtain channel state information according to the fifth reference signal.

For specific execution processes of the processing module 601 and the transceiver module 602, reference may be made to the above description of the method embodiment.

The division of the modules in the embodiments of the present application is schematic, and only one logical function division is provided, and in actual implementation, there may be another division manner, and in addition, each functional module in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processor, may also exist alone physically, or may also be integrated in one module by two or more modules. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode.

Similar to the above concept, as shown in fig. 7, the embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus 700.

In an example, the apparatus 700 is configured to implement the function of the sending end device in the foregoing method, and the apparatus may be a terminal device, or an apparatus in a terminal device; the device may be a network device or a device in a network device. The apparatus 700 includes at least one processor 701 configured to implement the functions of the sending end device in the above-described method. Reference is made in detail to the methods, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the apparatus 700 may also include at least one memory 702 for storing program instructions and/or data. A memory 702 is coupled to the processor 701. The coupling in the embodiments of the present application is a spaced coupling or communication connection between devices, units or modules, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form, and is used for information interaction between the devices, units or modules. As another implementation, the memory 702 may also be located external to the apparatus 700. The processor 701 may cooperate with the memory 702. The processor 701 may execute program instructions stored in the memory 702 for implementing the method performed by the sending end device in the above-described embodiments of the present application. At least one of the at least one memory may be included in the processor.

In some embodiments, apparatus 700 may also include a communication interface 703 for communicating with other devices over a transmission medium, such that the apparatus used in apparatus 700 may communicate with other devices. Illustratively, the communication interface 703 may be a transceiver, circuit, bus, module, or other type of communication interface, which may be a receiving end device. The processor 701 transmits and receives data by using the communication interface 703, and is used to implement the method of the transmitting end device in the above-described embodiment.

In an example, the apparatus 700 is configured to implement the function of the receiving end device in the foregoing method, and the apparatus may be a network device, or an apparatus in a network device; the apparatus may be a terminal device, or an apparatus in a terminal device. The apparatus 700 includes at least one processor 701 configured to implement the functions of the receiving end device in the foregoing method. Reference is made in detail to the methods, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the apparatus 700 may also include at least one memory 702 for storing program instructions and/or data. A memory 702 is coupled to the processor 701. The coupling in the embodiments of the present application is a spaced coupling or communication connection between devices, units or modules, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form, and is used for information interaction between the devices, units or modules. As another implementation, the memory 702 may also be located external to the apparatus 700. The processor 701 may cooperate with the memory 702. The processor 701 may execute program instructions stored in the memory 702. At least one of the at least one memory may be included in the processor.

In some embodiments, apparatus 700 may also include a communication interface 703 for communicating with other devices over a transmission medium, such that the apparatus used in apparatus 700 may communicate with other devices. Illustratively, the communication interface 703 may be a transceiver, circuit, bus, module, or other type of communication interface, which may be a sending end device. The processor 701 transceives data using the communication interface 703 and is used to implement the methods in the above-described embodiments.

In the embodiment of the present application, the connection medium between the communication interface 703, the processor 701, and the memory 702 is not limited. For example, in fig. 7, the memory 702, the processor 701, and the communication interface 703 may be connected by a bus, which may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like.

In the embodiments of the present application, the processor may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component, and may implement or execute the methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware processor, or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in a processor.

In the embodiment of the present application, the memory may be a nonvolatile memory, such as a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a solid-state drive (SSD), and may also be a volatile memory, for example, a random-access memory (RAM). The memory is 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, but is not limited to such. The memory in the embodiments of the present application may also be circuitry or any other device capable of performing a storage function for storing program instructions and/or data.

The method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the invention to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, a network appliance, a user device, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)), or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a Digital Video Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., an SSD), among others.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present application without departing from the scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as well.