Beam management method and apparatus, communication device, and storage medium

1 . A beam management method, performed by a base station, and comprising:

transmitting, according to beam management capability information of a terminal, configuration information for performing individual beam management on a secondary carrier;

wherein the method further comprises:

sending a reference signal on the secondary carrier in response to determining that the secondary carrier needing individual beam management exists; and

receiving a measurement result of the terminal on the reference signal.

2 . The beam management method according to claim 1 , wherein transmitting the configuration information for performing individual beam management on the secondary carrier according to the beam management capability information of the terminal, comprises:

determining a relative position in a frequency domain between a primary carrier and any secondary carrier of the terminal;

determining whether the secondary carrier meets a secondary carrier individual beam management condition according to the relative position in the frequency domain and the beam management capability information; and

transmitting the configuration information for performing individual beam management on the secondary carrier meeting the secondary carrier individual beam management condition, in response to determining that the secondary carrier meets the secondary carrier individual beam management condition.

3 . The beam management method according to claim 2 , wherein determining whether the secondary carrier meets the secondary carrier individual beam management condition according to the relative position in the frequency domain and the beam management capability information, comprises:

determining that the secondary carrier with the relative position in the frequency domain to the primary carrier exceeding a unified management capability range of the terminal based on the primary carrier meeting the secondary carrier individual beam management condition, in response to determining that the relative position in the frequency domain to the primary carrier exceeds a unified management capability of the terminal based on the primary carrier according to the relative position in the frequency domain and the beam management capability information.

4 . The beam management method according to claim 3 , wherein the relative position in the frequency domain is indicated by at least one of following parameters:

a frequency difference between center frequencies of the primary carrier and the secondary carrier;

a ratio of the difference between the center frequencies of the primary carrier and the secondary carrier to a sum of the center frequencies of the primary carrier and the secondary carrier; or

a frequency difference between a frequency band of the primary carrier and a frequency band of the secondary carrier.

5 . The beam management method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, to the terminal, a reporting instruction of a multi-carrier beam management capability; and

receiving the beam management capability information sent by the terminal according to the reporting instruction.

6 . A beam management method, performed by a terminal, and comprising:

receiving configuration information for performing individual beam management on a secondary carrier, wherein the configuration information is determined based on management capability information of the terminal; and

performing individual beam management on the secondary carrier according to the configuration information;

wherein performing individual beam management on the secondary carrier according to the configuration information comprises:

receiving a reference signal on the secondary carrier in response to determining that the secondary carrier needing individual beam management exists according to the configuration information; and

reporting a measurement result regarding the reference signal.

7 . The beam management method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

reporting beam management capability information of the terminal, wherein the beam management capability information is used for a base station to determine whether the secondary carrier needs individual beam management.

8 . The beam management method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving a reporting instruction transmitted by the base station, wherein

reporting the beam management capability information of the terminal comprises:

reporting the beam management capability information according to the reporting instruction.

9 . The beam management method according to claim 7 , wherein performing individual beam management on the secondary carrier according to the configuration information, comprises:

receiving the reference signal on the secondary carrier in response to determining that the secondary carrier needing individual beam management exists according to the configuration information; and

reporting the measurement result regarding the reference signal.

10 . The beam management method according to claim 8 , wherein performing individual beam management on the secondary carrier according to the configuration information, comprises:

receiving the reference signal on the secondary carrier in response to determining that the secondary carrier needing individual beam management exists according to the configuration information; and

reporting the measurement result regarding the reference signal.

11 . A communication device, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver;

a memory that stores an executable program; wherein the executable program is capable of being executed by the processor, and the processor is configured to:

transmit configuration information for performing individual beam management on a secondary carrier according to beam management capability information of a terminal,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

send a reference signal on the secondary carrier in response to determining that the secondary carrier needing individual beam management exists; and

receive a measurement result of the terminal on the reference signal.

12 . The communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a relative position in a frequency domain between a primary carrier and any secondary carrier of the terminal;

determine whether the secondary carrier meets a secondary carrier individual beam management condition according to the relative position in a frequency domain and the beam management capability information; and

transmit the configuration information for performing individual beam management on the secondary carrier meeting the secondary carrier individual beam management condition, in response to determining that the secondary carrier meets the secondary carrier individual beam management condition.

13 . The communication device according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that the secondary carrier with the relative position in the frequency domain to the primary carrier exceeds a unified management capability range of the terminal based on the primary carrier meeting the secondary carrier individual beam management condition, in response to determining that the relative position in the frequency domain to the primary carrier exceeds a unified management capability of the terminal based on the primary carrier according to the relative position in the frequency domain and the beam management capability information.

14 . The communication device according to claim 13 , wherein the relative position in the frequency domain is indicated by at least one of following parameters:

a frequency difference between center frequencies of the primary carrier and the secondary carrier;

a ratio of the difference between the center frequencies of the primary carrier and the secondary carrier to a sum of the center frequencies of the primary carrier and the secondary carrier; or

a frequency difference between a frequency band of the primary carrier and a frequency band of the secondary carrier.

15 . The communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

send, to the terminal, a reporting instruction of a multi-carrier beam management capability; and

receive the beam management capability information sent by the terminal according to the reporting instruction.

16 . A communication device, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver;

a memory that stores an executable program, wherein the executable program is capable of being executed by the processor, and

the executable program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform the beam management method provided by claim 6 .

17 . A non-transitory computer storage medium, storing an executable program, wherein the executable program, after being executed by a processor, can implement the beam management method provided by claim 1 .

18 . A non-transitory computer storage medium, storing an executable program, wherein the executable program, after being executed by a processor, can implement the beam management method provided by claim 6 .

19 . The beam management method according to claim 1 , wherein the beam management capability information comprises at least one of the following:

indication information of a strength level of a multi-carrier unified management capability of the terminal; or

indication information of an inter-carrier maximum relative position in a frequency domain supported by the terminal during performance of multi-carrier unified management.

20 . The beam management method according to claim 19 , wherein the multi-carrier unified management is configured to indicate that a primary carrier and at least one secondary carrier are the same in optimal beam direction.