Method, system and apparatus for indicating and receiving uplink beam index

1. A method for indicating an uplink beam index, comprising:

detecting, by a base station, a first uplink access signal of a terminal from at least one uplink access signal received from the terminal according to a preset rule;

acquiring, by the base station, corresponding related information from the first uplink access signal, wherein the related information comprises the beam characteristic of the first uplink access signal; and

generating, by the base station, an access response indication by virtue of an uplink beam index corresponding to the first uplink access signal, and sending the access response indication, wherein an uplink beam to be used by the terminal to transmit control and/or data, is determined by the terminal based on the access response indication,

wherein before detecting, by the base station, the first uplink access signal of the terminal from the at least one uplink access signal received from the terminal according to the preset rule, the method further comprises:

presetting, by the base station, configuration information of the at least one uplink access signal, wherein

the configuration information comprises at least one of following information: a corresponding relationship between at least one time-domain position of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one frequency-domain position of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one available sequence of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one uplink-beam-index indication bit obtained after the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; and a corresponding relationship between at least one beam identification sequence obtained after the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index;

or

wherein before detecting, by the base station, the first uplink access signal of the terminal from the at least one uplink access signal received from the terminal according to the preset rule, the method further comprises:

sending, by the base station, configuration information of the at least one uplink access signal through a system message, wherein

the configuration information comprises at least one of following information: a corresponding relationship between at least one time-domain position of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one frequency-domain position of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one available sequence of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one uplink-beam-index indication bit obtained after the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; and a corresponding relationship between at least one available sequence of at least one beam identification sequence obtained after the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the access response indication is generated in at least one of following manners:

introducing the uplink beam index into Downlink Control Information (DCI) corresponding to the access response indication, wherein the uplink beam index is an index corresponding to an uplink beam adopted by the terminal when the at least one uplink access signal is sent;

introducing an uplink beam index bit into DCI corresponding to the access response indication, wherein the uplink beam index is an index corresponding to an uplink beam adopted by the terminal when the at least one uplink access signal is sent;

scrambling a DCI Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) bit sequence by virtue of a DCI CRC scrambling sequence corresponding to the uplink beam index;

scrambling a DCI bit sequence by virtue of a DCI scrambling sequence corresponding to the uplink beam index;

scrambling a DCI bit sequence and a DCI CRC bit sequence by virtue of a DCI and CRC scrambling sequence corresponding to the uplink beam index;

scrambling a CRC bit sequence of data information by virtue of a CRC scrambling sequence data information corresponding to the uplink beam index;

scrambling a bit sequence of data information by virtue of a scrambling sequence of the data information corresponding to the uplink beam index;

scrambling a bit sequence of data information and a CRC bit sequence of the data information by virtue of data information and a CRC scrambling sequence of the data information corresponding to the uplink beam index;

adding a bit used to indicate a corresponding uplink beam index into data information; and

indicating an uplink beam index by virtue of a time-domain and/or frequency-domain resource where DCI corresponding to the uplink beam index is located.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the related information comprises at least one of following information: a time-domain position index of the first uplink access signal; a frequency-domain position index of the first uplink access signal; a sequence index of the first uplink access signal; an uplink-beam-index indication bit obtained after the first uplink access signal; and an index corresponding to a beam identification sequence obtained after the first uplink access signal.

4. A base station, comprising: a transceiver unit and a processing unit, wherein

the processing unit is configured to detect a first uplink access signal of a terminal from at least one uplink access signal received from the terminal according to a preset rule, acquire corresponding related information from the first uplink access signal and generate an access response indication by virtue of an uplink beam index corresponding to the first uplink access signal, wherein the related information comprises the beam characteristic of the first uplink access signal; and

the transceiver unit is configured to send the access response indication, wherein an uplink beam to be used by the terminal to transmit control and/or data, is determined by the terminal based on the access response indication,

wherein the processing unit is further configured to, before detecting the first uplink access signal of the terminal from the at least one uplink access signal received from the terminal, preset configuration information of the at least one uplink access signal; wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of following information: a corresponding relationship between at least one time-domain position of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one frequency-domain position of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one available sequence of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one uplink-beam-index indication bit obtained after the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; and a corresponding relationship between at least one beam identification sequence obtained after the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index;

or

wherein the processing unit is further configured to, before detecting the first uplink access signal of the terminal from the at least one uplink access signal received from the terminal, send configuration information of the at least one uplink access signal through a system message; wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of following information: a corresponding relationship between at least one time-domain position of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one frequency-domain position of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one available sequence of the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; a corresponding relationship between at least one uplink-beam-index indication bit obtained after the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index; and a corresponding relationship between at least one available sequence of at least one beam identification sequence obtained after the at least one uplink access signal and at least one uplink beam index.

5. The base station according to claim 4 , wherein the access response indication is generated in at least one of following manners:

introducing the uplink beam index into Downlink Control Information (DCI) corresponding to the access response indication, wherein the uplink beam index is an index corresponding to an uplink beam adopted by the terminal when the at least one uplink access signal is sent;

scrambling a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) bit sequence of DCI by virtue of a CRC scrambling sequence of the DCI corresponding to the uplink beam index;

scrambling a bit sequence of DCI by virtue of a scrambling sequence of the DCI corresponding to the uplink beam index;

scrambling a bit sequence of DCI and a CRC bit sequence of the DCI by virtue of the DCI and a CRC scrambling sequence of the DCI corresponding to the uplink beam index;

scrambling a CRC bit sequence of data information by virtue of a CRC scrambling sequence of the data information corresponding to the uplink beam index;

scrambling a bit sequence of data information by virtue of a scrambling sequence of the data information corresponding to the uplink beam index;

scrambling a bit sequence of data information and a CRC bit sequence of the data information by virtue of data information and a CRC scrambling sequence of the data information corresponding to the uplink beam index;

adding a bit used to indicate an index corresponding to an uplink beam into data information; and

indicating an uplink beam index by virtue of a time-domain and/or frequency-domain resource where DCI corresponding to the uplink beam index is located.

6. The base station according to claim 4 , wherein the related information comprises at least one of following information: a time-domain position index of the first uplink access signal; a frequency-domain position index of the first uplink access signal; a sequence index of the first uplink access signal; an uplink-beam-index indication bit obtained after the first uplink access signal; and an index corresponding to a beam identification sequence obtained after the first uplink access signal.