Method, user equipment, base station, and system for enhancing reliability of wireless communication
The present application provides a method for enhancing reliability of wireless communication, comprising: monitoring, by a user equipment (UE), quality of downlink transmission between the UE and a base station (BS); and measuring, by the UE in response to a trigger event, transmission quality of at least one beam used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS, wherein the trigger event is used to indicate that quality of the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a first preset condition. The present application further discloses a method, device, and system for enhancing reliability of wireless communication. By means of the solutions disclosed in the present application, transmission quality of a beam used for uplink/downlink transmission between a BS and a UE can be non-periodically measured based on event triggers, which improves real-time performance of detection and greatly enhances reliability of wireless communication.
1. A method for enhancing reliability of wireless communication, comprising:
monitoring, by a user equipment (UE), quality of downlink transmission between the UE and a base station (BS); and
measuring, by the UE in response to a trigger event, transmission quality of multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS, wherein the trigger event is used to indicate that the quality of the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a first preset condition, and
if the UE determines, according to a measurement result, that transmission quality of a current active beam cannot meet a transmission requirement, selecting, by the UE, a beam as a new active beam for the downlink transmission,
the trigger event comprises at least one of the following events:
transmission quality of an active beam used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a second preset condition;
transmission quality of a standby beam used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a third preset condition;
a time interval from a latest measurement of the transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a fourth preset condition; and
a latency change of a channel used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a fifth preset condition,
wherein the trigger event is comprised in reference signal (RS) configuration information.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measuring, by the UE, transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS comprises:
measuring, by the UE by using at least one RS, the transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the measuring, by the UE by using at least one RS, the transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS comprises:
sending, by the UE, an RS request to the BS;
determining, by the UE, a time/frequency resource of an RS according to an RS grant that is sent by the BS in response to the RS request;
receiving, by the UE on the time/frequency resource, at least one RS sent by the BS; and
measuring, by the UE according to the at least one RS, the transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein before the sending, by the UE, an RS request to the BS, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the UE, the RS configuration information sent by the BS.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the RS configuration information comprises: a format of the RS request and/or the trigger event.
6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the RS request carries information about the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS.
7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
returning, by the UE, ACK signaling to the BS, wherein the ACK signaling is used to indicate that the UE has received the RS grant and/or the measurement has been completed.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
adjusting a time threshold in response to a change of a movement speed of the UE.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the movement speed of the UE comprises: an angular velocity of movement of the UE.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the time threshold decreases as the movement speed of the UE increases.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS comprises:
downlink data transmission between the UE and the BS; and/or
downlink control signaling transmission between the UE and the BS.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second preset condition indicates that a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the active beam used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS is less than an SNR threshold.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fourth preset condition indicates that the time interval from the latest measurement of the transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS exceeds a time threshold.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fifth preset condition indicates that the latency change of the channel used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS exceeds a preset range.
15. User equipment (UE) for enhancing reliability of wireless communication, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory have computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
monitoring quality of downlink transmission between the UE and a base station (BS); and
measuring, in response to a trigger event, transmission quality of multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS, wherein the trigger event is used to indicate that the quality of the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a first preset condition, and
if the UE determines, according to a measurement result, that transmission quality of a current active beam cannot meet a transmission requirement, selecting, by the UE, a beam as a new active beam for the downlink transmission,
the trigger event comprises at least one of the following events:
transmission quality of an active beam used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a second preset condition;
transmission quality of a standby beam used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a third preset condition;
a time interval from a latest measurement of the transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a fourth preset condition; and
a latency change of a channel used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS does not meet a fifth preset condition,
wherein the trigger event is comprised in reference signal (RS) configuration information.
16. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the measuring transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS comprises:
measuring, by using at least one RS, the transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS.
17. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the measuring, by using at least one RS, the transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS comprises:
sending an RS request to the BS;
determining a time/frequency resource of an RS according to an RS grant that is sent by the BS in response to the RS request;
receiving, on the time/frequency resource, at least one RS sent by the BS; and
measuring, according to the at least one RS, the transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS.
18. The UE of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving the RS configuration information sent by the BS.
19. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the RS configuration information comprises: a format of the RS request and/or the trigger event.
20. The UE of claim 17 , wherein the RS request carries information about the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS.
21. The UE of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
returning ACK signaling to the BS, wherein the ACK signaling is used to indicate that the UE has received the RS grant and/or the measurement has been completed.
22. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
adjusting a time threshold in response to a change of a movement speed of the UE.
23. The UE of claim 22 , wherein the movement speed of the UE comprises:
an angular velocity of movement of the UE.
24. The UE of claim 22 , wherein the time threshold decreases as the movement speed of the UE increases.
25. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS comprises:
downlink data transmission between the UE and the BS; and/or
downlink control signaling transmission between the UE and the BS.
26. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the second preset condition indicates that a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the active beam used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS is less than an SNR threshold.
27. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the fourth preset condition indicates that the time interval from the latest measurement of the transmission quality of the multiple beams used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS exceeds a time threshold.
28. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the fifth preset condition indicates that the latency change of the channel used for the downlink transmission between the UE and the BS exceeds a preset range.