Precoding matrix index reporting method, communications apparatus, and medium

1. A precoding matrix indicator (PMI) reporting method, comprising:

determining, by a first communications apparatus, a rank indicator (RI) and a PMI, wherein the PMI is used to determine R precoding matrices W 1 , . . . , W R , and an r th precoding matrix W r in the R precoding matrices satisfies W r =W 1 ×W 2,r , and r∈{1, . . . , R};

W 1 is a matrix of N rows and 2L columns, W 2,r is a matrix of 2L rows and F columns, an l th row of W 2,r is obtained by performing Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) on an l th row of a matrix V 2,r , V 2,r is a matrix of 2L rows and T columns, R is indicated by the RI, and l∈{1, . . . , 2L};

the PMI comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information comprises location index information, the location index information is used to indicate K m,r element locations t r,m,l , . . . , t r,m,K m,r ∈{1, . . . , T} on an m th row of V 2,r , and the second indication information is used to indicate K m,r complex coefficients a r,m,t r,m,i at the element locations t r,m, l , . . . , t r,m,K m,r on the m th row of V 2,r , wherein V 2,r is determined based on the K m,r element locations and the K m,r complex coefficients a r,m,t r,m,i , m∈{1, . . . , 2L}, and i∈{1, . . . , K m,r }; and

R is a nonnegative integer, N, L, F, T, and K m,r are all positive integers, K m,r is less than T, and F is less than or equal to T; and

sending, by the first communications apparatus, the RI and the PMI.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein R≥1, and the location index information indicates R groups of locations, wherein an r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations is used to indicate the K m,r element locations on at least two rows in V 2,r , that is, n∈{1, . . . , 2L}, m∈{1, . . . , 2L}, and n≠m, and it satisfies that t r,m,i =t r,n,j =c r,j , K m,r =K n,r K r , i∈{1, . . . , K m, r }, and r∈{1, . . . , R}.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the location index information comprises indication information of M r reference locations, the indication information of the M r reference locations is used to indicate the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r, K r in the R groups of locations, and M r is a positive integer less than T.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein

the location index information further comprises a window size X r,n associated with an n th (n=1, . . . , M r ) reference location in the M r reference locations, the M r reference locations and the M r window sizes are used to determine the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and X r,n is a positive integer; or

a window size X r,n associated with an n th (n=1, . . . , M r ) reference location in the M r reference locations is configured by using first configuration information, the M r reference locations and the M r window sizes are used to determine the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and X r,n is a positive integer.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein when a quantity G m, r of the reference locations is greater than 1, the location index information comprises absolute location information of one first reference location in the G m,r reference locations, and relative location information that is of each of G m,r −1 reference locations, other than the first reference location, in the G m,r reference locations and that is relative to the first reference location, wherein G m,r =M m or G m,r =M r .

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein when G m, r =M m , the location index information further comprises G m groups of fourth indication information, and an n th (1≤n≤G m ) group of fourth indication information is used to indicate Z m,n element locations selected from Y m,n element locations, wherein the Y m,n element locations are determined based on an n th reference location in the G m reference locations and a window size X m,n associated with the n th reference location, Z m,n is a positive integer less than or equal to Y m,n , and the G m reference locations, the G m window sizes, and the G m pieces of fourth indication information are used to determine the group of locations C m,l , . . . , C m,K m ; or

when G m,r =M r , the location index information further comprises G r groups of fourth indication information, and an n th (1≤n≤G r ) group of fourth indication information is used to indicate Z r,n element locations selected from Y r,n element locations, wherein the Y r,n element locations are determined based on an n th reference location in the G r reference locations and a window size X r,n associated with the n th reference location, Z r,n is a positive integer less than or equal to Y r,n , and the G r reference locations, the G r window sizes, and the G r pieces of fourth indication information are used to determine the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations.

7. A precoding matrix indicator (PMI) receiving method, comprising:

receiving, by a second communications apparatus, a rank indicator (RI) and a PMI; and

determining, by the second communications apparatus, R precoding matrices W 1 , . . . , W R based on the PMI, wherein an r th precoding matrix W r in the R precoding matrices satisfies W r =W 1 ×W 2, r , and r∈{1, . . . , R};

W 1 is a matrix of N rows and 2L columns, W 2,r is a matrix of 2L rows and F columns, an i th row of W 2,r is obtained by performing Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) on an l th row of a matrix V 2,r , V 2,r is a matrix of 2L rows and T columns, R is indicated by the RI, and l∈{1, . . . , 2L};

the PMI comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information comprises location index information, the location index information is used to indicate K m,r element locations t r,m,l , . . . , t r,m,K m,r ∈{1, . . . , T} on an m th row of V 2,r , and the second indication information is used to indicate K m,r complex coefficients a r,m,t r,m,j at the element locations t r,m,l , . . . , t r,m,K m,r on the m th row of V 2,r , wherein V 2,r is determined based on the K m,r element locations and the K m,r complex coefficients a r,m,t r,m,j , m∈{1, . . . , 2L}, and i∈{1, . . . , K m,r }; and

the RI is a nonnegative integer, N, L, F, T, R, and K m,r are all positive integers, K m,r is less than T, and F is less than or equal to T.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein R≥1, and the location index information indicates R groups of locations, wherein an r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations is used to indicate the K m,r element locations on at least two rows in V 2,r , that is, n∈{1, . . . , 2L}, m∈{1, . . . , 2L}, and n≠m, and it satisfies that t r,m,j =t r,n,i =c r,i , K m,r =K n,r =K r , ∈{1, . . . , K m, r }and r∈{1, . . . , R}.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the location index information comprises indication information of M r reference locations, the indication information of the M r reference locations is used to indicate the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and M r is a positive integer less than T.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein

the location index information further comprises a window size X r,n associated with an n th (n=1, . . . , M r ) reference location in the M r reference locations, the M r reference locations and the M r window sizes are used to determine the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and X r,n is a positive integer; or

a window size X r,n associated with an n th (n=1, . . . , M r ) reference location in the M r reference locations is configured by using first configuration information, the M r reference locations and the M r window sizes are used to determine the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and X r,n is a positive integer.

11. A communications apparatus, comprising at least one processor, a transmitter, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to:

determine a rank indicator (RI) and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), wherein the PMI is used to determine R precoding matrices W 1 , . . . , W R , and an r th precoding matrix in the R precoding matrices satisfies W r =W 1 ×W 2, r and r∈{1, . . . , R};

W 1 is a matrix of N rows and 2L columns, W 2,r is a matrix of 2L rows and F columns, l th an row of W 2, r is obtained by performing Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) on an l th row of a matrix V 2,r , V 2,r is a matrix of 2L rows and T columns, R is indicated by the RI, and l∈{1, . . . , 2L};

the PMI comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information comprises location index information, the location index information is used to indicate K m,r element locations on an t r,m,l , . . . , t r,m,K m,r ∈{1, . . . , T} on an m th row of V 2,r , and the second indication information is used to indicate K m,r complex coefficients a r,m,t r,m,j at the element locations t r,m,l , . . . , t r,m,K m,r on the m th row of V 2,r , wherein V 2,r is determined based on the K m,r element locations and the K m,r complex coefficients a r,m,t r,m,j , m∈{1, . . . , 2L}, and i∈{1, . . . , K m, r }; and

the RI is a nonnegative integer, N, L, F, T, and K m,r are all positive integers, K m,r is less than T, and F is less than or equal to T; and

casue the transmitter to send the RI and the PMI.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein R≥1, and the location index information indicates R groups of locations, wherein an r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations is used to indicate the K m,r element locations on at least two rows in V 2,r , that is n∈{1, . . . , 2L}, m∈{1, . . . , 2L}, and n≠m, and it satisfies that t r,m,j =t r,n,i =c r,i , K m,r =K n,r =K r , i∈{1, . . . , K m, r }, and r∈{1, . . . , R}.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the location index information comprises indication information of M r reference locations, the indication information of the M r reference locations is used to indicate the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and M r is a positive integer less than T.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

the location index information further comprises a window size X r,n associated with an n th (n=1, . . . , M r ) reference location in the M r reference locations, the M r reference locations and the M r window sizes are used to determine the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and X r,n is a positive integer; or

a window size X r,n associated with an n th (n=1, . . . , M r ) reference location in the M r reference locations is configured by using first configuration information, the M r reference locations and the M r window sizes are used to determine the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and X r,n is a positive integer.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein when a quantity G m,r of the reference locations is greater than 1, the location index information comprises absolute location information of one first reference location in the G m, r reference locations, and relative location information that is of each of G m,r −1 reference locations, other than the first reference location, in the G m,r reference locations and that is relative to the first reference location, wherein G m, r =M m or G m,r =M r .

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein when G m,r =M m , the location index information further comprises G m groups of fourth indication information, and an n th (1≤n≤G m ) group of fourth indication information is used to indicate Z m,n element locations selected from Y m,n element locations, wherein the Y m,n element locations are determined based on an n th reference location in the G m reference locations and a window size X m,n associated with the n th reference location, Z m,n is a positive integer less than or equal to Y m, n , and the G m reference locations, the G m window sizes, and the G m pieces of fourth indication information are used to determine the group of locations C m,l , . . . , C m,K m ; or

when G m,r =M r , the location index information further comprises G r groups of fourth indication information, and an n th (1≤n≤G r ) group of fourth indication information is used to indicate Z r,n element locations selected from Y r,n element locations, wherein the Y r,n element locations are determined based on an n th reference location in the G r reference locations and a window size X r,n associated with the n th reference location, Z r,n is a positive integer less than or equal to Y r,n , and the G r reference locations, the G r window sizes, and the G r pieces of fourth indication information are used to determine the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations.

17. A communications apparatus, comprising at least one processor, a receiver, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to:

cause the receiver to receive a rank indicator (RI) and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) ; and

determine R precoding matrices W 1 , . . . , W R based on the PMI, wherein an r th precoding matrix in the R precoding matrices satisfies W r =W 1 ×W 2, r , and r∈{1, . . . , R};

W 1 is a matrix of N rows and 2L columns, W 2,r is a matrix of 2L rows and F columns, an l th row of W 2,r is obtained by performing Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) on an l th row of a matrix V 2,r , V 2,r is a matrix of 2L rows and T columns, R is indicated by the RI, and l∈{1, . . . , 2L};

the PMI comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information comprises location index information, the location index information is used to indicate K m,r element locations t r,m,l , . . . , t r,m,K m,r ∈{1, . . . , T} on an m th row of V 2,r , and the second indication information is used to indicate K m,r complex coefficients a r,m,t r,m,j at the element locations t r,m,l , . . . , t r,m,K m,r on the m th row of V 2,r , wherein V 2,r is determined based on the K m,r element locations and the K m,r complex coefficients a r,m,t r,m,j , m∈{1, . . . , 2L}, and i∈{1, . . . , K m,r }; and

the RI is a nonnegative integer, N, L, F, T, R, and K m, r are all positive integers, K m,r is less than T, and F is less than or equal to T.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein R≥1, and the location index information indicates R groups of locations, wherein an r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations is used to indicate the K m,r element locations on at least two rows in V 2,r , that is, n∈{1, . . . , 2L}, m∈{1, . . . , 2L}, and n≠m, and it satisfies that t r,m,i =t r,n,i =C r,i , K m,r =K n,r =K r , i∈{1, . . . , K m,r }, and r∈{1, . . . , R}.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the location index information comprises indication information of M r reference locations, the indication information of the M r reference locations is used to indicate the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and M r is a positive integer less than T.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein

the location index information further comprises a window size X r,n associated with an n th (n=1, . . . , M r ) reference location in the M r reference locations, the M r reference locations and the M r window sizes are used to determine the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and X r,n is a positive integer; or

a window size X r,n associated with an n th (n=1, . . . , M r ) reference location in the M r reference locations is configured by using first configuration information, the M r reference locations and the M r window sizes are used to determine the r th group of locations C r,l , . . . , C r,K r in the R groups of locations, and X r,n is a positive integer.