Electronic device, wireless communication method and computer-readable medium
The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to carry out carrier aggregation communication with a base station by means of at least a first cell and a second cell. The processing circuit is further configured to perform control to send first information for beam failure recovery of the second cell to the base station by means of the first cell.
1. An electronic device for wireless communication, comprising processing circuitry configured to:
perform control to perform carrier aggregation communication with a base station through at least a first cell and a second cell; and
perform control to transmit first information for beam failure recovery of the second cell to the base station through the firs cell,
wherein the first cell comprises a primary cell or a secondary cell having an uplink, and the second cell comprises a secondary cell having no uplink,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to make a beam failure recovery request based on one or more of the following rules:
making a beam failure recovery request of the primary cell preferentially, in a case where beam failures occur to both the primary cell and at least one of the secondary cell having the uplink and the secondary cell having no uplink; and
making a beam failure recovery request of the secondary cell having an uplink preferentially, in a case where beam failures occur to both the secondary cell having the uplink and the secondary cell having no uplink.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises identification information of the second cell to which a beam failure occurs and identification information of a candidate beam for a beam failure recovery.
3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to transmit the identification information of the second cell and the identification information of the candidate beam through a physical uplink control channel PUCCH.
4. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the identification information of the candidate beam comprises a local identifier of the candidate beam in the second cell.
5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to perform control to transmit second information for beam failure recovery of the first cell to the base station through the first cell.
6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the second information comprises identification information of a candidate beam, and the processing circuitry is configured to transmit the second information through a physical random access channel PRACH.
7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to perform control to receive grouping information, wherein the grouping information indicates a plurality of cell subsets of a cell set for the carrier aggregation communication, each of the cell subsets containing at least one said first cell.
8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to perform control to receive information of a corresponding relationship between a cell and a cell identifier, and the corresponding relationship comprises:
a corresponding relationship between a physical cell identifier and a defined global identifier; or
a corresponding relationship between a physical cell identifier and defined group and local identifiers;
wherein the global identifier is used to identify a cell in the cell set, the group identifier is used to identify a cell subset, and the local identifier is used to identify a cell in a cell subset.
9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the first information transmitted to the base station comprises:
a global identifier of the second cell; or
a local identifier of the second cell in a cell subset comprising the second cell.
10. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to simultaneously make beam failure recovery requests through first cells in two or more cell subsets, in a case where beam failures occur to the two or more cell subsets.
11. An electronic device for wireless communication, comprising processing circuitry configured to:
perform control to perform carrier aggregation communication with user equipment through at least a first cell and a second cell; and
perform control to receive first information for beam failure recovery of the second cell which is transmitted by the user equipment through the first cell,
wherein the first cell comprises a primary cell or a secondary cell having an uplink, and the second cell comprises a secondary cell having no uplink,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive a beam failure recovery request based on one or more of the following rules:
receiving a beam failure recovery request of the primary cell preferentially, in a case where beam failures occur to both the primary cell and at least one of the secondary cell having the uplink and the secondary cell having no uplink; and
receiving a beam failure recovery request of the secondary cell having an uplink preferentially, in a case where beam failures occur to both the secondary cell having the uplink and the secondary cell having no uplink.
12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the first information comprises identification information of the second cell to which a beam failure occurs and identification information of a candidate beam for a beam failure recovery.
13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive the identification information of the second cell and the identification information of the candidate beam through a physical uplink control channel PUCCH.
14. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to perform control to receive second information for beam failure recovery of the first cell from the user equipment through the first cell.
15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the second information comprises identification information of a candidate beam, and the processing circuitry is configured to receive the second information through a physical random access channel PRACH.
16. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine grouping information and perform control to transmit the grouping information to the user equipment, wherein the grouping information indicates a plurality of cell subsets of a cell set for the carrier aggregation communication, each of the cell subsets containing at least one said first cell.
17. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine a corresponding relationship between a cell and a cell identifier and perform control to transmit information of the corresponding relationship to the user equipment, and the corresponding relationship comprises:
a corresponding relationship between a physical cell identifier and a defined global identifier; or
a corresponding relationship between a physical cell identifier and defined group and local identifiers;
wherein the global identifier is used to identify a cell in the cell set, the group identifier is used to identify a cell subset, and the local identifier is used to identify a cell in a cell subset.