BEAM FAILURE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a beam failure processing method and apparatus, an information transmitting method and apparatus. The processing apparatus includes: receive configuration information transmitted by a network device, the configuration information configuring TRP-specific beam failure detection (BFD) and/or TRP-specific beam failure recovery (BFR) related to at least two transmission/reception points (TRPs) for the terminal equipment; and a first processing unit configured to, when a beam failure is detected or beam failure recovery is triggered on the at least two TRPs and the at least two TRPs are associated with the same cell, or when a beam failure is detected or beam failure recovery is triggered on a designated TRP, trigger BFR of a cell or not to trigger BFR of a cell or initiate a random access procedure.
1 . A beam failure processing apparatus, applicable to a terminal equipment, the apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive configuration information transmitted by a network device, the configuration information configuring at least two beam failure detection reference signal sets (BFD-RS sets) for the terminal equipment; and
a processor configured to initiate, when beam failure recovery is triggered for the at least two BFD-RS sets and the at least two BFD-RS sets are associated with a cell, or when a beam failure is detected or beam failure recovery is triggered for a designated TRP, a random access procedure on the cell.
2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two BFD-RS sets are associated with a DL BWP of the cell.
3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the terminal equipment is not configured with cell-specific BFD and/or cell-specific BFR, the processor initiates a random access procedure on the cell.
4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cell is a SpCell.
5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein that the configuration information containing set indices of at least two BFD-RS set or at least two control resource pool indices, wherein one control resource pool index is associated with one BFD-RS set.
6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information includes radio link monitoring configuration information, the configuration information being carried by BWP DL dedicated information.
7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two BFD-RS sets are associated with the cell comprises that at least two BFD-RS sets are associated with the same cell.
8 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein beam failure recovery is triggered for the at least two BFD-RS sets includes: beam failure recovery is triggered for the at least two BFD-RS sets and beam failure recovery procedure is not successfully completed and/or is not cancelled for any one of the at least two BFD-RS sets.
9 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein beam failure recovery is triggered for the at least two BFD-RS sets includes beam failure recovery is triggered simultaneously for the at least two BFD-RS sets.
10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the number of related indices of each of the at least two BFD-RS sets received within a first predetermined time is greater than or equal to a configured threshold.
11 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the beam failure recovery is triggered for the at least two BFD-RS sets includes: beam failure recovery is triggered non-simultaneously for the at least two BFD-RS sets.
12 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein when beam failure recovery is triggered on a latter BFD-RS set, a triggered BFR is not successfully completed and/or is not cancelled on a former BFD-RS set the beam failure recovery is triggered.
13 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the designated TRP is a TRP of a serving cell of the terminal equipment.
14 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver further configured to receive indication information transmitted by the network device, the indication information being used to indicate the designated TRP.
15 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive DCI transmitted by the network device, the DCI comprising a toggled NDI, and
the processor is further configured to control to cancel the triggered BFR and/or stop the ongoing random access procedure when DCI of the toggled NDI schedules an HARQ process ID identical to a PUSCH carrying a BFRQ MAC CE.
16 . The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the DCI is associated with the cell or is associated with an other cell.
17 . An information transmitting apparatus, applicable to a network device, the apparatus comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit configuration information to a terminal equipment,
wherein the configuration information is information for configuring at least two BFD-RS sets to the terminal equipment.
18 . The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the at least two BFD-RS sets are associated with a DL BWP of a cell.
19 . The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the configuration information containing set indices of the at least two BFD-RS sets or at least two control resource pool indices, wherein one control resource pool index is associated with one BFD-RS set.
20 . A communication system, comprising
a terminal equipment; and
a network device configured to transmit, to the terminal equipment, configuration information transmitted by a network device, the configuration information configuring at least two beam failure detection reference signal sets (BFD-RS sets) for the terminal equipment, wherein
the terminal equipment is further configured to initiate, when beam failure recovery is triggered for the at least two BFD-RS sets and the at least two BFD-RS sets are associated with a cell, or when a beam failure is detected or beam failure recovery is triggered for a designated TRP, a random access procedure on the cell.