Electronic device and communication method

1. An electronic device, characterized in that, the electronic device comprising:

a processing circuit, configured to:

perform a pre-processing operation on a first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, the pre-processing operation including:

performing a dimension-increasing conversion to convert the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols into a first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block;

transforming the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with a first transformation, wherein the first transformation couples each symbol in the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with each other; and

performing a dimension-decreasing conversion to convert the second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, wherein the dimension-decreasing conversion is an inverse process of the dimension-increasing conversion; and

transmit the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein performing a dimension-increasing conversion to convert the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols into the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block includes:

sequentially populating, on a column-by-column basis, each respective column of the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols; or

sequentially populating, on a row-by-row basis, each respective row of the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block and the second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block are a first two-dimensional modulation symbol block and a second two-dimensional modulation symbol block, respectively, and

the first transformation includes one of:

applying a one-dimensional Fourier transform to each row of the first two-dimensional modulation symbol block to obtain an intermediate two-dimensional modulation symbol block, and then applying a one-dimensional inverse Fourier transform to each column of the intermediate two-dimensional modulation symbol block to obtain the second two-dimensional modulation symbol block; or

applying a one-dimensional inverse Fourier transform to each column of the first two-dimensional modulation symbol block to obtain an intermediate two-dimensional modulation symbol block, and then applying a one-dimensional Fourier transform to each row of the intermediate two-dimensional modulation symbol block to obtain the second two-dimensional modulation symbol block.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols are transmitted with a multi-carrier system.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the multi-carrier system is an OFDM system, and the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols correspond to a group of complex modulation symbols that are to be transmitted on multiple subcarriers within one OFDM symbol interval, and

the processing circuit is configured to perform an OFDM modulation on the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols so as to complete radio transmission of the group of complex modulation symbols within one OFDM symbol interval.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

before the pre-processing operation is performed, determine whether the pre-processing operation should be enabled.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

determine whether the pre-processing operation should be enabled, at least based on a channel condition or an application scenario.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: transmit indication information that at least indicates whether the pre-processing operation is enabled.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the indication information further includes at least one of the following: a dimensional parameter of the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block; sizes of dimensions of the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block; and a type of the first transformation.

10. An electronic device, characterized in that, the electronic device comprising:

a processing circuit, configured to:

acquire a first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols; and

perform a post-processing operation on the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, the post-processing operation including:

performing a dimension-increasing conversion to convert the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols into a first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block;

transforming the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with a first transformation, wherein the first transformation couples each symbol in the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with each other; and

performing a dimension-decreasing conversion to convert the second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, wherein the dimension-decreasing conversion is an inverse process of the dimension-increasing conversion.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols are transmitted with a multi-carrier system.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the multi-carrier system is an OFDM system, and the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols correspond to a group of complex modulation symbols received on multiple subcarriers within one OFDM symbol interval, the processing circuit is configured to perform OFDM demodulation on the received radio signal to acquire the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: before the post-processing operation is performed, determine whether the post-processing operation should be enabled.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: determine whether the post-processing operation should be enabled based on the received indication information, the indication information including at least information about whether the post-processing operation should be enabled.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: acquire the indication information from downlink control information DCI or a radio resource control RRC message.

16. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: send a request to enable the post-processing operation at least based on a channel condition or an application scenario.

17. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: equalize equivalent transmission channels containing the pre-processing operation for acquiring the received first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols and the post-processing operation.

18. A communication method, characterized in that, the method comprising:

performing a pre-processing operation on a first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, the pre-processing operation including:

performing a first dimension-increasing conversion to convert the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols into a first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block;

transforming the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with a first transformation, wherein the first transformation couples each symbol in the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with each other; and

performing a first dimension-decreasing conversion to convert the second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, wherein the first dimension-decreasing conversion is an inverse process of the first dimension-increasing conversion; and

transmitting the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols,

acquiring the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols; and

performing a post-processing operation on the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, the post-processing operation including:

performing a second dimension-increasing conversion to convert the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols into a third multi-dimensional modulation symbol block;

transforming the third multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a fourth multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with a second transformation, wherein the second transformation couples each symbol in the third multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with each other; and

performing a second dimension-decreasing conversion to convert the fourth multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a third one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, wherein the second dimension-decreasing conversion is an inverse process of the second dimension-increasing conversion.

19. The communication method of claim 18 , wherein the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols are transmitted with a multi-carrier system.

20. The communication method of claim 19 , wherein the multi-carrier system is an OFDM system, and the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols correspond to a group of complex modulation symbols that are to be transmitted on multiple subcarriers within one OFDM symbol interval, and the transmitting the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols includes performing an OFDM modulation on the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols so as to complete radio transmission of the group of complex modulation symbols within one OFDM symbol interval.