Communication method, network device, terminal device, and system

1. A communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device from a network device, a first group of precoded reference signals and a second group of precoded reference signals, wherein the first group of precoded reference signals comprises at least one precoded reference signal, and the second group of precoded reference signals comprises at least one precoded reference signal;

performing, by the terminal device, equivalent channel measurement based on the first group of precoded reference signals and the second group of precoded reference signals based on a channel state information (CSI) feedback-based transmission scheme, wherein the CSI feedback-based transmission scheme is space frequency diversity, space-time diversity, or cyclic delay diversity; and

feeding back, by the terminal device to the network device, first indication information, the first indication information indicating a result of the equivalent channel measurement, wherein the first indication information is used to:

determine a plurality of precoding vectors, at least one of the plurality of precoding vectors is determined by using a precoding vector corresponding to at least one of the first group of precoded reference signals, and at least one of the plurality of precoding vectors is determined by using a precoding vector corresponding to at least one of the second group of precoded reference signals, and

indicate, as a result of the equivalent channel measurement, a first element in a codebook, the first element determines at least one port, each port indicates a precoding vector corresponding to one precoded reference signal, at least one candidate element comprising the first element is predefined in a codebook corresponding to a same rank, and when a quantity of the at least one candidate element is at least 2, and

wherein for each candidate element among at least two candidate elements, those ports indicated by the candidate element are at least partially different to those ports of each other candidate element among the at least two candidate elements.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the rank is greater than 1, in the codebook corresponding to the same rank, any candidate element comprises a plurality of column vectors, each of the plurality of column vectors indicates at least two ports, and ports indicated by any two column vectors in a same candidate element are at least partially different.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first group of precoded reference signals corresponds to a first polarization direction, and the second group of precoded reference signals corresponds to a second polarization direction.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information is a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and a one-to-one correspondence between at least one PMI and the at least one candidate element is pre-stored in the codebook.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein each column vector in the first element indicated by the first PMI is used to indicate at least two of the plurality of precoding vectors, one of the at least two precoding vectors corresponds to one of the first group of precoded reference signals, and another one of the at least two precoding vectors corresponds to one of the second group of precoded reference signals.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device, second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates the CSI feedback-based transmission scheme.

7. A communication method, comprising:

sending, by a network device to a terminal device, a first group of precoded reference signals and a second group of precoded reference signals, wherein the first group of precoded reference signals comprises at least one precoded reference signal, and the second group of precoded reference signals comprises at least one precoded reference signal;

receiving, by the network device, first indication information fed back by the terminal device, the first indicating information indicating a result of an equivalent channel measurement performed by the terminal device, the equivalent channel measurement being performed based on the first group of precoded reference signals and the second group of precoded reference signals and based on a channel state information (CSI) feedback-based transmission scheme, wherein the CSI feedback-based transmission scheme is space frequency diversity, space-time diversity, or cyclic delay diversity, wherein the first indication information:

determines a plurality of precoding vectors, at least one of the plurality of precoding vectors is determined by using a precoding vector corresponding to at least one of the first group of precoded reference signals, and at least one of the plurality of precoding vectors is determined by using a precoding vector corresponding to at least one of the second group of precoded reference signals, and

indicates, as a result of the equivalent channel measurement, a first element in a codebook, the first element determines at least one port, each port indicates a precoding vector corresponding to one precoded reference signal, at least one candidate element comprising the first element is predefined in a codebook corresponding to a same rank, and when a quantity of the at least one candidate element is at least 2, and

wherein for each candidate element among at least two candidate elements, those ports indicated by the candidate element are at least partially different to those ports of each other candidate element among the at least two candidate elements; and

determining, by the network device, the plurality of precoding vectors based on the first indication information.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein when the rank is greater than 1, in the codebook corresponding to the same rank, any candidate element comprises a plurality of column vectors, each of the plurality of column vectors indicates at least two ports, and ports indicated by any two column vectors in a same candidate element are at least partially different.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first group of precoded reference signals corresponds to a first polarization direction, and the second group of precoded reference signals corresponds to a second polarization direction.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first indication information is a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and a one-to-one correspondence between at least one PMI and the at least one candidate element is pre-stored in the codebook.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein each column vector in the first element indicated by the first PMI indicates at least two of the plurality of precoding vectors, one of the at least two precoding vectors corresponds to one of the first group of precoded reference signals, and another one of the at least two precoding vectors corresponds to one of the second group of precoded reference signals.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the network device, second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates the CSI feedback-based transmission scheme.

13. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory, configured to store at least one computer instruction, which when executed, causes the processor to perform following method:

receiving, from a network device, a first group of precoded reference signals and a second group of precoded reference signals, wherein the first group of precoded reference signals comprises at least one precoded reference signal, and the second group of precoded reference signals comprises at least one precoded reference signal;

performing equivalent channel measurement based on the first group of precoded reference signals and the second group of precoded reference signals based on a channel state information (CSI) feedback-based transmission scheme, wherein the CSI feedback-based transmission scheme is space frequency diversity, space-time diversity, or cyclic delay diversity; and

feeding back, to the network device, first indication information, the first indication information indicating a result of the equivalent channel measurement, wherein the first indication information is used to:

determine a plurality of precoding vectors, at least one of the plurality of precoding vectors is determined by using a precoding vector corresponding to at least one of the first group of precoded reference signals, and at least one of the plurality of precoding vectors is determined by using a precoding vector corresponding to at least one of the second group of precoded reference signals, and

indicate, as a result of the equivalent channel measurement, a first element in a codebook, the first element determines at least one port, each port indicates a precoding vector corresponding to one precoded reference signal, at least one candidate element comprising the first element is predefined in a codebook corresponding to a same rank, and when a quantity of the at least one candidate element is at least 2, and

wherein for each candidate element among at least two candidate elements, those ports indicated by the candidate element are at least partially different to those ports of each other candidate element among the at least two candidate elements.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein when the rank is greater than 1, in the codebook corresponding to the same rank, any candidate element comprises a plurality of column vectors, each of the plurality of column vectors indicates at least two ports, and ports indicated by any two column vectors in a same candidate element are at least partially different.

15. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the first group of precoded reference signals corresponds to a first polarization direction, and the second group of precoded reference signals corresponds to a second polarization direction.

16. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the first indication information is a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and a one-to-one correspondence between at least one PMI and the at least one candidate element is pre-stored in the codebook.

17. The terminal device according to claim 16 , wherein each column vector in the first element indicated by the first PMI indicates at least two of the plurality of precoding vectors, one of the at least two precoding vectors corresponds to one of the first group of precoded reference signals, and another one of the at least two precoding vectors corresponds to one of the second group of precoded reference signals.

18. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises: receiving second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates the CSI feedback-based transmission scheme.