Channel state information (CSI) report sending and receiving methods, devices and electronic devices

1. A method for sending a channel state information (CSI) report, comprising:

determining, by a terminal, priorities of M CSI reports, wherein M is a natural number not less than 1;

selecting an available channel resource from a channel resource set for transmitting the M CSI reports, wherein the channel resource set comprises J channel resources supporting transmission of the M CSI reports and J is a natural number not less than 1; and

transmitting at least one CSI report according to the priorities of the M CSI reports by using the available channel resource,

wherein selecting the available channel resource from the channel resource set for transmitting the M CSI reports comprises:

selecting one channel resource from the J channel resources as the available channel resource,

sequencing the M CSI reports according to the priorities, from high to low, of the M CSI reports, and transmitting first K CSI reports based on determining that a total overhead of the first K CSI reports is less than or equal to a maximum number Ot of transmittable bits of the one channel resource and a total overhead of first K+1 CSI reports is greater than Ot, wherein K is a natural number not greater than M.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the one channel resource

from the J channel resources as the available channel resource comprises:

using a channel resource occupying a minimum number of REs in an optional channel resource set as the available channel resource, wherein the optional channel resource set is a subset of the channel resource set.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein using the channel resource occupying the minimum number of REs in the optional channel resource set as the available channel resource is performed according to a following condition:

a total overhead of the M CSI reports is less than a maximum number of transmittable bits of any channel resource in the optional channel resource set.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein before using the channel resource occupying a minimum number of REs in the optional channel resource set as the available channel resource, the method further comprises: repeating a following operation until a total overhead of the M CSI reports is less than a maximum number of transmittable bits of any channel resource in the optional channel resource set:

removing a channel resource whose maximum number of transmittable bits is minimum in the optional channel resource set based on determining that a channel resource whose maximum number of transmittable bits is less than the total overhead of the M CSI reports exists in the optional channel resource set.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein selecting the one channel resource from the J channel resources as the available channel resource comprises:

selecting a channel resource R corresponding to a maximum one among maximum numbers of transmittable bits in the channel resource set as the available channel resource.

6. The method of claim 5 , where selecting the channel resource R as the available channel resource is performed according to a following condition:

a total overhead of the M CSI reports is not less than the maximum one among maximum numbers of transmittable bits in the channel resource set.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein

a maximum number of transmittable bits of the one channel resource is determined according to a maximum transmission code rate and a number of occupied REs.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the maximum number of transmittable bits satisfies at least one of following conditions:

the maximum number of transmittable bits is a difference value between a number of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits and a product of the maximum transmission code rate and the number of occupied REs, or the maximum number of transmittable bits is proportional to a product of the maximum transmission code rate and the number of occupied REs.

9. A method for receiving a channel state information (CSI) report,

comprising: determining, by a base station, priorities of M CSI reports, wherein M is a natural number not less than 1;

selecting an available channel resource from a channel resource set for receiving the M CSI reports, wherein the channel resource set comprises J channel resources supporting reception of the M CSI reports and J is a natural number not less than 1; and

receiving at least one CSI report according to the priorities of the M CSI reports by using the available channel resource,

wherein selecting the available channel resource from the channel resource set for receiving the M CSI reports comprises:

selecting one channel resource from the J channel resources as the available channel resource, sequencing the M CSI reports according to the priorities, from high to low, of the M CSI reports, and transmitting first K CSI reports based on determining that a total overhead of the first K CSI reports is less than or equal to a maximum number Ot of transmittable bits of the one channel resource and a total overhead of first K+1 CSI reports is greater than Ot, wherein K is a natural number not greater than M.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein selecting the one channel resource from the J channel resources as the available channel resource comprises:

using a channel resource occupying a minimum number of resource elements (REs) in an optional channel resource set as the available channel resource, wherein the optional channel resource set is a subset of the channel resource set.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein selecting the one channel resource from the J channel resources as the available channel resource comprises:

selecting a channel resource R corresponding to a maximum one among maximum numbers of transmittable bits in the channel resource set as the available channel resource.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein selecting the available channel resource from the channel resource set for receiving the M CSI reports comprises:

selecting, by the base station, L channel resources from the J channel resources to merge the L channel resources into a new channel resource, and using the new channel resource as the available channel resource, wherein an RE set contained in the new channel resource is a union set of RE sets corresponding to the L channel resources, or a subset of the union set.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein selecting, by the base station, the L channel resources from the J channel resources to merge the L channel resources into the new channel resource comprises:

selecting L0 channel resources from the J channel resources, and using the L0 channel resources as the available channel resource, wherein the at least one CSI report is transmitted on the available channel resource containing a union set of RE sets corresponding to the L0 channel resources and at a maximum code rate which is a minimum one among maximum code rates corresponding to the L0 channel resources, wherein L0 is a natural number not greater than J.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein selecting, by the base station, the L channel resources from the J channel resources to merge the L channel resources into the new channel resource comprises:

selecting L1 channel resources from the J channel resources as the available channel resource, wherein an RE contained in a channel resource is selected on each time domain symbol contained in RE sets occupied by the L1 channel resources to form a first RE set, and the CSI reports are transmitted on the first RE set at a maximum code rate which is a minimum one among maximum code rates corresponding to the selected channel resources.

15. A device for sending a channel state information (CSI) report, applied to a terminal and comprising:

a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

determine priorities of M CSI reports, wherein M is a natural number not less than 1;

select an available channel resource from a channel resource set for transmitting the M CSI reports, wherein the channel resource set comprises J channel resources supporting transmission of the M CSI reports and J is a natural number not less than 1; and

transmit at least one CSI report according to the priorities of the M CSI reports by using the available channel resource,

wherein the processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to select the available channel resource from the channel resource set for transmitting the M CSI reports in the following way:

selecting one channel resource from the J channel resources as the available channel resource,

sequencing the M CSI reports according to the priorities, from high to low, of the M CSI reports, and transmitting first K CSI reports based on determining that a total overhead of the first K CSI reports is less than or equal to a maximum number Ot of transmittable bits of the one channel resource and a total overhead of first K+1 CSI reports is greater than Ot, wherein K is a natural number not greater than M.

16. A device for receiving a channel state information (CSI) report, applied to a base station and comprising: a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute programs stored in the memory to implement the method for receiving the CSI report of claim 9 .