Method for transmitting beam failure recovery request, terminal device, and network device
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a method for transmitting a beam failure recovery request, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, that a beam failure event has occurred in a first cell, where the first cell is served by a first network device; and transmitting a BFRQ to a second network device in a second cell, where the BFRQ is used to indicate that a beam failure event has occurred in the first cell, the second cell is served by the second network device, and the second cell is different from the first cell.
1. A method for transmitting a beam failure recovery request, comprising:
determining, by a terminal device, that a beam failure event has occurred in a first cell, wherein the first cell is served by a first network device; and
transmitting, by the terminal device, a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) to a second network device in a second cell, wherein the BFRQ is used to indicate that a beam failure event has occurred in the first cell, and the second cell is served by the second network device; wherein
the second cell is different from the first cell;
wherein the transmitting, by the terminal device, the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell comprises:
transmitting, by the terminal device, the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell through a first bearer, wherein the first bearer comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a semi-persistent-physical uplink shared channel (SP-PUSCH);
wherein the transmitting, by the terminal device, the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell through the first bearer comprises:
transmitting, by the terminal device, the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell through a target channel according to a second preset rule if the target channel comprises second information, wherein the target channel is the PUCCH or the SP-PUSCH, and the second information is to-be-transmitted information other than the BFRQ; and
the second preset rule is: transmitting the BFRQ based on priorities of the second information and the BFRQ, or multiplexing the second information and the BFRQ for transmission, or prioritizing transmission of the BFRQ.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the BFRQ comprises an identifier of the first cell.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting, by the terminal device, the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell comprises:
in a case in which a third network device has not configured any candidate beam reference signal for the terminal device in the first cell, or the third network device has not configured, for the terminal device in the first cell, any uplink channel resource for transmitting the BFRQ, transmitting, by the terminal device, the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second cell is a primary cell served by the second network device or a secondary cell served by the second network device.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second cell is determined in at least one of the following manners: a type of the second cell is specified by a communication protocol, the second cell is configured for the terminal device by a fourth network device, and the second cell is determined by the terminal device.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second cell is a cell configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device and having a preset association with the first cell, or the second cell is a cell configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device, or the second cell is a cell that is indicated by the fourth network device for the terminal device in a plurality of cells configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device, or the second cell is a cell that is determined by the terminal device in a plurality of cells configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device.
7. A terminal device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, steps of a method for transmitting a beam failure recovery request are implemented, and the method comprises:
determining that a beam failure event has occurred in a first cell, wherein the first cell is served by a first network device; and
transmitting a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) to a second network device in a second cell, wherein the BFRQ is used to indicate that a beam failure event has occurred in the first cell, and the second cell is served by the second network device; wherein
the second cell is different from the first cell;
wherein the transmitting the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell comprises:
transmitting the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell through a first bearer, wherein the first bearer comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a semi-persistent-physical uplink shared channel (SP-PUSCH);
wherein the transmitting the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell through the first bearer comprises:
transmitting the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell through a target channel according to a second preset rule if the target channel comprises second information, wherein the target channel is the PUCCH or the SP-PUSCH, and the second information is to-be-transmitted information other than the BFRQ; and
the second preset rule is: transmitting the BFRQ based on priorities of the second information and the BFRQ, or multiplexing the second information and the BFRQ for transmission, or prioritizing transmission of the BFRQ.
8. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the BFRQ comprises an identifier of the first cell.
9. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the transmitting the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell comprises:
in a case in which a third network device has not configured any candidate beam reference signal for the terminal device in the first cell, or the third network device has not configured, for the terminal device in the first cell, any uplink channel resource for transmitting the BFRQ, transmitting the BFRQ to the second network device in the second cell.
10. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the second cell is a cell configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device and having a preset association with the first cell, or the second cell is a cell configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device, or the second cell is a cell that is indicated by the fourth network device for the terminal device in a plurality of cells configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device, or the second cell is a cell that is determined by the terminal device in a plurality of cells configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device.
11. A network device, wherein the network device is a second network device, and comprises a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor; and when the computer program is executed by the processor, steps of a method for transmitting a beam failure recovery request are implemented, and the method comprises:
receiving a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) from a terminal device in a second cell, wherein the BFRQ is used to indicate that a beam failure event has occurred in a first cell, the second cell is served by the second network device, and the first cell is served by a first network device; wherein
the second cell is different from the first cell;
wherein the receiving the BFRQ from the terminal device in the second cell comprises:
receiving the BFRQ from the terminal device in the second cell through a first bearer, wherein the first bearer comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a semi-persistent-physical uplink shared channel (SP-PUSCH);
wherein the method further comprises: prior to the receiving the BFRQ from the terminal device in the second cell through the first bearer, configuring a second preset rule for the terminal device, wherein the second preset rule is: transmitting the BFRQ based on priorities of second information comprised in a target channel and the BFRQ, or multiplexing the second information and the BFRQ for transmission, or prioritizing transmission of the BFRQ, the target channel being the PUCCH or the SP-PUSCH, and the second information being to-be-transmitted information other than the BFRQ.
12. The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the BFRQ comprises an identifier of the first cell.
13. The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the receiving the BFRQ from the terminal device in the second cell comprises:
in a case in which a third network device has not configured any candidate beam reference signal for the terminal device in the first cell, or the third network device has not configured, for the terminal device in the first cell, any uplink channel resource for transmitting the BFRQ, receiving the BFRQ from the terminal device in the second cell.
14. The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the second cell is a primary cell served by the second network device or a secondary cell served by the second network device;
and/or,
the second cell is determined in at least one of the following manners: a type of the second cell is specified by a communication protocol, the second cell is configured for the terminal device by a fourth network device, and the second cell is determined by the terminal device.
15. The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the second cell is a cell configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device and having a preset association with the first cell, or the second cell is a cell configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device, or the second cell is a cell that is indicated by the fourth network device for the terminal device in a plurality of cells configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device, or the second cell is a cell that is determined by the terminal device in a plurality of cells configured for the terminal device by the fourth network device.