Granted Patent B2

US 12,604,304 · App. 18/387,236 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Inventors: Kun Yang (Dongguan, CN); Dajie Jiang (Dongguan, CN)

Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.

H04W72/046H04L5/0048H04W24/10

Abstract

Claims (107)

1 . A beam control method for an intelligent surface device, comprising:

obtaining, by a network side device, first channel information of an active unit of the intelligent surface device, wherein the first channel information is channel information between the network side device and the active unit;

obtaining, by the network side device, second channel information of the active unit of the intelligent surface device, wherein the second channel information is channel information between a terminal and the active unit; and

determining, by the network side device, control information of a unit array of the intelligent surface device based on the first channel information and the second channel information, wherein the unit array comprises the active unit and a passive unit of the intelligent surface device;

wherein the determining the control information of the unit array of the intelligent surface device based on the first channel information and the second channel information comprises:

obtaining third channel information and fourth channel information of the passive unit of the intelligent surface device by using an interpolation algorithm based on the first channel information and the second channel information, wherein the third channel information is channel information between the network side device and the passive unit, and the fourth channel information is channel information between the terminal and the passive unit; and

obtaining the control information of the unit array of the intelligent surface device based on the third channel information and the fourth channel information;

wherein after the determining the control information of the unit array of the intelligent surface device, the method further comprises:

sending the control information of the unit array to the intelligent surface device, wherein the control information comprises: an operating status of each passive unit of the intelligent surface device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the active unit supports signal sending, the obtaining the first channel information of the active unit of the intelligent surface device comprises:

receiving a first reference signal sent by the active unit; and

obtaining the first channel information of the active unit through channel measurement on the first reference signal;

or

in a case that the active unit supports signal sending, the obtaining the second channel information of the active unit of the intelligent surface device comprises:

receiving the second channel information sent by the terminal, wherein the second channel information is obtained by the terminal through channel measurement on a second reference signal, and the second reference signal is sent by the active unit to the terminal.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the active unit supports signal receiving, the obtaining the first channel information of the active unit of the intelligent surface device comprises:

sending a third reference signal to the active unit; and

obtaining the first channel information sent by the active unit, wherein the first channel information is obtained by the active unit by performing channel measurement on the third reference signal;

or

in a case that the active unit supports signal receiving, the obtaining the second channel information of the active unit of the intelligent surface device comprises:

obtaining the second channel information sent by the active unit, wherein the second channel information is obtained by the active unit by performing channel measurement on a fourth reference signal, and the fourth reference signal is sent by the terminal to the active unit.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the network side device obtains the first channel information and/or the second channel information of the active unit of the intelligent surface device, the method further comprises:

obtaining a device parameter reported by the intelligent surface device, wherein the device parameter comprises at least one of following:

a device type;

a device size;

a type of the active unit;

a location of the active unit;

a quantity of active units;

a capability of the active unit; or

a capability of the passive unit.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the determining the control information of the unit array of the intelligent surface device, the method further comprises:

sending the control information of the unit array to the intelligent surface device, wherein the control information comprises: an operating status of each passive unit of the intelligent surface device;

or

determining a beamforming parameter of the network side device and/or the terminal through channel measurement.

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

sending a parameter requirement to the intelligent surface device, wherein the parameter requirement is used for enabling the intelligent surface device to determine the operating status of each passive unit of the intelligent surface device; and

the parameter requirement comprises at least one of following:

a beam direction;

a channel measurement result between a base station and the terminal; or

powers and phase relationships of a plurality of beams.

7 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first reference signal and the second reference signal comprises at least one of following:

a synchronization signal and PBCH block;

a channel state information reference signal;

a demodulation reference signal;

a position reference signal;

a sounding reference signal;

a physical random access channel reference signal;

a side link reference signal; or

a dedicated reference signal for channel measurement by the intelligent surface device;

or

the first reference signal and the second reference signal adopts at least one manner in following:

time division multiplexing;

frequency division multiplexing;

code division multiplexing; and

beam sweeping.

8 . A beam control method for an intelligent surface device, comprising:

performing, by the intelligent surface device, channel measurement by using an active unit and a network side device, wherein the channel measurement of the active unit and the network side device is for obtaining first channel information of the active unit, and the first channel information is channel information between the network side device and the active unit;

performing, by the intelligent surface device, channel measurement by using the active unit and a terminal, wherein the channel measurement of the active unit and the terminal is for obtaining second channel information, and the second channel information is channel information between the terminal and the active unit; and

obtaining, by the intelligent surface device, control information of a unit array, wherein the control information is obtained based on the first channel information and the second channel information, and the unit array comprises the active unit and a passive unit of the intelligent surface device;

wherein the method further comprises:

reporting the first channel information and/or the second channel information to the network side device;

wherein the obtaining the control information of the unit array comprises:

receiving the control information of the unit array that is sent by the network side device;

wherein the obtaining the control information of the unit array comprises:

obtaining third channel information and fourth channel information of the passive unit of the intelligent surface device by using an interpolation algorithm based on the first channel information and the second channel information; and

obtaining the control information of the unit array of the intelligent surface device based on the third channel information and the fourth channel information, wherein the control information comprises: an operating status of each passive unit of the intelligent surface device.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein in a case that the active unit supports signal sending, the performing channel measurement by using the active unit and the network side device comprises:

sending a first reference signal to the network side device, so that the network side device obtains the first channel information by performing channel measurement on the first reference signal;

or

in a case that the active unit supports signal sending, the performing channel measurement by using the active unit and the terminal comprises:

sending a second reference signal to the terminal, so that the terminal obtains the second channel information by performing channel measurement on the second reference signal.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein in a case that the active unit supports signal receiving, the performing channel measurement by using the active unit and the network side device comprises:

receiving a third reference signal sent by the network side device, and performing channel measurement on the third reference signal to obtain the first channel information;

or

in a case that the active unit supports signal receiving, the performing channel measurement by using the active unit and the terminal comprises:

receiving a fourth reference signal sent by the terminal, and performing channel measurement on the fourth reference signal to obtain the second channel information.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a parameter requirement sent by the network side device, wherein the parameter requirement is used for enabling the intelligent surface device to determine the operating status of each passive unit of the intelligent surface device; and

the parameter requirement comprises at least one of following:

a beam direction;

a channel measurement result between a base station and the terminal; or

powers and phase relationships of a plurality of beams;

or

the method further comprises:

reporting a device parameter of the intelligent surface device to the network side device, wherein the device parameter comprises at least one of following:

a device type;

a device size;

a type of the active unit;

a location of the active unit;

a quantity of active units;

a capability of the active unit; or

a capability of the passive unit.

12 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first reference signal and the second reference signal comprises at least one of following:

a synchronization signal and PBCH block;

a channel state information reference signal;

a demodulation reference signal;

a position reference signal;

a sounding reference signal;

a physical random access channel reference signal;

a side link reference signal; or

a dedicated reference signal for channel measurement by the intelligent surface device;

or

the first reference signal and the second reference signal adopts at least one manner in following:

time division multiplexing;

frequency division multiplexing;

code division multiplexing; and

beam sweeping.

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