CN117716763A

CN117716763A - Configuration method, device, equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117716763A
Application number: CN202180100238.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邢金强
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-28
Filing date: 2021-07-28
Publication date: 2024-03-15
Also published as: WO2023004651A1

Abstract

The application discloses a configuration method, a device, equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the field of mobile communication. The method comprises the following steps: and sending first request information to the network equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting and forming a terminal group with at least one second terminal, the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal, and the first terminal and the at least one second terminal form the terminal group through the first request information, so that the second terminal can transmit the data of the first terminal.

Description

Configuration method, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular, to a configuration method, apparatus, device, and storage medium.

Background

In a mobile communication system, a plurality of terminals can communicate simultaneously in a cell covered by a network device, and the network device can configure a time-frequency resource for each terminal for data transmission by the terminal. However, since the time-frequency resources obtained by each terminal are fixed, the data transmission rate of the terminal is limited, and a method for improving the data transmission rate of the terminal is needed.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a configuration method, a device, equipment and a storage medium, wherein the first terminal and at least one second terminal both transmit data of the first terminal, so that the data volume of the transmitted first terminal is improved, and the data transmission rate of the first terminal is further improved. The technical scheme is as follows:

according to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a configuration method applied to a first terminal, the method including:

and sending first request information to the network equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting to form a terminal group with the second terminal, and the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal.

According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a configuration method applied to a network device, the method including:

receiving first request information sent by a first terminal, wherein the first request information is used for requesting a terminal group formed by the first request information and a second terminal, and the terminal group is used for transmitting data of the first terminal;

and according to the first request information, the first terminal and the second terminal form the terminal group.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided a configuration method applied to a second terminal, the method including:

Receiving inquiry information sent by network equipment, wherein the inquiry information is used for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group;

and sending response information to the network equipment according to the inquiry information, wherein the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal.

According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a configuration apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

the sending module is used for sending first request information to the network equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the second terminal to form a terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal.

the receiving module is used for receiving first request information sent by a first terminal, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the second terminal to form a terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting data of the first terminal;

and the construction module is used for constructing the first terminal and the second terminal into the terminal group according to the first request information.

The receiving module is used for receiving inquiry information sent by the network equipment, and the inquiry information is used for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group;

and the sending module is used for sending response information to the network equipment according to the inquiry information, the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal.

According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a terminal comprising: a processor; a transceiver coupled to the processor; a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor; wherein the processor is configured to load and execute the executable instructions to implement the configuration method as described in the above aspect.

According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored therein executable program code loaded and executed by a processor to implement a configuration method as described in the above aspects.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided a chip comprising programmable logic circuits and/or program instructions for implementing the configuration method as described in the above aspects when the chip is run on a terminal.

According to an aspect of the present application, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product for implementing the configuration method of the above aspect, when the computer program product is executed by a processor of a terminal.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application at least comprises the following beneficial effects:

in the configuration scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the first terminal and at least one second terminal form the terminal group through the first request information, so that the formed terminal group can transmit the data of the first terminal.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a communication system provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 shows a block diagram of a communication system provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 shows a block diagram of a communication system provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 12 shows a block diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 13 shows a block diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 14 shows a block diagram of a communication device provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 15 shows a block diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 16 shows a block diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 17 shows a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, a communication system of the present application will be described:

fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a communication system provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, which may include: a first terminal 12, at least one second terminal 13 and an access network 14.

The first terminal 12 and the at least one second terminal 13 may include various handheld devices, vehicle mounted devices, wearable devices, computing devices or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem, as well as various forms of user equipment, mobile Stations (MSs), etc.

The access network 14 includes a number of network devices 140 therein. The network device 140 may be a base station, which is a means deployed in an access network to provide wireless communication functionality for terminals. The base stations may include various forms of macro base stations, micro base stations, relay stations, access points, and the like. In systems employing different radio access technologies, the names of base station capable devices may vary, for example in LTE systems, called enodebs or enbs; in a 5G NR-U system, it is called gNodeB or gNB. As communication technology evolves, the description of "base station" may change. For convenience in the embodiments of the present application, the above-mentioned devices for providing the first terminal 12 with the wireless communication function are collectively referred to as access network devices.

In this application, the first terminal 12 is a terminal that needs to perform data transmission, at least one second terminal 13 does not need to perform data transmission, at least one second terminal 13 can be used as a candidate terminal, the first terminal 12 and the second terminal 13 can form a terminal group through the access network 14, and further, the second terminals 13 included in the formed terminal group can transmit data of the first terminal 12, so as to further expand the data transmission rate of the first terminal 12.

The technical solution of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: global system for mobile communications (Global System of Mobile communication, GSM), code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA) system, wideband code division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) system, general packet Radio service (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS), long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (Frequency Division Duplex, FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (Time Division Duplex, TDD) system, long term evolution advanced (Advanced long term evolution, LTE-a) system, new Radio (NR) system, evolution system of NR system, LTE (LTE-based access to unlicensed spectrum, LTE-U) system on unlicensed frequency band, NR-U system, universal mobile telecommunication system (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, wiMAX) communication system, wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Networks, WLAN), wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, wiFi), next generation communication system or other communication system, etc.

Generally, the number of connections supported by the conventional communication system is limited and easy to implement, however, as the communication technology advances, the mobile communication system will support not only conventional communication but also, for example, device-to-Device (D2D) communication, machine-to-machine (Machine to Machine, M2M) communication, machine type communication (Machine Type Communication, MTC), inter-vehicle (Vehicle to Vehicle, V2V) communication, and internet of vehicles (Vehicle to everything, V2X) systems, etc. The embodiments of the present application may also be applied to these communication systems.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application, which is applied to the first terminal, the second terminal, and the network device shown in fig. 1, where the method includes at least some of the following contents:

step 201: the first terminal sends first request information to the network device, wherein the first request information is used for requesting that a terminal group is formed by the first terminal and at least one second terminal, and the terminal group is used for transmitting data of the first terminal.

Wherein, a plurality of terminals included in the terminal group all transmit data of the same terminal. For example, the first terminal and the at least one second terminal form a terminal group, so that the first terminal and the at least one second terminal both transmit data of the first terminal, and further, the data transmission rate of the first terminal can be improved.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first terminal is a terminal that needs to transmit data, and if the first terminal needs to transmit data by means of another terminal, the first terminal sends first request information to the network device, where the first request information is used to inform the network device that the first terminal has a requirement of transmitting data by means of another terminal, and further requests to form a terminal group with at least one second terminal, so that the at least one second terminal transmits data of the first terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal group may also be referred to as a shared terminal group, a shared cooperation group, a terminal cooperation group, or a shared combination, which embodiments of the present application are not limited to.

Step 202: the network equipment receives first request information sent by the first terminal.

In some embodiments, the first request information includes at least one of terminal information of the first terminal, sharing capability required by the first terminal, and terminal information of at least one terminal of the terminal group established with the first terminal. Alternatively, the first request information may also include other information.

Step 203: the network equipment forms a terminal group by the first terminal and at least one second terminal according to the first request information.

In this embodiment of the present application, after receiving the first request information sent by the first terminal, the network device determines that the first terminal needs to transmit data by means of other terminals, so that the network device forms, according to the first request information, the first terminal and at least one second terminal into a terminal group, and then both the first terminal and the second terminal in the terminal group can transmit the data of the first terminal.

In the configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, the network device can form the first terminal and at least one second terminal into the terminal group based on the first request information, and then the at least one second terminal can help the first terminal to transmit the data of the first terminal.

The embodiment shown in fig. 2 is described by taking the network device as an example, where the first terminal and the second terminal form a terminal group according to the first request information. In yet another embodiment, the network device may further send acknowledgement information to at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal to cause the at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal to determine that the terminal group has been constituted.

In some embodiments, the network device sends acknowledgement information to the first terminal, the first terminal receives acknowledgement information sent by the network device, the acknowledgement information indicating that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

In the configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, after the first terminal receives the confirmation information sent by the network device, the first terminal confirms that the first terminal and the second terminal form the terminal group, and can transmit data through the second terminal.

In other embodiments, the network device sends acknowledgement information to the second terminal, the second terminal receives acknowledgement information sent by the network device, the acknowledgement information indicating that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

In the configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, after the second terminal receives the confirmation information sent by the network device, the second terminal confirms that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group, so that the first terminal can be helped to transmit data.

In other embodiments, the network device sends acknowledgement information to the first terminal and the second terminal, the first terminal and the second terminal receiving acknowledgement information sent by the network device, the acknowledgement information indicating that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the first terminal and the at least one second terminal both receive the acknowledgement information sent by the network device, it may be determined that the first terminal and the at least one second terminal have already formed a terminal group, and the second terminal may transmit data of the first terminal, so as to improve a data transmission rate of the first terminal.

The embodiment shown in fig. 2 illustrates how a terminal group of a first terminal and at least one second terminal is formed based on first request information, and the first request information includes terminal information of at least one recommended terminal, which recommends a terminal selected as at least one second terminal from a plurality of candidate terminals for the first terminal, based on the embodiment shown in fig. 2. For example, fig. 3 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, and referring to fig. 3, the method includes:

Step 301: the first terminal determines at least one recommended terminal from among a plurality of candidate terminals.

In the embodiment of the application, the first terminal acquires a plurality of candidate terminals, each candidate terminal can help the first terminal to transmit data, the first terminal determines at least one recommended terminal from the plurality of candidate terminals according to requirements, the determined terminal information of the at least one recommended terminal is carried in the first request information, and the network equipment subsequently forms a terminal group according to the at least one recommended terminal.

The terminal information of the recommended terminal comprises a terminal identifier of the recommended terminal or other information of the recommended terminal.

In some embodiments, at least one recommended terminal is used for the network device to determine the second terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, after receiving the first request information, the network device determines terminal information of at least one recommended terminal included in the first request information, and further determines the second terminal based on the at least one recommended terminal.

In some embodiments, the first terminal determines the recommended terminal based on a distance of the first terminal from each of the plurality of candidate terminals.

In this embodiment of the present application, the distance between each candidate terminal and the first terminal is different, and if the first terminal needs the candidate terminal to assist in transmitting data, the first terminal may determine the recommended terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal.

Optionally, the first terminal acquires a distance from each candidate terminal, selects a target number of candidate terminals as recommended terminals, and the distance of the target number of candidate terminals is smaller than that of other candidate terminals.

Wherein the target number is 1, 2, 3 or other value.

In other embodiments, the first terminal determines the recommended terminal based on the sharing capabilities of each candidate terminal.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first terminal needs to transmit data, and the first terminal may also determine the required sharing capability of the first terminal, where the sharing capability of different candidate terminals in the plurality of candidate terminals is different, so that the first terminal may determine the recommended terminal according to the sharing capability of each candidate terminal.

In other embodiments, the first terminal determines the recommended terminal based on a distance of the first terminal from each of the plurality of candidate terminals and a sharing capability of each candidate terminal.

In the embodiment of the application, the first terminal needs to consider not only the distance between the first terminal and each terminal, but also the sharing capability of each candidate terminal, and the first terminal selects the candidate terminal with the distance smaller than the preset distance and the sharing capability meeting the sharing capability required by the first terminal as the recommended terminal.

Wherein the sharing capability includes at least one of:

(1) Uplink MIMO (multiple input multiple output, multiple-input multiple-output) capability.

The uplink MIMO capability is a capability of uplink transmission of the terminal. For example, uplink MIMO capability employs an indication of the number of transmit chains.

(2) Downlink MIMO capability.

The downlink MIMO capability is a capability of downlink transmission of the terminal. For example, the downlink MIMO capability employs an indication of the number of receive links.

(3) Carrier capability.

The carrier capability is the number of carriers supported by the terminal. For example, different frequency bands supported by different terminals may be different, with different operating frequency bands indicating different carrier capabilities of the terminals.

(4) And transmitting power.

The transmitting power is used for indicating the maximum power which can be used by the terminal for transmitting signals.

The first point to be described is that, based on the embodiment shown in fig. 3, a plurality of candidate terminals need to send indication information to a first terminal to inform the first terminal of the sharing capability of each candidate terminal, and then the first terminal determines a second terminal according to the received indication information of the plurality of candidate terminals, and specific processes refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 4, fig. 4 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, and the method is applied to the first terminal and the second terminal shown in fig. 1, and referring to fig. 4, and the method includes:

Step 401: the plurality of candidate terminals send first indication information to the first terminal, wherein the first indication information indicates sharing capability of the plurality of candidate terminals.

Step 402: the first terminal receives first indication information sent by a plurality of candidate terminals.

In the embodiment of the application, a plurality of candidate terminals send first indication information to a first terminal, the first terminal determines the sharing capability of each candidate terminal according to the received first indication information, and the subsequent first terminal can determine the recommended terminal according to the sharing capability of each candidate terminal.

In some embodiments, the first indication information includes at least one of a capability identification and capability information.

The capability identification indicates that the candidate terminal has the sharing capability, and the capability information indicates the sharing capability of the candidate terminal.

Wherein the first indication information includes any one of the following cases:

(1) The first indication information includes a capability identification.

If the first indication information received by the first terminal includes the capability identifier, it can be determined that the candidate terminal has the sharing capability, and the first terminal can be helped to transmit data.

In some embodiments, the candidate terminal sends its own capability information to the network device, the network device stores the capability information of the candidate terminal, and the first terminal further obtains the capability information of the candidate terminal through the network device.

In other embodiments, the first terminal sends second request information to the candidate terminal, where the second request information is used to request to obtain capability information of the candidate terminal, and if the candidate terminal receives the second request information sent by the first terminal, response information is returned to the first terminal, where the response information includes the capability information of the candidate terminal.

(2) The first indication information includes a capability identification and capability information.

If the first indication information received by the first terminal includes the capability identifier and the capability information, it may be determined that the candidate terminal has the sharing capability, and further, specific sharing capability of the candidate terminal may be determined according to the capability information, and the first terminal may determine the recommended terminal according to the sharing capability of each candidate terminal.

(3) The first indication information includes capability information.

If the first indication information received by the first terminal includes capability information, it can be determined that the candidate terminals have sharing capability, and also determine specific sharing capability of the candidate terminals, and the first terminal can determine the recommended terminal according to the sharing capability of each candidate terminal.

For example, as shown in fig. 5, the plurality of candidate terminals includes a candidate terminal 1, a candidate terminal 2, and a candidate terminal 3, and the plurality of candidate terminals transmit first instruction information to the first terminal.

In the configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, the candidate terminal sends the first indication information to the first terminal, the first terminal can determine that the candidate terminal has sharing capability according to the received first indication information, and then the first terminal determines the recommended terminal forming the terminal group, so that the efficiency of determining the recommended terminal by the first terminal is improved.

A second point to be described is that, in the embodiment of the present application, when the first terminal determines the second terminal, it needs to determine the distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal, and how to determine the distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal is described below, where fig. 6 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, and the method is applied to the first terminal and the second terminal shown in fig. 1, and referring to fig. 6, the method includes:

step 601: the plurality of candidate terminals send second indication information to the first terminal.

Step 602: the first terminal receives second indication information sent by the candidate terminals.

Wherein the second indication information is used for the first terminal to determine a distance to the candidate terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, each candidate terminal of the plurality of candidate terminals may send second indication information to the first terminal, where the first terminal receives the second indication information sent by the plurality of candidate terminals, and further determines a distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal based on a signal carrying the second indication information.

Step 603: the first terminal determines the distance between the first terminal and the candidate terminal for transmitting the second indication information according to the transmission intensity of the transmission signal carrying the second indication information and the receiving intensity of the receiving transmission signal.

In the embodiment of the application, the transmitting signal carrying the second indication information sent by each candidate terminal has a transmitting intensity, and the transmitting signal carrying the second indication information received by the first terminal has a receiving intensity, so that the first terminal can determine the distance between the first terminal and the candidate terminal transmitting the second indication information based on the transmitting intensity and the receiving intensity.

In some embodiments, the first terminal obtains a difference between the transmission strength and the reception strength, and determines a distance to the candidate terminal transmitting the second indication information based on the difference.

In some embodiments, the transmission strength is agreed upon by the protocol, or the transmission strength is included in the second indication information.

If the transmission intensity is agreed by the protocol, the transmission intensity of each candidate terminal when transmitting the transmission signal is a fixed value. If the second indication information includes the transmission strength, the transmission strength of each candidate terminal may be the same or different when transmitting the transmission signal.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, only the distance between the first terminal and the candidate terminal is determined according to the received second indication information sent by the candidate terminal. In another embodiment, the second indication information may be the first indication information in the above embodiment, and the candidate terminal sends a first indication information, where the first terminal may determine the candidate terminal with sharing capability, or may determine the distance between the candidate terminal and the candidate terminal based on the transmission strength and the reception strength of the transmission signal carrying the first indication information.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the first terminal determines the distance between the first terminal and the candidate terminal for transmitting the second indication information based on the transmission intensity and the receiving intensity of the transmission signals carrying the second indication information and transmitted by the candidate terminals, the first terminal determines the second terminal forming the terminal group according to the distance between the first terminal and the candidate terminal, and provides a reference for determining the distance of the first terminal, so that the efficiency of determining the recommended terminal by the first terminal is improved, and the data transmission rate of the first terminal is further improved.

The embodiment of fig. 2 shows a procedure in which the network device composes the first terminal and the at least one second terminal into a terminal group according to the first request information. Whereas for a network device, the network device needs to determine whether the second terminal agrees to form a terminal group with the first terminal, fig. 7 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, see fig. 7, and the method includes:

Step 701: the network device sends inquiry information to at least one second terminal according to the terminal information of the at least one second terminal, wherein the inquiry information is used for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

In this embodiment of the present application, after receiving the first request information, the network device determines that the first terminal needs to form a terminal group with at least one second terminal, and further, the second terminal helps the first terminal to transmit data, if the network device forms the terminal group with the first terminal and the at least one second terminal, it needs to query whether the at least one second terminal agrees to form the terminal group with the first terminal, so the network device sends query information to the at least one second terminal according to terminal information of the second terminal.

Step 702: at least one second terminal receives inquiry information sent by the network equipment.

Step 703: and the at least one second terminal sends response information to the network equipment according to the inquiry information, wherein the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, the second terminal determines whether to form a terminal group with the first terminal based on the query information, and if it is determined that the terminal group can be formed with the first terminal, sends response information to the network device to instruct the second terminal to agree to form the terminal group with the first terminal.

In some embodiments, the query information includes at least one of terminal information of the first terminal and sharing capabilities required by the first terminal.

The query information includes any of the following:

(1) The inquiry information includes terminal information of the first terminal.

If the inquiry information includes the terminal information of the first terminal, the second terminal determines the first terminal which is composed of the request and the second terminal according to the received inquiry information, and then the second terminal decides whether to compose a terminal group with the first terminal.

(2) The inquiry information includes sharing capabilities required by the first terminal.

If the query information includes the sharing capability required by the first terminal, the second terminal determines whether the second terminal can meet the requirement of the first terminal according to the sharing capability provided by the second terminal and the sharing capability required by the first terminal, and further determines whether to form a terminal group with the first terminal.

(3) The inquiry information includes terminal information of the first terminal and sharing capability required by the first terminal.

If the inquiry information includes terminal information of the first terminal and sharing capability required by the first terminal, the second terminal not only can judge whether to provide sharing capability for the first terminal, but also can continuously judge whether to meet the requirement of the first terminal, and then determine whether to form a terminal group with the first terminal.

Step 704: the network equipment receives response information sent by at least one second terminal, and the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

After the network equipment receives the response information sent by the second terminal, the network equipment can determine that the second terminal agrees to form a terminal group with the first terminal, and the network equipment forms the terminal group by the first terminal and the second terminal.

In the configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, the network equipment inquires whether the second terminal agrees to form the terminal group with the first terminal, and forms the terminal group with the first terminal under the condition that the second terminal agrees to form the terminal group with the first terminal, so that the situation that the second terminal cannot help the first terminal to transmit data is avoided, and the accuracy of forming the terminal group with the first terminal and the second terminal is improved.

The embodiment shown in fig. 2 illustrates how a terminal group of a first terminal and a second terminal is configured according to first request information, and on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 2, at least one recommended terminal is included in the first request information, and is a terminal selected by the first terminal from a plurality of candidate terminals, all recommended terminals or a part of recommended terminals in the at least one recommended terminal are determined as the second terminal by the network device. For example, fig. 8 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, and referring to fig. 8, the method includes:

Step 801: the first terminal determines at least one recommended terminal from among the plurality of candidate terminals, the at least one recommended terminal being a terminal recommended as the second terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the first terminal needs to form a terminal group with other terminals, the first terminal may determine at least one recommended terminal from a plurality of candidate terminals, where the recommended terminals are all terminals with sharing capability, and then the network device further determines the second terminal from the at least one recommended terminal.

In some embodiments, the at least one recommended terminal is determined based on a distance of the first terminal from each of the plurality of candidate terminals.

In other embodiments, at least one recommended terminal is determined based on the sharing capabilities of each candidate terminal.

In other embodiments, at least one recommended terminal is determined based on a distance of the first terminal from each of the plurality of candidate terminals and a sharing capability of each of the plurality of candidate terminals.

In this embodiment of the present application, the process of determining at least one recommended terminal from the plurality of candidate terminals by the first terminal is similar to the embodiment shown in fig. 3 and is not described herein.

The first point to be described is that the plurality of candidate terminals need to send indication information to the first terminal to inform the first terminal of the sharing capability of each candidate terminal.

The method comprises the steps that a plurality of candidate terminals send first indication information to a first terminal, wherein the first indication information indicates sharing capability of the plurality of candidate terminals, and the first terminal receives the first indication information sent by the plurality of candidate terminals.

In this embodiment, the process of sending the first indication information to the first terminal by the plurality of candidate terminals is similar to the above steps 401-402, and will not be described herein.

The second point to be described is that the first terminal needs to determine the distance from each candidate terminal, and then determine the second terminal based on the determined distance.

The first terminal receives the second indication information sent by the plurality of candidate terminals, and determines the distance between the first terminal and the candidate terminal sending the second indication information according to the emission intensity of the emission signal bearing the second indication information and the receiving intensity of the received emission signal.

The method for determining the distance between the first terminal and the candidate terminal in the embodiment of the present application is similar to the above steps 601-603, and will not be described herein.

Step 802: the first terminal sends first request information to the network device, the first request information including terminal information of at least one recommended terminal.

Step 803: the network device receives the first request information.

Step 804: the network device determines at least one second terminal according to at least one of a distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal and a sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal.

In the embodiment of the application, the network device needs to determine at least one second terminal from at least one recommended terminal, so that the first terminal and the at least one second terminal form a terminal group. The network device may determine the second terminal based on at least one of a distance of the first terminal from each of the at least one recommended terminal and a sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal.

Wherein the network device determining the second terminal from the at least one recommended terminal comprises any of the following:

(1) The network device determines at least one second terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal.

In the embodiment of the application, the network device may determine a distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal, and then determine the second terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each recommended terminal.

In some embodiments, the network device selects a target number of recommended terminals as the second terminal, and the target number of recommended terminals is less distant than the other recommended terminals.

Wherein the target number is 1, 2, 3 or other value.

(2) The network device determines at least one second terminal based on the sharing capabilities of the at least one recommended terminal.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network device may acquire the sharing capability required by the first terminal, and each recommended terminal also has the sharing capability, and then the network device determines the second terminal according to the sharing capability of at least one recommended terminal.

(3) The network device determines at least one second terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal and the sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal.

In the embodiment of the application, the network device not only needs to determine that the distance is smaller than the preset distance according to the distance between the first terminal and each recommended terminal, but also considers the sharing capability of each recommended terminal, and the recommended terminal with the sharing capability of the recommended terminal meeting the sharing capability required by the first terminal is used as the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the network device obtains the location information reported by the first terminal and each recommended terminal, determines a distance between the first terminal and each recommended terminal of the at least one recommended terminal according to the location information of the first terminal and the location information of each recommended terminal, and determines the second terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each recommended terminal of the at least one recommended terminal.

In other embodiments, the network device determines a recommended terminal in the same beam direction as the first terminal as the second terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, the network device determines at least one second terminal according to at least one of a distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal and a sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal, where the at least one second terminal is all or part of the at least one recommended terminal.

In addition, the embodiments of the present application are described with respect to the network device performing steps 802-804. In another embodiment, the network device may also determine all or part of the at least one recommended terminal as the second terminal in other manners.

It should be noted that, steps 802 to 804 in the embodiment of the present application are merely described by taking the network device to determine at least one second terminal from at least one recommended terminal as an example. In yet another embodiment, at least one recommended terminal in the first request message is directly determined by the network device as the second terminal in its entirety, and steps 805-808 are performed.

Step 805: the network device sends inquiry information to at least one second terminal, the inquiry information being used to inquire whether the second terminal forms a terminal group with the first terminal.

Step 806: at least one second terminal receives inquiry information sent by the network equipment, wherein the inquiry information is used for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

Step 807: and the at least one second terminal sends response information to the network equipment according to the inquiry information, wherein the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal.

Step 808: the network equipment receives response information sent by at least one second terminal, and the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

The process of steps 805-808 is similar to steps 701-704 in the above embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

In the configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, the first terminal determines at least one recommended terminal from a plurality of candidate terminals, the network equipment determines the second terminal from the at least one recommended terminal, the network equipment determines that the second terminal agrees to form a terminal group with the second terminal according to response information sent by the second terminal, and the first terminal and the network equipment perform twice screening to determine the second terminal forming the terminal group with the first terminal, so that the accuracy of the determined second terminal is improved.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in fig. 8 illustrates how the network device determines the second terminal from the at least one recommended terminal. The network device may first obtain the capabilities of the recommended terminal and then determine the second terminal from the plurality of recommendations. Fig. 9 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, and referring to fig. 9, the method includes:

step 901: at least one recommending terminal sends sharing capability to the network device.

Step 902: the network equipment receives and stores the sharing capability sent by the at least one recommended terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, at least one recommended terminal may send the sharing capability to the network device, and after the network device receives the sharing capability sent by the recommended terminal, the sharing capability sent by each recommended terminal may be stored, and then the second terminal may be determined according to the sharing capability of the recommended terminal.

The embodiment shown in fig. 2 illustrates how a terminal group of a first terminal and a second terminal is formed according to first request information, and on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the first request information includes a sharing capability required by the first terminal, and the network device determines the second terminal based on the sharing capability required by the first terminal. For example, fig. 10 shows a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, and referring to fig. 10, the method includes:

Step 1001: the network device receives first request information, wherein the first request information comprises sharing capability required by the first terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, after receiving the first request information sent by the first terminal, the network device may determine that the first terminal needs to form a terminal group with other terminals, so that the other terminals assist the first terminal in data transmission. The first request information received by the network device includes the sharing capability required by the first terminal, and then the network device determines the second terminal from at least one recommended terminal based on the sharing capability required by the first terminal.

It should be noted that, at least one recommended terminal in the embodiment of the present application is a terminal with sharing capability that is acquired in advance by a network device.

In some embodiments, the at least one recommending terminal sends the sharing capability to the network device, and the network device receives and stores the sharing capability sent by the at least one recommending terminal.

For example, as shown in fig. 11, the plurality of recommended terminals includes a recommended terminal 1, a recommended terminal 2, and a recommended terminal 3, the recommended terminal 1, the recommended terminal 2, and the recommended terminal 3 transmit sharing capability to the network device, the first terminal transmits first request information to the network device, and the network device determines the second terminal from among the recommended terminal 1, the recommended terminal 2, and the recommended terminal 3.

Optionally, the network device sends the capability acquisition information to at least one recommended terminal, the at least one recommended terminal sends the sharing capability to the network device in response to the capability acquisition information, and the network device receives and stores the sharing capability sent by the at least one recommended terminal in response to the capability acquisition information.

In the embodiment of the application, the network device actively sends the capability acquisition information to each of at least one recommended terminal, each recommended terminal responds to the capability acquisition information to send the sharing capability to the network device, and the network device receives the sharing capability sent by each recommended terminal.

Optionally, each of the at least one recommended terminal periodically transmits the sharing capability to the network device, the network device receives and stores the sharing capability transmitted by each recommended terminal, and the second terminal may be determined based on the sharing capability of each recommended terminal.

In the embodiment of the application, each recommended terminal with the sharing capability periodically sends the sharing capability to the network device, and the network device receives and stores the sharing capability sent by each recommended terminal, and then can determine the second terminal based on the sharing capability of each recommended terminal.

Step 1002: the network device determines at least one second terminal according to at least one of a distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal and a sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, after obtaining the sharing capability required by the first terminal, the network device determines at least one second terminal according to at least one of a distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal and the sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal.

The process of determining the second terminal in step 1002 is similar to that in step 804, and will not be described herein.

Step 1003: the network device sends inquiry information to at least one second terminal, the inquiry information being used to inquire whether the second terminal forms a terminal group with the first terminal.

Step 1004: at least one second terminal receives inquiry information sent by the network equipment, wherein the inquiry information is used for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

Step 1005: and the at least one second terminal sends response information to the network equipment according to the inquiry information, wherein the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal.

Step 1006: the network equipment receives response information sent by at least one second terminal, and the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

The process of steps 1003-1006 is similar to steps 701-704 described above, and will not be repeated here.

In the configuration method provided by the embodiment of the invention, after the first terminal sends the sharing capability required by the first terminal to the network device, the network device can determine the second terminal based on at least one of the distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal and the sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal, and the determined second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group, so that the second terminal can transmit the data of the first terminal.

It should be noted that, the foregoing embodiments may be split or freely combined, and the splitting or combining between the embodiments is not limited in this application.

Fig. 12 shows a block diagram of a configuration apparatus provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, the apparatus including:

A sending module 1201, configured to send first request information to a network device, where the first request information is used to request to form a terminal group with a second terminal, and the terminal group is used to transmit data of the first terminal.

In some embodiments, the first request information includes terminal information of at least one recommended terminal, the at least one recommended terminal being a terminal selected by the first terminal from among the plurality of candidate terminals, the at least one recommended terminal being a terminal recommended as the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the at least one recommended terminal is used by the network device to determine the second terminal.

In some embodiments, all or part of the at least one recommended terminal is determined by the network device to be the second terminal.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 13, the apparatus further comprises:

a determining module 1202, configured to determine at least one recommended terminal according to a distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal in the plurality of candidate terminals;

or,

a determining module 1202, configured to determine at least one recommended terminal according to the sharing capability of each candidate terminal;

or,

a determining module 1202, configured to determine at least one recommended terminal according to a distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal of the plurality of candidate terminals and a sharing capability of each candidate terminal of the plurality of candidate terminals.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 13, the apparatus further comprises:

the receiving module 1203 is configured to receive first indication information sent by the plurality of candidate terminals, where the first indication information indicates sharing capabilities of the plurality of candidate terminals.

In some embodiments, the first indication information includes at least one of a capability identification and capability information;

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 13, the apparatus further comprises:

a receiving module 1203, configured to receive second indication information sent by a plurality of candidate terminals;

a determining module 1202, configured to determine a distance between the terminal and the candidate terminal that sends the second indication information according to a transmission strength of a transmission signal carrying the second indication information and a reception strength of a reception transmission signal.

In some embodiments, the first request information includes a sharing capability required by the first terminal; the sharing capability is used by the network device to determine at least one second terminal.

In some embodiments, the sharing capability includes at least one of:

Uplink MIMO capability;

downlink MIMO capability;

carrier capability;

and transmitting power.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 13, the apparatus further comprises:

the receiving module 1203 is configured to receive acknowledgement information sent by the network device, where the acknowledgement information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group;

wherein the acknowledgement information is sent by the network device according to the first request information.

It should be noted that, in the apparatus provided in the foregoing embodiment, when implementing the functions thereof, only the division of the foregoing functional modules is used as an example, in practical application, the foregoing functional allocation may be implemented by different functional modules, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional modules, so as to implement all or part of the functions described above. In addition, the apparatus and the method embodiments provided in the foregoing embodiments belong to the same concept, and specific implementation processes of the apparatus and the method embodiments are detailed in the method embodiments and are not repeated herein.

Fig. 14 shows a block diagram of a configuration apparatus provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, the apparatus including:

a receiving module 1401, configured to receive first request information sent by a first terminal, where the first request information is used to request to form a terminal group with at least one second terminal, and the terminal group is used to transmit data of the first terminal;

A composing module 1402, configured to compose the first terminal and the at least one second terminal into a terminal group according to the first request information.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 15, a composition module 1402 includes:

a transmitting unit 14021 for transmitting inquiry information for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal constitute a terminal group to the at least one second terminal based on terminal information of the at least one second terminal;

the receiving module 1401 is configured to receive response information sent by at least one second terminal, where the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

In some embodiments, all or part of the at least one recommended terminal is determined by the network device as the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the first request information includes a sharing capability required by the first terminal for the network device to determine the at least one second terminal.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 15, a composition module 1402 includes:

a determining unit 14022, configured to determine at least one second terminal according to at least one of a distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal and a sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal;

a transmitting unit 14021 for transmitting inquiry information to at least one second terminal, the inquiry information being for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal constitute a terminal group;

In some embodiments, the determining unit 14022 is configured to:

acquiring position information reported by a first terminal and each recommended terminal;

determining the distance between the first terminal and each of at least one recommended terminal according to the position information of the first terminal and the position information of each recommended terminal;

and determining at least one second terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 14022 is configured to determine the recommended terminal in the same beam direction as the first terminal as the at least one second terminal.

In some embodiments, the receiving module 1401 is configured to receive and store the sharing capability sent by the at least one recommendation terminal.

In some embodiments, a sending module 1403 is configured to send the capability acquisition information to at least one recommendation terminal;

and the receiving module 1401 is used for receiving and storing the shared capability sent by at least one recommended terminal in response to the capability acquisition information.

In some embodiments, the sharing capability includes at least one of:

uplink MIMO capability;

downlink MIMO capability;

carrier capability;

and transmitting power.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 15, the apparatus further comprises:

a sending module 1403, configured to send acknowledgement information to at least one terminal of the first terminal or the at least one second terminal, where the acknowledgement information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

Fig. 16 shows a block diagram of a configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application, the apparatus includes:

a receiving module 1601, configured to receive query information sent by a network device, where the query information is used to query whether the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group;

the sending module 1602 is configured to send response information to the network device according to the query information, where the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group, and the terminal group is configured to transmit data of the first terminal.

In some embodiments, the sending module 1602 is configured to send first indication information to the first terminal, where the first indication information indicates the sharing capability of the second terminal.

the capability identifier indicates that the second terminal has the sharing capability, and the capability information indicates the sharing capability of the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the sending module 1602 is configured to send the sharing capability to a network device.

In some embodiments, a receiving module 1601 is configured to receive capability acquiring information sent by a network device;

a sending module 1602, configured to send the shared capability to the network device in response to the capability acquisition information.

In some embodiments, the sending module 1602 is configured to send the second indication information to the first terminal;

the first terminal is used for determining the distance between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the transmission intensity of the transmission signal carrying the second indication information and the receiving intensity of the receiving transmission signal.

In some embodiments, the sharing capability includes at least one of:

uplink MIMO capability;

downlink MIMO capability;

carrier capability;

and transmitting power.

In some embodiments, the receiving module 1601 is configured to receive acknowledgement information sent by the network device, where the acknowledgement information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group.

Fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application, where the communication device includes: a processor 1701, a receiver 1702, a transmitter 1703, a memory 1704 and a bus 1705.

The processor 1701 includes one or more processing cores, and the processor 1701 executes various functional applications and information processing by running software programs and modules.

The receiver 1702 and the transmitter 1703 may be implemented as one communication component, which may be a communication chip.

The memory 1704 is coupled to the processor 1701 by a bus 1705.

The memory 1704 may be used for storing at least one program code and the processor 1701 is used for executing the at least one program code to implement the steps of the above-described method embodiments.

Furthermore, the communication device may be a first terminal device, a second terminal device or a network device. The memory 1704 may be implemented by any type of volatile or nonvolatile storage device or combination thereof, including but not limited to: magnetic or optical disk, EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, electrically erasable programmable Read-Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, erasable programmable Read-Only Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory ), ROM (Read Only Memory), magnetic Memory, flash Memory, programmable Read-Only Memory (Programmable Read Only Memory, PROM).

In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a computer readable storage medium having stored therein executable program code loaded and executed by a processor to implement the configuration method performed by a terminal or network device provided by the above respective method embodiments.

In an exemplary embodiment, a chip is provided, which includes programmable logic circuits and/or program instructions for implementing a configuration method as provided by the various method embodiments when the chip is run on a terminal or network device.

In an exemplary embodiment, a computer program product is provided for implementing the configuration method provided by the above-described respective method embodiments, when said computer program product is executed by a processor of a terminal or network device.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by a program for instructing relevant hardware, where the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the storage medium may be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, since it is intended that all modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. that fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

A configuration method, applied to a first terminal, the method comprising:

and sending first request information to the network equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting to form a terminal group with at least one second terminal, and the terminal group is used for transmitting data of the first terminal.
The method of claim 1, wherein the first request information includes terminal information of at least one recommended terminal, the at least one recommended terminal being a terminal selected by the first terminal from a plurality of candidate terminals, the at least one recommended terminal being a terminal recommended as the second terminal.
The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one recommended terminal is used by the network device to determine the second terminal.
The method of claim 2, wherein all or part of the at least one recommended terminal is determined by the network device to be the second terminal.
The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further comprising:

determining the at least one recommended terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal in the plurality of candidate terminals;

or,

determining the at least one recommended terminal according to the sharing capability of each candidate terminal;

or,

and determining the at least one recommended terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal in the plurality of candidate terminals and the sharing capability of each candidate terminal in the plurality of candidate terminals.
The method according to any of claims 2 to 5, wherein before the sending the first request information to the network device, the method further comprises:

and receiving first indication information sent by the plurality of candidate terminals, wherein the first indication information indicates the sharing capability of the plurality of candidate terminals.
The method of claim 6, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of a capability identification and capability information;

wherein the capability identification indicates that the candidate terminal has a sharing capability, and the capability information indicates the sharing capability of the candidate terminal.
The method according to claim 3 or 5, characterized in that the method further comprises:

receiving second indication information sent by the candidate terminals;

and determining the distance between the terminal and the candidate terminal for transmitting the second indication information according to the transmission intensity of the transmission signal carrying the second indication information and the receiving intensity of the reception signal.
The method of claim 8, wherein the transmission strength is agreed upon by a protocol, or wherein the transmission strength is included in the second indication information.
The method according to claim 1 or 4 or 5, wherein the first request information comprises a sharing capability required by the first terminal; the sharing capability is used by the network device to determine the at least one second terminal.
The method according to any of claims 6 to 10, wherein the sharing capability comprises at least one of:

uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capability;

downlink MIMO capability;

carrier capability;

and transmitting power.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising:

receiving confirmation information sent by the network equipment, wherein the confirmation information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group;

Wherein the acknowledgement information is sent by the network device according to the first request information.
A method of configuration, for use with a network device, the method comprising:

receiving first request information sent by a first terminal, wherein the first request information is used for requesting to form a terminal group with at least one second terminal, and the terminal group is used for transmitting data of the first terminal;

and according to the first request information, the first terminal and the at least one second terminal form the terminal group.
The method according to claim 13, wherein said grouping the first terminal and the at least one second terminal into the terminal group according to the first request information comprises:

according to the terminal information of the at least one second terminal, sending inquiry information to the at least one second terminal, wherein the inquiry information is used for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group;

and receiving response information sent by the at least one second terminal, wherein the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group.
The method of claim 13, wherein the first request information includes terminal information of the at least one recommended terminal selected from a plurality of candidate terminals for the first terminal, and wherein the at least one recommended terminal is a terminal recommended as the second terminal.
The method of claim 15, wherein all or a portion of the at least one recommended terminal is determined by the network device to be the second terminal.
The method of claim 13, wherein the first request information includes a sharing capability required by the first terminal, the sharing capability being used by the network device to determine the at least one second terminal.
The method according to any of the claims 15 to 17, wherein said grouping the first terminal and the at least one second terminal into the terminal group according to the first request information comprises:

determining the at least one second terminal according to at least one of the distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal and the sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal;

transmitting inquiry information to the at least one second terminal, wherein the inquiry information is used for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group;

and receiving response information sent by the at least one second terminal, wherein the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group.
The method of claim 18, wherein the determining the at least one second terminal based on at least one of a distance of the first terminal from each of at least one recommended terminal and a sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal comprises:

acquiring position information reported by the first terminal and each recommended terminal;

determining the distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal according to the position information of the first terminal and the position information of each recommended terminal;

and determining the at least one second terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal.
The method of claim 18, wherein the determining the at least one second terminal based on at least one of a distance of the first terminal from each of the at least one recommended terminal and a sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal comprises:

and determining a recommended terminal which is in the same beam direction as the first terminal as the at least one second terminal.
The method according to any one of claims 15 to 20, wherein the inquiry information includes at least one of terminal information of the first terminal and sharing capability required by the first terminal.
The method according to any one of claims 16 to 21, further comprising:

and receiving and storing the sharing capability sent by the at least one recommendation terminal.
The method according to any one of claims 16 to 22, wherein said receiving and storing the sharing capability sent by the at least one recommending terminal, comprises:

transmitting capability acquisition information to the at least one recommendation terminal;

and receiving and storing the sharing capability sent by the at least one recommending terminal in response to the capability acquisition information.
The method according to any of claims 16 to 23, wherein the sharing capability comprises at least one of:

uplink MIMO capability;

downlink MIMO capability;

carrier capability;

and transmitting power.
The method according to any one of claims 13 to 24, further comprising:

and sending confirmation information to at least one terminal in the first terminal or the at least one second terminal, wherein the confirmation information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group.
A configuration method, applied to a second terminal, the method comprising:

Receiving inquiry information sent by network equipment, wherein the inquiry information is used for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group;

and sending response information to the network equipment according to the inquiry information, wherein the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal.
The method of claim 26, wherein the method further comprises:

and sending first indication information to the first terminal, wherein the first indication information indicates the sharing capability of the second terminal.
The method of claim 27, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of a capability identification and capability information;

wherein the capability identification indicates that the second terminal has a sharing capability, and the capability information indicates the sharing capability of the second terminal.
The method of claim 26, wherein the method further comprises:

and sending the sharing capability to the network equipment.
The method of claim 29, wherein said sending shared capabilities to the network device comprises:

Receiving capability acquisition information sent by the network equipment;

and transmitting the shared capability to the network equipment in response to the capability acquisition information.
The method of claim 26, wherein the method further comprises:

sending second indication information to the first terminal;

the first terminal is used for determining the distance between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the transmission intensity of the transmission signal carrying the second indication information and the receiving intensity of the reception signal.
The method according to any of claims 27 to 31, wherein the sharing capability comprises at least one of:

uplink MIMO capability;

downlink MIMO capability;

carrier capability;

and transmitting power.
The method according to any one of claims 26 to 32, further comprising:

and receiving confirmation information sent by the network equipment, wherein the confirmation information indicates the second terminal and the first terminal to form the terminal group.
A configuration device, the device comprising:

the sending module is used for sending first request information to the network equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the second terminal to form a terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal.
The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the first request information comprises terminal information of at least one recommended terminal, the at least one recommended terminal being a terminal selected by the first terminal from a plurality of candidate terminals, the at least one recommended terminal being a terminal recommended as the second terminal.
The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the at least one recommended terminal is used by the network device to determine the second terminal.
The apparatus of claim 35, wherein all or a portion of the at least one recommended terminal is determined by the network device to be the second terminal.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 35 to 37, further comprising:

a determining module, configured to determine the at least one recommended terminal according to a distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal in the plurality of candidate terminals;

or,

the determining module is used for determining the at least one recommended terminal according to the sharing capability of each candidate terminal;

or,

the determining module is configured to determine the at least one recommended terminal according to a distance between the first terminal and each candidate terminal in the plurality of candidate terminals and a sharing capability of each candidate terminal in the plurality of candidate terminals.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 35 to 38, further comprising:

and the receiving module is used for receiving first indication information sent by the plurality of candidate terminals, wherein the first indication information indicates the sharing capability of the plurality of candidate terminals.
The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of a capability identification and capability information;

wherein the capability identification indicates that the candidate terminal has a sharing capability, and the capability information indicates the sharing capability of the candidate terminal.
The apparatus according to claim 36 or 38, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises:

the receiving module is used for receiving second indication information sent by the candidate terminals;

and the determining module is used for determining the distance between the terminal and the candidate terminal for transmitting the second indication information according to the transmission intensity of the transmission signal carrying the second indication information and the receiving intensity of the reception signal of the transmission signal.
The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the transmission strength is agreed upon by a protocol, or wherein the transmission strength is included in the second indication information.
The apparatus according to claim 34 or 37 or 38, wherein the first request information comprises a sharing capability required by the first terminal; the sharing capability is used by the network device to determine the at least one second terminal.
The apparatus of any one of claims 39 to 43, wherein the sharing capability comprises at least one of:

uplink MIMO capability;

downlink MIMO capability;

carrier capability;

and transmitting power.
The apparatus of any one of claims 34 to 44, further comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving confirmation information sent by the network equipment, wherein the confirmation information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group;

wherein the acknowledgement information is sent by the network device according to the first request information.
A configuration device, the device comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving first request information sent by a first terminal, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the first terminal and at least one second terminal to form a terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting data of the first terminal;

and the composing module is used for composing the first terminal and the at least one second terminal into the terminal group according to the first request information.
The apparatus of claim 46, wherein the constituent modules comprise:

a transmitting unit, configured to transmit, to the at least one second terminal, query information according to terminal information of the at least one second terminal, where the query information is used to query whether the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group;

the receiving module is configured to receive response information sent by the at least one second terminal, where the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group.
The apparatus of claim 46, wherein the first request information includes terminal information of the at least one recommended terminal, the at least one recommended terminal being a terminal selected by the first terminal from a plurality of candidate terminals, the at least one recommended terminal being a terminal recommended as the second terminal.
The apparatus of claim 48, wherein all or a portion of the at least one recommended terminal is determined by the network device to be the second terminal.
The apparatus of claim 46, wherein the first request information comprises a sharing capability required by the first terminal for the network device to determine the at least one second terminal.
The apparatus of any one of claims 47 to 49, wherein the constituent modules comprise:

a determining unit, configured to determine the at least one second terminal according to at least one of a distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal and a sharing capability of the at least one recommended terminal;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the at least one second terminal, inquiry information for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal constitute the terminal group;

the receiving module is configured to receive response information sent by the at least one second terminal, where the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group.
The apparatus of claim 51, wherein the determining unit is configured to:

acquiring position information reported by the first terminal and each recommended terminal;

determining the distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal according to the position information of the first terminal and the position information of each recommended terminal;

and determining the at least one second terminal according to the distance between the first terminal and each of the at least one recommended terminal.
The apparatus of claim 51, wherein the means for determining determines a recommended terminal in the same beam direction as the first terminal as the at least one second terminal.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 48 to 53, wherein the inquiry information includes at least one of terminal information of the first terminal and sharing capability required by the first terminal.
The apparatus of any one of claims 49 to 54, wherein the receiving module is configured to receive and store shared capabilities sent by the at least one recommended terminal.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 49 to 55, wherein the sending module is configured to send capability acquisition information to the at least one recommending terminal;

and the receiving module is used for receiving and storing the sharing capability sent by the at least one recommending terminal in response to the capability acquisition information.
The apparatus of any one of claims 49 to 56, wherein the sharing capability comprises at least one of:

uplink MIMO capability;

downlink MIMO capability;

carrier capability;

and transmitting power.
The apparatus of any one of claims 46 to 57, further comprising:

And the sending module is used for sending confirmation information to at least one terminal in the first terminal or the at least one second terminal, and the confirmation information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group.
A configuration device, the device comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving inquiry information sent by the network equipment, and the inquiry information is used for inquiring whether the second terminal and the first terminal form a terminal group;

and the sending module is used for sending response information to the network equipment according to the inquiry information, the response information indicates that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group, and the terminal group is used for transmitting the data of the first terminal.
The apparatus of claim 59, wherein the means for transmitting is configured to transmit first indication information to the first terminal, the first indication information indicating sharing capabilities of the second terminal.
The apparatus of claim 60, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of a capability identification and capability information;

wherein the capability identification indicates that the second terminal has a sharing capability, and the capability information indicates the sharing capability of the second terminal.
The apparatus of claim 59, wherein the means for transmitting is configured to transmit shared capabilities to the network device.
The apparatus of claim 62, wherein the means for receiving is configured to receive capability acquisition information sent by the network device;

and the sending module is used for responding to the capability acquisition information and sending the sharing capability to the network equipment.
The apparatus of claim 59, wherein the means for transmitting is configured to transmit second indication information to the first terminal;

the first terminal is used for determining the distance between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the transmission intensity of the transmission signal carrying the second indication information and the receiving intensity of the reception signal.
The apparatus of any one of claims 60 to 64, wherein the sharing capability comprises at least one of:

uplink MIMO capability;

downlink MIMO capability;

carrier capability;

and transmitting power.
An apparatus according to any one of claims 59 to 65, wherein the receiving module is configured to receive acknowledgement information sent by the network device, the acknowledgement information indicating that the second terminal and the first terminal form the terminal group.
A terminal, the terminal comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver coupled to the processor;

a memory for storing executable program code for the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to load and execute the executable program code to implement the configuration method of any of claims 1-12 or to implement the configuration method of any of claims 26-33.
A network device, the network device comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver coupled to the processor;

a memory for storing executable program code for the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to load and execute the executable program code to implement the configuration method of any of claims 13-25.
A computer readable storage medium having stored therein executable program code that is loaded and executed by a processor to implement the configuration method of any one of claims 1 to 33.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising computer instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium; a processor of a communication device terminal device or a network device reads the computer instructions from the computer readable storage medium and executes the computer instructions so that the communication device performs the configuration method according to any one of claims 1 to 33.
A computer program, characterized in that it is executed by a processor of a terminal device or a network device to implement the configuration method according to any of claims 1 to 33.
A chip comprising programmable logic circuits and/or program instructions for implementing the configuration method according to any of claims 1 to 33 when the chip is run on a terminal device or a network device.