Beam detection method and apparatus

A beam detection method, comprising:

• receiving, by a user equipment, beam quality monitoring signals transmitted by a network device using M beams, wherein the beam quality monitoring signals are signals used for monitoring beam quality and M is a positive integer;
• determining, by the user equipment, signal qualities of the M beam quality monitoring signals, and determining, based on the signal quality of each of the M beam quality monitoring signals, beam qualities of the beams used for transmitting the beam quality monitoring signals;
• generating, by the user equipment, a first detection report, and transmitting, by the user equipment, the first detection report to the network device, wherein the M beams comprise M1 first beams that have been determined to be available for communication with the user equipment and M2 second beams that have not been determined to be used for communication with the user equipment, wherein the first detection report comprises:
• at least one of indication information of at least one beam of which the beam quality does not satisfy a first threshold among the M1 first beams, or the beam quality of at least one beam of which the beam quality does not satisfy the first threshold among the M1 first beams, and
• at least one of indication information of at least one beam of which the beam quality satisfies a second threshold among the M2 second beams, or the beam quality of at least one beam of which the beam quality satisfies the second threshold among the M2 second beams;
• wherein a beam communication quality represented by the second threshold is higher than or equal to a beam communication quality represented by the first threshold;
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• generating, by the user equipment, a first detection report, and transmitting, by the user equipment, the first detection report to the network device, wherein the M beams are first beams that have been determined to be available for communication with the user equipment, the first detection report comprises at least one of:
• indication information of at least one beam of which the beam quality does not satisfy the first threshold among the M first beams, or the beam quality of at least one beam of which the beam quality does not satisfy the first threshold among the M first beams;
• receiving, by the user equipment, second beam quality monitoring signals transmitted by the network device using N second beams, wherein the second beams are beams that has not been determined to be used for communication with the user equipment, and N is a positive integer;
• determining, by the user equipment, signal qualities of the N second beam quality monitoring signals, and determining, based on the signal quality of each of the N second beam quality monitoring signals, beam qualities of the second beams used for transmitting the second beam quality monitoring signals;
• generating, by the user equipment, a second detection report, and transmitting, by the user equipment, the second detection report to the network device, wherein the second detection report comprises at least one of:
• indication information of at least one beam of which the beam quality satisfies the second threshold among the N second beams, or the beam quality of at least one beam of which the beam quality satisfies the second threshold among the N second beams;
• wherein a beam communication quality represented by the second threshold is higher than or equal to a beam communication quality represented by the first threshold.