# US 12,192,137 B2 · Object receiving method and device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,137 B2 - Document ID: US12192137B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/439,202 - Filed: 2024-02-12 - Published: 2024-06-06 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-11 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yu Yang; Peng Sun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192137B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04L 5/006: {Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling} - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract This disclosure provides an object receiving method and a device. The method includes: determining an association relationship between a target object and a source object, where the object includes a reference signal or a channel, and the association relationship includes a quasi co-location QCL relationship or a receive beam relationship. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An object receiving method, comprising: determining, by a terminal device, an association relationship between a target object and a source object, wherein the object comprises a reference signal or a channel, and the association relationship comprises a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship or a receive beam relationship; wherein the determining an association relationship between a target object and a source object comprises: determining the association relationship based on a type of the source object or the target object, wherein different types of source objects or target objects correspond to a same association relationship or different association relationships; wherein types of the source object or the target object comprise a reference signal type, a data channel type, and a control channel type. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The object receiving method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving the target object based on the association relationship. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The object receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the association relationship further comprises a newly defined QCL type. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The object receiving method according to claim 3, wherein the newly defined QCL type is used to determine a spatial QCL relationship corresponding to a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) measurement. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The object receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the determining an association relationship between a target object and a source object comprises: determining the association relationship based on at least one of configuration information for configuring the association relationship or a preset protocol. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The object receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the determining an association relationship between a target object and a source object comprises: determining the association relationship based on a measurement parameter corresponding to the source object. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The object receiving method according to claim 6, wherein if the measurement parameter corresponding to the source object is reference signal received power (RSRP) and signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), the association relationship is determined based on QCL information corresponding to the RSRP; if the measurement parameter corresponding to the source object is reference signal received power (RSRP), the association relationship is determined based on QCL information corresponding to the RSRP; or if the measurement parameter corresponding to the source object is signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), the association relationship is determined based on QCL information corresponding to the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The object receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the determining an association relationship between a target object and a source object comprises: determining the association relationship based on a type of the QCL relationship, configured by a network, between the target object and the source object. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The object receiving method according to claim 8, wherein the type of the QCL relationship corresponds to a measurement parameter corresponding to the source object. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The object receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the determining an association relationship between a target object and a source object comprises: determining the association relationship based on a historical measurement report closest to a current moment, wherein the historical measurement report is a measurement report about a measurement parameter corresponding to the source object, reported by the terminal device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The object receiving method according to claim 10, wherein if the association relationship is determined based on the historical measurement report, and the historical measurement report is a measurement report about reference signal received power (RSRP), the association relationship is determined based on QCL information corresponding to the RSRP; if the association relationship is determined based on the historical measurement report, and the historical measurement report is a measurement report about signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), the association relationship is determined based on QCL information corresponding to the SINR; or if the association relationship is determined based on the historical measurement report, and the historical measurement report is a measurement report about reference signal received power (RSRP) and signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), the association relationship is determined based on QCL information corresponding to the RSRP or the SINR. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The object receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the determining an association relationship between a target object and a source object comprises: determining the association relationship based on a transmission mode of transmitting the source object or the target object by a network device, wherein different transmission modes correspond to a same association relationship or different association relationships. ### Claim 13 A terminal device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a wireless communication program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the wireless communication program is executed by the processor to perform: determining an association relationship between a target object and a source object, wherein the target object and a source object each comprises a reference signal or a channel, and the association relationship comprises a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship or a receive beam relationship; wherein the wireless communication program is executed by the processor to perform: determining the association relationship based on a type of the source object or the target object, wherein different types of source objects or target objects correspond to a same association relationship or different association relationships; wherein types of the source object or the target object comprise a reference signal type, a data channel type, and a control channel type. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the wireless communication program is executed by the processor to perform: receiving the target object based on the association relationship. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the association relationship further comprises a newly defined QCL type. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the wireless communication program is executed by the processor to perform: determining the association relationship based on a measurement parameter corresponding to the source object. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein if the measurement parameter corresponding to the source object is reference signal received power (RSRP) and signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), the association relationship is determined based on QCL information corresponding to the RSRP; if the measurement parameter corresponding to the source object is reference signal received power (RSRP), the association relationship is determined based on QCL information corresponding to the RSRP; or if the measurement parameter corresponding to the source object is signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), the association relationship is determined based on QCL information corresponding to the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR). ### Claim 18 A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the computer-readable medium stores a wireless communication program, and the wireless communication program is executed by a processor to perform: determining an association relationship between a target object and a source object, wherein the target object and a source object each comprises a reference signal or a channel, and the association relationship comprises a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship or a receive beam relationship; wherein the wireless communication program is executed by the processor to perform: determining the association relationship based on a type of the source object or the target object, wherein different types of source objects or target objects correspond to a same association relationship or different association relationships; wherein types of the source object or the target object comprise a reference signal type, a data channel type, and a control channel type.