Communication Method, Related Apparatus Device, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium

A communication method comprising:

• obtaining system load of a cell at a current moment;
• configuring a quantity of sweeping beams in a sweeping periodicity based on the system load at the current moment;
• configuring a quantity of shutdown symbols based on the quantity of sweeping beams, the quantity of shutdown symbols being beam sweeping symbols that are not to be used for beams weeping;
• and
• performing beam sweeping in the cell based on the quantity of sweeping beams and the quantity of shutdown symbols.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor, and a non-statutory memory storing instructions for execution by the at least one processor;
• wherein, when executed, the instructions cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining a system load of a cell at a current moment;
• configuring a quantity of sweeping beams in a sweeping periodicity based on the system load at the current moment;
• configuring a quantity of shutdown symbols based on the quantity of sweeping beams, the quantity of shutdown symbols being beam sweeping symbols that are not to be used for beam sweeping;
• and
• performing beam sweeping in the cell based on the quantity of sweeping beams and the quantity of shutdown symbols.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor, and a non-transitory memory storing instructions for execution by the at least one processor;
• wherein, when executed, the instructions cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
• controlling a beam direction based on a position of a terminal device in a cell, and determining a quantity of sweeping beams based on the beam direction;
• and
• determining, based on the quantity of sweeping beams, one or more resource elements (REs) corresponding to each sweeping beam of the quantity of sweeping beams, wherein a width of each sweeping beam is based on superposition of beams corresponding to the one or more REs.