# US 2026/0074937 A1 · Signal reception method and transmission method, communication device, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0074937 A1 - Document ID: US20260074937A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/127,363 - Filed: 2023-09-22 - Published: 2026-03-12 - Earliest claimed: 2023-02-09 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: ZTE Corporation - Inventors: Wenfeng Liu; Guozeng Zheng; Zhaohua Lu; Yuxin Wang; Huahua Xiao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260074937A1 ## CPC - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04L 27/261: {Details of reference signals} - H04B 7/0617: {for beam forming} - H04B 7/0626: {Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]} - H04B 7/0695: {using beam selection} - H04B 7/088: {using beam selection} - H04L 5/0035: {Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/005: {of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a signal reception method, a signal transmission method, a communication device, and a storage medium. The signal reception method may include: utilizing a target reception mode to receive a reference signal resource set sent by a first communication device according to received index configuration information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A signal reception method, comprising: receiving a reference signal resource set, which is transmitted by a first communication device, in a target reception mode according to received index configuration information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The signal reception method of claim 1, wherein the index configuration information is configured to indicate a reception mode in which the reference signal resource set is received, and the index configuration information comprises: subset index information; or, repeated transmission index information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The signal reception method of claim 2, wherein: in response to the index configuration information comprising the subset index information, the subset index information comprises a plurality of subset indexes, the reference signal resource set is divided into a plurality of reference signal resource groups, and each of the reference signal resource groups is correspondingly configured with a respective one of the subset indexes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The signal reception method of claim 3, wherein: each of the reference signal resource groups is configured with a downlink parameter, and the downlink parameter is configured to indicate transmission state information which is carried by the reference signal resource group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The signal reception method of claim 4, wherein: in response to a value of the transmission state information being a first preset value, a plurality of different first reception modes are switched according to all the subset indexes to receive each of the reference signal resource groups respectively, and all reference signal resources in the reference signal resource groups are received in the same second reception mode according to the transmission state information; or in response to the value of the transmission state information being a second preset value, each of the reference signal resource groups is received in the same third reception mode according to all the subset indexes, and a plurality of different fourth reception modes are switched according to the transmission state information to receive all the reference signal resources in the reference signal resource groups respectively. ### Claim 6 (canceled) ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The signal reception method of claim 2, wherein: in response to the index configuration information comprising the repeated transmission index information, the repeated transmission index information comprises a plurality of repeated transmission indexes, and a number of repeated transmissions and time intervals of adjacent repeated transmissions which are configured by the first communication device, wherein the reference signal resource set is repeatedly received within a preset cycle according to the repeated transmission indexes, the number of repeated transmissions and the time intervals of adjacent repeated transmissions, and each received reference signal resource set is correspondingly configured with a respective one of the repeated transmission indexes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The signal reception method of claim 7, wherein: a downlink parameter is configured for the reference signal resource set, and the downlink parameter is configured to indicate transmission state information which is carried by the reference signal resource set. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The signal reception method of claim 8, wherein: in response to a value of the transmission state information being a first preset value, all the reference signal resources in the reference signal resource set are received respectively in the same fifth reception mode according to the repeated transmission indexes, the number of repeated transmissions and the time intervals of adjacent repeated transmissions, and a plurality of different sixth reception modes are switched according to the transmission state information to repeatedly receive the reference signal resource set; or in response to the value of the transmission state information being a second preset value, different seventh reception modes are switched according to all the repeated transmission indexes, the number of repeated transmissions and the time intervals of adjacent repeated transmissions to receive all the reference signal resources in the reference signal resource set respectively, and the reference signal resource set is repeatedly received in the same eighth reception mode according to the transmission state information. ### Claim 10 (canceled) ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The signal reception method of claim 1, further comprising: reporting a channel state information feedback quantity to the first communication device, so that the first communication device determines an optimal transmission mode and an optimal reception mode for a control channel, a data channel, or a reference signal resource according to the channel state information feedback quantity. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The signal reception method of claim 11, wherein the channel state information feedback quantity comprises: at least one piece of reference signal resource index information, a channel state information measurement result or the index configuration information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The signal reception method of claim 12, wherein: the index configuration information comprises subset index information and the channel state information measurement result comprises first measurement results for different reference signal resources in the same reference signal resource group of which the number is a third preset value, which indicate that the first communication device is requested to transmit target reference signal resources of which the number is the third preset value, and wherein the reference signal resource set is divided into the plurality of reference signal resource groups; or, the index configuration information comprises subset index information and the channel state information measurement result comprises second measurement results for the same reference signal resource index of which the number is a third preset value, which indicate that the first communication device is requested to transmit target reference signal resources of which the number is the third preset value. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The signal reception method of claim 11, further comprising: receiving optimal index configuration information transmitted by the first communication device, wherein the optimal index configuration information corresponds to the optimal reception mode, and the optimal index configuration information is configured to indicate a reception mode for the control channel, the data channel or the reference signal resource. ### Claim 15 A signal transmission method, comprising: transmitting a reference signal resource set to a second communication device in a target transmission mode according to index configuration information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The signal transmission method of claim 15, wherein the index configuration information is configured to indicate a transmission mode in which the reference signal resource set is transmitted, and the index configuration information comprises: subset index information; or, repeated transmission index information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The signal transmission method of claim 16, wherein: in response to the index configuration information comprising the subset index information, the subset index information comprises a plurality of subset indexes, the reference signal resource set is divided into a plurality of reference signal resource groups, and each of the reference signal resource groups is correspondingly configured with a respective one of the subset indexes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The signal transmission method of claim 17, wherein: a downlink parameter is configured for each of the reference signal resource groups, and the downlink parameter is configured to indicate transmission state information which is carried by the reference signal resource group. ### Claim at position 19 -20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The signal transmission method of claim 16, wherein: in response to the index configuration information comprising the repeated transmission index information, the repeated transmission index information comprises a plurality of repeated transmission indexes, a configured number of repeated transmissions, and time intervals of adjacent repeated transmissions, wherein the reference signal resource set is repeatedly transmitted within a preset cycle according to the plurality of repeated transmission indexes, the number of repeated transmissions and the time intervals of adjacent repeated transmissions, and upon each repeated transmission of the reference signal resource set, one of the repeated transmission indexes is correspondingly configured for the reference signal resource set. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The signal transmission method of claim 21, wherein: a downlink parameter is configured for the reference signal resource set, and the downlink parameter is configured to indicate transmission state information carried by the reference signal resource set. ### Claim at position 22 -25. (canceled) ### Claim 26 (depends on 1) A communications device, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory configured to store at least one program, wherein: the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform the signal reception method of claim 1. ### Claim 27 (canceled) ### Claim 28 (depends on 15) A communications device, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory configured to store at least one program, wherein: the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform the signal transmission method of claim 15.