A communications device is provided. The communications device comprises transceiver circuitry configured to transmit signals and receive signals to and from a wireless communications network, and controller circuitry. The controller circuitry is configured in combination with the transceiver circuitry to transmit to the wireless communications network, whilst operating in an inactive state, one or more signals comprising uplink data using a first of a plurality of beams each for transmission in a different one of a plurality of spatial directions, to detect, whilst operating in the inactive state, that the first beam satisfies a beam failure condition a specified number of consecutive times, and subsequently to determine, whilst operating in the inactive state, that the first beam has failed.

A method and device for information transmission, and related equipment are provided. An access network device transmits a paging message, where the paging message contains resource indication information of a user equipment (UE), and the resource indication information indicates an uplink transmission resource of the UE. The access network device receives information transmitted by the UE on the uplink transmission resource.

A method and device for information transmission, and related equipment are provided. An access network device transmits a paging message, where the paging message contains resource indication information of a user equipment (UE), and the resource indication information indicates an uplink transmission resource of the UE. The access network device receives information transmitted by the UE on the uplink transmission resource.

A first group embodiments provide a method performed by a network node (NN) in a wireless network comprising responsive to a DL data intended for a user equipment (UE), transmitting a first short signal burst to the UE over a channel using a directional beam, and based on detecting a first response to the first short signal burst from the UE indicating that the channel is available, transmitting at least a portion of the DL data to the UE over the channel using the directional beam. A second group embodiments provide a method performed by a NN comprising determining availability of a channel between the network node and the UE using a directional beam, based on determining that the channel is available, transmitting a first resource grant for transmission of a UL data by the UE, and receiving the UL data from the UE over the channel using the directional beam.

A first group embodiments provide a method performed by a network node (NN) in a wireless network comprising responsive to a DL data intended for a user equipment (UE), transmitting a first short signal burst to the UE over a channel using a directional beam, and based on detecting a first response to the first short signal burst from the UE indicating that the channel is available, transmitting at least a portion of the DL data to the UE over the channel using the directional beam. A second group embodiments provide a method performed by a NN comprising determining availability of a channel between the network node and the UE using a directional beam, based on determining that the channel is available, transmitting a first resource grant for transmission of a UL data by the UE, and receiving the UL data from the UE over the channel using the directional beam.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5.sup.th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4.sup.th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to the disclosure, a terminal reduces the delay required in beam failure detection, and thus recovery can be quick from when beam failure occurs.

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method includes: receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a first Control Resource Set (CORESET), wherein the DCI schedules a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and the first CORESET is configured with a first pool index; and transmitting the PUSCH scheduled by the DCI according to a pathloss reference Reference Signal (RS) based on the first pool index.

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method includes: receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a first Control Resource Set (CORESET), wherein the DCI schedules a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and the first CORESET is configured with a first pool index; and transmitting the PUSCH scheduled by the DCI according to a pathloss reference Reference Signal (RS) based on the first pool index.

An electronic device includes a processing circuit, configured to: determine an interference relationship graph between multiple base station devices according to environmental information and/or transmit beam information of each of the multiple base station devices; determine a uplink and downlink subframe configuration mode of each base station device according to the interference relationship graph; and determine a transmission time period of each base station device according to the uplink and downlink subframe configuration mode of each base station device, so that transmission time periods of two adjacent base station devices having different uplink and downlink subframe configuration modes do not overlap. By using the electronic device, the wireless communication method, and the computer readable storage medium according to the present invention, uplink and downlink subframe configuration modes and transmission time can be set for the multiple base station devices within a predetermined region, thereby reducing the interference between base stations.

An electronic device includes a processing circuit, configured to: determine an interference relationship graph between multiple base station devices according to environmental information and/or transmit beam information of each of the multiple base station devices; determine a uplink and downlink subframe configuration mode of each base station device according to the interference relationship graph; and determine a transmission time period of each base station device according to the uplink and downlink subframe configuration mode of each base station device, so that transmission time periods of two adjacent base station devices having different uplink and downlink subframe configuration modes do not overlap. By using the electronic device, the wireless communication method, and the computer readable storage medium according to the present invention, uplink and downlink subframe configuration modes and transmission time can be set for the multiple base station devices within a predetermined region, thereby reducing the interference between base stations.