Facilitating efficient multi-beam beam recovery

    公开(公告)号:US11923945B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-05

    申请号:US17272797

    申请日:2019-09-04

    CPC classification number: H04B7/0695 H04B17/309 H04W24/02 H04W24/08 H04B7/0413

    Abstract: A method includes determining whether a downlink beam signal is being received from a base station (502); when the downlink beam signal is being received from the base station, determining whether a measurable property of the downlink beam signal does not meet a preselected threshold (504); when the downlink beam signal is not being received from the base station or when the measurable property of the downlink beam signal does not meet the preselected threshold, transmitting a message to the base station indicating that at least one uplink beam corresponding to the downlink beam has failed (506); and receiving a reply message from the base station with information required to determine a new uplink beam (508). An alternative method includes determining whether at least one uplink beam signal is being received from a user equipment (602); determining whether a measurable property of the at least one uplink beam signal does not meet a preselected threshold, when the at least one uplink beam signal is being received from the user equipment (604); and transmitting a message to the user equipment to initiate uplink beam recovery, when at least one uplink beam signal is not being received from the user equipment or when the measurable property of the at least one uplink beam signal does not meet the preselected threshold (606).

    Apparatus for CSI prediction control

    公开(公告)号:US11832251B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17335485

    申请日:2021-06-01

    CPC classification number: H04W72/20 H04B7/0626 H04L5/0048 H04W24/08 H04W72/541

    Abstract: An apparatus includes circuitry configured to: receive a radio resource control configuration including at least one channel state information reporting configuration indicating at least one channel state information quantity for which prediction is configured or enabled; receive at least one of a downlink reference signal and/or a downlink channel for at least one of channel measurement and/or interference measurement; determine the at least one channel state information quantity or at least one channel state information prediction model, based on at least one of a downlink reference measurement, and/or a downlink channel decoding outcome, and/or the at least one channel state information reporting configuration, and/or at least one prediction window; and transmit a channel state information report in uplink control information, based on the determining.

    Beam management in wireless communication

    公开(公告)号:US11503601B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US17151455

    申请日:2021-01-18

    Abstract: An apparatus (10) comprising: at least one processor (12); and at least one memory (13) including computer program instructions (14); the at least one memory (13) and the computer program instructions (14) configured to, with the at least one processor (12), cause the apparatus (10) at least to perform: receiving (201) configuration information for enabling the apparatus (10) to measure a first set of Downlink (DL) Reference Signals (RSs) (302) and/or a second set of DLRSs (304), wherein DLRSs (302 #0-302 #4) of the first set of DLRSs (302) are respectively associated with a first set of DL beams (303), wherein one or more DLRSs (302 #1-302 #3) of the first set of DLRSs (302) are configured to be Quasi-Co-Located (QCLed) with at least one DLRS (304 #m) of the second set of DLRSs (304), and wherein DLRSs (304 #a-304 #z) of the second set of DLRSs (304) are respectively associated with a second set of DL beams (305); receiving (202) information for enabling the apparatus (10) to determine a Quasi-Co-Location (QCL) assumption for a Channel Occupancy Time (COT), wherein the QCL assumption for the COT is indicative of the availability, for use for transmissions within the COT, of: at least one DL beam (305 #m) associated with the at least one DLRS (304 #m) of the second set of DLRSs (304), and one or more DL beams (303 #1-303 #3) associated with the one or more DLRSs (302 #1-302 #3) of the first set of DLRSs (302) and QCLed with the at least one DLRS (304 #m) of the second set of DLRS (304); and determining (203), based at least in part on the received information and configuration information, the QCL assumption for the COT.

    Enhanced sounding reference signal transmission

    公开(公告)号:US11277240B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16636995

    申请日:2017-08-11

    Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from an improved transmission of a sounding reference signal. For example, certain communication systems may benefit from an enhanced sounding reference signal transmission via antenna switching or repetition. A method, in certain embodiments, may include receiving a signaling indication at a user equipment from a network entity. The signaling indication may indicate a configuration for sounding reference signal transmission via at least one of antenna switching or repetition using a resource group. The resource group may comprise a plurality of resources that are either adjacent or have a limited time interval between at least two of the plurality of resources within the resource group. The method may also include transmitting the sounding reference signal from the user equipment to the network entity via at least one of the antenna switching or the repetition using the resource group.

    5G BEAM GROUP DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION

    公开(公告)号:US20210076448A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-11

    申请号:US16317812

    申请日:2016-08-05

    Abstract: To better support beamforming in MIMO systems such as 5G, a first match is determined between a first transmit (TX) beam group of a radio network and a first receive (RX) beam group of a user equipment (UE); and also a second match is determined between a second TX beam group of the radio network and a second RX beam group of the UE. For example these matches can come from the UE's beam report with best match information. The network configures the UE with at least a first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration associated with the first RX beam group and with a second DRX configuration associated with the second RX beam group. In this case the first and second DRX configurations are active simultaneously for the UE, and each said beam group comprises at least one antenna or antenna port.

    Beam refinement in two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure

    公开(公告)号:US10893544B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-12

    申请号:US16276364

    申请日:2019-02-14

    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium for beam refinement of a two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure are provided. In some implementations, the method may include receiving a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), a plurality of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) associated with each of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), and random access channel (RACH) configuration data from a gNB. The method may further include transmitting a first message of the two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure to the gNB, the first message including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a preamble associated with a selected channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) of the plurality of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) and the second portion includes data associated with the preamble, and the data transmitted using pre-configured or pre-allocated resources.

    Reference signal with beamforming training and channel estimation

    公开(公告)号:US10862563B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US16332821

    申请日:2017-08-14

    Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from improved signaling. For example, communication systems may benefit from sending a multi-numerology reference signal that allows a receiving user equipment to perform simultaneous beamforming training, and channel estimation or channel state information acquisition. A method may include receiving at a user equipment a multi-numerology joint reference signal (610). The reference signal may include a reference signal for data channel demodulation or channel state information acquisition, and beamforming training. The method may also include performing simultaneous beamforming training and channel estimation or channel state information acquisition based on the multi-numerology joint reference signal (620).

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