Beam Failure Recovery for User Equipment Communicating with Multiple Transmission and Reception Points

    公开(公告)号:US20220271887A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17438912

    申请日:2021-01-13

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may establish communication with a plurality of transmission reception points (TRPs) and determine one or more beam failures associated with a first or second TRP based on reference signals received from the first and second TRPs. The UE may then transmit a scheduling request requesting resources for indicating the beam failures associated with the first TRP or second TRPs. Upon receiving a response to the scheduling request allocating resources, the UE may then transmit, using allocated resources, a beam failure indication of the first one or more beam failures associated with the first TRP or second TRP. After receiving a beam failure response from the first or second TRP, the UE may then communicate with the first TRP and the second TRP using one or more new beams based on the beam failure indication and the beam failure response.

    Collision Handling of Reference Signals

    公开(公告)号:US20220190987A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17689229

    申请日:2022-03-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry configured to decode control information of a physical down-in link control channel (PDCCH) received via a resource within a control resource set (CORESET) occupying a subset of a plurality of e OFDM symbols within a slot. At least one of the symbols in the subset coincides with a pre-defined symbol location associated with a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) of a PDSCH. The DM-RS can be detected within the slot, the DM-RS starting at a symbol 01 location that is shifted from the pre-defined symbol location and following the subset of symbols. Downlink data scheduled by the
    PDCCH and received via the PDSCH can be decoded, where the decoding is based on the detected DM-RS.

    MULTIPLEXING OF PUCCH FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY AND OTHER SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20220158794A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17437809

    申请日:2020-05-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for multiplexing of PUCCH for beam failure recovery and other signals. A UE may determine a transmission dropping rule and a transmission power scaling rule for a PUCCH which is dedicatedly configured for secondary BFR transmission, such as a PUCCH-BFR, when it is multiplexed with BFR multiplexed with at least one other signal at least one other signal. The PUCCH-BFR and the at least one other signal may be multiplexed in a CC or in multiple CCs. The UE may determine a transmission dropping rule, e.g., so that UE can transmit an uplink signals with higher priority and drop the other uplink signal with lower priority to avoid beam collisions. The UE may determine a transmission power scaling rule, e.g., so the UE may scale transmission power within a CC and/or across CCs. The UE may multiplex the PUCCH-BFR with the at least one other signal according to the rules.

    Reference signal for receive beam refinement in cellular systems

    公开(公告)号:US11336348B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US17007688

    申请日:2020-08-31

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: User Equipment (UE) and base station (eNB) apparatus and methodology for adjusting receive beamforming. A beam refinement reference signal (BRRS) is transmitted with the same transmit beam direction on which data is to be transmitted. While receiving the BRRS, the receiver varies its receive beam direction and measures a signal characteristic of reception of the BRRS to determine a refined receive beam direction. The refined receive beam direction is used to receive the data.

    BEAM INFORMATION DELIVERY FOR SCELL BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY OPERATION IN NR

    公开(公告)号:US20220149922A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17437804

    申请日:2020-05-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing beam information for secondary cell beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a wireless link, according to which the wireless device may be configured to communicate using a primary cell and a secondary cell. The wireless device may detect beam failure on the secondary cell. The wireless device may send an indication of the beam failure recovery to the cellular base station. The wireless device may receive information configuring candidate transmit beam reference signals for performing beam recovery on the secondary cell. The wireless device may perform beam identification and report on any new transmit beam(s) identified by the wireless device.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENTION BASED BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY REQUEST IN SECONDARY CELL

    公开(公告)号:US20220140881A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17426770

    申请日:2020-02-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An approach is described for a user equipment (UE) to provide contention-based beam failure operation in a second cell (SCell), where the UE includes processor circuitry and radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to encode a first message including a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ), wherein the BFRQ is indicative of a beam failure, and to decode a second message from a gNB, wherein the second message includes a beam failure recovery (BFR) response responsive to the BFRQ. The processor circuitry is further configured to encode a third message including a UE identification (ID) in response to decoding the second message, and to decode a fourth message from the gNB, wherein the fourth message includes collision handling for beam failure recovery by the UE. The radio front end circuitry is coupled to the processor circuitry, and the radio front end circuitry is configured to transmit the first message and the third message to the gNB, and to receive the second message and the fourth message from the gNB.

    Channel State and Beam Related Information Reporting

    公开(公告)号:US20220103305A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17492633

    申请日:2021-10-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Apparatus that sends uplink control information (UCI) from user equipment (UE) to a network node, generates elements of the UCI including at least one of hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback for one or more uplink (UL) resources, a scheduling request (SR), a channel state information (CSI) report and a beam related information report in response to a trigger set by the network node. The apparatus encodes the UCI elements for transmission via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of the one or more UL resources. The one or more UL resources may be UL slots or UL portions of downlink-uplink (DL-UL) slots received from a network node.

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