IP Library Granted Patent US 11,290,173
Granted Patent B2
US 11,290,173 · App. 16/713,914 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Radio link monitoring method and apparatus

Inventors: Jun Luo (Kista, SE); Yinghao Jin (Shanghai, CN); Jin Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Zhengzheng Xiang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04B7/088H04B7/0626H04L5/0051H04W24/10H04W56/001H04W72/046H04W80/08
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Patent No.
US 11,290,173
App. No.
16/713,914
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose a radio link monitoring method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method may include: receiving, by a higher layer of a terminal, a beam detection result message from a lower layer of the terminal, where the beam detection result message is used to indicate a result of beam monitoring; and controlling, by the higher layer of the terminal, a radio link monitoring procedure based on the beam detection result message.

Claims (30)

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a lower layer of a terminal in a first duration, a first value of radio link quality of a radio link of the terminal and a second value of radio link quality of the radio link of the terminal, wherein the first value is obtained based on a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and the second value is obtained based on a reference signal in a downlink synchronization signal block (SS block); and

sending, by the lower layer of the terminal, first indication information to a higher layer of the terminal upon determining that both the first value and the second value are less than or equal to a first threshold Qout, wherein the first indication information indicates that the radio link of the terminal is out of synchronization.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second value comprises any one of following: an average of radio link quality of reference signals in a plurality of SS blocks in a time period, an average of radio link quality of reference signals in a plurality of SS blocks that have strongest RSRP in the time period, an average of radio link quality of a plurality of reference signals in SS blocks that have radio link quality exceeding a first threshold in the time period, or a value of best radio link quality in the time period; or

the first value comprises any one of following: an average of radio link quality of a plurality of CSI-RSs in the time period, an average of radio link quality of a plurality of CSI-RSs that have best radio link quality in the time period, an average of radio link quality of a plurality of CSI-RSs that have radio link quality exceeding a second threshold in the time period, or a value of best radio link quality in the time period.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein:

the time period is N SS burst set periods, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and one of the SS burst set periods comprises one or more SS blocks; or

the time period is N CSI-RS sending periods, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; or

the time period is a common multiple of one or more SS burst set periods and one or more CSI-RS sending periods.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the lower layer of the terminal, second indication information to the higher layer of the terminal upon determining that either the first value or the second value is greater than or equal to a second threshold Q in , wherein the second indication information indicates that the radio link recovers to be in synchronization.

5. An apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions; and

one or more processors in communication with the memory storage, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:

determine, at a lower layer of the apparatus in a first duration, a first value of radio link quality of a radio link of the apparatus and a second value of radio link quality of the radio link of the apparatus, wherein the first value is obtained based on a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and the second value is obtained based on a reference signal in a downlink synchronization signal block (SS block); and

send, from the lower layer, first indication information to a higher layer upon determining that both the first value and the second value are less than or equal to a first threshold Q out , wherein the first indication information indicates that the radio link is out of synchronization.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the second value comprises any one of following: an average of radio link quality of reference signals in a plurality of SS blocks in a time period, an average of radio link quality of reference signals in a plurality of SS blocks that have strongest RSRP in the time period, an average of radio link quality of a plurality of reference signals in SS blocks that have radio link quality exceeding a threshold in the time period, or a value of best radio link quality in the time period; or

the first value comprises any one of following: an average of radio link quality of a plurality of CSI-RSs in the time period, an average of radio link quality of a plurality of CSI-RSs that have best radio link quality in the time period, an average of radio link quality of a plurality of CSI-RSs that have radio link quality exceeding a threshold in the time period, or a value of best radio link quality in the time period.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein:

the time period is N SS burst set periods, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and one of the SS burst set periods comprises one or more SS blocks; or

the time period is N CSI-RS sending periods, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; or

the time period is a common multiple of one or more SS burst set periods and one or more CSI-RS sending periods.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the instructions further cause the apparatus to:

send, from the lower layer, second indication information to the higher layer upon determining that either the first value or the second value is greater than or equal to a second threshold Q in , wherein the second indication information indicates that the radio link recovers to be in synchronization.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause a terminal to perform:

determining, at a lower layer of the terminal, a first value of radio link quality of a radio link of the terminal and a second value of radio link quality of the radio link of the terminal, wherein the first value is obtained based on a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and the second value is obtained based on a reference signal in a downlink synchronization signal block (SS block); and

sending, from the lower layer of the terminal, first indication information to a higher layer of the terminal upon determining that both the first value and the second value are less than or equal to a first threshold Q out , wherein the first indication information indicates that the radio link of the terminal is out of synchronization.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable media according to claim 9 , the instructions further cause the terminal to perform:

sending, by the lower layer of the terminal, second indication information to the higher layer of the terminal upon determining that either the first value or the second value is greater than or equal to a second threshold Q in , wherein the second indication information indicates that the radio link recovers to be in synchronization.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2020
From: LUO, JUN; JIN, YINGHAO; LIU, JIN; XIANG, ZHENGZHENG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052920/0396 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710459721.2 · Jun 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018091234 · Jun 14, 2018
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