IP Library Granted Patent US 11,122,642
Granted Patent B2
US 11,122,642 · App. 16/744,632 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Beam failure recovery procedure

Inventors: Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,122,642
App. No.
16/744,632
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device transmits one or more preambles in response to initiating a beam failure recovery. The wireless device determines a failure of the beam failure recovery based on a number of transmissions of the one or more preambles exceeding a first number. The wireless device determines a radio link failure in response to the failure of the beam failure recovery. The wireless device starts, based on the radio link failure, a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure with a radio link failure report indicating the failure of the beam failure recovery is a cause of the radio link failure.

Claims (69)

1. A method of a wireless device comprising:

receiving one or more RRC messages comprising configuration parameters for a beam failure recovery, wherein the configuration parameters comprises a plurality of reference signals for a beam failure detection, a second number of beam failure instances, a timer value for a response window, and a first number for preamble transmissions;

detecting one or more beam failure instances based on the plurality of the reference signals for the beam failure detection;

determining a beam failure based on a number of detection of the one or more beam failure instances reaching the second number;

initiating a random access procedure for the beam failure recovery;

transmitting one or more preambles in response to initiating the random access procedure for the beam failure recovery;

determining a failure of the beam failure recovery based on a number of transmissions of the one or more preambles exceeding the first number;

determining a radio link failure in response to the failure of the beam failure recovery;

storing a cause of the radio link failure as the failure of the beam failure recovery; and

starting, based on the determination of the radio link failure, a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, based on the RRC connection re-establishment procedure, one or more RRC messages comprising a radio link failure report including the cause of the radio link failure.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising indicating first information to an RRC layer of the wireless device in response to the number of transmissions of the one or more preambles being greater the first number, wherein the first information comprises an indication of the failure of the beam failure recovery.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the radio link failure report comprises one or more parameters indicating the failure of the beam failure recovery is the cause of the radio link failure.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising monitoring a downlink control channel in a control resource set for reception of a response to the transmitting the one or more preambles.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating the random access procedure for the beam failure recovery comprises setting a preamble transmission counter to an initial value.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein determining the failure of the beam failure recovery based on the number of the transmissions of the one or more preambles exceeding the first number comprising:

starting the response window based on the timer value for the response window;

determining whether the timer for the response window expires and a response for the transmitting the one or more preambles is received before the response window expires;

incrementing the preamble transmission counter in response to the timer for the response window expiring and the response being not received before the timer for the response window expired;

determining whether the preamble transmission counter exceeds the first number; and

determining the failure of the beam failure recovery in response to the preamble transmission counter exceeding the first number.

8. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein detecting the one or more beam failure instances based on the plurality of the reference signals for the beam failure detection comprises:

determining whether a radio link quality of the plurality of the reference signals is worse than a first threshold; and

detecting the one or more beam failure instances in response to the radio link quality of the plurality of the reference signals being worse than the first threshold.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the radio link quality comprises a value of a block error rate (BLER).

10. A wireless device comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to:

control the transceiver to receive one or more RRC messages comprising configuration parameters for a beam failure recovery, wherein the configuration parameters comprises a plurality of reference signals for a beam failure detection, a second number of beam failure instances, a timer value for a response window, and a first number for preamble transmissions,

detect one or more beam failure instances based on the plurality of the reference signals for the beam failure detection,

determine a beam failure based on a number of detection of the one or more beam failure instances reaching the second number,

initiate a random access procedure for the beam failure recovery,

control the transceiver to transmit one or more preambles in response to initiating a beam failure recovery,

determine a failure of the beam failure recovery based on a number of transmissions of the one or more preambles exceeding the first number,

determine a radio link failure in response to the failure of the beam failure recovery,

store a cause of the radio link failure as the failure of the beam failure recovery, and

start, based on the determination of the radio link failure, a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure.

11. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the transceiver to transmit, based on the RRC connection re-establishment procedure, one or more RRC messages comprising a radio link failure report including the cause of the radio link failure.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to indicate first information to an RRC layer of the wireless device in response to the number of transmissions of the one or more preambles being greater the first number, wherein the first information comprises an indication of the failure of the beam failure recovery.

13. The wireless device of claim 12 , wherein the radio link failure report comprises one or more parameters indicating the failure of the beam failure recovery is the cause of the radio link failure.

14. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to monitor a downlink control channel in a control resource set for reception of a response to transmission of the one or more preambles.

15. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to set a preamble transmission counter to an initial value.

16. The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

start a timer for the response window based on the timer value for the response window,

determine whether the timer for the response window expires and a response for the transmitting the one or more preambles is received before the timer for the response window expires,

increment the preamble transmission counter in response to the timer for the response window expiring and the response being not received before the timer for the response window expired,

determine whether the preamble transmission counter exceeds the first number; and

determine the failure of the beam failure recovery in response to the preamble transmission counter exceeding the first number.

17. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine whether a radio link quality of the plurality of the reference signals is worse than a first threshold, and

detect the one or more beam failure instances in response to the radio link quality of the plurality of the reference signals being worse than the first threshold.

18. A system comprising:

a wireless device comprising:

a first transceiver; and

at least one first processor configured to:

control the first transceiver to receive one or more RRC messages comprising configuration parameters of a beam failure recovery, wherein the configuration parameters comprises a plurality of reference signals for a beam failure detection, a second number of beam failure instances, a timer value for a response window, and a first number for preamble transmissions,

detect one or more beam failure instances based on the plurality of the reference signals for the beam failure detection,

determine a beam failure based on a number of detection of the one or more beam failure instances reaching the second number,

initiate a random access procedure for the beam failure recovery,

control the first transceiver to transmit one or more preambles in response to initiating a beam failure recovery,

determine a failure of the beam failure recovery based on a number of transmissions of the one or more preambles exceeding the first number,

determine a radio link failure in response to the failure of the beam failure recovery, and

start, based on the radio link failure, a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure, and

a base station comprising:

a second transceiver; and

at least one second processor configured to:

control the second transceiver to transmit the one or more RRC messages comprising the configuration parameters of the beam failure recovery, and

control the second transceiver to receive the one or more preambles.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2020
From: OFINNO LLC.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054314/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2020
From: ZHOU, HUA; DINAN, ESMAEL; BABAEI, ALIREZA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; PARK, KYUNGMIN
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 051623/0920 →