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Granted Patent B2
US 11,582,103 · App. 16/970,624 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Optimized reconfiguration of RLM and beam monitoring parameters

Inventors: Icaro L. J. Da Silva (Solna, SE); Helka-Liina Määttanen (Helsinki, FI); Claes Tidestav (Bålsta, SE)
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
H04L41/0823H04L5/0007H04L5/0048H04L41/0813H04W24/08H04W56/001
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Patent No.
US 11,582,103
App. No.
16/970,624
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method by a wireless device is provided for optimized reconfiguration of radio link monitoring (RLM) and beam monitoring. The method includes receiving, from a first network node, a first message comprising at least one RLM parameter. A second message indicating activation of the at least one RLM parameter associated with the first message is received. The second message is a lower layer signal compared to the first message.

Claims (70)

1. A method performed by a wireless device for optimized reconfiguration of radio link monitoring, RLM, and beam monitoring, the method comprising:

receiving at the wireless device, from a first network node, a first message comprising at least one RLM parameter to be used by the wireless device for monitoring one or more reference signals; and

receiving, from the first network node, a second message indicating activation, with respect to the wireless device, of at least one RLM parameter associated with the first message, wherein the second message is a lower layer signal compared to the first message, and wherein the activated at least one RLM parameter is associated with at least a first reference signal activated prior to receiving the second message;

monitoring one or more reference signals associated with the at least one RLM parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one RLM parameter comprises a first RLM parameter and a second RLM parameter,

the first RLM parameter being associated with a first set of reference signal resources,

the second RLM parameter being associated with a second set of reference signal resources, and

the second set of reference signal resources is different from the first set of reference signal resources.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein each of the first set of reference signal resources and the second set of reference signal resources are less than a number of reference signal resources providing coverage of a cell.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

in response to receiving the second message, deactivating at least one reference signal resource in the first set of reference signal resources.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

in response to receiving the second message, activating at least one reference signal resource that is not in the first set of reference signal resources.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing RLM of at least one reference signal resource based on the second message, and

wherein the at least one reference signal resource comprises at least one synchronization signal block, SSB, or at least one channel state information-reference signal, CSI-RS.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first message identifies a reference signal type, and

the second message identifies one or more reference signal resources of the reference signal type.

8. A wireless device for optimized reconfiguration of radio link monitoring, RLM, and beam monitoring, the wireless device comprising:

memory storing instructions; and

processing circuitry operable to execute the instructions to cause the wireless device to:

receive at the wireless device, from a first network node, a first message comprising at least one RLM parameter to be used by the wireless device for monitoring one or more reference signals; and

receive, from the first network node, a second message indicating activation, with respect to the wireless device, of at least one RLM parameter associated with the first message, wherein the second message is a lower layer signal compared to the first message, and wherein the activated at least one RLM parameter is associated with at least a first reference signal activated prior to receiving the second message;

monitor one or more reference signals associated with the at least one RLM parameter.

9. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein:

the at least one RLM parameter comprises a first RLM parameter and a second RLM parameter,

the first RLM parameter being associated with a first set of reference signal resources,

the second RLM parameter being associated with a second set of reference signal resources, and

the second set of reference signal resources is different from the first set of reference signal resources.

10. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein each of the first set of reference signal resources and the second set of reference signal resources are less than a number of reference signal resources providing coverage of a cell.

11. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the processing circuitry is operable to execute the instructions to cause the wireless device to:

in response to receiving the second message, deactivate at least one reference signal resource in the first set of reference signal resources.

12. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the processing circuitry is operable to execute the instructions to cause the wireless device to:

in response to receiving the second message, activate at least one reference signal resource that in not in the first set of reference signal resources.

13. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is operable to execute the instructions to cause the wireless device to:

perform RLM of at least one reference signal resource based on the second message, and

wherein the at least one reference signal resource comprises at least one synchronization signal block, SSB, or at least one channel state information-reference signal, CSI-RS.

14. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein:

the first message identifies a reference signal type, and

the second message identifies one or more reference signal resources of the reference signal type.

15. A method performed by a network node for optimized reconfiguration of radio link monitoring, RLM, and beam monitoring, the method comprising:

sending, to a wireless device, a first message comprising at least one RLM parameter to be used by the wireless device for monitoring one or more reference signals;

sending, to the wireless device, a second message indicating activation, with respect to the wireless device, of at least one RLM parameter associated with the first message, wherein the second message is a lower layer signal compared to the first message, and wherein the activated at least one RLM parameter is associated with at least a first reference signal activated prior to sending the second message.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second message is sent to the wireless device in response to determining that the wireless device has moved within a cell.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein:

the first message identifies a reference signal type, and

the second message identifies one or more reference signal resources of the reference signal type.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein:

the at least one RLM parameter comprises a first RLM parameter and a second RLM parameter,

the first RLM parameter being associated with a first set of reference signal resources,

the second RLM parameter being associated with a second set of reference signal resources, and

the second set of reference signal resources is different from the first set of reference signal resources.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein each of the first set of reference signal resources and the second set of reference signal resources are less than a number of reference signal resources providing coverage of a cell.

20. The network node of claim 15 , wherein:

the at least one RLM parameter comprises a first RLM parameter and a second RLM parameter,

the first RLM parameter being associated with a first set of reference signal resources,

the second RLM parameter being associated with a second set of reference signal resources, and

the second set of reference signal resources is different from the first set of reference signal resources.

21. The network node of claim 20 , wherein each of the first set of reference signal resources and the second set of reference signal resources are less than a number of reference signal resources providing coverage of a cell.

22. A network node for optimized reconfiguration of radio link monitoring, RLM, and beam monitoring, the network node comprising:

memory storing instructions; and

processing circuitry operable to execute the instructions to cause the network node to:

send, to a wireless device, a first message comprising at least one RLM parameter to be used by the wireless device for monitoring one or more reference signals;

send, to the wireless device, a second message indicating activation, with respect to the wireless device, of at least one RLM parameter associated with the first message, wherein the second message is a lower layer signal compared to the first message, and wherein the activated at least one RLM parameter is associated with at least a first reference signal activated prior to sending the second message.

23. The network node of claim 22 , wherein the second message is sent to the wireless device in response to determining that the wireless device has moved within a cell.

24. The network node of claim 22 , wherein:

the first message identifies a reference signal type, and

the second message identifies one or more reference signal resources of the reference signal type.

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