IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,582,831
Granted Patent B2
US 11,582,831 · App. 17/010,732 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Layer 1 reference signal received power reporting during a discontinuous reception operation

Inventors: Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W76/28H04B7/0426H04B7/0456H04B7/063H04B7/0626H04B7/0632H04B17/318H04L1/1812
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,582,831
App. No.
17/010,732
Filed
Sep 2, 2020
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2631
USPC
375/262
Abstract

A wireless device receives a report mask indicating a transmission of a layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) report limited to a time period when a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer is running. The L1-RSRP report is transmitted, at a first time, in response to the DRX timer running at a predefined time period before the first time. The L1-RSRP report may include, for example, an L1-RSRP value and a reference signal index associated with the L1-RSRP value. Ata second time, a configured L1-RSRP report transmission is skipped in response to: the DRX timer not running at the predefined time period before the second time and the report mask.

Claims (69)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, a report mask indicating a transmission of a layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) report limited to a time period when a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer is running;

transmitting at a first time, the L1-RSRP report, in response to the DRX timer running at a predefined time period before the first time, wherein the L1-RSRP report comprises:

an L1-RSRP value; and

a reference signal index associated with the L1-RSRP value; and

skipping at a second time, a configured L1-RSRP report transmission, in response to:

the DRX timer not running at the predefined time period before the second time; and

the report mask.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving an indication of first uplink control resources for the L1-RSRP report.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal index indicates at least one of:

a first plurality of channel state information reference signals; and

a second plurality of synchronization signal blocks.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the report mask further indicates a transmission is limited to the time period when the DRX timer is running, wherein the transmission comprises at least one of:

a channel quality indicator (CQI);

a precoding matrix indicator (PMI);

a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI); and

a rank indicator (RI) report.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal index is selected with a largest L1-RSRP value of a reference signal among L1-RSRP values of a plurality of reference signals.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the L1-RSRP report further comprises at least a second L1-RSRP value and at least a second reference signal resource index.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a medium access control entity of the wireless device is in active time at the predefined time period before the second time.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the active time comprises at least one of:

a time while one or more DRX timers are running;

a time while a scheduling request is sent on uplink control channel and is pending;

a time while an uplink grant for a pending hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission can occur and there is data in corresponding HARQ buffer; and

a time while a downlink control channel indicating a new transmission addressed to an identifier of the wireless device has not been received after successful reception of a random access response for a preamble not selected by the medium access control entity of the wireless device.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving an indication of a short DRX cycle for a DRX operation.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the wireless device starts the DRX timer based on a received timer value in response to the short DRX cycle being used.

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive a report mask indicating a transmission of a layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) report limited to a time period when a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer is running;

transmit at a first time, the L1-RSRP report, in response to the DRX timer running at a predefined time period before the first time, wherein the L1-RSRP report comprises:

an L1-RSRP value; and

a reference signal index associated with the L1-RSRP value; and

skip at a second time, a configured L1-RSRP report transmission, in response to:

the DRX timer not running at the predefined time period before the second time; and

the report mask.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to receive an indication of first uplink control resources for the L1-RSRP report.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the reference signal index indicates at least one of:

a first plurality of channel state information reference signals; and

a second plurality of synchronization signal blocks.

14. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the report mask further indicates a transmission is limited to the time period when the DRX timer is running, wherein the transmission comprises at least one of:

a channel quality indicator (CQI);

a precoding matrix indicator (PMI);

a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI); and

a rank indicator (RI) report.

15. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the reference signal index is selected with a largest L1-RSRP value of a reference signal among L1-RSRP values of a plurality of reference signals.

16. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the L1-RSRP report further comprises at least a second L1-RSRP value and at least a second reference signal resource index.

17. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein a medium access control entity of the wireless device is in active time at the predefined time period before the second time.

18. The wireless device of claim 17 , wherein the active time comprises at least one of:

a time while one or more DRX timers are running;

a time while a scheduling request is sent on uplink control channel and is pending;

a time while an uplink grant for a pending hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission can occur and there is data in corresponding HARQ buffer; and

a time while a downlink control channel indicating a new transmission addressed to an identifier of the wireless device has not been received after successful reception of a random access response for a preamble not selected by the medium access control entity of the wireless device.

19. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to receive an indication of a short DRX cycle for a DRX operation.

20. A system comprising:

a base station comprising:

one or more first processors; and

first memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the base station to transmit a report mask indicating a transmission of a layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) report limited to a time period when a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer is running; and

a wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive the report mask;

transmit at a first time, the L1-RSRP report, in response to the DRX timer running at a predefined time period before the first time, wherein the L1-RSRP report comprises:

an L1-RSRP value; and

a reference signal index associated with the L1-RSRP value; and

skip at a second time, a configured L1-RSRP report transmission, in response to:

the DRX timer not running at the predefined time period before the second time; and

the report mask.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2021
From: ZHOU, HUA; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; BABAEI, ALIREZA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; PARK, KYUNGMIN
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 16241178 · Jan 7, 2019
Provisional Application 62627254 · Feb 7, 2018
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