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US 11,632,165 · App. 17/071,808 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Beam failure detection method, information configuration method, terminal and network device

Inventors: Yumin Wu (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Yu Yang (Chang'an Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04B7/088H04B7/0626H04L5/0051H04L5/0092H04W16/28H04W56/001
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Patent No.
US 11,632,165
App. No.
17/071,808
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A beam failure detection method, an information configuration method, a terminal and a network device are provided, and the method includes: receiving configuration information used for beam failure detection; performing, according to the received configuration information, a preset operation on a timer and/or a counter for beam failure detection corresponding to a target beam; where the target beam is one of beams supported by the terminal, or a beam corresponding to a Bandwidth Part BWP supported by the terminal.

Claims (66)

1. A beam failure detection method, performed by a terminal side, comprising:

receiving configuration information used for beam failure detection;

performing, according to the received configuration information, a preset operation on a counter for beam failure detection corresponding to a target beam; wherein, the target beam is one of beams supported by the terminal, or a beam corresponding to a Bandwidth Part (BWP) supported by the terminal;

wherein, in a case that the configuration information is reconfigured by a network device, the configuration information includes at least one of:

indicator information for deleting the configuration information;

indicator information for beam modification;

deleted or added beam identifier information;

wherein performing, according to the received configuration information, the preset operation on the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam comprises:

resetting, according to the received configuration information reconfigured by the network device, the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam.

2. The beam failure detection method according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case that the configuration information is configured by a network device for the first time, the configuration information comprises at least one of:

counter information;

BWP identifier information corresponding to the counter information; or,

beam identifier information corresponding to the counter information.

3. The beam failure detection method according to claim 2 , wherein, the beam identifier information comprises at least one of:

Synchronous Signal Block (SSB) identifier information, Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) identifier information, or spatial relationship configuration identifier information among beams.

4. The beam failure detection method according to claim 2 , wherein, a BWP indicated by the BWP identifier information is an activated BWP or a deactivated BWP, and a beam indicated by the beam identifier information is a serving beam or a non-serving beam.

5. The beam failure detection method according to claim 1 , wherein performing, according to the received configuration information, the preset operation on the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam comprises:

controlling, in a case that a physical layer detects that a beam failure instance occurs on the target beam, the physical layer to send beam failure indicator information to an upper-layer;

performing, according to the received configuration information, the preset operation on the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam after the upper-layer receives the beam failure indicator information.

6. The beam failure detection method according to claim 5 , wherein, the beam failure indicator information comprises at least one of:

BWP identifier information corresponding to the target beam or beam identifier information corresponding to the target beam.

7. The beam failure detection method according to claim 1 , wherein performing, according to the received configuration information, the preset operation on the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam comprises:

controlling the counter corresponding to the target beam to increase or decrease by one in a case that a beam failure instance occurring on the target beam is detected.

8. The beam failure detection method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information further comprises at least one of:

deleted or added cell identifier information;

deleted or added BWP identifier information;

update information of a target parameter value in the configuration information; or,

indicator information for BWP modification.

9. A terminal, comprising:

a processor, a storage and a program stored on the storage and executable by the processor, wherein, when the program is executed by the processor, the processor implements following steps:

receiving configuration information used for beam failure detection;

performing, according to the received configuration information, a preset operation on a counter for beam failure detection corresponding to a target beam; wherein, the target beam is one of beams supported by the terminal, or a beam corresponding to a Bandwidth Part (BWP) supported by the terminal;

wherein, in a case that the configuration information is reconfigured by a network device, the configuration information includes at least one of:

indicator information for deleting the configuration information;

indicator information for beam modification;

deleted or added beam identifier information;

wherein performing, according to the received configuration information, the preset operation on the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam comprises:

resetting, according to the received configuration information reconfigured by the network device, the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein, in a case that the configuration information is configured by a network device for the first time, the configuration information comprises at least one of:

counter information;

BWP identifier information corresponding to the counter information; or

beam identifier information corresponding to the counter information.

11. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein, performing, according to the received configuration information, the preset operation on the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam comprises:

controlling, in a case that a physical layer detects that a beam failure instance occurs on the target beam, the physical layer to send beam failure indicator information to an upper-layer;

performing, according to the received configuration information, the preset operation on the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam after the upper-layer receives the beam failure indicator information.

12. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein, performing, according to the received configuration information, the preset operation on the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam comprises:

controlling the counter corresponding to the target beam to increase or decrease by one in a case that a beam failure instance occurring on the target beam is detected.

13. An information configuration method, performed by a network device side, comprising:

sending configuration information used for beam failure detection; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate: a counter for beam failure detection corresponding to a target beam, the target beam is one of beams supported by a terminal, or a beam corresponding to a Bandwidth Part (BWP) supported by a terminal;

wherein, in a case that the configuration information is reconfigured by a network device, the configuration information includes at least one of:

indicator information for deleting the configuration information;

indicator information for beam modification;

deleted or added beam identifier information;

wherein the configuration information reconfigured by the network device is further used to indicate the terminal to reset the counter for beam failure detection corresponding to the target beam.

14. The information configuration method according to claim 13 , wherein, in a case that the configuration information is configured by the network device by the firs time, the configuration information comprises at least one of:

counter information;

BWP identifier information corresponding to the counter information;

beam identifier information corresponding to the counter information.

15. The information configuration method according to claim 13 , wherein the configuration information further comprises at least one of:

deleted or added cell identifier information;

deleted or added BWP identifier information;

update information of a target parameter value in the configuration information; or,

indicator information for BWP modification.

16. A network device, comprising:

a processor, a storage and a program stored on the storage and executable by the processor, wherein, when the program is executed by the processor, the processor implements steps of the information configuration method according to claim 13 .

17. A computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores a program, and when the program is executed by a processor, the processor implements steps of the beam failure detection method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2020
From: WU, YUMIN; YANG, YU
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810338768.8 · Apr 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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