IP Library Granted Patent US 12,301,330
Granted Patent B2
US 12,301,330 · App. 17/098,264 · Granted May 13, 2025

Uplink beam failure report for a default uplink beam

Inventors: Tianyang Bai (Somerville, NJ); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Chester, NJ)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04B7/088H04B7/0695H04W52/365H04W72/53H04W76/11H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 12,301,330
App. No.
17/098,264
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) determines a beam failure of a default uplink beam for the UE. The UE transmits an uplink beam failure report in response to determining the beam failure of the default uplink beam, the uplink beam failure report indicating that a reported beam is the default uplink beam for the UE. A base station receives an uplink beam failure report from the UE and determines that a reported beam is a default uplink beam for the UE.

Claims (44)

1. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining an uplink beam failure at the UE of a default uplink beam without a configured spatial relation, wherein determining the uplink beam failure comprises determining based on a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) level; and

transmitting an uplink beam failure report in response to determining the uplink beam failure of the default uplink beam, the uplink beam failure report indicating that a reported beam is the default uplink beam for the UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

indicating that the reported beam is the default uplink beam by an absence of an uplink beam indication identifier (ID) in the uplink beam failure report.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

including, in the uplink beam failure report, an uplink beam indication identifier (ID) that indicates the default uplink beam.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the uplink beam indication ID comprises an ID reserved for the default uplink beam.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the uplink beam indication ID comprises an ID other than a configured ID for spatial relation information or an uplink transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for the UE.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the uplink beam indication ID comprises a set of bits corresponding to the default uplink beam.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein a failed beam is identified by an uplink beam indication reference signal (RS) ID, wherein a control resource set (CORESET) is configured for the UE on a component carrier, and wherein the uplink beam indication ID indicates the default uplink beam based on an RS ID for receiving the CORESET having a lowest ID in an active downlink bandwidth part for the component carrier.

8. The method of claim 3 , wherein a failed beam is identified by an uplink beam indication reference signal (RS) ID, wherein a control resource set (CORESET) is not configured for the UE on a component carrier, and wherein the uplink beam indication ID indicates the default uplink beam based on an RS ID in an active physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission configuration indication (TCI) state having a lowest ID in an active downlink bandwidth part for the component carrier.

9. The method of claim 3 , wherein the uplink beam indication ID indicates the default uplink beam based on a control resource set (CORESET) having a lowest ID.

10. The method of claim 3 , wherein the uplink beam indication ID indicates the default uplink beam based on an active physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission configuration indication (TCI) state having a lowest ID.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the default uplink beam for an uplink channel comprising a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a sounding reference signal (SRS), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when spatial relation information or UL TCI state ID is not configured for the uplink channel.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein when at least one control resource set (CORESET) is configured on a component carrier, the UE determines the default uplink beam based on a beam for receiving a CORESET with a lowest ID, and

when at least one CORESET is not configured on the component carrier, the UE determines the default uplink beam based on an active physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission configuration indication (TCI) state having the lowest ID.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the uplink beam failure based on the MPE level comprises:

reducing a transmission power to meet an MPE limit;

determining an uplink reference signal received power (RSRP) for a signal received at a network entity based on the transmission power and a pathloss; and

determining the uplink beam failure based on the uplink RSRP being below a threshold.

14. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

determine an uplink beam failure at the UE of a default uplink beam without a configured spatial relation, wherein determining the uplink beam failure comprises determining based on a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) level; and

transmit an uplink beam failure report in response to determining the uplink beam failure of the default uplink beam, the uplink beam failure report indicating that a reported beam is the default uplink beam for the UE.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to indicate that the reported beam is the default uplink beam by an absence of an uplink beam indication identifier (ID) in the uplink beam failure report.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to include, in the uplink beam failure report, an uplink beam indication identifier (ID) that indicates the default uplink beam.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the uplink beam indication ID comprises an ID reserved for the default uplink beam.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the uplink beam indication ID comprises an ID other than a configured ID for spatial relation information or an uplink transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for the UE.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the uplink beam indication ID comprises a set of bits corresponding to the default uplink beam.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein a failed beam is identified by an uplink beam indication reference signal (RS) ID, wherein a control resource set (CORESET) is configured for the UE on a component carrier, and wherein the uplink beam indication ID indicates the default uplink beam based on an RS ID for receiving the CORESET having a lowest ID in an active downlink bandwidth part for the component carrier.

21. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein a failed beam is identified by an uplink beam indication reference signal (RS) ID, wherein a control resource set (CORESET) is not configured for the UE on a component carrier, and wherein the uplink beam indication ID indicates the default uplink beam based on an RS ID in an active physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission configuration indication (TCI) state having a lowest ID in an active downlink bandwidth part for the component carrier.

22. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the uplink beam indication ID indicates the default uplink beam based on a control resource set (CORESET) having a lowest ID.

23. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the uplink beam indication ID indicates the default uplink beam based on an active physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission configuration indication (TCI) state having a lowest ID.

24. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine the default uplink beam for an uplink channel comprising a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a sounding reference signal (SRS), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when spatial relation information or UL TCI state ID is not configured for the uplink channel.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein when at least one control resource set (CORESET) is configured on a component carrier, the at least one processor is configured to determine the default uplink beam based on a beam for receiving a CORESET with a lowest ID, and

when at least one CORESET is not configured on the component carrier, the at least one processor is configured to determine the default uplink beam based on an active physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission configuration indication (TCI) state having the lowest ID.

26. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the uplink beam failure based on the MPE level by:

reducing a transmission power to meet an MPE limit;

determining an uplink reference signal received power (RSRP) for a signal received at a network entity based on the transmission power and a pathloss; and

determining the uplink beam failure based on the uplink RSRP being below a threshold.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2021
From: BAI, TIANYANG; ZHOU, YAN; LUO, TAO; LI, JUNYI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055169/0791 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62968773 · Jan 31, 2020
Related Publication 20210242925A1 · Aug 5, 2021
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