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US 12,052,592 · App. 17/288,673 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Method for managing beam performed by terminal in wireless communication system, and terminal using same

Inventors: Hyangsun You (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Daesung Hwang (Seoul, KR); Jonghyun Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W24/08H04L5/0048H04W72/23H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,052,592
App. No.
17/288,673
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for managing a beam performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a device using the method. According to the method, the terminal performs a power saving operation on a first cell and receives a PDCCH through a second cell, wherein the PDCCH requests to measure a reference signal transmitted aperiodically in the first cell. The reference signal is received at a particular time for a DRX cycle related to the power saving operation. The terminal generates beam related information to be used in the first cell by measuring the reference signal in the first cell.

Claims (28)

1. A beam management method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

performing a power saving operation on a first cell;

receiving request information through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of a second cell, wherein the request information requests a measurement of a reference signal aperiodically transmitted from the first cell; and

measuring the reference signal in the first cell; and

generate beam-related information for the first cell based on the measured reference signal,

wherein the reference signal is received at a start point of a discontinuous reception (DRX) ON duration or before a specific time from the start point for a DRX cycle including the DRX ON duration and a DRX OFF duration, and

wherein based on a length of the DRX cycle being greater than or equal to a specific value, the reference signal measured by the UE is a first reference signal for the beam-related information and based on the length of the DRX cycle being less than the specific value, the reference signal measured by the UE is a second reference signal for the beam-related information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH indicates any one of reference signal sets configured by a higher layer signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a configuration for at least one of whether to perform PDCCH monitoring, a PDCCH monitoring period, and whether to apply a power saving mode for the first cell is received through the second cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power saving operation is an operation of not performing a beam management operation in the DRX OFF duration of the DRX cycle including the DRX ON duration and the DRX OFF duration.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cell is a secondary cell configured for the UE and the second cell is a primary cell or another secondary cell configured for the UE.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal is received at the start point of the DRX ON duration or before the specific time from the start point, only when a length of the DRX cycle is a predetermined value or greater.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein another reference signal is further received at a time point after the lapse of a predetermined time from a time point at which the DRX ON duration is terminated in the DRX cycle including the DRX ON duration and the DRX OFF duration.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal is a reference signal for beam management, a reference signal for beam failure detection, or a reference signal for beam recovery.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a higher layer signal indicating a type of the reference signal is further received.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the beam-related information is reported to a base station.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH is monitored in the first cell based on the beam-related information.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power saving operation is not performed on the second cell.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH includes information indicating the specific time.

14. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and

a processor operably coupled with the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to perform a power saving operation on a first cell,

to receive request information through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of a second cell, wherein the request information requests a measurement of a reference signal aperiodically transmitted from the first cell, and

to measure the reference signal in the first cell, and

to generate beam-related information for the first cell based on the measured reference signal,

wherein the reference signal is received at a start point of a discontinuous reception (DRX) ON duration or before a specific time from the start point for a DRX cycle including the DRX ON duration and a DRX OFF duration, and

wherein based on a length of the DRX cycle being greater than or equal to a specific value, the reference signal measured by the UE is a first reference signal f or the beam-related information and based on the length of the DRX cycle being less than the specific value, the reference signal measured by the UE is a second reference signal for the beam-related information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2021
From: YOU, HYANGSUN; YI, YUNJUNG; HWANG, DAESUNG; PARK, JONGHYUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (4)
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