IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,418,867
Granted Patent B2
US 12,418,867 · App. 17/740,198 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Method and apparatus for beam measurement and reporting

Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX); Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX); Emad N. Farag (Flanders, NJ)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W52/365H04B1/3838
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Patent No.
US 12,418,867
App. No.
17/740,198
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving information for a maximum permissible emission (MPE) report; determining the MPE report including Q pairs of (resource indicator, MPE metric), where Q∈{1, . . . , P}; including the MPE report in a power headroom (PHR) report; and transmitting, via medium access control-control element (MAC CE), the PHR report including the MPE report.

Claims (31)

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to:

receive configuration information for a maximum permissible emission (MPE) report, wherein the configuration information includes a resource pool for a power management-maximum power reduction (P-MPR); and

transmit, via medium access control-control element (MAC CE), a power headroom (PHR) report, the MAC CE including a MPE metric corresponding to a P-MPR value and a resource indicator indicating a beam for the MPE metric,

wherein the configuration information further includes a value indicating a number of P-MPR values included in the MAC CE, the value is one of 1, 2, 3, or 4.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information for the MPE report is via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the MPE report is triggered when the P-MPR value is equal to or larger than a threshold value for the P-MPR.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the threshold value for the P-MPR is configured via mpe-Reporting-FR2-r17.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the value is configured via mpe-Reporting-FR2-r17.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the value is reported by the UE via capability reporting.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the resource indicator is synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block resource indicator (SSBRI) or channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI).

8. A method for operating a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving configuration information for a maximum permissible emission (MPE) report, wherein the configuration information includes a resource pool for a power management-maximum power reduction (P-MPR);

transmitting, via medium access control-control element (MAC CE), a power headroom (PHR) report, the MAC CE including a MPE metric corresponding to a P-MPR value and a resource indicator indicating a beam for the MPE metric,

wherein the configuration information further includes a value indicating a number of P-MPR values included in the MAC CE, the value is one of 1, 2, 3, or 4.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information for the MPE report is via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the MPE report is triggered when the P-MPR value is equal to or larger than a threshold value for the P-MPR.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the threshold value for the P-MPR is configured via mpe-Reporting-FR2-r17.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the value is configured via mpe-Reporting-FR2-r17.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the value is reported by the UE via capability reporting.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the resource indicator is synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block resource indicator (SSBRI) or channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI).

15. A base station (BS) comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to:

transmit configuration information for a maximum permissible emission (MPE) report, wherein the configuration information includes a resource pool for a power management-maximum power reduction (P-MPR); and

receive, via medium access control-control element (MAC CE), a power headroom (PHR) report, the MAC CE including a MPE metric corresponding to a P-MPR value and a resource indicator indicating a beam for the MPE metric,

wherein the configuration information further includes a value indicating a number of P-MPR values included in the MAC CE, the value is one of 1, 2, 3, or 4.

16. The BS of claim 15 , wherein the configuration information for the MPE report is via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

17. The BS of claim 15 , wherein the MPE report is triggered when the P-MPR value is equal to or larger than a threshold value for the P-MPR.

18. The BS of claim 15 , wherein the resource indicator is synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block resource indicator (SSBRI) or channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2022
From: RAHMAN, MD. SAIFUR; ONGGOSANUSI, EKO; FARAG, EMAD N.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059875/0758 →
Continuity (6)
Provisional Application 63236075 · Aug 23, 2021
Provisional Application 63218169 · Jul 2, 2021
Provisional Application 63217024 · Jun 30, 2021
Provisional Application 63215860 · Jun 28, 2021
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