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Granted Patent B2
US 11,843,986 · App. 17/784,624 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Beam measurement method and beam measurement device

Inventor: Mingju Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
H04W36/0085H04B7/0632H04B17/309H04B17/382H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 11,843,986
App. No.
17/784,624
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A beam measurement method is provided. A terminal obtains beam measurement result reporting configuration of a neighbor cell, and determines a reference signal configuration of beam measurement of the neighbor cell. The terminal performs the beam measurement on the reference signal of the neighbor cell based on the reference signal configuration of the beam measurement. The terminal reports a beam measurement result of the neighbor cell.

Claims (51)

1. A beam measurement method, comprising:

obtaining, by a terminal, a beam measurement result reporting configuration of a neighbor cell, and determining a reference signal configuration of beam measurement of the neighbor cell;

performing, by the terminal, the beam measurement on the reference signal of the neighbor cell based on the reference signal configuration of the beam measurement, and reporting a beam measurement result of the neighbor cell;

wherein determining the reference signal configuration of the beam measurement of the neighbor cell comprises:

obtaining the reference signal configuration of the beam measurement of the neighbor cell from a network device to which a serving cell belongs, wherein the reference signal configuration of the beam measurement of the neighbor cell is determined by the network device to which the neighbor cell belongs based on a reference signal configuration request of the beam measurement sent by the network device to which the serving cell belongs, and

sending the reference signal configuration of the beam measurement of the neighbor cell to the network device to which the serving cell belongs.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a configuration of a triggering condition for performing the beam measurement on the neighbor cell,

wherein the triggering condition for performing the beam measurement on the neighbor cell comprises:

a radio resource management (RRM) measurement result of a serving cell being less than a first threshold;

the beam measurement result of the serving cell being less than a second threshold;

a channel quality indicator (CQI) measurement result of the serving cell being less than a third threshold;

a RRM measurement result of the neighbor cell being greater than a fourth threshold; or

an absolute value of a difference between the RRM measurement result of the neighbor cell and the RRM measurement result of the serving cell being less than a preset threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the reference signal configuration of the beam measurement of neighbor cell comprises:

based on searched reference signals of the beam measurement of the neighbor cells, determining the reference signal configuration of the beam measurement of the neighbor cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal of the beam measurement of the neighbor cell is a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) from the neighbor cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to determining that a time of transmitting data with a serving cell collides with a time of performing the beam measurement on the reference signal of the neighbor cell, maintaining data transmission with the serving cell and stopping performing the beam measurement on the reference signal of the neighbor cell.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the beam measurement result of the neighbor cell comprises: a neighbor cell identifier, an antenna panel identifier, a group identifier, a reference signal identifier, a reference signal received power of layer 1, a reference signal received quality of layer 1, or a signal to interference & noise ratio of layer 1.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the beam measurement result of the neighbor cell is a group-based measurement result, wherein multiple reference signals in the group are those that can be received by the terminal simultaneously, or multiple reference signals in the group are those that cannot be received by the terminal simultaneously.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining a transmission configuration value of the neighbor cell sent by a network device to which a serving cell belongs.

9. A beam measurement method, comprising:

determining and sending, by a network device, a beam measurement result reporting configuration of a neighbor cell and a reference signal configuration of beam measurement of the neighbor cell, wherein the network device is that to which a serving cell of a terminal belongs; and

obtaining a beam measurement result of the neighbor cell;

wherein determining the reference signal configuration of the beam measurement of the neighbor cell comprises:

sending a reference signal configuration request of the beam measurement to the network device to which a neighbor cell belongs; and

acquiring the reference signal configuration of the beam measurement of the neighbor cell sent by the network device to which the neighbor cell belongs.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

configuring a triggering condition for performing beam measurement on the neighbor cell, wherein the triggering condition for performing the beam measurement on the neighbor cell comprises:

a radio resource management (RRM) measurement result being less than a first threshold;

the beam measurement result being less than a second threshold;

a channel quality indicator (CQI) measurement result being less than a third threshold;

the RRM measurement result of the neighbor cell being greater than a fourth threshold; or

an absolute value of a difference between the RRM measurement result of the neighbor cell and the RRM measurement result of a current cell being less than a preset threshold.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the reference signal of the beam measurement of the neighbor cell is a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) from the neighbor cell.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

in response to determining that a time of transmitting data with a terminal collides with a time of performing the beam measurement on the reference signal of the neighbor cell, maintaining data transmission with the terminal and stopping performing the beam measurement on the reference signal of the neighbor cell.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the beam measurement result of the neighbor cell comprises: a neighbor cell identifier, an antenna panel identifier, a group identifier, a reference signal identifier, a reference signal received power of layer 1, a reference signal received quality of layer 1, or a signal to interference & noise ratio of layer 1.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the beam measurement result of the neighbor cell is a group-based measurement result report of the neighbor cell, wherein multiple reference signals in the group are those that can be received by the terminal simultaneously, or multiple reference signals in the group are those that cannot be received by the terminal simultaneously.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining and sending a transmission configuration value of the neighbor cell.

16. A beam measurement device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to execute a beam measurement method of claim 1 .

17. A beam measurement device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to execute a beam measurement method of claim 9 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2022
From: LI, MINGJU
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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