Granted Patent B2

US 12,335,001 · App. 17/798,505 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventors: Runhua Chen (Beijing, CN); Hui Li (Beijing, CN); Yajuan Luo (Beijing, CN); Qiubin Gao (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

H04B7/0602H04B7/0802H04W24/02

Abstract

Claims (92)

1. A method for determining antenna-panel switching, performed by user equipment, comprising:

determining antenna-panel switching indication information; and

performing antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information;

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least one of a switching point or an offset:

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least two switching points, and the performing antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, includes: at each of the at least two switching points indicated by the antenna-panel switching indication information, performing antenna-panel switching;

or,

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes the offset, and the performing antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, includes: when a target event is detected, at a time point determined by adding the offset to a trigger time of the target event, performing antenna-panel switching; wherein the target event includes at least one of the following:

target communication event;

system timing arrives;

a base station sends a first target signaling; or,

the user equipment sends a second target signaling.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining antenna-panel switching indication information, includes at least one of the following:

obtaining the antenna-panel switching indication information indicated by a base station;

according to system predefined information, determining the antenna-panel switching indication information; or,

determining, by the user equipment itself, the antenna-panel switching indication information.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein when the user equipment itself determines the antenna-panel switching indication information, the method further includes:

reporting the antenna-panel switching indication information to the base station.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the reporting the antenna-panel switching indication information to the base station, includes: reporting the antenna-panel switching indication information to the base station, through an uplink channel or a triggered target communication event;

or,

wherein before the user equipment reports the antenna-panel switching indication information to the base station, the method further includes: sending a switching information configuration request to the base station, and receiving a configuration instruction sent by the base station according to the configuration request; wherein the reporting the antenna-panel switching indication information to the base station, includes: according to the configuration instruction, reporting the antenna-panel switching indication information to the base station.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the obtaining the antenna-panel switching indication information indicated by the base station, includes:

obtaining the antenna-panel switching indication information sent by the base station through physical layer signaling or higher layer signaling; or,

according to a target communication event triggered by the base station, obtaining the antenna-panel switching indication information; wherein the target communication event includes at least one of the following:

one synchronization signal and PBCH block (SSB) beam transmission

performing downlink beam measurement reporting;

beam failure reporting;

sending beam failure recovery request;

performing new beam reporting;

performing uplink beam sweeping;

sending content-based random access channel (RACH);

performing downlink beam sweeping;

using media access control control unit (MAC-CE) scheduled by downlink control information (DCI) to reconfigure signals;

responding to downlink beam failure;

receiving content-based RACH; or,

triggering a RACH with no content.

6. A method for determining antenna-panel switching, performed by a base station, comprising:

determining antenna-panel switching indication information of user equipment;

determining, according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, whether the user equipment has performed antenna-panel switching:

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least one of a switching point or an offset;

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least two switching points, and the determining, according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, whether the user equipment has performed antenna-panel switching, includes: determining whether the user equipment performs antenna-panel switching at each of the at least two switching points indicated by the antenna-panel switching indication information;

or,

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes the offset, and the determining, according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, whether the user equipment has performed antenna-panel switching, includes: determining that when the user equipment detects a target event, the user equipment performs antenna-panel switching at a time point determined by adding the offset to a trigger time of the target event; wherein the target event includes at least one of the following:

target communication event;

system timing arrives;

the base station sends a first target signaling; or,

the user equipment sends a second target signaling.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the determining antenna-panel switching indication information, includes at least one of the following:

obtaining the antenna-panel switching indication information reported by the user equipment;

according to system predefined information, determining the antenna-panel switching indication information; or,

determining, by the base station itself, the antenna-panel switching indication information.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the obtaining the antenna-panel switching indication information reported by the user equipment, includes: obtaining the antenna-panel switching indication information reported by the user equipment to the base station through an uplink channel or a triggered target communication event;

or,

wherein before obtaining the antenna-panel switching indication information reported by the user equipment, the method further includes: obtaining switching information configuration request sent by the user equipment; in response to the switching information configuration request, sending a configuration instruction to the user equipment, so that the user equipment reports the antenna-panel switching indication information to the base station, according to the configuration instruction;

or,

wherein after the base station itself determines the antenna-panel switching indication information, the method further includes: indicating the antenna-panel switching indication information to the user equipment.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the indicating the antenna-panel switching indication information to the user equipment, includes:

indicating the antenna-panel switching indication information to the user equipment through physical layer signaling or high layer signaling; or

indicating the antenna-panel switching indication information to the user equipment by triggering a target communication event; wherein the target communication event includes at least one of the following:

one synchronization signal and PBCH block (SSB) beam transmission;

downlink beam measurement reporting;

beam failure reporting;

sending beam failure recovery request;

performing new beam reporting;

performing uplink beam sweeping;

sending content-based random access channel (RACH);

performing downlink beam sweeping;

using media access control control unit (MAC-CE) scheduled by downlink control information (DCI) to reconfigure signals;

responding to downlink beam failure;

receiving content-based RACH; or,

triggering a RACH with no content.

10. User equipment, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executed by the processor; the processor is configured to,

determine antenna-panel switching indication information; and

perform antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information;

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least one of a switching point or an offset:

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least two switching points; and when performing antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, the processor is configured to, at each of the at least two switching points indicated by the antenna-panel switching indication information, perform antenna-panel switching;

or,

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes the offset; and when performing antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, the processor is configured to, when a target event is detected, at a time point determined by adding the offset to a trigger time of the target event, perform antenna-panel switching; wherein the target event includes at least one of the following:

target communication event;

system timing arrives;

a base station sends a first target signaling; or,

the user equipment sends a second target signaling.

11. A base station for performing the method according to claim 6 , comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executed by the processor; the processor is configured to,

determine antenna-panel switching indication information of user equipment;

determine, according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, whether the user equipment has performed antenna-panel switching;

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least one of a switching point or an offset;

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least two switching points; and when determining, according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, whether the user equipment has performed antenna-panel switching, the processor is configured to determine whether the user equipment performs antenna-panel switching at each of the at least two switching points indicated by the antenna-panel switching indication information;

or,

wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes the offset; and when determining, according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, whether the user equipment has performed antenna-panel switching, the processor is configured to determine that when the user equipment detects a target event, the user equipment performs antenna-panel switching at a time point determined by adding the offset to a trigger time of the target event; wherein the target event includes at least one of the following:

target communication event;

system timing arrives;

the base station sends a first target signaling; or,

the user equipment sends a second target signaling.

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