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US 12,647,227 · App. 17/866,134 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Simultaneous downlink transmission and uplink panel switching

Inventors: Bo Gao (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Ke Yao (Shenzhen, CN); Yang Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhen He (Shenzhen, CN); Wenjun Yan (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04L5/0048H04L1/1812H04L5/0053
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Patent No.
US 12,647,227
App. No.
17/866,134
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one aspect, a method of wireless communications is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a wireless device from a network device, one or more reference signals. The method further includes transmitting, by the wireless device, a report, wherein the report includes at least one of a first reference signal, a channel quality, an uplink transmission parameter, a first group information, a carrier component, or a control resource set pool.

Claims (53)

1 . A method of wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device from a network device, one or more reference signals;

transmitting, by the wireless device, a report, wherein the report indicates a first reference signal, a first group information, and a carrier component,

wherein the first reference signal is associated with a control resource set (CORESET) pool,

wherein a first condition comprises a metric corresponding to a second reference signal or a second group information is greater than or equal to a first threshold,

wherein the first condition is satisfied, and

wherein the metric comprises a block error ratio, an uplink duty cycle, or a maximum power reduction;

receiving, by the wireless device, a confirmation message from the network device, wherein the confirmation message comprises a downlink control information (DCI) with an indication for new data for an uplink shared channel of the report in a control resource set (CORESET) or search space, and

wherein the indication for new data for the uplink shared channel of the report is associated with a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number as the uplink shared channel of the report; and

performing:

receiving a downlink reference signal or a downlink channel according to the first reference signal, wherein the downlink reference signal or the downlink channel is associated with a same control resource set pool as the first reference signal, and

transmitting an uplink reference signal or an uplink channel according to the first reference signal, wherein the uplink reference signal or the uplink channel is associated with a same control resource set pool as the first reference signal.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the report comprises a media access control control element (MAC-CE) message.

3 . A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor and memory with executable instructions stored thereon, the executable instructions causing, when executed, operations comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device from a network device, one or more reference signals;

transmitting, by the wireless device, a report, wherein the report indicates a first reference signal, a first group information, and a carrier component,

wherein the first reference signal is associated with a control resource set (CORESET) pool,

wherein a first condition comprises a metric corresponding to a second reference signal or a second group information is greater than or equal to a first threshold,

wherein the first condition is satisfied, and

wherein the metric comprises a block error ratio, an uplink duty cycle, or a maximum power reduction;

receiving, by the wireless device, a confirmation message from the network device, wherein the confirmation message comprises a downlink control information (DCI) with an indication for new data for an uplink shared channel of the report in a control resource set (CORESET) or search space, and

wherein the indication for new data for the uplink shared channel of the report is associated with a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number as the uplink shared channel of the report; and

performing:

receiving a downlink reference signal or a downlink channel according to the first reference signal, wherein the downlink reference signal or the downlink channel is associated with a same control resource set pool or a same first group information as the first reference signal, and

transmitting an uplink reference signal or an uplink channel according to the first reference signal, wherein the uplink reference signal or the uplink channel is associated with a same control resource set pool or a same first group information as the first reference signal.

4 . The wireless communication apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the report comprises a media access control control element (MAC-CE) message.

5 . A method of wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting, by a network device to a wireless device from, one or more reference signals;

receiving, by the network device, a report, wherein the report indicates a first reference signal, a first group information, and a carrier component,

wherein the first reference signal is associated with a control resource set (CORESET) pool,

wherein a first condition comprises a metric corresponding to a second reference signal or a second group information is greater than or equal to a first threshold,

wherein the first condition is satisfied, and

wherein the metric comprises a block error ratio, an uplink duty cycle, or a maximum power reduction;

transmitting, by the network device, a confirmation message to the wireless device, wherein the confirmation message comprises a downlink control information (DCI) with an indication for new data for an uplink shared channel of the report in a control resource set (CORESET) or search space, and

wherein the indication for new data for the uplink shared channel of the report is associated with a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number as the uplink shared channel of the report; and

performing:

transmitting a downlink reference signal or a downlink channel according to the first reference signal, wherein the downlink reference signal or the downlink channel is associated with a same control resource set pool or a same first group information as the first reference signal, and

receiving an uplink reference signal or an uplink channel according to the first reference signal, wherein the uplink reference signal or the uplink channel is associated with a same control resource set pool or a same first group information as the first reference signal.

6 . A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor and memory with executable instructions stored thereon, the executable instructions causing, when executed, operations comprising:

transmitting, by a network device to a wireless device from, one or more reference signals;

receiving, by the network device, a report, wherein the report indicates a first reference signal, a first group information, and a carrier component,

wherein the first reference signal is associated with a control resource set (CORESET) pool,

wherein a first condition comprises a metric corresponding to a second reference signal or a second group information is greater than or equal to a first threshold,

wherein the first condition is satisfied, and

wherein the metric comprises a block error ratio, an uplink duty cycle, or a maximum power reduction;

transmitting, by the network device, a confirmation message to the wireless device, wherein the confirmation message comprises a downlink control information (DCI) with an indication for new data for an uplink shared channel of the report in a control resource set (CORESET) or search space, and

wherein the indication for new data for the uplink shared channel of the report is associated with a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number as the uplink shared channel of the report; and

performing

transmitting a downlink reference signal or a downlink channel according to the first reference signal, wherein the downlink reference signal or the downlink channel is associated with a same control resource set pool or a same first group information as the first reference signal, and

receiving an uplink reference signal or an uplink channel according to the first reference signal, wherein the uplink reference signal or the uplink channel is associated with a same control resource set pool or a same first group information as the first reference signal.

7 . The wireless communication apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the report comprises a media access control control element (MAC-CE) message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: GAO, BO; LU, ZHAOHUA; YAO, KE; ZHANG, YANG; HE, ZHEN; YAN, WENJUN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020107902 · Aug 7, 2020
Related Publication 20220353036A1 · Nov 3, 2022
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