IP Library Granted Patent US 12,598,041
Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,041 · App. 18/218,015 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Method and apparatus for beam management in wireless network

Inventors: Keying Wu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee 5G Global, LLC
H04L5/0048H04L5/0053
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Patent No.
US 12,598,041
App. No.
18/218,015
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosure provides a method and device in a node for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling; monitors a first-type channel in a first resource pool set; the first signaling is used to determine a target time and a first reference signal; a first resource pool subset and a second resource pool subset are respectively subsets of the first resource pool set; after the target time, for the monitoring in the target resource pool subset, the first node assumes same QCL parameters as the first reference signal; when the first reference signal belongs to the first reference signal set, the target resource pool subset is the first resource pool subset; and when the first reference signal belongs to the second reference signal set, the target resource pool subset is the second resource pool subset; when an updated beam is a beam of an adjacent cell.

Claims (51)

1 . A User Equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor;

a receiver; and

a transmitter;

the processor and the receiver configured to receive a first signaling;

the processor and the receiver configured to determine a first reference signal based on the first signaling, wherein the first reference signal belongs to a first reference signal set or a second reference signal set;

the processor and the receiver configured to determine, based on whether the first reference signal belongs to the first reference signal set or the second reference signal set, one or more Control Resource Sets (CORESETs) in which a Quasi Co-Location (QCL) relationship with the first reference signal is assumed when monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) after a target time;

the processor and the receiver configured to determine the target time based on the first signaling; and

the processor and the receiver configured to monitor the PDCCH after the target time in a first resource pool set that comprises a first resource pool subset and a second resource pool subset,

wherein the determined one or more CORESETSs are part of a target resource pool subset,

wherein, when the first reference signal belongs to the first reference signal set, the target resource pool subset is the first resource pool subset, and

wherein, when the first reference signal belongs to the second reference signal set, the target resource pool subset is the second resource pool subset.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more CORESETs belongs to the first resource pool set, and wherein, before the target time, for the one of the one or more CORESETs, a QCL relationship with a second reference signal is assumed.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the processor, the receiver, and a transmitter are configured to:

receive a first signal; or

transmit a third signal;

wherein the first signaling is used to determine scheduling information of the first signal, wherein the third signal is used to determine that the first signaling is correctly received, wherein time-domain resources occupied by the third signal are used to determine the target time, and wherein the first signaling is used to determine the time-domain resources occupied by the third signal.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein a reference signal in the first reference signal set is associated with a first cell, and wherein a reference signal in the second reference signal set is associated with a second cell, and wherein the first cell and the second cell correspond to different Physical Cell Identities (PCIs).

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to receive a first information block, wherein the first information block is used to determine the first reference signal set and the second reference signal set.

6 . A Base Station comprising:

a processor; a transmitter; and a receiver;

the processor and the transmitter configured to transmit a first signaling, the first signaling being used to determine a target time;

the processor and the transmitter configured to transmit a first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal belongs to one of a first reference signal set or a second reference signal set;

the processor and the transmitter configured to transmit a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission in a target resource pool subset after the target time, wherein the target resource pool subset comprises at least one Control Resource Set (CORESET), or, drop transmitting a first-type channel in a target resource pool subset after the target time, wherein the target resource pool subset is one of a first resource pool subset of a first resource pool set or a second resource pool subset of the first resource pool set,

wherein, when the first reference signal belongs to the first reference signal set, the target resource pool subset is the first resource pool subset,

wherein, when the first reference signal belongs to the second reference signal set, the target resource pool subset is the second resource pool subset, and

wherein, the at least one CORESET and the first reference signal have a Quasi Co-Location (QCL) relationship.

7 . The Base Station of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the one or more CORESETs belongs to the first resource pool set, wherein, before the target time, for the one of the one or more CORESETs, a QCL relationship with a second reference signal is assumed.

8 . The Base Station according of 6 , wherein the processor, the transmitter, and a receiver are configured to:

transmit a first signal; or

receive a third signal;

wherein the first signaling is used to determine scheduling information of the first signal, wherein the third signal is used to determine that the first signaling is correctly received, wherein time-domain resources occupied by the third signal are used to determine the target time, and wherein the first signaling is used to determine the time-domain resources occupied by the third signal.

9 . The Base Station of claim 6 , wherein a reference signal in the first reference signal set is associated with a first cell, wherein a reference signal in the second reference signal set is associated with a second cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell correspond to different Physical Cell Identities (PCIs).

10 . The Base Station of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit a first information block, wherein the first information block is used to determine the first reference signal set and the second reference signal set.

11 . A method performed by a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a first signaling;

determining a first reference signal based on the first signaling, wherein the first reference signal belongs to a first reference signal set or a second reference signal set

determining, based on whether the first reference signal belongs to the first reference signal set or the second reference signal set, one or more Control Resource Sets (CORESETs) in which a Quasi Co-Location (QCL) relationship with the first reference signal is assumed when monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) after a target time;

determine the target time based on the first signaling; and

monitoring the PDCCH after the target time in a first resource pool set, that comprises a first resource pool subset and a second resource pool subset, wherein the determined one or more CORESETSs are part of a target resource pool subset,

wherein, when the first reference signal belongs to the first reference signal set, the target resource pool subset is the first resource pool subset, and

wherein, when the first reference signal belongs to the second reference signal set, the target resource pool subset is the second resource pool subset.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of the one or more CORESETs belongs to the first resource pool set, and wherein, before the target time, for the one of the one or more CORESETs, a QCL relationship with a second reference signal is assumed.

13 . The UE of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving a first signal; or

transmitting a third signal;

wherein the first signaling is used to determine scheduling information of the first signal, wherein the third signal is used to determine that the first signaling is correctly received, wherein time-domain resources occupied by the third signal are used to determine the target time, and wherein the first signaling is used to determine the time-domain resources occupied by the third signal.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein a reference signal in the first reference signal set is associated with a first cell, and wherein a reference signal in the second reference signal set is associated with a second cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell correspond to different Physical Cell Identities (PCIs).

15 . The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving a first information block,

wherein the first information block is used to determine the first reference signal set and the second reference signal set.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2026
From: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
To: APOGEE 5G GLOBAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 075091/0596 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070741/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2024
From: WU, KEYING; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067112/0323 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202110060929.3 · Jan 18, 2021 · national
CN 202110556017.5 · May 21, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022072035 · Jan 14, 2022
Related Publication 20230353304A1 · Nov 2, 2023
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