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Granted Patent B2
US 12,494,822 · App. 18/294,931 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Uplink (UL) beam reset after maximum permissible exposure (MPE) report

Inventors: Fang Yuan (Beijing, CN); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04B7/0404H04B7/063H04B7/0695H04L1/1812H04L5/0055H04W52/367
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Patent No.
US 12,494,822
App. No.
18/294,931
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The UE transmits, to a network entity via a first beam, a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) report indicating a second beam. The UE then receives a response indicating an acknowledgment of the MPE report from the network entity. The UE then transmits an uplink (UL) transmission using the second beam to the network entity.

Claims (43)

1 . A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting, to a network entity via a first beam, a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) report indicating at least one second beam, wherein transmission of the MPE report is triggered when a timer associated with the MPE report has expired;

receiving, from the network entity, a response indicating an acknowledgment of the MPE report; and

transmitting, to the network entity, an uplink (UL) transmission using the at least one second beam.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the MPE report is transmitted via a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and wherein the PUSCH has a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identity document (ID).

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the MPE report is transmitted with a power headroom report (PHR) indicating power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) values for different UL beams to a cell.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the MPE report is transmitted in response to detecting an MPE event, on one of multiple component carriers (CCs) configured with a cell in a carrier aggregation (CA), indicating a change in at least one of pathloss or power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) values beyond a threshold.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the response is received via a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling another PUSCH having a same HARQ ID as the PUSCH carrying the MPE report, and wherein the DCI indicates a new data assignment indicator.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the UE resets a current UL beam for UL transmissions in different cells, after at least 28 symbols from a receipt of the DCI.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a sub carrier spacing (SCS) configuration for the 28 symbols is a smallest SCS configuration of an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception and of active DL BWPs of: all cells in a carrier aggregation (CA) configured to the UE or all cells reported in the MPE report.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE resets a current UL beam for a cell, based on the at least one second beam indicated in the MPE report, when the MPE report at least indicates that power reduction for UL transmissions using the current UL beam for the cell.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the MPE report further indicates a power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) value corresponding to the current UL beam, and wherein the P-MPR value is more than a threshold.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the MPE report further indicates a power headroom value corresponding to the current UL beam, and wherein the power headroom value is less than a threshold.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the UE resets power control parameters for the cell along with the reset of the current UL beam for the cell.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the UE applies the power control parameters associated with a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) for UL channels in the cell, when the current UL beam is associated with the TCI.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the UE applies default values of the power control parameters associated with the current UL beam for UL channels in the cell, when the current UL beam is not associated with a transmission configuration indicator (TCI).

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the MPE report further indicates a third beam for a first component carrier (CC 1 ) and a fourth beam for a second component carrier (CC 2 ).

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the UE transmits a first UL transmission using the third beam on the CC 1 and a second UL transmission using the fourth beam on the CC 2 .

16 . A method for wireless communications by a network entity, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE) via a first beam, a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) report indicating at least one second beam, wherein the MPE report is received when a timer associated with the MPE report has expired;

transmitting, to the UE, a response indicating an acknowledgment of the MPE report; and

receiving, from the UE, an uplink (UL) transmission via the at least one second beam.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the MPE report is received via a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and wherein the PUSCH has a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identity document (ID).

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the MPE report is received with a power headroom report (PHR) indicating power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) values for different UL beams to a cell.

19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the response is transmitted via a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling another PUSCH having a same HARQ ID as the PUSCH carrying the MPE report, and wherein the DCI indicates a new data assignment indicator.

20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the MPE report further indicates a third beam for a first component carrier (CC 1 ) and a fourth beam for a second component carrier (CC 2 ).

21 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the network entity receives a first UL transmission using the third beam on the CC 1 and a second UL transmission using the fourth beam on the CC 2 .

22 . An apparatus for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one processor and a memory configured to:

transmit, to a network entity via a first beam, a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) report indicating at least one second beam, wherein transmission of the MPE report is triggered when a timer associated with the MPE report has expired;

receive, from the network entity, a response indicating an acknowledgment of the MPE report; and

transmit, to the network entity, an uplink (UL) transmission using the at least one second beam.

23 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the MPE report is transmitted via a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and wherein the PUSCH has a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identity document (ID).

24 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the MPE report is transmitted with a power headroom report (PHR) indicating power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) values for different UL beams to a cell.

25 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the MPE report is transmitted in response to detecting an MPE event, on one of multiple component carriers (CCs) configured with a cell in a carrier aggregation (CA), indicating a change in at least one of pathloss or power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) values beyond a threshold.

26 . An apparatus for wireless communications by a network entity, comprising:

at least one processor and a memory configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE) via a first beam, a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) report indicating at least one second beam, wherein the MPE report is received when a timer associated with the MPE report has expired;

transmit, to the UE, a response indicating an acknowledgment of the MPE report; and

receive, from the UE, an uplink (UL) transmission via the at least one second beam.

27 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the MPE report is received via a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and wherein the PUSCH has a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identity document (ID).

28 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the MPE report is received with a power headroom report (PHR) indicating power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) values for different UL beams to a cell.

29 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the response is transmitted via a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling another PUSCH having a same HARQ ID as the PUSCH carrying the MPE report, and wherein the DCI indicates a new data assignment indicator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2024
From: YUAN, FANG; ZHOU, YAN; LUO, TAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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