Granted Patent B2

US 12,633,990 · App. 18/317,449 · Granted May 19, 2026

Inventors: Yan Li (Beijing, CN); Huiyang Wang (Beijing, CN); Meifang Jing (Beijing, CN); Jiajia Wang (Beijing, CN); Yi Zhao (Beijing, CN); Xiaohui Yang (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

H04B7/0695H04B7/0408H04B17/336

Abstract

Claims (72)

1 . A method performed by an electronic device of a base station, comprising:

obtaining beam priority information of a plurality of beams for a plurality of user equipments (UEs);

obtaining inter-beam interference information of the plurality of beams;

identifying, based on the beam priority information and the inter-beam interference information, one of a plurality of beam pairing sets comprising two or more beams among the plurality of beams, wherein the identified beam pairing set includes a first downlink beam and a second downlink beam, the first downlink beam is used for communicating with a first UE of the at least one of the plurality of UEs, and the second downlink beam is used for communicating with a second UE of the at least one of the plurality of UEs; and

performing communication with at least one of the plurality of UEs via the identified beam pairing set.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, based on signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) information on the plurality of beams, UE distribution information on the plurality of UEs;

setting the UE distribution information as input values of a plurality of kernels related to a specified model; and

obtaining, based on output values of the plurality of kernels, beam priority information of the plurality of beams.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

updating, based on identifying a designated event, the SINR information.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving measurement report messages from the plurality of UEs;

identifying, based on the measurement report messages, a part of space representing inter-beam interference;

identifying, using an interpolation scheme, remaining part of the space based on the part of the space; and

obtaining, based on the part of the space and the remaining part of the space, the inter-beam interference information of the plurality of beams.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

obtaining, based on the measurement report messages, physical resource block (PRB) usage information on the plurality of beams;

changing, based on the PRB usage information, the inter-beam interference information of the plurality of beams; and

identifying, based on the changed inter-beam interference information, interference loss information.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

identifying first data transmission rate of a single-beam;

identifying, based on the changed inter-beam interference information, second data transmission rate of a two-beam pairing; and

identifying the interference loss information based on a ratio of the second data transmission rate to the first data transmission rate.

7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

identifying, based on the beam priority information and the interference loss information, the plurality of beam pairing sets,

wherein each of the plurality of beam pairing sets comprises two or more two or more beams among the plurality of beams.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein at least one set of the plurality of beam pairing sets comprising two beams is identified based on interference loss information between two beams,

wherein at least one set of the plurality of beam pairing sets comprising three beams is identified based on interference loss information between three beams, and

wherein at least one set of the plurality of beam pairing sets comprising four beams is identified based on interference loss information between three beams.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, based on the beam priority information and the inter-beam interference information, a plurality of indexes related to the plurality of beam pairing sets, wherein the plurality of indexes indicating beam pairing priorities of the plurality of beam pairing sets respectively; and

identifying, based on the plurality of indexes, one of the plurality of beam pairing sets having the highest index.

10 . An electronic device of a base station, comprising:

a transceiver;

at least one processor including processing circuitry and coupled to the transceiver; and

a memory storing instructions which, when executed individually and/or collectively by the at least one processor, controls the electronic device to:

obtain beam priority information of a plurality of beams for a plurality of user equipments (UEs),

obtain inter-beam interference information of the plurality of beams,

identify, based on the beam priority information and the inter-beam interference information, one of a plurality of beam pairing sets comprising two or more beams among the plurality of beams, wherein the identified beam pairing set includes a first downlink beam and a second downlink beam, the first downlink beam is used for communicating with a first UE of the at least one of the plurality of UEs, and the second downlink beam is used for communicating with a second UE of the at least one of the plurality of UEs, and

perform communication with at least one of the plurality of UEs via the identified beam pairing set.

11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed individually and/or collectively by the at least one processor, controls the electronic device to:

identify, based on signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) information on the plurality of beams, UE distribution information on the plurality of UEs,

set the UE distribution information as input values of a plurality of kernels related to a specified model, and

obtain, based on output values of the plurality of kernels, beam priority information of the plurality of beams.

12 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed individually and/or collectively by the at least one processor, controls the electronic device to update based on identifying a designated event, the SINR information.

13 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed individually and/or collectively by the at least one processor, controls the electronic device to:

receive measurement report messages from the plurality of UEs,

identify, based on the measurement report messages, a part of space representing inter-beam interference,

identify, using an interpolation scheme, remaining part of the space based on the part of the space, and

obtain, based on the part of the space and the remaining part of the space, the inter-beam interference information of the plurality of beams.

14 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed individually and/or collectively by the at least one processor, controls the electronic device to:

obtain, based on the measurement report messages, physical resource block (PRB) usage information on the plurality of beams,

change, based on the PRB usage information, the inter-beam interference information of the plurality of beams, and

identify, based on the changed inter-beam interference information, interference loss information.

15 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed individually and/or collectively by the at least one processor, controls the electronic device to:

identify first data transmission rate of a single-beam,

identify, based on the changed inter-beam interference information, second data transmission rate of a two-beam pairing, and

identify the interference loss information based on a ratio of the second data transmission rate to the first data transmission rate.

16 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed individually and/or collectively by the at least one processor, controls the electronic device to identify, based on the beam priority information and the interference loss information, the plurality of beam pairing sets,

wherein each of the plurality of beam pairing sets comprises two or more two or more beams among the plurality of beams.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein at least one set of the plurality of beam pairing sets comprising two beams is identified based on interference loss information between two beams,

wherein at least one set of the plurality of beam pairing sets comprising three beams is identified based on interference loss information between three beams, and

wherein at least one set of the plurality of beam pairing sets comprising four beams is identified based on interference loss information between three beams.

18 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed individually and/or collectively by the at least one processor, controls the electronic device to:

identify, based on the beam priority information and the inter-beam interference information, a plurality of indexes related to the plurality of beam pairing sets, wherein the plurality of indexes indicating beam pairing priorities of the plurality of beam pairing sets respectively, and

identify, based on the plurality of indexes, one of the plurality of beam pairing sets having the highest index.

19 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs including instructions, which, when being executed by processing circuitry of an electronic device with a transceiver, cause the processing circuitry to:

obtain beam priority information of a plurality of beams for a plurality of user equipments (UEs),

obtain inter-beam interference information of the plurality of beams,

identify, based on the beam priority information and the inter-beam interference information, one of a plurality of beam pairing sets comprising two or more beams among the plurality of beams, wherein the identified beam pairing set includes a first downlink beam and a second downlink beam, the first downlink beam is used for communicating with a first UE of the at least one of the plurality of UEs, and the second downlink beam is used for communicating with a second UE of the at least one of the plurality of UEs, and

perform communication with at least one of the plurality of UEs via the identified beam pairing set.

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