IP Library Granted Patent US 12,483,315
Granted Patent B2
US 12,483,315 · App. 18/509,237 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Beam failure recovery method of base station in wireless communication system using RIS, apparatus therefor, and program therefor

Inventors: Wan Choi (Seoul, KR); Jin Kyu Lee (Seoul, KR); Kwang Jae Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
H04B7/06964H04B17/328
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Patent No.
US 12,483,315
App. No.
18/509,237
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a beam failure recovery method of a base station in a wireless communication system using an RIS. The beam failure recovery method may include configuring a candidate beam set, based on a measured RSRP value in beam sweeping using an antenna, establishing a communication link with a UE through a main beam having the measured RSRP value exceeding a predetermined threshold in the configured candidate beam set, selecting a beam, based on the measured RSRP value, from an SSB to which the main beam belongs and an SSB to which the main beam does not belong when beam failure occurs in the established communication link, and recovering the beam failure with the UE through the selected beam. Accordingly, beam failure recovery may be more effectively performed.

Claims (24)

1 . A beam failure recovery method of a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system using a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), the beam failure recovery method comprising:

configuring a candidate beam set, based on a measured reference signal received power (RSRP) value in beam sweeping using an antenna;

establishing a communication link with a user equipment (UE) through a main beam having the measured RSRP value exceeding a predetermined threshold in the configured candidate beam set;

selecting a beam, based on the measured RSRP value, from a synchronization signal block (SSB) to which the main beam belongs and an SSB to which the main beam does not belong when beam failure occurs in the established communication link; and

recovering the beam failure with the UE through the selected beam,

wherein the configuring of the candidate beam set comprises comprising a plurality of beams included in a direct path to the UE and a reflective path through the RIS in the candidate beam set, and

wherein the beam failure recovery method further comprises, before the selecting of the beam,

obtaining measured values of an angle of arrival (AoA), an angle of departure (AoD), and a time of arrival (ToA) corresponding to each beam of the candidate beam set; and

corresponding each beam to the direct path or the reflective path, based on the obtained measured values.

2 . The beam failure recovery method of claim 1 , wherein the main beam is included in one of the direct path to the UE and the reflective path through the RIS.

3 . The beam failure recovery method of claim 1 , wherein the corresponding comprises corresponding each beam to the direct path or the reflective path, based on the obtained measured values by dividing the beams into two groups, based on K-means clustering.

4 . The beam failure recovery method of claim 3 , wherein the selecting of the beam comprises selecting a beam having a highest measured RSRP value in the SSB to which the main beam belongs and the SSB to which the main beam does not belong.

5 . The beam failure recovery method of claim 3 , wherein the selecting of the beam comprises preferentially selecting a beam included in the direct path when a measured RSRP value of the beams included in the direct path and the reflective path exceeds the predetermined threshold.

6 . A program stored in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium to execute the beam failure recovery method of claim 1 in combination with a computer.

7 . A base station for performing beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system using a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), the base station comprising:

a communication unit comprising an antenna; and

a controller configured to configure a candidate beam set, based on a measured reference signal received power (RSRP) value in beam sweeping using the antenna, to establish a communication link with a user equipment (UE) through a main beam having the measured RSRP value exceeding a predetermined threshold, and to select a beam, based on the measured RSRP value, from a synchronization signal block (SSB) to which the main beam belongs and an SSB to which the main beam does not belong when beam failure occurs in the established communication link,

wherein the controller is configured to recover the beam failure with the UE through the selected beam,

wherein the controller is configured to comprise a plurality of beams included in a direct path to the UE and a reflective path through the RIS in the candidate beam set, and

wherein the controller is configured to obtain measured values of an angle of arrival (AoA), an angle of departure (AoD), and a time of arrival (ToA) corresponding to each beam of the candidate beam set, and to correspond each beam to the direct path or the reflective path, based on the obtained measured values.

8 . The base station of claim 7 , wherein the main beam is included in one of the direct path to the UE and the reflective path through the RIS.

9 . The base station of claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to correspond each beam to the direct path or the reflective path, based on the obtained measured values by dividing the beams into two groups, based on K-means clustering.

10 . The base station of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to select a beam having a highest measured RSRP value in the SSB to which the main beam belongs and the SSB to which the main beam does not belong.

11 . The base station of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to preferentially select a beam included in the direct path when a measured RSRP value of the beams included in the direct path and the reflective path exceeds the predetermined threshold.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED UNDER REEL AND FRAME 65562/0978 TO DELETE THE 3RD ASSIGNOR, JAE YOUNG PARK. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 65562 FRAME 978. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 28, 2025
From: CHOI, WAN; LEE, JIN KYU; LEE, KWANG JAE
To: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 073375/0973 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2023
From: CHOI, WAN; LEE, JIN KYU; PARK, JAE YOUNG; LEE, KWANG JAE
To: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 065562/0978 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0151473 · Nov 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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