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US 12,342,362 · App. 18/651,336 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Application time for non-serving cell reference signal update

Inventors: Tianyang Bai (Mountain View, CA); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Greentown, PA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/535H04L5/0048H04W8/24H04W52/242H04W72/0446H04W72/1273
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Patent No.
US 12,342,362
App. No.
18/651,336
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication of an update associated with a non-serving cell reference signal. The UE may select a first application time duration based at least in part on a determination that the non-serving cell reference signal has been tracked by the UE or a second application time duration based at least in part on a determination that the non-serving cell reference signal has not been tracked by the UE, resulting in a selected application time duration. The UE may apply the update associated with the non-serving cell reference signal after the selected application time duration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Claims (43)

1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories;

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:

receive an indication of an update associated with a non-serving cell reference signal of a non-serving cell, wherein the indication includes a beam indication to use a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with the non-serving cell reference signal for receiving at least one of a scheduled aperiodic reference signal or a scheduled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication;

apply the update associated with the non-serving cell reference signal after an application time duration selected from a first application time duration and a second application time duration,

wherein the first application time duration is selected based at least in part on the non-serving cell reference signal being tracked by the UE based at least in part on the UE measuring the non-serving cell reference signal, and

wherein the second application time duration is selected based at least in part on the non-serving cell reference signal not being tracked by the UE; and

receive, after the application time duration, the at least one of the scheduled aperiodic reference signal or the scheduled PDSCH communication using the TCI state associated with the non-serving cell reference signal.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the application time duration is based at least in part on a time at which the UE receives the indication.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit an acknowledgment based at least in part on receiving the indication, wherein the application time duration is based at least in part on a time at which the UE transmits the acknowledgment.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein whether the non-serving cell reference signal has been tracked by the UE is based at least in part on whether the UE has been configured to monitor the non-serving cell reference signal for inter-cell mobility measurements.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein whether the non-serving cell reference signal has been tracked by the UE is based at least in part on a reference signal being configured for measurement by the UE on the TCI state associated with the non-serving cell reference signal.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the second application time duration is longer than the first application time duration.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the second application time duration includes at least a time duration associated with a frequency.

8. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories;

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:

transmit an indication of an update associated with a non-serving cell reference signal of a non-serving cell, wherein the indication includes a beam indication to use a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with the non-serving cell reference signal for receiving at least one of a scheduled aperiodic reference signal or a scheduled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication; and

transmit, after an application time duration, the at least one of the scheduled aperiodic reference signal or the scheduled PDSCH communication using the TCI state associated with the non-serving cell reference signal,

wherein the update associated with the non-serving cell reference signal is applied after the application time duration,

wherein the application time duration is selected from a first application time duration and a second application time duration,

wherein the first application time duration is selected based at least in part on the non-serving cell reference signal being tracked by a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on the UE measuring the non-serving cell reference signal, and

wherein the second application time duration is selected based at least in part on the non-serving cell reference signal not being tracked by the UE.

9. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the application time duration is based at least in part on a time at which the indication is transmitted.

10. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive an acknowledgment based at least in part on transmitting the indication, wherein the application time duration is based at least in part on a time associated with receiving the acknowledgment.

11. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein whether the non-serving cell reference signal has been tracked by the UE is based at least in part on whether the UE has been configured to monitor the non-serving cell reference signal for inter-cell mobility measurements.

12. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein whether the non-serving cell reference signal has been tracked by the UE is based at least in part on a reference signal being configured for measurement by the UE on the TCI state associated with the non-serving cell reference signal.

13. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the second application time duration is longer than the first application time duration.

14. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the second application time duration includes at least a time duration associated with a frequency.

15. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving an indication of an update associated with a non-serving cell reference signal of a non-serving cell, wherein the indication includes a beam indication to use a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with the non-serving cell reference signal for receiving at least one of a scheduled aperiodic reference signal or a scheduled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication;

applying the update associated with the non-serving cell reference signal after an application time duration selected from a first application time duration and a second application time duration,

wherein the first application time duration is selected based at least in part on the non-serving cell reference signal being tracked by the UE based at least in part on the UE measuring the non-serving cell reference signal, and

wherein the second application time duration is selected based at least in part on the non-serving cell reference signal not being tracked by the UE; and

receiving, after the application time duration, the at least one of the scheduled aperiodic reference signal or the scheduled PDSCH communication using the TCI state associated with the non-serving cell reference signal.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the application time duration is based at least in part on a time at which the UE receives the indication.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

transmitting an acknowledgment based at least in part on receiving the indication, wherein the application time duration is based at least in part on a time at which the UE transmits the acknowledgment.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein whether the non-serving cell reference signal has been tracked by the UE is based at least in part on a reference signal being configured for measurement by the UE on the TCI state associated with the non-serving cell reference signal.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second application time duration is longer than the first application time duration.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the second application time duration includes at least a time duration associated with a frequency.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2024
From: BAI, TIANYANG; ZHOU, YAN; LI, JUNYI; LUO, TAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 068053/0647 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17205730 · Mar 18, 2021
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