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US 12,609,857 · App. 18/665,497 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Downlink signal receiving method, terminal, and source base station

Inventors: Xizeng Dai (Beijing, CN); Hong Wang (Beijing, CN); Jian Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Xingqing Cheng (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L27/265H04W36/00692H04W36/0072H04W36/18H04W36/249H04W52/52H04W36/08
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Patent No.
US 12,609,857
App. No.
18/665,497
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a downlink signal receiving method, a terminal, and a source base station. The method includes: sending a first capability indication to a source base station, wherein the first capability indication indicates that the terminal has an intra-frequency receiving capability; in response to the first capability indication, receiving a first message from the source base station, wherein the first message comprises a first indication, and the first indication indicates the terminal to receive, during a handover process, a downlink signal from the source base station and a downlink signal from a target base station, wherein the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station have a same frequency; and receiving during the handover process, the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station based on the first indication.

Claims (70)

1 . A downlink signal receiving method, wherein the method comprises:

sending, by a terminal, a first capability indication to a source base station, wherein the first capability indication indicates that the terminal has an intra-frequency receiving capability;

in response to the first capability indication indicating that the terminal has an intra-frequency receiving capability, receiving, by the terminal and from the source base station, a first message that comprises a first indication indicating the terminal to receive, during a handover process and on a same frequency, both a downlink signal from the source base station and a downlink signal from a target base station; and

receiving, by the terminal, during the handover process, the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station based on the first indication, and wherein the method further comprises:

setting, by the terminal and based on a fading margin, a fixed automatic gain control (AGC) gain applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station, wherein the first indication indicates the fading margin or the first message further comprises a third indication that indicates the fading margin; and

sending, by the terminal, a third capability indication to the source base station, wherein the third capability indication indicates that the terminal has a capability of setting the fixed AGC gain based on a fading margin.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving, by the terminal, the downlink signals from the source base station and the target base station based on the first indication comprises:

configuring, by the terminal, at least two processing resources based on the first indication, wherein each processing resource of the at least two processing resources comprises a baseband resource and a fast fourier transformation (FFT) and the at least two processing resources correspond to a same carrier frequency;

receiving, by the terminal, the downlink signal from the source base station by using a first processing resource in the at least two processing resources; and

receiving, by the terminal, the downlink signal from the target base station by using a second processing resource in the at least two processing resources, wherein

the first processing resource is different from the second processing resource.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein if the terminal has a carrier aggregation capability, a bandwidth of the baseband resource comprised in the first processing resource is the same as a bandwidth of the baseband resource comprised in the second processing resource, and a size of the FFT corresponding to the first processing resource is the same as a size of the FFT corresponding to the second processing resource; or

if the terminal does not have a carrier aggregation capability, a bandwidth of the baseband resource comprised in the second processing resource is less than or equal to a bandwidth of the baseband resource comprised in the first processing resource, and a size of the FFT corresponding to the second processing resource is less than or equal to a size of the FFT corresponding to the first processing resource, wherein the bandwidth of the baseband resource comprised in the second processing resource is less than or equal to a preset bandwidth threshold.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

skipping adjusting, by the terminal, an automatic gain control (AGC) gain applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station during the handover process;

wherein:

the skipping adjusting, by the terminal, an automatic gain control (AGC) gain applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station during the handover process is performed based on the first indication; or

the skipping adjusting, by the terminal, an automatic gain control (AGC) gain applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station during the handover process is performed based on a second indication, wherein the first message further comprises the second indication.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the terminal, a second capability indication to the source base station, wherein the second capability indication indicates that the terminal has a capability of skipping adjusting the AGC gain.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first message further comprises a start time point; and

the receiving, by the terminal, the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station based on the first indication comprises:

starting, by the terminal at the start time point, to receive the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station based on the first indication.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:

stopping, by the terminal at an end time point, receiving the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station, wherein the first message further comprises the end time point; or

stopping, by the terminal after a first duration from the start time point, receiving the downlink signals from the source base station and the target base station, wherein the first message further comprises the first duration.

8 . A downlink signal receiving method, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a source base station, a first capability indication from a terminal, wherein the first capability indication indicates that the terminal has an intra-frequency receiving capability;

in response to the first capability indication indicating that the terminal has an intra-frequency receiving capability, generating, by the source base station, a first message that comprises a first indication indicating the terminal to receive, during a handover process and on a same frequency, both a downlink signal from the source base station and a downlink signal from a target base station; and

sending, by the source base station, the first message to the terminal, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, from the terminal, a third capability indication, wherein the third capability indication indicates that the terminal has a capability of setting a fixed automatic gain control (AGC) gain applied to the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station, wherein the fixed AGC gain is set based on a fading margin that is indicated by first indication or indicated by a third indication in the first message.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprising:

indicating, by the source base station, to the terminal to skip adjusting an automatic gain control (AGC) applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station during the handover process;

wherein:

the indicating, by the source base station, to the terminal to skip adjusting an automatic gain control (AGC) applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station during the handover process is performed based on the first indication; or

the indicating, by the source base station, to the terminal to skip adjusting an automatic gain control (AGC) applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station during the handover process is performed based on a second indication, wherein the first message further comprises the second indication.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the source base station, a second capability indication from the terminal, wherein the second capability indication indicates that the terminal has a capability of skipping adjusting an AGC gain.

11 . A communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus comprises at least one processor; and

the at least one processor is configured to perform operations comprising:

sending a first capability indication to a source base station, wherein the first capability indication indicates that a terminal has an intra-frequency receiving capability;

in response to the first capability indication indicating that the terminal has an intra-frequency receiving capability, receiving, from the source base station, a first message that comprises a first indication indicating the terminal to receive, during a handover process and on a same frequency, both a downlink signal from the source base station and a downlink signal from a target base station; and

receiving, during the handover process, the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station based on the first indication, and wherein the operations further comprise:

setting, based on a fading margin, a fixed automatic gain control (AGC) gain applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station, wherein the first indication indicates the fading margin or the first message further comprises a third indication that indicates the fading margin; and

sending a third capability indication to the source base station, wherein the third capability indication indicates that the terminal has a capability of setting the fixed AGC gain based on a fading margin.

12 . The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the receiving the downlink signals from the source base station and the target base station based on the first indication comprises:

configuring at least two processing resources based on the first indication, wherein each processing resource of the at least two processing resources comprises a baseband resource and a fast fourier transformation (FFT) a and the at least two processing resources correspond to a same carrier frequency;

receiving the downlink signal from the source base station by using a first processing resource in the at least two processing resources; and

receiving the downlink signal from the target base station by using a second processing resource in the at least two processing resources, wherein

the first processing resource is different from the second processing resource.

13 . The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the operations comprise:

based on the first indication or a second indication, skipping adjusting an automatic gain control (AGC) gain applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station during the handover process, wherein the first message further comprises the second indication.

14 . The communication apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the operations comprise:

sending a second capability indication to the source base station, wherein the second capability indication indicates that the terminal has a capability of skipping adjusting the AGC gain.

15 . The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first message further comprises a start time point; and

the receiving the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station based on the first indication comprises:

starting, at the start time point, to receive the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station based on the first indication.

16 . The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a second capability indication from the terminal, wherein the second capability indication indicates that the terminal has a capability of skipping adjusting an AGC gain.

17 . A communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus comprises at least one processor; and

the at least one processor is configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first capability indication from a terminal, wherein the first capability indication indicates that the terminal has an intra-frequency receiving capability;

in response to the first capability indication indicating that the terminal has an intra-frequency receiving capability, generating a first message that comprises a first indication indicating the terminal to receive, during a handover process and on a same frequency, both a downlink signal from a source base station and a downlink signal from a target base station; and

sending the first message to the terminal, and wherein the operations further comprises:

receiving, from the terminal, a third capability indication, wherein the third capability indication indicates that the terminal has a capability of setting a fixed automatic gain control (AGC) gain applied to the downlink signal from the source base station and the downlink signal from the target base station, wherein the fixed AGC gain is set based on a fading margin that is indicated by first indication or indicated by a third indication in the first message.

18 . The communication apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the operations comprise:

indicating to the terminal to skip adjusting an automatic gain control (AGC) applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station during the handover process;

wherein:

the indicating to the terminal to skip adjusting an automatic gain control (AGC) applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station during the handover process is performed based on the first indication; or

the indicating to the terminal to skip adjusting an automatic gain control (AGC) applied to the downlink signal received from the source base station and the downlink signal received from the target base station during the handover process is performed based on a second indication, wherein the first message further comprises the second indication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2026
From: DAI, XIZENG; WANG, HONG; ZHANG, JIAN; CHENG, XINGQING
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073564/0343 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17332580 · May 27, 2021
Continuation PCTCN2018118722 · Nov 30, 2018
Related Publication 20240306063A1 · Sep 12, 2024
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