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US 10,790,896 · App. 16/410,498 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Systems and methods for L1-RSRP measurement accuracy for beam detection

Inventors: Hua Li (Beijing, CN); Yang Tang (Santa Clara, CA); Jie Cui (Santa Clara, CA); Shuang Tian (Santa Clara, CA); Yuhan Zhou (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
H04B7/0695H04B7/0626
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Patent No.
US 10,790,896
App. No.
16/410,498
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods provide for beam detection in a wireless communication system. An apparatus for a UE may be configured to identify a plurality of CSI-RS resources corresponding to different Tx beams configured for measurement by the UE, measure an L1-RSRP for the plurality of CSI-RS resources, determine a selected Tx beam of the different Tx beams based on measured L1-RSRP values for the plurality of CSI-RS resources, and determine a measurement accuracy of a first L1-RSRP value corresponding to the selected Tx beam based on successful beam detection probability.

Claims (27)

1. An apparatus for a user equipment (UE) for beam detection in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the apparatus to:

identify a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources corresponding to different transmit (Tx) beams configured for measurement by the UE;

measure a layer one reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) for the plurality of CSI-RS resources;

determine a selected Tx beam of the different Tx beams based on measured L1-RSRP values for the plurality of CSI-RS resources; and

determine a measurement accuracy of a first L1-RSRP value corresponding to the selected Tx beam based on successful beam detection probability.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the CSI-RS resources configured for L1-RSRP measurement are transmitted with a density of three or more resource element (RE) per resource block (RB) per port.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein to measure the L1-RSRP for the plurality of CSI-RS resources comprises measuring three samples of the L1-RSRP for each of the plurality CSI-RS resources.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the instructions further configure the apparatus to average the three samples corresponding to each of the plurality of CSI-RS resources.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further configure the apparatus to:

measure a single sample of L1-RSRP for each of the of the plurality CSI-RS resources;

determine whether a first beam detection probability of a first candidate Tx beam based on the single sample is greater than a threshold probability value;

if the first beam detection probability is greater than the threshold probability value, select the first candidate Tx beam as the selected Tx beam; and

if the first beam detection probability is not greater than the threshold probability value:

measure multiple samples of L1-RSRP for each of the plurality CSI-RS resources; and

in response to determining that a second beam detection probability of a second candidate Tx beam based on the multiple samples is greater than the threshold probability value, select the second candidate Tx beam as the selected Tx beam.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the instructions further configure the apparatus to average the multiples samples corresponding to respective CSI-RS resources.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the threshold probability value is about 90%.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the multiple samples comprises three or more samples to achieve the successful beam detection probability.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to determine the selected Tx beam comprises:

determine a largest L1-RSRP of the measured L1-RSRP values for the plurality of CSI-RS resources, the largest L1-RSRP corresponding to a candidate Tx beam;

compare the candidate Tx beam to a predetermined Tx beam in a measurement period; and

based on the comparison, calculate the successful beam detection probability.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein for a Tx beam configuration, the instructions further configure the apparatus to equally sample the different Tx beams in a spatial domain.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further configure the apparatus to equally divide Tx beam directions of the different Tx beams by 360°/N, where N is a Tx beam number.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further configure the apparatus to generate a report including at least one of the first L1-RSRP value and an indication of the selected Tx beam.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2020
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 052414/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2019
From: LI, HUA; TANG, YANG; CUI, JIE; TIAN, SHUANG
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050374/0189 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62671339 · May 14, 2018
Related Publication 20190268061A1 · Aug 29, 2019