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Granted Patent B2
US 10,812,165 · App. 16/686,603 · Granted Oct 20, 2020

Method and apparatus for measuring and reporting beams in a beamforming based system

Inventors: Anshuman Nigam (Bangalore, IN); Jungsoo Jung (Seongnam-si, KR); Sunheui Ryoo (Yongin-si, KR); Jungmin Moon (Suwon-si, KR); Sungjin Lee (Bucheon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04B7/063H04B7/0634H04W16/28
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Patent No.
US 10,812,165
App. No.
16/686,603
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Disclosed is a method of reporting beam measurement state information by a User Equipment (UE). The method may include: measuring beam state information by using a first reception chain and a second reception chain; controlling beam state information on the first reception chain to correspond to beam state information on the second reception chain; calculating state information on each beam based on the controlled beam state information on the first reception chain and beam state information on the second reception chain; and reporting state information on one or more beams.

Claims (64)

1. A method performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, measurement report configuration information including first information associated with a threshold value;

measuring a plurality of beams transmitted from a base station based on the measurement report configuration information;

deriving a measurement result based on measurement values of the plurality of beams; and

transmitting the measurement result to the base station,

wherein the measurement result is derived by averaging the measured values of the plurality of beams above a threshold value indicated based on the first information.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the measurement report configuration information includes second information associated with a number of measurement results per beam from a base station, and

wherein a number of the measurement values is determined based on the second information.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the number of the measurement values is equal to or less than the number of the measurement results per beam.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a report of the measurement result is triggered based on a threshold value for a measure report.

5. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the second information indicates a maximum number of measurement values to be averaged per beam.

6. A terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to:

receive, from a base station via the transceiver, measurement report configuration information including first information associated with a threshold value,

measure a plurality of beams transmitted from a base station based on the measurement report configuration information,

derive a measurement result based on measurement values of the plurality of beams, and

transmit the measurement result to the base station via the transceiver,

wherein the measurement result is derived by averaging the measured values of the plurality of beams above a threshold value indicated based on the first information.

7. The terminal of claim 6 ,

wherein the measurement report configuration information includes second information associated with a number of measurement results per beam from a base station, and

wherein a number of the measurement values is determined based on the second information.

8. The terminal of claim 7 ,

wherein the number of the measurement values is equal to or less than the number of the measurement results per beam.

9. The terminal of claim 6 ,

wherein a report of the measurement result is triggered based on a threshold value for a measure report.

10. The terminal of claim 7 ,

wherein the second information indicates a maximum number of measurement values to be averaged per beam.

11. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, measurement report configuration information including first information associated with a threshold value;

transmitting signals based on a plurality of beams to the terminal; and

receiving a measurement result from the terminal,

wherein the measurement result is derived based on measurement values of the plurality of beams, and

wherein the measurement result is derived by averaging the measured values of the plurality of beams above a threshold value indicated based on the first information.

12. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the measurement report configuration information includes second information associated with a number of measurement results per beam from a base station, and

wherein a number of the measurement values is determined based on the second information.

13. The method of claim 12 ,

wherein the number of the measurement values is equal to or less than the number of the measurement results per beam.

14. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein a report of the measurement result is triggered based on a threshold value for a measure report.

15. The method of claim 12 ,

wherein the second information indicates a maximum number of measurement values to be averaged per beam.

16. A base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to:

transmit, to a terminal via the transceiver, measurement report configuration information including first information associated with a threshold value,

transmit signals based on a plurality of beams to the terminal via the transceiver, and

receive a measurement result from the terminal via the transceiver,

wherein the measurement result is derived based on measurement values of the plurality of beams, and

wherein the measurement result is derived by averaging the measured values of the plurality of beams above a threshold value indicated based on the first information.

17. The base station of claim 16 ,

wherein the measurement report configuration information includes second information associated with a number of measurement results per beam from a base station, and

wherein a number of the measurement values is determined based on the second information.

18. The base station of claim 17 ,

wherein the number of the measurement values is equal to or less than the number of the measurement results per beam.

19. The base station of claim 16 ,

wherein a report of the measurement result is triggered based on a threshold value for a measure report.

20. The base station of claim 17 ,

wherein the second information indicates a maximum number of measurement values to be averaged per beam.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0098580 · Jul 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
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