IP Library Granted Patent US 10,893,565
Granted Patent B2
US 10,893,565 · App. 16/480,846 · Granted Jan 12, 2021

Method for reporting beam reception failure, user equipment, medium and system

Inventors: Xiangxin Gu (Shanghai, CN); Yun Deng (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
H04W76/19H04W16/28H04W72/046
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Patent No.
US 10,893,565
App. No.
16/480,846
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for reporting a beam reception failure, a user equipment and a system, wherein the method includes: obtaining an identifier of a secondary cell where a beam reception fails; selecting another beam as a candidate beam in the secondary cell where the beam reception fails; and encapsulating the identifier of the secondary cell where the beam reception fails and an identifier of the candidate beam into a Media Access Control (MAC) control element, and transmitting the MAC control element out using resource of other cells, wherein the other cells comprise: a primary cell, a primary secondary cell, or other secondary cells where the beam reception fails. Therefore, the identifier of the secondary cell where the beam reception fails and its corresponding candidate beam could be transmitted without using the PRACH and the PUCCH.

Claims (16)

1. A method for reporting beam reception failure comprising:

obtaining an identifier of a secondary cell where a beam reception fails;

selecting one beam other than the beam which is failed as a candidate beam in the secondary cell where the beam reception fails; and

encapsulating the identifier of the secondary cell where the beam reception fails and an identifier of the candidate beam into a Media Access Control (MAC) control element, and transmitting the MAC control element out using resource of one cell other than the secondary cell where the beam reception fails, wherein the cell other than the secondary cell where the beam reception fails comprises: a primary cell, a primary secondary cell, or other secondary cells where no beam reception fails.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the candidate beam comprises a synchronization signal block index corresponding to the candidate beam.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein for each secondary cell where the beam reception fails, the corresponding MAC control element comprises a body of at least 2 bytes, wherein one byte is configured to represent the identifier of the secondary cell where the beam reception fails, and the other byte is configured to represent the identifier of the candidate beam.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary cell only configures a downlink carrier, or configures both the downlink carrier and an uplink carrier.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the selecting one beam other than the beam which is failed as a candidate beam comprises: selecting one beam other than the beam which is failed which has the highest received signal strength as the candidate beam.

6. A user equipment comprising:

an obtaining circuitry, configured to obtain an identifier of a secondary cell where a beam reception fails;

a selecting circuitry, configured to select one beam other than the beam which is failed as a candidate beam in the secondary cell where the beam reception fails; and

a first reporting circuitry, configured to encapsulate the identifier of the secondary cell where the beam reception fails and an identifier of the candidate beam into a Media Access Control (MAC) control element, and transmitting the MAC control element out using resource of one cell other than the secondary cell where the beam reception fails, wherein the cell other than the secondary cell where the beam reception fails comprises: a primary cell, a primary secondary cell, or other secondary cells where no beam reception fails.

7. The user equipment according to claim 6 , wherein the identifier of the candidate beam comprises a synchronization signal block index corresponding to the candidate beam.

8. The user equipment according to claim 6 , wherein for each secondary cell where the beam reception fails, the corresponding MAC control element comprises a body of at least 2 bytes, wherein one byte is configured to represent the identifier of the secondary cell where the beam reception fails, and the other byte is configured to represent the identifier of the candidate beam.

9. The user equipment according to claim 6 , wherein the secondary cell only configures a downlink carrier, or configures both the downlink carrier and an uplink carrier.

10. The user equipment according to claim 6 , wherein the selecting a beam other than the beam which is failed as a candidate beam comprises: selecting one beam other than the beam which is failed which has the highest received signal strength as the candidate beam.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2019
From: GU, XIANGXIN; DENG, YUN
To: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049866/0405 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2018 1 0024551 · Jan 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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