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Granted Patent B2
US 11,765,070 · App. 17/951,061 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Event trigger for independent links

Inventors: Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Juan Montojo (San Diego, CA); Tamer Kadous (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Taesang Yoo (San Diego, CA); Siddhartha Mallik (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
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Patent No.
US 11,765,070
App. No.
17/951,061
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the disclosure relate to event triggers for independent links. For example, an event trigger may be based on measurements from multiple links. In some aspects, the independent links may involve a first device (e.g., a user equipment) communicating via different independent links with different devices (e.g., transmit receive points (TRPs) or sets of TRPs). For example, the first device may communicate with a second device (e.g., a TRP) via a first link and communicate with a third device (e.g., a TRP) via a second link. In some scenarios, an event trigger may be based on aggregated measurements from multiple links.

Claims (58)

1. A user equipment for communication, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to:

obtain first reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement information for a first beam of a first beamformed wireless communication link with a first transmit receive point;

obtain second reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement information for a second beam of a second beamformed wireless communication link with a second transmit receive point;

determine whether a first threshold has been satisfied using the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point;

generate a first event trigger based on a determination that the first threshold has been satisfied that used the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point;

determine whether a second threshold has been satisfied using the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point; and

generate a second event trigger based on a determination that the second threshold has been satisfied that used the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point.

2. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point is carried on a first carrier frequency; and

wherein the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point is carried on the first carrier frequency on which the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point is also carried.

3. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein to determine whether the first threshold has been satisfied using the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point, the processor and the memory are configured to:

determine whether the first threshold has been satisfied using the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point independently of the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point.

4. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein to determine whether the second threshold has been satisfied using the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point, the processor and the memory are configured to:

determine whether the second threshold has been satisfied using the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point independently of the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point.

5. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein to determine whether the first threshold has been satisfied using the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point, the processor and the memory are configured to:

determine whether the first threshold has been satisfied using the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point and based at least in part on the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point.

6. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein to determine whether the second threshold has been satisfied using the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point, the processor and the memory are configured to:

determine whether the second threshold has been satisfied using the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point and based at least in part on the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point.

7. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the first event trigger is to trigger a first event, and wherein the first event comprises a first handoff to a different transmit receive point than the first transmit receive point or to a different link than the first beamformed wireless communication link; and

wherein the second event trigger is to trigger a second event, and wherein the second event comprises a second handoff to a different transmit receive point than the second transmit receive point or to a different link than the second beamformed wireless communication link.

8. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold and the second threshold are different.

9. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold and the second threshold are the same.

10. A method of communication for a user equipment, comprising:

obtaining first reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement information for a first beam of a first beamformed wireless communication link with a first transmit receive point;

obtaining second reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement information for a second beam of a second beamformed wireless communication link with a second transmit receive point;

determining whether a first threshold has been satisfied using the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point;

generating a first event trigger based on a determination that the first threshold has been satisfied that used the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point;

determining whether a second threshold has been satisfied using the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point; and

generating a second event trigger based on a determination that the second threshold has been satisfied that used the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point is carried on a first carrier frequency; and

wherein the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point is carried on the first carrier frequency on which the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point is also carried.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first event trigger is to trigger a first event, and wherein the first event comprises a first handoff to a different transmit receive point than the first transmit receive point or to a different link than the first beamformed wireless communication link; and

wherein the second event trigger is to trigger a second event, and wherein the second event comprises a second handoff to a different transmit receive point than the second transmit receive point or to a different link than the second beamformed wireless communication link.

13. A user equipment for communication, comprising:

means for obtaining first reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement information for a first beam of a first beamformed wireless communication link with a first transmit receive point;

means for obtaining second reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement information for a second beam of a second beamformed wireless communication link with a second transmit receive point;

means for determining whether a first threshold has been satisfied using the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point;

means for generating a first event trigger based on a determination that the first threshold has been satisfied that used the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point;

means for determining whether a second threshold has been satisfied using the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point; and

means for generating a second event trigger based on a determination that the second threshold has been satisfied that used the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point.

14. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point is carried on a first carrier frequency; and

wherein the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point is carried on the first carrier frequency on which the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point is also carried.

15. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein the first event trigger is to trigger a first event, and wherein the first event comprises a first handoff to a different transmit receive point than the first transmit receive point or to a different link than the first beamformed wireless communication link; and

wherein the second event trigger is to trigger a second event, and wherein the second event comprises a second handoff to a different transmit receive point than the second transmit receive point or to a different link than the second beamformed wireless communication link.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code for a user equipment, including code to:

obtain first reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement information for a first beam of a first beamformed wireless communication link with a first transmit receive point;

obtain second reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement information for a second beam of a second beamformed wireless communication link with a second transmit receive point;

determine whether a first threshold has been satisfied using the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point;

generate a first event trigger based on a determination that the first threshold has been satisfied that used the first RSRP measurement information for the first beam of the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point;

determine whether a second threshold has been satisfied using the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point; and

generate a second event trigger based on a determination that the second threshold has been satisfied that used the second RSRP measurement information for the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point is carried on a first carrier frequency; and

wherein the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point is carried on the first carrier frequency on which the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point is also carried.

18. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the first beamformed wireless communication link and the second beamformed wireless communication link are independent links.

19. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

communicate first transport blocks via the first beamformed wireless communication link, wherein the first transport blocks are processed independently of second transport blocks communicated via the second beam of the second beamformed wireless communication link.

20. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the first event trigger is for the first beamformed wireless communication link with the first transmit receive point, and wherein the second event trigger is for the second beamformed wireless communication link with the second transmit receive point.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: LUO, TAO; MONTOJO, JUAN; KADOUS, TAMER; LI, JUNYI; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; SUN, JING; YOO, TAESANG; MALLIK, SIDDHARTHA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 061248/0352 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16797887 · Feb 21, 2020
Continuation 15659604 · Jul 25, 2017
Provisional Application 62447534 · Jan 18, 2017
Provisional Application 62378137 · Aug 22, 2016
Related Publication 20230016995A1 · Jan 19, 2023
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