IP Library Granted Patent US 11,770,721
Granted Patent B2
US 11,770,721 · App. 17/212,763 · Granted Sep 26, 2023

Method for managing beam groups, base station, and terminal

Inventors: Mingju Li (Guangdong, CN); Yunfei Zhang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
H04W16/28H04B17/318H04W24/10H04W56/001H04W72/046
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Patent No.
US 11,770,721
App. No.
17/212,763
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for managing beam groups, a base station, and a terminal. The method applicable to a base station includes the following. Multiple beams are divided into at least one beam group. Downlink transmission content is transmitted to a terminal via at least one beam of the at least one beam group carrying the downlink transmission content. Inform the terminal of parameter information of the at least one beam of the at least one beam group. According to the present disclosure, downlink content is transmitted to the terminal by means of beam groups, so that cells transmitting mobility/measurement reference signals at different beam widths can fairly participate in an operation of selecting a target cell, which further improves user performance.

Claims (20)

1. A method for managing beam groups, applicable to a base station, the method comprising:

assigning a plurality of transmission beams into at least one beam group based on at least one of received signal strength deviation values or received signal quality deviation values;

transmitting downlink transmission content to a terminal via at least one beam of the at least one beam group carrying the downlink transmission content; and

informing the terminal of the at least one of the received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein informing the terminal of the at least one of the at received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values comprises:

informing the terminal of the at least one of the received signal deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values through a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, a physical broadcast channel, a beam reference signal, a third synchronization signal, and a mobility/measurement reference signal in new radio (NR), and one or more signals in system information, or relative positions of time-frequency resources between the above one or more signals.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein informing the terminal of the at least one of the received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values comprises: informing the terminal of the at least one of the received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values through a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, a physical broadcast channel, a beam reference signal, a third synchronization signal, and a mobility/measurement reference signal in new radio (NR), and one or more signals in system information, or relative positions of time-frequency resources between the above one or more signals.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values are the same on the same carrier frequency.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a partial coverage area corresponding to each beam group of all base stations on the same carrier frequency is consistent.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal selects, from each of the at least one beam groups, a beam having a strongest received signal strength or a highest received signal quality and uses the beam having the strongest received signal strength or the highest received signal quality for at least one of calculating a cell measurement quality or carrying out measurement reporting.

7. A base station, comprising a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor, and the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

assign a plurality of transmission beams into at least one beam group based on at least one of received signal strength deviation values or received signal quality deviation values;

transmit downlink transmission content to a terminal via at least one beam of the at least one beam group carrying the downlink transmission content; and

inform the terminal of the at least one of the received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values.

8. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the instructions caused the processor to inform the terminal of the at least one of the received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values further cause the processor to:

inform the terminal of the at least one of the received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values through a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, a physical broadcast channel, a beam reference signal, a third synchronization signal, and a mobility/measurement reference signal in NR, and one or more signals in system information, or relative positions of time-frequency resources between the above one or more signals.

9. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the instructions caused the processor to inform the terminal of the at least one of the received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values further cause the processor to: inform the terminal of the at least one of the received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values through a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, a physical broadcast channel, a beam reference signal, a third synchronization signal, and a mobility/measurement reference signal in new radio (NR), and one or more signals in system information, or relative positions of time-frequency resources between the above one or more signals.

10. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the at least one of the received signal strength deviation values or the received signal quality deviation values are the same on the same carrier frequency.

11. The base station of claim 7 , wherein a partial coverage area corresponding to each beam group of all base stations on the same carrier frequency is consistent.

12. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the terminal selects, from each of the at least one beam groups, a beam having a strongest received signal strength or a highest received signal quality and uses the beam having the strongest received signal strength or the highest received signal quality for at least one of calculating a cell measurement quality or carrying out measurement reporting.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2023
From: YULONG COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
To: UKPIK MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 065214/0150 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: LI, MINGJU; ZHANG, YUNFEI
To: YULONG COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055722/0811 →