IP Library Granted Patent US 11,856,422
Granted Patent B2
US 11,856,422 · App. 17/261,166 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Beam failure recovery request sending and response methods and devices, and storage medium

Inventors: Chunhua Liu (Beijing, CN); Yajun Zhu (Beijing, CN); Ming Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W24/04H04W72/21
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Patent No.
US 11,856,422
App. No.
17/261,166
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A beam failure recovery request sending method includes: after a beam failure event occurs in a terminal, searching for a candidate beam; and after at least one candidate beam is found, using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource to send a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) to a base station, the PUCCH resource comprising a PUCCH resource pre-allocated to the terminal by the base station or a PUCCH resource in a preset format. The present disclosure achieves the purpose of transmitting a BFRQ using a PUCCH resource, making the time delay of transmitting a BFRQ small.

Claims (64)

1. A beam failure recovery request sending method, applied to a terminal, and the method comprising:

searching for a candidate beam after a beam failure event occurs in the terminal;

using a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resource to send a beam failure recovery request, BFRQ, to a base station after finding at least one candidate beam, wherein the PUCCH resource comprises a PUCCH resource pre-allocated for the terminal by the base station or a PUCCH resource in a preset format;

receiving a second control signaling sent by the base station, wherein the second control signaling indicates a grant free transmission resource pool; and

using a transmission resource in the grant free transmission resource pool to send a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, message to the base station when sending the BFRQ to the base station, or after sending the BFRQ to the base station, wherein the PUSCH message comprises a terminal identification and an index of the candidate beam selected by the terminal;

wherein using the transmission resource in the grant free transmission resource pool to send the PUSCH message to the base station comprises:

using the transmission resource in the grant free transmission resource pool to repeatedly send the PUSCH message to the base station until the number of times for sending the PUSCH message reaches a threshold or a feedback message to the PUSCH message is received from the base station.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a first control signaling sent by the base station, wherein the first control signaling indicates a PUCCH resource for sending the BFRQ allocated for the terminal.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first control signaling also indicates a correspondence between the PUCCH resource and a terminal identification and an index of the candidate beam of the terminal, and using the PUCCH resource to send the BFRQ to the base station comprises: using a PUCCH resource corresponding to the terminal identification and the index of the candidate beam of the terminal to send the BFRQ to the base station.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first control signaling also indicates a correspondence between the PUCCH resource and a terminal identification, and

using the PUCCH resource to send the BFRQ to the base station comprises:

using a PUCCH resource corresponding to the terminal identification to send the BFRQ to the base station.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PUCCH resource in the preset format comprises: a PUCCH resource in a PUCCH format that is configured to carry multiple bits, when the PUCCH resource in the preset format is used to send the BFRQ to the base station, the BFRQ comprises: an index of at least one candidate beam selected by the terminal and quality information of each of the at least one candidate beam.

6. A beam failure recovery request sending device implementing the method of claim 1 , the device comprising:

a processor; and

memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein, the processor is configured to perform steps of the method.

7. A communication system implementing the method of claim 1 , comprising the terminal, wherein the terminal is configured to transmit the BFRQ with the PUCCH resource, to thereby reduce a time delay of transmitting the BFRQ and informing the base station of the beam failure event and the candidate beam.

8. The communication system of claim 7 , further comprising the base station, wherein the base station is configured to:

receive the BFRQ transmitted based on the PUCCH resource;

determine the terminal having beam failure and the candidate beam of the terminal; and

send a response message to the BFRQ to the terminal through the candidate beam.

9. A beam failure recovery request sending method, applied to a terminal, and the method comprising:

searching for a candidate beam after a beam failure event occurs in the terminal;

using a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resource to send a beam failure recovery request, BFRQ, to a base station after finding at least one candidate beam, wherein the PUCCH resource comprises a PUCCH resource pre-allocated for the terminal by the base station or a PUCCH resource in a preset format;

receiving a second control signaling sent by the base station, wherein the second control signaling indicates a grant free transmission resource pool; and

using a transmission resource in the grant free transmission resource pool to send a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, message to the base station when sending the BFRQ to the base station, or after sending the BFRQ to the base station, wherein the PUSCH message comprises a terminal identification, an index of at least one candidate beam selected by the terminal and quality information of each of the at least one candidate beam;

wherein using the transmission resource in the grant free transmission resource pool to send the PUSCH message to the base station comprises:

using the transmission resource in the grant free transmission resource pool to repeatedly send the PUSCH message to the base station until the number of times for sending the PUSCH message reaches a threshold or a feedback message to the PUSCH message is received from the base station.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a first control signaling sent by the base station, wherein the first control signaling indicates a PUCCH resource for sending the BFRQ allocated for the terminal.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first control signaling also indicates a correspondence between the PUCCH resource and a terminal identification and an index of the candidate beam of the terminal, and using the PUCCH resource to send the BFRQ to the base station comprises: using a PUCCH resource corresponding to the terminal identification and the index of the candidate beam of the terminal to send the BFRQ to the base station.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first control signaling also indicates a correspondence between the PUCCH resource and a terminal identification, and

using the PUCCH resource to send the BFRQ to the base station comprises:

using a PUCCH resource corresponding to the terminal identification to send the BFRQ to the base station.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the PUCCH resource in the preset format comprises: a PUCCH resource in a PUCCH format that is configured to carry multiple bits, when the PUCCH resource in the preset format is used to send the BFRQ to the base station, the BFRQ comprises: an index of at least one candidate beam selected by the terminal and quality information of each of the at least one candidate beam.

14. A beam failure recovery request sending device implementing the method of claim 9 , the device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein, the processor is configured to perform steps of the method.

15. A beam failure recovery request response method, applied to a base station, and the method comprising:

receiving a beam failure recovery request, BFRQ, transmitted based on a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resource, wherein the PUCCH resource comprises a PUCCH resource pre-allocated for a terminal by the base station or a PUCCH resource in a preset format;

determining a terminal having beam failure and a candidate beam of the terminal;

sending a response message to the BFRQ to the terminal through the candidate beam;

sending a second control signaling to the terminal, wherein the second control signaling indicates a grant free transmission resource pool;

receiving a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, message sent by the terminal on a transmission resource in the grant free transmission resource pool, wherein the PUSCH message comprises a terminal identification and an index of the candidate beam selected by the terminal, or the PUSCH message comprises a terminal identification, an index of at least one candidate beam selected by the terminal and quality information of each of the at least one candidate beam; and

sending a feedback message to the PUSCH message;

wherein the PUSCH message is repeatedly sent by the terminal by using the transmission resource in the grant free transmission resource pool until the number of times for sending the PUSCH message reaches a threshold or until the feedback message is received.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending a first control signaling to at least one terminal, wherein the first control signaling indicates a PUCCH resource for sending the BFRQ allocated for the at least one terminal.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the first control signaling also indicates a correspondence between a terminal identification and the PUCCH resource and the candidate beam of the terminal, and determining the terminal having beam failure and the candidate beam of the terminal comprises:

determining a terminal identified by an identification corresponding to the PUCCH resource for transmitting the BFRQ as the terminal having beam failure;

determining an index of the candidate beam corresponding to the PUCCH resource for transmitting the BFRQ and the terminal identification; and

determining the candidate beam of the terminal according to the index of the candidate beam.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the first control signaling also indicates a correspondence between a terminal identification and the PUCCH resource, and determining the terminal having beam failure comprises:

determining a terminal identified by an identification corresponding to the PUCCH resource for transmitting the BFRQ as the terminal having beam failure.

19. The method according to claim 15 , wherein determining the terminal having beam failure and the candidate beam of the terminal comprises:

determining a terminal identified by the identification in the PUSCH message as the terminal having beam failure; and

determining the candidate beam of the terminal according to the index of the candidate beam in the PUSCH message.

20. A beam failure recovery request response device implementing the method of claim 15 , the device comprising:

a processor; and

memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein, the processor is configured to perform steps of the method.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2021
From: LIU, CHUNHUA; ZHU, YAJUN; ZHANG, MING
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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