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US 11,943,033 · App. 17/488,237 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Full-duplex beam pair reselect using beam management report

Inventors: Qian Zhang (Basking Ridge, NJ); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04B7/0695H04B17/336H04L1/1896H04L5/14H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 11,943,033
App. No.
17/488,237
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to reselect a full-duplex beam pair using a beam management report include transmitting a beam management report that reports a set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs from a UE to a base station. Methods and apparatus also include determining when to apply a full-duplex beam pair from the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs after transmitting the beam management report from the UE to the base station, and applying the full-duplex beam pair at a determined time.

Claims (56)

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to cause the UE to:

receive a configuration with a field indicating a type of timing for applying a full-duplex beam pair after a beam management report, wherein a first value of the field indicates for the UE to wait for a new beam pair indication from a base station before an application of the full-duplex beam pair, and wherein a second value of the field indicates for the UE to apply the full-duplex beam pair after the beam management report without the new beam pair indication from the base station;

measure a downlink channel quality measurement in a channel measurement resource (CMR) and a self-interference measurement in an interference measurement resource (IMR) for multiple candidate full-duplex beam pairs;

transmit the beam management report that reports a set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs to the base station based on the downlink channel quality measurement and the self-interference measurement; and

apply the full-duplex beam pair from the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs based on the downlink channel quality measurement and the self-interference measurement for the multiple candidate full-duplex beam pairs, wherein the application of the full-duplex beam pair is at a determined time after transmitting the beam management report to the base station, the determined time being based on the type of timing indicated in the field of the configuration.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:

receive a beam pair indication, from the base station, indicating the full-duplex beam pair, wherein the determined time is based on reception of the beam pair indication.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the determined time is a period of time following transmission of the beam management report.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the full-duplex beam pair has a highest measurement quality metric among the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs reported in the beam management report.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the highest measurement quality metric comprises a signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR).

6. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the period of time comprises a number of slots or symbols following the transmission of the beam management report.

7. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the configuration of the period of time is comprised in at least one of radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), or downlink control information (DCI).

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:

receive an acknowledgement (ACK) from the base station for the beam management report, wherein the determined time is based on reception of the ACK from the base station.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the determined time is a period of time following the reception of the ACK from the base station.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the full-duplex beam pair has a highest measurement quality metric among the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs reported in the beam management report.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the period of time comprises a number of slots or symbols following the reception of the ACK.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the configuration of the period of time in at least one of radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), or downlink control information (DCI).

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:

determine when to apply the full-duplex beam pair from the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs after transmitting the beam management report to the base station.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the configuration from the base station indicates timing for the UE to apply the full-duplex beam pair.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the configuration indicates a rule for the application of the full-duplex beam pair from among a set of rules.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the determined time to apply the full-duplex beam pair is based on a defined rule.

17. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a configuration with a field indicating a type of timing for applying a full-duplex beam pair after a beam management report, wherein a first value of the field indicates for the UE to wait for a new beam pair indication from a base station before an application of the full-duplex beam pair, and wherein a second value of the field indicates for the UE to apply the full-duplex beam pair after the beam management report without the new beam pair indication from the base station;

measuring a downlink channel quality measurement in a channel measurement resource (CMR) and a self-interference measurement in an interference measurement resource (IMR) for multiple candidate full-duplex beam pairs;

transmitting the beam management report that reports a set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs to the base station based on the downlink channel quality measurement and the self-interference measurement; and

applying the full-duplex beam pair from the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs based on the downlink channel quality measurement and the self-interference measurement for the multiple candidate full-duplex beam pairs, wherein the application of the full-duplex beam pair is at a determined time after transmitting the beam management report to the base station, the determined time based on the type of timing indicated in the field of the configuration.

18. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to cause the base station to:

provide a configuration to a user equipment (UE), the configuration including a field indicating a type of timing for applying a full-duplex beam pair after a beam management report, wherein a first value of the field indicates for the UE to wait for a new beam pair indication from the base station before an application of the full-duplex beam pair, and wherein a second value of the field indicates for the UE to apply the full-duplex beam pair after the beam management report without the new beam pair indication from the base station;

configure the UE to measure a downlink channel quality measurement in a channel measurement resource (CMR) and a self-interference measurement in an interference measurement resource (IMR) for multiple candidate full-duplex beam pairs;

receive the beam management report that reports a set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs for the UE based on the downlink channel quality measurement and the self-interference measurement; and

apply the full-duplex beam pair from the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs at a determined time after receiving the beam management report, the determined time being based on the type of timing indicated in the field of the configuration.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the base station to:

transmit a beam pair indication, to the UE, indicating the full-duplex beam pair, wherein the determined time for the application of the full-duplex beam pair comprises a period of time following reception of the beam management report.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the full-duplex beam pair has a highest measurement quality metric among the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs reported in the beam management report.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the highest measurement quality metric comprises a signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR).

22. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the period of time comprises a number of slots or symbols following the reception of the beam management report.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the configuration of the period of time is comprised in at least one of radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), or downlink control information (DCI).

24. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the base station to:

transmit, to the UE, an acknowledgement (ACK) for the beam management report, the determined time being a period of time following transmission of the ACK from the base station.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the full-duplex beam pair has a highest measurement quality metric among the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs reported in the beam management report.

26. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the period of time comprises a number of slots or symbols following the transmission of the ACK.

27. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the configuration indicates timing for the UE to apply the full-duplex beam pair.

28. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the base station to:

determine when to apply the full-duplex beam pair from the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs after receiving the beam management report from the UE.

29. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the determined time to apply the full-duplex beam pair is based on a defined rule.

30. A method of wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

providing a configuration to a user equipment (UE), the configuration including a field indicating a type of timing for applying a full-duplex beam pair after a beam management report, wherein a first value of the field indicates for the UE to wait for a new beam pair indication from the base station before an application of the full-duplex beam pair, and wherein a second value of the field indicates for the UE to apply the full-duplex beam pair after the beam management report without the new beam pair indication from the base station;

configuring the UE to measure a downlink channel quality measurement in a channel measurement resource (CMR) and a self-interference measurement in an interference measurement resource (IMR) for multiple candidate full-duplex beam pairs;

receiving the beam management report that reports a set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs for the UE based on the downlink channel quality measurement and the self-interference measurement; and

applying the full-duplex beam pair from the set of one or more candidate full-duplex beam pairs at a determined time after receiving the beam management report, the determined time being based on the type of timing indicated in the field of the configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2021
From: ZHANG, QIAN; ZHOU, YAN; LUO, TAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 057824/0113 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63085987 · Sep 30, 2020
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