IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,968,740
Granted Patent B2
US 11,968,740 · App. 18/108,269 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Layer 1 reference signal received power reporting during a discontinuous reception operation

Inventors: Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W76/28H04B7/0426H04B7/0456H04B7/0626H04B7/063H04B7/0632H04B17/318H04L1/1812
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,968,740
App. No.
18/108,269
Filed
Feb 10, 2023
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2631
USPC
375/262
Abstract

A base station may transmit a report mask indicating a transmission of a layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) report limited to a time period when a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer is running for a wireless device. The base station may receive the L1-RSRP from the wireless device at a first time, in response to the DRX timer running at a predefined time period before the first time. The received L1-RSRP report may include an L1-RSRP value and a reference signal index associated with the L1-RSRP value. At second time, the base station may skip a reception of a configured L1-RSRP report transmission from the wireless device in response to the DRX timer not running at the predefined time period before the second time and the report mask.

Claims (61)

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station, a report mask indicating a transmission of a layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) report limited to a time period when a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer is running for a wireless device;

receiving, from the wireless device at a first time, the L1-RSRP report, in response to the DRX timer running at a predefined time period before the first time, wherein the L1-RSRP report comprises:

an L1-RSRP value; and

a reference signal index associated with the L1-RSRP value; and

skipping at a second time, a reception of a configured L1-RSRP report transmission from the wireless device, in response to:

the DRX timer not running at the predefined time period before the second time; and

the report mask.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting an indication of first uplink control resources for the L1-RSRP report.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal index indicates at least one of:

a first plurality of channel state information reference signals; and

a second plurality of synchronization signal blocks.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the report mask further indicates the L1-RSRP report transmission is limited to the time period when the DRX timer is running, wherein the transmission comprises at least one of:

a channel quality indicator (CQI);

a precoding matrix indicator (PMI);

a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI); and

a rank indicator (RI) report.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal index is selected with a largest L1-RSRP value of a reference signal among L1-RSRP values of a plurality of reference signals.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting an indication of a short DRX cycle for a DRX operation.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the base station starts the DRX timer, for the wireless device, based on a transmitted timer value in response to the short DRX cycle being used.

8. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

transmit a report mask indicating a transmission of a layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) report limited to a time period when a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer is running for a wireless device;

receive from the wireless device at a first time, the L1-RSRP report, in response to the DRX timer running at a predefined time period before the first time, wherein the L1-RSRP report comprises:

an L1-RSRP value; and

a reference signal index associated with the L1-RSRP value; and

skip at a second time, a reception of a configured L1-RSRP report transmission from the wireless device, in response to:

the DRX timer not running at the predefined time period before the second time; and

the report mask.

9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to transmit an indication of first uplink control resources for the L1-RSRP report.

10. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the reference signal index indicates at least one of:

a first plurality of channel state information reference signals; and

a second plurality of synchronization signal blocks.

11. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the report mask further indicates the L1-RSRP report transmission is limited to the time period when the DRX timer is running, wherein the transmission comprises at least one of:

a channel quality indicator (CQI);

a precoding matrix indicator (PMI);

a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI); and

a rank indicator (RI) report.

12. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the reference signal index is selected with a largest L1-RSRP value of a reference signal among L1-RSRP values of a plurality of reference signals.

13. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the L1-RSRP report further comprises at least a second L1-RSRP value and at least a second reference signal resource index.

14. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to transmit an indication of a short DRX cycle for a DRX operation.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive, from a base station, a report mask indicating a transmission of a layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) report limited to a time period when a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer is running;

transmit, to the base station at a first time, the L1-RSRP report, in response to the DRX timer running at a predefined time period before the first time, wherein the L1-RSRP report comprises:

an L1-RSRP value; and

a reference signal index associated with the L1-RSRP value; and

skip at a second time, a configured L1-RSRP report transmission, in response to:

the DRX timer not running at the predefined time period before the second time; and

the report mask.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to receive an indication of first uplink control resources for the L1-RSRP report.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the reference signal index indicates at least one of:

a first plurality of channel state information reference signals; and

a second plurality of synchronization signal blocks.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the report mask further indicates a transmission is limited to the time period when the DRX timer is running, wherein the transmission comprises at least one of:

a channel quality indicator (CQI);

a precoding matrix indicator (PMI);

a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI); and

a rank indicator (RI) report.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the reference signal index is selected with a largest L1-RSRP value of a reference signal among L1-RSRP values of a plurality of reference signals.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the L1-RSRP report further comprises at least a second L1-RSRP value and at least a second reference signal resource index.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2023
From: ZHOU, HUA; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; BABAEI, ALIREZA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; PARK, KYUNGMIN
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 17010732 · Sep 2, 2020
Continuation 16241178 · Jan 7, 2019
Provisional Application 62627254 · Feb 7, 2018
Provisional Application 62614258 · Jan 5, 2018
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