IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,009,895
Granted Patent B2
US 12,009,895 · App. 17/811,261 · Granted Jun 11, 2024

Techniques for enabling beam management radio resource control parameters

Inventors: Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Tianyang Bai (Somerville, NJ); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Mostafa Khoshnevisan (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04B7/0632H04B7/063H04B7/0854H04B7/0888H04L1/203
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Patent No.
US 12,009,895
App. No.
17/811,261
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes measuring a signal strength of a beam failure detection (BFD) reference signal (RS), the BFD RS being included in a BFD RS set that corresponds to a transmission reception point (TRP) of a plurality of TRPs; the method further includes identifying a BFD threshold associated with the TRP, detecting a beam failure instance associated with the TRP based at least in part on a determination that the signal strength of the BFD RS satisfies the BFD threshold and, providing an indication of the beam failure instance associated with the TRP. Numerous other aspects are described.

Claims (33)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

measuring a signal strength of a beam failure detection (BFD) reference signal (RS), the BFD RS being included in a BFD RS set that corresponds to a transmission reception point (TRP) of a plurality of TRPs;

identifying a BFD threshold associated with the TRP;

detecting a beam failure instance associated with the TRP based at least in part on a determination that the signal strength of the BFD RS satisfies the BFD threshold; and

providing an indication of the beam failure instance associated with the TRP.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BFD threshold is a block error rate (BLER) threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BFD threshold is identified based at least in part on a default value for the BFD threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BFD threshold is identified based at least in part on a TRP-specific beam failure recovery (BFR) value for the BFD threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BFD threshold is identified based at least in part on receiving radio resource control (RRC) signaling that indicates a value for the BFD threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BFD threshold is a common BFD threshold associated with the plurality of TRPs.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BFD threshold is a TRP-specific threshold associated with the TRP.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BFD threshold is associated with a particular component carrier.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BFD threshold is configured on the UE based at least in part on TRP-specific beam failure reporting being configured for a component carrier associated with the TRP.

10. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

measuring a signal strength of a candidate beam reference signal (RS), the candidate beam RS being included in a set of candidate beam RSs that corresponds to a transmission reception point (TRP) of a plurality of TRPs;

identifying a candidate beam threshold associated with the TRP;

selecting a candidate beam corresponding to the candidate beam RS for beam failure recovery based at least in part on a determination that the signal strength of the candidate beam RS satisfies the candidate beam threshold; and

transmitting a beam failure recovery (BFR) report including an indication of the candidate beam.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam threshold is identified based at least in part on a default value for a synchronization signal block (SSB) threshold or default value for a BFR threshold.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam threshold is identified based at least in part on a TRP-specific BFR reporting value for a synchronization signal block (SSB) threshold or a TRP-specific BFR reporting value for a BFR threshold.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam threshold is identified based at least in part on a synchronization signal block (SSB) threshold based at least in part on a cell associated with the TRP being a secondary primary cell.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam threshold is identified based at least in part on a BFR threshold based at least in part on a cell associated with the TRP being a secondary cell.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam threshold is identified based at least in part on a BFR threshold regardless of a type of a cell associated with the TRP.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam threshold is identified based at least in part on a synchronization signal block (SSB) threshold regardless of a type of a cell associated with the TRP.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam threshold is a common candidate beam threshold associated with the plurality of TRPs.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam threshold is a TRP-specific threshold associated with the TRP.

19. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam threshold is associated with a particular component carrier.

20. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam threshold is configured on the UE based at least in part on TRP-specific beam failure reporting being configured for a component carrier associated with the TRP.

21. The method of claim 10 , wherein the BFR report is transmitted in a set of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources corresponding to a scheduling request (SR), the SR being one of a plurality of SRs configured for requesting TRP-specific BFRs for a cell group.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein at least two sets of PUCCH resources, of a plurality of sets of PUCCH resources associated with the plurality of SRs, are in a same PUCCH cell of the cell group.

23. The method of claim 21 , wherein at least two sets PUCCH resources, of a plurality of sets of PUCCH resources associated with the plurality of SRs, are in different PUCCH cells of the cell group.

24. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving a configuration associated with a plurality of sets of candidate beam RSs, wherein each set of candidate beam RSs of the plurality of sets of candidate beam RSs corresponds to a different TRP of the plurality of TRPs.

25. The method of claim 10 , wherein the candidate beam RS is a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a channel state information RS (CSI-RS).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2022
From: ZHOU, YAN; BAI, TIANYANG; LUO, TAO; LI, JUNYI; SUN, JING; KHOSHNEVISAN, MOSTAFA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 060672/0178 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63262224 · Oct 7, 2021
Provisional Application 63261093 · Sep 10, 2021
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