IP Library Granted Patent US 12,101,718
Granted Patent B2
US 12,101,718 · App. 17/556,526 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

Link management method, wake-up signal detection method, terminal device and network device

Inventors: Yanliang Sun (Guangdong, CN); Kai Wu (Guangdong, CN); Xiaodong Shen (Guangdong, CN); Dajie Jiang (Guangdong, CN); Peng Sun (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W52/0232H04B7/0695H04L1/203H04W76/19
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,101,718
App. No.
17/556,526
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application discloses a link management method, applied to a terminal device. The method includes: receiving transmission configuration indicator TCI information, where the TCI information is used to indicate M TCI states of a wake-up signal WUS, and M is a positive integer; and in the case that the terminal device is in an inactive-time of connected mode discontinuous reception DRX, performing a link management operation based on the M TCI states, where the link management operation includes at least one of a beam failure detection operation and a radio link failure detection operation.

Claims (83)

1. A link management method, applied to a terminal device, wherein the method comprises:

receiving transmission configuration indicator TCI information, wherein the TCI information is used to indicate M TCI states of a wake-up signal WUS, and M is a positive integer; and

in the case that the terminal device is in an inactive-time of connected mode discontinuous reception DRX, performing a link management operation based on the M TCI states, wherein the link management operation comprises at least one of a beam failure detection operation and a radio link failure detection operation,

wherein a value of M is less than or equal to a total number of reference signals in a full set of beam recovery reference signals or a universe of radio link monitoring reference signals corresponding to the M TCI states.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

any two TCI states of the M TCI states correspond to a same control resource set CORESET configuration, a same search space SS configuration, and different slot-related configurations; or

any two TCI states of the M TCI states correspond to a same CORESET configuration and different SS configurations, and each SS configuration has a separate slot-related configuration, wherein

the slot-related configuration comprises one of the following:

a slot-level period configuration and a slot offset configuration; or

a slot-level period configuration, a slot offset configuration, and an in-slot symbol offset configuration.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein WUS sending moments corresponding to the M TCI states are concentrated in a period less than or equal to a preset time length.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing a link management operation based on the M TCI states comprises:

monitoring signal quality of a reference signal related to the WUS; and

if a signal quality monitoring result meets a target trigger event, performing a link management operation related to the target trigger event.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:

if the signal quality monitoring result does not meet the target trigger event, decoding the WUS detected based on the M TCI states; and

in the case that the WUS is successfully decoded and a decoding result indicates to enter an On duration of the DRX, performing an operation of entering the On duration; or

in the case that the WUS is successfully decoded and a decoding result indicates to stay in the inactive-time, performing an operation of continuing to stay in the inactive-time.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing a link management operation based on the M TCI states comprises:

decoding the WUS detected based on the M TCI states;

in the case that the WUS is successfully decoded and a decoding result indicates to stay in the inactive-time, monitoring signal quality of a reference signal related to the WUS; and

if a signal quality monitoring result meets a target trigger event, performing a link management operation related to the target trigger event.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the reference signal related to the WUS comprises a demodulation reference signal DMRS in a CORESET corresponding to the M TCI states, and the DMRS is quasi co-located with a synchronization signal block SSB or a channel state information CSI reference signal used to represent broadband beam information; and

the monitoring signal quality of a reference signal related to the WUS comprises:

monitoring the signal quality on a bandwidth part BWP corresponding to the WUS.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the reference signal related to the WUS comprises M target reference signals corresponding to the M TCI states, and the M target reference signals are quasi co-located with the WUS.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein each of the target reference signals comprises one of the following:

one of a beam failure detection reference signal BFD-RS and a radio link monitoring reference signal RLM-RS; or

another reference signal that is quasi co-located with the BFD-RS or the RLM-RS, wherein the target trigger condition comprises one of the following:

a physical layer of the terminal device reports an out-of-synchronization indication to a radio resource control RRC layer, and a first timer is started;

a number counted by a beam failure counter of a media access control MAC layer of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a preset number of times;

a reference signal received power RSRP is continuously less than a first threshold within a first time period, wherein the first threshold is configured by a network device or determined based on a first preset condition;

a target channel quality parameter is continuously less than a second threshold within a first time period, wherein the target channel quality parameter comprises a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio SINR or a channel quality indicator CQI, and the second threshold is configured by a network device or determined based on a second preset condition;

reference signal received quality RSRQ is less than a third threshold; or

a block error rate BLER is greater than a third rate.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein each of the target reference signals comprises one of the following:

a BFD-RS and a beam failure recovery reference signal BFR-RS;

the BFD-RS, the BFR-RS, and an RLM-RS; or

another reference signal that is quasi co-located with the BFD-RS, RLM-RS, or the BFR-RS.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing a link management operation based on the M TCI states comprises:

decoding the WUS detected based on the M TCI states;

in the case that the WUS is successfully decoded, a decoding result indicates to stay in the inactive-time, and there is a candidate recovery beam set meeting a beam recovery condition, if a beam failure is determined through the beam failure detection, skipping performing a beam recovery operation; or

in the case that the WUS fails to be decoded or the WUS is successfully decoded and a decoding result indicates to enter an On duration of the DRX, if a beam failure is determined through the beam failure detection, performing a beam recovery operation based on the candidate recovery beam set meeting the beam recovery condition.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein

in the case that the universe of beam recovery reference signals or the universe of radio link monitoring reference signals comprises at least one of a BFD-RS and an RLM-RS, the candidate recovery beam set is determined based on an identifier of a demodulation reference signal DMRS in a CORESET configuration, SS configuration, or SS periodicity configuration other than a CORESET configuration and SS configuration corresponding to the M TCI states, and the identifier is configured by a network device through an RRC message; or

in the case that the universe of beam recovery reference signals or the universe of radio link monitoring reference signals comprises a BFR-RS and a BFD-RS, or in the case that the universe of beam recovery reference signals or the universe of radio link monitoring reference signals comprises a BFR-RS, a BFD-RS, and an RLM-RS, the candidate recovery beam set is determined based on the BFR-RS, a reference signal that is quasi co-located with the BFR-RS, or a DMRS in a CORESET corresponding to a target TCI state, wherein the target TCI state is a TCI state, corresponding to the BFR-RS, of the M TCI states.

13. A wake-up signal detection method, applied to a terminal device, wherein the method comprises:

monitoring signal quality corresponding to a physical layer or a radio resource control RRC layer of the terminal device; and

determining whether to detect a wake-up signal WUS based on a determining result of whether a signal quality monitoring result meets a target trigger event, wherein

the target trigger condition comprises one of the following:

the physical layer of the terminal device reports an out-of-synchronization indication to the RRC layer, and a first timer is started;

a number counted by a beam failure counter of the media access control MAC layer of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a preset number of times;

a reference signal received power RSRP is continuously less than a first threshold within a first time period, wherein the first threshold is configured by a network device or determined based on a first preset condition;

a target channel quality parameter is continuously less than a second threshold within a first time period, wherein the target channel quality parameter comprises a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio SINR or a channel quality indicator CQI, and the second threshold is configured by a network device or determined based on a second preset condition;

reference signal received quality RSRQ is less than a third threshold; or

a block error rate BLER is greater than the third rate.

14. A terminal device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, the following steps are implemented:

receiving transmission configuration indicator TCI information, wherein the TCI information is used to indicate M TCI states of a wake-up signal WUS, and M is a positive integer; and

in the case that the terminal device is in an inactive-time of connected mode discontinuous reception DRX, performing a link management operation based on the M TCI states, wherein the link management operation comprises at least one of a beam failure detection operation and a radio link failure detection operation, wherein a value of M is less than or equal to a total number of reference signals in a full set of beam recovery reference signals or a universe of radio link monitoring reference signals corresponding to the M TCI states;

or when the computer program is executed by the processor, the following steps are implemented:

monitoring signal quality corresponding to a physical layer or a radio resource control RRC layer of the terminal device; and

determining whether to detect a wake-up signal WUS based on a determining result of whether a signal quality monitoring result meets a target trigger event, wherein

the target trigger condition comprises one of the following:

the physical layer of the terminal device reports an out-of-synchronization indication to the RRC layer, and a first timer is started;

a number counted by a beam failure counter of the media access control MAC layer of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a preset number of times;

a reference signal received power RSRP is continuously less than a first threshold within a first time period, wherein the first threshold is configured by a network device or determined based on a first preset condition;

a target channel quality parameter is continuously less than a second threshold within a first time period, wherein the target channel quality parameter comprises a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio SINR or a channel quality indicator CQI, and the second threshold is configured by a network device or determined based on a second preset condition;

reference signal received quality RSRQ is less than a third threshold; or

a block error rate BLER is greater than the third rate.

15. The terminal device according to claim 14 , wherein

any two TCI states of the M TCI states correspond to a same control resource set CORESET configuration, a same search space SS configuration, and different slot-related configurations; or

any two TCI states of the M TCI states correspond to a same CORESET configuration and different SS configurations, and each SS configuration has a separate slot-related configuration, wherein

the slot-related configuration comprises one of the following:

a slot-level period configuration and a slot offset configuration; or

a slot-level period configuration, a slot offset configuration, and an in-slot symbol offset configuration.

16. The terminal device according to claim 15 , wherein WUS sending moments corresponding to the M TCI states are concentrated in a period less than or equal to a preset time length.

17. The terminal device according to claim 14 , wherein the performing a link management operation based on the M TCI states comprises:

monitoring signal quality of a reference signal related to the WUS; and

if a signal quality monitoring result meets a target trigger event, performing a link management operation related to the target trigger event.

18. The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein the performing a link management operation based on the M TCI states further comprises:

if the signal quality monitoring result does not meet the target trigger event, decoding the WUS detected based on the M TCI states; and

in the case that the WUS is successfully decoded and a decoding result indicates to enter an On duration of the DRX, performing an operation of entering the On duration; or

in the case that the WUS is successfully decoded and a decoding result indicates to stay in the inactive-time, performing an operation of continuing to stay in the inactive-time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2021
From: SUN, YANLIANG; WU, KAI; SHEN, XIAODONG; JIANG, DAJIE; SUN, PENG
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0077 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910569112.1 · Jun 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020095056 · Jun 9, 2020
Related Publication 20220116876A1 · Apr 14, 2022