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US 12,245,062 · App. 17/736,618 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Method for link quality monitoring and related products

Inventors: Zuomin Wu (Guangdong, CN); Wenqiang Tian (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W24/08H04L5/0051H04W56/001H04W74/0816
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Patent No.
US 12,245,062
App. No.
17/736,618
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for link quality monitoring and related products are provided in implementations of the present disclosure. The method includes the following. A first radio link monitoring reference signal (RLM-RS) resource is obtained, where the first RLM-RS resource is a resource among M first RLM-RS candidate resources, and K first RLM-RS candidate resources among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources are used to transmit a first RLM-RS, M and K are positive integers, and K≤M. Radio link quality monitoring is performed according to the first RLM-RS resource.

Claims (27)

1. A method for link quality monitoring, being applicable to a terminal device and comprising:

obtaining a first radio link monitoring reference signal (RLM-RS) resource, wherein the first RLM-RS resource is a resource among M first RLM-RS candidate resources, and K first RLM-RS candidate resources among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources are used to transmit a first RLM-RS, M and K are positive integers, and K≤M;

performing radio link quality monitoring according to the first RLM-RS resource, wherein the first RLM-RS resource comprises K first RLM-RS candidate resources with worst channel quality among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources; and

determining that none of the M first RLM-RS candidate resources is for transmitting the first RLM-RS, according to a detection result of the first RLM-RS on the M first RLM-RS candidate resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the K first RLM-RS candidate resources among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources being used to transmit the first RLM-RS comprising:

if more than K or K first RLM-RS candidate resources among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources have a channel availability, K first RLM-RS candidate resources having the channel availability among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources are used to transmit the first RLM-RS; or

if less than K first RLM-RS candidate resources among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources have the channel availability, a first RLM-RS candidate resource having the channel availability among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources is used to transmit the first RLM-RS.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the radio link quality monitoring according to the first RLM-RS resource comprises:

evaluating, in an in-sync (IS) evaluation period, whether downlink (DL) radio link quality estimated on the first RLM-RS resource is higher than an IS threshold.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the M RLM-RS candidate resources are in a first discovery reference signal (DRS) transmission window.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the IS evaluation period is an integer multiple of a period of the first DRS transmission window.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the radio link quality monitoring according to the first RLM-RS resource comprises:

determining, in an out-of-sync (OOS) evaluation period, whether DL radio link quality estimated on the first RLM-RS resource is lower than an OOS threshold.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the M RLM-RS candidate resources are in a second DRS transmission window.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the OOS evaluation period is an integer multiple of a period of the second DRS transmission window.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first RLM-RS resource comprises a synchronization signal block (SSB) resource and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource.

10. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store one or more programs;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the one or more programs stored in the memory to:

obtain a first radio link monitoring reference signal (RLM-RS) resource, wherein the first RLM-RS resource is a resource among M first RLM-RS candidate resources, and K first RLM-RS candidate resources among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources are used to transmit a first RLM-RS, M and K are positive integers, and K≤M;

perform radio link quality monitoring according to the first RLM-RS resource, wherein the first RLM-RS resource comprises K first RLM-RS candidate resources with worst channel quality among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources; and

determine that none of the M first RLM-RS candidate resources is for transmitting the first RLM-RS, according to a detection result of the first RLM-RS on the M first RLM-RS candidate resources.

11. The terminal device of claim 10 , wherein the K first RLM-RS candidate resources among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources being used to transmit the first RLM-RS comprising:

if more than K or K first RLM-RS candidate resources among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources have a channel availability, K first RLM-RS candidate resources having the channel availability among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources are used to transmit the first RLM-RS; or

if less than K first RLM-RS candidate resources among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources have the channel availability, a first RLM-RS candidate resource having the channel availability among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources is used to transmit the first RLM-RS.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store computer programs for electronic data interchange, the computer programs being operable with a computer to perform the method of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2022
From: WU, ZUOMIN; TIAN, WENQIANG
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019116890 · Nov 8, 2019
Related Publication 20220264344A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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