Granted Patent B2

US 12,309,659 · App. 17/701,152 · Granted May 20, 2025

Inventors: Xin You (Dongguan, CN); Cong Shi (Dongguan, CN)

Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

H04W36/305H04W36/0016H04W36/0055H04W36/06H04W76/19

Abstract

Claims (49)

1. An indication method, comprising:

sending, by a terminal device, a Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to a network device;

wherein the BFR MAC CE is used to indicate at least one Secondary Cell (SCell) where a beam failure occurs;

wherein the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal device, a BFR MAC CE format type used by the terminal device based on a size of an uplink (UL) grant resource and the number of SCells where the beam failure occurs;

wherein the BFR MAC CE format type comprises a first type of BFR MAC CE and a second type of BFR MAC CE;

wherein each of the first type of BFR MAC CE and the second type of BFR MAC CE comprises a bitmap, and each bit in the bitmap is used to indicate whether a corresponding cell has a beam failure;

wherein the first type of BFR MAC CE further comprises: a new beam identity corresponding to the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs;

wherein the second type of BFR MAC CE further comprises a new beam identity corresponding to a part of the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs, wherein the second type of MAC CE comprises a truncated BFR MAC CE.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the BFR MAC CE comprises identity (ID) of the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the BFR MAC CE is further used to indicate a new beam identity.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

indicating, by the terminal device, the BFR MAC CE format type used by the terminal device using a Logical Channel identity (LCID).

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the BFR MAC CE format type further comprises at least one of a third type of BFR MAC CE, and a fourth type of BFR MAC CE.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

each bit in the bitmap is used to indicate the corresponding cell which is a serving cell, and the serving cell is a Primary Cell (PCell) or a SCell.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the third type of BFR MAC CE further comprise: a new beam identity corresponding to the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs;

wherein the fourth type of BFR MAC CE comprises the new beam identity corresponding to the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs, or does not comprise the new beam identity corresponding to the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the new beam identity is: an SSB identity or a CSI-RS identity.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the terminal device, whether there is an available UL grant resource; and

in response to the terminal device determining that there is no available UL grant resource, triggering, by the terminal device, to send a BFR Scheduling Request (SR) to the network device;

wherein the BFR SR is used to request to the network device a UL grant resource for sending the BFR MAC CE.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to the terminal device sending the BFR MAC CE on the UL grant resource, stopping, by the terminal device, all SRs triggered by the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs.

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

performing, by the terminal device, beam failure detection for each of cells, wherein the cells comprise a primary cell and a SCell.

12. A terminal device, comprising one or more processors, memory storing a plurality of programs that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the terminal device to:

send a Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to a network device;

wherein the BFR MAC CE is used to indicate at least one Secondary Cell (SCell) where a beam failure occurs;

wherein when the plurality of programs are executed by the one or more processors, the terminal device is caused to:

determine a used BFR MAC CE format type based on a size of an uplink (UL) grant resource and the number of SCells where the beam failure occurs;

wherein the BFR MAC CE format type comprises a first type of BFR MAC CE and a second type of BFR MAC CE;

wherein each of the first type of BFR MAC CE and the second type of BFR MAC CE comprises a bitmap, and each bit in the bitmap is used to indicate whether a corresponding cell has a beam failure;

wherein the first type of BFR MAC CE further comprises: a new beam identity corresponding to the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs;

wherein the second type of BFR MAC CE further comprises a new beam identity corresponding to a part of the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs, wherein the second type of MAC CE comprises a truncated BFR MAC CE.

13. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the BFR MAC CE comprises identity (ID) of the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs.

14. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the BFR MAC CE is further used to indicate a new beam identity.

15. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein when the plurality of programs are executed by the one or more processors, the terminal device is caused to:

indicate the BFR MAC CE format type used by the terminal device using a Logical Channel identity (LCID).

16. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the BFR MAC CE format type further comprises at least one of a third type of BFR MAC CE, and a fourth type of BFR MAC CE.

17. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein each bit in the bitmap is used to indicate the corresponding cell which is a serving cell, and the serving cell is a Primary Cell (PCell) or a SCell.

18. The terminal device according to claim 16 , wherein the third type of BFR MAC CE further comprise: a new beam identity corresponding to the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs;

wherein the fourth type of BFR MAC CE comprises the new beam identity corresponding to the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs, or does not comprise the new beam identity corresponding to the at least one SCell where the beam failure occurs.

19. The terminal device according to claim 18 , wherein the new beam identity is: an SSB identity or a CSI-RS identity.

20. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein when the plurality of programs are executed by the one or more processors, the terminal device is caused to:

determine whether there is an available UL grant resource; and

in response to the terminal device determining that there is no available UL grant resource, trigger to send a BFR Scheduling Request (SR) to the network device;

wherein the BFR SR is used to request to the network device a UL grant resource for sending the BFR MAC CE.

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