Granted Patent B2

US 12,328,683 · App. 17/502,457 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Inventors: Kai Xu (Herndon, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA)

Assignee: Ofinno, LLC

H04W52/367H04W52/143H04W52/54

Abstract

Claims (53)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, configuration parameters indicating a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) threshold;

transmitting first uplink signals via a first antenna panel;

receiving a downlink control information (DCI) comprising a switching indication indicating switching from the first antenna panel to a second antenna panel;

detecting an MPE event based on the MPE threshold and a power value associated with the second antenna panel; and

based on the detecting the MPE event:

ignoring the switching indication by not switching to the second antenna panel and maintaining an activation of the first antenna panel; and

transmitting second uplink signals via the first antenna panel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first uplink signals are transmitted via the first antenna panel based on a first transmission configuration indication (TCI) state being activated.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first uplink signals and the second uplink signals each comprise at least one of:

a physical uplink shared channel;

a physical uplink control channel;

a physical random access channel; or

a sounding reference signal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MPE event is detected based on the power value being greater than the MPE threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting the MPE event comprises detecting an MPE instance in response to the power value being greater than the MPE threshold.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the MPE event is detected in response to detecting a quantity of MPE instances being greater than a threshold value within a time window.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate the threshold value.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI further indicates a second TCI state for the second antenna panel, and wherein the ignoring the switching indication comprises keeping the second TCI state deactivated.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting an uplink indication of the ignoring of the switching indication and not switching to the second antenna panel.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first uplink signals and the second uplink signals are transmitted via same uplink channels.

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

receive configuration parameters indicating a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) threshold;

transmit first uplink signals via a first antenna panel;

receive a downlink control information (DCI) comprising a switching indication indicating switching from the first antenna panel to a second antenna panel;

detect an MPE event based on the MPE threshold and a power value associated with the second antenna panel; and

based on the detection of the MPE event:

ignore the switching indication by not switching to the second antenna panel and maintain an activation of the first antenna panel; and

transmit second uplink signals via the first antenna panel.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the first uplink signals are transmitted via the first antenna panel based on a first transmission configuration indication (TCI) state being activated.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the first uplink signals and the second uplink signals each comprise at least one of:

a physical uplink shared channel;

a physical uplink control channel;

a physical random access channel; or

a sounding reference signal.

14. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the MPE event is detected based on the power value being greater than the MPE threshold.

15. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein to detect the MPE event, the instructions further cause the wireless device to detect an MPE instance in response to the power value being greater than the MPE threshold.

16. The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the MPE event is detected in response to detecting a quantity of MPE instances being greater than a threshold value within a time window.

17. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate the threshold value.

18. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the DCI further indicates a second TCI state for the second antenna panel, and wherein to ignore the switching indication, the instructions further cause the wireless device to keep the second TCI state deactivated.

19. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

transmit an uplink indication of the ignoring of the switching indication and not switching to the second antenna panel.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a wireless device, cause the wireless device to perform a process, the process comprising:

receive configuration parameters indicating a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) threshold;

transmit, to a base station, first uplink signals via a first antenna panel;

receive a downlink control information (DCI) comprising a switching indication indicating switching from the first antenna panel to a second antenna panel;

detect an MPE event based on the MPE threshold and a power value associated with the second antenna panel; and

based on the detection of the MPE event:

ignore the switching indication by not switching to the second antenna panel and maintain an activation of the first antenna panel; and

transmit, to the base station, second uplink signals via the first antenna panel.

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