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US 12,342,343 · App. 18/585,319 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Method for transmitting and receiving uplink control signal and device for implementing same

Inventors: Euichang Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Seho Myung (Suwon-si, KR); Suyoung Park (Suwon-si, KR); Suha Yoon (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04W72/21H04B7/0408H04L41/0803H04W72/044
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Patent No.
US 12,342,343
App. No.
18/585,319
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention relates to a method and device for managing transmission beams of a terminal in a 5G system.

Claims (44)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) spatial relation information, the PUCCH spatial relation information indicating a spatial relation between a reference signal and a PUCCH; and

when the PUCCH is scheduled for transmission via a first PUCCH resource and a second PUCCH resource, transmitting the PUCCH via the first PUCCH resource to the base station using a first beam and transmitting the PUCCH via the second PUCCH resource to the base station using a second beam,

wherein the first beam and the second beam are identified based on the PUCCH spatial relation information included in the RRC message.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) to indicate two activated spatial relations of the PUCCH spatial relation information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first beam and the second beam are identified in response to a number of PUCCH transmissions being configured as 2.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal is one of a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), or a sounding reference signal (SRS).

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the base station, a downlink signal on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),

wherein the PUCCH includes feedback information for the downlink signal.

6. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) message including physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) spatial relation information, the PUCCH spatial relation information indicating a spatial relation between a reference signal and a PUCCH; and

when the PUCCH is scheduled for transmission via a first PUCCH resource and a second PUCCH resource, receiving the PUCCH via the first PUCCH resource from the terminal using a first beam and receiving the PUCCH via the second PUCCH resource from the terminal using a second beam,

wherein the first beam and the second beam are associated with the PUCCH spatial relation information included in the RRC message.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising transmitting, to the terminal, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) to indicate two activated spatial relations of the PUCCH spatial relation information.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first beam and the second beam are identified in response to a number of PUCCH transmissions being configured as 2.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the reference signal is one of a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), or a sounding reference signal (SRS).

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising transmitting, to the terminal, a downlink signal on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),

wherein the PUCCH includes feedback information for the downlink signal.

11. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

memory storing instructions;

a transceiver; and

a processor,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the terminal to:

receive, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) spatial relation information, the PUCCH spatial relation information indicating a spatial relation between a reference signal and a PUCCH, and

when the PUCCH is scheduled for transmission via a first PUCCH resource and a second PUCCH resource, transmit the PUCCH via the first PUCCH resource to the base station using a first beam and transmit the PUCCH via the second PUCCH resource to the base station using a second beam,

wherein the first beam and the second beam are identified based on the PUCCH spatial relation information included in the RRC message.

12. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the terminal to receive, from the base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) to indicate two activated spatial relations of the PUCCH spatial relation information.

13. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the first beam and the second beam are identified in response to a number of PUCCH transmissions being configured as 2.

14. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the reference signal is one of a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), or a sounding reference signal (SRS).

15. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the terminal to receive, from the base station, a downlink signal on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and

wherein the PUCCH includes feedback information for the downlink signal.

16. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

memory storing instructions;

a transceiver; and

a processor,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the base station to:

transmit, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) message including physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) spatial relation information, the PUCCH spatial relation information indicating a spatial relation between a reference signal and a PUCCH, and

when the PUCCH is scheduled for transmission via a first PUCCH resource and a second PUCCH resource, receive the PUCCH via the first PUCCH resource from the terminal using a first beam and receive the PUCCH via the second PUCCH resource from the terminal using a second beam,

wherein the first beam and the second beam are associated with the PUCCH spatial relation information included in the RRC message.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the base station to transmit, to the terminal, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) to indicate two activated spatial relations of the PUCCH spatial relation information.

18. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the first beam and the second beam are identified in response to a number of PUCCH transmissions being configured as 2.

19. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the reference signal is one of a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), or a sounding reference signal (SRS).

20. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the base station to transmit, to the terminal, a downlink signal on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and

wherein the PUCCH includes feedback information for the downlink signal.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0059043 · May 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18089706 · Dec 28, 2022
Continuation 17057237
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