IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,176
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,176 · App. 18/356,844 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Suspension of beam or link recovery for a failure event

Inventors: Hamed Pezeshki (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Sony Akkarakaran (Poway, CA); Jingchao Bao (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W76/19H04B7/06964H04W72/044H04W74/0833H04W76/38
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Patent No.
US 12,376,176
App. No.
18/356,844
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a failure event for a beam or a link, between the UE and a base station, is occurring or will occur, and transmit a message to the base station indicating that the UE is refraining from performing a recovery procedure for the beam or a link for a time duration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (73)

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to cause the UE to:

determine an occurrence of one or more failure events for a beam or a link between the UE and a network entity;

transmit, to the network entity, a message that indicates;

suspension of a recovery procedure for a time duration, and

information associated with the one or more failure events, wherein the information associated with the one or more failure events includes one of:

information associated with a number of failed instances for a block duration, or

one or more statistics for a plurality of failure events that include the one or more failure events; and

receive a reconfiguration, of the recovery procedure, that includes information associated with an adjustment to one or more beam failure detection parameters, wherein the adjustment to the one or more beam failure detection parameters is based on the information associated with the one or more failure events, and wherein the adjustment to the one or more beam failure detection parameters comprises a first adjustment to a duration of a beam failure detection timer, a second adjustment to a maximum for a beam instance counter, or both the first adjustment to the duration of the beam failure detection timer and the second adjustment to the maximum for the beam instance counter.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the block duration is a duration of an object blocking the beam or the link.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the one or more failure events includes the information associated with the number of failed instances for the block duration.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the one or more failure events includes the one or more statistics for the plurality of failure events.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the message is transmitted after each failure event of the plurality of failure events.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the message is transmitted after occurrence of the plurality of failure events.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

establish a connection with the network entity via the beam or the link.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the one or more failure events further includes information that identifies the block duration.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, to receive the reconfiguration, the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE to:

receive, from the network entity, the reconfiguration.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

modify the one or more beam failure detection parameters based at least in part on the reconfiguration.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein, to modify the one or more beam failure detection parameters, the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE to:

increase the maximum for the beam instance counter, or

increase the duration of the beam failure detection timer.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the occurrence of the one or more failure events are determined for the beam.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the occurrence of the one or more failure events are determined for the link.

14. A method of wireless communication performed at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining an occurrence of one or more failure events for a beam or a link between the UE and a network entity;

transmitting, to the network entity, a message that indicates;

suspension of a recovery procedure for a time duration, and

information associated with the one or more failure events, wherein the information associated with the one or more failure events includes one of:

information regarding a number of failed instances for a block duration, or

one or more statistics for a plurality of failure events that include the one or more failure events; and

receiving a reconfiguration, of the recovery procedure, that includes information regarding an adjustment to one or more beam failure detection parameters, the adjustment to the one or more beam failure detection parameters being based on the information associated with the one or more failure events, the adjustment to the one or more beam failure detection parameters comprising a first adjustment to a duration of a beam failure detection timer, a second adjustment to a maximum for a beam instance counter, or both the first adjustment to the duration of the beam failure detection timer and the second adjustment to the maximum for the beam instance counter.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the block duration is a duration of an object blocking the beam or the link.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the information associated with the one or more failure events includes the information regarding the number of failed instances for the block duration.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the information associated with the one or more failure events includes the one or more statistics for the plurality of failure events.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the message is transmitted after each failure event of the plurality of failure events.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the message is transmitted after occurrence of the plurality of failure events.

20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

establishing a connection with the network entity via the beam or the link.

21. The method of claim 14 , wherein the information associated with the one or more failure events further includes information identifying the block duration.

22. The method of claim 14 , wherein receiving the reconfiguration comprises:

receiving, from the network entity, the reconfiguration.

23. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

modifying the one or more beam failure detection parameters based at least in part on the reconfiguration.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein modifying the one or more beam failure detection parameters comprises one or more of:

increasing the maximum for the beam instance counter, or

increasing the duration of the beam failure detection timer.

25. The method of claim 14 , wherein the occurrence of the one or more failure events are determined for the beam.

26. The method of claim 14 , wherein the occurrence of the one or more failure events are determined for the link.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:

determine an occurrence of one or more failure events for a beam or a link between the UE and a network entity;

transmit, to the network entity, a message that indicates:

suspension of a recovery procedure for a time duration, and

information associated with the one or more failure events, wherein the information associated with the one or more failure events includes one of:

information associated with a number of failed instances for a block duration, or

one or more statistics for a plurality of failure events that include the one or more failure events; and

receive a reconfiguration, of the recovery procedure, that includes information associated with an adjustment to one or more beam failure detection parameters, wherein the adjustment to the one or more beam failure detection parameters is based on the information associated with the one or more failure events, and wherein the adjustment to the one or more beam failure detection parameters comprises a first adjustment to a duration of a beam failure detection timer, a second adjustment to a maximum for a beam instance counter, or both the first adjustment to the duration of the beam failure detection timer and the second adjustment to the maximum for the beam instance counter.

28. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for determining an occurrence of one or more failure events for a beam or a link between the apparatus and a network entity;

means for transmitting, to the network entity, a message that indicates:

suspension of a recovery procedure for a time duration, and

information associated with the one or more failure events, wherein the information associated with the one or more failure events includes one of:

information regarding a number of failed instances for a duration, or

one or more statistics for a plurality of failure events that include the one or more failure events; and

means for receiving a reconfiguration, of the recovery procedure, that includes information regarding an adjustment to one or more beam failure detection parameters, the adjustment to the one or more beam failure detection parameters being based on the information associated with the one or more failure events, the adjustment to the one or more beam failure detection parameters comprising a first adjustment to a duration of a beam failure detection timer, a second adjustment to a maximum for a beam instance counter, or both the first adjustment to the duration of the beam failure detection timer and the second adjustment to the maximum for the beam instance counter.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the UE to:

modify the one or more beam failure detection parameters based at least in part on the reconfiguration.

30. The apparatus of claim 28 , further comprising:

means for modifying the one or more beam failure detection parameters based at least in part on the reconfiguration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2023
From: PEZESHKI, HAMED; LUO, TAO; AKKARAKARAN, SONY; BAO, JINGCHAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 064344/0171 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17249394 · Mar 1, 2021
Provisional Application 62985830 · Mar 5, 2020
Related Publication 20230363034A1 · Nov 9, 2023
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