Granted Patent B2

US 12,413,321 · App. 17/821,925 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan (West Windsor Township, NJ); Tianyang Bai (Somerville, NJ); Jung Ho Ryu (Fort Lee, NJ)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04B17/345H04L5/14

Abstract

Claims (85)

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

a memory; and

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

receive a beam based at least in part on using at least a first antenna panel; and

transmit a rank indicator and user equipment assistance information (UAI), the UAI comprising a self-interference metric associated with operating in a full duplex mode based at least in part on using the at least first antenna panel, wherein the self-interference metric comprises a rate reduction percentage, the rate reduction percentage based at least in part on a current data rate.

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

use a subarray of antennas included in the at least first antenna panel.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the rank indicator is associated with the beam, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with receiving the beam based at least in part on using the at least first antenna panel.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the beam is a first beam,

wherein the rank indicator is associated with the first beam, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with receiving a second beam based at least in part on using the at least first antenna panel.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the beam is a first beam,

wherein the rank indicator is associated with the first beam,

wherein the at least first antenna panel includes the first antenna panel and a second antenna panel, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with receiving a second beam based at least in part on using the second antenna panel.

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

receive self-interference configuration information; and

generate the self-interference metric based at least in part on the self-interference configuration information.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the UAI comprises a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the self-interference metric

is based at least in part on a presence of the beam or

on an absence of the beam.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the rank indicator is associated with the beam.

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

transmit, prior to receiving the beam, capability information that indicates a number of antenna panels supported by the UE.

11. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory and configured to cause the network node to:

receive a rank indicator and user equipment assistance information (UAI) associated with a user equipment (UE), the UAI comprising a self-interference metric associated with the UE operating in a full duplex mode based at least in part on using at least a first antenna panel, wherein the self-interference metric comprises a rate reduction percentage, the rate reduction percentage based at least in part on a current data rate; and

transmit a full-duplex configuration that is based at least in part on the rank indicator and the UAI.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network node to:

transmit a beam based at least in part on the full-duplex configuration.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the rank indicator is associated with a beam, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with the UE receiving the beam based at least in part on using the at least first antenna panel.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the rank indicator is associated with a first beam, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with the UE receiving a second beam based at least in part on using the at least first antenna panel.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the rank indicator is associated with a first beam,

wherein the at least first antenna panel includes the first antenna panel and a second antenna panel, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with the UE receiving a second beam based at least in part on using the second antenna panel.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network node to:

transmit self-interference configuration information,

wherein the self-interference metric is based at least in part on the self-interference configuration information.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the self-interference configuration information indicates at least one of:

an antenna panel selection, or

a beam selection.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network node to:

receive capability information that indicates a number of antenna panels supported by the UE,

wherein the self-interference configuration information is based at least in part on the capability information.

19. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the self-interference metric

is based at least in part on a presence of a beam or

on an absence of the beam.

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

receiving a beam based at least in part on using at least a first antenna panel; and

transmitting a rank indicator and user equipment assistance information (UAI), the UAI comprising a self-interference metric associated with operating in a full duplex mode based at least in part on using the at least first antenna panel, wherein the self-interference metric comprises a rate reduction percentage, the rate reduction percentage based at least in part on a current data rate.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the beam is a first beam,

wherein the rank indicator is associated with the first beam, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with receiving a second beam based at least in part on using the at least first antenna panel.

22. The method of claim 20 , wherein the beam is a first beam,

wherein the rank indicator is associated with the first beam,

wherein the at least first antenna panel includes the first antenna panel and a second antenna panel, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with receiving a second beam based at least in part on using the second antenna panel.

23. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:

receiving self-interference configuration information; and

generating the self-interference metric based at least in part on the self-interference configuration information.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the self-interference configuration information indicates at least one of:

an antenna panel selection, or

a beam selection.

25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the at least first antenna panel includes the first antenna panel and a second antenna panel, and

wherein the antenna panel selection indicates the first antenna panel or the second antenna panel.

26. A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising:

receiving a rank indicator and user equipment assistance information (UAI) associated with a user equipment (UE), the UAI comprising a self-interference metric associated with the UE operating in a full duplex mode based at least in part on using at least a first antenna panel, wherein the self-interference metric comprises a rate reduction percentage, the rate reduction percentage based at least in part on a current data rate; and

transmitting a full-duplex configuration that is based at least in part on the rank indicator and the UAI.

27. The method of claim 26 , wherein the rank indicator is associated with a beam, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with the UE receiving the beam based at least in part on using the at least first antenna panel.

28. The method of claim 26 , wherein the rank indicator is associated with a first beam, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with the UE receiving a second beam based at least in part on using the at least first antenna panel.

29. The method of claim 26 , wherein the rank indicator is associated with a first beam,

wherein the at least first antenna panel includes the first antenna panel and a second antenna panel, and

wherein the self-interference metric is associated with the UE receiving a second beam based at least in part on using the second antenna panel.

30. The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

receiving capability information that indicates a number of antenna panels supported by the UE; and

transmitting self-interference configuration information,

wherein the self-interference configuration information is based at least in part on the capability information, and

wherein the self-interference metric is based at least in part on the self-interference configuration information.

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