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Granted Patent B2
US 12,470,336 · App. 17/758,251 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

High speed beam management

Inventors: Yuwei Ren (Beijing, CN); Huilin Xu (Temecula, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04L5/0023H04L5/0051H04W52/0216H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,470,336
App. No.
17/758,251
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for high speed beam management. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving beamformed signals from at least one base station (BS); determining that the UE is in a high mobility state and one or more parameters associated with the high mobility state, based on the received signals; transmitting at least one of the one or more parameters to the at least one BS; and communicating with the at least one BS based on the one or more parameters.

Claims (79)

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

receiving beamformed signals from at least one base station (BS);

determining a high mobility state of the UE and one or more parameters associated with the high mobility state, based on the beamformed signals, wherein the one or more parameters include a first indication of a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration based on the high mobility state of the UE;

transmitting at least one of the one or more parameters to the at least one BS; and

communicating with the at least one BS based on the one or more parameters.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more parameters include:

a second indication of one or more measurements of the beamformed signals, wherein the measurements indicate the high mobility state of the UE, or a third indication of one or more events associated with the high mobility state of the UE.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the measurements include at least one of a Doppler frequency shift, an angular variation associated with an angle of arrival of the beamformed signals, or a signal quality of the beamformed signals.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the events include at least one of a high speed event, a Doppler shift event, or an angular variation event.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the DRX configuration includes at least one of:

a configuration for a long DRX cycle,

a configuration for a short DRX cycle,

a DRX pattern, or

a configuration for the UE to stay in a connected state with the at least one BS and disable the DRX cycle.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

communicating with the at least one BS comprises communicating with the at least one BS based on a DRX configuration included in the one or more parameters, and

the DRX configuration comprises at least one of a configuration for a long DRX cycle, a configuration for a short DRX cycle, a DRX pattern, or a configuration for the UE to stay in a connected state with the at least one BS and disable the DRX cycle.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the at least one BS, an indication of a DRX configuration;

wherein communicating with the at least one BS comprises communicating with the at least one BS based on the DRX configuration; and

wherein the DRX configuration comprises at least one of a configuration for a long DRX cycle, a configuration for a short DRX cycle, a DRX pattern, or a configuration for the UE to stay in a connected state with the at least one BS and disable the DRX cycle.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the indication is received via radio resource control signaling, downlink control information, or a medium access control (MAC) control element.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the high mobility state includes the UE moving at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour (km/h) to 650 km/h.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein communicating with the at least one BS comprises communicating with the at least one BS via a single carrier frequency.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the carrier frequency is within a frequency range of 400 MHz to 7200 MHz or 24 GHz to 53 GHz.

12 . A method of wireless communication by a base station (BS}, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), one or more parameters associated with a high mobility state of the UE;

determining a first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration based at least in part on the one or more parameters;

transmitting an indication of the first DRX configuration to the UE; and

communicating with the UE based on the first DRX configuration.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the first DRX configuration comprises at least one of:

a configuration for a long DRX cycle,

a configuration for a short DRX cycle,

a DRX pattern, or

a configuration for the UE to stay in a connected state with the BS and disable the DRX cycle.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the indication is transmitted via radio resource control signaling, downlink control information, or a medium access control (MAC) control element.

15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of:

a first indication of one or more measurements of beamformed signals received by UE, wherein the measurements indicate the high mobility state of the UE,

a second indication of one or more events associated with the high mobility state of the UE, or

a third indication of a second DRX configuration based on the high mobility state of the UE.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the measurements include at least one of a Doppler frequency shift, an angular variation associated with an angle of arrival of the beamformed signals, or a signal quality of the beamformed signals.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the events include at least one of a high speed event, a Doppler shift event, or an angular variation event.

18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the second DRX configuration includes at least one of:

a configuration for a long DRX cycle,

a configuration for a short DRX cycle,

a DRX pattern, or

a configuration for the UE to stay in a connected state with the BS and disable the DRX cycle.

19 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the first DRX configuration includes the second DRX configuration.

20 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the first DRX configuration is different from the second DRX configuration.

21 . The method of claim 12 , wherein communicating with the UE comprises communicating with the UE via a single carrier frequency.

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

transmitting, while the UE is in a high mobility state, beamformed signals to at least one base station (BS);

receiving, from the at least one BS, an indication of a DRX configuration based at least in part on the high mobility state of the UE; and

communicating with the at least one BS based on the DRX configuration.

23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the DRX configuration comprises at least one of:

a configuration for a long DRX cycle,

a configuration for a short DRX cycle,

a DRX pattern, or

a configuration for the UE to stay in a connected state with the at least one BS and disable the DRX cycle.

24 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the indication is received via radio resource control signaling, downlink control information, or a medium access control (MAC) control element.

25 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the beamformed signals include an uplink reference signal.

26 . The method of claim 25 , wherein the uplink reference signal includes at least one of a sounding reference signal, a demodulation reference signal, or a phase tracking reference signal.

27 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the high mobility state includes the UE moving at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour (km/h) to 650 km/h.

28 . The method of claim 22 , wherein communicating with the at least one BS comprises communicating with the at least one BS via a single carrier frequency.

29 . The method of claim 28 , wherein the carrier frequency is within a frequency range of 400 MHz to 7200 MHz or 24 GHz to 53 GHz.

30 . A method of wireless communication by a base station (BS}, comprising:

receiving beamformed signals from at least one user equipment (UE);

determining that the at least one UE is in a high mobility state based on the beamformed signals and a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration based at least in part on the high mobility state of the at least one UE;

transmitting, to the at least one UE, an indication of the DRX configuration; and

communicating with the at least one UE based on the DRX configuration.

31 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the DRX configuration comprises at least one of:

a configuration for a long DRX cycle,

a configuration for a short DRX cycle,

a DRX pattern, or

a configuration for the UE to stay in a connected state with the BS and disable the DRX cycle.

32 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the indication is transmitted via radio resource control signaling, downlink control information, or a medium access control (MAC) control element.

33 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the beamformed signals include an uplink reference signal.

34 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the uplink reference signal includes at least one of a sounding reference signal, a demodulation reference signal, or a phase tracking reference signal.

35 . The method of claim 30 , wherein communicating with the at least one UE comprises communicating with the at least one UE via a single carrier frequency.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: REN, YUWEI; XU, HUILIN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 060594/0945 →
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