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US 12,531,610 · App. 17/760,229 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Transmission skipping based on a beam correspondence

Inventors: Ankit Bhamri (Rödermark, DE); Hyejung Jung (Northbrook, IL); Vijay Nangia (Woodridge, IL)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H04B7/0617H04B7/0408H04B7/06966H04B17/318
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,531,610
App. No.
17/760,229
Filed
Aug 5, 2022
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2476
USPC
370/329
Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmission skipping based on a beam correspondence. One method ( 400 ) includes receiving ( 402 ) information corresponding to skipping uplink transmissions on at least one beam, at least one panel, or a combination thereof. The method ( 400 ) includes determining ( 404 ) whether a downlink transmission beam is blocked, a signal strength corresponding to the downlink transmission beam is less than a threshold signal strength, or a combination thereof. The method ( 400 ) includes, in response to the downlink transmission beam being blocked, the signal strength corresponding to the downlink transmission beam being less than the threshold signal strength, or a combination thereof, skipping ( 406 ) one or more uplink transmissions on the at least one beam, the at least one panel, or the combination thereof that corresponds to the downlink transmission beam based on the information corresponding to skipping uplink transmissions.

Claims (33)

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

receiving information that indicates a first threshold used to determine whether to skip uplink transmission on one or more of at least one beam or at least one panel, wherein the first threshold is a number of symbols from a last received symbol of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions that schedule the uplink transmission;

determining one or more of whether a downlink transmission beam is blocked or, a signal strength corresponding to the downlink transmission beam is less than a threshold signal strength; and

in response to one or more of the downlink transmission beam being blocked or the signal strength corresponding to the downlink transmission beam being less than the threshold signal strength and based on the first threshold used to determine whether to skip uplink transmission,

skipping one or more uplink transmissions on one or more of the at least one beam or the at least one panel that corresponds to the downlink transmission beam.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises a timing threshold configuration, or an indication to perform skipping, or both.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink transmission beam corresponds to at least one expected PDCCH transmission.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one expected PDCCH transmission comprises a plurality of expected PDCCH transmissions received on multiple downlink beams from at least one transmission and reception point (TRP).

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein skipping the one or more uplink transmissions on the one or more of the at least one beam or the at least one panel that corresponds to the downlink transmission beam comprises skipping the one or more uplink transmissions on a first beam corresponding to a transmission and reception point (TRP), and, in response to skipping the one or more uplink transmission on the first beam corresponding to the TRP, autonomously switching to a second beam corresponding to the TRP and transmitting the one or more uplink transmissions on the second beam.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the first beam and the second beam are part of a CORESETPoolIndex.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein skipping the one or more uplink transmissions on the one or more of the at least one beam or the at least one panel that corresponds to the downlink transmission beam comprises skipping the one or more uplink transmissions on a first beam corresponding to a transmission and reception point (TRP), and, in response to skipping the one or more uplink transmission on the first beam corresponding to the TRP and in response to the one or more uplink transmissions being configured for concurrent transmission on the first beam and on a second beam, increasing a transmission power corresponding to transmission of the one or more uplink transmissions by the second beam.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein skipping the one or more uplink transmissions on the one or more of the at least one beam or the at least one panel that corresponds to the downlink transmission beam comprises skipping a first uplink transmission of the one or more uplink transmissions and transmitting a second uplink transmission of the one or more uplink transmissions.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein skipping the one or more uplink transmissions on the one or more of the at least one beam or the at least one panel that corresponds to the downlink transmission beam comprises skipping a first portion of the one or more uplink transmissions that occur within a threshold time period and not skipping a second portion of the one or more uplink transmissions that occur outside of the threshold time period.

10 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:

receive information that indicates a first threshold used to determine whether to skip uplink transmission on one or more of at least one beam or at least one panel, wherein the first threshold is a number of symbols from a last received symbol of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions that schedule the uplink transmission;

determine one or more of whether a downlink transmission beam is blocked or a signal strength corresponding to the downlink transmission beam is less than a threshold signal strength; and

in response to one or more of the downlink transmission beam being blocked or the signal strength corresponding to the downlink transmission beam being less than the threshold signal strength and based on the first threshold used to determine whether to skip uplink transmission,

skip one or more uplink transmissions on one or more of the at least one beam or the at least one panel that corresponds to the downlink transmission beam.

11 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the information comprises a timing threshold configuration, or an indication to perform skipping, or both.

12 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the downlink transmission beam corresponds to at least one expected PDCCH transmission.

13 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the at least one expected PDCCH transmission comprises a plurality of expected PDCCH transmissions received on multiple downlink beams from at least one transmission and reception point (TRP).

14 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to skip the one or more uplink transmissions on a first beam corresponding to a transmission and reception point (TRP), and, in response to skipping the one or more uplink transmission on the first beam corresponding to the TRP, autonomously switch to a second beam corresponding to the TRP and transmit the one or more uplink transmissions on the second beam.

15 . The UE of claim 14 , wherein the first beam and the second beam are part of a CORESETPoolIndex.

16 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to skip the one or more uplink transmissions on a first beam corresponding to a transmission and reception point (TRP), and, in response to skipping the one or more uplink transmission on the first beam corresponding to the TRP and in response to the one or more uplink transmissions being configured for concurrent transmission on the first beam and on a second beam, increase a transmission power corresponding to transmission of the one or more uplink transmissions by the second beam.

17 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to skip a first uplink transmission of the one or more uplink transmissions and transmitting a second uplink transmission of the one or more uplink transmissions.

18 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to skip a first portion of the one or more uplink transmissions that occur within a threshold time period and not skip a second portion of the one or more uplink transmissions that occur outside of the threshold time period.

19 . A method for wireless communication by a base station, the method comprising:

transmit information that indicates a first threshold used to determine whether to skip uplink transmission on one or more of at least one beam or at least one panel, wherein the first threshold is a number of symbols from a last received symbol of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions that schedule the uplink transmission, wherein one or more of a downlink transmission beam is blocked or a signal strength corresponding to the downlink transmission beam is less than a threshold signal strength, and wherein one or more uplink transmissions is skipped:

in response to one or more of the downlink transmission beam being blocked or the signal strength corresponding to the downlink transmission beam being less than the threshold signal strength; and

based on the first threshold used to determine whether to skip uplink transmission.

20 . The base station of claim 19 , wherein the information comprises one or more of a timing threshold configuration or an indication to perform skipping.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2022
From: BHAMRI, ANKIT; JUNG, HYEJUNG; NANGIA, VIJAY
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 061346/0745 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62970510 · Feb 5, 2020
Related Publication 20230022915A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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