IP Library Granted Patent US 12,557,039
Granted Patent B2
US 12,557,039 · App. 17/758,259 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Reporting for maximum permissible exposure

Inventors: Fang Yuan (Beijing, CN); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W52/367H04B7/06952H04W16/28H04W72/23H04W74/0841
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Patent No.
US 12,557,039
App. No.
17/758,259
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
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 maximum permissible exposure (MPE) condition is satisfied for the UE; transmit, to abase station, a message based at least in part on determining that the MPE condition is satisfied; and transmit, to the base station based at least in part on the MPE condition being satisfied, beam information indicating an updated transmit beam for the UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (49)

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

determining that a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) condition is satisfied for the UE;

transmitting, to a base station, a message based at least in part on determining that the MPE condition is satisfied;

transmitting, to the base station based at least in part on the MPE condition being satisfied, beam information indicating an updated transmit beam for the UE; and

receiving, on a downlink active beam of the UE, a response associated with the message.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message includes a preamble of a random access channel message, and wherein the beam information indicating the updated transmit beam for the UE is carried in a physical uplink shared channel of the random access channel message.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting the updated transmit beam from a set of transmit beams that do not exceed the MPE condition.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting a beam on which to transmit the message, wherein the beam is different than a beam associated with satisfying the MPE condition for the UE.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the active downlink beam is associated with a lowest control resource set identifier of a group of active beams associated with the UE.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the active downlink beam is not changed in association with receiving the response.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the response includes a grant for a resource used to transmit the beam information indicating the updated transmit beam.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the response is associated with a particular control resource set or a particular search space indicating that the response is associated with the grant for the resource.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message and the beam information indicating the updated transmit beam for the UE are transmitted on a same beam.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the beam information indicating the updated transmit beam is a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE).

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is transmitted without using an existing uplink grant of the UE.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is transmitted using a contention-free physical random access channel (CF-PRACH) resource or a scheduling request physical uplink control channel (SR-PUCCH) resource.

13 . A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a message indicating that a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) condition of the UE is satisfied;

transmitting, on a downlink active beam of the UE, a response associated with the message;

receiving, from the UE based at least in part on the MPE condition being satisfied, beam information indicating an updated transmit beam for the UE; and

communicating with the UE based at least in part on the updated transmit beam.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the message includes a preamble of a random access channel message, and wherein the beam information indicating the updated transmit beam for the UE is carried in a physical uplink shared channel of the random access channel message.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a beam on which the message is received is different than a beam associated with satisfying the MPE condition for the UE.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the active downlink beam is associated with a lowest control resource set identifier of a group of active beams associated with the UE.

17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the response includes a grant for a resource used to transmit the beam information indicating the updated transmit beam.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the response is associated with a particular control resource set or a particular search space indicating that the response is associated with the grant for the resource.

19 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the message and the beam information indicating the updated transmit beam for the UE are received on a same beam.

20 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the beam information indicating the updated transmit beam is a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE).

21 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the message is transmitted using a contention-free physical random access channel (CF-PRACH) resource or a scheduling request physical uplink control channel (SR-PUCCH) resource.

22 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors operatively coupled to the one or more memories, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:

determine that a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) condition is satisfied for the UE;

transmit, to a base station, a message based at least in part on determining that the MPE condition is satisfied;

transmit, to the base station based at least in part on the MPE condition being satisfied, beam information indicating an updated transmit beam for the UE; and

receive, on a downlink active beam of the UE, a response associated with the message.

23 . A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

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

receive, from a user equipment (UE), a message indicating that a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) condition of the UE is satisfied;

transmit, on a downlink active beam of the UE, a response associated with the message;

receive, from the UE based at least in part on the MPE condition being satisfied, beam information indicating an updated transmit beam for the UE; and

communicate with the UE based at least in part on the updated transmit beam.

24 . The UE of claim 22 , wherein the message includes a preamble of a random access channel message, and wherein the beam information indicating the updated transmit beam for the UE is carried in a physical uplink shared channel of the random access channel message.

25 . The UE of claim 22 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to:

select a beam on which to transmit the message, wherein the beam is different than a beam associated with satisfying the MPE condition for the UE.

26 . The base station of claim 23 , wherein the message includes a preamble of a random access channel message, and wherein the beam information indicating the updated transmit beam for the UE is carried in a physical uplink shared channel of the random access channel message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2022
From: YUAN, FANG; ZHOU, YAN; LUO, TAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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