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Granted Patent B2
US 12,581,338 · App. 17/819,262 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Method and apparatus for beam measurement and reporting

Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX); Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX); Emad N. Farag (Flanders, NJ)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W24/10H04W8/24
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Patent No.
US 12,581,338
App. No.
17/819,262
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for beam measurement and reporting. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving information about a report, the report including at least one capability value about an uplink (UL) transmission; determining the at least one capability value; determining the report including an indicator indicating the at least one capability value; and transmitting the report.

Claims (35)

1 . A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver configured to:

transmit, to a base station, capability information including a list of capability values, wherein the list of capability values indicates a maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) antenna ports of the UE, and receive, from the base station, configuration information on a channel state information (CSI) report; and

a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to identify a capability value from the list of capability values,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the base station, the CSI report including a resource indicator and an index of the identified capability value, and

wherein the index is associated with the resource indicator.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein

the resource indicator is a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI) or a synchronization signal block (SSB) resource indicator (SSBRI).

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the list of supported capability values includes values of {1,2,4}, and

a bit width for the index is 2 bits.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the CSI report further includes a value of a layer-1 signal to interference and noise ratio (L1-SINR) or a value of a layer-1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) for the resource indicator.

5 . A base station (BS) comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), capability information including a list of capability values, wherein the list of capability values indicates a maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) antenna ports of the UE,

transmit, to the UE, configuration information on a channel state information (CSI) report, and

receive, from the UE, the CSI report including a resource indicator and an index of an identified capability value of the capability values, the index being associated with the resource indicator.

6 . The BS of claim 5 , wherein

the resource indicator is a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI) or a synchronization signal block (SSB) resource indicator (SSBRI).

7 . The BS of claim 5 , wherein:

the list of supported capability values includes values of {1,2,4}, and

a bit width for the index is 2 bits.

8 . The BS of claim 5 , wherein the CSI report further includes a value of a layer-1 signal to interference and noise ratio (L1-SINR) or a value of a layer-1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) for the resource indicator.

9 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

transmitting, to a base station, capability information including a list of capability values, wherein the list of capability values indicates a maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) antenna ports of the UE;

receiving, from the base station, configuration information on a channel state information (CSI) report;

identifying a capability value from the list of capability values; and

transmitting the CSI report including a resource indicator and an index of the identified capability value, the index being associated with the resource indicator.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein

the resource indicator is a channel state information reference signal resource indicator (CRI) or a synchronization signal block (SSB) resource indicator (SSBRI).

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the list of supported capability values includes values of {1,2,4}, and

a bit width for the index is 2 bits.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the CSI report further includes a value of a layer-1 signal to interference and noise ratio (L1-SINR) or a value of a layer-1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) for the resource indicator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2022
From: RAHMAN, MD. SAIFUR; ONGGOSANUSI, EKO; FARAG, EMAD N.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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