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US 12,587,973 · App. 18/240,068 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Systems and methods for reporting power-related information

Inventors: Ke Yao (Shenzhen, CN); Bo Gao (Shenzhen, CN); Chuangxin Jiang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Hao Wu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W52/365H04W52/42H04W72/046
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Patent No.
US 12,587,973
App. No.
18/240,068
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication method includes receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication of a candidate beam set comprising a first number of beam states; determining, by the wireless communication device, a second number of power-related information, each of which corresponds to a beam state in a reporting beam set determined based on the candidate beam set; and sending, by the wireless communication device to the network, a report comprising the power-related information, wherein at least one of the first number or the second number is a positive integer.

Claims (35)

1 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication of a candidate beam set comprising a first number of beam states;

determining, by the wireless communication device, a second number of power-related information, each of which corresponds to a beam state in a reporting beam set determined based on the candidate beam set; and

sending, by the wireless communication device to the network, a report comprising the power-related information, wherein at least one of the first number or the second number is a positive integer.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of:

each of the second number of power-related information comprises a Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE); or

the candidate beam set is configured by a RRC signaling.

3 . The method of claim 1 , the reporting beam set is determined based on the candidate beam set comprising:

the reporting beam set is determined by an indication of a reporting beam set in the report.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the reporting beam set is determined as the candidate beam set, in response to determining at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:

absence of the indication of a reporting beam set in the report that is configured by a RRC signaling or indicated in a MAC CE; or

the first number is equal to a predefined number.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the indication of the reporting beam set in the report comprises:

a list of beam state indicators each indicating a beam state in the candidate beam set.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein a number of the beam indicator in the list of beam indicator is equal to the second number.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the candidate beam set comprises the first number of the beam states for a CC or a CC group in a third number of Component Carriers (CCs), wherein the third number is a positive integer.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining, by the wireless communication device, the second number of the power-related information for a CC, each power-related information for the CC corresponding to a beam state in a reporting beam set for the CC determined based on the candidate beam set of the CC or of the CC group comprising the CC; and

sending, by the wireless communication device to the network, a report comprising the power-related information for the CC.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the report comprises an indication of reporting beam set for the CC.

10 . The method of one of claim 8 , wherein the number of field of MPE for a CC is determined according to the number of beam states in the reporting beam set for the CC.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the beam state comprises reference signal (RS) information.

12 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the MPE comprises a power management-maximum power reduction (P-MPR).

13 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

sending, by a network to a wireless communication device, an indication of a candidate beam set comprising a first number of beam states; and

receiving, by the network from the wireless communication device, a report comprising a second number of power-related information, wherein each of the power-related information corresponds to a beam state in a reporting beam set determined based on the candidate beam set, and wherein at least one of the first number and the second number is a positive integer.

14 . A wireless communication device, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

receive, via a transceiver from a network, an indication of a candidate beam set comprising a first number of beam states;

determine a second number of power-related information, each of which corresponds to a beam state in a reporting beam set determined based on the candidate beam set; and

send, via the transceiver to the network, a report comprising the power-related information, wherein at least one of the first number or the second number is a positive integer.

15 . A network node, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

send, via a transceiver to a wireless communication device, an indication of a candidate beam set comprising a first number of beam states; and

receive, via the transceiver from the wireless communication device, a report comprising a second number of power-related information, wherein each of the power-related information corresponds to a beam state in a reporting beam set determined based on the candidate beam set, and wherein at least one of the first number and the second number is a positive integer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2023
From: YAO, KE; GAO, BO; JIANG, CHUANGXIN; LU, ZHAOHUA; WU, HAO
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021093053 · May 11, 2021
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