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US 12,659,003 · App. 18/300,491 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Beam-based communication method and related apparatus

Inventors: Bo Fan (Chengdu, CN); Xi Zhang (Chengdu, CN); Shitong Yuan (Chengdu, CN); Peng Guan (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04B7/0695H04L5/0048H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,659,003
App. No.
18/300,491
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose a beam-based communication method. The method includes: receiving configuration information of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a network device, wherein the PDCCH is corresponding to a control resource set 0 (CORESET0); receiving indication information from the network device, wherein the indication information indicates a first beam; where the configuration information of the PDCCH includes a first parameter, the first parameter indicates that the PDCCH uses the first beam; and receiving the PDCCH by using the first beam.

Claims (46)

1 . A communication method, comprising:

receiving configuration information of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a network device, wherein the PDCCH is corresponding to a control resource set 0 (CORESET 0);

receiving downlink control information (DCI) from the network device, wherein the DCI indicates a first beam; wherein the configuration information of the PDCCH is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) message and includes a first parameter that indicates that the PDCCH uses the first beam indicated by the DCI; and

receiving the PDCCH by using the first beam.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving configuration information of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set from the network device, wherein the configuration information comprises a second parameter, the second parameter indicates that an SRS resource in the SRS resource set is transmitted by using the first beam.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a format of the DCI is 1_1 or 1_2.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first beam is a common beam and is used to transmit a plurality of channels and/or a plurality of reference signals.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein:

the plurality of channels comprises one or more of the following: a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), or a physical random access channel (PRACH); and

the plurality of reference signals comprises one or more of the following: a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), or a tracking reference signal (TRS).

6 . A communication method, comprising:

sending configuration information of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to a terminal device, wherein the PDCCH is corresponding to a control resource set 0 (CORESET 0);

sending downlink control information (DCI) to the terminal device, wherein the DCI indicates a first beam; wherein the configuration information of the PDCCH is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) message and includes a first parameter that indicates that the PDCCH uses the first beam indicated by the DCI; and

sending the PDCCH by using the first beam.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending configuration information of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set to the terminal device, wherein the configuration information comprises a second parameter, the second parameter indicates that an SRS resource in the SRS resource set is transmitted by using the first beam.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein a format of the DCI is 1_1 or 1_2.

9 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first beam is a common beam and is used to transmit a plurality of channels and/or a plurality of reference signals.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein:

the plurality of channels comprises one or more of the following: a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), or a physical random access channel (PRACH); and

the plurality of reference signals comprises one or more of the following: a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), or a tracking reference signal (TRS).

11 . A communication apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor, configured to execute programming instructions to cause the apparatus to:

receive configuration information of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a network device, wherein the PDCCH is corresponding to a control resource set 0 (CORESET 0);

receive downlink control information (DCI) from the network device, wherein the DCI indicates a first beam; wherein the configuration information of the PDCCH is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) message and includes a first parameter that indicates that the PDCCH uses the first beam indicated by the DCI; and

receive the PDCCH by using the first beam.

12 . The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the apparatus to:

receive configuration information of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set from the network device, wherein the configuration information comprises a second parameter, the second parameter indicates that an SRS resource in the SRS resource set is transmitted by using the first beam.

13 . The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a format of the DCI is 1_1 or 1_2.

14 . The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first beam is a common beam and is used to transmit a plurality of channels and/or a plurality of reference signals.

15 . The communication apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein:

the plurality of channels comprises one or more of the following: a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), or a physical random access channel (PRACH); and

the plurality of reference signals comprises one or more of the following: a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), or a tracking reference signal (TRS).

16 . A communication apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor, configured to execute programming instructions to cause the apparatus to:

send configuration information of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to a terminal device, wherein the PDCCH is corresponding to a control resource set 0 (CORESET 0);

send downlink control information (DCI) to the terminal device, wherein the DCI indicates a first beam; wherein the configuration information of the PDCCH is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) message and includes a first parameter that indicates that the PDCCH uses the first beam indicated by the DCI; and

send the PDCCH by using the first beam.

17 . The communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the apparatus to:

send configuration information of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set to the terminal device, wherein the configuration information comprises a second parameter, the second parameter indicates that an SRS resource in the SRS resource set is transmitted by using the first beam.

18 . The communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein a format of the DCI is 1_1 or 1_2.

19 . The communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first beam is a common beam and is used to transmit a plurality of channels and/or a plurality of reference signals.

20 . The communication apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein:

the plurality of channels comprises one or more of the following: a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), or a physical random access channel (PRACH); and

the plurality of reference signals comprises one or more of the following: a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), or a tracking reference signal (TRS).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2026
From: FAN, BO; ZHANG, XI; YUAN, SHITONG; GUAN, PENG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020121623 · Oct 16, 2020
Related Publication 20230254030A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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