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Granted Patent B2
US 12,726,254 · App. 18/940,336 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

High speed single frequency network beam failure recovery

Inventors: Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Wei Zeng (San Diego, CA); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Hong He (Cupertino, CA); Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Huaning Niu (Beijing, CN); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Jie Cui (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04B7/06964H04W76/15H04W76/18
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Patent No.
US 12,726,254
App. No.
18/940,336
Filed
Nov 7, 2024
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2633
USPC
375/262
Abstract

This disclosure relates to techniques for performing beam failure recovery in a high speed single frequency network scenario in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish a cellular link with a cellular network according to a single frequency network scheme. The wireless device may determine one or more beam failure detection resources for each of multiple transmission reception points associated with the cellular network. The wireless device may detect beam failure for one or more of the transmission reception points using the beam failure detection resources.

Claims (56)

1 . A method, comprising:

receiving radio resource control (RRC) signaling indicating a first beam failure detection (BFD) resource set and a second BFD resource set associated with a first transmission reception point (TRP) and a second TRP, respectively;

receiving a configuration for a first scheduling request ID and a second scheduling request ID associated with the first BFD resource set and the second BFD resource set, respectively; and

transmitting an indication with at least one of the first scheduling request ID or the second scheduling request ID based on detection of a beam failure of at least one of the first BFD resource set or the second BFD resource set.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first BFD resource set and the second BFD resource set comprise control resource set (CORESET) resources that are selected based at least in part on one or more of:

monitoring periodicity of search space sets associated with each configured CORESET;

CORESET index values for each configured CORESET; or

whether each configured CORESET is configured with one or two transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining a type of single frequency network scheme in use for beam failure recovery based on one or more of:

configuration information received via radio resource control signaling; or

a quasi-co-location (QCL) configuration for the first BFD resource set and the second BFD resource set.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining one or more candidate beam detection (CBD) resources for each of at least the first TRP and the second TRP; and

identifying one or more candidate beam for beam failure recovery using the CBD resources for the first TRP and the second TRP.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving configuration information indicating CBD resources for each of at least the first TRP and the second TRP, wherein the CBD resources for each of at least the first TRP and the second TRP are determined based on the configuration information.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining that configuration information indicating CBD resources for the first TRP and the second TRP is not provided, wherein the first BFD resource set and the second BFD resource set comprise random access channel (RACH) resources.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining a type of single frequency network scheme in use for beam failure recovery based on one or more of:

configuration information received via radio resource control signaling; or

a quasi-co-location (QCL) configuration for the CBD resources for the first TRP and the second TRP.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource is configured to provide an indication of the first scheduling request ID, and a second PUCCH resource is configured to provide an indication of the second scheduling request ID.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving RRC signaling indicating a first candidate beam detection resources (CBD) set and a second CBD resource set associated with the first TRP and the second TRP, respectively.

10 . An apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to, when executing instructions stored in a memory, perform operations comprising:

receiving radio resource control (RRC) signaling indicating a first beam failure detection (BFD) resource set and a second BFD resource set associated with a first transmission reception point (TRP) and a second TRP, respectively;

receiving a configuration for a first scheduling request ID and a second scheduling request ID associated with the first BFD resource set and the second BFD resource set, respectively; and

transmitting an indication with at least one of the first scheduling request ID or the second scheduling request ID based on detection of a beam failure of at least one of the first BFD resource set or the second BFD resource set.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first BFD resource set and the second BFD resource set comprise control resource set (CORESET) resources that are selected based at least in part on one or more of:

monitoring periodicity of search space sets associated with each configured CORESET;

CORESET index values for each configured CORESET; or

whether each configured CORESET is configured with one or two transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states.

12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

determining a type of single frequency network scheme in use for beam failure recovery based on one or more of:

configuration information received via radio resource control signaling; or

a quasi-co-location (QCL) configuration for the first BFD resource set and the second BFD resource set.

13 . The apparatus of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

determining one or more candidate beam detection (CBD) resources for each of at least the first TRP and the second TRP; and

identifying one or more candidate beam for beam failure recovery using the CBD resources for the first TRP and the second TRP.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

receiving configuration information indicating CBD resources for each of at least the first TRP and the second TRP, wherein the CBD resources for each of at least the first TRP and the second TRP are determined based on the configuration information.

15 . The apparatus of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

determining that configuration information indicating CBD resources for the first TRP and the second TRP is not provided, wherein first BFD resource set and the second BFD resource set comprise random access channel (RACH) resources.

16 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource is configured to provide an indication of the first scheduling request ID, and a second PUCCH resource is configured to provide an indication of the second scheduling request ID.

17 . The apparatus of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

receiving RRC signaling indicating a first candidate beam detection resources (CBD) set and a second CBD resource set associated with the first TRP and the second TRP, respectively.

18 . A method, comprising:

transmitting radio resource control (RRC) signaling indicating a first beam failure detection (BFD) resource set and a second BFD resource set associated with a first transmission reception point (TRP) and a second TRP, respectively;

transmitting a configuration for a first scheduling request ID and a second scheduling request ID associated with the first BFD resource set and the second BFD resource set, respectively; and

receiving an indication of a beam failure, the beam failure associated with least one of the first scheduling request ID or the second scheduling request ID.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource is configured to provide an indication of the first scheduling request ID, and a second PUCCH resource is configured to provide an indication of the second scheduling request ID.

20 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

receiving RRC signaling indicating a first candidate beam detection resources (CBD) set and a second CBD resource set associated with the first TRP and the second TRP, respectively.

Continuity (2)
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