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Granted Patent B2
US 12,745,230 · App. 17/974,329 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Carrier aggregation using component carrier groups

Inventors: Zhen He (Shenzhen, CN); Bo Gao (Shenzhen, CN); Ke Yao (Shenzhen, CN); Shujuan Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Chuangxin Jiang (Shenzhen, CN); Yu Pan (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/046H04L5/001H04L5/0023H04L5/0091H04W72/231H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 12,745,230
App. No.
17/974,329
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Presented are systems and methods for configuring component carrier groups. A wireless communication device may determine a first reference signal associated with a second reference signal. The wireless communication device may determine information of a target signal in a first component carrier (CC) according to the first reference signal. The second reference signal may be in a second CC in an activated beam state.

Claims (25)

1 . A method, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless communication device, a beam state list comprising a beam state of a target signal in a first component carrier (CC), via a first radio resource control (RRC) signaling in a second CC;

determining, by the wireless communication device, the second CC as a reference CC according to a second RRC signaling which indicates an index of the second CC;

determining, by the wireless communication device, a first reference signal in the first CC based on a reference signal (RS) identifier in the beam state of the beam state list that is configured in the second CC;

determining, by the wireless communication device, first information of the target signal in the first CC according to the first reference signal;

receiving, by the wireless communication device, a first command comprising an identifier of the beam state activated or indicated from the beam state list;

determining, by the wireless communication device, based on the first command, that the beam state is applicable to the target signal in the first CC; and

communicating, by the wireless communication device, the target signal in the first CC using the beam state.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the wireless communication device, that the beam state is applicable to the target signal in a CC list including the first CC.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information includes a beam.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the target signal includes at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), or a sounding reference signal (SRS).

5 . A wireless communication device, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

receive, via a receiver, a beam state list comprising a beam state of a target signal in a first component carrier (CC), via a first radio resource control (RRC) signaling in a second CC;

determine the second CC as a reference CC according to a second RRC signaling which indicates an index of the second CC;

determine a first reference signal in the first CC based on a reference signal (RS) identifier in the beam state of the beam state list that is configured in the second CC;

determine first information of the target signal in the first CC according to the first reference signal;

receive a first command comprising an identifier of the beam state activated or indicated from the beam state list;

determine, based on the first command, that the beam state is applicable to the target signal in the first CC; and

communicate the target signal in the first CC using the beam state.

6 . The wireless communication device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine that the beam state is applicable to the target signal in a CC list including the first CC.

7 . The wireless communication device of claim 5 , wherein the first information includes a beam.

8 . The wireless communication device of claim 5 , wherein the target signal includes at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), or a sounding reference signal (SRS).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: HE, ZHEN; GAO, BO; YAO, KE; ZHANG, SHUJUAN; JIANG, CHUANGXIN; PAN, YU; LU, ZHAOHUA
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020089095 · May 8, 2020
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