Beam information for independent links

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12237994-B2
Application number	US-202217980419-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2022
Priority date	Aug 22, 2016
Publication date	Feb 25, 2025
Grant date	Feb 25, 2025

Abstract

Various aspects of the disclosure relate to beam information for independent links. For example, beam information for one link may be sent on at least one other link. In some aspects, the independent links may involve a first device (e.g., a user equipment) communicating via different independent links with different devices (e.g., transmit receive points (TRPs) or sets of TRPs). For example, the first device may communicate with a second device (e.g., a TRP) via a first link and communicate with a third device (e.g., a TRP) via a second link. In some scenarios, one link can indicate beam switching for at least one other link. In some scenarios, one link can indicate link recovery for at least one other link. In some scenarios, one link can indicate link failure for at least one other link.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of communication for an apparatus, comprising:
concurrently communicating via a first beamformed wireless communication link established with a first transmit receive point and via a second beamformed wireless communication link established with a second transmit receive point;
communicating first beam information via a first control channel of the first beamformed wireless communication link established with the first transmit receive point; and
communicating second beam information via a second control channel of the second beamformed wireless communication link established with the second transmit receive point, wherein the first control channel is independent of the second control channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
communicating first transport blocks via the first beamformed wireless communication link; and
communicating second transport blocks via the second beamformed wireless communication link; and
processing the first transport blocks independently of the second transport blocks.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the processing comprises error processing.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the processing comprises cyclic redundancy check (CRC) processing.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the communication of the first transport blocks is via a first beam; and
the communication of the second transport blocks is via a second beam.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the communication via the first beamformed wireless communication link uses a first radio frequency (RF) chain of the apparatus; and
the communication via the second beamformed wireless communication link uses a second RF chain of the apparatus.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the communication via the first beamformed wireless communication link uses a first antenna sub-array of the apparatus; and
the communication via the second beamformed wireless communication link uses a second antenna sub-array of the apparatus.

8. An apparatus for communication, comprising:
one or more memories that store processor-executable code; and
one or more processors configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the apparatus to:
concurrently communicate via a first beamformed wireless communication link established with a first transmit receive point and via a second beamformed wireless communication link established with a second transmit receive point;
communicate first beam information via a first control channel of the first beamformed wireless communication link established with the first transmit receive point; and
communicate second beam information via a second control channel of a the second beamformed wireless communication link established with the second transmit receive point, wherein the first control channel is independent of the second control channel.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the apparatus to:
communicate first transport blocks via the first beamformed wireless communication link;
communicate second transport blocks via the second beamformed wireless communication link; and
process the first transport blocks independently of the second transport blocks.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores processor executable code which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:
concurrently communicate via a first beamformed wireless communication link established with a first transmit receive point and via a second beamformed wireless communication link established with a second transmit receive point;
communicate first beam information via a first control channel of the first beamformed wireless communication link established with the first transmit receive point; and
communicate second beam information via a second control channel of the second beamformed wireless communication link established with the second transmit receive point, wherein the first control channel is independent of the second control channel.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processing comprises error processing.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processing comprises cyclic redundancy check (CRC) processing.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein:
the communication of the first transport blocks is via a first beam; and
the communication of the second transport blocks is via a second beam.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:
the communication via the first beamformed wireless communication link uses a first radio frequency (RF) chain of the apparatus; and
the communication via the second beamformed wireless communication link uses a second RF chain of the apparatus.

15. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:
the communication via the first beamformed wireless communication link uses a first antenna sub-array of the apparatus; and
the communication via the second beamformed wireless communication link uses a second antenna sub-array of the apparatus.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the processor executable code which, when executed by the one or more processors, further causes the one or more processors to:
communicate first transport blocks via the first beamformed wireless communication link;
communicate second transport blocks via the second beamformed wireless communication link; and
process the first transport blocks independently of the second transport blocks.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the processing comprises error processing.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the processing comprises cyclic redundancy check (CRC) processing.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein:
the communication of the first transport blocks is via a first beam; and
the communication of the second transport blocks is via a second beam.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein:
the communication via the first beamformed wireless communication link uses a first radio frequency (RF) chain of an apparatus; and
the communication via the second beamformed wireless communication link uses a second RF chain of the apparatus.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first beamformed wireless communication link is established with the first transmit receive point on a first carrier frequency; and
the second beamformed wireless communication link is established with the second transmit receive point on the first carrier frequency.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first beamformed wireless communication link is established with the first transmit receive point on a first carrier frequency; and
the second beamformed wireless communication link is established with the second transmit receive point on a second carrier frequency, the second carrier frequency being different from the first carrier frequency.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Luo Tao
• Montojo Juan
• Kadous Tamer
• Li Junyi
• Zhang Xiaoxia
• Sun Jing
• Yoo Taesang
• Mallik Siddhartha

Classifications

• H04W92/20

  between access points · CPC title

• H04W48/08

  Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) · CPC title

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04W76/22

  Manipulation of transport tunnels · CPC title

• H04W24/04

  Arrangements for maintaining operational condition · CPC title