Candidate resource indication for failure recovery in wireless communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12244456-B2
Application number	US-202016785324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2020
Priority date	Feb 8, 2019
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

Wireless communications are described. Failure recovery associated with resource(s) may be used. A wireless device may select, based on a determined failure, a suitable candidate resource for cell(s), such as secondary cell(s). Configuration parameters may lack at least one parameter associated with candidate resource(s). Based on the configuration parameters lacking the at least one parameter associated with candidate resource(s), the wireless device may use a default set of resource(s) for a candidate resource selection or may indicate that no suitable candidate resource has been determined. At least one parameter associated with candidate resource(s) may be indicated during a first failure recovery procedure. The wireless device may stop the first failure recovery procedure and may initiate a second failure recovery procedure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless device, one or more first messages comprising one or more beam failure recovery (BFR) configuration parameters of a secondary cell; and
transmitting, based on a beam failure associated with the secondary cell and based on an absence of candidate beam thresholds in the one or more BFR configuration parameters of the secondary cell, an uplink signal, wherein the uplink signal comprises a field indicating that no candidate beam reference signal (RS) is indicated for the secondary cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the uplink signal is further based on a determination that the one or more BFR configuration parameters do not indicate one or more candidate beam RSs for BFR of the secondary cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more second messages comprising one or more second BFR configuration parameters of the secondary cell, wherein the one or more second BFR configuration parameters indicate a plurality of candidate beam RSs.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
initiating, using a first set of candidate beam RSs, a first BFR procedure associated with the secondary cell;
receiving, during the first BFR procedure, a second message indicating a second set of candidate beam RSs that is different from the first set of candidate beam RSs;
stopping, based on the receiving the second message, the first BFR procedure; and
initiating, using the second set of candidate beam RSs, a second BFR procedure associated with the secondary cell.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the initiating the first BFR procedure comprises determining a quality of each RS of the first set of candidate beam RSs in a first candidate beam selection procedure for the first BFR procedure; and
the initiating the second BFR procedure comprises determining a quality of each RS of the second set of candidate beam RSs in a second candidate beam selection procedure for the second BFR procedure.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the stopping the first BFR procedure comprises stopping a transmission of a second uplink signal for the first BFR procedure, and wherein the second uplink signal is one or more of:
a preamble;
a scheduling request; or
a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE).

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving one or more second messages comprising one or more second BFR configuration parameters of the secondary cell, wherein the one or more second BFR configuration parameters indicate a configured candidate beam threshold for a BFR procedure associated with the secondary cell; and
selecting, based on the configured candidate beam threshold, a candidate beam RS.

8. A wireless device comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the wireless device to:
receive one or more first messages comprising one or more beam failure recovery (BFR) configuration parameters of a secondary cell; and
transmit, based on a beam failure associated with the secondary cell and based on an absence of candidate beam thresholds in the one or more BFR configuration parameters of the secondary cell, an uplink signal, wherein the uplink signal comprises a field indicating that no candidate beam reference signal (RS) is indicated for the secondary cell.

9. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the wireless device to:
transmit the uplink signal further based on a determination that the one or more BFR configuration parameters do not indicate one or more candidate beam RSs for BFR of the secondary cell.

10. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the wireless device to:
receive one or more second messages comprising one or more second BFR configuration parameters of the secondary cell, wherein the one or more second BFR configuration parameters indicate a plurality of candidate beam RSs.

11. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the wireless device to:
initiate, using a first set of candidate beam RSs, a first BFR procedure associated with the secondary cell;
receive, during the first BFR procedure, a second message indicating a second set of candidate beam RSs that is different from the first set of candidate beam RSs;
stop, based on the receiving the second message, the first BFR procedure; and
initiate, using the second set of candidate beam RSs, a second BFR procedure associated with the secondary cell.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the wireless device to:
initiate the first BFR procedure by determining a quality of each RS of the first set of candidate beam RSs in a first candidate beam selection procedure for the first BFR procedure; and
initiate the second BFR procedure by determining a quality of each RS of the second set of candidate beam RSs in a second candidate beam selection procedure for the second BFR procedure.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the wireless device to:
stop the first BFR procedure by stopping a transmission of a second uplink signal for the first BFR procedure, and wherein the second uplink signal is one or more of:
a preamble;
a scheduling request; or
a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE).

14. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the wireless device to:
receive one or more second messages comprising one or more second BFR configuration parameters of the secondary cell, wherein the one or more second BFR configuration parameters indicate a configured candidate beam threshold for a BFR procedure associated with the secondary cell; and
select, based on the configured candidate beam threshold, a candidate beam RS.

15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure a wireless device to:
receive one or more first messages comprising one or more beam failure recovery (BFR) configuration parameters of a secondary cell; and
transmit, based on a beam failure associated with the secondary cell and based on an absence of candidate beam thresholds in the one or more BFR configuration parameters of the secondary cell, an uplink signal, wherein the uplink signal comprises a field indicating that no candidate beam reference signal (RS) is indicated for the secondary cell.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, configure the wireless device to:
transmit the uplink signal further based on a determination that the one or more BFR configuration parameters do not indicate one or more candidate beam RSs for BFR of the secondary cell.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, configure the wireless device to:
receive one or more second messages comprising one or more second BFR configuration parameters of the secondary cell, wherein the one or more second BFR configuration parameters indicate a plurality of candidate beam RSs.

18. The one or more non

Assignees

• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Cirik Ali
• Dinan Esmael
• Zhou Hua
• Jeon Hyoungsuk
• Babaei Alireza
• Park Kyungmin
• Xu Kai
• Yi Yunjung
• Kwak Youngwoo

Classifications

• H04B7/06964

  Re-selection of one or more beams after beam failure · CPC title

• H04W36/0069

  in case of dual connectivity, e.g. decoupled uplink/downlink · CPC title

• H04W72/21

  in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network · CPC title

• H04W72/046

  the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams · CPC title

• H04W24/04

  Arrangements for maintaining operational condition · CPC title