Beam weight adaptation to realize enhanced beam properties

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12587260-B2
Application number	US-202318362834-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2023
Priority date	Jul 31, 2023
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of a capability for using adaptive beam weights to realize beam property specifications. The UE may receive an indication of one or more beam weights that satisfy the beam property specifications. Numerous other aspects are described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to:
select a capability for using adaptive beam weights to realize beam property specifications based at least in part on a quantity of phase shifter combinations being greater than a minimum precision threshold;
transmit an indication of the capability; and
receive an indication of one or more beam weights that satisfy the beam property specifications.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to select the capability based at least in part on an array dimension satisfying a minimum array dimension threshold.

3 . The UE of claim 2 , wherein the minimum array dimension threshold is between 16 and 128 antenna elements.

4 . The UE of claim 2 , wherein the minimum array dimension threshold is UE-specific.

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the minimum precision threshold is a 3-bit precision.

6 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the minimum precision threshold is UE-specific.

7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to select the capability based at least in part on an amount of amplitude control being greater than a minimum amplitude step threshold.

8 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the minimum amplitude step threshold is between 8 and 16 amplitude steps.

9 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the minimum amplitude step threshold is UE-specific.

10 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to:
receive one or more beam property specifications; and adapt the one or more beam weights according to the one or more beam property specifications.

11 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the one or more beam property specifications include one or more of a side lobe requirement on a gain in a specified direction, a main lobe beamwidth, or a main lobe gain.

12 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors, to adapt the one or more beam weights, are configured to cause the UE to adapt the one or more beam weights to maximize a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or a reference signal received power (RSRP) in a specified beam direction.

13 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors, to adapt the one or more beam weights, are configured to cause the UE to adapt the one or more beam weights to minimize a gain in a specified beam direction.

14 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors, to adapt the one or more beam weights, are configured to cause the UE to:
take measurements of reference signals; and adapt the beam weights based at least in part on the measurements and the one or more beam property specifications.

15 . The UE of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to transmit a request for a quantity of additional reference signals for adaptive beam weight measurements.

16 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to:
receive a request for a quantity of additional reference signals for adaptive beam weight measurements; and transmit the quantity of additional reference signals based at least in part on the request.

17 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the adaptive beam weights are non-codebook adaptive beam weights.

18 . A wireless communication device for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, individually or collectively configured to cause the wireless communication device to:
receive an indication of a capability for using adaptive beam weights to realize beam property specifications, wherein the capability is selected based at least in part on a quantity of phase shifter combinations being greater than a minimum precision threshold;
select one or more beam weights based at least in part on the capability and one or more beam property specifications; and
transmit an indication of the one or more beam weights that satisfy the beam property specifications.

19 . The wireless communication device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the wireless communication device to transmit one or more beam property specifications that are associated with the one or more beam weights.

20 . The wireless communication device of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors, to select the one or more beam weights, are individually or collectively configured to cause the wireless communication device to select the one or more beam weights based at least in part on the one or more beam property specifications.

21 . The wireless communication device of claim 19 , wherein the one or more beam property specifications include one or more of a side lobe requirement on a gain in a specified direction, a main lobe beamwidth, or a main lobe gain.

22 . The wireless communication device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors, to select the one or more beam weights, are individually or collectively configured to cause the wireless communication device to select the one or more beam weights based at least in part on one or more of an array dimension, a phase control characteristic, or an amplitude control characteristic.

23 . The wireless communication device of claim 18 , wherein the wireless communication device is a network entity.

24 . The wireless communication device of claim 18 , wherein the wireless communication device is a user equipment (UE).

25 . The wireless communication device of claim 18 , wherein the minimum precision threshold is UE-specific.

26 . A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
selecting a capability for using adaptive beam weights to realize beam property specifications based at least in part on a quantity of phase shifter combinations being greater than a minimum precision threshold; transmitting an indication of the capability; and receiving an indication of one or more beam weights that satisfy the beam property specifications.

27 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:
receiving one or more beam property specifications; and adapting the one or more beam weights according to the one or more beam property specifications.

28 . The method of claim 26 , wherein adapting the one or more beam weights includes:
taking measurements of reference signals; and adapting the beam weights based at least in part on the measurements and the one or more beam property specifications.

29 . The method of claim 28 , further comprising transmitting a request for a quantity of additional reference signals for adaptive beam weight measurements.

30 . A method of wireless communication performed by a wireless communication device, comprising:
receiving an indication of a capability for using adaptive beam weights to realize beam property specifications, wherein the capability is selected based at least in part on a quantity of phase shifter combinations being g

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Raghavan Vasanthan
• Akkarakaran Sony
• Li Junyi

Classifications

• H04B7/0628 Primary

  Diversity capabilities · CPC title

• H04B7/0865

  Independent weighting, i.e. weights based on own antenna reception parameters · CPC title

• H04B7/0857

  using maximum ratio combining techniques, e.g. signal-to- interference ratio [SIR], received signal strenght indication [RSS] · CPC title

• H04B7/088

  using beam selection · CPC title

• H04B7/0695

  using beam selection · CPC title