# US 10,485,054 B2 · System and method for managing neighbors in a communications system with beamforming > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,485,054 B2 - Document ID: US10485054B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/585,480 - Filed: 2017-05-03 - Published: 2017-11-30 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-26 - Assignees: Futurewei Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Futurewei Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny; Richard Stirling-Gallacher; Bin Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10485054B2 ## CPC - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04B 7/0617: {for beam forming} - H04B 7/086: {using weights depending on external parameters, e.g. direction of arrival [DOA], predetermined weights or beamforming} - H04W 92/20: between access points - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract A method for operating a first transmit-receive point (TRP) includes receiving a first measurement report from a user equipment (UE), the first measurement report including an identifier of a second TRP, requesting a second measurement report from the UE, the second measurement report to include automatic neighbor relation (ANR) information associated with the second TRP, wherein the ANR information includes a beam specific information, receiving the second measurement report including a first subset of the ANR information, and determining a neighbor configuration with the second TRP in accordance with the first subset of the ANR information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for operating a first transmit-receive point (TRP), the method comprising: receiving, by the first TRP, a first measurement report from a user equipment (UE), the first measurement report including an identifier of a second TRP, the second TRP being absent from a neighbor list configuration of the first TRP; requesting, by the first TRP, a second measurement report from the UE, the second measurement report to include automatic neighbor relation (ANR) information associated with the second TRP, the ANR information including beam specific information; receiving, by the first TRP from the UE, the second measurement report including a first subset of the ANR information, the first subset of the ANR information comprising at least one of a receive beam identifier used by the UE to receive transmissions from the second TRP, orientation information of the UE, or beamforming parameters of the second TRP; and determining, by the first TRP, a neighbor configuration with the second TRP in accordance with the first subset of the ANR information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first subset of the ANR information further comprises a transmit beam identifier used by the second TRP. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the ANR information comprises at least one of a TRP identifier of the second TRP, time division duplexed (TDD) configuration of the second TRP, ranging information, or system information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining the neighbor configuration comprises generating, by the first TRP, an entry associated with the second TRP for the neighbor list configuration, the entry including a third subset of the ANR information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining the neighbor configuration comprises establishing, by the first TRP, a wireless link with the second TRP. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the first subset of the ANR information comprises beamforming parameters of the second TRP, and wherein determining the neighbor configuration comprises: imposing, by the first TRP, a bound on a search space used to search for the second TRP; and establishing, by the first TRP, the wireless link with the second TRP when the second TRP is discovered. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising delivering, by the first TRP, a fourth subset of the ANR information to a network configuration server. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving, by the first TRP, an instruction for managing the neighbor configuration. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the instruction specifies a generation of an entry associated with the second TRP in the neighbor list configuration, the entry including a sixth subset of the ANR information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the instruction specifies an establishment of a wireless link with the second TRP. ### Claim 11 A method for operating a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: sending, by the UE, a first measurement report to a first transmit-receive point (TRP), the first measurement report including an identifier of a second TRP determined in accordance with first signals received from the second TRP, the second TRP being absent from a neighbor list configuration of the first TRP; receiving, by the UE, a request for a second measurement report, the second measurement report to include automatic neighbor relation (ANR) information associated with the second TRP, the ANR information including beam specific information; generating, by the UE, a subset of the ANR information in accordance with second signals received from the second TRP, the subset of the ANR information comprising at least one of a receive beam identifier used by the UE to receive transmissions from the second TRP, orientation information of the UE, or beamforming parameters of the second TRP; and sending, by the UE, the second measurement report to the first TRP, the second measurement report including the subset of the ANR information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the subset of the ANR information further comprises a transmit beam identifier used by the second TRP. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the ANR information comprises at least one of a TRP identifier of the second TRP, time division duplexed (TDD) configuration of the second TRP, ranging information, or system information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein generating the subset of the ANR information comprises generating, by the UE, the subset of the ANR information in accordance with the second signals and a configuration of a receive beam used to receive the second signals. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the identifier of the second TRP comprises a physical layer identifier. ### Claim 16 A first transmit-receive point (TRP) comprising: a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the non-transitory memory storage, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: receive a first measurement report from a user equipment (UE), the first measurement report including an identifier of a second TRP, the second TRP being absent from a neighbor list configuration of the first TRP, request a second measurement report to include automatic neighbor relation (ANR) information associated with the second TRP, wherein the ANR information includes beam specific information, receive, from the UE, the second measurement report including a first subset of the ANR information, wherein the first subset of the ANR information comprises at least one of a receive beam identifier used by the UE to receive transmissions from the second TRP, orientation information of the UE, or beamforming parameters of the second TRP, and determine a neighbor configuration with the second TRP in accordance with the first subset of the ANR information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The first TRP of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to one of generate an entry associated with the second TRP for the neighbor list configuration, the entry including a third subset of the ANR information, or establish a wireless link with the second TRP. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The first TRP of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to deliver a fourth subset of the ANR information to a network configuration server. ### Claim 19 A user equipment (UE) comprising: a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the non-transitory memory storage, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: send a first measurement report to a first transmit-receive point (TRP), the first measurement report including an identifier of a second TRP determined in accordance with first signals received from the second TRP, the second TRP being absent from a neighbor list configuration of the first TRP, receive a request for a second measurement report, the second measurement report to include automatic neighbor relation (ANR) information associated with the second TRP, wherein the ANR information includes beam specific information, generate a subset of the ANR information in accordance with second signals received from the second TRP, wherein first subset of the ANR information comprises at least one of a receive beam identifier used by the UE to receive transmissions from the second TRP, orientation information of the UE, or beamforming parameters of the second TRP, and send the second measurement report to the first TRP, the second measurement report including the subset of the ANR information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The UE of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to generate the subset of the ANR information in accordance with the second signals and a configuration of a receive beam used to receive the second signals.