Techniques in beam measurement
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsCandy Yiu, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for beam management techniques in new radio (NR) applications. Various embodiments describe how to manage beam monitoring including measuring and reporting in an NR network efficiently so that a UE that is capable of measuring a minimum number of beams may report measurement results corresponding to a maximum number of beams. Such a beam management may take into consideration UE capability and network handling capacity to achieve effective and efficient NR communications. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims16
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media (NTCRM) comprising instructions to, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:
- measure, based on reception of a plurality of beams, a first number of beams of the plurality of beams, wherein the first number is at least a minimum number, and wherein the minimum number is greater than one;
- process, based on the measurements of the first number of beams, measured values that correspond to the measured first number of beams;
- receive an indicator of a maximum number of beams to report;
- and
- generate, based on the processed measured values and the indicated maximum number of beams to report, a message to include a report of a subset of the processed measured values that correspond to a second number of the measured first number of beams, wherein the second number is less than the first number and is equal to or less than the maximum number of beams to report.
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- memory to store beam information for a plurality of beams;
- and
- processing circuitry to:
- measure, based on reception of the plurality of beams, a first number of beams of the plurality of beams, wherein the first number is at least a minimum number, wherein the minimum number is greater than one, and wherein the minimum number indicates a minimum number of beams that the UE is capable of monitoring;
- receive, from an access node (AN) associated with a serving cell, an indicator of a maximum number of beams to report;
- and
- generate, based on the measurements, a message to include a report of measured values that correspond to a second number of the measured beams, wherein the second number is less than the first number and is equal to or less than the maximum number of beams to report.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.