# US 11,451,267 B2 · Transreceiving method and apparatus applying beam diversity in wireless communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,267 B2 - Document ID: US11451267B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/630,182 - Filed: 2018-05-21 - Published: 2020-04-30 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-13 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jungju Kim; Daehyun Kim; Taekyoung Kim; Eungkuk Nam; Joosung Park; Wonjun Hwang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451267B2 ## CPC - H04B 7/0408: using two or more beams, i.e. beam diversity - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04B 7/0469: {taking special antenna structures, e.g. cross polarized antennas into account} - H04B 7/0617: {for beam forming} - H04B 7/06952: {Selecting one or more beams from a plurality of beams, e.g. beam training, management or sweeping} - H04B 7/088: {using beam selection} - H04L 1/06: using space diversity - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04B 7/0404: the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a communication technique converging a 5G communication system with IoT technology to support a higher data transmission rate in a beyond-4G system. The present disclosure, based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology, can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail industry, and security and safety-related services). Disclosed in the present invention are a transreceiving method and an apparatus to which beam diversity is applied. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a data; transmitting, to the base station, a message indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) negative acknowledgement (NACK) for the data, wherein the message includes an indicator for requesting a HARQ retransmission of the data on a plurality of transmission beams of the base station, the plurality of the transmission beams including a first transmission beam and a second transmission beam; receiving, from the base station, a first HARQ data on a first reception beam and a second HARQ data on a second reception beam simultaneously based on the indicator; and processing the first HARQ data and the second HARQ data together, wherein the first HARQ data and the second HARQ data are HARQ retransmission data for the data, and wherein the first HARQ data is at least partly equal to the second HARQ data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first reception beam is paired with the first transmission beam and the second reception beam is paired with the second transmission beam. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, the method further comprising: identifying the first reception beam and the second reception beam from a beam candidate group of which a beam gain is measured to be equal to or higher than a threshold value, wherein the beam gain is measured based on a combination of a reception beam from a plurality of reception beams of the terminal and a transmission beam from the plurality of the transmission beams. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, the method further comprising: configuring communication with the base station utilizing a cross-polarization antenna of the terminal, wherein the first HARQ data and the second HARQ data are received by the cross-polarization antenna. ### Claim 5 A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and a controller configured to: receive, from a base station, a data, transmit, to the base station, a message indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) negative acknowledgement (NACK) for the data, wherein the message includes an indicator for requesting a HARQ retransmission of the data on a plurality of transmission beams of the base station, the plurality of the transmission beams including a first transmission beam and a second transmission beam, receive, from the base station, a first HARQ data on a first reception beam and a second HARQ data on a second reception beam simultaneously based on the indicator, and process the first HARQ data and the second HARQ data together, wherein the first HARQ data and the second HARQ data are HARQ retransmission data for the data, and wherein the first HARQ data is at least partly equal to the second HARQ data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The terminal of claim 5, wherein the first reception beam is paired with the first transmission beam and the second reception beam is paired with the second transmission beam. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to identify the first reception beam and the second reception beam from a beam candidate group of which a beam gain is measured to be equal to or higher than a threshold value, and wherein the beam gain is measured based on a combination of a reception beam from a plurality of reception beams of the terminal and a transmission beam from the plurality of the transmission beams. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to communicate with the base station utilizing a cross-polarization antenna of the terminal, and wherein the first HARQ data and the second HARQ data are received by the cross-polarization antenna. ### Claim 9 A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a terminal, a data; receiving, from the terminal, a message indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) negative acknowledgement (NACK) for the data, wherein the message includes an indicator for requesting a HARQ retransmission of the data on a plurality of transmission beams including a first transmission beam and a second transmission beam; selecting a-the first transmission beam for a first HARQ data and a-the second transmission beam for a second HARQ data based on the indicator; and transmitting, to the terminal, the first HARQ data on the first transmission beam and the second HARQ data on the second transmission beam simultaneously based on the indicator, wherein the first HARQ data and the second HARQ data are HARQ retransmission data for the data, and wherein the first HARQ data is at least partly equal to the second HARQ data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the first transmission beam is paired with a first reception beam of the terminal and the second transmission beam is paired with a second reception beam of the terminal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, the method further comprising: identifying the first transmission beam and the second transmission beam from a beam candidate group of which a beam gain is measured to be equal to or higher than a threshold value, wherein the beam gain is measured based on a combination of a reception beam from a plurality of reception beams of the terminal and a transmission beam from the plurality of the transmission beams. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, the method further comprising: configuring communication with the terminal utilizing a cross-polarization antenna of the base station, wherein the first HARQ data and the second HARQ data are transmitted by the cross-polarization antenna. ### Claim 13 A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and a controller configured to: transmit, to a terminal, a data, receive, from the terminal, a message indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) negative acknowledgement (NACK) for the data, wherein the message includes an indicator for requesting a HARQ retransmission of the data on a plurality of transmission beams including a first transmission beam and a second transmission beam, select the first transmission beam for a first HARQ data and the second transmission beam for a second HARQ data based on the indicator, and transmit, to the terminal, the first HARQ data on the first transmission beam and the second HARQ data on the second transmission beam simultaneously based on the indicator, wherein the first HARQ data and the second HARQ data are HARQ retransmission data for the data, and wherein the first HARQ data is at least partly equal to the second HARQ data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The base station of claim 13, wherein the first transmission beam is paired with a first reception beam of the terminal and the second transmission beam is paired with a second reception beam of the terminal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The base station of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to identify the first transmission beam and the second transmission beam from a beam candidate group of which a beam gain is measured to be equal to or higher than a threshold value, and wherein the beam gain is measured based on a combination of a reception beam from a plurality of reception beams of the terminal and a transmission beam from the plurality of the transmission beams. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The base station of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the terminal utilizing a cross-polarization antenna of the base station, and wherein the first HARQ data and the second HARQ data are transmitted by the cross-polarization antenna.