Beam management in disconnected mode
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsAnders Berggren, Rickard Ljung, Basuki Priyanto, Nafiseh Mazloum
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Abstract
A method of operating a wireless communication device (90) includes monitoring for signals from a communications network (100, 101, 109) in a connected mode (301) of the wireless communication device (90) with a receive beam configuration (401). The method also includes storing the receive beam configuration (401) and monitoring for further signals (4003-4005) from the communications network (100, 101, 109) in a disconnected mode (302, 303) of the wireless communication device (90) with the stored receive beam configuration (401).
Claims16
A method of operating a wireless communication device, comprising:
- monitoring for signals from a communications network in a connected mode of the wireless communication device with a receive beam configuration,
- storing the receive beam configuration, and
- monitoring for further signals from the communications network in a disconnected mode of the wireless communication device with the stored receive beam configuration,
- wherein the further signals are monitored in the disconnected mode with the stored receive beam configuration until occurrence of at least one predefined event, and
- wherein the at least one predefined event comprises a receive strength or a receive quality of the further signals falling below a predefined threshold when monitoring for the further signals with the stored receive beam configuration.
A method of operating a node of a communications network, comprising:
- receiving, from a wireless communication device, an indicator indicative of the wireless communication device using a receive beam configuration during a connected mode and a disconnected mode of the communication device,
- setting a paging configuration for transmitting paging signals to the wireless communication device depending on the indicator, and
- triggering transmission of the paging signals to the wireless communication device in accordance with the paging configuration,
- wherein the paging signals are monitored in the disconnected mode with the receive beam configuration until occurrence of at least one predefined event, and
- wherein the at least one predefined event comprises a receive strength or a receive quality of the paging signals falling below a predefined threshold when monitoring for the paging signals with the receive beam configuration.
A method of operating a node of a communications network, comprising:
- exchanging, with a wireless communication device, information on a use of a receive beam configuration of the wireless communication device during a connected mode and a disconnected mode of the wireless communication device,
- monitoring further signals in the disconnected mode with a stored receive beam configuration until occurrence of at least one predefined event,
- monitoring for the further signals in the disconnected mode with a further receive beam configuration after the occurrence of the at least one predefined event,
- wherein the further receive beam configuration is different from the stored receive beam configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.