# US 12,120,715 B2 · Method of transmitting and receiving user equipment management information in wireless communication system and electronic device for performing the method

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- Number: US 12,120,715 B2
- Document ID: US12120715B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/317,516
- Filed: 2023-05-15
- Published: 2023-09-07
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2019-02-22
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Huiwon Je; Jeonghun Kim; Jungmin Park
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120715B2

## CPC

- H04B 7/0691: {using subgroups of transmit antennas}
- H04W 72/53: based on regulatory allocation policies
- H01Q 3/2605: {Array of radiating elements provided with a feedback control over the element weights, e.g. adaptive arrays}
- H04B 7/0874: {using subgroups of receive antennas}
- H04B 7/088: {using beam selection}
- H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals}
- H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
- H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space}
- H04W 8/24: Transfer of terminal data
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

There is provided a method of transmitting and receiving user equipment management information and electronic device for performing the same. The electronic device includes a communication interface including a plurality of phase array antennas, a storage configured to store user equipment (UE) management information including information about at least one frequency band covered by each of the phase array antennas, and a controller configured to control to transmit the UE management information to a base station.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a communication interface comprising a first antenna and a second antenna;
a storage configured to store user equipment (UE) management information comprising first information corresponding to the first antenna, and second information corresponding to the second antenna; and
a controller configured to control to transmit the UE management information to a base station,
wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are controlled by a common oscillator, wherein the first information indicates at least one first frequency band which the first antenna is able to receive, and the second information indicates at least one second frequency band which the second antenna is able to receive, and wherein the controller is configured to control to transmit the UE management information comprising the first information and the second information to the base station so that the base station determines beam training timing for each of the first antenna and the second antenna based on the first information and the second information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one first frequency band is a frequency band which only the first antenna among the first and second antennas is able to receive, and the at least one second frequency band is a frequency band which only the second antenna among the first and second antennas is able to receive.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the storage comprises an index mapping table includes:
a first index indicating that each frequency band is received by which antenna from among the first antenna and the second antenna,
a second index indicating that each of the first antenna and the second antenna receives which frequency band.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the at least first frequency band and the at least second frequency band corresponds to a frequency of 450 MHz to 6,000 MHz and a frequency of 30 GHz to 100 GHz.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the common oscillator is configured to control the first antenna and the second antenna such that a phase and an amplitude of a signal transmitted or received by the first antenna is changed to be the same as a phase and an amplitude of a signal transmitted or received by the second antenna.

### Claim 6

A base station comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive user equipment (UE) management information from an electronic device comprising a first antenna and a second antenna; and
a controller configured to perform resource allocation based on the received UE management information,
wherein the UE management information includes first information corresponding to the first antenna and second information corresponding to the second antenna, and
wherein the first information indicates at least one first frequency band which the first antenna is able to receive, and the second information indicates at least one second frequency band which the second antenna is able to receive, and wherein the controller is further configured to determine beam training timing for each of the first antenna and the second antenna based on the first information and the second information.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The base station of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether there are two or more frequency bands, commonly covered by both the first antenna and the second antenna, based on the received UE management information,
wherein the first antenna and the second antenna of the electronic device are controlled by a common oscillator.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The base station of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a first subcarrier interval of the at least one first frequency band and a second subcarrier interval of the at least one second frequency band is same, in response to determining that there are two or more frequency bands commonly covered by both the first antenna and the second antenna.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The base station of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to allocate resources such that beam training of the at least one first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band is performed during same time, in response to determining that the first subcarrier interval and the second subcarrier interval is same.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The base station of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to allocate resources such that beam training of the at least one first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band is performed during time corresponding to a longest symbol length among symbol lengths among the at least one first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band, in response to determining that the first subcarrier interval and the second subcarrier interval are different.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The base station of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to allocate resources such that beam training of the at least one first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band is performed at different symbol timings in response to determining that the first antenna and the second antenna are controlled independently.

### Claim 12

A wireless communication system comprising:
an electronic device comprising a communication interface comprising a first antenna and a second antenna,
a storage configured to store user equipment (UE) management information comprising first information corresponding to the first antenna, and second information corresponding to the second antenna, and
a controller configured to control to transmit the UE management information to a base station; and
the base station configured to perform resource allocation on the electronic device based on the UE management information,
wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are controlled by a common oscillator,
wherein the first information indicates at least one first frequency band which the first antenna is able to receive, and the second information indicates at least one second frequency band which the second antenna is able to receive, and wherein the controller is further configured to determine beam training timing for each of the first antenna and the second antenna based on the first information and the second information.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The wireless communication system of claim 12, wherein
the at least one first frequency band is a frequency band which only the first antenna among the first and second antennas is able to receive, and the at least one second frequency band is a frequency band which only the second antenna among the first and second antennas is able to receive.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The wireless communication system of claim 12, wherein the base station is configured to determine whether a first subcarrier interval of the at least one first frequency band and a second subcarrier interval of the at least one second frequency band is same, in response to determining that there are two or more frequency bands commonly covered by both the first antenna and the second antenna.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The wireless communication system of claim 14, wherein the base station is further configured to allocate resources such that beam training of the at least one first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band is performed during same time, in response to determining that the first subcarrier interval and the second subcarrier interval is same.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The wireless communication system of claim 15, wherein the base station is further configured to allocate resources such that beam training of the at least one first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band is performed during time corresponding to a longest symbol length among symbol lengths among the at least one first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band, in response to determining that the first subcarrier interval and the second subcarrier interval are different.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The wireless communication system of claim 14, wherein the base station is further configured to allocate resources such that beam training of the at least one first frequency band and the at least one second frequency band is performed at different symbol timings in response to determining that the first antenna and the second antenna are controlled independently.
