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US 12,191,965 B2Granted
Configured grant operations for use with beamforming
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsClaudio Rosa, Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli, Daniela Laselva, Nuno Kiilerich Pratas
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Abstract
At least one embodiment includes at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the apparatus to perform receiving downlink control information common to a plurality of apparatuses, wherein the downlink control information includes beam format information relating to an access node, and using the received beam format information to adapt transmission to the access node or reception from the access node on at least one channel.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory storing instructions;
- at least one processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the apparatus to perform the following operations:
- receiving, from an access node, downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises beam format information relating to the access node, the beam format information comprising information relating to beam configurations that are scheduled for use by the access node;
- and
- adapting communication with the access node on at least one channel, the adapting communication comprising:
- based on the beam format information, adapting reception from the access node by only monitoring for transmission from the access node during slots or symbols for which the beam format information indicates that a beam directed towards the apparatus is scheduled for use.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of beam pair links;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform the following operations:
- receiving, from an access node, downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises beam format information relating to the access node, the beam format information comprising information relating to beam configurations that are scheduled for use by the access node;
- using the beam format information to select one or more of the beam pair links for transmission;
- and
- using the received beam format information to adapt communication with the access node on at least one channel.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform the following operations:
- receiving, from an access node, downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises beam format information relating to the access node, the beam format information comprising information relating to beam configurations that are scheduled for use by the access node;
- and
- using the received beam format information to adapt communication with the access node on at least one channel, the adapting communication with the access node comprises at least one of:
- adapting timing of an Uplink Configured Grant (UL CG) transmission;
- preventing an UL CG payload being transmitted if the beam format information indicates that a receiving beam of the access node is directed in a different direction to the apparatus for at least one slot or symbol originally intended for the UL CG transmission;
- and
- postponing transmission of the UL CG payload if the beam format information indicates that a receiving beam of the access node is directed in a different direction to the apparatus for at least one slot or symbol originally intended for the UL CG transmission, wherein the transmission of the UL CG payload is postponed until a next available slot or symbol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.