# US 12,192,841 B2 · Method and apparatus for configuring and indicating beam information 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 12,192,841 B2 - Document ID: US12192841B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/267,679 - Filed: 2019-08-14 - Published: 2021-10-21 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-17 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hoondong Noh; Youngwoo Kwak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192841B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/0026: {Transmission of channel quality indication} - H04W 36/06: Reselecting a communication resource in the serving access point - H04B 7/0639: {Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection} - 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 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04L 5/0096: {Indication of changes in allocation} - H04W 72/046: {the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a communication method for converging IoT technology with 5G communication systems for supporting higher data transmission rates than beyond 4G systems, and to a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related services, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention characterizes in a method for a terminal of a wireless communication system, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving channel or reference signal configuration information including beam-related configuration information via higher layer signalling; transmitting and receiving the channel or a reference signal to and from a base station on the basis of the beam-related configuration information; receiving beam change information for the channel or reference signal; and transmitting and receiving the channel or reference signal of a plurality of component carriers to and from the base station on the basis of the beam change information, wherein the beam-related configuration information and the beam change information include transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information of the channel or reference signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, beam change information for a downlink shared channel for a cell, wherein the beam change information includes transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information for the downlink shared channel; identifying a set of a plurality of component carriers to apply the beam change information; and receiving, from the base station, data on the downlink shared channel, on a component carrier among the plurality of component carriers, based on a TCI state according to the beam change information, wherein the TCI state information in the beam change information is applied to downlink shared channels on the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the beam change information is applied based on higher layer signaling configuring a beam change is applied to the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the beam change information corresponds to a medium access control (MAC) control element indicating activation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from the base station, downlink control information for the downlink shared channel, the downlink control information including an indicator indicating the TCI state for the downlink shared channel based on the beam change information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting, to the base station, capability information associated with the beam change information for the set of the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 6 A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a terminal, beam change information for a downlink shared channel for a cell, wherein the beam change information is to be applied to a set of a plurality of component carriers, and the beam change information includes transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information for the downlink shared channel; and transmitting, to the terminal, data on the downlink shared channel on a component carrier among the set of the plurality of component carriers, wherein a TCI state of the downlink shared channel on the component carrier is associated with the beam change information, and wherein the TCI state information in the beam change information is applied to downlink shared channels on the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the beam change information to be applied is based on higher layer signaling configuring a beam change is applied to the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the beam change information corresponds to a medium access control (MAC) control element indicating activation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: transmitting, to the terminal, downlink control information for the downlink shared channel, the downlink control information including an indicator indicating the TCI state for the downlink shared channel based on the beam change information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: receiving, from the terminal, capability information associated with the beam change information for the set of the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 11 A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising: a transceiver; and a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to: receive, from a base station, beam change information for a downlink shared channel for a cell, wherein the beam change information includes transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information for the downlink shared channel, identify a set of a plurality of component carriers to apply the beam change information and receive, from the base station, data on the downlink shared channel, on a component carrier among the plurality of component carriers, based on a TCI state according to the beam change information, wherein the TCI state information in the beam change information is applied to downlink shared channels on the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The terminal of claim 11, wherein the beam change information is applied based on higher layer signaling configuring a beam change is applied to the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The terminal of claim 11, wherein the beam change information corresponds to a medium access control (MAC) control element indicating activation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to receive, from the base station, downlink control information for the downlink shared channel, the downlink control information including an indicator indicating the TCI state for the downlink shared channel based on the beam change information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit, to the base station, capability information associated with the beam change information for the set of the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 16 A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising: a transceiver; and a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to: transmit, to a terminal, beam change information for a downlink shared channel for a cell, wherein the beam change information is to be applied to a set of a plurality of component carriers, and the beam change information includes transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information for the downlink shared channel, and transmit, to the terminal, data on the downlink shared channel on a component carrier among the set of the plurality of component carriers, wherein a TCI state of the downlink shared channel on the component carrier is associated with the beam change information, and wherein the TCI state information in the beam change information is applied to downlink shared channels on the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The base station of claim 16, wherein the beam change information to be applied is based on higher layer signaling configuring a beam change is applied to the plurality of component carriers. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The base station of claim 16, wherein the beam change information corresponds to a medium access control (MAC) control element indicating activation. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The base station of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit, to the terminal, downlink control information for the downlink shared channel, the downlink control information including an indicator indicating the TCI state for the downlink shared channel based on the beam change information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The base station of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to receive, from the terminal, capability information associated with the beam change information for the set of the plurality of component carriers.