Antenna panel management method, apparatus, and system
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsBo Fan, Xi Zhang
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Abstract
An antenna panel management method, an apparatus, and a system, implement management of a plurality of antenna panels, and reduce power consumption of a terminal device. In this solution, a terminal device switches a state of a first antenna panel from a first state to a second state. The terminal device includes a plurality of antenna panels. The plurality of antenna panels may support one or more of an activated state, a semi-activated state, or a deactivated state, and the first antenna panel is one or more of the plurality of antenna panels.
Claims20
An antenna panel management method, comprising:
- switching, by a terminal device, a state of a first antenna panel from a first state to a second state, wherein the terminal device comprises a plurality of antenna panels, the plurality of antenna panels support one or more of an activated state, a semi-activated state, or a deactivated state, and the first antenna panel is one or more of the plurality of antenna panels, wherein
- an antenna panel in the activated state can be used for signal measurement, and can be used for data transmission;
- an antenna panel in the semi-activated state can be used for signal measurement, but cannot be used for data transmission;
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- an antenna panel in the deactivated state cannot be used for signal measurement and data transmission
- switching, by the terminal device, the state of the first antenna panel from the first state to the second state when a first condition is met;
- the first state is the semi-activated state, and the second state is the deactivated state;
- the first condition is that a first timer expires, wherein the first time is a timer activated when the first antenna panel enters the first state.
A communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus comprises a processor;
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- the processor is configured to switch a state of a first antenna panel from a first state to a second state, the communication apparatus comprises a plurality of antenna panels, the plurality of antenna panels support one or more of an activated state, a semi-activated state, or a deactivated state, and the first antenna panel is one or more of the plurality of antenna panels, wherein
- an antenna panel in the activated state can be used for signal measurement, and can be used for data transmission;
- an antenna panel in the semi-activated state can be used for signal measurement, but cannot be used for data transmission;
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- an antenna panel in the deactivated state cannot be used for signal measurement and data transmission
- the processor is configured to switch the state of the first antenna panel from the first state to the second state when the processor determines that a first condition is met;
- the first state is the semi-activated state, and the second state is the deactivated state;
- the first condition is that a first timer expires, wherein the first time is a timer activated when the first antenna panel enters the first state.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executed by a processor, wherein the processor is configured to switch a state of a first antenna panel from a first state to a second state, the communication apparatus comprises a plurality of antenna panels, the plurality of antenna panels support one or more of an activated state, a semi-activated state or a deactivated state, and the first antenna panel is one or more of the plurality of antenna panels, wherein
- an antenna panel in the activated state can be used for signal measurement, and can be used for data transmission;
- an antenna panel in the semi-activated state can be used for signal measurement, but cannot be used for data transmission;
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- an antenna panel in the deactivated state cannot be used for signal measurement and data transmission,
- the processor is configured to switch the state of the first antenna panel from the first state to the second state when the processor determines that a first condition is met,
- the first state is the semi-activated state, and the second state is the deactivated state, and
- the first condition is that a first timer expires, wherein the first timer is a timer activated when the first antenna panel enters the first state.
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