User equipment including plurality of antenna panels and communication system including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKunil Yum, Yangsoo Kwon, Jungmin Park
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Abstract
User equipment configured to communicate with a device includes a first antenna panel, a second antenna panel, and a controller configured to control the first antenna panel and the second antenna panel, wherein the controller is configured to perform an uplink panel change for turning on the second antenna panel to change a first transmission beam of the first antenna panel, which is on, to a second transmission beam of the second antenna panel, which is off, according to uplink panel change-related signaling with the device.
Claims18
A user equipment configured to communicate with a device, the user equipment comprising:
- a first antenna panel;
- a second antenna panel;
- and
- a controller configured to control the first antenna panel and the second antenna panel,
- wherein the controller is configured to perform an uplink panel change for turning on the second antenna panel to change a first transmission beam of the first antenna panel, which is on, to a second transmission beam of the second antenna panel, which is off, according to uplink panel change-related signaling with the device,
- wherein the uplink panel change-related signaling comprises:
- transmitting, by the controller, panel-related performance information about the user equipment to the device;
- and
- receiving, by the controller, an uplink panel change signal corresponding to the panel-related performance information from the device,
- wherein the panel-related performance information comprises whether a gap for the uplink panel change is generated and a length of the gap, which depend on uplink panel change performance of the user equipment,
- wherein the uplink panel change signal comprises gap-related information for the uplink panel change, and
- wherein the gap-related information is set based on the panel-related performance information.
A communication system comprising:
- a user equipment comprising a plurality of antenna panels;
- and
- a device configured to communicate with the user equipment,
- wherein the user equipment is configured to:
- perform uplink panel change-related signaling with the device;
- and
- perform an uplink panel change for turning on at least one second antenna panel to change at least one first antenna panel, which is on from among the plurality of antenna panels, to the at least one second antenna panel, which is off from among the plurality of antenna panels, based on the uplink panel change-related signaling,
- wherein the uplink panel change-related signaling comprises:
- receiving, by the device, panel-related performance information from the user equipment;
- and
- transmitting, by the device, an uplink panel change signal, which is generated based on the panel-related performance information, to the user equipment,
- wherein the panel-related performance information comprises whether a gap for the uplink panel change is generated and a length of the gap, which depend on uplink panel change performance of the user equipment,
- wherein the uplink panel change signal comprises gap-related information for the uplink panel change, and
- wherein the gap-related information is set based on the panel related performance information.
An operation method of a user equipment configured to communicate with a device by selectively using at least one of a plurality of antenna panels, the operation method comprising:
- performing uplink panel change-related signaling with the device;
- and
- performing an uplink panel change for turning on at least one second antenna panel, which is off from among the plurality of antenna panels, to change at least one first antenna panel, which is on from among the plurality of antenna panels, to the at least one second antenna panel, based on the uplink panel change-related signaling,
- wherein the uplink panel change-related signaling comprises:
- transmitting, by a controller, panel-related performance information about the user equipment to the device;
- and
- receiving, by the controller, an uplink panel change signal corresponding to the panel-related performance information from the device,
- wherein the panel-related performance information comprises whether a gap for the uplink panel change is generated and a length of the gap, which depend on uplink panel change performance of the user equipment,
- wherein the uplink panel change signal comprises gap-related information for the uplink panel change, and
- wherein the gap-related information is set based on the panel-related performance information.
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