US 12,756,450 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for beam management in communication system

AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

InventorsHan Jun Park, Heesoo Lee, Yong Jin Kwon, An Seok Lee, Yun Joo Kim, Hyun Seo Park, Jung Bo Son, Yu Ro Lee

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Abstract

A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving downlink reference signals from a base station; generating beam report information based on the downlink reference signals, and transmitting the beam report information to the base station; receiving, from the base station, beam prediction information based on the beam report information and valid time information on a valid time for the beam prediction information; and selecting a beam based on the beam prediction information and the valid time information, and using the selected beam.

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Dependent claims

A method of a terminal, comprising:

receiving downlink reference signals from a base station;
generating beam report information based on the downlink reference signals, and transmitting the beam report information to the base station;
receiving information based on at least one beam prediction target time from the base station;
performing beam prediction for the at least one beam prediction target time;
and
transmitting beam prediction information according to the beam prediction to the base station, wherein the beam prediction information includes beam prediction information for each of the at least one beam prediction target time.

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