# US 12,764,562 B2 · Antenna panel configuration after reporting > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,764,562 B2 - Document ID: US12764562B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/919,221 - Filed: 2024-10-17 - Published: 2025-01-30 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-05 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Tianyang Bai; Yan Zhou; Peter Gaal; Mostafa Khoshnevisan; Junyi Li; Tao Luo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12764562B2 ## CPC - H04W 16/28: using beam steering - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04W 8/24: Transfer of terminal data - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring a user equipment (UE) to communicate with a network entity based on a selected antenna panel reported to a network entity. An example method generally includes transmitting, to a network entity, a report including information associated with an antenna panel selected for communications between the user equipment and the network entity; selecting a starting time and a wait time to apply a configuration associated with the selected antenna panel; activating an update timer based on the starting time and the wait time; and communicating with the network entity based on the configuration associated with the selected antenna panel after expiry of the update timer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for wireless communications, the apparatus comprising: memory having executable instructions stored thereon; and one or more processors configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to: transmit, to a network entity, a report including information associated with an antenna panel selected for communications between the apparatus and the network entity, wherein the information associated with the antenna panel includes a maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports applicable to a plurality of component carriers (CCs); receive an acknowledgment message from the network entity in response to transmitting the report, wherein the acknowledgment message comprises an antenna panel configuration selected by the network entity and an uplink grant scheduling a transmission using a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identifier as a HARQ identifier associated with the report; and apply the information associated with the selected antenna panel for communicating with the network entity. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to apply the information in multiple of the plurality of CCs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein different subcarrier spacing (SCS) are configured for at least two of the plurality of CCs. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to apply the information in each of the plurality of CCs at a same time instance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the time instance is associated with a smallest subcarrier spacing (SCS) among a plurality of SCSs configured for the plurality of CCs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to separately determine a plurality of respective time instance to apply the information in each respective CC of the plurality of CCs. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to: transmit the report on a first CC; apply the information associated with the selected antenna panel on at least a second CC; receive, on a third CC, the acknowledgment message from the network entity; and determine at least one time instance to apply the information associated with the selected antenna panel based on a function of at least a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) configured for the first CC, a second SCS configured for the second CC, and a third SCS configured for the third CC. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to: determine a starting time and a wait time for the applying the information associated with the selected antenna panel; activate an update timer based on the starting time and the wait time; and apply the information associated with the selected antenna panel in response to expiry of the update timer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the starting time comprises a time at which the acknowledgment message from the network entity is received. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to determine the wait time based on the selected antenna panel and a panel identified in an antenna panel configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the starting time comprises a time of the transmitting the report including the information associated with the selected antenna panel to the network entity. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to receive signaling from the network entity including the starting time. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to transmit a capability report to the network entity, wherein the signaling including the starting time is received in response to the capability report. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to: receive, from the network entity, a request to retransmit the report; and reset the update timer in response to receiving the request to retransmit the report, wherein the report comprises an aperiodic report. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, execute the executable instructions to cause the apparatus to determine the wait time based on whether the selected antenna panel and a panel identified in an antenna panel configuration selected by the network entity are a same antenna panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acknowledgment message comprises a reserved index carried in a downlink control information (DCI) field, a value of the reserved index corresponding to the selected antenna panel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acknowledgment message comprises a configuration command. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the configuration command comprises a command associating one or more of a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) (CSI-RS) identifier, a synchronization signal block (SSB) identifier, or a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state identifier with the selected antenna panel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acknowledgment message comprises a command to deactivate one or more specified antenna panels at the UE. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the antenna panel comprises information associated with a resource index, and wherein the selected antenna panel is valid until a next instance at which the information associated with the resource index is reported. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the report is associated with one of a beam reporting instance or a beam failure request message transmitted to the network entity. ### Claim 22 A method for wireless communications by a user equipment, the method comprising: transmitting, to a network entity, a report including information associated with an antenna panel selected for communications between the user equipment and the network entity, wherein the information associated with the antenna panel includes a maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports applicable to a plurality of component carriers (CCs); receiving an acknowledgment message from the network entity in response to transmitting the report, wherein the acknowledgment message comprises an antenna panel configuration selected by the network entity and an uplink grant scheduling a transmission using a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identifier as a HARQ identifier associated with the report; and applying the information associated with the selected antenna panel for communicating with the network entity. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, wherein the applying the information associated with the selected antenna panel comprises applying the information in multiple of the plurality of CCs. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, wherein different subcarrier spacing (SCS) is configured for at least two of the plurality of CCs. ### Claim 25 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, wherein the applying the information associated with the selected antenna panel comprises applying the information in each of the plurality of CCs at a same time instance. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the time instance is associated with a smallest subcarrier spacing (SCS) among a plurality of SCSs configured for the plurality of CCs. ### Claim 27 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, wherein the applying the information associated with the selected antenna panel comprises separately determining a plurality of respective time instance to apply the information in each respective CC of the plurality of CCs. ### Claim 28 An apparatus for wireless communications, the apparatus comprising: means for transmitting, to a network entity, a report including information associated with an antenna panel selected for communications between the apparatus and the network entity, wherein the information associated with the antenna panel includes a maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports applicable to a plurality of component carriers (CCs); means for receiving an acknowledgment message from the network entity in response to transmitting the report, wherein the acknowledgment message comprises an antenna panel configuration selected by the network entity and an uplink grant scheduling a transmission using a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identifier as a HARQ identifier associated with the report; and means for applying the information associated with the selected antenna panel for communicating with the network entity. ### Claim 29 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, causes a user equipment to perform a method for wireless communications, the method comprising: transmitting, to a network entity, a report including information associated with an antenna panel selected for communications between the user equipment and the network entity, wherein the information associated with the antenna panel includes a maximum number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports applicable to a plurality of component carriers (CCs); receiving an acknowledgment message from the network entity in response to transmitting the report, wherein the acknowledgment message comprises an antenna panel configuration selected by the network entity and an uplink grant scheduling a transmission using a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) identifier as a HARQ identifier associated with the report; and applying the information associated with the selected antenna panel for communicating with the network entity.