Beam reporting and scheduling in multicarrier beamformed communications
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Sumeeth Nagaraja
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may partition a plurality of carriers into one or more groups. Each carrier within a group may share one or more antenna panels so as to each be directed by a transmit beam in a same direction. The base station may transmit to a user equipment a carrier group indication that identifies the partitioning of the plurality of carriers into the one or more groups and maps a group identifier for at least one of the one or more groups to a beam identifier that identifies the corresponding transmit beam.
Claims33
A method for multicarrier beamformed wireless communication, comprising:
- receiving, at a user equipment (UE) and from a base station, a carrier grouping indication that indicates that a plurality of carriers are partitioned into one or more groups, each carrier within a group transmitting a set of channels using a same transmit beam;
- and
- receiving one or more transmissions from the base station relating to UE communication on at least one of the one or more groups using one of the transmit beams corresponding to the one of the one or more groups.
A method for multicarrier beamformed wireless communication, comprising:
- partitioning a plurality of carriers into one or more groups, each carrier within a group sharing one or more antenna panels so as to each be directed by a transmit beam in a same direction;
- and
- transmitting to a user equipment (UE) a carrier grouping indication that identifies the partitioning of the plurality of carriers into the one or more groups.
An apparatus for multicarrier beamformed wireless communication, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory in electronic communication with the processor;
- and
- the processor and memory configured to:
- receive, at a user equipment (UE) and from a base station, a carrier grouping indication that indicates that a plurality of carriers are partitioned into one or more groups, each carrier within a group transmitting a set of channels using a same transmit beam;
- and
- receive one or more transmissions from the base station relating to UE communication on at least one of the one or more groups using one of the transmit beams corresponding to the one of the one or more groups.
An apparatus for multicarrier beamformed wireless communication, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory in electronic communication with the processor;
- and
- the processor and memory configured to:
- partition a plurality of carriers into one or more groups, each carrier within a group sharing one or more antenna panels so as to each be directed by a transmit beam in a same direction;
- and
- transmit to a user equipment (UE) a carrier grouping indication that identifies the partitioning of the plurality of carriers into the one or more groups.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.