Beam Search Pilots for Paging Channel Communications
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsErik Richard Stauffer, Jibing Wang
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes techniques and systems for beam search pilots for paging channel communications. In some aspects, a user device receives, from a base station of a wireless network, a beam search pilot on a beam. The user device determines that a signal quality of the beam search pilot meets a signal quality threshold. Based on this determination, the user device transmits, to the base station, an indication that the beam search pilot meets the signal quality threshold. The user device then receives a paging channel communication on the beam provided by the base station.
Claims20
A method performed by a user device for using beam search pilots for a paging channel communication, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a base station of a wireless network, a beam search pilot on an associated beam;
- determining that a signal quality of the received beam search pilot meets a signal quality threshold;
- transmitting, to the base station, an indication that the received beam search pilot meets the signal quality threshold;
- and
- receiving, from the base station and based on the transmission of the indication, a paging channel communication on the associated beam.
A user device comprising:
- a processor;
- a hardware-based transceiver;
- and
- a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to configure the processor to:
- receive, from a base station and using the hardware-based transceiver, a schedule of communication resources for receiving beam search pilots from the base station;
- identify, within a communication resource of the communication resources, a beam search pilot of the beam search pilots having a signal quality that meets a signal quality threshold, the beam search pilot received from the base station on a beam;
- transmit, to the base station and using the hardware-based transceiver, an indication that the beam search pilot has a signal quality that meets the signal quality threshold;
- and
- receive, from the base station and using the hardware-based transceiver, a paging channel communication on the beam of the wireless network.
A base station comprising:
- a processor;
- one or more hardware-based transceivers;
- and
- a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to configure the processor to:
- transmit, to a user device and via the one or more hardware-based transceivers, multiple beam search pilots on multiple beams, respectively;
- receive, from the user device and in response to the transmission, an indication that a signal quality of a beam search pilot of the multiple beam search pilots meets a signal quality threshold, the beam search pilot having been transmitted on a beam of the multiple beams;
- and
- transmit, to the user device and via the one or more hardware-based transceivers, a paging channel communication on the beam of the multiple beams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.