# US 2020/0396012 A1 · Electronic device, method and storage medium for wireless communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0396012 A1 - Document ID: US20200396012A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/960,589 - Filed: 2019-04-22 - Published: 2020-12-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-24 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Wendong LIU; Zhaocheng WANG; Jianfei CAO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200396012A1 ## CPC - H04B 17/309: Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters - H04B 7/0632: {Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI]} - H04B 7/0696: {Determining beam pairs} - H04B 7/0857: {using maximum ratio combining techniques, e.g. signal-to- interference ratio [SIR], received signal strenght indication [RSS]} - H04B 7/088: {using beam selection} - H04B 17/382: for resource allocation, admission control or handover - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a method, and storage medium for a wireless communication system. Various embodiments regarding managing beam pairs are described. In an embodiment, an electronic device used on a terminal device side in a wireless communication system can comprise a processing circuit that can be configured to determine a beam pair quality indication of a plurality of downlink beam pairs. The beam pair quality indication can represent quality of service that can be offered by a corresponding beam pair, and can comprise a plurality of beam pair quality indication elements. The plurality of beam pair quality indication elements comprise at least degree of stability of the measurement metrics. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A terminal device for a wireless communication system, comprising a processing circuit configured to: determine a beam pair quality indication of a plurality of downlink beam pairs, the beam pair quality indication representing quality of service (QoS) that can be offered by a corresponding beam pair, wherein the beam pair quality indication comprises a plurality of beam pair quality indication elements, the plurality of beam pair quality indication elements comprising at least degree of stability of a measurement metrics. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of beam pair quality indication elements further comprise an instantaneous value of the measurement metrics and/or a long-term value of the measurement metrics, the measurement metrics comprising at least one of a reference signal received power, RSRP, a reference signal received quality, RSRQ, a signal-to-interference and noise ratio, SINR, or a signal-to-noise ratio, SNR. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to transmit a beam pair quality indication to a base station, the transmitting the beam pair quality indication to the base station comprises: transmitting beam pair quality indications of a part of the beam pairs of the plurality of beam pairs to the base station, wherein the part of the beam pair are the beam pairs of the plurality of beam pairs with beam pair quality indications ranked higher; or transmitting beam pair quality indications of all beam pairs of the plurality of beam pairs to the base station. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The terminal device of claim 3, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: receive information of one or more selected beam pairs from the base station, the information comprising at least indexes of the one or more selected beam pairs, wherein the beam pair quality indications of the one or more selected beam pairs are matched with quality of service for communication of the terminal device, or the beam pair quality indications of the one or more selected beam pairs are ranked higher, and/or wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: select one or more beam pairs from the plurality of beam pairs, wherein the beam pair quality indications of the one or more selected beam pairs are matched with quality of service for communication of the terminal device, or the beam pair quality indications of the one or more selected beam pairs are ranked higher; and transmit information of the one or more selected beam pairs to the base station, the information comprising at least indexes of the one or more selected beam pairs. ### Claim 5 (canceled) ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The terminal device of claim 4, wherein the quality of service comprises a plurality of quality of service targets, the plurality of quality of service targets comprising an instantaneous data rate target, an average data rate target, and a data rate fluctuation degree target, wherein the beam pair quality indication of the selected beam pair matching with quality of service for communication comprises at least one beam pair quality indication element of the selected beam pair matches with a corresponding quality of service target for communication; and/or wherein the plurality of quality of service targets have corresponding priorities, and a beam pair quality indication of a selected beam pair matching with quality of service for communication comprises: there is a beam pair quality indication element for the selected beam pair, to match at least with a quality of service target with a highest priority for the communication. ### Claim at position 7 -8. (canceled) ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to obtain a beam pair quality indication of a beam pair by measuring one or more reference signals in the downlink, comprising: obtaining a beam pair quality indication of the beam pair based on measurement of a single reference signal; and/or obtaining the beam pair quality indication of the beam pair based on measurement of multiple reference signals which are Quasi Co-Located, wherein the one or more reference signals in the downlink comprises at least one of SS/PBCH or CSI-RS. ### Claim 10 (canceled) ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The terminal device of claim 2, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to obtain a beam pair quality indication element of SINR or SNR of a beam pair through a downlink interference measurement signal and/or based on data transmission in downlink. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The terminal device of claim 9, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to obtain the long-term value of the measurement metrics through first order filtering in Layer 1 and/or Layer 3, and to obtain the degree of stability of the measurement metrics through second order filtering in Layer 1 and/or Layer 3, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to receive at least one of the following through high-level signaling: quality of service targets for different services; priorities of the quality of service targets; or filtering parameters setting. ### Claim 13 (canceled) ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The terminal device of claim 12, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to transmit the beam pair quality indication and/or information of the beam pair to the base station through a dual connectivity, comprising transmitting corresponding information to another base station serving the terminal device together with the base station through the dual connectivity, and the corresponding information is forwarded to the base station by the other base station; and/or the processing circuit is further configured to receive the information of the beam pair from the base station through the dual connectivity, comprising receiving corresponding information from another base station serving the terminal device together through the dual connectivity, and the corresponding information is transmitted by the base station to the other base station. ### Claim 15 A base station for a wireless communication system, comprising a processing circuit configured to: determine a beam pair quality indication of a plurality of uplink beam pairs, the beam pair quality indication representing quality of service that can be offered by a corresponding beam pair, wherein the beam pair quality indication comprises a plurality of beam pair quality indication elements, the plurality of beam pair quality indication elements comprising at least degree of stability of a measurement metrics. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The base station of claim 15, wherein the plurality of beam pair quality indication elements further comprise an instantaneous value of the measurement metrics and/or a long-term value of the measurement metrics, the measurement metrics comprising at least one of a reference signal received power, RSRP, a reference signal received quality, RSRQ, a signal-to-interference and noise ratio, SINK, or a signal-to-noise ratio, SNR. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The base station of claim 15, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: selecting one or more beam pairs from the plurality of beam pairs, wherein the beam pair quality indications of the one or more selected beam pairs are matched with quality of service for communication of the terminal device, or the beam pair quality indications of the one or more selected beam pairs are ranked higher; and transmitting information of the one or more selected beam pairs to the terminal device, the information comprising at least indexes of the one or more selected beam pairs. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The base station of claim 15, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to receive beam pair quality indications of a plurality of downlink beam pairs from the terminal device, comprising: receiving beam pair quality indications of a part of the beam pairs of the plurality of downlink beam pairs from the terminal device, wherein the part of the beam pair are the beam pairs of the plurality of beam pairs with beam pair quality indications ranked higher; or receiving beam pair quality indications of all beam pairs of the plurality of downlink beam pairs from the terminal device, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: select one or more beam pairs from the plurality of downlink beam pairs, wherein the beam pair quality indications of the one or more selected beam pairs are matched with quality of service for communication of the terminal device, or the beam pair quality indications of the one or more selected beam pairs are ranked higher; and transmit information of the one or more selected beam pairs to the terminal device, the information comprising at least indexes of the one or more selected beam pairs. ### Claim 19 (canceled) ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The base station of claim 17, wherein the quality of service comprises a plurality of quality of service targets, the plurality of quality of service targets comprising an instantaneous data rate target, an average data rate target, and a data rate fluctuation degree target, wherein the beam pair quality indication of the selected beam pair matching with quality of service for communication comprises: at least one beam pair quality indication element of the selected beam pair matches with a corresponding quality of service target for communication, and/or wherein the plurality of quality of service targets have corresponding priorities, and a beam pair quality indication of a selected beam pair matching with quality of service for communication comprises: there is a beam pair quality indication element for the selected beam pair, to match at least with a quality of service target with a highest priority for the communication. ### Claim at position 20 -22. (canceled) ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) The base station of claim 15, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to obtain a beam pair quality indication of a beam pair by measuring one or more reference signals in the uplink, comprising: obtaining a beam pair quality indication of the beam pair based on measurement of a single reference signal; and/or obtaining the beam pair quality indication of the beam pair based on measurement of multiple reference signals which are Quasi Co-Located, wherein the one or more reference signals in the uplink comprises at least one of SRS or DMRS. ### Claim 24 (canceled) ### Claim 25 (depends on 16) The base station of claim 16, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to obtain a beam pair quality indication element of SINK or SNR of a beam pair through an uplink interference measurement signal and/or based on data transmission in uplink. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) The base station of claim 23, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to obtain the long-term value of the measurement metrics through first order filtering in Layer 1 and/or Layer 3, and to obtain the degree of stability of the measurement metrics through second order filtering in Layer 1 and/or Layer 3, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to transmit at least one of the following through high-level signaling: quality of service targets for different services; priorities of the quality of service targets; or filtering parameters setting. ### Claim 27 (canceled) ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The base station of claim 26, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to receive the beam pair quality indication and/or information of the beam pair in the downlink from the downlink device through a dual connectivity, comprising receiving corresponding information from another base station serving the terminal device together with the base station through the dual connectivity, and the corresponding information is transmitted to the other base station by the terminal device; and/or the processing circuit is further configured to transmit the information of the uplink and/or downlink beam pairs to the terminal device through the dual connectivity, comprising transmitting corresponding information to another base station serving the terminal device together through the dual connectivity, and the corresponding information is forwarded to the terminal device by the other base station. ### Claim 29 A method for wireless communication performed by a terminal device, comprising: determining a beam pair quality indication of a plurality of downlink beam pairs, the beam pair quality indication representing quality of service (QoS) that can be offered by a corresponding beam pair, wherein the beam pair quality indication comprises a plurality of beam pair quality indication elements, the plurality of beam pair quality indication elements comprising at least degree of stability of a measurement metrics. ### Claim 30 A method for wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising: determining a beam pair quality indication of a plurality of uplink beam pairs, the beam pair quality indication representing quality of service that can be offered by a corresponding beam pair, wherein the beam pair quality indication comprises a plurality of beam pair quality indication elements, the plurality of beam pair quality indication elements comprising at least degree of stability of a measurement metrics. ### Claim at position 29 -32. (canceled)