# US 2021/0243794 A1 · Method and device for configuring transmission > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243794 A1 - Document ID: US20210243794A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/262,429 - Filed: 2018-07-25 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-25 - Assignees: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Mingju LI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243794A1 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 48/08: Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) - H04W 56/0015: {one node acting as a reference for the others} - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04B 7/086: {using weights depending on external parameters, e.g. direction of arrival [DOA], predetermined weights or beamforming} - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a method for configuring transmission. Configuration information for synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block SSB measurement sent by a base station can be received. An SSB measurement is performed based on the configuration information for SSB measurement to obtain an SSB measurement report. The SSB measurement report is sent to the base station through a first designated message in order to allow the base station to configure a set of transmission configuration indication TCI states for the terminal based on the SSB measurement report. The first designated message is configured to represent contention solution during a random access procedure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for configuring transmission that is executed by a terminal, the method comprising: receiving configuration information for synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block SSB measurement from a base station; performing an SSB measurement based on the configuration information for SSB measurement in order to obtain an SSB measurement report; and sending the SSB measurement report to the base station through a first designated message in order to allow the base station to configure a set of transmission configuration indication TO states for the terminal based on the SSB measurement report, wherein the first designated message is configured to represent contention resolution during a random access procedure. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the configuration information for SSB measurement from the base station further comprises: receiving a system message block SIB from the base station, the SIB1 including the configuration information for SSB measurement. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information for SSB measurement further comprises: a measured object that includes one or more SSBs designated by the base station; a measurement triggering condition that includes a designated measurement triggering threshold; and a configuration of the measurement report that includes a designated content of the measurement report. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein sending the SSB measurement report to the base station through the first designated message further comprises: determining a first designated resource that is configured by the base station for the terminal for transmitting the first designated message; adding the SSB measurement report to the first designated message; and sending the first designated message carrying the SSB measurement report to the base station through the first designated resource. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein: the configuration of the measurement report further includes a designated transmission resource of the measurement report, and sending the SSB measurement report to the base station through the first designated message further comprises: determining a second designated resource that is configured by the base station for the terminal for transmitting the first designated message; obtaining a cell radio network temporary identifier C-RNTI when the second designated resource is different from the designated transmission resource, wherein the C-RNTI is the same as the first designated message; and sending the SSB measurement report to the base station through the C-RNTI and the designated transmission resource. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises: adding the SSB measurement report to the first designated message when the second designated resource is the same as the designated transmission resource; and sending the first designated message carrying the SSB measurement report to the base station through the second designated resource. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: receiving a second designated message for representing successful contention resolution sent by the base station; and receiving a radio resource control RRC signaling sent by the base station, wherein the RRC signaling includes a first set of TCI states for receiving physical downlink control channel PDCCH and/or a second set of TCI states for receiving physical downlink shared channel PDSCH, where the first set of TCI states and the second set of TCI states are configured by the base station for the terminal, the first set of TCI states includes first correspondences with each first correspondence being between a TCI state identifier for receiving PDCCH and an SSB identifier, the second set of TCI states includes second correspondences with each second correspondence being between a TCI state identifier for receiving PDSCH and an SSB identifier. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the first set of TCI states includes at least two TCI state identifiers, and the method further comprises: receiving a first media access control MAC control element CE signaling sent by the base station, wherein the first MAC CE signaling is configured for activating a first TCI state identifier, and the first TCI state identifier is selected from the first set of TCI states by the base station and configured for allowing the terminal to determine a receiving beam required for receiving the PDCCH from the base station; determining a first SSB identifier corresponding to the first ICI state identifier based on the first correspondences; and using a first receiving beam in receiving the PDCCH, where the first receiving beam is further used for receiving the SSB designated by the first SSB identifier or corresponding to the first SSB identifier. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the second set of ICI states includes a first number of TCI state identifiers where the first number is greater than 1, and the method further comprises: receiving a second MAC CE signaling sent by the base station, wherein the second MAC CE signaling is configured for activating a second number of TCI state identifiers for receiving PDSCH, and the second number of TCI state identifiers is selected from the first number of TCI state identifiers in the second set of TCI states by the base station. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the second number is greater than 1, and the method further comprises: receiving a downlink control information DCI signaling sent by the base station, wherein the DCI signaling is configured to indicate the second TCI state identifier for receiving PDSCH scheduled by the DCI signaling and the second TCI state identifier is selected from the second number of TCI state identifiers by the base station; determining a second SSB identifier corresponding to the second TCI state identifier based on the second correspondences; and using a second receiving beam in receiving the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI signaling, wherein the second receiving beam is further used for receiving the SSB designated by the second SSB identifier or corresponding to the second SSB identifier. ### Claim 11 A method for configuring transmission that is executed by a base station, the method comprising: setting configuration information for synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block SSB measurement by a terminal; sending the configuration information for SSB measurement to the terminal in order to allow the terminal to perform an SSB measurement based on the configuration information for SSB measurement to obtain an SSB measurement report; and configuring a set of transmission configuration indication TCI states for the terminal based on the SSB measurement report when the SSB measurement report is received from the terminal through a first designated message that is configured to represent contention resolution during a random access procedure. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein sending the configuration information for SSB measurement to the terminal comprises: adding the configuration information for SSB measurement to a system message block SIB1 and sending the SIB1 to the terminal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the configuration information for SSB measurement comprises: a measured object including one or more SSBs designated; a measurement triggering condition including a designated measurement triggering threshold; and a configuration of the measurement report including a designated content of the measurement report, or a designated content and a designated transmission resource of the measurement report. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein configuring the set of TCI states for the terminal based on the SSB measurement report further comprises: configuring a first set of TCI states for receiving physical downlink control channel PDCCH and/or a second set of TCI states for receiving physical downlink shared channel PDSCH for the terminal based on the SSB measurement report, where the first set of TCI states includes first correspondences with each first correspondence being between a TCI state identifier for receiving PDCCH and an SSB identifier, the second set of TCI states includes second correspondences with each second correspondence being between a TCI state identifier for receiving PDSCH and an SSB identifier. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises: sending a second designated message to represent successful contention resolution to the terminal; and adding the first set of TCI states and/or the second set of TCI states to a radio resource control RRC signaling and sending the RRC signaling to the terminal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the first set of TCI states includes at least two TCI state identifiers, and the method further comprises: selecting a TCI state identifier from the first set of TCI states as a first TCI state identifier; generating a first media access control MAC control element CE signaling that is configured for activating the first TCI state identifier that is configured for allowing the terminal to determine a receiving beam required for receiving the PDCCH from the base station; and sending the first MAC CE signaling to the terminal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the second set of TCI states includes a first number of ICI state identifiers, in which the first number is greater than 1, and the method further comprises: selecting a second number of TCI state identifiers for receiving PDSCH from the first number of TCI state identifiers; generating a second MAC CE signaling, that is configured to activate the second number of TCI state identifiers for receiving PDSCH; and sending the second MAC CE signaling to the terminal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the second number is greater than 1, and the method further comprises: generating a downlink control information DCI signaling that is configured to indicate the second TCI state identifier for receiving PDSCH scheduled by the DCI signaling and the second TCI state identifier is selected from the second number of TCI state identifiers by the base station; and sending the DCI signaling to the terminal. ### Claim at position 19 19-38. (canceled) ### Claim 39 A device for configuring transmission that is integrated in a terminal, the device comprising: a processor; and a memory that is configured to store instructions executable by the processor wherein the processor is configured to: receive configuration information for synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block SSB measurement from a base station; perform an SSB measurement based on the configuration information for SSB measurement in order to obtain an SSB measurement report; and send the SSB measurement report to the base station through a first designated message in order to allow the base station to configure a set of TCI states for the terminal based on the SSB measurement report, wherein the first designated message is configured to represent contention resolution during a random access procedure. ### Claim 40 (canceled) ### Claim 41 (depends on 39) The device of claim 39, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive a system message block SIB1 sent by the base station, the SIB1 including the configuration information for SSB measurement.