# US 2023/0421237 A1 · Techniques for selecting beams in full duplex wireless communications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0421237 A1 - Document ID: US20230421237A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/846,959 - Filed: 2022-06-22 - Published: 2023-12-28 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-22 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Qian ZHANG; Yan ZHOU; Navid ABEDINI; Junyi LI; Tao LUO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230421237A1 ## CPC - H04B 7/088: {using beam selection} - H04B 7/0695: {using beam selection} - H04B 17/345: Interference values ({signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]} H04B17/336) - H04W 16/28: using beam steering - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04L 5/14: Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex - H04B: TRANSMISSION - 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 Aspects described herein relate to receiving, from a network node, a first indication of a set of candidate downlink beams corresponding to multiple downlink beams received from one or more transmit/receive points (TRPs), receiving, from the network node, a second indication of a set of candidate uplink beams of multiple uplink beams, wherein at least one downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams includes a downlink beam combination of multiple downlink beams or at least one uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams includes an uplink beam combination of multiple uplink beams, and performing beam pair measurements of each candidate downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams received while transmitting each candidate uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams to select a set of candidate beam pairs each including one of the candidate downlink beams and one of the candidate uplink beams. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a processor; memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to: receive, from a network node, a first indication of a set of candidate downlink beams corresponding to multiple downlink beams received from one or more transmit/receive points (TRPs); receive, from the network node, a second indication of a set of candidate uplink beams of multiple uplink beams, wherein at least one downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams includes a downlink beam combination of multiple downlink beams or at least one uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams includes an uplink beam combination of multiple uplink beams; perform beam pair measurements of each candidate downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams received while transmitting each candidate uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams to select a set of candidate beam pairs each including one of the candidate downlink beams and one of the candidate uplink beams; and report, to the network node, a third indication of the set of candidate beam pairs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to receive, from the network node, a fourth indication of a beam pair in the set of candidate beam pairs for use in communicating with the one or more TRPs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: perform downlink beam measurements of the multiple downlink beams received from multiple TRPs; select, from the multiple downlink beams and based on the downlink beam measurements, a first number of measured downlink beams from a first TRP of the multiple TRPs and a second number of measured downlink beams from a second TRP of the multiple TRPs; and report, to the network node, a measured set of downlink beams including at least a portion of the first number of measured downlink beams and the second number of measured downlink beams to the network node, wherein the set of candidate beams is based on the measured set of downlink beams. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform a downlink beam measurement of the at least one downlink beam combination, wherein the at least one downlink beam combination includes a first downlink beam from the first number of measured downlink beams and a second downlink beam from the second number of measured downlink beams. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein for the at least one downlink beam combination, the first downlink beam is received over a first UE antenna panel and the second downlink beam is received over a second UE antenna panel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the set of candidate downlink beams includes at least a single downlink beam from the first number of measured downlink beams or the second number of measured downlink beams. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the set of candidate uplink beams is a subset of the candidate downlink beams. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to concurrently transmit, for the at least one uplink beam combination in the set of candidate uplink beams, a first beam using a first UE antenna panel and a second beam using a second UE antenna panel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to transmit multiple uplink beams including the at least one uplink beam combination as a first beam transmitted over a first antenna panel and a second beam transmitted over a second antenna panel, wherein the set of candidate uplink beams includes at least a portion of the multiple uplink beams. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the set of candidate uplink beams includes the at least one uplink beam combination, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to concurrently transmit a first uplink beam using a first UE antenna panel and transmit a second uplink beam using a second UE antenna panel, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform a first measurement for a downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams with a first self-interference from transmitting the first uplink beam and perform a second measurement for the downlink beam with a second self-interference from transmitting the second uplink beam. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the set of candidate downlink beams includes the at least one downlink beam combination of a first downlink beam received using a first UE antenna panel and a second downlink beam, concurrently received with the first downlink beam, using a second UE antenna panel, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: perform a first measurement for the first downlink beam with a self-interference from transmitting an uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams and an inter-beam interference from receiving the second downlink beam; and perform a second measurement for the second downlink beam with a self-interference from transmitting the uplink beam and an inter-beam interference from receiving the first downlink beam. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the set of candidate uplink beams includes the at least one uplink beam combination, wherein transmitting the at least one uplink beam combination as part of performing beam pair measurements includes concurrently transmitting a first uplink beam using a first UE antenna panel and transmitting a second uplink beam using a second UE antenna panel, wherein the set of candidate downlink beams includes the at least one downlink beam combination of a first downlink beam received using a third UE antenna panel and a second downlink beam, concurrently received with the first downlink beam, using a fourth UE antenna panel, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: perform a first measurement for the first downlink beam with an inter-beam interference from receiving the second downlink beam, a first self-interference from transmitting the first uplink beam, and a second self-interference from transmitting the second uplink beam; and perform a second measurement for the second downlink beam with an inter-beam interference from receiving the first downlink beam, a first self-interference from transmitting the first uplink beam, and a second self-interference from transmitting the second uplink beam. ### Claim 13 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a processor; memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to: transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first indication of a set of candidate downlink beams corresponding to multiple downlink beams transmitted from one or more transmit/receive points (TRPs); transmit, to the UE, a second indication of a set of candidate uplink beams of multiple uplink beams, wherein at least one downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams includes a downlink beam combination of multiple downlink beams or at least one uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams includes an uplink beam combination of multiple uplink beams; transmit, to the UE, each candidate downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams; and receive, from the UE, a third indication of a set of candidate beam pairs based on receiving each candidate downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams while transmitting each candidate uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to select, based on measurements received for the set of candidate beam pairs, a beam pair in the set of candidate beam pairs for the UE to use in communicating with the one or more TRPs. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to select the beam pair based on filtering out a subset of the set of candidate beam pairs having a downlink beam or beam combination that is transmitted using a same antenna panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to transmit, to the UE, a fourth indication of the beam pair. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: transmit the multiple downlink beams from TRPs; receive, from the UE, a measured set of downlink beams including at least a portion of a first number of measured downlink beams from a first TRP of the multiple TRPs and a second number of measured downlink beams from a second TRP of the multiple TRPs; and select the set of candidate downlink beams based on the measured set of downlink beams. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one downlink beam combination includes a first downlink beam from the first number of measured downlink beams and a second downlink beam from the second number of measured downlink beams. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the set of candidate downlink beams includes at least a single downlink beam from the first number of measured downlink beams or the second number of measured downlink beams. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to select the set of candidate uplink beams as a subset of the set of candidate downlink beams. ### Claim 21 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: receive, from the UE, multiple uplink beams including the at least one uplink beam combination received as a first uplink beam and a second uplink beam concurrently transmitted by the UE; and select the set of candidate uplink beams as a subset of the multiple uplink beams. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to receive the at least one uplink beam combination at least in part by receiving, at the first TRP, the first uplink beam configured for channel measurement and the second uplink beam configured for interference measurement. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to receive the at least one uplink beam combination at least in part by receiving, at the second TRP, the second uplink beam configured for channel measurement and the first uplink beam configured for interference measurement. ### Claim 24 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the set of candidate uplink beams includes the at least one uplink beam combination, and wherein the third indication includes, for each beam pair in the set of candidate beam pairs that include the at least one uplink beam combination: a first measurement for a downlink beam in the beam pair with a first self-interference from transmitting a first uplink beam of the at least one uplink beam combination; and a second measurement for the downlink beam with a second self-interference from transmitting a second uplink beam of the at least one uplink beam combination. ### Claim 25 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the set of candidate downlink beams includes the at least one downlink beam combination, and wherein the third indication includes, for each beam pair in the set of candidate beam pairs that include the at least one downlink beam combination: a first measurement for a first downlink beam of the at least one downlink beam combination with a first self-interference from transmitting an uplink beam in the beam pair and an inter-beam interference from receiving a second downlink beam in the at least one downlink beam combination; and a second measurement for the second downlink beam with a self-interference from transmitting the uplink beam and an inter-beam interference from receiving the first downlink beam. ### Claim 26 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the set of candidate uplink beams includes the at least one uplink beam combination, wherein the set of candidate downlink beams includes the at least one downlink beam combination, and wherein the third indication includes, for each beam pair in the set of candidate beam pairs that include the at least one downlink beam combination: a first measurement for a first downlink beam of the at least one downlink beam combination with: an inter-beam interference from receiving a second downlink beam of the at least one downlink beam combination; a first self-interference from transmitting a first uplink beam of the at least one uplink beam combination; and a second self-interference from transmitting a second uplink beam of the at least one uplink beam combination; and a second measurement for the second downlink beam with: an inter-beam interference from receiving the first downlink beam; a first self-interference from transmitting the first uplink beam; and a second self-interference from transmitting the second uplink beam. ### Claim 27 A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving, from a network node, a first indication of a set of candidate downlink beams corresponding to multiple downlink beams received from one or more transmit/receive points (TRPs); receiving, from the network node, a second indication of a set of candidate uplink beams of multiple uplink beams, wherein at least one downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams includes a downlink beam combination of multiple downlink beams or at least one uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams includes an uplink beam combination of multiple uplink beams; performing beam pair measurements of each candidate downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams received while transmitting each candidate uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams to select a set of candidate beam pairs each including one of the candidate downlink beams and one of the candidate uplink beams; and reporting, to the network node, a third indication of the set of candidate beam pairs. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, further comprising receiving, from the network node, a fourth indication of a beam pair in the set of candidate beam pairs for use in communicating with the one or more TRPs. ### Claim 29 A method for wireless communication at a network node, comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a first indication of a set of candidate downlink beams corresponding to multiple downlink beams transmitted from one or more transmit/receive points (TRPs); transmitting, to the UE, a second indication of a set of candidate uplink beams of multiple uplink beams, wherein at least one downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams includes a downlink beam combination of multiple downlink beams or at least one uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams includes an uplink beam combination of multiple uplink beams; transmitting, to the UE, each candidate downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams; and receiving, from the UE, a third indication of a set of candidate beam pairs based on receiving each candidate downlink beam in the set of candidate downlink beams while transmitting each candidate uplink beam in the set of candidate uplink beams. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The method of claim 29, further comprising selecting, based on measurements received for the set of candidate beam pairs, a beam pair in the set of candidate beam pairs for the UE to use in communicating with the one or more TRPs.