System method for smart beam management in 5g
AssigneeRakuten Mobile, Inc.
InventorSandeep Mani TRIPATHI
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Abstract
A method is provided. The method includes receiving, by a new radio (NR) base station (gNB) from a user equipment (UE), an access request on an initial beam of a plurality of beams transmitted by the gNB, the initial beam being determined by the UE as an optimal access request beam, transmitting, by the gNB to the UE, a response to the access request on the initial beam, receiving, by the gNB from the UE, an indication of a first optimal beam to use for data transmission from the gNB to the UE, switching, by the gNB, data transmission from the initial beam to the first optimal beam based on the first optimal beam being different from the initial beam.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a new radio (NR) base station (gNB) from a user equipment (UE), an access request on an initial beam of a plurality of beams transmitted by the gNB, the initial beam being determined by the UE as an optimal access request beam;
- transmitting, by the gNB to the UE, a response to the access request on the initial beam;
- receiving, by the gNB from the UE, an indication of a first optimal beam to use for data transmission from the gNB to the UE;
- and
- switching, by the gNB, data transmission from the initial beam to the first optimal beam based on the first optimal beam being different from the initial beam.
A new radio (NR) base station (gNB), comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- receive, from a user equipment (UE), an access request on an initial beam of a plurality of beams transmitted by the gNB, the initial beam being determined by the UE as an optimal access request beam;
- transmit, to the UE, a response to the access request on the initial beam;
- receive, from the UE, an indication of a first optimal beam to use for data transmission from the gNB to the UE;
- and
- switch data transmission from the initial beam to the first optimal beam based on the first optimal beam being different from the initial beam.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- receive, from a user equipment (UE), an access request on an initial beam of a plurality of beams transmitted by a new radio (NR) base station (gNB), the initial beam being determined by the UE as an optimal access request beam;
- transmit, to the UE, a response to the access request on the initial beam;
- receive, from the UE, an indication of a first optimal beam to use for data transmission from the gNB to the UE;
- and
- switch data transmission from the initial beam to the first optimal beam based on the first optimal beam being different from the initial beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.