User equipment-initiated beam management
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsSamantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO, Paolo BARACCA, Youngsoo YUK
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Abstract
Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a solution of User Equipment-Initiated Beam Management (UEIBM). A method comprises transmitting, to a second apparatus via an uplink control channel, an indication associated with an uplink resource type to be used by the first apparatus for a beam report in a further uplink channel subsequent to the uplink control channel; and transmitting, to the second apparatus, the beam report by using the further uplink channel with uplink resources of the uplink resource type.
Claims22
A first apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first apparatus at least to:
- transmit, to a second apparatus via a first target uplink control channel, an indication for notifying a beam report to be transmitted in a second target uplink channel subsequent to the first target uplink control channel;
- determine, based on a number of beams to be reported and a type of uplink resources of a first candidate uplink channel, whether the first candidate uplink channel is to be skipped;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the first candidate uplink channel is to be skipped. wait for a second candidate uplink channel. subsequent to the first candidate uplink channel. for a second target uplink channel on which the beam report is to be transmitted to the second apparatus.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting, to a second apparatus via a first target uplink control channel, an indication for notifying a beam report to be transmitted in a second target uplink channel subsequent to the first target uplink control channel;
- determining, based on a number of beams to be reported and a type of uplink resources of a first candidate uplink channel. whether the first candidate uplink channel is to be skip;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the first candidate uplink channel is to be skip, waiting for a second candidate uplink channel subsequent to the first candidate uplink channel, for a second target uplink channel on which the beam report is to be transmitted to the second apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.