H04W36/06

Beam management procedures in wireless networks

A wireless device may increment a beam failure instance counter based on detecting a first beam failure instance associated with one or more first reference signals, RSs, for beam failure detection. The wireless device may receive a medium access control control element, MAC CE, activating one or more second RSs for beam failure detection. The wireless device may resetting the beam failure instance counter in response to receiving the MAC CE. increment the beam failure instance counter based on detecting a second beam failure instance associated with the one or more second RSs. The wireless device may initiate a beam failure recovery based on the beam failure instance counter being equal to or greater than a first value.

Non-terrestrial network satellite beam switching

A method and apparatus for non-terrestrial network beam switching is provided. A non-terrestrial network base station includes a transmitter configured to transmit downlink data to user equipment and a receiver configured to receive uplink data from the user equipment. A channel bandwidth of the non-terrestrial network base station is divided into a plurality of bandwidth parts respectively corresponding to a plurality of geographic areas, and each bandwidth part is respectively associated with a satellite beam. When the user equipment is located in a first geographic area, the transmitter transmits the downlink data to the user equipment over a corresponding first bandwidth part. After the user equipment transitions from the first geographic area to a second geographic area, the transmitter transmits the downlink data to the user equipment over a corresponding second bandwidth part of the plurality of bandwidth parts.

Device and method for bandwidth part switch at terminal devices

A network entity for switching a source bandwidth part used by a terminal device to a target bandwidth part. The network entity includes circuitry configured for sending a triggering message at a triggering time slot to the terminal device, the triggering message including: a first information indicating the target bandwidth part; a second information indicating to the terminal device to schedule reception of data from the network entity at a target reception time slot; a third information indicating to the terminal device to schedule transmission of a data reception acknowledgment or non-acknowledgment message to the network entity at a target transmission time slot.

Device and method for bandwidth part switch at terminal devices

A network entity for switching a source bandwidth part used by a terminal device to a target bandwidth part. The network entity includes circuitry configured for sending a triggering message at a triggering time slot to the terminal device, the triggering message including: a first information indicating the target bandwidth part; a second information indicating to the terminal device to schedule reception of data from the network entity at a target reception time slot; a third information indicating to the terminal device to schedule transmission of a data reception acknowledgment or non-acknowledgment message to the network entity at a target transmission time slot.

Control and Data Splitting for Communication Using Reflective Surfaces
20230370958 · 2023-11-16 ·

A user equipment (UE) device may communicate with a wireless access point (AP) using wireless signals transmitted using a data radio access technology (RAT) via reflection off a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) at frequencies greater than about 100 GHz. A control RAT may be used to convey control signals between the AP, UE device, and RIS. The control signals and the control RAT and the data transfer RAT may split procedures used to perform discovery, to establish an initial configuration of the UE device, AP, and/or RIS, and to update the configuration of the UE device, the AP, and/or the RIS while tracking the UE device over time. The control RAT may allow for control operations without requiring line-of-sight and may allow the RIS to minimize its power consumption and cost.

Control and Data Splitting for Communication Using Reflective Surfaces
20230370958 · 2023-11-16 ·

A user equipment (UE) device may communicate with a wireless access point (AP) using wireless signals transmitted using a data radio access technology (RAT) via reflection off a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) at frequencies greater than about 100 GHz. A control RAT may be used to convey control signals between the AP, UE device, and RIS. The control signals and the control RAT and the data transfer RAT may split procedures used to perform discovery, to establish an initial configuration of the UE device, AP, and/or RIS, and to update the configuration of the UE device, the AP, and/or the RIS while tracking the UE device over time. The control RAT may allow for control operations without requiring line-of-sight and may allow the RIS to minimize its power consumption and cost.

System and method for tuning antennas using quality of service management and received access point telemetry

An information handling system and method is disclosed comprising a processor, a memory, a power management unit (PMU), at least one tunable antenna, and an antenna controller executing code instructions configured to receive access point (AP) telemetry information from one or more wireless APs, wherein the AP telemetry information is received within a fast initial link setup (FILS) discovery beacon frame including the AP telemetry information, determine a band/channel score for a plurality of radiofrequency bands and channels available for the wireless adapter to access the one or more wireless APs, receive local telemetry at the information handling system, and determine a recommendation for a band/channel change for the wireless adapter and trigger a band or antenna switching in accordance with the recommendation.

System and method for tuning antennas using quality of service management and received access point telemetry

An information handling system and method is disclosed comprising a processor, a memory, a power management unit (PMU), at least one tunable antenna, and an antenna controller executing code instructions configured to receive access point (AP) telemetry information from one or more wireless APs, wherein the AP telemetry information is received within a fast initial link setup (FILS) discovery beacon frame including the AP telemetry information, determine a band/channel score for a plurality of radiofrequency bands and channels available for the wireless adapter to access the one or more wireless APs, receive local telemetry at the information handling system, and determine a recommendation for a band/channel change for the wireless adapter and trigger a band or antenna switching in accordance with the recommendation.

Method, Base Station and a User Equipment for Selecting a Set of Beams to be Monitored by Said UE

A method of selecting a set of beams to be monitored by a User Equipment (UE) in a telecommunication network comprises the steps of receiving measurement data comprising measurements of qualities of beams observed by said UE, where said beams originate from at least one access node (AN) to the UE and from at least one other AN to the UE; retrieving at least one measurement data from a particular UE that matches the received measurement data, where the historical database comprises historical measurement data comprising measurements of qualities of beams observed by UE's in said telecommunication network over time; selecting a set of beams to be monitored by said UE based on the retrieved measurement data and based on subsequent measurement data of the particular UE over time in the historical database; and transmitting said selected set of beams to be monitored to said UE.

DISTRIBUTED UNIT-BASED CUSTOM TRAFFIC INSERTION FOR LIVE-AIR AND NON-LIVE-AIR SIGNALS

The described technology is generally directed towards scheduling, by a distributed unit, the injection of custom traffic (signals/data) into a radio unit communications path. The distributed unit coordinates with the radio unit to schedule and synchronize such custom traffic in unscheduled (physical resource block), such as interleaved with to live-air and non-live-air traffic. The radio unit can request the unscheduled physical resource blocks for custom traffic to be inserted by the radio unit. Alternatively, the distributed unit can inject the custom traffic in otherwise unscheduled physical resource blocks for sending to the radio unit. The custom traffic is configured to perform some action by the radio unit, such as to perform antenna calibration, to perform test and measurement operations to obtain performance data, and the like. Performance data can be used, for example, to modify operating parameters of the radio unit to improve performance of the radio unit.