	US 12,231,192 B2
	RIC for selecting cell to perform comp function and method of operating the same
Deokhui Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Myounghwan Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/976,025.
Application 17/976,025 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/016474, filed on Oct. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0147355 (KR), filed on Oct. 29, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0031048 (KR), filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139233 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H04K 1/10 (2006.01); H04B 7/0456 (2017.01); H04L 27/28 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)

CPC H04B 7/0456 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method of operating a network, comprising:

transmitting, to a first user equipment (UE) connected to the network, at least one transmission signal for downlink traffic corresponding to the first UE based on a first direction;

transmitting a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) configured by the network, based on a plurality of directions corresponding respectively to the plurality of SSBs; and

identifying a degree of overlap between each of the plurality of directions corresponding respectively to the plurality of SSBs and the first direction including:

identifying a total number of all slots corresponding to the at least one transmission signal for the downlink traffic corresponding to the first UE, and

identifying a first number of slots, among all the slots, where a first direction of the at least one transmission signal for downlink traffic and a plurality of directions corresponding respectively to the plurality of SSBs overlap each other.