US 12,237,901 B2
Beam reporting from a communication device
Kun Zhao, Malmö (SE); Olof Zander, Södra Sandby (SE); Fredrik Rusek, Eslöv (SE); Erik Bengtsson, Eslöv (SE); and Zuleita Ho, Lund (SE)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/272,297
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/050719
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/067946, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1851134-5 (SE), filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0184751 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method in a communication device for providing a beam report to an access node of a wireless network, wherein the communication device is capable of communicating via at least two different device beams, the method comprising:
receiving, from the access node, at least a first access node beam having a first access node beam identity, and a second access node beam having a second access node beam identity;
determining link quality metrics for each received access node beam;
transmitting, to the access node, the beam report, comprising a list of entries, which each include an access node beam identity and the associated determined link quality metric;
wherein the beam report includes information indicating whether or not said list entries are obtained with different device beams, said information comprising one of:
an indicator provided to identify that an entry listed subsequent to the indicator in the list is obtained with a different device beam than an entry listed previous to the indicator, or
an indicator provided in one entry and pointing to another entry in the list, where those entries are obtained with the same device beam.