US 12,237,903 B2
Systems and methods for beamformed uplink transmission
Paul Marinier, Brossard (CA); Tao Deng, Roslyn, NY (US); Benoit Pelletier, Roxboro (CA); J. Patrick Tooher, Montreal (CA); Ghyslain Pelletier, Montreal (CA); and Virgil Comsa, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/761,051.
Application 18/761,051 is a continuation of application No. 18/112,690, filed on Feb. 22, 2023.
Application 18/112,690 is a continuation of application No. 17/558,428, filed on Dec. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,626,919, issued on Apr. 11, 2023.
Application 17/558,428 is a continuation of application No. 16/097,781, granted, now 11,245,456, issued on Feb. 8, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2017/030920, filed on May 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/440,903, filed on Dec. 30, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/373,076, filed on Aug. 10, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/334,754, filed on May 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0356619 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/0404 (2017.01); H04B 7/0456 (2017.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/52 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0404 (2013.01); H04B 7/0456 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 52/52 (2013.01); H04W 56/0045 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for use by a user equipment (UE) entity comprising a plurality of antenna elements, the method comprising:
receiving, by the UE entity, configuration information indicating a plurality of beam processes, at least one of the plurality of beam processes corresponding to a radiation pattern obtained using a corresponding set of pre-coding weights, wherein at least one of the plurality of beam processes has a respective beam process identifier, wherein at least one of the plurality of beam processes is associated with a quasi co-located downlink reference signal, and wherein at least one of the plurality of beam processes is provisioned with resources for the quasi co-located downlink reference signal, the provisioned resources including an indication of time and frequency resources;
receiving, by the UE entity, an indication of the respective beam process identifier in a Medium Access Control (MAC) control element;
selecting, by the UE entity, a beam process from among the plurality of configured beam processes based on the indication of the respective beam process identifier received in the MAC control element; and
receiving, by the UE entity, communications from a transmission-reception point (TRP) using the selected beam process.