US 12,261,669 B2
Multiple panel assistance information to determine a network configuration
Vasanthan Raghavan, West Windsor Township, NJ (US); and Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,984.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370142 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/0456 (2017.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0486 (2013.01); H04B 7/063 (2013.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04W 52/0261 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
transmitting, to a wireless communication device, a rank indicator (RI);
transmitting, to the wireless communication device, UE assistance information (UAI) associated with the RI, the UAI indicates at least one of:
an indication of a quantity of antenna panels in use;
a relative power consumption indicator; or
a thermal overhead indicator; and
receiving, from the wireless communication device, a beam selection based on the RI and the UAI,
wherein the UAI is based on a lookup table stored at the UE, and
wherein a value in the lookup table is determined based on the RI and the quantity of antenna panels in use.