US 12,301,327 B2
Method for beam switching and UCI transmission
Xincai Li, Guangdong (CN); Li Tian, Guangdong (CN); and Wei Zou, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to ZTE Corporation, Guangdong (CN)
Filed by ZTE Corporation, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/810,125.
Application 17/810,125 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/106990, filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337303 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data communication method, comprising:
performing, by a mobile device, a first transmission on a first beam to a communication node; and
performing, by the mobile device, a measurement associated with the first beam after performing the first transmission on the first beam to the communication node,
wherein the mobile device includes a first mobile device, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the first mobile device, a report resource for indicating a status of a first channel being used by the first mobile device;
determining, by the first mobile device, whether to switch from the first channel to a second channel; and
performing, upon a determination by the first mobile device to switch from the first channel to the second channel, a subsequent transmission over the second channel,
wherein the report resource includes a common physical uplink control channel resource configured to be provided to a plurality of mobile devices including the first mobile device, wherein the first mobile device includes an inactive mobile device, and wherein the common physical uplink control channel resource is transmitted to the inactive mobile device through a system information block message.