US 12,316,413 B2
Methods for capability signaling, wireless devices and network nodes
Jose Flordelis, Lund (SE); Kun Zhao, Malmo (SE); Kåre Agardh, Rydeback (SE); Olof Zander, Lund (SE); Erik Bengtsson, Lund (SE); and Fredrik Rusek, Esloev (SE)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/632,203
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068846
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/028115, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1950935-5 (SE), filed on Aug. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286170 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04B 7/063 (2013.01); H04L 1/0025 (2013.01); H04L 5/0096 (2013.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, performed at a wireless device, for capability signaling, wherein the wireless device comprises one or more antenna panels configured to communicate with a network node, the method comprising:
obtaining a capability of at least one of the antenna panels, wherein the capability comprises at least one of:
a receive-only panel (ROP) capability;
a transmit-only panel (TOP) capability;
a receive-and-transmit panel (RTP) capability indicative of a capability of the at least one antenna panel to receive and transmit; and/or
a dynamic RTP capability indicative of a capability of the at least one antenna panel to switch between one or more of:
a ROP mode;
a TOP mode; and/or
a RTP mode;
transmitting, to the network node, first control signaling indicative of the obtained capability of the at least one antenna panel;
receiving second control signaling from the network node, the second control signaling comprising a panel identifier corresponding to a selected antenna panel having the RTP capability or the dynamic RTP capability, the second control signaling being indicative of:
switching between the receive capability and the transmit capability for the selected antenna panel having the RTP capability; or
switching between the one or more of the ROP mode, the TOP mode, and/or the RTP mode for the selected antenna panel having the dynamic RTP capability; and
switching the selected antenna panel corresponding to the panel identifier between:
the receive capability and the transmit capability for the selected antenna panel having the RTP capability; or
the one or more of the ROP mode, the TOP mode, and/or the RTP mode for the selected antenna panel having the dynamic RTP capability.