US 12,335,001 B2
Method for determining antenna-panel switching, user equipment and base station
Runhua Chen, Beijing (CN); Hui Li, Beijing (CN); Yajuan Luo, Beijing (CN); and Qiubin Gao, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/798,505
Filed by DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Jan. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/074105
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/159963, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010085342.3 (CN), filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0107768 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0602 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0802 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining antenna-panel switching, performed by user equipment, comprising:
determining antenna-panel switching indication information; and
performing antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information;
wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least one of a switching point or an offset:
wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least two switching points, and the performing antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, includes: at each of the at least two switching points indicated by the antenna-panel switching indication information, performing antenna-panel switching;
or,
wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes the offset, and the performing antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, includes: when a target event is detected, at a time point determined by adding the offset to a trigger time of the target event, performing antenna-panel switching; wherein the target event includes at least one of the following:
target communication event;
system timing arrives;
a base station sends a first target signaling; or,
the user equipment sends a second target signaling.
 
6. A method for determining antenna-panel switching, performed by a base station, comprising:
determining antenna-panel switching indication information of user equipment;
determining, according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, whether the user equipment has performed antenna-panel switching:
wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least one of a switching point or an offset;
wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least two switching points, and the determining, according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, whether the user equipment has performed antenna-panel switching, includes: determining whether the user equipment performs antenna-panel switching at each of the at least two switching points indicated by the antenna-panel switching indication information;
or,
wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes the offset, and the determining, according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, whether the user equipment has performed antenna-panel switching, includes: determining that when the user equipment detects a target event, the user equipment performs antenna-panel switching at a time point determined by adding the offset to a trigger time of the target event; wherein the target event includes at least one of the following:
target communication event;
system timing arrives;
the base station sends a first target signaling; or,
the user equipment sends a second target signaling.
 
10. User equipment, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executed by the processor; the processor is configured to,
determine antenna-panel switching indication information; and
perform antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information;
wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least one of a switching point or an offset:
wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes at least two switching points; and when performing antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, the processor is configured to, at each of the at least two switching points indicated by the antenna-panel switching indication information, perform antenna-panel switching;
or,
wherein the antenna-panel switching indication information includes the offset; and when performing antenna-panel switching according to the antenna-panel switching indication information, the processor is configured to, when a target event is detected, at a time point determined by adding the offset to a trigger time of the target event, perform antenna-panel switching; wherein the target event includes at least one of the following:
target communication event;
system timing arrives;
a base station sends a first target signaling; or,
the user equipment sends a second target signaling.