US 12,074,672 B2
Electronic device, wireless communication method and computer-readable medium
Yanzhao Hou, Beijing (CN); Xiaofeng Tao, Beijing (CN); Zhaoqi Peng, Beijing (CN); Xin Guo, Beijing (CN); Yuming Liu, Beijing (CN); Min Zhu, Beijing (CN); and Wei Ren, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/234,403.
Application 18/234,403 is a continuation of application No. 18/147,057, filed on Dec. 28, 2022, abandoned.
Application 18/147,057 is a continuation of application No. 17/674,853, filed on Feb. 18, 2022, abandoned.
Application 17/674,853 is a continuation of application No. 16/764,883, granted, now 11,456,789, issued on Sep. 27, 2022, previously published as PCT/CN2019/077581, filed on Mar. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201810214849.7 (CN), filed on Mar. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0387983 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 1/44 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04B 1/44 (2013.01); H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04B 7/088 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 25/0224 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
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1. An electronic device configured to operate as a user equipment for wireless communication, comprising:
a processing circuitry configured to:
perform beamforming-based sidelink communication with another user equipment via a transmission beam and a reception beam, the beamforming-based sidelink communication performed in accordance with a beam management mode selected by the processing circuitry from a predetermined set of beam management modes, the beamforming-based sidelink communication comprising:
measuring a stability of the beamforming-based sidelink communication,
selecting the beam management mode from the predetermined set of beam management modes based on the measured stability of the beamforming-based sidelink communication,
transmitting an identifier that identifies the selected the beam management mode to the another user equipment, and
transceiving information with the another user equipment in accordance with the selected the beam management mode,
wherein the selecting the beam management mode comprises:
based on the measured stability of the beamforming-based sidelink communication being below a predetermined threshold, selecting a first beam management mode, in which:
the transmission beam is determined based on a measurement with respect to a corresponding transmission beam reference signal, and
the reception beam is determined based on a measurement with respect to a corresponding reception beam reference signal; and
based on the measured stability of the beamforming-based sidelink communication being above the predetermined threshold, selecting a second management mode, in which only one of the transmission beam or the reception beam is determined based on the measurement with respect to the corresponding beam reference signal, and another of the transmission beam or the reception beam is determined based on a criterion other than the measurement with respect to the corresponding beam reference signal.