US 12,082,299 B2
User equipment assistance information indicating a reduction to one transmit chain for a subscription
Kuo-Chun Lee, San Diego, CA (US); Qingxin Chen, San Diego, CA (US); Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, San Diego, CA (US); Reza Shahidi, San Diego, CA (US); Cheol Hee Park, San Diego, CA (US); Mona Agrawal, San Diego, CA (US); Karthik Venkatram, San Diego, CA (US); Subashini Krishnamurthy, San Diego, CA (US); and Pranay Sudeep Rungta, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/648,522.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232206 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 8/20 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/044 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
transmit, via a subscription of the UE to a network node, a UE assistance information (UAI) that indicates a reduction to one uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer for the subscription; and
transmit, via the subscription to the network node, an uplink transmission using one uplink MIMO layer on one transmit (Tx) chain of the UE based at least in part on the UAI and a timer associated with the UAI.