US 12,095,609 B2
Method and apparatus for beam-specific downlink/uplink operation
Gilwon Lee, Plano, TX (US); Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Santa Clara, CA (US); Joonyoung Cho, Portland, OR (US); and Jeongho Jeon, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/151,090.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,501, filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/048,385, filed on Jul. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,131, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0344558 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04B 7/0404 (2017.01); H04B 7/0408 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04W 72/232 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 41/0803 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0408 (2013.01); H04L 5/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate via a multi-beam operation with a base station; and
a processor configured to:
receive, via the transceiver, configuration information for at least one of a downlink (DL) reception or an uplink (UL) transmission, wherein the configuration information comprises beam identifiers (IDs) and a slot and symbol configuration for respective ones of the one or more beam IDs, and
control the transceiver to perform, according to the configuration information, a DL operation or an UL operation, wherein:
the slot and symbol configuration include a slot pattern comprising one or more downlink slots, one or more uplink slots, and a number of flexible slots, and
the number of flexible slots comprise a symbol pattern including one or more downlink symbols, one or more uplink symbols, and a number of flexible symbols configured on a beam-specific basis,
wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a quantity of configured beam IDs provided in a first parameter, and
wherein the quantity of configured beam IDs is configured by the first parameter in an information element and when the quantity of configured beam IDs has a value N, N different DL/UL slot and symbol patterns are configured and each of the slot and symbol patterns is associated with a corresponding beam ID.