US 12,445,954 B2
Method and device for configuring a quantity of sweeping beams
Man Wang, Shanghai (CN); and Zhiqiang Zou, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/154,612.
Application 18/154,612 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/105210, filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010685117.3 (CN), filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147737 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 52/0206 (2013.01) [H04W 72/044 (2013.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication method comprising:
obtaining system load of a cell at a current moment;
configuring a quantity of sweeping beams in a sweeping periodicity based on the system load at the current moment;
configuring a quantity of shutdown symbols based on the quantity of sweeping beams, the quantity of shutdown symbols being beam sweeping symbols that are not to be used for beam sweeping; and
performing beam sweeping in the cell based on the quantity of sweeping beams and the quantity of shutdown symbols.