US 12,132,553 B2
UE uplink panel selection framework
Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN); Chunhai Yao, Beijing (CN); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Haijing Hu, Beijing (CN); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Hong He, Cupertino, CA (US); Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US); Yuchul Kim, San Jose, CA (US); and Yuqin Chen, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/916,884
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/083654
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/203263, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0155660 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/02 (2018.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0691 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, based, at least in part, on at least one condition, to perform a beam switch from a current beam being used for communications with a base station;
transmitting, to the base station and based on determining to perform the beam switch, an indication of an antenna panel status, wherein the indication includes an indication of a latency associated with the beam switch and a beam switch request that includes an indication that an antenna panel switch is to be applied;
receiving, from the base station, an indication to switch to a target beam; and
performing the switch, based on the indication, to the target beam, wherein performance of the switch occurs within a time period associated with the latency.