18541114. BEAM PROCEDURE INFORMATION FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALS (CSI-RS) simplified abstract (QUALCOMM Incorporated)

BEAM PROCEDURE INFORMATION FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALS (CSI-RS)

Organization Name

QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor(s)

Juergen Cezanne of Ocean Township NJ (US)

Jianghong Luo of Skillman NJ (US)

Sundar Subramanian of San Diego CA (US)

Nazmul Islam of Littleton MA (US)

Bilal Sadiq of Southlake TX (US)

Junyi Li of Fairless Hills PA (US)

BEAM PROCEDURE INFORMATION FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALS (CSI-RS) - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18541114 titled 'BEAM PROCEDURE INFORMATION FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALS (CSI-RS)

Simplified Explanation

The present disclosure provides techniques for beam refinement in a communication system. A base station transmits reference signals using either the same transmit beam or different transmit beams for different sets of resources.

• The base station provides information on which transmit beams are used to transmit reference signal resources.
• The information indicates whether the same transmit beam is used for a set of resources or different transmit beams are used.

Potential Applications

This technology can be applied in:

• 5G and future wireless communication systems
• Beamforming and beam management in cellular networks

Problems Solved

This technology solves:

• Efficient beam management in a communication system
• Optimization of resource allocation for reference signals

Benefits

The benefits of this technology include:

• Improved signal quality and coverage
• Enhanced network efficiency and capacity

Potential Commercial Applications

Potential commercial applications of this technology include:

• Telecommunication equipment manufacturers
• Mobile network operators

Possible Prior Art

One possible prior art for this technology could be:

• Research papers on beamforming techniques in wireless communication systems

Unanswered Questions

1. How does this technology impact the overall network performance in terms of throughput and latency? 2. Are there any specific hardware requirements for implementing this beam refinement technique in a base station?

Original Abstract Submitted

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam refinement. A base station provides information regarding what transmit beams are used to transmit different reference signal (RS) resources. In some cases, the information indicates whether a same transmit beam is used to transmit a set of RS resources (e.g., symbol, sub-symbol, or frequency resources) or whether different transmit beams are used to transmit the set of RS resources.