US Patent Application 18304697. METHODS FOR CONVEYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VIA BEAM PERMUTATIONS simplified abstract

METHODS FOR CONVEYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VIA BEAM PERMUTATIONS

Organization Name

QUALCOMM Incorporated==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:Vasanthan Raghavan of West Windsor Township NJ (US)]]

[[Category:Junyi Li of Fairless Hills PA (US)]]

METHODS FOR CONVEYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VIA BEAM PERMUTATIONS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18304697 titled 'METHODS FOR CONVEYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VIA BEAM PERMUTATIONS

Simplified Explanation

- This patent application describes a method for a transmitting device to provide reference signals to a receiving device for beam management. - The transmitting device can determine an arbitrary sequence of transmission beams and convey this information to the receiving device. - The transmitting device sends a message to the receiving device indicating a beam sequence conveyance mode. - The transmitting device then determines a sequence of different transmission beams and associates a reference signal with each beam. - The receiving device obtains the reference signals from the transmitting device, with each signal associated with a different transmission beam. - The receiving device identifies a reception beam for each transmission beam and determines the sequence of the transmission beams based on this identification.

Original Abstract Submitted

Aspects are provided which allow a transmitting device to provide reference signals to a receiving device for beam management according to an arbitrarily determined sequence of transmission beams at any time, and to implicitly convey information regarding the determined sequence of transmission beams to the receiving device. The transmitting device provides a message to the receiving device indicating a beam sequence conveyance mode. The transmitting device subsequently determines a sequence of different transmission beams, and associates a reference signal with each one of the transmission beams for transmission to the receiving device according to the sequence. The receiving device obtains the plurality of reference signals from the transmitting device, where each of the reference signals is associated with a different transmission beam. The receiving device identifies a reception beam for each of the transmission beams, and determines a sequence of the transmission beams in response to the identification.