17872302. TECHNIQUES FOR BEAM SELECTION BASED ON MEASUREMENT PERIODICITIES simplified abstract (QUALCOMM Incorporated)

TECHNIQUES FOR BEAM SELECTION BASED ON MEASUREMENT PERIODICITIES

Organization Name

QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor(s)

Jun Zhu of San Diego CA (US)

Chinmay Shankar Vaze of San Diego CA (US)

Mihir Vijay Laghate of San Diego CA (US)

Raghu Narayan Challa of San Diego CA (US)

Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov of San Diego CA (US)

Brian Clarke Banister of San Diego CA (US)

Yongle Wu of San Diego CA (US)

TECHNIQUES FOR BEAM SELECTION BASED ON MEASUREMENT PERIODICITIES - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17872302 titled 'TECHNIQUES FOR BEAM SELECTION BASED ON MEASUREMENT PERIODICITIES

Simplified Explanation

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in this patent application. The innovation focuses on enhancing beam switch determinations in user equipment (UE) by performing beam measurements for selected subsets of beams. Here are the key points:

• The UE identifies prioritized beams and measures them at the same periodicity as the serving beam.
• The UE may also identify a set of all layer one beams for measurement based on a measured mobility being below a threshold value.
• Each layer one beam is measured at a cadence of one beam per measurement occasion to provide measurement diversity.

Potential applications of this technology:

• Wireless communication systems
• Mobile devices
• Internet of Things (IoT) devices
• 5G networks

Problems solved by this technology:

• Enhancing beam switch determinations in wireless communications
• Improving measurement diversity in beam measurements
• Optimizing wireless communication performance

Benefits of this technology:

• Improved reliability and efficiency in wireless communications
• Enhanced user experience with faster and more seamless beam switching
• Better utilization of available beams in wireless networks
• Increased overall network performance and capacity

Original Abstract Submitted

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) may perform beam measurements for one or more subsets of beams that are selected to provide enhanced beam switch determinations. The UE may identify one or more prioritized beams, and may measure the prioritized beams at a same periodicity as measurements of a serving beam. The UE may, additionally or alternatively, identify a set of all layer one beams (e.g., maximum-level beams or top level beams) for measurement according to a periodic interval, based on a measured mobility being less than a threshold value. The periodic interval may provide that each layer one beam may be measured at a cadence of one beam per measurement occasion, in order to provide measurement diversity.