18507156. 5G NR FR2 Beam Management Enhancements simplified abstract (Apple Inc.)

5G NR FR2 Beam Management Enhancements

Organization Name

Apple Inc.

Inventor(s)

Haitong Sun of Irvine CA (US)

Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US)

Hong He of Cupertino CA (US)

Jia Tang of San Jose CA (US)

Pengkai Zhao of San Jose CA (US)

Tianyan Pu of Cupertino CA (US)

Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US)

Wei Zhang of Santa Clara CA (US)

Yuchul Kim of Santa Clara CA (US)

Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN)

5G NR FR2 Beam Management Enhancements - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18507156 titled '5G NR FR2 Beam Management Enhancements

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to manage communication beams in the Fifth Generation New Radio (5G NR) frequency range two (FR2).

• UE can configure a group ID for PUCCH resources within a group of PUCCHs for FR2 based communications.
• UE can receive updates to PUCCH resources from the base station via a MAC control element (CE).
• Updates may include a resource ID indicating a PUCCH resource update or the group ID to update the group of PUCCH resources.
• UE can update PUCCH resources based on the MAC-CE received.

Potential Applications

This technology can be applied in:

• 5G NR communication systems
• Wireless networks
• Mobile devices

Problems Solved

• Efficient management of communication beams in 5G NR FR2
• Streamlining PUCCH resource configuration and updates
• Enhancing communication reliability and performance

Benefits

• Improved communication efficiency
• Enhanced network reliability
• Better utilization of PUCCH resources

Potential Commercial Applications

Optimizing 5G NR FR2 communication systems for:

• Telecommunications companies
• IoT device manufacturers
• Network equipment providers

Original Abstract Submitted

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for Fifth Generation New Radio (5G NR) frequency range two (FR2) based communications beam management. The UE may configure, via communications with a base station, serving the UE, a group ID for PUCCH resources within a group of PUCCHs, e.g., for FR2 based communications. The UE may receive, from the base station, an update to one or more PUCCH resources within the group of PUCCHs via a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that may include one of a resource ID indicating an update to a PUCCH resource or the group ID to update the group of PUCCH resources. The UE may update, based on the MAC-CE, the one or more PUCCH resources within the group of PUCCHs.