Managing beam coverage area representations in a wireless communication system

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A communication device, also referred to as a user equipment (UE), can determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station. The beam configuration can include a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams. The UE can determine, based on the beam configuration, beam location information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams. Additionally or alternatively, the UE can determine, based on the beam configuration, beam classification information associated with the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams. The UE can select a directional beam of the set of directional beams based on the beam location information and the beam classification information, and communicate with the base station using the selected directional beam.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The following text relates to wireless communication, and more specifically, to the management of beam coverage areas. Background Technology

[0002] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content, such as voice, video, packet data, message sending and receiving, broadcasting, and so on. These systems can support communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multiple access systems include fourth-generation (4G) systems such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), or LTE-A Pro systems, and fifth-generation (5G) systems, which may be referred to as New Radio (NR) systems. These systems can employ technologies such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), or Discrete Fourier Transform Extended Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM). A wireless multiple access communication system may include one or more base stations or one or more network access nodes, each base station or network access node simultaneously supporting communication for multiple communication devices, which may also be referred to as User Equipment (UE). Summary of the Invention

[0003] A method for wireless communication at a UE is described. The method may include: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the directional beam set; determining beam location information associated with a coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration; determining beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration; selecting a directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam location information and the beam classification information; and using the directional beam to communicate with the base station.

[0004] An apparatus for wireless communication is described. The apparatus may include a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; determine beam location information associated with a coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration; determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration; select a directional beam in the set of directional beams based on the beam location information and the beam classification information; and use the directional beams to communicate with the base station.

[0005] Another apparatus for wireless communication is described. The apparatus may include units for: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the directional beam set; determining beam location information associated with a coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration; determining beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration; selecting a directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam location information and the beam classification information; and using the directional beams to communicate with the base station.

[0006] A non-transitory computer-readable medium is described, storing code for wireless communication at a UE. The code may include instructions executable by a processor to: determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the directional beam set; determine beam location information associated with a coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration; determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration; select a directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam location information and the beam classification information; and use the directional beam to communicate with the base station.

[0007] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam position information may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a directional beam set.

[0008] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining position coordinates may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam as a function of time.

[0009] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam position information may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining a set of position coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a set of directional beams.

[0010] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining a reference directional beam in a set of directional beams based on beam configuration, wherein determining beam position information includes determining the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam in the set of directional beams.

[0011] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining position coordinates may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​a reference directional beam as a function of time.

[0012] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining other location coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams in the directional beam set, based on the location coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​a reference directional beam and location information associated with the directional beam set.

[0013] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining a scaling factor associated with the location coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​a reference directional beam, wherein determining other location coordinates includes determining other location coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams based on scaling the location coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam by the scaling factor.

[0014] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining the shape of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a set of directional beams, wherein the shape of the coverage area includes elliptical, circular or hexagonal or any combination thereof.

[0015] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining the size of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a set of directional beams, wherein the size of the coverage area corresponds to the major semi-axis or the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam, or both.

[0016] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a directional beam set.

[0017] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a directional beam set may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining the angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set and a direction of motion associated with a base station.

[0018] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a directional beam set may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining the angle between the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam in the directional beam set and the direction of motion associated with the base station.

[0019] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a directional beam set, wherein the direction includes an azimuth angle or a zenith angle or both.

[0020] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining the width of each directional beam in a set of directional beams.

[0021] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining the location coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a set of directional beams, including non-terrestrial base stations or non-terrestrial relay stations, based on the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​the directional beam, the width of the directional beam, or the height associated with a base station, or any combination thereof.

[0022] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining beam frequency information for each directional beam in a set of directional beams based on beam configuration, wherein selecting a directional beam includes selecting a directional beam in the set of directional beams based on the beam frequency information.

[0023] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining, based on beam frequency information, that each directional beam in a directional beam set operates in a separate frequency range.

[0024] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining that each directional beam in a directional beam set operates in a separate frequency range may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining that each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate bandwidth portion based on beam frequency information.

[0025] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for receiving a system information message including a beam configuration, the system information message including a system information block, wherein determining the beam configuration includes: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station based on the system information message.

[0026] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for receiving a radio resource control message including a beam configuration, wherein determining the beam configuration includes determining, based on the radio resource control message, a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station.

[0027] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the UE may be pre-configured with a beam configuration.

[0028] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for: receiving an identifier of a base station, wherein the base station includes a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station; mapping the identifier of the base station to a set of identifiers associated with a directional beam set; and associating the directional beam set with the base station based on the mapping.

[0029] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining each directional beam in a directional beam set, including a single cell, based on beam configuration.

[0030] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining each directional beam in a directional beam set, including individual cells, based on beam configuration.

[0031] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the base station includes a satellite.

[0032] A method for wireless communication at a base station is described. The method may include: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of the base station, the beam configuration including an identifier of the base station and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; and transmitting the beam configuration to a UE.

[0033] An apparatus for wireless communication is described. The apparatus may include a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of the apparatus, the beam configuration including an identifier of the apparatus and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; and transmit the beam configuration to a UE.

[0034] Another apparatus for wireless communication is described. The apparatus may include units for: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of the apparatus, the beam configuration including an identifier of the apparatus and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; and transmitting the beam configuration to a UE.

[0035] A non-transitory computer-readable medium is described, storing code for wireless communication at a base station. The code may include instructions executable by a processor to: determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station, the beam configuration including an identifier of the base station and a set of identifiers associated with the directional beam set; and transmit the beam configuration to a UE.

[0036] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining beam position information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a directional beam set, wherein the beam configuration includes the beam position information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0037] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam position information may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a directional beam set.

[0038] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining position coordinates may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam as a function of time.

[0039] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam position information may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining a set of position coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a set of directional beams.

[0040] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a directional beam set, wherein the beam configuration includes the beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0041] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining the shape of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a set of directional beams, wherein the shape of the coverage area includes elliptical, circular or hexagonal or any combination thereof.

[0042] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining the size of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a set of directional beams, wherein the size of the coverage area corresponds to the major semi-axis or the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam, or both.

[0043] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a directional beam set.

[0044] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a directional beam set, wherein the direction includes an azimuth angle or a zenith angle or both.

[0045] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining the width of each directional beam in a set of directional beams.

[0046] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, determining beam classification information may include operations, features, units or instructions for determining the location coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in a set of directional beams, based on the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​the directional beam, the width of the directional beam, or the height associated with the base station, or any combination thereof.

[0047] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for determining beam frequency information for each directional beam in a directional beam set, wherein the beam configuration includes the beam frequency information for each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0048] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate frequency range.

[0049] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate bandwidth portion.

[0050] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting beam configuration may include operations, features, units, or instructions for transmitting a system information message including beam configuration, the system information message including a system information block.

[0051] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting beam configuration may include operations, features, units, or instructions for transmitting a radio resource control message including beam configuration.

[0052] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, each directional beam in the directional beam set comprises a single cell.

[0053] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, each directional beam in the directional beam set comprises a separate cell.

[0054] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the base station includes a satellite.

[0055] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the base station includes a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station. Attached Figure Description

[0056] Figure 1 and 2 An example of a wireless communication system that supports the representation of a managed beam coverage area according to one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown.

[0057] Figures 3 to 5 An example of a beam coverage area map representing a beam coverage area in a wireless communication system that supports one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown.

[0058] Figure 6 An example of a process flow supporting the management of beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0059] Figure 7 and 8 A block diagram of a device for representing a beam coverage area in a wireless communication system, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0060] Figure 9 A block diagram of a UE communication manager supporting the management of beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0061] Figure 10 A schematic diagram of a system including a device for supporting the representation of beam coverage area in a wireless communication system, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0062] Figure 11 and 12 A block diagram of a device for representing a beam coverage area in a wireless communication system, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0063] Figure 13 A block diagram of a base station communication manager representing a beam coverage area in a wireless communication system, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0064] Figure 14 A schematic diagram of a system including a device for supporting the representation of beam coverage area in a wireless communication system, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0065] Figures 15 to 17 A flowchart illustrating a method for representing beam coverage areas in a wireless communication system in accordance with one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown. Detailed Implementation

[0066] Wireless communication systems can include multiple communication devices, such as UEs and base stations, which can provide wireless communication services to other UEs. For example, a base station can be a next-generation NodeB or a gigabit NodeB (either of which can be referred to as a gNB) that supports multiple radio access technologies, including 4G systems (such as LTE systems) and 5G systems (which may be referred to as NR systems). Some wireless communication systems (such as non-terrestrial communication systems) can use beamforming communication. For example, satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) systems, medium Earth orbit (MEO) systems, or global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) can use multiple antennas to form multiple narrow beams to communicate with UEs on the ground. These beams can collectively provide a single coverage area (also called a cell), or each beam can provide a separate coverage area. Each beam can also operate on different frequency resources (e.g., different bandwidth portions) to mitigate interference between beams. Due to high mobility and limited beam coverage (e.g., for satellites in LEO systems, etc.), a UE may attempt to select a different beam or coverage area when communicating with a satellite. However, the UE may not be configured or have information about the satellite's beam configuration (e.g., beam coverage area, etc.), which may adversely affect the UE's beam selection operation.

[0067] The described aspects of the technology involve the UE having knowledge of the beam configuration of the coverage area (e.g., beam coverage area) of each beam to assist beam selection operations. To improve reliability and reduce associated latency related to beam selection for beamforming communications with satellites, the UE can be pre-configured with beam configurations. Alternatively, the UE can be configured to receive beam configurations from network devices (e.g., base stations, gateway devices) via broadcast messages (such as system information messages or radio resource control (RRC) messages). Beam configurations may include beam location information (e.g., coordinates of the center of each beam coverage area) and beam classification information (e.g., the shape, size, and / or orientation of each beam). The UE can also be configured with beam frequency association information that links each beam coverage area to a frequency interval, which may take the form of a bandwidth portion. As a result, the UE can use the information in the beam configuration to support efficient beam selection operations for beamforming communications.

[0068] Various aspects of the subject matter described herein can be implemented to achieve one or more potential benefits, including providing benefits and enhancements to the operation of the UE. In some examples, operations performed by the UE for beam selection or cell handover can improve beamforming communication by reducing or eliminating interference between directional beams of base stations (e.g., satellites). In some examples, operations performed by the UE can support improved power consumption, reliability of beamforming communication, spectral efficiency, higher data rates, and, in some examples, low latency of beamforming communication, among other benefits.

[0069] The aspects of this disclosure are initially described in the context of a wireless communication system. The aspects of this disclosure are further illustrated and described with reference to apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts relating to the representation of beam coverage areas in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure.

[0070] Figure 1 Examples of a wireless communication system 100 supporting managed beam coverage area representation according to one or more aspects of this disclosure are shown. The wireless communication system 100 may include one or more base stations 105, one or more UEs 115, and a core network 130. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network, an LTE-APro network, or a New Radio (NR) network. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may support enhanced broadband communication, ultra-reliable (e.g., mission-critical) communication, low-latency communication, communication with low-cost and low-complexity devices, or any combination thereof.

[0071] Base stations 105 can be distributed throughout a geographic area to form a wireless communication system 100, and can be devices of different forms or with different capabilities. Base stations 105 and UE 115 can communicate wirelessly via one or more communication links 125. Each base station 105 can provide a coverage area 110 over which UE 115 and base station 105 can establish one or more communication links 125. Coverage area 110 can be an example of a geographic area over which base station 105 and UE 115 can support signal communication according to one or more radio access technologies.

[0072] UE 115 can be distributed throughout the entire coverage area 110 of the wireless communication system 100, and each UE 115 can be fixed, mobile, or both at different times. UE 115 can be devices of different forms or with different capabilities. Figure 1Some example UE 115s are shown in the document. The UE 115 described herein is capable of communicating with various types of devices, such as other UE 115s, base station 105, or network devices (e.g., core network nodes, relay devices, integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes, or other network devices), such as... Figure 1 As shown.

[0073] Base station 105 may communicate with core network 130, communicate with each other, or both. For example, base station 105 may interface with core network 130 via one or more backhaul links 120 (e.g., via S1, N2, N3, or other interfaces). Base station 105 may communicate with each other directly (e.g., directly between base stations 105) or indirectly (e.g., via core network 130) or directly and indirectly on backhaul links 120 (e.g., via X2, Xn, or other interfaces). In some examples, backhaul link 120 may be or may include one or more radio links. UE 115 may communicate with core network 130 via communication link 155. The one or more base stations 105 described herein may include or may be referred to by those skilled in the art as base transceiver station, radio base station, access point, radio transceiver, NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), next-generation NodeB or gigabit NodeB (any of which may be referred to as gNB), home NodeB, home eNodeB, or other suitable terms.

[0074] UE 115 may include or be referred to as a mobile device, wireless device, remote device, handheld device, or subscriber device, or some other suitable term, wherein "device" may also be referred to as a cell, station, terminal, or client, etc. UE 115 may also include or be referred to as a personal electronic device, such as a cellular phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), tablet, laptop, or personal computer. In some examples, UE 115 may include or be referred to as a wireless local loop (WLL) station, Internet of Things (IoT) device, Internet of Everything (IoE) device, or machine-type communication (MTC) device, etc., which may be implemented in various items such as appliances, vehicles, meters, etc. The UE 115 described herein is capable of communicating with various types of devices, such as other UE 115s that may sometimes act as relays, and base station 105 and network equipment including macro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, or relay base stations, etc. Figure 1 As shown.

[0075] UE 115 and base station 105 can wirelessly communicate with each other via one or more communication links 125 on one or more carriers. The term "carrier" can refer to a set of radio frequency spectrum resources having a defined physical layer structure for supporting communication link 125. For example, a carrier for communication link 125 may include a portion (e.g., a bandwidth portion (BWP)) of the radio frequency spectrum band operating according to one or more physical layer channels for a given radio access technology (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR). Each physical layer channel may carry acquisition signaling (e.g., synchronization signals, system information), control signaling coordinating carrier operation, user data, or other signaling. Wireless communication system 100 can support communication with UE 115 using carrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. UE 115 can be configured with multiple downlink component carriers and one or more uplink component carriers according to a carrier aggregation configuration. Carrier aggregation can be used with frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) component carriers.

[0076] The wireless communication system 100 may also include one or more satellites 160. Satellite 160 can communicate with base station 105 (also referred to as a gateway in NTN) and UE 115 (or other high-altitude or ground-based communication equipment). Satellite 160 can be any suitable type of communication satellite configured to relay communication between different end nodes in the wireless communication system. Examples of satellite 160 include space satellites, balloons, airships, aircraft, drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, etc. In some examples, satellite 160 may be in geosynchronous or geostationary orbit, LEO systems, MEO systems, etc. Satellite 160 may be a multi-beam satellite configured to provide service to multiple service beam coverage areas within a predefined geographic service area. Satellite 160 can be at any distance from the Earth's surface.

[0077] In some cases, a cell may be provided or established by satellite 160 as part of a non-terrestrial network. In some cases, satellite 160 may perform the functions of base station 105, act as a bend transponder satellite, or act as a regenerator satellite, or a combination thereof. In other cases, satellite 160 may be an intelligent satellite or an example of a satellite with intelligence. For example, an intelligent satellite may be configured to perform more functions than a regenerator satellite (e.g., it may be configured to perform specific algorithms other than those used in a regenerator satellite, be reprogrammed, etc.). A bend transponder or satellite may be configured to receive signals from ground stations and transmit those signals to different ground stations. In some cases, a bend transponder or satellite may amplify signals or shift signals from uplink frequencies to downlink frequencies. A regenerator transponder or satellite may be configured to relay signals like a bend transponder or satellite, but may also use onboard processing to perform other functions. Examples of these other functions may include demodulating received signals, decoding received signals, recoding signals to be transmitted, or modulating signals to be transmitted, or a combination thereof. For example, a curved satellite (e.g., satellite 160) can receive signals from base station 105 and relay those signals to UE 115 or base station 105, or vice versa. According to one or more aspects of this disclosure, UE 115 can communicate with a cell provided or established by satellite 160 (e.g., via base station 105 or satellite 160 performing the functions of base station 105) based on the expiration of an inactivity timer, according to a default set of one or more identified beams, which can enhance communication reliability.

[0078] Due to high mobility and limited beam coverage, for example, for LEO systems, MEO systems, GNSS, and other non-terrestrial and terrestrial systems, including satellite 160, UE 115 may attempt to select a different beam or coverage area when communicating with satellite 160. However, UE 115 may not be configured or have information about the beam configuration of satellite 160 (e.g., beam coverage area, etc.), which may adversely affect the beam selection operation of UE 115. UE 115 may include a UE communication manager 101, which can manage the beam coverage area representation as described herein. The UE communication manager 101 may be as follows: Figures 6 to 9 Examples of various aspects of the UE communication manager described herein. Similarly, base station 105 may include base station communication manager 102, which can manage beam coverage area representation as described herein. Base station communication manager 102 may be as follows: Figures 10 to 13 Examples of various aspects of the base station communication manager described in the document.

[0079] The described aspects of the technology involve UE 115 having knowledge of the beam configuration of the coverage area (e.g., beam coverage area) of each beam to assist beam selection operations. To improve reliability and reduce associated latency related to beam selection for beamforming communication with satellite 160, UE 115 may be pre-configured with beam configurations. Alternatively, UE 115 may be configured to receive beam configurations from network devices (e.g., base station 105, gateway device) via broadcast messages (such as system information messages or RRC messages). Beam configurations may include beam location information (e.g., coordinates of the center of each beam coverage area) and beam classification information (e.g., the shape, size, and / or orientation of each beam). UE 115 may also be configured with beam frequency association information that links each beam coverage area to a frequency interval, which may take the form of a bandwidth portion. As a result, UE 115 can use the information in the beam configuration to support efficient beam selection operations for beamforming communication.

[0080] In some examples (e.g., in a carrier aggregation configuration), the carrier may also have acquisition signaling or control signaling to coordinate the operation of other carriers. The carrier may be associated with a frequency channel (e.g., an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (EARFCN)) and can be located according to a channel grid for discovery by UE 115. The carrier can operate in standalone mode, where the UE 115 can initially acquire and connect via the carrier, or the carrier can operate in non-standalone mode, where the connection is anchored using different carriers (e.g., the same or different radio access technologies).

[0081] The communication link 125 shown in the wireless communication system 100 may include uplink transmission from UE 115 to base station 105, or downlink transmission from base station 105 to UE 115. A carrier may carry downlink communication or uplink communication (e.g., in FDD mode), or may be configured to carry both downlink and uplink communication (e.g., in TDD mode). A carrier may be associated with a specific bandwidth of the radio frequency spectrum, and in some examples, the carrier bandwidth may be referred to as the carrier or the “system bandwidth” of the wireless communication system 100. For example, the carrier bandwidth may be one of a plurality of defined bandwidths for a particular radio access technology (e.g., 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 40, or 80 MHz). Devices of the wireless communication system 100 (e.g., base station 105, UE 115, or both) may have a hardware configuration that supports communication on a specific carrier bandwidth, or may be configured to support communication on one of a set of carrier bandwidths. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may include a base station 105 or a UE 115 that supports simultaneous communication via carriers associated with multiple carrier bandwidths. In some examples, each served UE 115 may be configured to operate on portions of the carrier bandwidth (e.g., subbands, BWPs) or all of it.

[0082] The signal waveform transmitted on a carrier can consist of multiple subcarriers (e.g., using multi-carrier modulation (MCM) techniques, such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform extended OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM)). In a system employing MCM, a resource element can consist of one symbol period (e.g., the duration of a modulation symbol) and one subcarrier, where the symbol period and subcarrier spacing are inversely related. The number of bits carried by each resource element can depend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulation scheme, the coding rate of the modulation scheme, or both). Therefore, the more resource elements the UE 115 receives and the higher the order of the modulation scheme, the higher the data rate the UE 115 can achieve. Wireless communication resources can refer to a combination of radio frequency spectrum resources, temporal resources, and spatial resources (e.g., spatial layers or beams), and the use of multiple spatial layers can further increase the data rate or data integrity used for communication with the UE 115.

[0083] One or more digital schemes can be supported for the carrier, where the digital scheme may include a subcarrier spacing (Δf) and a cyclic prefix. The carrier can be divided into one or more BWPs with the same or different digital schemes. In some examples, UE 115 can be configured with multiple BWPs. In some examples, a single BWP of the carrier can be active at a given time, and the communication of UE 115 can be restricted to one or more active BWPs. The time interval of base station 105 or UE 115 can be expressed as a multiple of a basic time unit, such as T... s =1 / (Δf) max ·N f The sampling period is ) seconds, where Δf max This can represent the maximum supported subcarrier spacing, and N f This can represent the maximum supported Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) size. The time interval of the communication resources can be organized according to radio frames, each with a specified duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms)). Each radio frame can be identified by a System Frame Number (SFN) (e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023).

[0084] Each frame may include multiple consecutively numbered subframes or time slots, and each subframe or time slot may have the same duration. In some examples, a frame may be divided into (e.g., in the time domain) subframes, and each subframe may be further divided into several time slots. Alternatively, each frame may include a variable number of time slots, and the number of time slots may depend on the subcarrier spacing. Each time slot may include a number of symbol periods (e.g., depending on the length of the cyclic prefix preceding each symbol period). In some wireless communication systems 100, time slots may be further divided into multiple smaller time slots, each smaller time slot containing one or more symbols. In addition to the cyclic prefix, each symbol period may contain one or more (e.g., N) symbols. f (Number) sampling periods. The duration of a symbol period can depend on the subcarrier spacing or frequency band of the operation. A subframe, time slot, smaller time slot, or symbol can be the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communication system 100 (e.g., in the time domain) and can be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI). In some examples, the duration of the TTI (e.g., the number of symbol periods in the TTI) can be variable. Alternatively or alternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communication system 100 can be dynamically selected (e.g., in a burst of shortened TTI (sTTI)).

[0085] Physical channels can be multiplexed on a carrier using various techniques. For example, one or more of Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM), or hybrid TDM-FDM techniques can be used to multiplex physical control channels and physical data channels on a downlink carrier. The control region (e.g., control resource set (CORESET)) of the physical control channel can be defined by the number of symbol periods and can be extended over the system bandwidth or a subset of the system bandwidth of the carrier. One or more control regions (e.g., CORESET) can be configured for use by a set in UE 115. For example, one or more in UE 115 can monitor or search control regions for control information based on one or more search space sets, and each search space set can include one or more control channel candidates arranged in a concatenated manner in one or more aggregation levels. The aggregation level for control channel candidates can refer to the number of control channel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs)) associated with coded information for a control information format having a given payload size. The search space set may include a common search space set configured to send control information to multiple UEs 115 and a UE-specific search space set configured to send control information to a specific UE 115.

[0086] Each base station 105 may provide communication coverage via one or more cells (e.g., macro cells, small cells, hotspots, or other types of cells, or any combination thereof). The term "cell" may refer to a logical communication entity used to communicate with base station 105 (e.g., on a carrier) and may be associated with an identifier used to distinguish adjacent cells (e.g., Physical Cell Identifier (PCID), Virtual Cell Identifier (VCID), or other identifier). In some examples, a cell may also refer to a geographic coverage area 110 or a portion of geographic coverage area 110 (e.g., a sector) on which a logical communication entity operates. The extent of such cells can range from small areas (e.g., structures, subsets of structures) to large areas, depending on various factors such as the capabilities of base station 105. For example, a cell may be or may include a building, a subset of buildings, or external space between or overlapping geographic coverage areas 110, etc.

[0087] Macro cells cover a relatively large geographical area (e.g., a radius of several kilometers) and can allow unrestricted access by UE 115 with a service subscription to a network provider supporting the macro cell. In contrast, small cells can be associated with a lower-power base station 105 and can operate in the same or different (e.g., licensed or unlicensed) frequency bands as macro cells. Small cells can provide unrestricted access to UE 115 with a service subscription to a network provider, or restricted access to UE 115 associated with a small cell (e.g., UE 115 in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG), UE 115 associated with a user in a home or office). Base station 105 can support one or more cells and can also support communication on one or more cells using one or more component carriers.

[0088] In some examples, base station 105 may be mobile, and thus provide communication coverage for mobile geographic coverage areas 110. In some examples, different geographic coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies may overlap, but different geographic coverage areas 110 may be supported by the same base station 105. In other examples, overlapping geographic coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies may be supported by different base stations 105. Wireless communication system 100 may include, for example, a heterogeneous network, in which different types of base stations 105 use the same or different radio access technologies to provide coverage for various geographic coverage areas 110.

[0089] The wireless communication system 100 can support synchronous or asynchronous operation. For synchronous operation, base stations 105 can have similar frame timing, and transmissions from different base stations 105 can be approximately time-aligned. For asynchronous operation, base stations 105 can have different frame timing, and transmissions from different base stations 105 may not be time-aligned. The techniques described herein can be used for both synchronous and asynchronous operation.

[0090] Some UE 115 devices, such as MTC or IoT devices, can be low-cost or low-complexity devices that can provide automated communication between machines (e.g., via machine-to-machine (M2M) communication). M2M communication or MTC can refer to data communication technologies that allow devices to communicate with each other or with base stations without human intervention. In some examples, M2M communication or MTC may include communication from devices that integrate sensors or meters to measure or capture information and relay that information to a central server or application, which can then utilize the information or present it to people interacting with the application. Some UE 115 devices can be designed to collect information or enable automated behavior of machines or other devices. Some application examples of MTC devices include: smart metering, inventory monitoring, water level monitoring, equipment monitoring, medical monitoring, wildlife monitoring, weather and geological event monitoring, fleet management and tracking, remote security sensing, physical access control, and transaction-based billing.

[0091] Some UE 115s can be configured to operate in a power-saving mode, such as half-duplex communication (e.g., a mode that supports unidirectional communication via transmission or reception but not simultaneous transmission and reception). In some examples, half-duplex communication can be performed at a reduced peak rate. Other power-saving techniques for UE 115s include entering a power-saving deep sleep mode when not engaged in active communication, or operating on limited bandwidth (e.g., according to narrowband communication), or a combination of these techniques. For example, some UE 115s can be configured to operate using a narrowband protocol type associated with a defined portion or range (e.g., a set of subcarriers or resource blocks (RBs) within a carrier, within a carrier's guard band, or outside a carrier.

[0092] Wireless communication system 100 can be configured to support ultra-reliable communication or low-latency communication, or various combinations thereof. For example, wireless communication system 100 can be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) or mission-critical communication. UE 115 can be designed to support ultra-reliable, low-latency, or mission-critical functions (e.g., mission-critical functions). Ultra-reliable communication may include private or group communication and may be supported by one or more mission-critical services such as mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT), mission-critical video (MCVideo), or mission-critical data (MCData). Support for mission-critical functions may include service prioritization, and mission-critical services may be available for public safety or general commercial applications. The terms ultra-reliable, low-latency, mission-critical, and ultra-reliable low-latency are used interchangeably herein.

[0093] In some examples, UE 115 is also able to communicate directly with other UE 115 via device-to-device (D2D) communication link 135 (e.g., using peer-to-peer (P2P) or D2D protocols). One or more UE 115s utilizing D2D communication can be within the geographic coverage area 110 of base station 105. Other UE 115s in such a group may be outside the geographic coverage area 110 of base station 105, or may not be able to receive transmissions from base station 105 for other reasons. In some examples, the group of UE 115s communicating via D2D communication can utilize a one-to-many (1:M) system, where each UE 115 transmits to every other UE 115 in the group. In some examples, base station 105 facilitates the scheduling of resources for D2D communication. In other cases, D2D communication is performed between UE 115s without involving base station 105.

[0094] Core network 130 can provide user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. Core network 130 can be an evolved packet core (EPC) or a 5G core (5GC), and can include at least one control plane entity (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME), access and mobility management functions (AMF)) managing access and mobility, and at least one user plane entity (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW), packet data network (PDN) gateway (P-GW), user plane function (UPF)) routing packets or interconnects to external networks. The control plane entity can manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions, such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management of UE 115 served by base station 105 associated with core network 130. User IP packets can be delivered through the user plane entity, which can provide IP address allocation and other functions. The user plane entity can connect to network operator IP service 150. Operator IP service 150 can include access to the Internet, intranets, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), or packet-switched streaming services.

[0095] Some network devices (such as base station 105) may include sub-components, such as access network entity 140, which may be an example of an access node controller (ANC). Each access network entity 140 may communicate with UE 115 through one or more other access network transport entities 145, which may be referred to as a radio headend, smart radio headend, or transmit / receive point (TRP). Each access network transport entity 145 may include one or more antenna panels. In some configurations, the various functions of each access network entity 140 or base station 105 may be distributed across various network devices (e.g., radio headends and ANCs) or combined into a single network device (e.g., base station 105).

[0096] Wireless communication system 100 can operate using one or more frequency bands in the range of 300 MHz to 300 GHz. The 300 MHz to 3 GHz region is referred to as the ultra-high frequency (UHF) region or decimeter band because the wavelength range is from approximately one decimeter to one meter. UHF waves may be blocked or redirected by buildings and environmental features, but the waves are strong enough to penetrate structures to enable macrocells to provide service to UE 115 located indoors. Compared to transmissions using lower frequencies and longer wavelengths in the high frequency (HF) or very high frequency (VHF) portions of the spectrum below 300 MHz, UHF wave transmission can be associated with smaller antennas and shorter distances (e.g., less than 100 km).

[0097] The wireless communication system 100 can also operate in the ultra-high frequency (SHF) region (also known as the centimeter band) using a frequency band from 3 GHz to 30 GHz, or in the extremely high frequency (EHF) region of the spectrum (e.g., from 30 GHz to 300 GHz) (also known as the millimeter band). In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 can support millimeter-wave (mmW) communication between the UE 115 and the base station 105, and the EHF antennas of the individual devices can be even smaller and more closely spaced than UHF antennas. In some examples, this can be advantageous for using antenna arrays within the device. However, compared to SHF or UHF transmissions, EHF transmissions may experience even greater atmospheric attenuation and shorter distances. Transmissions can be performed across one or more different frequency regions using the techniques disclosed herein, and the designated use of frequency bands across these frequency regions may vary by country or regulatory body.

[0098] Wireless system 100 can use licensed and unlicensed radio frequency spectrum bands. For example, wireless communication system 100 can employ licensed assisted access (LAA) or LTE unlicensed (LTE U) radio access technology or NR technology in unlicensed bands such as the 5 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band. When operating in unlicensed radio frequency spectrum bands, devices such as base station 105 and UE 115 can employ carrier sensing for collision detection and avoidance. In some examples, operation in unlicensed bands can be based on carrier aggregation configurations that combine component carriers operating in licensed bands (e.g., LAA). Operation in unlicensed spectrum can include downlink transmissions, uplink transmissions, P2P transmissions, or D2D transmissions, etc.

[0099] Base station 105 or UE 115 may be equipped with multiple antennas, which can be used to employ techniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication, or beamforming. The antennas of base station 105 or UE 115 may be located within one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels, which can support MIMO operation or transmit beamforming or receive beamforming. For example, one or more base station antennas or antenna arrays may be located together at an antenna assembly (such as an antenna tower). In some examples, the antennas or antenna arrays associated with base station 105 may be located in different geographical locations. Base station 105 may have an antenna array with a number of rows and columns of antenna ports that base station 105 can use to support beamforming for communication with UE 115. Similarly, UE 115 may have one or more antenna arrays that can support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Additionally or alternatively, antenna panels may support radio frequency beamforming for signals transmitted via antenna ports.

[0100] Base station 105 or UE 115 can use MIMO communication to utilize multipath signal propagation and improve spectral efficiency by transmitting or receiving multiple signals via different spatial layers. Such a technique can be called spatial multiplexing. For example, multiple signals can be transmitted by a transmitting device via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Similarly, a receiving device can receive multiple signals via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Each of the multiple signals can be referred to as a separate spatial stream and can carry bits associated with the same data stream (e.g., the same codeword) or different data streams (e.g., different codewords). Different spatial layers can be associated with different antenna ports used for channel measurement and reporting. MIMO techniques include single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO). In SU-MIMO, multiple spatial layers are transmitted to the same receiving device, while in MU-MIMO, multiple spatial layers are transmitted to multiple devices.

[0101] Beamforming, also known as spatial filtering, directional transmission, or directional reception, is a signal processing technique that can be used at a transmitting or receiving device (e.g., base station 105 or UE 115) to shape or guide an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam or a receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting and receiving devices. Beamforming can be achieved by combining signals transmitted via antenna elements of an antenna array such that signals propagating relative to the antenna array in a particular direction undergo constructive interference, while other signals undergo destructive interference. Adjustments to the signals transmitted via antenna elements can include the transmitting or receiving device applying amplitude shift, phase shift, or both to the signals transmitted via each antenna element associated with the device. The adjustments associated with each antenna element can be defined by a beamforming weight set associated with a particular direction (e.g., relative to the antenna array of the transmitting or receiving device, or relative to some other direction).

[0102] Base station 105 or UE 115 may use beam scanning technology as part of beamforming operations. For example, base station 105 may use multiple antennas or antenna arrays (e.g., antenna panels) to perform beamforming operations for directional communication with UE 115. Some signals (e.g., synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals) may be transmitted multiple times by base station 105 in different directions. For example, base station 105 may transmit signals according to different beamforming weight sets associated with different transmission directions. Transmissions in different beam directions may be used to identify (e.g., by a transmitting device (such as base station 105) or a receiving device (such as UE 115)) the beam direction subsequently transmitted or received by base station 105.

[0103] The electromagnetic spectrum is typically subdivided into various categories, bands, channels, etc., based on frequency / wavelength. In 5G NR, two initial operating bands have been designated as frequency range names FR1 (410MHz-7.125GHz) and FR2 (24.25GHz-52.6GHz). Frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are generally referred to as intermediate frequency (IF) bands. Although a portion of FR1 is greater than 6GHz, FR1 is often referred to (interchangeably) as the “sub-6GHz” band in various documents and articles. Similar naming issues sometimes arise with FR2, which is often (interchangeably) referred to as the “millimeter wave” band in documents and articles, although this differs from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30GHz-300GHz) designated as a “millimeter wave” band by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). In light of the foregoing, unless otherwise specifically stated, it should be understood that the terms “sub-6GHz” etc. (if used herein) can broadly refer to frequencies that can be less than 6GHz, can be within FR1, or can include IF band frequencies. Furthermore, unless otherwise specifically stated, it should be understood that the term “millimeter wave” etc. (if used herein) can broadly refer to frequencies that may include intermediate frequency band frequencies, frequencies that may be within FR2 or frequencies that may be within the EHF band.

[0104] Some signals (such as data signals associated with a particular receiving device) may be transmitted by base station 105 in a single beam direction (e.g., the direction associated with the receiving device, such as UE 115). In some examples, the beam direction associated with transmission along a single beam direction may be determined based on the signals transmitted in one or more beam directions. For example, UE 115 may receive one or more signals transmitted by base station 105 in different directions and may report to base station 105 an indication of the signal received by UE 115 with the highest signal quality or otherwise acceptable signal quality.

[0105] In some examples, transmissions performed by a device (e.g., by base station 105 or UE 115) may be performed using multiple beam directions, and the device may use a combination of digital precoding or radio frequency beamforming to generate a combined beam for transmission (e.g., from base station 105 to UE 115). UE 115 may report feedback indicating precoding weights for one or more beam directions, and this feedback may correspond to a configured number of beams across the system bandwidth or one or more subbands. Base station 105 may transmit reference signals (e.g., cell-specific reference signals (CRS), channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS)), which may or may not be precoded. UE 115 may provide feedback for beam selection, which may be a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) or codebook-based feedback (e.g., multi-panel type codebook, linear combination type codebook, port selection type codebook). Although these techniques are described with reference to signals transmitted by base station 105 in one or more directions, UE 115 may employ similar techniques to transmit signals multiple times in different directions (e.g., to identify beam directions for subsequent transmission or reception by UE 115) or to transmit signals in a single direction (e.g., to transmit data to a receiving device).

[0106] A receiving device (e.g., UE 115) may attempt multiple receiving configurations (e.g., directional listening) when receiving various signals (e.g., synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals) from base station 105. For example, the receiving device may attempt multiple receiving directions by: receiving via different antenna subarrays; processing the received signal according to different antenna subarrays; receiving according to different sets of receiving beamforming weights applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of the antenna array (e.g., different sets of directional listening weights); or processing the received signal according to different sets of receiving beamforming weights applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of the antenna array. Any of these operations may be referred to as “listening” according to different receiving configurations or receiving directions. In some examples, the receiving device may use a single receiving configuration to receive along a single beam direction (e.g., when receiving data signals). The single receiving configuration may be aligned on a beam direction determined based on listening according to different receiving configuration directions (e.g., a beam direction determined to have the highest signal strength, highest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or otherwise acceptable signal quality based on listening according to multiple beam directions).

[0107] The wireless communication system 100 can be a packet-based network operating according to a layered protocol stack. In the user plane, communication at the bearer or Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer can be IP-based. The Radio Link Control (RLC) layer can perform packet segmentation and reassembly for communication on logical channels. The Media Access Control (MAC) layer can perform priority processing and multiplexing logical channels into transport channels. The MAC layer can also use error detection, error correction, or both to support retransmissions at the MAC layer to improve link efficiency. In the control plane, the Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol layer can provide the establishment, configuration, and maintenance of RRC connections between the UE 115 and the base station 105 or core network 130 that support radio bearers for user plane data. At the physical layer, transport channels can be mapped to physical channels.

[0108] UE 115 and base station 105 can support data retransmission to increase the likelihood of successful data reception. Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback is a technique used to increase the likelihood of correct data reception over communication link 125. HARQ can include a combination of error detection (e.g., using Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)), forward error correction (FEC), and retransmission (e.g., Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ)). HARQ can improve throughput at the MAC layer under poor radio conditions (e.g., low signal-to-noise ratio conditions). In some examples, the device can support simultaneous time-slot HARQ feedback, where the device can provide HARQ feedback in a specific time slot for data received in a previous symbol within that time slot. In other cases, the device can provide HARQ feedback in subsequent time slots or according to some other time interval.

[0109] Figure 2 An example of a wireless communication system 200 supporting beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown. Wireless communication system 200 may implement aspects of wireless communication system 100. For example, wireless communication system 200 may be a non-terrestrial communication system or a terrestrial communication system, or a combination thereof. Wireless communication system 200 may include base station 105 and UE 115. Base station 105 and UE 115 may be as described in reference... Figure 1 Examples of base station 105 (also referred to as a non-terrestrial node) and UE 115 are described. For example, base station 105 may be a satellite or a gateway physically located on a satellite, or it may be distributed, enabling different parts of the functionality to be implemented at different physical locations. In some examples, wireless communication system 200 may support multiple radio access technologies, including 4G systems (such as LTE systems, LTE-A systems, or LTE-A Pro systems) and 5G systems (which may be referred to as NR systems).

[0110] Base station 105 and UE 115 may be configured with multiple antennas that can be used to employ techniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication, or beamforming, or any combination thereof. The antennas of base station 105 and UE 115 may be located within one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels that can support MIMO operation or transmit beamforming or receive beamforming. For example, the antennas or antenna arrays of base station 105 may be co-located at an antenna assembly (such as an antenna tower). In some examples, the antennas or antenna arrays associated with base station 105 may be located in different geographical locations. Base station 105 may have an antenna array with a number of rows and columns of antenna ports that base station 105 can use to support beamforming for communication with UE 115. Similarly, UE 115 may have one or more antenna arrays that can support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Therefore, base station 105 and UE 115 can be configured to use multiple antennas to support beamforming communication (e.g., downlink beamforming transmission and uplink beamforming transmission).

[0111] Base station 105 and UE 115 can support beamforming communication using multiple component carriers. For example, base station 105 and UE 115 can be configured to support multiple downlink component carriers and multiple uplink component carriers. Base station 105 and UE 115 can be configured to support beamforming communication over a carrier bandwidth, or can be configured to support beamforming communication over one of multiple carrier bandwidths. The carrier used for beamforming communication may include a portion of the radio frequency spectrum band (e.g., a bandwidth portion). Base station 105 and UE 115 can thus support beamforming communication using one or more directional beams 205 using one or more component carriers.

[0112] One or more directional beams 205 of base station 105 can form a geographic coverage area, over which base station 105 and UE 115 can support beamforming communication according to one or more radio access technologies. The geographic coverage area can be a beam coverage area 210 corresponding to one or more directional beams 205 configured at base station 105 for communication with UE 115. For example, base station 105 can use multiple antennas to form one or more directional beams 205 (e.g., narrow beams) for beamforming communication with UE 115. Directional beams 205 can operate on different frequency bands (e.g., different BWPs) to reduce interference between directional beams 205. That is, directional beam 205-a can operate using a different BWP than directional beam 205-b. In some examples, base station 105 can configure one or more directional beams 205 as a single cell. In some other examples, base station 105 can configure one or more directional beams 205 as separate cells.

[0113] Base station 105 and UE 115 can be thousands of kilometers apart, and the propagation time of electromagnetic waves over the distance between them can be considerable. The propagation delay of non-terrestrial networks can be many orders of magnitude greater than that of terrestrial networks. For example, base station 105 could be in orbit, such as a LEO system, MEO system, other non-geostationary orbits, or geostationary orbits. In any of these examples, base station 105 could be thousands of kilometers from Earth, and therefore thousands of kilometers from UE 115. Thus, each beamforming transmission between base station 105 and UE 115 can travel the distance from Earth to base station 105 and back. The distance traveled by beamforming transmissions can result in significant signal degradation due to, for example, atmospheric effects, interference from other radio frequency sources, signal attenuation due to vegetation or structures, and so on.

[0114] Furthermore, due to high mobility and limited beam coverage (e.g., for satellites in an LEO system), UE 115 may attempt to select a different directional beam 205 or coverage area when communicating with base station 105. For example, due to the high mobility of UE 115 relative to base station 105, UE 115 may frequently switch between directional beams 205. For example, UE 115 may perform a beam switching operation to switch from directional beam 205-a to directional beam 205-b. However, UE 115 may not be configured or have information about the beam configuration of base station 105 (e.g., beam coverage area, etc.), which may adversely affect the beam selection operation of UE 115.

[0115] The described aspects of the technology involve the UE 115 having knowledge of the beam configuration of the coverage area (e.g., beam coverage area) of each beam to assist beam selection operations. To improve reliability and reduce associated latency related to beam selection for beamforming communication with base station 105, the UE 115 may be pre-configured with beam configurations. Alternatively, the UE 115 may be configured to receive beam configurations from network devices (e.g., base station, gateway devices) via broadcast messages (such as system information messages or RRC messages). Beam configurations may include beam location information (e.g., coordinates of the center of each beam coverage area) and beam classification information (e.g., shape, size, and / or orientation of each beam). Orientation may be an angle from a predefined line segment of beam coverage area 210 to the direction of satellite motion. The UE 115 may also be configured with beam frequency association information that links each beam coverage area to a frequency interval, which may take the form of a bandwidth portion. As a result, UE 115 can use the information in the beam configuration to support efficient beam selection operations for beamforming communications.

[0116] UE 115 can determine the beam configuration associated with a directional beam 205 of base station 105 (e.g., a regenerating satellite or a curved satellite). The beam configuration may include an indication of whether a reference beam is used. The beam configuration may include a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams 205. For example, the identifier set may include a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) index or cell identifier, which may be used as the beam identifier, in some examples, as the beam identifier for the directional beam 205 associated with base station 105. UE 115 can determine beam location information associated with the beam coverage area 210 of each directional beam 205 based on the beam configuration. In some examples, UE 115 can determine the location coordinates of the center of each beam coverage area 210 of each directional beam 205 in the set of directional beams, which may be a function of time. In some other examples, UE 115 can determine a set of location coordinates associated with the boundary of each beam coverage area 210 of each directional beam 205 in the set of directional beams. That is, UE 115 can determine the coordinates of several points on the boundary of directional beam 205 (e.g., the profile of the half-power main lobe).

[0117] UE 115 can also determine beam classification information associated with each beam coverage area 210 of each directional beam 205 in the directional beam set based on beam configuration. In some examples, UE 115 can determine the shape of each beam coverage area 210 of each directional beam 205. The shape of the beam coverage area 210 can include, for example, an ellipse, a circle, or a hexagon (e.g., as a convenient representation of an isotropic beam coverage area) or any combination thereof. In some examples, the corresponding beam coverage areas 210 of two or more directional beams 205 may have the same shape. For example, beam coverage area 210-a associated with directional beam 205-a may be elliptical. Similarly, beam coverage area 210-b associated with directional beam 205-b may be elliptical. In some other examples, the corresponding beam coverage areas 210 of two or more directional beams 205 may have different shapes. For example, the beam coverage area 210-a associated with directional beam 205-a can be elliptical, while the beam coverage area 210-b associated with directional beam 205-b can be hexagonal. In some examples, UE 115 may derive the beam coverage area shape (e.g., elliptical, circular, or hexagonal, or any combination thereof) based on one or more beamforming weights associated with directional beam 205. In some examples, UE 115 may derive the beam coverage area shape (e.g., elliptical, circular, or hexagonal, or any combination thereof) based on the shape and structure of the antenna associated with directional beam 205. In other examples, UE 115 may derive the beam size based on one or more power levels associated with directional beam 205. The shape and size of beam coverage area 210 can depend on the distance between base station 105 and the Earth's surface, the transmission angle, etc. Furthermore, adjacent beam coverage areas 210 can have different shapes and sizes depending on the transmission angle and distance of base station 105. For example, the shape of the beam coverage area associated with base station 105 (e.g., a satellite) can be determined by a single antenna (a horn antenna, rather than multiple whip or patch antennas). Horn antennas can have different shapes and structures and affect the shape of the beam coverage area. In some cases, coverage areas 220 can overlap. In some examples, UE 115 can determine the size of each beam coverage area 210 of each directional beam 205. The size of each beam coverage area 210 corresponds to the major semi-axis or the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam 205, or both. In some other examples, UE 115 can determine the orientation of each beam coverage area 210 of each directional beam 205.

[0118] In some examples, UE 115 can determine beam position information (e.g., the location coordinates of the center of the beam coverage area) and beam classification information (e.g., shape, size, and orientation) of the reference directional beam 205. For example, UE 115 can determine that directional beam 205-a is the reference directional beam based on the beam configuration, and determine the location coordinates of the center of the beam coverage area 210-a of the reference directional beam (i.e., directional beam 205-a). As described herein, other beam coverage areas 210-b to 210-g can be derived from the reference beam coverage area 210-a.

[0119] Figure 3 An example of a beam coverage area diagram 300 representing a beam coverage area in a wireless communication system supporting one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown. The beam coverage area diagram 300 can be implemented with reference to... Figure 1 and 2 The description covers various aspects of wireless communication systems 100 and 200. A beam coverage area diagram 300 can be based on the configuration of base station 105 and implemented by UE 115 to facilitate energy saving of UE 115 by supporting beam coverage area operation. The beam coverage area diagram 300 can also be based on the configuration of base station 105 and implemented by UE 115 to promote high-reliability and low-latency beamforming communication, among other benefits.

[0120] exist Figure 3 In the example, beam coverage area diagram 300 can be associated with base station 105, which can be a satellite or a relay physically located on a satellite, or distributed, so that different parts of the functionality are implemented at different physical locations. Beam coverage area diagram 300 can include several beam coverage areas 305, which can be respectively as follows: Figure 2 An example of the beam coverage area 210 described herein. Figure 3 In the example, beam coverage area 305 can have an elliptical shape. In some other examples, beam coverage area 305 can have different shapes, such as circular, hexagonal, etc. UE 115 can determine, for example, based on beam configuration that beam coverage area 305-a is a reference beam coverage area. Reference beam coverage area 305-a can also be associated with a reference directional beam. The direction of motion of base station 105 can be represented by the angle β relative to the minor semi-axis of beam coverage area 305-a. UE 115 can derive other beam coverage areas 305 by scaling reference beam coverage area 305-a with a factor value. For example, UE 115 can derive beam coverage area 305-b by scaling reference beam coverage area 305-a with a factor value of 1.4. Other beam coverage areas 305 can be the same as the beam coverage area of ​​reference beam coverage area 305-a.

[0121] Figure 4An example of a beam coverage area diagram 400 representing a beam coverage area in a wireless communication system supporting one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown. The beam coverage area diagram 400 can be implemented with reference to... Figure 1 and 2 The description covers various aspects of wireless communication systems 100 and 200. A beam coverage area diagram 400 can be based on the configuration of base station 105 and implemented by UE 115 to facilitate energy saving of UE 115 by supporting beam coverage area operation. The beam coverage area diagram 400 can also be based on the configuration of base station 105 and implemented by UE 115 to facilitate high-reliability and low-latency beamforming communication, among other benefits.

[0122] exist Figure 4 In the example, beam coverage area diagram 400 can be associated with base station 105, which can be a satellite or a gateway physically located on a satellite, or distributed so that different parts of the functionality are implemented at different physical locations. Beam coverage area diagram 400 can include several beam coverage areas 405-a to 405-g, which can be respectively as follows: Figure 2 and 3 Examples of beamforming coverage areas described herein. In some examples, all beamforming coverage areas 405-a to 405-g may be configured as a single cell (e.g., a single geographic coverage area), on which base station 105 and UE 115 may support beamforming communication according to one or more radio access technologies. In some other examples, each beamforming coverage area 405-a to 405-g may be configured as a separate cell, on which base station 105 and UE 115 may support beamforming communication according to one or more radio access technologies.

[0123] For example, beam coverage area 405-a can form a first cell (e.g., a first geographic coverage area), beam coverage area 405-b can form a second cell (e.g., a second geographic coverage area), beam coverage area 405-c can form a third cell (e.g., a third geographic coverage area), beam coverage area 405-d can form a fourth cell (e.g., a fourth geographic coverage area), beam coverage area 405-e can form a fifth cell (e.g., a fifth geographic coverage area), beam coverage area 405-f can form a sixth cell (e.g., a sixth geographic coverage area), and beam coverage area 405-g can form a seventh cell (e.g., a seventh geographic coverage area). Base station 105 and UE 115 can support beamforming communication based on one or more radio access technologies on these cells.

[0124] Additionally, each beam coverage area 405-a to 405-g can be associated with a separate directional beam. For example, beam coverage area 405-a can be associated with a first directional beam (e.g., beam 1), beam coverage area 405-b can be associated with a second directional beam (e.g., beam 2), beam coverage area 405-c can be associated with a third directional beam (e.g., beam 3), beam coverage area 405-d can be associated with a fourth directional beam (e.g., beam 4), beam coverage area 405-e can be associated with a fifth directional beam (e.g., beam 5), beam coverage area 405-f can be associated with a sixth directional beam (e.g., beam 6), and beam coverage area 405-g can be associated with a seventh directional beam (e.g., beam 7). Base station 105 and UE 115 can support beamforming communication based on one or more radio access technologies on these directional beams.

[0125] UE 115 can identify each directional beam associated with each of the beam coverage areas 405-a to 405-g based on the identifier of base station 105 and the beam identifier associated with each directional beam. Each directional beam in the set of directional beams can correspond to a separate beam identifier (e.g., a separate beam index). For example, a first directional beam (e.g., beam 1) can be associated with a first beam index (e.g., beam index 1), while a second directional beam in the set (e.g., beam 2) can be associated with a second beam index (e.g., beam index 2), and so on.

[0126] refer to Figure 4 As part of determining beam position information, UE 115 can determine the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​a reference directional beam. For example, UE 115 can determine the position coordinates r0 of the center of beam coverage area 405-a, which may be associated with a reference directional beam (e.g., beam 0). In some examples, UE 115 can determine the position coordinates r0 of the center of beam coverage area 405-a as a function of time. UE 115 can also determine the relative positions (e.g., vector x6) of the centers of each other beam coverage area 405-b to 405-g. For example, UE 115 can derive the center of beam coverage area 405-g based on the position coordinates r0 of the center of beam coverage area 405-a and the relative position (vector x6) of the center of beam coverage area 405-g. UE 115 can determine the center of beam coverage area 405-g according to the following expression: r6 = r0 + x6. Similarly, UE 115 can determine the center of other beam coverage areas 405 according to the following formula: r i =r0+x i , where x iThis is the relative position vector of the center of the beam coverage area 405. The coordinates of the center are: r i , where i = 0, 1, ..., 6.

[0127] Figure 5 An example of a beam coverage area diagram 500 representing a beam coverage area in a wireless communication system supporting one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown. The beam coverage area diagram 500 can be implemented with reference to... Figure 1 and 2 The description covers various aspects of wireless communication systems 100 and 200. A beam coverage area diagram 500 can be based on the configuration of base station 105 and implemented by UE 115 to facilitate energy saving of UE 115 by supporting beam coverage area operation. The beam coverage area diagram 500 can also be based on the configuration of base station 105 and implemented by UE 115 to facilitate high-reliability and low-latency beamforming communication, among other benefits.

[0128] exist Figure 5 In the example, base station 105 can be a satellite or a gateway physically located on a satellite, or it can be distributed such that different parts of the functionality are implemented at different physical locations. UE 115 can determine the location coordinates of the center of the directional beam's coverage area based on the direction of the center of the directional beam's coverage area, the width of the directional beam, or the altitude associated with base station 105, or any combination thereof. For example, UE 115 determines the location coordinates of the center 505 of the directional beam's coverage area 510-a based on the direction of the center 505 (also called the beam center) of the directional beam 515's beam coverage area 510-a, the width of the directional beam 515, or the altitude associated with base station 105 (e.g., the altitude of a satellite), or any combination thereof. The beam coverage area 510 can be, for example, as shown below. Figures 2 to 4 Examples of beam coverage areas described herein. In some examples, beam coverage area 510-a may partially overlap with beam coverage area 510-b 520. In some other examples, beam coverage area 510-a may not overlap with beam coverage area 510. For example, beam coverage area 510-a may not overlap with beam coverage area 510-c. The orientation of the center 505 of beam coverage area 510-a of directional beam 515 may be determined by at least two angles (e.g., azimuth angle and zenith angle (e.g., ...). Figure 5 The azimuth and zenith angles (e.g., (φ, θ)) are represented by (φ, θ) as shown. These angles can be functions of time to represent the beam steering of base station 105. The width of the directional beam 515 can be determined by the solid angle (e.g., Figure 5 As shown in the diagram, α) represents the beam direction, beam width, and the altitude of the base station (e.g., a satellite) to derive the location coordinates of the center of the beam coverage area, supporting efficient beam switching operations for beamforming communications.

[0129] Figure 6 An example of a process flow 600 supporting beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown. Process flow 600 can be implemented with reference to... Figure 1 and 2 The wireless communication system 100 and wireless communication system 200 are described in various aspects. Process flow 600 can be based on the configuration of base station 105 and implemented by UE 115 to promote energy saving of UE 115 by supporting beam coverage area operation. Process flow 600 can also be based on the configuration of base station 105 and implemented by UE 115 to promote high reliability and low latency beamforming communication, among other benefits.

[0130] Base station 105 and UE 115 can be examples of base station 105 and UE 115 as described herein. For example, base station 105 can be a non-terrestrial base station (e.g., a regenerating satellite) or a non-terrestrial relay station (e.g., a curved satellite) in a LEO system, MEO system, or GNSS. In the following description of process flow 600, operations between base station 105 and UE 115 may be performed in a different order than the example order shown, or operations performed by base station 105 and UE 115 may be performed in a different order or at different times. Some operations may also be omitted from process flow 600, and other operations may be added to process flow 600.

[0131] exist Figure 6 In the example, base station 105 and UE 115 can be part of a non-terrestrial wireless communication system, a terrestrial wireless communication system, or both. For example, base station 105 can be a satellite and part of a non-terrestrial wireless communication system, while UE 115 can be part of a terrestrial wireless communication system. Both base station 105 and UE 115 can communicate with each other via beamforming communication using one or more directional beams. In a non-terrestrial wireless communication system, base station 105 (e.g., a satellite) can use multiple antennas to form multiple directional beams, and these directional beams can operate on separate frequency ranges (e.g., different bandwidth portions) to mitigate interference between these directional beams. Several directional beams from base station 105 (e.g., a satellite) can be configured as a single cell, as shown in the reference. Figures 1 to 5 Described. Alternatively, each directional beam from base station 105 (e.g., a satellite) can be configured as a separate cell.

[0132] Due to high mobility and limited beam coverage (e.g., for satellites in low Earth orbit), in some cases, UE 115 may attempt to select a different directional beam or coverage area when communicating with base station 105. However, UE 115 may not be configured or have information about the beam configuration of base station 105 (e.g., beam coverage area, etc.), which may adversely affect directional beam selection operations for UE 115. It may be beneficial for UE 115 to have knowledge of the beam configuration of the coverage area (also referred to as the beam coverage region) of each directional beam to assist in directional beam selection operations.

[0133] At 605, base station 105 may determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of base station 105. The beam configuration may include an identifier for base station 105 and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams. Each directional beam in the set of directional beams may correspond to a separate beam identifier (e.g., a separate beam index). For example, a first directional beam in the set may be associated with a first beam index, and a second directional beam in the set may be associated with a second beam index, and so on. In some examples, base station 105 may determine beam location information associated with the coverage area (i.e., coverage region) of each directional beam in the set of directional beams. For example, base station 105 may determine the location coordinates of the center of each coverage region of each directional beam in the set of directional beams. In some examples, base station 105 may determine the location coordinates of the center of each coverage region of each directional beam as a function of time. Base station 105 may determine a set of location coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage region of each directional beam in the set of directional beams. The beam configuration may thus include beam location information (e.g., beam coordinates of the center of each beam's coverage area) associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0134] Alternatively or concurrently, base station 105 may determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area (i.e., coverage region) of each directional beam in the directional beam set. In some examples, base station 105 may determine the shape of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set. The shape of the coverage area may be elliptical, circular, or hexagonal, or any combination thereof. In some examples, base station 105 may determine the size of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set. The size of the coverage area may correspond to the major semi-axis or the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam, or both. In some other examples, base station 105 may determine the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set. In other examples, base station 105 may determine the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set. The direction may be an azimuth or a zenith angle, or both. The beam configuration may thus include beam classification information (e.g., the beam geometry of each directional beam) associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0135] Base station 105 can also determine the beam frequency information for each directional beam in the directional beam set. For example, each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate frequency band. Alternatively, each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate bandwidth portion. At 610, base station 105 can send beam configuration to UE 115. It may be beneficial to have adjacent directional beams operate in different frequency bands to mitigate interference. In some examples, the initial beam frequency association can be configured when UE 115 performs cell search. In some other examples, UE 115 can determine a new beam frequency association (e.g., to mitigate inter-satellite interference) after UE 115 camps on the cell of base station 105.

[0136] In some examples, base station 105 may send beam configuration to UE 115 in a system information message (e.g., SIB). In other examples, base station 105 may send beam configuration to UE 115 in an RRC message (e.g., RRC configuration message). In some examples, UE 115 may be pre-configured with beam configuration. For example, beam configuration may be installed on UE 115 during manufacturing, or downloaded from the Internet and installed (e.g., stored) on UE 115 by a client user or network operator. The beam configuration thereby provides a beam coverage map that includes beam location information, beam classification information (e.g., the shape and size of each beam and an identifier for base station 105 (e.g., a satellite), or beam frequency association, or a combination thereof.

[0137] At 615, UE 115 may determine, for example, beam location information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on beam configuration. For example, as described herein, UE 115 may determine the location coordinates of the center of each coverage area (i.e., beam coverage area) of each directional beam in the directional beam set. At 620, UE 115 may determine, for example, beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on beam configuration. For example, as described herein, UE 115 may determine beam geometry, such as the shape, size, and orientation of each coverage area (i.e., beam coverage area) of each directional beam in the directional beam set. At 625, UE 115 may determine, for example, beam frequency information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on beam configuration. At 630, UE 115 may select a directional beam from the directional beam set, for example, based on beam location information, beam classification information, or beam frequency information, or a combination thereof. The selected directional beam may satisfy one or more thresholds (e.g., a signal strength threshold) to enable UE 115 to experience high-reliability and low-latency beamforming communication with base station 105. For example, the selected directional beam may satisfy a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold, a received signal received quality (RSRQ) threshold, and so on. At 635, base station 105 and UE 115 may perform beamforming communication (e.g., downlink and uplink beamforming transmission).

[0138] Figure 7 A block diagram 700 illustrates a device 705 supporting beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure. Device 705 may be an example of various aspects of a UE 115 as described herein. Device 705 may include a receiver 710, a UE communication manager 715, and a transmitter 720. Device 705 may also include a processor. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0139] Receiver 710 can receive information, such as packets, user data, or control information associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, and information related to beam coverage areas, etc.). It can transmit information to other components of device 705. Receiver 710 can serve as a reference. Figure 10 Examples of various aspects of the transceiver 1020 are described. The receiver 710 can utilize a single antenna or a set of antennas.

[0140] The UE communication manager 715 and / or one or more components of the UE communication manager 715 may, individually or in combination with other elements, perform one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, and / or may serve as a unit for performing one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements. The UE communication manager 715 may determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station. The beam configuration includes a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams. The UE communication manager 715 may determine beam location information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration. The UE communication manager 715 may determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration. The UE communication manager 715 may select directional beams in the set of directional beams based on the beam location information and the beam classification information, and use the directional beams to communicate with the base station. The UE communication manager 715 may be an example of various aspects of the UE communication manager 1010 described herein.

[0141] The UE communication manager 715 may be implemented as an integrated circuit or chipset for a modem of device 705, and the receiver 710 and transmitter 720 may be implemented as analog components (e.g., amplifiers, filters, antennas) coupled to the modem of device 705 to enable beamforming transmission and reception. The UE communication manager 715 may be implemented to implement one or more potential improvements. The UE communication manager 715 enables device 705 to determine beam position information for one or more directional beams used for beamforming communication. In some embodiments, the UE communication manager 715 enables device 705 to determine beam classification information for one or more directional beams used for beamforming communication. In some other embodiments, the UE communication manager 715 enables device 705 to determine beam frequency information for one or more directional beams used for beamforming communication. Based on the implementation of beam position information, beam classification information, or beam frequency information, or a combination thereof, one or more processors of device 705 (e.g., a processor that controls the UE communication manager 715 or merges with it) can experience reduced power consumption and facilitate highly reliable and low-latency beamforming communication (e.g., downlink and uplink beamforming transmission), as well as other benefits.

[0142] The UE communication manager 715 or its sub-components can be implemented in hardware, processor-executable code (e.g., software or firmware), or any combination thereof. If implemented in processor-executable code, the functionality of the UE communication manager 715 or its sub-components can be performed by a general-purpose processor, DSP, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described in this disclosure.

[0143] The UE communication manager 715 or its sub-components may be physically located in various locations, including being distributed such that portions of the functionality are implemented by one or more physical components at different physical locations. In some examples, according to various aspects of this disclosure, the UE communication manager 715 or its sub-components may be separate and distinct components. In some examples, according to various aspects of this disclosure, the UE communication manager 715 or its sub-components may be combined with one or more other hardware components, including but not limited to input / output (I / O) components, transceivers, network servers, another computing device, one or more other components described in this disclosure, or combinations thereof.

[0144] Transmitter 720 can transmit signals generated by other components of device 705. In some examples, transmitter 720 can be co-located with receiver 710 in a transceiver assembly. For example, transmitter 720 can be a reference... Figure 10 Examples of various aspects of the transceiver 1020 are described. The transmitter 720 can utilize a single antenna or a set of antennas.

[0145] Figure 8 A block diagram 800 illustrates a device 805 supporting beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure. Device 805 may be an example of aspects of device 705 or UE 115 as described herein. Device 805 may include a receiver 810, a UE communication manager 815, and a transmitter 840. Device 805 may also include a processor. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0146] Receiver 810 can receive information, such as packets, user data, or control information associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, and information related to beam coverage areas, etc.). It can transmit information to other components of device 805. Receiver 810 can serve as a reference. Figure 10 Examples of various aspects of the transceiver 1020 are described. The receiver 810 can utilize a single antenna or a set of antennas.

[0147] UE communication manager 815 may be an example of aspects of UE communication manager 715 as described herein. UE communication manager 815 may include configuration component 820, location component 825, classification component 830, and beam component 835. UE communication manager 815 may be an example of aspects of UE communication manager 1010 as described herein. UE communication manager 815 and / or one or more components of UE communication manager 815 (e.g., configuration component 820, location component 825, classification component 830, and beam component 835) may, individually or in combination with other elements, perform one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, and / or may serve as a unit for performing one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements.

[0148] Configuration component 820 can determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams for a base station, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams. Location component 825 can determine beam location information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration. Classification component 830 can determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration. Beam component 835 can select directional beams in the set of directional beams based on the beam location information and the beam classification information, and use the directional beams to communicate with the base station.

[0149] Transmitter 840 can transmit signals generated by other components of device 805. In some examples, transmitter 840 can be co-located with receiver 810 in a transceiver assembly. For example, transmitter 840 can be a reference... Figure 10 Examples of various aspects of the transceiver 1020 are described. The transmitter 840 can utilize a single antenna or a set of antennas.

[0150] Figure 9A block diagram 900 is shown of a UE communication manager 905 supporting beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure. The UE communication manager 905 may be an example of aspects of the UE communication manager 715, UE communication manager 815, or UE communication manager 1010 described herein. The UE communication manager 905 may include a configuration component 910, a location component 915, a classification component 920, a beam component 925, a scaling component 930, a frequency component 935, a message component 940, and an identifier component 945. Each of these components may communicate directly or indirectly with each other (e.g., via one or more buses). As described herein, the UE communication manager 905 and / or one or more components of the UE communication manager 905 (e.g., configuration component 910, location component 915, classification component 920, beam component 925, scaling component 930, frequency component 935, message component 940, and identifier component 945) may perform one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements, and / or may serve as a unit for performing one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements.

[0151] Configuration component 910 can determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams for a base station, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the directional beam set. In some examples, configuration component 910 can determine, based on the beam configuration, that each directional beam in the directional beam set includes a single cell. In some examples, configuration component 910 can determine, based on the beam configuration, that each directional beam in the directional beam set includes an individual cell. In some cases, the UE is pre-configured with a beam configuration. In some cases, the base station includes satellites.

[0152] The positioning component 915 can determine beam position information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on beam configuration. In some examples, the positioning component 915 can determine the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set. In some examples, the positioning component 915 can determine the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam as a function of time. In some examples, the positioning component 915 can determine a set of position coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0153] The positioning component 915 can determine a reference directional beam in a set of directional beams based on beam configuration, and communicate instructions regarding the beam configuration based at least in part on the use of the reference directional beam. Determining beam position information includes determining the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam in the set of directional beams. In some examples, the positioning component 915 can determine the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam as a function of time. In some examples, the positioning component 915 can determine other position coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams in the set of directional beams based on the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam and position information associated with the set of directional beams.

[0154] The classification component 920 can determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on beam configuration. In some examples, the classification component 920 can determine the shape of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the shape of the coverage area includes an ellipse, a circle, or a hexagon, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the classification component 920 can determine the size of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the size of the coverage area corresponds to the major semi-axis or the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam, or both. In some examples, the classification component 920 can determine the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0155] The classification component 920 can determine the angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set and the direction of motion associated with the base station. In some examples, the classification component 920 can determine the angle between the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam in the directional beam set and the direction of motion associated with the base station. In some examples, the classification component 920 can determine the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the direction includes an azimuth angle or a zenith angle, or both. In some examples, the classification component 920 can determine the width of each directional beam in the directional beam set. The classification component 920 can determine the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​the directional beam, the width of the directional beam, or the height associated with the base station, or any combination thereof, including non-terrestrial base stations or non-terrestrial relay stations.

[0156] Beaming component 925 can select a directional beam from a set of directional beams based on beam location information and beam classification information. In some examples, beaming component 925 can use the directional beam to communicate with a base station. Scaling component 930 can determine a scaling factor associated with the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam, wherein determining other location coordinates includes: determining other location coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams based on scaling the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam by the scaling factor.

[0157] Frequency component 935 can determine the beam frequency information of each directional beam in the directional beam set based on beam configuration, wherein selecting a directional beam includes selecting a directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam frequency information. In some examples, frequency component 935 can determine, based on the beam frequency information, that each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate frequency range. In some examples, frequency component 935 can determine, based on the beam frequency information, that each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate bandwidth portion.

[0158] Message component 940 may receive a system information message including beam configuration, the system information message including an SIB, wherein determining the beam configuration includes: determining the beam configuration associated with a directional beam set of a base station based on the system information message. In some examples, message component 940 may receive an RRC message including beam configuration, wherein determining the beam configuration includes: determining the beam configuration associated with a directional beam set of a base station based on the RRC message. Identifier component 945 may receive an identifier of a base station, wherein the base station includes a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station. In some examples, identifier component 945 may map the identifier of a base station to a set of identifiers associated with a directional beam set. In some examples, identifier component 945 may associate a directional beam set with a base station based on the mapping.

[0159] Figure 10 A schematic diagram of a system 1000 including a device 1005 supporting the representation of beam coverage areas in a wireless communication system, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 1005 may be an example of device 705, device 805, or UE 115 as described herein, or may include components thereof. Device 1005 may include components for bidirectional voice and data communication, including components for transmitting and receiving communications, including a UE communication manager 1010, an I / O controller 1015, a transceiver 1020, an antenna 1025, a memory 1030, and a processor 1040. These components may communicate electronically via one or more buses (e.g., bus 1045).

[0160] The UE communication manager 1010 can determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams. The UE communication manager 1010 can determine beam location information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration, and determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration. The UE communication manager 1010 can select directional beams in the set of directional beams based on the beam location information and the beam classification information, and use the directional beams to communicate with the base station. As detailed above, the UE communication manager 1010 and / or one or more components of the UE communication manager 1010 can perform one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements, and / or can serve as a unit for performing one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements.

[0161] The UE communication manager 1010 enables the device 1005 to determine beam position information for one or more directional beams used for beamforming communication. In some embodiments, the UE communication manager 1010 enables the device 1005 to determine beam classification information for one or more directional beams used for beamforming communication. In some other embodiments, the UE communication manager 1010 enables the device 1005 to determine beam frequency information for one or more directional beams used for beamforming communication. Based on the implementation of beam position information, beam classification information, or beam frequency information, or a combination thereof, one or more processors of the device 1005 (e.g., processors controlling or integrated with the UE communication manager 1010) can experience reduced power consumption and facilitate highly reliable and low-latency beamforming communication (e.g., downlink and uplink beamforming transmissions), among other benefits.

[0162] I / O controller 1015 can manage the input and output signals of device 1005. I / O controller 1015 can also manage peripheral devices not integrated into device 1005. In some cases, I / O controller 1015 can represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral component. In some cases, I / O controller 1015 can utilize, for example... The operating system or other known operating system. In other cases, the I / O controller 1015 may represent or interact with a modem, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen, or similar device. In some cases, the I / O controller 1015 may be implemented as part of a processor. In some cases, a user may interact with the device 1005 via the I / O controller 1015 or hardware components controlled by the I / O controller 1015.

[0163] As described above, transceiver 1020 can communicate bidirectionally via one or more antennas, wired or wireless links. For example, transceiver 1020 can represent a wireless transceiver and can communicate bidirectionally with another wireless transceiver. Transceiver 1020 may also include a modem for modulating packets and providing the modulated packets to the antenna for transmission, and demodulating packets received from the antenna. In some cases, device 1005 may include a single antenna 1025. However, in some cases, device 1005 may have more than one antenna 1025, which is capable of transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions simultaneously.

[0164] Memory 1030 may include RAM and ROM. Memory 1030 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code 1035 including instructions that, when executed, cause processor 1040 to perform the various functions described herein. In some cases, memory 1030 may include a BIOS, etc., which controls basic hardware or software operations such as interaction with peripheral components or devices. Code 1035 may include instructions for implementing various aspects of this disclosure, including instructions for supporting wireless communication. Code 1035 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or other types of memory. In some cases, code 1035 may not be directly executable by processor 1040, but may enable a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform the functions described herein.

[0165] Processor 1040 may include intelligent hardware devices (e.g., general-purpose processors, DSPs, CPUs, microcontrollers, ASICs, FPGAs, programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic components, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof). In some cases, processor 1040 may be configured to use a memory controller to operate a memory array. In other cases, the memory controller may be integrated into processor 1040. Processor 1040 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in memory (e.g., memory 1030) to cause device 1005 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting beam coverage representation in wireless communication systems such as terrestrial or non-terrestrial networks, or both).

[0166] Figure 11A block diagram 1100 of a device 1105 supporting the representation of a beam coverage area in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown. Device 1105 may be an example of aspects of a base station 105 as described herein. Device 1105 may include a receiver 1110, a base station communication manager 1115, and a transmitter 1120. Device 1105 may also include a processor. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0167] Receiver 1110 can receive information, such as packets, user data, or control information associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, and information related to beam coverage areas, etc.). It can transmit information to other components of device 1105. Receiver 1110 can serve as a reference. Figure 14 Examples of various aspects of the transceiver 1420 are described. The receiver 1110 may utilize a single antenna or a set of antennas.

[0168] The base station communication manager 1115 and / or one or more components of the base station communication manager 1115 may, individually or in combination with other elements, perform one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, and / or may serve as a unit for performing one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements. The base station communication manager 1115 may: determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station, the beam configuration including an identifier of the base station and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; and transmit the beam configuration to the UE. The base station communication manager 1115 may be an example of aspects of the base station communication manager 1410 described herein.

[0169] The base station communication manager 1115 or its sub-components may be implemented in hardware, processor-executable code (e.g., software or firmware), or any combination thereof. If implemented in processor-executable code, the functionality of the base station communication manager 1115 or its sub-components may be performed by a general-purpose processor, DSP, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described in this disclosure.

[0170] The base station communication manager 1115 or its sub-components may be physically located in various locations, including being distributed such that portions of the functionality are implemented by one or more physical components at different physical locations. In some examples, according to various aspects of this disclosure, the base station communication manager 1115 or its sub-components may be separate and distinct components. In some examples, according to various aspects of this disclosure, the base station communication manager 1115 or its sub-components may be combined with one or more other hardware components, including but not limited to input / output (I / O) components, transceivers, network servers, another computing device, one or more other components described in this disclosure, or combinations thereof.

[0171] Transmitter 1120 can transmit signals generated by other components of device 1105. In some examples, transmitter 1120 may be co-located with receiver 1110 in a transceiver assembly. For example, transmitter 1120 may be a reference Figure 14 Examples of various aspects of the transceiver 1420 are described. The transmitter 1120 may utilize a single antenna or a set of antennas.

[0172] Figure 12 A block diagram 1200 is shown of a device 1205 supporting the representation of beam coverage area in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure. Device 1205 may be an example of aspects of device 1105 or base station 105 as described herein. Device 1205 may include a receiver 1210, a base station communication manager 1215, and a transmitter 1230. Device 1205 may also include a processor. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0173] Receiver 1210 can receive information, such as packets, user data, or control information associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, and information related to beam coverage areas, etc.). It can transmit information to other components of device 1205. Receiver 1210 can serve as a reference. Figure 14 Examples of various aspects of the transceiver 1420 are described. The receiver 1210 may utilize a single antenna or a set of antennas.

[0174] Base station communication manager 1215 may be an example of aspects of base station communication manager 1115 as described herein. Base station communication manager 1215 may include configuration component 1220 and beaming component 1225. Base station communication manager 1215 may be an example of aspects of base station communication manager 1410 described herein. Base station communication manager 1215 and / or one or more components of base station communication manager 1215 (e.g., configuration component 1220, beaming component 1225) may, individually or in combination with other elements, perform one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, and / or may serve as a unit for performing one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements. Configuration component 1220 may determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station, the beam configuration including an identifier of the base station and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams. Beaming component 1225 may transmit the beam configuration to the UE.

[0175] Transmitter 1230 can transmit signals generated by other components of device 1205. In some examples, transmitter 1230 can be co-located with receiver 1210 in a transceiver assembly. For example, transmitter 1230 can be a reference... Figure 14 Examples of various aspects of the transceiver 1420 are described. The transmitter 1230 may utilize a single antenna or a set of antennas.

[0176] Figure 13 A block diagram 1300 is shown of a base station communication manager 1305 representing a beam coverage area in a wireless communication system supported by one or more aspects of this disclosure. The base station communication manager 1305 may be an example of aspects of the base station communication manager 1115, base station communication manager 1215, or base station communication manager 1410 described herein. The base station communication manager 1305 may include a configuration component 1310, a beam component 1315, a location component 1320, a classification component 1325, a frequency component 1330, and a messaging component 1335. Each of these components may communicate directly or indirectly with each other (e.g., via one or more buses). The base station communication manager 1305 and / or one or more components of the base station communication manager 1305 (e.g., configuration component 1310, beam component 1315, location component 1320, classification component 1325, frequency component 1330, and message component 1335) may perform one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements, and / or may serve as a unit for performing one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements.

[0177] Configuration component 1310 can determine the beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams for a base station. The beam configuration includes an identifier for the base station and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams. In some cases, each directional beam in the set operates in a separate frequency band. In some cases, each directional beam in the set operates in a separate bandwidth portion. In some cases, each directional beam in the set comprises a single cell. In some cases, each directional beam in the set comprises a separate cell. In some cases, the base station includes a satellite. In some cases, the base station includes a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station.

[0178] Beaming component 1315 can send beam configuration to the UE. Positioning component 1320 can determine beam position information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the beam configuration includes beam position information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set. In some examples, positioning component 1320 can determine the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set. In some examples, positioning component 1320 can determine the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam as a function of time. In some examples, positioning component 1320 can determine a set of position coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0179] The classification component 1325 can determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the beam configuration includes beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set. In some examples, the classification component 1325 can determine the shape of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the shape of the coverage area includes an ellipse, a circle, or a hexagon, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the classification component 1325 can determine the size of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the size of the coverage area corresponds to the major semi-axis or the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam, or both.

[0180] The classification component 1325 can determine the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set. In some examples, the classification component 1325 can determine the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the direction includes an azimuth angle or a zenith angle, or both. In some examples, the classification component 1325 can determine the width of each directional beam in the directional beam set. In some examples, the classification component 1325 can determine the location coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​the directional beam, the width of the directional beam, or the height associated with the base station, or any combination thereof.

[0181] Frequency component 1330 can determine the beam frequency information of each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the beam configuration includes the beam frequency information of each directional beam in the directional beam set. Message component 1335 can send a system information message including the beam configuration, the system information message including SIB. In some examples, message component 1335 can send an RRC message including the beam configuration.

[0182] Figure 14 A schematic diagram of a system 1400, including a device 1405 supporting the representation of beam coverage areas in a wireless communication system, is shown according to one or more aspects of this disclosure. Device 1405 may be an example of device 1105, device 1205, or base station 105 as described herein, or may include components thereof. Device 1405 may include components for bidirectional voice and data communication, including components for transmitting and receiving communications, including a base station communication manager 1410, a network communication manager 1415, a transceiver 1420, an antenna 1425, a memory 1430, a processor 1440, and an inter-station communication manager 1445. These components may communicate electronically via one or more buses (e.g., bus 1450).

[0183] Base station communication manager 1410 and / or one or more components of base station communication manager 1410 may, individually or in combination with other elements, perform one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, and / or may serve as a unit for performing one or more operations for managing beam coverage area representation in a wireless communication system, individually or in combination with other elements. Base station communication manager 1410 may determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station. The beam configuration includes an identifier of the base station and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams. Base station communication manager 1410 may send the beam configuration to the UE. Network communication manager 1415 may manage communication with the core network (e.g., via one or more wired backhaul links). For example, network communication manager 1415 may manage the forwarding of data communications for client devices (e.g., one or more UEs 115).

[0184] As described above, transceiver 1420 can communicate bidirectionally via one or more antennas, wired or wireless links. For example, transceiver 1420 can represent a wireless transceiver and can communicate bidirectionally with another wireless transceiver. Transceiver 1420 may also include a modem for modulating packets and providing the modulated packets to the antenna for transmission, and demodulating packets received from the antenna. In some cases, device 1405 may include a single antenna 1425. However, in some cases, device 1405 may have more than one antenna 1425, which is capable of transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions simultaneously.

[0185] Memory 1430 may include RAM, ROM, or a combination thereof. Memory 1430 may store computer-readable code 1435 including instructions that, when executed by a processor (e.g., processor 1440), cause the device to perform the various functions described herein. In some cases, memory 1430 may include a BIOS, etc., which controls basic hardware or software operations such as interaction with peripheral components or devices. Code 1435 may include instructions for implementing various aspects of this disclosure, including instructions for supporting wireless communication. Code 1435 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or other types of memory. In some cases, code 1435 may not be directly executable by processor 1440, but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform the functions described herein.

[0186] Processor 1440 may include intelligent hardware devices (e.g., general-purpose processors, DSPs, CPUs, microcontrollers, ASICs, FPGAs, programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic components, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof). In some cases, processor 1440 may be configured to use a memory controller to operate a memory array. In some examples, the memory controller may be integrated into processor 1440. Processor 1440 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in memory (e.g., memory 1430) to cause device 1405 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting beam coverage area representation in wireless communication systems, such as terrestrial or non-terrestrial networks, or both).

[0187] Inter-site communication manager 1445 can manage communication with other base stations 105 and may include a controller or scheduler for cooperating with other base stations 105 to control communication with UE 115. For example, inter-site communication manager 1445 can coordinate the scheduling of transmissions to UE 115 for various interference mitigation techniques such as beamforming or joint transmission. In some examples, inter-site communication manager 1445 may provide an X2 interface within LTE / LTE-A wireless communication network technology to facilitate communication between base stations 105.

[0188] Figure 15 A flowchart illustrating a method 1500 for supporting the representation of beam coverage areas in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown. Operation of method 1500 can be implemented by a UE 115 or its components as described herein. For example, operation of method 1500 can be performed by, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The UE communication manager described herein is used to perform this function. In some examples, the UE 115 may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the UE 115 to perform the functions described below. Alternatively or alternatively, the UE 115 may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the functions described below.

[0189] At point 1505, the UE can determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of the base station, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the directional beam set. The operation at point 1505 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at point 1505 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The described configuration components are used to execute.

[0190] At point 1510, the UE can determine beam location information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration. The operation of point 1510 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of point 1510 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The described location component is used for execution.

[0191] At point 1515, the UE can determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration. The operation of point 1515 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of point 1515 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The described classification components are used to perform this.

[0192] At point 1520, the UE can select a directional beam from the directional beam set based on beam position information and beam classification information. The operation at point 1520 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at point 1520 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The beamforming components described are used to perform this.

[0193] At point 1525, the UE can use the directional beam to communicate with the base station. Operation of point 1525 can be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of operation of point 1525 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The beamforming components described are used to perform this.

[0194] Figure 16 A flowchart illustrating a method 1600 for supporting the representation of beam coverage areas in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown. Operation of method 1600 can be implemented by a UE 115 or its components as described herein. For example, operation of method 1600 can be performed by, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The UE communication manager described herein is used to perform this function. In some examples, the UE 115 may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the UE 115 to perform the functions described below. Alternatively or alternatively, the UE 115 may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the functions described below.

[0195] At point 1605, the UE can determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of the base station, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the directional beam set. The operation at point 1605 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at point 1605 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The described configuration components are used to execute.

[0196] At 1610, the UE can determine beam location information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration. The operation of 1610 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1610 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The described location component is used for execution.

[0197] At point 1615, the UE can determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration. The operation of point 1615 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of point 1615 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The described classification components are used to perform this.

[0198] At point 1620, the UE can determine the beam frequency information of each directional beam in the directional beam set based on the beam configuration. The operation at point 1620 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at point 1620 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The frequency component described is used to perform this.

[0199] At point 1625, the UE can select a directional beam from the directional beam set based on beam position information, beam classification information, or beam frequency information, or a combination thereof. The operation at point 1625 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at point 1625 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The beamforming components described are used to perform this.

[0200] At point 1630, the UE can use the selected directional beam to communicate with the base station. The operation of point 1630 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of point 1630 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 7 to 10 The beamforming components described are used to perform this.

[0201] Figure 17 A flowchart illustrating a method 1700 for supporting the representation of beam coverage areas in a wireless communication system according to one or more aspects of this disclosure is shown. Operation of method 1700 may be implemented by a base station 105 or its components as described herein. For example, operation of method 1700 may be performed by [reference to...] Figures 11 to 14 The base station communication manager described herein is used to perform this function. In some examples, base station 105 may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of base station 105 to perform the functions described below. Alternatively or alternatively, base station 105 may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the functions described below.

[0202] At point 1705, the base station can determine a beam configuration associated with its directional beam set, the beam configuration including the base station's identifier and a set of identifiers associated with the directional beam set. The operation of point 1705 can be performed according to the method described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of point 1705 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 11 to 14 The described configuration components are used to execute.

[0203] At point 1710, the base station can send beam configuration to the UE. The operation of point 1710 can be performed according to the methods described herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of point 1710 can be derived from, as referenced... Figures 11 to 14 The beamforming components described are used to perform this.

[0204] It should be noted that the methods described herein depict possible implementations, and the operations and steps can be rearranged or otherwise modified, and other implementations are possible. Furthermore, aspects from two or more methods can be combined.

[0205] The following provides an overview of examples of this disclosure:

[0206] Example 1: A method for wireless communication at a UE is described. The method may include: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; determining beam location information associated with a coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the set of directional beams, at least in part based on the beam configuration; determining beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the set of directional beams, at least in part based on the beam configuration; selecting a directional beam in the set of directional beams, at least in part based on the beam location information and the beam classification information; and using the directional beams to communicate with the base station.

[0207] Example 2: According to the method described in Example 1, determining the beam position information includes: determining the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0208] Example 3: According to the method described in Example 2, determining the location coordinates includes: determining the location coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam as a function of time.

[0209] Example 4: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 3, wherein determining the beam position information includes: determining a set of position coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0210] Example 5: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 4 further includes: determining a reference directional beam in the directional beam set based at least in part on the beam configuration; and communicating an indication that the beam configuration is based at least in part on the use of the reference directional beam, wherein determining the beam position information includes: determining the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0211] Example 6: According to the method described in Example 5, determining the location coordinates includes: determining the location coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam as a function of time.

[0212] Example 7: The method according to Example 5 further includes: determining other location coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams in the directional beam set, based at least in part on the location coordinates of the center of the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam and location information associated with the directional beam set.

[0213] Example 8: The method according to Example 7 further includes: determining a scaling factor associated with the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam, wherein determining the other location coordinates includes: determining the other location coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams based at least in part on scaling the coverage area of ​​the reference directional beam by the scaling factor.

[0214] Example 9: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 8, wherein determining beam classification information includes: determining the shape of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the shape of the coverage area includes an ellipse, a circle, or a hexagon or any combination thereof.

[0215] Example 10: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 9, wherein determining beam classification information includes: determining the size of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the size of the coverage area corresponds to the major semi-axis or the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam or both.

[0216] Example 11: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 10, wherein determining the beam classification information includes: determining the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0217] Example 12: According to the method of Example 11, wherein determining the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set includes: determining the angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set and a motion direction associated with the base station.

[0218] Example 13: According to the method of Example 11, wherein determining the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set includes: determining an angle between the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam in the directional beam set and the motion direction associated with the base station.

[0219] Example 14: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 13, wherein determining beam classification information includes: determining the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the direction includes an azimuth angle or a zenith angle or both.

[0220] Example 15: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 14, wherein determining the beam classification information includes: determining the width of each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0221] Example 16: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 15, wherein determining beam classification information includes: determining the location coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based at least in part on the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​the directional beam, the width of the directional beam, or the height associated with the base station, or any combination thereof, and the base station includes a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station.

[0222] Example 17: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 16 further includes: determining beam frequency information of each directional beam in the directional beam set based at least in part on beam configuration, wherein selecting a directional beam includes: selecting a directional beam in the directional beam set based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

[0223] Example 18: The method according to Example 17 further includes: determining, at least in part, that each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate frequency range based on beam frequency information.

[0224] Example 19: According to the method of Example 18, wherein determining that each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate frequency range comprises: determining that each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate bandwidth portion based at least in part on beam frequency information.

[0225] Example 20: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 19 further includes: receiving a system information message including a beam configuration, the system information message including an SIB, wherein determining the beam configuration includes: determining a beam configuration associated with a directional beam set of a base station based at least in part on the system information message.

[0226] Example 21: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 20 further includes: receiving an RRC message including a beam configuration, wherein determining the beam configuration includes: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station based at least in part on the RRC message.

[0227] Example 22: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 21, wherein the UE is pre-configured with a beam configuration.

[0228] Example 23: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 22 further includes: receiving an identifier of a base station, wherein the base station includes a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station; mapping the identifier of the base station to a set of identifiers associated with a directional beam set; and associating the directional beam set with the base station at least in part based on the mapping.

[0229] Example 24: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 23 further includes: determining, at least in part, based on beam configuration, that each directional beam in the directional beam set comprises a single cell.

[0230] Example 25: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 24 further includes: determining, at least in part, based on beam configuration, that each directional beam in the directional beam set comprises a separate cell.

[0231] Example 26: The method according to any one of Examples 1 to 25, wherein the base station includes a satellite.

[0232] Example 27: A method for wireless communication at a base station is described. The method may include: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station, the beam configuration including an identifier of the base station and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; and transmitting the beam configuration to a UE.

[0233] Example 28: The method according to Example 27 further includes: determining beam location information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the beam configuration includes the beam location information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0234] Example 29: According to the method described in Example 28, determining the beam position information includes: determining the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0235] Example 30: According to the method described in Example 29, determining the location coordinates includes: determining the location coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam as a function of time.

[0236] Example 31: According to the method of Example 28, determining beam location information includes: determining a set of location coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0237] Example 32: The method according to any one of Examples 27 to 31 further includes: determining beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the beam configuration includes the beam classification information associated with the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0238] Example 33: According to the method of Example 32, determining the beam classification information includes: determining the shape of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the shape of the coverage area includes ellipse, circle, or hexagon or any combination thereof.

[0239] Example 34: According to the method of Example 32, determining the beam classification information includes: determining the size of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the size of the coverage area corresponds to the major semi-axis or the minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam, or both.

[0240] Example 35: According to the method of Example 32, determining the beam classification information includes: determining the orientation of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0241] Example 36: According to the method of Example 32, determining the beam classification information includes: determining the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the direction includes an azimuth angle or a zenith angle or both.

[0242] Example 37: According to the method described in Example 32, determining the beam classification information includes: determining the width of each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0243] Example 38: According to the method of Example 32, determining the beam classification information includes: determining the location coordinates of the center of each coverage area of ​​each directional beam in the directional beam set based at least in part on the direction of the center of the coverage area of ​​the directional beam, the width of the directional beam, or the height associated with the base station, or any combination thereof.

[0244] Example 39: The method according to any one of Examples 27 to 38 further includes: determining beam frequency information for each directional beam in the directional beam set, wherein the beam configuration includes the beam frequency information for each directional beam in the directional beam set.

[0245] Example 40: The method according to any one of Examples 27 to 39, wherein each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate frequency range.

[0246] Example 41: The method according to any one of Examples 27 to 40, wherein each directional beam in the directional beam set operates in a separate bandwidth portion.

[0247] Example 42: The method according to any one of Examples 27 to 41, wherein transmitting the beam configuration includes: transmitting a system information message including the beam configuration, the system information message including an SIB.

[0248] Example 43: The method according to any one of Examples 27 to 42, wherein transmitting the beam configuration includes: transmitting an RRC message including the beam configuration.

[0249] Example 44: The method according to any one of Examples 27 to 43, wherein each directional beam in the directional beam set comprises a single cell.

[0250] Example 45: The method according to any one of Examples 27 to 44, wherein each directional beam in the directional beam set comprises a separate cell.

[0251] Example 46: The method according to any one of Examples 27 to 45, wherein the base station includes a satellite.

[0252] Example 47: The method according to any one of Examples 27 to 46, wherein the base station includes a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station.

[0253] Example 48: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one unit for performing the method according to any one of Examples 1 to 26.

[0254] Example 49: An apparatus for wireless communication includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the processor and the memory being configured to perform the method according to any one of Examples 1 to 26.

[0255] Example 50: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code including instructions executable by a processor to perform the method according to any one of Examples 1 to 26.

[0256] Example 51: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one unit for performing the method of any one of Examples 27 to 47.

[0257] Example 52: An apparatus for wireless communication includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the processor and the memory being configured to perform a method according to any one of Examples 27 to 47.

[0258] Example 53: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code including instructions executable by a processor to perform a method according to any one of Examples 27 to 47.

[0259] While aspects of LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR systems are described for illustrative purposes, and the terms LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR may be used in most of the description, the techniques described herein can be applied beyond LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR networks. For example, the techniques described can be applied to a variety of other wireless communication systems, such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, and other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.

[0260] The information and signals described herein can be represented using any of a variety of different techniques and methods. For example, the data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips mentioned in all of the above descriptions can be represented by voltage, current, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or optical particles, or any combination thereof.

[0261] The various illustrative blocks and components described in connection with this disclosure may be implemented or executed using a general-purpose processor, DSP, ASIC, FPGA, or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in alternative embodiments, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. The processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors combined with a DSP core, or any other such configuration).

[0262] The functions described herein can be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the functions can be stored or transmitted as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of this disclosure and the appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, the functions described herein can be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwired, or any combination thereof. Features implementing the functions can also be physically located in multiple locations, including portions distributed such that the functions are implemented at different physical locations.

[0263] Computer-readable media include non-transitory computer storage media and communication media, including any medium that facilitates the transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A non-transitory storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. Exemplarily, and not limitingly, a non-transitory computer-readable medium can include random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, compressed optical disc (CD) ROM or other optical disc storage, disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium capable of carrying or storing required program code units in the form of instructions or data structures and accessible by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Furthermore, any connection is appropriately referred to as a computer-readable medium. For example, if software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of a computer-readable medium. As used herein, disks and optical discs include CDs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs (DVDs), floppy disks, and Blu-ray discs, where disks typically reproduce data magnetically, while optical discs reproduce data optically using lasers. Combinations of these are also included within the scope of computer-readable media.

[0264] As used herein, the word "or," as in claims, such as in a list of items (e.g., a list of items beginning with a phrase such as "at least one" or "one or more"), indicates an inclusive list such that a list of at least one of A, B, or C represents A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Furthermore, as used herein, the phrase "based on" should not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an exemplary operation described as "based on condition A" may be based on conditions A and B without departing from the scope of this disclosure. That is, as used herein, the phrase "based on" will be interpreted in the same manner as the phrase "at least partially based on".

[0265] In the accompanying drawings, similar components or features may have the same reference numerals. Furthermore, multiple components of the same type may be distinguished by a dash following the reference numeral and a second reference numeral to differentiate them. If only the first reference numeral is used in the description, the description applies to any similar component having the same first reference numeral, regardless of the second or other subsequent reference numerals.

[0266] This document describes exemplary configurations in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but does not represent all examples that can be implemented or that are within the scope of the claims. The term "exemplary" as used herein means "serving as an example, illustration, or illustration," and not "preferred" or "superior to other examples." Detailed descriptions include specific details to provide an understanding of the techniques. However, these techniques can be implemented without these specific details. In some cases, known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form to avoid obscuring the concepts of the examples.

[0267] This disclosure is provided to enable those skilled in the art to implement or use the content thereof. Various modifications to this disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of this disclosure. Therefore, this disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein, but should be given the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: one or more memories; one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and configured to cause the apparatus to: determine, at the UE, a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a network device, the beam configuration comprising a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; determine, at the UE, beam location information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration; determine, at the UE, beam classification information associated with the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration; select, at the UE, a directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam location information and the beam classification information, wherein the beam classification information comprises an orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, the orientation comprising an angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device; and communicate with the network device via the directional beam.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, To determine the beam location information, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine location coordinates of a center of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, To determine the location coordinates, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine the location coordinates of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam as a function of time.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, To determine the beam location information, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine a set of location coordinates associated with a boundary of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: determine, based at least in part on the beam configuration, a reference directional beam of the set of directional beams; and communicate an indication that the beam configuration is based at least in part on use of the reference directional beam, wherein to determine the beam location information, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine location coordinates of a center of a coverage area of the reference directional beam of the set of directional beams. To determine the location coordinates, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to:

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein, determine the location coordinates of the center of the coverage area of the reference directional beam as a function of time. The one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to:

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein, ​ determining other location coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams in the set of directional beams based at least in part on the location coordinates of the center of the coverage area of the reference directional beam and location information associated with the set of directional beams.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein, The one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine a scaling factor associated with the coverage area of the reference directional beam, wherein, to determine the other location coordinates, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine the other location coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams based at least in part on the coverage area of the reference directional beam scaled by the scaling factor.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, To determine the beam classification information, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine a shape of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, wherein the shape of the coverage area comprises an elliptical shape, a circular shape, or a hexagonal shape, or any combination thereof.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, To determine the beam classification information, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine a size of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, wherein the size of the coverage area corresponds to a major semi-axis associated with each directional beam or a minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam, or both.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, To determine the orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine an angle between a minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam in the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, To determine the beam classification information, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine a direction of a center of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, wherein the direction comprises an azimuth angle or a zenith angle, or both.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, To determine the beam classification information, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine a width of each directional beam in the set of directional beams.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, To determine the beam classification information, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine location coordinates of a center of each coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams based at least in part on a direction of a center of a coverage area of a directional beam, a width of a directional beam, or a height associated with the network device, or any combination thereof, wherein the network device comprises a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: determine beam frequency information of each directional beam in the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration, wherein, to select, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine a beam frequency information of each directional beam in the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration, wherein, to select, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: selecting the directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in a separate frequency interval based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein, To determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in the separate frequency interval, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in a separate bandwidth part based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a system information message including the beam configuration, the system information message comprising a system information block, wherein to determine the beam configuration, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine the beam configuration associated with the set of directional beams of the network device based at least in part on the system information message.

19. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a radio resource control message including the beam configuration, wherein to determine the beam configuration, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine the beam configuration associated with the set of directional beams of the network device based at least in part on the radio resource control message.

20. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The apparatus is preconfigured with the beam configuration.

21. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: receive, via an antenna of the apparatus, an identifier of the network device, wherein the network device comprises a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station; map the identifier of the network device to the set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; and associate the set of directional beams with the network device based at least in part on the mapped identifier.

22. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams comprises a single cell based at least in part on the beam configuration.

23. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams comprises a separate cell based at least in part on the beam configuration.

24. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The network device comprises a satellite.

25. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories; one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and configured to cause the apparatus to: determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in a separate frequency interval based at least in part on the beam frequency information. To determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in the separate frequency interval, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in a separate bandwidth part based at least in part on the beam frequency information. The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a system information message including the beam configuration, the system information message comprising a system information block, wherein to determine the beam configuration, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine the beam configuration associated with the set of directional beams of the network device based at least in part on the system information message. The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a radio resource control message including the beam configuration, wherein to determine the beam configuration, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine the beam configuration associated with the set of directional beams of the network device based at least in part on the radio resource control message. The apparatus is preconfigured with the beam configuration. The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: receive, via an antenna of the apparatus, an identifier of the network device, wherein the network device comprises a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station; map the identifier of the network device to the set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; and associate the set of directional beams with the network device based at least in part on the mapped identifier. The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams comprises a single cell based at least in part on the beam configuration. The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams comprises a separate cell based at least in part on the beam configuration. The network device comprises a satellite.

25. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories; one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and configured to cause the apparatus to: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of the apparatus, the beam configuration comprising an identifier of the apparatus and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams, wherein the beam configuration comprises beam location information and beam classification information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the beam classification information comprises an orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, the orientation comprising an angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the apparatus; and transmitting, to a user equipment, the beam configuration.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: determine the beam location information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the beam location information comprises a center of the coverage area of each directional beam and a boundary of the coverage area of each directional beam.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein, To determine the beam location information, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine location coordinates of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein, To determine the location coordinates, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine the location coordinates of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam as a function of time.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein, To determine the beam location information, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to: determine a set of location coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

30. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to: determine the beam classification information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

31. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: determining, at the UE, a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a network device, the beam configuration comprising a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; determining, at the UE, beam location information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration; determining, at the UE, beam classification information associated with the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration; selecting, at the UE, a directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam location information and the beam classification information, wherein the beam classification information comprises an orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, the orientation comprising an angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device; and communicating with the network device using the directional beam.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein, determining the beam location information comprises: determining position coordinates of a center of each coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein, determining the beam location information comprises: determining the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam as a function of time.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein, determining the beam location information comprises: determining a set of position coordinates associated with a boundary of each coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams.

35. The method of claim 31, further comprising: determining a reference directional beam in the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration; and communicating an indication that the beam configuration is based at least in part on a use of the reference directional beam, wherein determining the beam location information comprises: determining position coordinates of a center of a coverage area of the reference directional beam in the set of directional beams.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein, determining the position coordinates comprises: determining the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of the reference directional beam as a function of time.

37. The method of claim 35, further comprising: determining other position coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams in the set of directional beams based at least in part on the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of the reference directional beam and position information associated with the set of directional beams.

38. The method of claim 37, further comprising: determining a scaling factor associated with the coverage area of the reference directional beam, wherein determining the other position coordinates comprises: determining the other position coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of the other directional beams based at least in part on the coverage area of the reference directional beam scaled by the scaling factor.

39. The method of claim 31, wherein, determining the beam classification information comprises: determining a shape of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, wherein the shape of the coverage area comprises an elliptical shape, a circular shape, or a hexagonal shape, or any combination thereof.

40. The method of claim 31, wherein, determining the beam classification information comprises: determining a size of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, wherein the size of the coverage area corresponds to a major semi-axis associated with each directional beam or a minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam, or both.

41. The method of claim 31, wherein, To determine the orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, the method further comprises: determining an angle between a minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam in the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device.

42. The method of claim 31, wherein, determining the beam classification information comprises: determining a direction of a center of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, wherein the direction comprises an azimuth angle or a zenith angle, or both.

43. The method of claim 31, wherein, determining the beam classification information comprises: determining a width of each directional beam in the set of directional beams.

44. The method of claim 31, wherein, determining the beam classification information comprises: determining location coordinates of a center of each coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams based at least in part on a direction of the center of the coverage area of the directional beam, a width of the directional beam, or a height associated with the network device, or any combination thereof, wherein the network device comprises a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station.

45. The method of claim 31, further comprising: determining beam frequency information for each directional beam in the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration, wherein the selecting comprises: selecting the directional beam in the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

46. The method of claim 45, further comprising: determining that each directional beam in the set of directional beams operates in separate frequency intervals based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein, determining that each directional beam in the set of directional beams operates in separate frequency intervals comprises: determining that each directional beam in the set of directional beams operates in separate bandwidth parts based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

48. The method of claim 31, further comprising: receiving a system information message comprising the beam configuration, the system information message comprising a system information block, wherein determining the beam configuration comprises: determining the beam configuration associated with the set of directional beams of the network device based at least in part on the system information message.

49. The method of claim 31, further comprising: receiving a radio resource control message comprising the beam configuration, wherein determining the beam configuration comprises: determining the beam configuration associated with the set of directional beams of the network device based at least in part on the radio resource control message.

50. The method of claim 31, wherein, the user equipment (UE) is preconfigured with the beam configuration.

51. The method of claim 31, further comprising: receiving an identifier of the network device via an antenna of the user equipment (UE), wherein the network device comprises a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station; mapping the identifier of the network device to the set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; and associating the set of directional beams with the network device based at least in part on the mapped identifier.

52. The method of claim 31, further comprising: determining that each directional beam in the set of directional beams comprises a single cell based at least in part on the beam configuration.

53. The method of claim 31, further comprising: determining that each directional beam in the set of directional beams comprises separate cells based at least in part on the beam configuration.

54. The method of claim 31, wherein, the network device comprises a satellite.

55. A method for wireless communication at a network device, comprising: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of the network device, the beam configuration including an identifier of the network device and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams, wherein the beam configuration includes beam location information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and beam classification information, wherein the beam classification information includes an orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, the orientation including an angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device; and transmitting the beam configuration to a user equipment (UE).

56. The method of claim 55, further comprising: determining the beam location information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the beam location information includes a center of the coverage area of each directional beam and a boundary of the coverage area of each directional beam.

57. The method of claim 56, wherein, determining the beam location information includes: determining position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

58. The method of claim 57, wherein, determining the position coordinates includes: determining the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam as a function of time.

59. The method of claim 56, wherein, determining the beam location information includes: determining a set of position coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

60. The method of claim 55, further comprising: determining the beam classification information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

61. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to: determining, at the UE, a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a network device, the beam configuration including a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; determining, at the UE, beam location information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration; determining, at the UE, beam classification information associated with the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration; selecting, at the UE, a directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam location information and the beam classification information, wherein the beam classification information includes an orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, the orientation including an angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device; and communicating with the network device using the directional beam.

62. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, To determine the beam location information, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of the network device, the beam configuration including an identifier of the network device and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams, wherein the beam configuration includes beam location information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and beam classification information, wherein the beam classification information includes an orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, the orientation including an angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device; and transmitting the beam configuration to a user equipment (UE). determining a position coordinate of a center of each coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams.

63. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 62, wherein, To determine the position coordinate, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine the position coordinate of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam as a function of time.

64. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, To determine the beam position information, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine a set of position coordinates associated with a boundary of each coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams.

65. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, The code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine a reference directional beam in the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration; and communicate an indication that the beam configuration is based at least in part on use of the reference directional beam, wherein to determine the beam position information, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine a position coordinate of a center of a coverage area of the reference directional beam in the set of directional beams.

66. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 65, wherein, To determine the position coordinate, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine the position coordinate of the center of the coverage area of the reference directional beam as a function of time.

67. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 65, wherein, The code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine other position coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams in the set of directional beams based at least in part on the position coordinate of the center of the coverage area of the reference directional beam and position information associated with the set of directional beams.

68. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 67, wherein, The code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine a scaling factor associated with the coverage area of the reference directional beam, wherein to determine the other position coordinates, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine the other position coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of the other directional beams based at least in part on the coverage area of the reference directional beam scaled by the scaling factor.

69. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, To determine the beam classification information, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine a shape of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, wherein the shape of the coverage area comprises an elliptical shape, a circular shape, or a hexagonal shape, or any combination thereof.

70. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, To determine the beam classification information, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine a size of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, wherein the size of the coverage area corresponds to a major semi-axis associated with each directional beam or a minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam, or both.

71. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, To determine the orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam in the set of directional beams, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine an angle between a short semi-axis associated with each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device.

72. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, To determine the beam classification information, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine a direction of a center of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the direction includes an azimuth angle or a zenith angle or both.

73. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, To determine the beam classification information, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine a width of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

74. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, To determine the beam classification information, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine location coordinates of a center of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on a direction of a center of a coverage area of a directional beam, a width of a directional beam, or a height associated with the network device, or any combination thereof, wherein the network device includes a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station.

75. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, The code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine beam frequency information for each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration, wherein to select, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: select the directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

76. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 75, wherein, The code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in a separate frequency interval based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

77. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 76, wherein, To determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in the separate frequency interval, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in a separate bandwidth part based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

78. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, The code includes instructions executable by the processor to: receive a system information message including the beam configuration, the system information message including a system information block, wherein to determine the beam configuration, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine the beam configuration associated with the set of directional beams of the network device based at least in part on the system information message.

79. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, The code includes instructions executable by the processor to: receive a radio resource control message including the beam configuration, wherein to determine the beam configuration, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine the beam configuration associated with the set of directional beams of the network device based at least in part on the radio resource control message.

80. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, The user equipment (UE) is preconfigured with the beam configuration.

81. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, The code includes instructions executable by the processor to: receive, via an antenna of the user equipment (UE), an identifier of the network device, wherein the network device comprises a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station; map the identifier of the network device to the set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; and associate the set of directional beams with the network device based at least in part on the mapped identifier.

82. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine, based at least in part on the beam configuration, that each directional beam of the set of directional beams comprises a single cell.

83. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine, based at least in part on the beam configuration, that each directional beam of the set of directional beams comprises a separate cell.

84. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein, the network device comprises a satellite.

85. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a network device, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to: determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of the network device, the beam configuration including an identifier of the network device and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams, wherein, the beam configuration comprises beam location information and beam classification information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the beam classification information comprises an orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, the orientation comprising an angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device; and transmit, to a user equipment (UE), the beam configuration.

86. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 85, wherein, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine the beam location information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the beam location information comprises a center of the coverage area of each directional beam and a boundary of the coverage area of each directional beam.

87. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 86, wherein, to determine the beam location information, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

88. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 87, wherein, to determine the position coordinates, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam as a function of time.

89. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 86, wherein, to determine the beam location information, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine a set of position coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

90. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 85, wherein, the code includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine the beam classification information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

91. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising: means for determining, at the UE, a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a network device, the beam configuration comprising a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; means for determining, at the UE, beam position information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration; means for determining, at the UE, beam classification information associated with the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration; means for selecting, at the UE, a directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam position information and the beam classification information, wherein the beam classification information comprises an orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, the orientation comprising an angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device; and means for communicating with the network device using the directional beam.

92. The device of claim 91, wherein, The means for determining the beam position information comprises: means for determining position coordinates of a center of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

93. The device of claim 92, wherein, The means for determining the beam position information comprises: means for determining the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of each directional beam as a function of time.

94. The device of claim 91, wherein, The means for determining the beam position information comprises: means for determining a set of position coordinates associated with a boundary of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

95. The apparatus of claim 91, further comprising: means for determining, based at least in part on the beam configuration, a reference directional beam of the set of directional beams; and means for communicating an indication that the beam configuration is based at least in part on use of the reference directional beam, wherein the means for determining the beam position information comprises: means for determining position coordinates of a center of a coverage area of the reference directional beam of the set of directional beams.

96. The device of claim 95, wherein, The means for determining the position coordinates comprises: means for determining the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of the reference directional beam as a function of time.

97. The apparatus of claim 95, further comprising: means for determining other position coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of other directional beams of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the position coordinates of the center of the coverage area of the reference directional beam and position information associated with the set of directional beams.

98. The apparatus of claim 97, further comprising: means for determining a scaling factor associated with the coverage area of the reference directional beam, wherein the means for determining the other position coordinates comprises: means for determining the other position coordinates of other centers of other coverage areas of the other directional beams based at least in part on the coverage area of the reference directional beam scaled by the scaling factor.

99. The device of claim 91, wherein, The means for determining the beam classification information comprises: means for determining a shape of the coverage area for each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the shape of the coverage area comprises an elliptical shape, a circular shape, or a hexagonal shape, or any combination thereof.

100. The device of claim 91, wherein, The means for determining the beam classification information comprises: means for determining a size of the coverage area for each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the size of the coverage area corresponds to a major semi-axis associated with each directional beam or a minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam, or both.

101. The device of claim 91, wherein, To determine the orientation of the coverage area for each directional beam of the set of directional beams, the apparatus further comprises: means for determining an angle between a minor semi-axis associated with each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device.

102. The device of claim 91, wherein, The means for determining the beam classification information comprises: means for determining a direction of a center of the coverage area for each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the direction comprises an azimuth angle or a zenith angle, or both.

103. The device of claim 91, wherein, The means for determining the beam classification information comprises: means for determining a width of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

104. The device of claim 91, wherein, The means for determining the beam classification information comprises: means for determining position coordinates of a center of each coverage area for each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on a direction of a center of a coverage area of a directional beam, a width of a directional beam, or a height associated with the network device, or any combination thereof, wherein the network device comprises a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station.

105. The apparatus of claim 91, further comprising: means for determining beam frequency information for each directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam configuration, wherein the means for selecting comprises: means for selecting the directional beam of the set of directional beams based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

106. The apparatus of claim 105, further comprising: means for determining that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in a separate frequency interval based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

107. The device of claim 106, wherein, The means for determining that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in the separate frequency interval comprises: means for determining that each directional beam of the set of directional beams operates in a separate bandwidth part based at least in part on the beam frequency information.

108. The apparatus of claim 91, further comprising: means for receiving a system information message comprising the beam configuration, the system information message comprising a system information block, wherein the means for determining the beam configuration comprises: means for determining the beam configuration associated with the set of directional beams of the network device based at least in part on the system information message.

109. The apparatus of claim 91, further comprising: means for receiving a radio resource control message comprising the beam configuration, wherein the means for determining the beam configuration comprises: means for determining the beam configuration associated with the set of directional beams of the network device based at least in part on the radio resource control message.

110. The device of claim 91, wherein, The user equipment (UE) is preconfigured with the beam configuration.

111. The apparatus of claim 91, further comprising: means for receiving an identifier of the network device via an antenna of the user equipment (UE), wherein the network device comprises a non-terrestrial base station or a non-terrestrial relay station; means for mapping the identifier of the network device to the set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams; and means for associating the set of directional beams with the network device based at least in part on the mapped identifier.

112. The apparatus of claim 91, further comprising: means for determining that each directional beam of the set of directional beams comprises a single cell based at least in part on the beam configuration.

113. The apparatus of claim 91, further comprising: means for determining that each directional beam of the set of directional beams comprises a separate cell based at least in part on the beam configuration.

114. The device of claim 91, wherein, The network device comprises a satellite.

115. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network device, comprising: means for determining a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of the network device, the beam configuration comprising an identifier of the network device and a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams, wherein the beam configuration comprises beam location information and beam classification information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the beam classification information comprises an orientation of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, the orientation comprising an angle between a predefined line of the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams and a direction of motion associated with the network device; and means for transmitting the beam configuration to a user equipment (UE).

116. The apparatus of claim 115, further comprising: means for determining the beam location information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams, wherein the beam location information comprises a center of the coverage area of each directional beam and a boundary of the coverage area of each directional beam.

117. The device of claim 116, wherein, The means for determining the beam location information comprises: means for determining position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

118. The device of claim 117, wherein, The means for determining the position coordinates comprises: means for determining the position coordinates of the center of each coverage area of each directional beam as a function of time.

119. The device of claim 116, wherein, The means for determining the beam location information comprises: means for determining a set of position coordinates associated with the boundary of each coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

120. The apparatus of claim 115, further comprising: means for determining the beam classification information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams.

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