Beam failure recovery
By determining N failure detection RS sets and transmitting beam failure recovery information, the complexity and performance trade-off in multi-TRP scenarios is improved, enhancing communication robustness.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/140754
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-19
- Publication Date
- 2025-08-21
AI Technical Summary
Existing beam failure recovery mechanisms for multi-TRP scenarios in wireless communications systems are too complex for implementation and lack sufficient link robustness.
A UE determines N failure detection RS sets associated with M beams, receives configuration for N candidate RS sets, and transmits beam failure recovery information indicating a failed RS set, improving the trade-off between complexity and performance.
This approach enhances beam failure recovery efficiency by optimizing the trade-off between complexity and performance, particularly in multi-TRP scenarios, ensuring robust communication links.
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Abstract
Description
BEAM FAILURE RECOVERYTECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates to wireless communications, and more specifically to a user equipment (UE) , a base station, processors, methods and computer readable media for beam failure recovery (BFR) .BACKGROUND
[0002] A wireless communications system may include one or multiple network communication devices, such as base stations, which may be otherwise known as an eNodeB (eNB) , a next-generation NodeB (gNB) , or other suitable terminology. Each network communication devices, such as a base station may support wireless communications for one or multiple user communication devices, which may be otherwise known as UE, or other suitable terminology. The wireless communications system may support wireless communications with one or multiple user communication devices by utilizing resources of the wireless communication system (e.g., time resources (e.g., symbols, slots, subframes, frames, or the like) or frequency resources (e.g., subcarriers, carriers) . Additionally, the wireless communications system may support wireless communications across various radio access technologies including third generation (3G) radio access technology, fourth generation (4G) radio access technology, fifth generation (5G) radio access technology, among other suitable radio access technologies beyond 5G (e.g., sixth generation (6G) ) .
[0003] Transmission-reception point (TRP) -specific beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) is specified in 3GPP release 17 which only supports two TRPs. While in the future, more than 2 TRPs may serve a UE simultaneously. For multi-TRP (more than 2 TRPs) scenario, TRP-specific BFRQ may be too complicate for implementation. Therefore, beam failure recovery for multi-TRP scenario may need to be further optimized and improved.SUMMARY
[0004] The present disclosure relates to a UE, a base station, processors, methods and computer readable media for beam failure recovery. With the UE, base station, processors and methods, a trade-off between complexity and performance of the beam failure recovery may be improved, especially for multi-TRP (more than 2 TRPs) scenario.
[0005] Some implementations of a UE described herein may include a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to: determine N failure detection reference signal (RS) sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; receive, from a base station via the transceiver, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and transmit, to the base station via the transceiver, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set.
[0006] In some implementations, the processor is configured to determine the N failure detection RS sets by one of the following: receiving, from the base station via the transceiver, associations between the N failure detection RS sets and the M beams; receiving, from the base station via the transceiver, associations between the M beams and M transmission-reception point (TRP) identifiers (IDs) , and associations between the M TRP IDs and the N failure detection RS sets; or receiving, from the base station via the transceiver, associations between the M beams and N timing advance groups (TAGs) , and associations between the N TAGs and the N failure detection RS sets.
[0007] In some implementations, at least one failure detection RS in a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is associated with at least one beam associated with the failure detection RS set, or is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) message.
[0008] In some implementations, the at least one failure detection RS in the failure detection RS set is configured by the RRC message, and a number of the at least one failure detection RS in the failure detection RS set is same as a number of beams associated with the failure detection RS set.
[0009] In some implementations, the failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed based on detecting qualities of all RSs in the failure detection RS set are lower than a threshold.
[0010] In some implementations, the processor is further configured to: determine at least one new beam for the failed failure detection RS set, if a quality of the at least one new beam is not lower than a threshold, wherein the at least one new beam is selected from a candidate RS set associated with the failed failure detection RS set of the N candidate RS sets, wherein the beam failure recovery information further comprises a new beam present indication and a new beam indication indicating an index of each of the at least one new beam.
[0011] In some implementations, a candidate RS set of the N candidate RS sets comprises a number of candidate RS subsets, wherein the number is same as a number of beams associated with a failure detection RS set corresponding to the candidate RS set, and each of the candidate RS subsets is associated with one beam associated with the failure detection RS set.
[0012] In some implementations, the new beam present indication indicates whether a new beam associated with a corresponding candidate RS subset for the failed failure detection RS set is present.
[0013] In some implementations, each of the at least one new beam selected from a candidate RS subset associated with a beam of the M beams is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with the beam after a time offset from a last symbol of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception with a DCI format scheduling a second physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission with a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled new data indicator (NDI) field value.
[0014] In some implementations, the new beam present indication indicates whether a new beam associated with the corresponding candidate RS set for the failed failure detection RS set is present.
[0015] In some implementations, the new beam is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with any beam which is associated with the failed failure detection RS set after a time offset from a last symbol of a PDCCH reception with a DCI format scheduling a second PUSCH transmission with a same HARQ process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value.
[0016] In some implementations, the new beam present indication indicates a number of the at least one new beam associated with the corresponding candidate RS set for the failed failure detection RS set is present.
[0017] In some implementations, a new beam of the at least one new beam is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with a beam of all beams associated with the failed failure detection RS set with a same index of the new beam after a time offset from a last symbol of a PDCCH reception with a DCI format scheduling a second PUSCH transmission with a same HARQ process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value.
[0018] In some implementations, the beam failure recovery information is transmitted by a beam failure recovery medium access control control element (MAC CE) .
[0019] Some implementations of a base station described herein may include a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to: determine N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; transmit, to a UE via the transceiver, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and receive, from the UE via the transceiver, beam failure recovery information, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets that is detected as failed.
[0020] In some implementations, the processor is further configured to perform one of the following: transmitting, to the UE via the transceiver, associations between the N failure detection RS sets and the M beams; transmitting, to the UE via the transceiver, associations between the M beams and M TRP IDs, and associations between the M TRP IDs and the N failure detection RS sets; or transmitting, to the UE via the transceiver, associations between the M beams and N TAGs, and associations between the N TAGs and the N failure detection RS sets.
[0021] In some implementations, at least one failure detection RS in a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is associated with at least one beam associated with the failure detection RS set.
[0022] In some implementations, the processor is further configured to: transmit, to the UE via the transceiver, an RRC message comprising at least one failure detection RS in a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets.
[0023] In some implementations, a number of the at least one failure detection RS in the failure detection RS set is same as a number of beams associated with the failure detection RS set.
[0024] In some implementations, the failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed based on that qualities of all RSs in the failure detection RS set are lower than a threshold.
[0025] In some implementations, the beam failure recovery information further comprises a new beam present indication and a new beam indication indicating an index of each of at least one new beam selected from a candidate RS set associated with the failed failure detection RS set of the N candidate RS sets.
[0026] In some implementations, a candidate RS set of the N candidate RS sets comprises a number of candidate RS subsets, wherein the number is same as a number of beams associated with a failure detection RS set corresponding to the candidate RS set, and each of the candidate RS subsets is associated with one beam associated with the failure detection RS set.
[0027] In some implementations, the new beam present indication indicates whether a new beam associated with a corresponding candidate RS subset for the failed failure detection RS set is present.
[0028] In some implementations, each of the at least one new beam selected from a candidate RS subset associated with a beam of the M beams is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with the beam after a time offset from a last symbol of a PDCCH reception with a DCI format scheduling a second PUSCH transmission with a same HARQ process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value.
[0029] In some implementations, the new beam present indication indicates whether a new beam associated with the corresponding candidate RS set for the failed failure detection RS set is present.
[0030] In some implementations, the new beam is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with any beam which is associated with the failed failure detection RS set after a time offset from a last symbol of a PDCCH reception with a DCI format scheduling a second PUSCH transmission with a same HARQ process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value.
[0031] In some implementations, the new beam present indication indicates a number of the at least one new beam associated with the corresponding candidate RS set for the failed failure detection RS set is present.
[0032] In some implementations, a new beam of the at least one new beam is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with a beam of all beams associated with the failed failure detection RS set with a same index of the new beam after a time offset from a last symbol of a PDCCH reception with a DCI format scheduling a second PUSCH transmission with a same HARQ process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value.
[0033] In some implementations, the beam failure recovery information is transmitted by a beam failure recovery MAC CE.
[0034] Some implementations of a method described herein may include: determining, N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; receiving, from a base station, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and transmitting, to the base station, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set.
[0035] Some implementations of a method described herein may include: determining, N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; transmitting, to a UE, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and receiving, from the UE, beam failure recovery information, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets that is detected as failed.
[0036] Some implementations of a processor described herein may include at least one memory and a controller coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the controller to: determine N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; receive, from a base station, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and transmit, to the base station, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set.
[0037] Some implementations of a processor described herein may include at least one memory and a controller coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the controller to: determine N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; transmit, to a UE, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and receive, from the UE, beam failure recovery information, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets that is detected as failed.
[0038] Some implementations of a computer readable medium described herein may include instructions stored thereon. The instructions, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: determine N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; receive, from a base station, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and transmit, to the base station, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set.
[0039] Some implementations of a computer readable medium described herein may include instructions stored thereon. The instructions, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: determine N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; transmit, to a UE, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and receive, from the UE, beam failure recovery information, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets that is detected as failed.
[0040] It is to be understood that the summary section is not intended to identify key or essential features of embodiments of the present disclosure, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Other features of the present disclosure will become easily comprehensible through the following description.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0041] Fig. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure;
[0042] Fig. 2 illustrates a signaling chart illustrating an example process for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure;
[0043] Fig. 3 illustrates an example of a device for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure;
[0044] Fig. 4 illustrates an example of a processor for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure;
[0045] Fig. 5 illustrates a flowchart of a method for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure; and
[0046] Fig. 6 illustrates a flowchart of another method for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0047] Principles of the present disclosure will now be described with reference to some embodiments. It is to be understood that these embodiments are described only for the purpose of illustration and help those skilled in the art to understand and implement the present disclosure, without suggesting any limitation as to the scope of the disclosure. The disclosure described herein may be implemented in various manners other than the ones described less than or equal to.
[0048] In the following description and claims, unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skills in the art to which this disclosure belongs.
[0049] References in the present disclosure to “one embodiment, ” “an example embodiment, ” “an embodiment, ” “some embodiments, ” and the like indicate that the embodiment (s) described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but it is not necessary that every embodiment includes the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment (s) . Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.
[0050] It shall be understood that although the terms “first” and “second” or the like may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another element. For example, a first element could also be termed as a second element, and similarly, a second element could also be termed as a first element, without departing from the scope of embodiments. As used herein, the term “and / or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the listed terms.
[0051] The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a” , “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” , “comprising” , “has” , “having” , “includes” and / or “including” , when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, elements, and / or components etc., but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components and / or combinations thereof.
[0052] In view of the above, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for beam failure recovery. In this solution, a UE determines N failure detection reference signal (RS) sets which are associated with M beams. N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N. The UE receives, from a base station, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets. The UE transmits, to the base station, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed. The beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set. With this solution, a trade-off between complexity and performance of the beam failure recovery may be improved.
[0053] Aspects of the present disclosure are described in the context of a wireless communications system.
[0054] Fig. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 100 for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The wireless communications system 100 may include one at least one of network entities 102 (also referred to as network equipment (NE) ) , one or more terminal devices or UEs 104, a core network 106, and a packet data network 108. The wireless communications system 100 may support various radio access technologies. In some implementations, the wireless communications system 100 may be a 4G network, such as an LTE network or an LTE-advanced (LTE-A) network. In some other implementations, the wireless communications system 100 may be a 5G network, such as an NR network. In other implementations, the wireless communications system 100 may be a combination of a 4G network and a 5G network, or other suitable radio access technology including institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi) , IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) , IEEE 802.20. The wireless communications system 100 may support radio access technologies beyond 5G. Additionally, the wireless communications system 100 may support technologies, such as time division multiple access (TDMA) , frequency division multiple access (FDMA) , or code division multiple access (CDMA) , etc.
[0055] The network entities 102 may be collectively referred to as network entities 102 or individually referred to as a network entity 102.
[0056] The network entities 102 may be dispersed throughout a geographic region to form the wireless communications system 100. One or more of the network entities 102 described herein may be or include or may be referred to as a network node, a base station (BS) , a network element, a radio access network (RAN) node, a base transceiver station, an access point, a NodeB, an eNodeB (eNB) , a next-generation NodeB (gNB) , or other suitable terminology. A network entity 102 and a UE 104 may communicate via a communication link 110, which may be a wireless or wired connection. For example, a network entity 102 and a UE 104 may perform wireless communication (e.g., receive signaling, transmit signaling) over a Uu interface. The network entities 102 may be collectively referred to as network entities 102 or individually referred to as a network entity 102. Hereinafter, some implementations of the present disclosure will be described by taking a base station as an example of the network entity 102. Thus, the network entity 102 may be used interchangeably with the base station 102.
[0057] A network entity 102 may provide a geographic coverage area 112 for which the network entity 102 may support services (e.g., voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, etc. ) for one or more UEs 104 within the geographic coverage area 112. For example, a network entity 102 and a UE 104 may support wireless communication of signals related to services (e.g., voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, etc. ) according to one or multiple radio access technologies. In some implementations, a network entity 102 may be moveable, for example, a satellite associated with a non-terrestrial network. In some implementations, different geographic coverage areas 112 associated with the same or different radio access technologies may overlap, but the different geographic coverage areas 112 may be associated with different network entities 102. Information and signals described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
[0058] The one or more UEs 104 may be dispersed throughout a geographic region of the wireless communications system 100. A UE 104 may include or may be referred to as a mobile device, a wireless device, a remote device, a remote unit, a handheld device, or a subscriber device, or some other suitable terminology. In some implementations, the UE 104 may be referred to as a unit, a station, a terminal, or a client, among other examples. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE 104 may be referred to as an internet-of-things (IoT) device, an internet-of-everything (IoE) device, or machine-type communication (MTC) device, among other examples. In some implementations, a UE 104 may be stationary in the wireless communications system 100. In some other implementations, a UE 104 may be mobile in the wireless communications system 100.
[0059] The one or more UEs 104 may be devices in different forms or having different capabilities. Some examples of UEs 104 are illustrated in Fig. 1. A UE 104 may be capable of communicating with various types of devices, such as the network entities 102, other UEs 104, or network equipment (e.g., the core network 106, the packet data network 108, a relay device, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, or another network equipment) , as shown in Fig. 1. Additionally, or alternatively, a UE 104 may support communication with other network entities 102 or UEs 104, which may act as relays in the wireless communications system 100.
[0060] A UE 104 may also be able to support wireless communication directly with other UEs 104 over a communication link 114. For example, a UE 104 may support wireless communication directly with another UE 104 over a device-to-device (D2D) communication link. In some implementations, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) deployments, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) deployments, or cellular-V2X deployments, the communication link 114 may be referred to as a sidelink. For example, a UE 104 may support wireless communication directly with another UE 104 over a PC5 interface. A UE 104 may be an A-IoT device.
[0061] A network entity 102 may support communications with the core network 106, or with another network entity 102, or both. For example, a network entity 102 may interface with the core network 106 through one or more backhaul links 116 (e.g., via an S1, N2, N3, or another network interface) . The network entities 102 may communicate with each other over the backhaul links 116 (e.g., via an X2, Xn, or another network interface) . In some implementations, the network entities 102 may communicate with each other directly (e.g., between the network entities 102) . In some other implementations, the network entities 102 may communicate with each other or indirectly (e.g., via the core network 106) . In some implementations, one or more network entities 102 may include subcomponents, such as an access network entity, which may be an example of an access node controller (ANC) . An ANC may communicate with the one or more UEs 104 through one or more other access network transmission entities, which may be referred to as a radio heads, smart radio heads, or transmission-reception points (TRPs) . A network entity 102 may be a reader for an A-IoT device.
[0062] In some implementations, a network entity 102 may be configured in a disaggregated architecture, which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack physically or logically distributed among two or more network entities 102, such as an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, an open radio access network (O-RAN) (e.g., a network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance) , or a virtualized RAN (vRAN) (e.g., a cloud RAN (C-RAN) ) . For example, a network entity 102 may include one or more of a central unit (CU) , a distributed unit (DU) , a radio unit (RU) , a RAN intelligent controller (RIC) (e.g., a near-real time RIC (Near-RT RIC) , a non-real time RIC (Non-RT RIC) ) , a service management and orchestration (SMO) system, or any combination thereof.
[0063] An RU may also be referred to as a radio head, a smart radio head, a remote radio head (RRH) , a remote radio unit (RRU) , or a transmission reception point (TRP) . One or more components of the network entities 102 in a disaggregated RAN architecture may be co-located, or one or more components of the network entities 102 may be located in distributed locations (e.g., separate physical locations) . In some implementations, one or more network entities 102 of a disaggregated RAN architecture may be implemented as virtual units (e.g., a virtual CU (VCU) , a virtual DU (VDU) , a virtual RU (VRU) ) .
[0064] Split of functionality between a CU, a DU, and an RU may be flexible and may support different functionalities depending upon which functions (e.g., network layer functions, protocol layer functions, baseband functions, radio frequency functions, and any combinations thereof) are performed at a CU, a DU, or an RU. For example, a functional split of a protocol stack may be employed between a CU and a DU such that the CU may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the DU may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. In some implementations, the CU may host upper protocol layer (e.g., a layer 3 (L3) , a layer 2 (L2) ) functionality and signaling (e.g., radio resource control (RRC) , service data adaption protocol (SDAP) , packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) ) . The CU may be connected to one or more DUs or RUs, and the one or more DUs or RUs may host lower protocol layers, such as a layer 1 (L1) (e.g., physical (PHY) layer) or an L2 (e.g., radio link control (RLC) layer, medium access control (MAC) layer) functionality and signaling, and may each be at least partially controlled by the CU 160.
[0065] Additionally, or alternatively, a functional split of the protocol stack may be employed between a DU and an RU such that the DU may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the RU may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. The DU may support one or multiple different cells (e.g., via one or more RUs) . In some implementations, a functional split between a CU and a DU, or between a DU and an RU may be within a protocol layer (e.g., some functions for a protocol layer may be performed by one of a CU, a DU, or an RU, while other functions of the protocol layer are performed by a different one of the CU, the DU, or the RU) .
[0066] A CU may be functionally split further into CU control plane (CU-CP) and CU user plane (CU-UP) functions. A CU may be connected to one or more DUs via a midhaul communication link (e.g., F1, F1-c, F1-u) , and a DU may be connected to one or more RUs via a fronthaul communication link (e.g., open fronthaul (FH) interface) . In some implementations, a midhaul communication link or a fronthaul communication link may be implemented in accordance with an interface (e.g., a channel) between layers of a protocol stack supported by respective network entities 102 that are in communication via such communication links.
[0067] The core network 106 may support user authentication, access authorization, tracking, connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. The core network 106 may be an evolved packet core (EPC) , or a 5G core (5GC) , which may include a control plane entity that manages access and mobility (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME) , an access and mobility management functions (AMF) ) and a user plane entity that routes packets or interconnects to external networks (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW) , a packet data network (PDN) gateway (P-GW) , or a user plane function (UPF) ) . In some implementations, the control plane entity may manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions, such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management (e.g., data bearers, signal bearers, etc. ) for the one or more UEs 104 served by the one or more network entities 102 associated with the core network 106.
[0068] The core network 106 may communicate with the packet data network 108 over one or more backhaul links 116 (e.g., via an S1, N2, N2, or another network interface) . The packet data network 108 may include an application server 118. In some implementations, one or more UEs 104 may communicate with the application server 118. A UE 104 may establish a session (e.g., a protocol data unit (PDU) session, or the like) with the core network 106 via a network entity 102. The core network 106 may route traffic (e.g., control information, data, and the like) between the UE 104 and the application server 118 using the established session (e.g., the established PDU session) . The PDU session may be an example of a logical connection between the UE 104 and the core network 106 (e.g., one or more network functions of the core network 106) .
[0069] In the wireless communications system 100, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may use resources of the wireless communications system 100 (e.g., time resources (e.g., symbols, slots, subframes, frames, or the like) or frequency resources (e.g., subcarriers, carriers) ) to perform various operations (e.g., wireless communications) . In some implementations, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may support different resource structures. For example, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may support different frame structures. In some implementations, such as in 4G, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may support a single frame structure. In some other implementations, such as in 5G and among other suitable radio access technologies, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may support various frame structures (i.e., multiple frame structures) . The network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may support various frame structures based on one or more numerologies.
[0070] One or more numerologies may be supported in the wireless communications system 100, and a numerology may include a subcarrier spacing and a cyclic prefix. A first numerology (e.g., μ=0) may be associated with a first subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix. In some implementations, the first numerology (e.g., μ=0) associated with the first subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz) may utilize one slot per subframe. A second numerology (e.g., μ=1) may be associated with a second subcarrier spacing (e.g., 30 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix. A third numerology (e.g., μ=2) may be associated with a third subcarrier spacing (e.g., 60 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix or an extended cyclic prefix. A fourth numerology (e.g., μ=3) may be associated with a fourth subcarrier spacing (e.g., 120 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix. A fifth numerology (e.g., μ=4) may be associated with a fifth subcarrier spacing (e.g., 240 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix.
[0071] A time interval of a resource (e.g., a communication resource) may be organized according to frames (also referred to as radio frames) . Each frame may have a duration, for example, a 10 millisecond (ms) duration. In some implementations, each frame may include multiple subframes. For example, each frame may include 10 subframes, and each subframe may have a duration, for example, a 1 ms duration. In some implementations, each frame may have the same duration. In some implementations, each subframe of a frame may have the same duration.
[0072] Additionally or alternatively, a time interval of a resource (e.g., a communication resource) may be organized according to slots. For example, a subframe may include a number (e.g., quantity) of slots. The number of slots in each subframe may also depend on the one or more numerologies supported in the wireless communications system 100. For instance, the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth numerologies (i.e., μ=0, μ=1, μ=2, μ=3, μ=4) associated with respective subcarrier spacings of 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, and 240 kHz may utilize a single slot per subframe, two slots per subframe, four slots per subframe, eight slots per subframe, and 16 slots per subframe, respectively. Each slot may include a number (e.g., quantity) of symbols (e.g., OFDM symbols) . In some implementations, the number (e.g., quantity) of slots for a subframe may depend on a numerology. For a normal cyclic prefix, a slot may include 14 symbols. For an extended cyclic prefix (e.g., applicable for 60 kHz subcarrier spacing) , a slot may include 12 symbols. The relationship between the number of symbols per slot, the number of slots per subframe, and the number of slots per frame for a normal cyclic prefix and an extended cyclic prefix may depend on a numerology. It should be understood that reference to a first numerology (e.g., μ=0) associated with a first subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz) may be used interchangeably between subframes and slots.
[0073] In the wireless communications system 100, an electromagnetic (EM) spectrum may be split, based on frequency or wavelength, into various classes, frequency bands, frequency channels, etc. By way of example, the wireless communications system 100 may support one or multiple operating frequency bands, such as frequency range designations FR1 (510 MHz –7.125 GHz) , FR2 (24.25 GHz –52.6 GHz) , FR3 (7.125 GHz –24.25 GHz) , FR4 (52.6 GHz –114.25 GHz) , FR4a or FR4-1 (52.6 GHz –71 GHz) , and FR5 (114.25 GHz –300 GHz) . In some implementations, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may perform wireless communications over one or more of the operating frequency bands. In some implementations, FR1 may be used by the network entities 102 and the UEs 104, among other equipment or devices for cellular communications traffic (e.g., control information, data) . In some implementations, FR2 may be used by the network entities 102 and the UEs 104, among other equipment or devices for short-range, high data rate capabilities.
[0074] FR1 may be associated with one or multiple numerologies (e.g., at least three numerologies) . For example, FR1 may be associated with a first numerology (e.g., μ=0) , which includes 15 kHz subcarrier spacing; a second numerology (e.g., μ=1) , which includes 30 kHz subcarrier spacing; and a third numerology (e.g., μ=2) , which includes 60 kHz subcarrier spacing. FR2 may be associated with one or multiple numerologies (e.g., at least 2 numerologies) . For example, FR2 may be associated with a third numerology (e.g., μ=2) , which includes 60 kHz subcarrier spacing; and a fourth numerology (e.g., μ=3) , which includes 120 kHz subcarrier spacing.
[0075] For two TRPs scenario, TRP-specific beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) may be implemented. Two failure detection RS sets and two candidate RS sets may be determined for the two TRPs. And two dedicated physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources may be configured for each TRP for notifying beam failure of the TRP. A gNB may schedule a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) carrying a medium access control control element (MAC CE) where for each failed TRP, one new beam selected from a candidate RS set associated with the failed TRP is reported in the MAC CE. The gNB may confirm the MAC CE by scheduling a new PUSCH with a same HARQ process number as the PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery (BFR) MAC CE.After the confirmation, a beam of a downlink (DL) / uplink (UL) channel or RS associated with each failed TRP may be updated as a reported new beam associated with the failed TRP. While in cell-specific BFRQ, one failure detection RS set and one candidate RS set may be determined for all TRPs. Only all TRPs are failed, BFRQ may be triggered in cell-specific BFRQ, the link robustness is not high.
[0076] For more than 2 TRPs scenario, if reusing TRP-specific BFRQ, the complexity is much higher, while if reusing cell-specific BFRQ, the link robustness is not enough. In order to get a tradeoff between complexity and performance, a group specific beam failure recovery is proposed.
[0077] Fig. 2 illustrates a signaling chart illustrating an example process 200 for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The process 200 may involve the UE 104 and the base station 102. For the purpose of discussion, the process 200 will be described with reference to Fig. 1. With the process 200, a trade-off between complexity and performance of the beam failure recovery may be improved, especially for multi-TRP (more than 2 TRPs) scenario.
[0078] As shown in Fig. 2, the UE 104 may determine 210 N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams. The M beams may be M indicated beams associated with M TRPs respectively. N may be greater than 1 and M may be greater than N. Accordingly, the base station 102 may also determine 220 N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams.
[0079] In some implementations, the base station 102 may determine the N failure detection RS sets, and transmit, to the UE 104, associations between the M beams and M TRP identifiers (IDs) , and associations between the M TRP IDs and the N failure detection RS sets. Accordingly, the UE 104 may determine the N failure detection RS sets by receiving the associations between the M beams and M TRP IDs, and the associations between the M TRP IDs and the N failure detection RS sets. Besides, the UE 104 may determine the N failure detection RS sets by receiving the association between the M beams and the N failure detection RS sets.
[0080] In some other implementations, the base station 102 may determine the N failure detection RS sets, and transmit, to the UE 104, associations between the M beams and N timing advance groups (TAGs) , and associations between the N TAGs and the N failure detection RS sets. Accordingly, the UE 104 may determine the N failure detection RS sets by receiving the associations between the M beams and N TAGs, and the associations between the N TAGs and the N failure detection RS sets.
[0081] In some implementations, the M TRP IDs may be associated with N TRP group IDs, and N TRP group IDs may be associated with N failure detection RS sets. In some other implementations, the M beams may be associated with N TRP group IDs, and N TRP group IDs may be associated with N failure detection RS sets. In some other implementations, the N TAGs may be associated with N TRP group IDs, and N TRP group IDs may be associated with N failure detection RS sets. In some other implementations, M transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states or M beams may correspond to M TRP. N TCI beam groups or TCI state groups associated with the M TCI states or the M beams may be associated with N group IDs (such as coresetPoolIndex value) . In this sense, TRPs in a TRP group corresponding to a coresetPoolIndex may be used for single-downlink control information (DCI) mode, while TRPs from different TRP group corresponding to different coresetPoolIndex may be used for multi-DCI.
[0082] For example, a beam #1 may correspond to a TRP #1, a beam #2 may correspond to a TRP #2, a beam #3 may correspond to a TRP #3, a beam #4 may correspond to a TRP #4. The TRP #1 and TRP #2 may correspond to a failure detection RS set #1, the TRP #3 and TRP #4 may correspond to a failure detection RS set #2; or the TRP #1 and TRP #2 may correspond to a TRP group #1, the TRP group #1 may correspond to a failure detection RS set #1, the TRP #3 and TRP #4 may correspond to a TRP group #2, the TRP group #2 may correspond to a failure detection RS set #2. As another example, a beam #1 and a beam #2 may correspond to a TRP group #1, a beam #3 and a beam #4 may correspond to a TRP group #2. The TRP group #1 may correspond to a failure detection RS set #1, the TRP group #2 may correspond to a failure detection RS set #2. As another example, a beam #1 and a beam #2 may correspond to a failure detection RS set #1 according to RRC configuration, a beam #3 and a beam #4 may correspond to a failure detection RS set #2 according to RRC configuration.
[0083] In some implementations, the TRP ID may be CORESETPoolIndex in 5G, or any other parameter. In some implementations, the associations between the M beams, the M TRP IDs, the N TRP group IDs, the N TAGs and / or the N failure detection RS sets may be indicated by a MAC CE or configured by an RRC message.
[0084] In some implementations, at least one failure detection RS in a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets may be associated with at least one beam associated with the failure detection RS set. In some implementations, each one of the at least one beam may determine a failure detection RS. In some implementations, the at least one beam may comprise all beams associated with the failure detection RS set. In some other implementations, the at least one beam may comprise at least one beam which is configured or can be used for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception associated with the corresponding failure detection RS set.
[0085] In some other implementations, at least one failure detection RS in a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is configured by an RRC message. In some implementations, a number of the at least one failure detection RS is same as a number of beams associated with the corresponding failure detection RS set. In some implementations, a maximum number of beams in a failure detection RS set and a maximum total number of beams across all the N failure detection RS sets may be subjective to UE capability.
[0086] As shown in Fig. 2, the base station 102 may transmit 230, to the UE 104, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets. Accordingly, the UE 104 may receive the configuration from the base station 102. Each of the N failure detection RS sets may correspond to a candidate RS set. In some implementations, one candidate RS set may comprise at least one RS. In some implementations, a maximum number of beams in a candidate RS set and the maximum total number of beams across all the N candidate RS sets may be subjective to UE capability.
[0087] In some implementations, a candidate RS set of the N candidate RS sets may comprise a number of candidate RS subsets. The number may be same as a number of beams associated with a failure detection RS set corresponding to the candidate RS set. And each of a number of candidate RS subsets associated with a failure detection RS set is associated with one beam of beams associated with the failure detection RS set of M beams. In some implementations, one candidate RS subset may comprise at least one RS. In some implementations, a maximum number of beams in a candidate RS subset may be subjective to UE capability.
[0088] As shown in Fig. 2, the UE 104 may transmit 240, to the base station 102, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed. The beam failure recovery information may comprise a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set. Accordingly, the base station 102 may receive the beam failure recovery information from the UE 104.
[0089] In some implementations, the beam failure recovery information may be transmitted by a beam failure recovery MAC CE.
[0090] In some implementations, the failed failure detection RS set indication may comprise N bits, the ith (i=1, …, N) bit of the N bits may be used to indicate whether the ith failure detection RS set is failed. For example, ‘0’ indicates the corresponding failure detection RS set is not failed, while ‘1’ indicates the corresponding failure detection RS set is failed.
[0091] In some implementations, the at least one failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed based on detecting qualities of all RSs in the at least one failure detection RS set are lower than a threshold. How to determine the quality of a RS in a failure detection RS set may reuse a normal scheme, for example, specified in 3GPP Release 15.
[0092] In some implementations, the UE 104 may determine at least one new beam for the at least one failure detection RS set if quality of at least one new beam selected from a candidate RS set associated with the at least one failure detection RS set is not lower than a configured threshold. The at least one new beam is associated with a candidate RS set of the N candidate RS sets. The beam failure recovery information may further comprise a new beam present indication and a new beam indication indicating an index of each of the at least one new beam.
[0093] In some implementations, each of the at least one new beam is associated with a candidate RS subset of the candidate RS set. In some implementations, the new beam present indication indicates whether a new beam associated with a corresponding candidate RS subset for the failed failure detection RS set is present. For example, for each failed failure detection RS sets including K beams, the jith (i=1, …, Nfailed, j=1, …, K) bit of K bits are used to indicate whether a new beam is present for the ith failed beam. For example, ‘0’ indicates a new beam is not present for a corresponding beam while ‘1’ indicates a new beam is present for a corresponding beam. It should be noted that there may be no new beam that can be find from the candidate RS subset since no RS in the candidate RS subset has a quality not lower than a threshold. How to determine the quality of a RS in a candidate RS subset may reuse normal scheme, for example, specified in 3GPP Release 15. Besides, for each new beam which is indicated by the new beam present indication, a new beam index indication will indicate the index of the new beam from the corresponding candidate RS set and candidate RS subset.
[0094] In some implementations, each of the at least one new beam selected from a candidate RS subset associated with a beam of the M beams is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with the beam after a time offset from a last symbol of a PDCCH reception with a DCI format scheduling a second PUSCH transmission with a same HARQ process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value.
[0095] In some implementations, the time offset may be X symbols or X slots or X milliseconds. The value of X may be configured or predefined according to UE capability.
[0096] In some implementations, the new beam present indication indicates whether a new beam associated with the corresponding candidate RS set for the failed failure detection RS set is present. For example, the ith (i=1, …, Nfailed) bit of Nfailed bits is used to indicate whether a new beam associated with the ith failed failure detection RS set is present. For example, ‘0’ indicates a new beam is not present for a corresponding failed failure detection RS sets, while ‘1’ indicates a new beam is present for a corresponding failed failure detection RS sets. It should be noted that there may be no new beam that can be find from the candidate RS set since no RS in the candidate RS set has a quality not lower than a threshold. How to determine the quality of a RS in a candidate RS set may reuse normal scheme, for example, specified in 3GPP Release 15. Besides, for each new beam which is indicated by the new beam present indication, a new beam index indication will indicate the index of the new beam from the corresponding candidate RS set.
[0097] In some implementations, the new beam is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with any beam which is associated with the failed failure detection RS set after a time offset from a last symbol of a PDCCH reception with a DCI format scheduling a second PUSCH transmission with a same HARQ process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value.
[0098] In some implementations, the time offset may be X symbols or X slots or X milliseconds. The value of X may be configured or predefined according to UE capability.
[0099] In some implementations, the new beam present indication indicates a number of the at least one new beam associated with the corresponding candidate RS set for the failed failure detection RS set is present. The number may be up to a number of beams in the failed failure detection RS set. For example, if K is the number of beams in the failed failure detection RS set, then the new beam present indication for the failed failure detection RS set has a bit width of ceil (log2 (K) ) (at least one beam will be found for a failed beam) or ceil (log2 (K+1) ) (no beam may be found for a failed beam) . The new beam present indication may also be referred to as the new beam number indication. It should be noted that there may be no new beam that can be find from the candidate RS set since no RS in the candidate RS set has a quality not lower than a threshold. How to determine the quality of a RS in a candidate RS set may reuse normal scheme, for example, specified in 3GPP Release 15. For each of the at least one new beam associated with the failed failure detection RS set, each reported beam, a new beam index indication will indicate the index of the new beam from the corresponding candidate RS set.
[0100] In some implementations, a new beam of the at least one new beam is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with a beam of all beams associated with the failed failure detection RS set with a same index of the new beam after a time offset from a last symbol of a PDCCH reception with a DCI format scheduling a second PUSCH transmission with a same HARQ process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value.
[0101] In some implementations, the time offset may be X symbols or X slots or X milliseconds. The value of X may be configured or predefined according to UE capability.
[0102] In some implementations, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102, a beam failure recovery request carried by a dedicated PUCCH resource to request uplink resource for the beam failure recovery information. Accordingly, the base station 102 may receive the beam failure recovery request from the UE 104. The dedicated PUCCH resource may be associated with the failed failure detection RS set or configured for all the failure detection RS sets. It is to be understood that the beam failure recovery information in a MAC CE may be transmitted on the requested uplink resource (e.g. a PUSCH) by the dedicated PUCCH resource or other uplink resource (e.g. a nearest available PUSCH) .
[0103] In some other implementations where only a primary cell (PCell) is configured and all failure detection RS sets are failed, a RACH procedure may be triggered to transmit beam failure recovery information.
[0104] In some implementations, the base station 102 may transmit, to the UE 104, a UL grant to schedule a PUSCH with a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number of a PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value in order to confirm the reception of the beam failure recovery information. Accordingly, the UE 104 may receive the UL grant from the base station 102.
[0105] So far, solutions of beam failure recovery are described in connection with the process 200. It is to be noted that operations or steps described in the process 200 may be carried out separately or in any suitable combinations.
[0106] Fig. 3 illustrates an example of a device 300 for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The device 300 may be an example of a network entity 102 or a UE 104 as described herein. The device 300 may support wireless communication with one or more network entities 102, UEs 104, or any combination thereof. The device 300 may include components for bi-directional communications including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a processor 302, a memory 304, a transceiver 306, and, optionally, an I / O controller 308. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more interfaces (e.g., buses) .
[0107] The processor 302, the memory 304, the transceiver 306, or various combinations thereof or various components thereof may be examples of means for performing various aspects of the present disclosure as described herein. For example, the processor 302, the memory 304, the transceiver 306, or various combinations or components thereof may support a method for performing one or more of the operations described herein.
[0108] In some implementations, the processor 302, the memory 304, the transceiver 306, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry) . The hardware may include a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) , an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure. In some implementations, the processor 302 and the memory 304 coupled with the processor 302 may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., executing, by the processor 302, instructions stored in the memory 304) .
[0109] For example, the processor 302 may support wireless communication at the device 300 in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The processor 302 may be configured to operable to support a means for performing the following: determining, N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; receiving, from a base station, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and transmitting, to the base station, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set.
[0110] Alternatively, in some implementations, the processor 302 may be configured to operable to support a means for performing the following: determining, N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) , a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and receiving, from the UE, beam failure recovery information, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets that is detected as failed.
[0111] The processor 302 may include an intelligent hardware device (e.g., a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, a microcontroller, an ASIC, an FPGA, a programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic component, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof) . In some implementations, the processor 302 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other implementations, a memory controller may be integrated into the processor 302. The processor 302 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., the memory 304) to cause the device 300 to perform various functions of the present disclosure.
[0112] The memory 304 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM) . The memory 304 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code including instructions that, when executed by the processor 302 cause the device 300 to perform various functions described herein. The code may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some implementations, the code may not be directly executable by the processor 302 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some implementations, the memory 304 may include, among other things, a basic I / O system (BIOS) which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.
[0113] The I / O controller 308 may manage input and output signals for the device 300. The I / O controller 308 may also manage peripherals not integrated into the device M02. In some implementations, the I / O controller 308 may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral. In some implementations, the I / O controller 308 may utilize an operating system such as or another known operating system. In some implementations, the I / O controller 308 may be implemented as part of a processor, such as the processor 306. In some implementations, a user may interact with the device 300 via the I / O controller 308 or via hardware components controlled by the I / O controller 308.
[0114] In some implementations, the device 300 may include a single antenna 310. However, in some other implementations, the device 300 may have more than one antenna 310 (i.e., multiple antennas) , including multiple antenna panels or antenna arrays, which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. The transceiver 306 may communicate bi-directionally, via the one or more antennas 310, wired, or wireless links as described herein. For example, the transceiver 306 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 306 may also include a modem to modulate the packets, to provide the modulated packets to one or more antennas 310 for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the one or more antennas 310. The transceiver 306 may include one or more transmit chains, one or more receive chains, or a combination thereof.
[0115] A transmit chain may be configured to generate and transmit signals (e.g., control information, data, packets) . The transmit chain may include at least one modulator for modulating data onto a carrier signal, preparing the signal for transmission over a wireless medium. The at least one modulator may be configured to support one or more techniques such as amplitude modulation (AM) , frequency modulation (FM) , or digital modulation schemes like phase-shift keying (PSK) or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) . The transmit chain may also include at least one power amplifier configured to amplify the modulated signal to an appropriate power level suitable for transmission over the wireless medium. The transmit chain may also include one or more antennas 310 for transmitting the amplified signal into the air or wireless medium.
[0116] A receive chain may be configured to receive signals (e.g., control information, data, packets) over a wireless medium. For example, the receive chain may include one or more antennas 310 for receive the signal over the air or wireless medium. The receive chain may include at least one amplifier (e.g., a low-noise amplifier (LNA) ) configured to amplify the received signal. The receive chain may include at least one demodulator configured to demodulate the receive signal and obtain the transmitted data by reversing the modulation technique applied during transmission of the signal. The receive chain may include at least one decoder for decoding the processing the demodulated signal to receive the transmitted data.
[0117] Fig. 4 illustrates an example of a processor 400 for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The processor 400 may be an example of a processor configured to perform various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. The processor 400 may include a controller 402 configured to perform various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. The processor 400 may optionally include at least one memory 404, such as L1 / L2 / L3 cache. Additionally, or alternatively, the processor 400 may optionally include one or more arithmetic-logic units (ALUs) 406. One or more of these components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more interfaces (e.g., buses) .
[0118] The processor 400 may be a processor chipset and include a protocol stack (e.g., a software stack) executed by the processor chipset to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, retrieving, transmitting, outputting, forwarding, storing, determining, identifying, accessing, writing, reading) in accordance with examples as described herein. The processor chipset may include one or more cores, one or more caches (e.g., memory local to or included in the processor chipset (e.g., the processor 400) or other memory (e.g., random access memory (RAM) , read-only memory (ROM) , dynamic RAM (DRAM) , synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) , static RAM (SRAM) , ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM) , magnetic RAM (MRAM) , resistive RAM (RRAM) , flash memory, phase change memory (PCM) , and others) .
[0119] The controller 402 may be configured to manage and coordinate various operations (e.g., signaling, receiving, obtaining, retrieving, transmitting, outputting, forwarding, storing, determining, identifying, accessing, writing, reading) of the processor 400 to cause the processor 400 to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. For example, the controller 402 may operate as a control unit of the processor 400, generating control signals that manage the operation of various components of the processor 400. These control signals include enabling or disabling functional units, selecting data paths, initiating memory access, and coordinating timing of operations.
[0120] The controller 402 may be configured to fetch (e.g., obtain, retrieve, receive) instructions from the memory 404 and determine subsequent instruction (s) to be executed to cause the processor 400 to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. The controller 402 may be configured to track memory address of instructions associated with the memory 404. The controller 402 may be configured to decode instructions to determine the operation to be performed and the operands involved. For example, the controller 402 may be configured to interpret the instruction and determine control signals to be output to other components of the processor 400 to cause the processor 400 to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. Additionally, or alternatively, the controller 402 may be configured to manage flow of data within the processor 400. The controller 402 may be configured to control transfer of data between registers, arithmetic logic units (ALUs) , and other functional units of the processor 400.
[0121] The memory 404 may include one or more caches (e.g., memory local to or included in the processor 400 or other memory, such RAM, ROM, DRAM, SDRAM, SRAM, MRAM, flash memory, etc. In some implementation, the memory 404 may reside within or on a processor chipset (e.g., local to the processor 400) . In some other implementations, the memory 404 may reside external to the processor chipset (e.g., remote to the processor 400) .
[0122] The memory 404 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code including instructions that, when executed by the processor 400, cause the processor 400 to perform various functions described herein. The code may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. The controller 402 and / or the processor 400 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in the memory 404 to cause the processor 400 to perform various functions. For example, the processor 400 and / or the controller 402 may be coupled with or to the memory 404, the processor 400, the controller 402, and the memory 404 may be configured to perform various functions described herein. In some examples, the processor 400 may include multiple processors and the memory 404 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein.
[0123] The one or more ALUs 406 may be configured to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. In some implementation, the one or more ALUs 406 may reside within or on a processor chipset (e.g., the processor 400) . In some other implementations, the one or more ALUs 406 may reside external to the processor chipset (e.g., the processor 400) . One or more ALUs 406 may perform one or more computations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on data. For example, one or more ALUs 406 may receive input operands and an operation code, which determines an operation to be executed. One or more ALUs 406 be configured with a variety of logical and arithmetic circuits, including adders, subtractors, shifters, and logic gates, to process and manipulate the data according to the operation. Additionally, or alternatively, the one or more ALUs 406 may support logical operations such as AND, OR, exclusive-OR (XOR) , not-OR (NOR) , and not-AND (NAND) , enabling the one or more ALUs 406 to handle conditional operations, comparisons, and bitwise operations.
[0124] The processor 400 may support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The processor 400 may be configured to operable to support a means for performing the following: determining, N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; receiving, from a base station, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and transmitting, to the base station, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set.
[0125] Alternatively, in some implementations, the processor 400 may be configured to operable to support a means for performing the following: determining, N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N; transmitting, to a UE, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; and receiving, from the UE, beam failure recovery information, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets that is detected as failed.
[0126] Fig. 5 illustrates a flowchart of a method 500 for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 500 may be implemented by a device or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 500 may be performed by the UE 104 as described herein. In some implementations, the device may execute a set of instructions to control the function elements of the device to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the device may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.
[0127] At 510, the method may include determining, N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N.
[0128] At 520, the method may include receiving, from a base station, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets.
[0129] At 530, the method may include transmitting, to the base station, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set.
[0130] Fig. 6 illustrates a flowchart of a method 600 for beam failure recovery in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 500 may be implemented by a device or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 600 may be performed by the base station 102 as described herein. In some implementations, the device may execute a set of instructions to control the function elements of the device to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the device may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.
[0131] At 610, the method may include determining, N failure detection RS sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N.
[0132] At 620, the method may include transmitting, to a UE, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets.
[0133] At 630, the method may include receiving, from the UE, beam failure recovery information, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets that is detected as failed.
[0134] It shall be noted that implementations of the present disclosure which have been described with reference to Figs. 1 to 2 are also applicable to the device 300, the processor 400 as well as the methods 500 and 600.
[0135] It should be noted that the methods described herein describe possible implementations, and that the operations and the steps may be rearranged or otherwise modified and that other implementations are possible. Further, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.
[0136] The various illustrative blocks and components described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed with a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A 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 in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
[0137] The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functions described herein may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or combinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may also be physically located at various positions, including being distributed such that portions of functions are implemented at different physical locations.
[0138] Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A non-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. By way of example, non-transitory computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , flash memory, compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that may be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor.
[0139] As used herein, including in the claims, an article “a” before an element is unrestricted and understood to refer to “at least one” of those elements or “one or more” of those elements. The terms “a, ” “at least one, ” “one or more, ” and “at least one of one or more” may be interchangeable. As used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as “at least one of” or “one or more of” or “one or both of” ) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C) . Also, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step that is described as “based on condition A” may be based on both a condition A and a condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase “based on”shall be construed in the same manner as the phrase “based at least in part on. Further, as used herein, including in the claims, a “set” may include one or more elements.
[0140] The description herein is provided to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
Claims
1.A user equipment (UE) , comprising:a processor; anda transceiver coupled to the processor,wherein the processor is configured to:determine N failure detection reference signal (RS) sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N;receive, from a base station via the transceiver, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; andtransmit, to the base station via the transceiver, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set.2.The UE of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine the N failure detection RS sets by one of the following:receiving, from the base station via the transceiver, associations between the N failure detection RS sets and the M beams;receiving, from the base station via the transceiver, associations between the M beams and M transmission-reception point (TRP) identifiers (IDs) , and associations between the M TRP IDs and the N failure detection RS sets; orreceiving, from the base station via the transceiver, associations between the M beams and N timing advance groups (TAGs) , and associations between the N TAGs and the N failure detection RS sets.3.The UE of claim 1, wherein at least one failure detection RS in a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is associated with at least one beam associated with the failure detection RS set, or is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) message.4.The UE of claim 3, wherein the at least one failure detection RS in the failure detection RS set is configured by the RRC message, and a number of the at least one failure detection RS in the failure detection RS set is same as a number of beams associated with the failure detection RS set.5.The UE of claim 1, wherein the failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed based on detecting qualities of all RSs in the failure detection RS set are lower than a threshold.6.The UE of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:determine at least one new beam for the failed failure detection RS set, if a quality of the at least one new beam is not lower than a threshold, wherein the at least one new beam is selected from a candidate RS set associated with the failed failure detection RS set of the N candidate RS sets,wherein the beam failure recovery information further comprises a new beam present indication and a new beam indication indicating an index of each of the at least one new beam.7.The UE of claim 6, wherein a candidate RS set of the N candidate RS sets comprises a number of candidate RS subsets, wherein the number is same as a number of beams associated with a failure detection RS set corresponding to the candidate RS set, and each of the candidate RS subsets is associated with one beam associated with the failure detection RS set.8.The UE of claim 7, wherein the new beam present indication indicates whether a new beam associated with a corresponding candidate RS subset for the failed failure detection RS set is present.9.The UE of claim 8, wherein each of the at least one new beam selected from a candidate RS subset associated with a beam of the M beams is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with the beam after a time offset from a last symbol of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception with a DCI format scheduling a second physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission with a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled new data indicator (NDI) field value.10.The UE of claim 6, wherein the new beam present indication indicates whether a new beam associated with the corresponding candidate RS set for the failed failure detection RS set is present.11.The UE of claim 10, wherein the new beam is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with any beam which is associated with the failed failure detection RS set after a time offset from a last symbol of a PDCCH reception with a DCI format scheduling a second PUSCH transmission with a same HARQ process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value.12.The UE of claim 6, wherein the new beam present indication indicates a number of the at least one new beam associated with the corresponding candidate RS set for the failed failure detection RS set is present.13.The UE of claim 12, wherein a new beam of the at least one new beam is applied for an uplink or downlink transmission or RS associated with a beam of all beams associated with the failed failure detection RS set with a same index of the new beam after a time offset from a last symbol of a PDCCH reception with a DCI format scheduling a second PUSCH transmission with a same HARQ process number as for the transmission of a first PUSCH carrying the beam failure recovery information and with a toggled NDI field value.14.The UE of claim 1, wherein the beam failure recovery information is transmitted by a beam failure recovery medium access control control element (MAC CE) .15.A base station, comprising:a processor; anda transceiver coupled to the processor,wherein the processor is configured to:determine N failure detection reference signal (RS) sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N;transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; andreceive, from the UE via the transceiver, beam failure recovery information, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets that is detected as failed.16.The base station of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to perform one of the following:transmitting, to the UE via the transceiver, associations between the N failure detection RS sets and the M beams;transmitting, to the UE via the transceiver, associations between the M beams and M transmission-reception point (TRP) identifiers (IDs) , and associations between the M TRP IDs and the N failure detection RS sets; ortransmitting, to the UE via the transceiver, associations between the M beams and N timing advance groups (TAGs) , and associations between the N TAGs and the N failure detection RS sets.17.The base station of claim 15, wherein at least one failure detection RS in a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is associated with at least one beam associated with the failure detection RS set.18.The base station of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:transmit, to the UE via the transceiver, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising at least one failure detection RS in a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets.19.A processor for wireless communication, comprising:at least one memory; anda controller coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the controller to:determine N failure detection reference signal (RS) sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N;transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; andreceive, from the UE via the transceiver, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set.20.A method performed by a user equipment (UE) , the method comprising:determining N failure detection reference signal (RS) sets which are associated with M beams, wherein N is greater than 1 and M is greater than N;transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, a configuration for N candidate RS sets corresponding to the N failure detection RS sets; andreceiving, from the UE via the transceiver, beam failure recovery information based on determining that a failure detection RS set of the N failure detection RS sets is detected as failed, wherein the beam failure recovery information comprises a failed failure detection RS set indication indicating the failed failure detection RS set.
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