Independent Link Event Triggers Using Aggregated UE-TRP Measurements

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems face challenges in effectively managing multiple independent links between user equipment (UE) and transmit-receive points (TRPs), leading to inefficiencies in channel sensing, control information transmission, and power control across these links.

Innovation Solution

The system generates event triggers based on measurement information from multiple wireless communication links, enabling dynamic management of channel sensing, control information distribution, and power control across multiple independent links.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple independent links are used for communication between UE and TRPs, then communication reliability and network performance are improved, but system complexity and difficulty of managing channel sensing, control information transmission, and power control increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the management of multiple links by introducing independent event triggers for each link based on their respective measurement information. Each link's channel sensing, control information transmission, and power control are managed independently through link-specific event triggers, dividing the complex multi-link management into manageable independent units while maintaining overall system reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic event trigger mechanisms that adapt to changing channel conditions on each link independently. Event triggers are generated based on real-time measurement information (such as RSRP, RSRQ, SINR) from each link, allowing the system to dynamically adjust channel sensing, control information transmission, and power control parameters according to actual link quality without manual intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If event triggers are generated based on measurement information from multiple links, then channel utilization and control information reliability are optimized, but measurement and detection difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel utilizationVSAvoidmeasurement and detection difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies partial action by generating event triggers based on measurement information from specific links only when needed, rather than continuously monitoring all links. Event triggers are generated when measurement information indicates specific conditions (such as threshold crossings or significant changes), reducing the measurement and detection burden while still optimizing channel utilization and control information reliability when necessary

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS10574565B2Event trigger for independent links
Publication Date: 2020.02.25 QUALCOMM INC
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AI summary

Various aspects of the disclosure relate to event triggers for independent links. For example, an event trigger may be based on measurements from multiple links. In some aspects, the independent links may involve a first device (e.g., a user equipment) communicating via different independent links with different devices (e.g., transmit receive points (TRPs) or sets of TRPs). For example, the first device may communicate with a second device (e.g., a TRP) via a first link and communicate with a third device (e.g., a TRP) via a second link. In some scenarios, an event trigger may be based on aggregated measurements from multiple links.