Independent Link Event Triggers Using Aggregated Multi-Link Measurements

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems face challenges in effectively managing and optimizing communication across multiple independent links, particularly in coordinating channel sensing, control information transmission, power control, and event triggers, which affects the overall performance and reliability of multi-link communication.

Innovation Solution

The system employs a method to obtain and process measurement information from multiple wireless communication links to generate event triggers, enabling independent processing and management of each link, and dynamically controls uplink and downlink allocations, power control, and channel state feedback across multiple links.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple independent links are used for communication, then communication reliability is improved, but coordination complexity increases

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the multi-link management into independent event triggers for each link. Each link generates its own event trigger based on local measurement information, allowing independent processing and management of each link while maintaining overall system reliability through diversified communication paths.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If joint transmission across multiple TRPs is implemented, then communication performance is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication performanceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the coordinated multi-point transmission system into independent link-level event triggers. Each TRP-link combination operates independently with its own measurement and trigger generation, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining the performance benefits of joint transmission across multiple TRPs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If independent event triggers are generated for each link, then link management flexibility is improved, but processing overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelink management flexibilityVSAvoidprocessing overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Each link autonomously generates its own event trigger based on its local measurement information without requiring centralized coordination. This self-service approach provides flexible independent link management while minimizing processing overhead by eliminating the need for complex inter-link coordination mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11765070B2Event trigger for independent links
Publication Date: 2023.09.19 QUALCOMM INC
  • US11765070B2 patent drawing
  • US11765070B2 patent drawing
  • US11765070B2 patent drawing

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.