Uplink BFRQ Priority Handling for High-Frequency Beam Recovery

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Solution Overview

Problem

In high-frequency band communications systems, beam failure recovery mechanisms face challenges in efficiently transmitting beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) information due to conflicts with other uplink information, leading to potential delays in signal recovery.

Innovation Solution

A priority relationship is established for uplink information, including BFRQ and other uplink information, to ensure efficient transmission of BFRQ information by determining the priority order and discarding or adjusting conflicting information based on resource availability and priority settings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If beam failure recovery request information is transmitted using existing uplink transmission mechanisms, then the BFRQ information can be sent, but it conflicts with other uplink information transmission, causing delays in signal recovery

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal recovery reliabilityVSAvoidsignal recovery time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a dedicated physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource specifically for BFRQ transmission, acting as an intermediary channel that separates BFRQ traffic from other uplink information. This dedicated resource prevents conflicts with data transmission on PUSCH and other control information, ensuring timely delivery of beam failure recovery requests without compromising other uplink communications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent modifies the transmission parameters by defining specific PUCCH resources with dedicated time-frequency locations and sequence structures for BFRQ. By changing the channel assignment parameters from shared resources to dedicated resources, the system enables reliable and timely BFRQ transmission that does not compete with other uplink information, directly resolving the timing conflict.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If multiple uplink information types are transmitted simultaneously, then communication efficiency is maintained, but resource conflicts occur leading to information loss or delays

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuplink transmission efficiencyVSAvoiduplink information completeness
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the uplink transmission resources by creating dedicated PUCCH resources specifically for BFRQ, separating them from PUSCH data transmission resources and other control information resources. This segmentation ensures that BFRQ information has its own dedicated transmission path, preventing resource conflicts and information loss while maintaining overall uplink transmission efficiency through parallel operation of multiple segmented channels.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP3998824B1Transmission method, terminal, and network device
Publication Date: 2025.08.13 VIVO MOBILE COMM CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of this disclosure provide a transmission method, a terminal, and a network device. The method includes: determining, based on a first priority relationship, third uplink information from first uplink information and second uplink information, where the first uplink information is first beam failure recovery request BFRQ information; and transmitting the third uplink information by using a first uplink resource.