Patent ID: 11863283
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A communication device configured to sequentially process a first set of reference signals and a second set of reference signals that are sequentially transmitted to the communication device from a base station via beam sweeping from a first antenna panel and a second antenna panel, different from the first antenna panel, respectively, the communication device comprising:
a transceiver; and
control circuitry configured to:
send a notice to the base station that informs the base station that the communication device is capable of processing the first set of references signals and ignoring the second set of reference signals based on similarity information about beams transmitted via the first and second antenna panels;
based on the notice, acquire the similarity information from the base station;
monitor for the first set of references signals;
upon receiving the first set of references signals, sending a first report to the base station, the first report indicating a first resource ID and a first reception power level of at least one reference signal in the first set of reference signals; and
based on the similarity information indicating the beams transmitted via the first and second antenna panels are facing in a similar direction:
omit monitoring the second set of references signals and not sending a second report to the base station that indicates a second resource ID and a second reception power level of at least one reference signal in the second set of reference signals; and
receive a data signal that is transmitted from the base station via one of the first and second antenna panels based on at least the first report.