Patent ID: 11877309
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media (NTCRM) comprising instructions for flexible transmit (Tx) beamforming assignment on a reference signal, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors is to cause a radio equipment (RE) to:
determine the reference signal with the flexible Tx beamforming assignment from a received downlink (DL) transmission; and
transmit, in an uplink (UL) reference signal transmission, assistance information allowing update of DL transmission beamforming for a corresponding DL reference signal, wherein the assistance information includes a reporting identity (ID) of the corresponding DL reference signal using a UL control channel associated with a selected Tx beam, and wherein the selected Tx beam is assumed to be applied K symbols after a last symbol of the UL control channel used to report the assistance information.