Patent SG-11201807389X-A (SG)
Title: System and method for beam management
Inventor: ISLAM MUHAMMAD NAZMUL
IPC: H04B7/0417
Filed: 2017-03-31
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization 111111110111101110101011111010111110111011111101111110110011101111101111011111 International Bureau ... .1 j ..... .1 (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .... WO 2017/180336 Al 19 October 2017(19.10.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: fornia 92121-1714 (US). SAMPATH, Ashwin; c/o HO4B 7/0417 (2017.01) H04B 7/08 (2006.01) QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse HO4B 7/06 (2006.01) Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). SADIQ, Bilal; c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 More- (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/025579 house Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). LI, Junyi; c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 More- (22) International Filing Date: house Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). 31 March 2017 (31.03.2017) (74) Agents: HODGES, Jonas J. et al.; c/o ARENT FOX LLP, (25) Filing Language: English 1717 K Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20006-5344 (US). (26) Publication Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (30) Priority Data: kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, 62/322,168 13 April 2016 (13.04.2016) US AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, 62/329,180 28 April 2016 (28.04.2016) US BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, 62/333,120 6 May 2016 (06.05.2016) US DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FL GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, 62/337,829 17 May 2016 (17.05.2016) US HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, 62/338,484 18 May 2016 (18.05.2016) US KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, 62/341,051 24 May 2016 (24.05.2016) US MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, 62/447,386 17 January 2017 (17.01.2017) US NL NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, 15/474,859 30 March 2017 (30.03.2017) US RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse ZA, ZM, ZW. Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every = (72) Inventors: ISLAM, Muhammad Nazmul; c/o QUAL- kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, COMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). LUO, Tao; c/o TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). CEZ- DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, ANNE, Juergen; c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, (US). SUBRAMANIAN, Sundar; c/o QUALCOMM IN- GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). CORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, Cali- [Continued on next page] (54) Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT 106 E 164 FP( 168 170 / 160 . 4 176 Other 13 N 4-0 41/0 MNIF) IBMS (4 BM-SC 174 e' 162 16 1 2 V .- 4 / / HSS MNIF .1--0 Seim), PON Oro or mom indicerimv ofonc nr mom beam Ind.. corrospondlng to ow or mnmbamv 120 11 ,-, 104 :2'2 0 en en 1: \" 102 (102) 11 4 © _ — 32 —.) GC 110(11 ') 01 '' 110 Ir ... ' Il (57) : A first apparatus may transmit, to a 0 more beam indexes corresponding to one or more beams. \" through the one or more beams corresponding to the ''132 I ' iril! 102 one or gl ,, ~l user equipment N. 132 126 illy ._._ _ I 132 — , MI --- 152 1-5---Z___. 154 150 (UE), on a control The first apparatus may transmit, to the UE, one or more reference signals more beam indexes. The - \--- J : L . 120 1 +1 01 5 - ---------- r o 1 ..1 FIG. 1 1 52 channel, one or more indications of one or reference signals may be used by the UE to se- lect a best subarray and/or receive combiner for communication with the first apparatus. WO 2017/180336 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDERDEEMOMOEMIIIIIMEEMOVOIS Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))