Patent SG-11201807386U-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 11111111011110111010101111101011111011101111110111111011111111111101111011111 International Bureau no .l j .. .no:72 (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/180334 Al 19 October 2017(19.10.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: ANNE, Juergen; c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, H04B 7/0417 (2017.01) HO4B 7/06 (2006.01) 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). SUBRAMANIAN, Sundar; c/o QUALCOMM IN- (21) International Application Number: CORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, Cali- PCT/US2017/025556 fornia 92121-1714 (US). SAMPATH, Ashwin; c/o (22) International Filing Date: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse 31 March 2017 (31.03.2017) Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). SADIQ, Bilal; c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 More- (25) Filing Language: English house Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). LI, (26) Publication Language: English Junyi; c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 More- house Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (30) Priority Data: 62/322,168 13 April 2016 (13.04.2016) US (74) Agents: HODGES, Jonas J. et al.; c/o ARENT FOX LLP, 62/329,180 28 April 2016 (28.04.2016) US 1717 K Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 62/333,120 6 May 2016 (06.05.2016) US 20006-5344 (US). 62/337,829 17 May 2016 (17.05.2016) US (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 62/338,484 18 May 2016 (18.05.2016) US kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, 62/341,051 24 May 2016 (24.05.2016) US AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, 62/447,386 17 January 2017 (17.01.2017) US BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, 15/474,802 30 March 2017 (30.03.2017) US DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, _ ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, (72) Inventors: ISLAM, Muhammad Nazmul; c/o QUAL- RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, = COMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). LUO, Tao; c/o ZA, ZM, ZW. __ QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). CEZ- = [Continued on next page] (54) Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT = 100 — \AL 164 EPC 168 170 .-, 160 ,, ? 176 = Other 1P Services = NEVIT's —). MBMS GM' 4—* BM-SC 198 = 174 / 162 166 172 • ,.., / , = MSS • MME 4--) Serving PDS = Gateway a) Beam Tracking = — — = _ _ 1-1 .-7--- 120 104 102 (102') 7r M © GC 11 IN Il (57) : A first apparatus may 0 termine that beam tracking is to be \" and the apparatus. The first apparatus 0 performed. The first apparatus may - ‘ - 1 32 120 111 ! 1 .. --- ff i l 32 I 102 BM I II 104 120 — 7 - ••• ---- ---/ c -- li! I\ 120 134 ,---- ..... .4_ ........ i , im N. 110 (110') 110 communicate with performed with the may perform beam tracking with the UE based on the determination that beam tracking is to be communicate with the UE through a second active beam based on the beam tracking. 32 ____ 20 I1 1 1 1 04 ,,‘,' 20 02 . - .. . -- 144 - 132 6 9_ . 15. --S-1.-Z--___ 150 a user equipment through a first active beam. The UE, including identifying 132 :., RI ---____ .4_____ 120 2 I 0 120 io4 ...184 ............ ' ( 6 134 '' T - ..... ,.. \"180 104 C FIG. 1 1.52 a new beam for communication between the UE first apparatus may de - WO 2017/180334 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDIONOIDEMOMOHOIMIHOMMEMOIMIE (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, GH, SZ, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, Published: TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, CZ, IT, LT, RS, DE, — SE, with international search report (Art. 21(3))