US2024031835A1PendingUtilityA1

Uplink beam failure recovery for full-duplex operation

Assignee: QUALCOMM INCPriority: Mar 27, 2020Filed: Jul 28, 2023Published: Jan 25, 2024
Est. expiryMar 27, 2040(~13.7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
H04B 7/06964H04W 24/04H04W 72/046H04B 7/0404
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Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may monitor for a beam failure trigger condition on an uplink; detect, based at least in part on monitoring for the beam failure trigger condition, an uplink beam failure associated with the uplink; and trigger an uplink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on detecting the uplink beam failure associated with the uplink. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wireless node for wireless communication, comprising:
 a memory; and   one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
 monitor for a beam failure trigger condition on an uplink; 
 detect, based at least in part on monitoring for the beam failure trigger condition, an uplink beam failure associated with the uplink; and 
 trigger an uplink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on detecting the uplink beam failure associated with the uplink. 
   
     
     
         2 . The wireless node of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 transmit, on the uplink, one or more reference signal communications to trigger one or more response communications; and   wherein the one or more processors, to monitor for the beam failure trigger condition, are configured to:
 monitor for the one or more response communications based at least in part on transmitting the one or more reference signal communications. 
   
     
     
         3 . The wireless node of  claim 2 , wherein the one or more response communications include at least one of:
 a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement message,   a hybrid automatic repeat request negative acknowledgement message,   a scheduling request response message,   a physical random access channel failure response message, or   a combination thereof.   
     
     
         4 . The wireless node of  claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors, to detect the uplink beam failure, are configured to:
 detect a threshold quantity of consecutive failures associated with monitoring for the one or more response communications.   
     
     
         5 . The wireless node of  claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors, to detect the uplink beam failure, are configured to:
 detect a threshold quantity of failures associated with monitoring for the one or more response communications within a threshold period of time.   
     
     
         6 . The wireless node of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 receive, before detecting the uplink beam failure, information identifying a sounding reference signal resource set; and   wherein the one or more processors, to trigger the uplink beam failure recovery procedure, are configured to:
 transmit a set of sounding reference signals using a set of beams and the sounding reference signal resource set. 
   
     
     
         7 . The wireless node of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 perform the uplink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on triggering the uplink beam failure recovery procedure;   detect, while performing the uplink beam failure recovery procedure, a downlink beam failure;   end the uplink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on detecting the downlink beam failure; and   trigger a downlink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on detecting the downlink beam failure.   
     
     
         8 . The wireless node of  claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 monitor for the beam failure trigger condition on the uplink to determine whether the uplink is in beam failure after completion of the downlink beam failure recovery procedure.   
     
     
         9 . The wireless node of  claim 7 , wherein the downlink beam failure recovery procedure uses a candidate beam list that is not based at least in part on the uplink beam failure. 
     
     
         10 . The wireless node of  claim 7 , wherein the downlink beam failure recovery procedure uses a candidate beam list that is based at least in part on the uplink beam failure. 
     
     
         11 . The wireless node of  claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 determine that a plurality of beams satisfy a threshold for the downlink beam failure recovery procedure; and   transmit a plurality of random access channel transmissions with the plurality of beams to enable selection of a particular beam of the plurality of beams.   
     
     
         12 . A method of wireless communication performed by a wireless node, comprising:
 monitoring for a beam failure trigger condition on an uplink;   detecting, based at least in part on monitoring for the beam failure trigger condition, an uplink beam failure associated with the uplink; and   triggering an uplink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on detecting the uplink beam failure associated with the uplink.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 transmitting, on the uplink, one or more reference signal communications to trigger one or more response communications; and   wherein monitoring for the beam failure trigger condition comprises:
 monitoring for the one or more response communications based at least in part on transmitting the one or more reference signal communications. 
   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the one or more response communications include at least one of:
 a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement message,   a hybrid automatic repeat request negative acknowledgement message,   a scheduling request response message,   a physical random access channel failure response message, or   a combination thereof.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein detecting the uplink beam failure comprises:
 detecting a threshold quantity of consecutive failures associated with monitoring for the one or more response communications.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein detecting the uplink beam failure comprises:
 detecting a threshold quantity of failures associated with monitoring for the one or more response communications within a threshold period of time.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 receiving, before detecting the uplink beam failure, information identifying a sounding reference signal resource set; and   wherein triggering the uplink beam failure recovery procedure comprises:
 transmitting a set of sounding reference signals using a set of beams and the sounding reference signal resource set. 
   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 performing the uplink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on triggering the uplink beam failure recovery procedure;   detecting, while performing the uplink beam failure recovery procedure, a downlink beam failure;   ending the uplink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on detecting the downlink beam failure; and   triggering a downlink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on detecting the downlink beam failure.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 monitoring for the beam failure trigger condition on the uplink to determine whether the uplink is in beam failure after completion of the downlink beam failure recovery procedure.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the downlink beam failure recovery procedure uses a candidate beam list that is not based at least in part on the uplink beam failure. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the downlink beam failure recovery procedure uses a candidate beam list that is based at least in part on the uplink beam failure. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 determining that a plurality of beams satisfy a threshold for the downlink beam failure recovery procedure; and   transmitting a plurality of random access channel transmissions with the plurality of beams to enable selection of a particular beam of the plurality of beams.   
     
     
         23 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising:
 one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless node, cause the wireless node to:
 monitor for a beam failure trigger condition on an uplink; 
 detect, based at least in part on monitoring for the beam failure trigger condition, an uplink beam failure associated with the uplink; and 
 trigger an uplink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on detecting the uplink beam failure associated with the uplink. 
   
     
     
         24 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 23 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the wireless node to:
 transmit, on the uplink, one or more reference signal communications to trigger one or more response communications; and   wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the wireless node to monitor for the beam failure trigger condition, cause the wireless node to:
 monitor for the one or more response communications based at least in part on transmitting the one or more reference signal communications. 
   
     
     
         25 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 24 , wherein the one or more response communications include at least one of:
 a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement message,   a hybrid automatic repeat request negative acknowledgement message,   a scheduling request response message,   a physical random access channel failure response message, or   a combination thereof.   
     
     
         26 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 24 , wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the wireless node to detect the uplink beam failure, cause the wireless node to:
 detect a threshold quantity of consecutive failures associated with monitoring for the one or more response communications.   
     
     
         27 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
 means for monitoring for a beam failure trigger condition on an uplink;   means for detecting, based at least in part on monitoring for the beam failure trigger condition, an uplink beam failure associated with the uplink; and   means for triggering an uplink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on detecting the uplink beam failure associated with the uplink.   
     
     
         28 . The apparatus of  claim 27 , further comprising:
 means for transmitting, on the uplink, one or more reference signal communications to trigger one or more response communications; and   wherein the means for monitoring for the beam failure trigger condition comprises:
 means for monitoring for the one or more response communications based at least in part on transmitting the one or more reference signal communications. 
   
     
     
         29 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , wherein the one or more response communications include at least one of:
 a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement message,   a hybrid automatic repeat request negative acknowledgement message,   a scheduling request response message,   a physical random access channel failure response message, or   a combination thereof.   
     
     
         30 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , wherein the means for detecting the uplink beam failure comprises:
 means for detecting a threshold quantity of consecutive failures associated with monitoring for the one or more response communications.

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