MOBILITY FOR RADIO DEVICES USING BEAMFORMING AND SELECTION
First Claim
1. A first apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the first apparatus being connected to a communications network via its communication circuitry, the first apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the first apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the first apparatus, cause the first apparatus to:
- a. establish a connection with a second apparatus, the second apparatus comprising an entity managing operations of a first radio access network;
b. obtain a first mobility set via communications with the second apparatus, the first mobility set comprising a first list of beams and transmit-and-receive points within the first radio access network;
c. derive, based on a measurement of communications conditions with beams and transmit-and-receive points within the first mobility set, a second mobility set.
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Abstract
Multiple mobility sets are maintained for nodes of radio networks. The sets comprise information such as: transmit and receive point identities; cell identities; beam identities; frequency channels; channel bandwidth; and black lists. The sets may be defined at different levels, such as network and physical (PHY) level. A network mobility set, e.g., a new-radio (NR) mobility set may, be determined by the gNB, the cell, the UE, or another device. Multiple radio access network nodes and UEs may exchange mobility set information to achieve a distributed mobility solution. A UE may monitor its orientation relative to a TRP, e.g., via use of an onboard MEMS gyroscope, and alter its beamforming parameters in response to changes in orientation and/or changes in TRP connection strength. Cell selection and reselection for beam based networks may use Single Frequency Network (SFN) broadcast of initial access signals without beam sweeping.
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20 Claims
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1. A first apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the first apparatus being connected to a communications network via its communication circuitry, the first apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the first apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the first apparatus, cause the first apparatus to:
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a. establish a connection with a second apparatus, the second apparatus comprising an entity managing operations of a first radio access network; b. obtain a first mobility set via communications with the second apparatus, the first mobility set comprising a first list of beams and transmit-and-receive points within the first radio access network; c. derive, based on a measurement of communications conditions with beams and transmit-and-receive points within the first mobility set, a second mobility set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A first apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the first apparatus being connected to a communications network via its communication circuitry, the first apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the first apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the first apparatus, cause the first apparatus to:
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a. obtain, via beamforming training, a serving set of beams, the serving set of beams comprising one or more beams for both uplink transmission and downlink reception to and from a second apparatus; b. communicate with the second apparatus via the serving set of beams; c. maintain a candidate set of beams, the candidate set of beams comprising one or more beams having angles relative to beams of the serving set of beams; d. observe a status change of the first apparatus, where the status change is a mobility event or a change in the angle or orientation of the first apparatus; and e. determine, based on the status change, to communicate with the second apparatus using the candidate set of beams. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the apparatus being capable of connecting to a communications network via its communication circuitry, the apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the apparatus, cause the first apparatus to:
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a. search for one or more cells of the communications network; b. measure the quality and level of signals, the signals arriving at the apparatus from one or more beams of the one or more cells; c. maintain a list of cells of the communications network; d. determine whether to add a first cell to the list of cells based on the suitability of the cell; and e. select a second cell from the list of cells. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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