US 11,817,931 B2
Sticky UL beam assignment
Iyab Issam Sakhnini, San Diego, CA (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US); Wanshi Chen, San Diego, CA (US); and Juan Montojo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,153.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,425, filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0399785 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/1268 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04L 25/0226 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 72/1268 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive a first beam identifier (ID) from a network element, the first beam ID identifying a first uplink beam of a plurality of uplink beams associated with transmission of a first uplink signal;
transmit the first uplink signal to the network element on the first uplink beam;
transmit at least one subsequent uplink signal to the network element utilizing the first uplink beam; and
ignore a timer, applied upon reception of the first beam ID, for the at least one subsequent uplink signal.