Techniques for orthogonal demodulation reference signals

1. A method of wireless communications for a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving two orthogonal demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) over a multi-symbol downlink control channel;

identifying a time-first control channel element (CCE)-to-resource element group (REG) mapping for the multi-symbol downlink control channel;

identifying an orthogonal DMRS of the two orthogonal DMRSs based on the time-first CCE-to-REG mapping; and

decoding the multi-symbol downlink control channel based on at least the identified orthogonal DMRS, and

wherein the multi-symbol downlink control channel with the identified time-first CCE-to-REG mapping is a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) downlink channel of at least three symbols in length, and

wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are supported and are present on the first two symbols of a Control Resource Set (CORESET) of the multi-symbol downlink control channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are multiplexed by code division multiplexing (CDM).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are included in multiple symbols on the multi-symbol downlink control channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the two orthogonal DMRSs comprises receiving, by the UE, the two orthogonal DMRSs from multiple panels or multiple transmission reception points (TRPs).

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a reference signal (RS) pattern for the multi-symbol downlink control channel, wherein the identified orthogonal DMRS is identified based on the RS pattern.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MU-MIMO downlink channel is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two orthogonal DMRSs is specifically for the UE and at least one other of the two orthogonal DMRSs is specifically for another UE.

8. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive signals;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

at least one processor coupled with the receiver and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

receive, via the receiver, two orthogonal demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) over a multi-symbol downlink control channel;

identify a time-first control channel element (CCE)-to-resource element group (REG) mapping for the multi-symbol downlink control channel;

identify an orthogonal DMRS of the two orthogonal DMRSs based on the time-first CCE-to-REG mapping; and

decode the multi-symbol downlink control channel based on at least the identified orthogonal DMRS, and

wherein the multi-symbol downlink control channel with the identified time-first CCE-to-REG mapping is a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) downlink channel of at least three symbols in length, and

wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are supported and are present on the first two symbols of a Control Resource Set (CORESET) of the multi-symbol downlink control channel.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are multiplexed by code division multiplexing (CDM).

10. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are included in multiple symbols on the multi-symbol downlink control channel.

11. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to receive, via the receiver, the two orthogonal DMRSs from multiple panels or multiple transmission reception points (TRPs).

12. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to identify a reference signal (RS) pattern for the multi-symbol downlink control channel, wherein the identified orthogonal DMRS is identified based on the RS pattern.

13. The UE of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the two orthogonal DMRSs is specifically for the UE and at least one other of the two orthogonal DMRSs is specifically for another UE.

14. A method of wireless communications, comprising:

identifying a time-first control channel element (CCE)-to-resource element group (REG) mapping for a multi-symbol downlink control channel;

generating two orthogonal demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) based on the time-first CCE-to-REG mapping; and

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the two orthogonal DMRSs over the multi-symbol downlink control channel, and

wherein the multi-symbol downlink control channel with the identified time-first CCE-to-REG mapping is a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) downlink channel of at least three symbols in length, and

wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are present on the first two symbols of a Control Resource Set (CORESET) of the multi-symbol downlink control channel.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are multiplexed by code division multiplexing (CDM).

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are present on one symbol or multiple symbols on the multi-symbol downlink control channel.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein transmitting the two orthogonal DMRSs comprises transmitting the two orthogonal DMRSs from multiple panels or multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) to the UE.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

configuring a reference signal (RS) pattern for the multi-symbol downlink control channel, wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are transmitted based on the RS pattern.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the two orthogonal DMRSs is specifically for the UE and at least one other of the two orthogonal DMRSs is specifically for another UE.

20. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit signals;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

at least one processor coupled with the transmitter and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

identify a time-first control channel element (CCE)-to-resource element group (REG) mapping for a multi-symbol downlink control channel;

generate two orthogonal demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) based on the time-first CCE-to-REG mapping; and

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), the two orthogonal DMRSs over the multi-symbol downlink control channel, and

wherein the multi-symbol downlink control channel with the identified time-first CCE-to-REG mapping is a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) downlink channel of at least three symbols in length, and

wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are present on the first two symbols of a Control Resource Set (CORESET) of the multi-symbol downlink control channel.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the two orthogonal DMRSs are multiplexed by code division multiplexing (CDM).

22. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein transmit the two orthogonal DMRSs further comprises transmit the two orthogonal DMRSs from multiple panels or multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) to the UE.

23. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

configure a reference signal (RS) pattern for the multi-symbol downlink control channel; and

transmit, via the transmitter, the two orthogonal DMRSs based on the RS pattern.

24. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein at least one of the two orthogonal DMRSs is specifically for the UE and at least one other of the two orthogonal DMRSs is specifically for another UE.