Beam indication considering beam failure recovery in new radio

1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) configured to perform beam failure recovery, the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors configured to:

encode a beam failure recovery (BFR) request for transmission on a physical random-access channel (PRACH) or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to a base station;

monitor a dedicated physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) control resource set (CORESET) for a response from the base station after the UE sends the beam failure recovery request;

identify a candidate beam;

select a default physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) beam, wherein the UE assumes that:

a same quasi co-location (QCL) assumption for a PDSCH as a QCL assumption for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET; or

a PDSCH demodulation reference signal (DMRS) is QCLed with a downlink (DL) reference signal (RS) of the candidate beam by the UE; and

decode a beam failure recovery request response received from the base station;

monitor a plurality of PDCCH CORESETs after transmitting the beam failure recovery request, wherein to monitor the plurality of PDCCH CORESETs comprises:

to monitor only the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for the base station response to the beam failure recovery request, and wherein the default PDSCH beam is a same beam used for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for the base station response; and

to monitor, for a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) or other system information (OSI) or paging, both the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for the base station response to the beam failure recovery request and one or more broadcast CORESETs, wherein the default PDSCH beam is a same beam used for a CORESET that includes downlink control information (DCI), and

a memory interface configured to receive from a memory the QCL assumption.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to assume the same QCL assumption for the PDSCH as the QCL assumption for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET after the UE starts to monitor the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for a response from the base station to the beam failure recovery request.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to assume the same QCL assumption for the PDSCH as the QCL assumption for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET after the UE transmits the beam failure recovery request.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to assume the same QCL assumption for the PDSCH until at least one of a reconfiguration of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for the PDCCH, an activation of the TCI state for the PDCCH, and a re-indication of the TCI state for the PDCCH.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to monitor the plurality of PDCCH CORESETs further comprises:

monitor all configured CORESETs including the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for base station response to beam failure recovery request, one or more broadcast CORESETs, and one or more previously configured unicast PDCCH CORESETs, wherein the default PDSCH beam is a PDCCH beam used for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for the base station response or the default PDSCH beam is the PDCCH beam used for the PDCCH CORSET that includes the DCI.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

decode the DCI received on the PDCCH CORESET after the UE transmits the beam failure recovery request;

determine that a link has been recovered based on the DCI;

cease re-sending a beam failure recovery request; and

perform beam reporting to enable the base station to refresh a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) table for beam indication.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

monitor a plurality of PDCCH CORESETs; and

determine a lowest CORESET identification (ID) by excluding a dedicated PDCCH CORESET used for sending the response to the BFR from the base station to the UE from the plurality of PDCCH CORESETs.

8. At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for a user equipment (UE) configured to perform beam failure recovery, the instructions thereon when executed by one or more processors at the UE perform the following:

encode a beam failure recovery (BFR) request for transmission on a physical random-access channel (PRACH) or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to a base station;

monitor a dedicated physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) control resource set (CORESET) for a response from the base station after the UE sends the beam failure recovery request;

identify a candidate beam;

select a default physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) beam, wherein the UE assumes that:

a same quasi co-location (QCL) assumption for a PDSCH as a QCL assumption for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET; or

a PDSCH demodulation reference signal (DMRS) is QCLed with a downlink (DL) reference signal (RS) of the candidate beam by the UE; and

decode a beam failure recovery request response received from the base station; and

monitor a plurality of PDCCH CORESETs after transmitting the beam failure recovery request, wherein to monitor the plurality of PDCCH CORESETs comprises:

to monitor only the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for the base station response to the beam failure recovery request, and wherein the default PDSCH beam is a same beam used for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for the base station response; and

to monitor, for a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) or other system information (OSI) or paging, both the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for the base station response to the beam failure recovery request and one or more broadcast CORESETs, wherein the default PDSCH beam is a same beam used for a CORESET that includes downlink control information (DCI).

9. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 8 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following:

assume the same QCL assumption for the PDSCH as the QCL assumption for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET after the UE starts to monitor the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for a response from the base station to the beam failure recovery request.

10. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 8 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following:

assume the same QCL assumption for the PDSCH as the QCL assumption for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET after the UE transmits the beam failure recovery request.

11. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 8 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following:

assume the same QCL assumption for the PDSCH until at least one of a reconfiguration of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for the PDCCH, an activation of the TCI state for the PDCCH, and a re-indication of the TCI state for the PDCCH.

12. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 8 , wherein to monitor the plurality of PDCCH CORESETs comprises to:

monitor all configured CORESETs including the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for base station response to beam failure recovery request, one or more broadcast CORESETs, and one or more previously configured unicast PDCCH CORESETs, wherein the default PDSCH beam is a PDCCH beam used for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for the base station response or the default PDSCH beam is the PDCCH beam used for the PDCCH CORSET that includes the DCI.

13. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 12 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following:

decode the DCI received on the PDCCH CORESET after the UE transmits the beam failure recovery request;

determine that a link has been recovered based on the DCI;

cease re-sending a beam failure recovery request; and

perform beam reporting to enable the base station to refresh a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) table for beam indication.

14. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 8 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following:

monitor a plurality of PDCCH CORESETs; and

determine a lowest CORESET identification (ID) by excluding a dedicated PDCCH CORESET used for sending the response to the BFR from the base station to the UE from the plurality of PDCCH CORESETs.

15. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 8 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following:

select the default PDSCH beam when a scheduling offset between the PDCCH and the PDSCH is smaller than a selected threshold, k, wherein k is a real number before the base station sends response to beam failure recovery request or before the base station receives the beam failure recovery request.

16. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 8 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following:

select the default PDSCH beam by excluding:

a broadcast PDCCH CORESET, including a CORESET for remaining minimum system information (RMSI), or other system information (OSI), or paging.

17. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 8 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following:

select the default PDSCH beam by excluding:

a dedicated PDCCH CORESET (CORESET-BFR) for base station response to the beam failure recovery request.

18. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 8 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following:

monitor the PDCCH CORESET(s) after transmitting the beam failure recovery request wherein monitoring comprises:

monitor only the dedicated PDCCH CORESET (CORESET-BFR) for the base station response to the beam failure recovery request, wherein a default PDSCH beam is a same beam used for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET (CORESET-BFR) for the base station response;

monitor both the dedicated PDCCH COREST (CORESET-BFR) for the base station response to the beam failure recovery request and one or more broadcast CORESET(s), including one or more CORESET(s) for a remaining minimum system information (RMSI), other system information (OSI), or paging, wherein the default PDSCH beam is a same beam used for a CORESET that includes downlink control information (DCI);

monitor all configured CORESETS including the dedicated PDCCH CORESET (CORESET-BFR) for base station response to beam failure recovery request, one or more broadcast CORESETs, and one or more previously configured unicast PDCCH CORESETs, wherein the default PDSCH beam is a PDCCH beam used for the dedicated PDCCH CORESET for the base station response or the default PDSCH beam is the PDCCH beam used for the PDCCH CORSET that includes the DCI.

19. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in claim 18 , further comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors at the UE, perform the following:

decode the DCI received on the PDCCH CORESET after the UE transmits the beam failure recovery request;

determine that a link has been recovered based on the DCI;

cease re-sending a beam failure recovery request; and

perform beam reporting to enable the base station to refresh a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) table for beam indication.