Systems and methods for determining transmitter and receiver configurations for a wireless device

1. A method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communications system, comprising:

transmitting, by the wireless device, a first signal of a first type using a first transmitter configuration based on a first quasi co-location (QCL) assumption associating the first signal with a first reference signal received by the wireless device; and

transmitting, by the wireless device, a second signal of a second type using a second transmitter configuration based on a second QCL assumption associating the second signal with a second reference signal received by the wireless device, the second type being different from the first type, and

wherein the second signal of the second type is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is a broadcasted reference signal and the second reference signal is a user equipment (UE)-specific configured reference signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the broadcasted reference signal is a reference signal in a synchronization signal (SS) block and the UE-specific reference signal is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first signal of the first type is a common signal and the second signal of the second type is a user equipment (UE)-specific signal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second signals are user equipment (UE) specific signals.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is a reference signal in a preferred synchronization signal (SS) block and the first signal of the first type is a common search space or a group common search space of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is a reference signal in a preferred synchronization signal (SS) block and the first signal of the first type is a user equipment (UE) specific search space of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second reference signal is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second reference signal is a reference signal (RS) in a preferred synchronization signal (SS) block.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transmitter configuration corresponds to a beam direction used to receive the first reference signal.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second transmitter configuration corresponds to a beam direction used to receive the second reference signal.

12. A wireless device, comprising:

at least one processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor whereby the wireless device is configured to:

transmit a first signal of a first type using a first transmitter configuration based on a first quasi co-location (QCL) assumption associating the first signal with a first reference signal received by the wireless device; and

transmit a second signal of a second type using a second transmitter configuration based on a second QCL assumption associating the second signal with a second reference signal received by the wireless device, the second type being different from the first type, and

wherein the second signal of the second type is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal.

13. A method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communications system, comprising:

obtaining a particular one of a plurality of quasi co-location (QCL) assumptions, the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions associating a certain reference signal reception by a wireless device with a transmission of a signal of a certain type of a plurality of types by that wireless device; and

transmitting the signal of the certain type using a transmitter configuration based on the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions that associates the signal of the certain type with the certain reference signal received by the wireless device, and

wherein the signal of the certain type is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein said obtaining includes:

receiving, from a network node, an indication of the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the indication includes a subset of QCL parameters.

16. A wireless device, comprising:

at least one processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor whereby the wireless device is configured to:

obtain a particular one of a plurality of quasi co-location (QCL) assumptions, the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions associating a certain reference signal reception by a wireless device with a transmission of a signal of a certain type of a plurality of types by that wireless device; and

transmit the signal of the certain type using a transmitter configuration based on the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions that associates the signal of the certain type with the certain reference signal received by the wireless device, and

wherein the signal of the certain type is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal.

17. A method performed by a network node in a wireless communications system, comprising:

obtaining a particular one of a plurality of quasi co-location (QCL) assumptions for a wireless device, the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions associating a certain reference signal reception by the wireless device with a transmission of a signal of a certain type of a plurality of types by that wireless device; and

transmitting, to the wireless device, an indication of the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions; and

receiving, from the wireless device, the signal of the certain type that is associated, according to the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions, with the certain reference signal transmitted by the network node to the wireless device, and

wherein the signal of the certain type is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein said obtaining includes:

determining the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions for the wireless device.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of QCL assumptions includes at least one of a spatial relation between a reference signal reception by a wireless device and a transmission of a signal of a certain type by that wireless device and a QCL reference between a reference signal reception by a wireless device and a reception of a signal of a certain type by that wireless device.

20. A network node, comprising:

at least one processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor whereby the network node is configured to:

obtain a particular one of a plurality of quasi co-location (QCL) assumptions for a wireless device, the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions associating a certain reference signal reception by the wireless device with a transmission of a signal of a certain type of a plurality of types by that wireless device; and

transmit, to the wireless device, an indication of the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions; and

receive, from the wireless device, the signal of the certain type that is associated, according to the particular one of the plurality of QCL assumptions, with the certain reference signal transmitted by the network node to the wireless device, and

wherein the signal of the certain type is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal.