Scheduling threshold report for multi-transmit/receive points

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

sending, to a first transmit (Tx)/receive (Rx) point (TRP), a report indicating a plurality of threshold scheduled offsets, each threshold scheduled offset being associated with a different number of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states;

receiving, from the first TRP, downlink control information (DCI) including a TCI and a time-offset, the TCI comprising at least one TCI state, each TCI state indicating a Tx beam for a TRP of a set of TRPs, the set of TRPs including the first TRP;

determining at least one Rx beam based on at least one of the received TCI, the time-offset, or one or more of the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets; and

receiving, based on the received time-offset, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) from each TRP of the set of TRPs through the determined at least one Rx beam.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each threshold scheduled offset is a minimum UE time offset capability between receiving the DCI and receiving the PDSCH subsequent to the time-offset that is needed for configuring one or more Rx beams based on the corresponding number of TCI states.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the at least one Rx beam comprises:

determining a number of received TCI states of the at least one TCI state received within the TCI;

determining the threshold scheduled offset associated with the determined number of TCI states; and

determining whether the determined threshold scheduled offset is greater than or equal to the received time-offset.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one Rx beam is determined based on the received TCI if the received time-offset is greater than or equal to the determined threshold scheduled offset.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one Rx beam is determined based on one or more Rx beams used to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) if the received time-offset is less than the determined threshold scheduled offset.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the PDCCH is associated with a lowest common resource set (CORESET) identifier.

7. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

send, to a first transmit (Tx)/receive (Rx) point (TRP), a report indicating a plurality of threshold scheduled offsets, each threshold scheduled offset being associated with a different number of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states;

receive, from the first TRP, downlink control information (DCI) including a TCI and a time-offset, the TCI comprising at least one TCI state, each TCI state indicating a Tx beam for a TRP of a set of TRPs, the set of TRPs including the first TRP;

determine at least one Rx beam based on at least one of the received TCI, the time-offset, or one or more of the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets; and

receive, based on the received time-offset, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) from each TRP of the set of TRPs through the determined at least one Rx beam.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein each threshold scheduled offset is a minimum UE time offset capability between receiving the DCI and receiving the PDSCH subsequent to the time-offset that is needed for configuring one or more Rx beams based on the corresponding number of TCI states.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein to determine the at least one Rx beam the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a number of received TCI states of the at least one TCI state received within the TCI;

determine the threshold scheduled offset associated with the determined number of TCI states; and

determine whether the determined threshold scheduled offset is greater than or equal to the received time-offset.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one Rx beam is determined based on the received TCI if the received time-offset is greater than or equal to the determined threshold scheduled offset.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one Rx beam is determined based on one or more Rx beams used to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) if the received time-offset is less than the determined threshold scheduled offset.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the PDCCH is associated with a lowest common resource set (CORESET) identifier.

13. A method of wireless communication of a base station (BS), the BS being associated with a first transmit (Tx)/receive (Rx) point (TRP), comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a report indicating a plurality of threshold scheduled offsets, each threshold scheduled offset being associated with a different number of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states;

sending, to the UE, downlink control information (DCI) including a TCI and a time-offset, the TCI comprising at least one TCI state, each TCI state indicating a Tx beam for a TRP of a set of TRPs, the set of TRPs including the first TRP; and

sending, based on the time-offset, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) through the Tx beam indicated for the first TRP.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein each threshold scheduled offset is a minimum UE time offset capability between the UE receiving the DCI and the UE receiving the PDSCH subsequent to the time-offset that is needed for the UE to configure one or more Rx beams based on the corresponding number of TCI states.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising determining the time-offset based on one or more of the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets by setting the time-offset to be greater than or equal to the one or more the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the determining the time-offset comprises:

determining a number of TCI states of the at least one TCI state sent within the TCI;

determining the threshold scheduled offset associated with the determined number of TCI states; and

setting the time-offset to a value greater than or equal to the determined threshold scheduled offset.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

determining to use TCI states different from the at least one TCI state indicated in the TCI of the DCI; and

determining the time-offset irrespective of the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets, the time-offset being less than the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets.

18. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), a report indicating a plurality of threshold scheduled offsets, each threshold scheduled offset being associated with a different number of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states;

send, to the UE, downlink control information (DCI) including a TCI and a time-offset, the TCI comprising at least one TCI state, each TCI state indicating a Tx beam for a TRP of a set of TRPs, the set of TRPs including a first TRP; and

send, based on the time-offset, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) through the Tx beam indicated for the first TRP.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein each threshold scheduled offset is a minimum UE time offset capability between the UE receiving the DCI and the UE receiving the PDSCH subsequent to the time-offset that is needed for the UE to configure one or more Rx beams based on the corresponding number of TCI states.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine the time-offset based on one or more of the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets by setting the time-offset to be greater than or equal to the one or more the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein to determine the time-offset the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a number of TCI states of the at least one TCI state sent within the TCI;

determine the threshold scheduled offset associated with the determined number of TCI states; and

set the time-offset to a value greater than or equal to the determined threshold scheduled offset.

22. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine to use TCI states different from the at least one TCI state indicated in the TCI of the DCI; and

determine the time-offset irrespective of the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets, the time-offset being less than the plurality of threshold scheduled offsets.