IP Library Granted Patent US 11,778,627
Granted Patent B2
US 11,778,627 · App. 17/328,257 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Techniques for multiple component carrier scheduling

Inventors: Mostafa Khoshnevisan (San Diego, CA); Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Huilin Xu (Temecula, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/23H04W72/0453H04W72/1263H04W72/535
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Patent No.
US 11,778,627
App. No.
17/328,257
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive downlink control information (DCI) messages scheduling downlink data transmissions at the UE, where at least one DCI message schedules two or more downlink data transmissions. The UE may determine, based on the DCI messages, a first set of downlink resources associated with a first control resource set (CORESET) group and a second set of downlink resources associated with a second CORESET group. The UE may receive one or more first downlink data transmissions on the first set of downlink resources and one or more second downlink data transmissions on the second set of downlink resources. The UE may communicate using a first set of parameters associated with the first CORESET group and a second set of parameters associated with the second CORESET group.

Claims (84)

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

receiving, from a base station and on a first component carrier of a plurality of component carriers, one or more messages, wherein each of the one or more messages includes a downlink control information that schedules two or more downlink data transmissions;

receiving, based on the one or more messages, one or more first downlink data transmissions on a first set of downlink resources and one or more second downlink data transmissions on a second set of downlink resources, wherein the first set of downlink resources is associated with a first control resource set group, and the second set of downlink resources is associated with a second control resource set group; and

communicating using a first set of parameters associated with the first control resource set group and a second set of parameters associated with the second control resource set group based at least in part on receiving the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the one or more messages comprises:

receiving, from the base station, a first message in a first control resource set of the first control resource set group, the first message comprising an indication of the first set of downlink resources; and

receiving, from the base station, a second message in a second control resource set of the second control resource set group, the second message comprising an indication of the second set of downlink resources.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein

the first set of downlink resources associated with the first control resource set group includes first and second subsets of the first set of downlink resources within different component carriers, and

the second set of downlink resources associated with the second control resource set group includes first and second subsets of the second set of downlink resources within different component carriers.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the one or more messages comprises:

receiving, from the base station via the first component carrier, a single message that comprises an indication of the first control resource set group and the second control resource set group.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, a radio resource control message indicating a set of carrier indicator field values, with each carrier indicator field value being associated with a mapping pair including a component carrier of the plurality of component carriers and at least one of the first control resource set group or the second control resource set group, wherein receiving the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions is based at least in part on a value of a carrier indicator field in the single on message and the set of carrier indicator field values in the radio resource control message.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message is associated with both the first control resource set group and the second control resource set group.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein receiving the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions comprises:

receiving the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions over the first component carrier in accordance with the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein receiving the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions comprises:

receiving the one or more first downlink data transmissions on the first set of downlink resources associated with the first control resource set group over a second component carrier different from the first component carrier in accordance with a first mapping pair of the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message, wherein the first mapping pair includes the second component carrier and the first control resource set group; and

receiving the one or more second downlink data transmissions on the second set of downlink resources associated with the second control resource set group over the second component carrier in accordance with a second mapping pair of the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message, wherein the second mapping pair includes the second component carrier and the second control resource set group.

9. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, a radio resource control message indicating a set of carrier indicator field values, with each carrier indicator field value being associated with two mapping pairs of component carrier and control resource set group values, each mapping pair including a different control resource set group from either the first control resource set group or the second control resource set group, and each mapping pair including a different component carrier from the plurality of component carriers, wherein receiving the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions is based at least in part on a value of a carrier indicator field in the single ion message and the set of carrier indicator field values in the radio resource control message.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein receiving the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions comprises:

receiving the one or more first downlink data transmissions on the first set of downlink resources associated with the first control resource set group over the first component carrier in accordance with a first mapping pair of the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message; wherein the first mapping pair includes the first component carrier and the first control resource set group; and

receiving the one or more second downlink data transmissions on the second set of downlink resources associated with the second control resource set group over a second component carrier different from the first component carrier in accordance with a second mapping pair of the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message, wherein the second mapping pair includes the second component carrier and the second control resource set group.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of parameters, the second set of parameters, or both, comprise: a hybrid automatic repeat request configuration, a physical downlink shared channel scrambling sequence, a cell-specific reference signal rate matching configuration, a transmission configuration indicator state, or any combination thereof.

12. A method for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

determining a first set of downlink resources and a second set of downlink resources, the first set of downlink resources being associated with a first control resource set group and the second set of downlink resources being associated with a second control resource set group, both the first set of downlink resources and the second set of downlink resources being associated with one or more component carriers of a plurality of component carriers used in communications with a user equipment (UE);

transmitting, to the UE and on a first component carrier of the plurality of component carriers, one or more messages where each of the one or more messages schedules two or more downlink data transmissions;

transmitting, to the UE based on the one or more messages, one or more first downlink data transmissions on the first set of downlink resources and one or more second downlink data transmissions on the second set of downlink resources; and

communicating, with the UE, using a first set of parameters associated with the first control resource set group and a second set of parameters associated with the second control resource set group.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein transmitting the one or more messages comprises:

transmitting, to the UE, a first message in a first control resource set of the first control resource set group, the first message comprising an indication of the first set of downlink resources; and

transmitting, to the UE, a second message in a second control resource set of the second control resource set group, the second message comprising an indication of the second set of downlink resources.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining the first set of downlink resources and the second set of downlink resources further comprises:

determining that the first set of downlink resources associated with the first control resource set group includes first and second subsets of the first set of downlink resources within different component carriers; and

determining that the second set of downlink resources associated with the second control resource set group includes first and second subsets of the second set of downlink resources within different component carriers.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein transmitting the one or more messages comprises:

transmitting, to the UE via the first component carrier, a single message that comprises an indication of the first control resource set group and the second control resource set group.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, a radio resource control message indicating a set of carrier indicator field values, with each carrier indicator field value being associated with a mapping pair including a component carrier of the plurality of component carriers and at least one of the first control resource set group or the second control resource set group, wherein transmitting the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions is based at least in part on a value of a carrier indicator field in the single message and the set of carrier indicator field values in the radio resource control message.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message is associated with both the first control resource set group and the second control resource set group.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein transmitting the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions comprises:

transmitting the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions over the first component carrier in accordance with the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein transmitting the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions comprises:

transmitting the one or more first downlink data transmissions on the first set of downlink resources associated with the first control resource set group over a second component carrier different from the first component carrier in accordance with a first mapping pair of the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message, wherein the first mapping pair includes the second component carrier and the first control resource set group; and

transmitting the one or more second downlink data transmissions on the second set of downlink resources associated with the second control resource set group over the second component carrier, in accordance with a second mapping pair of the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message, wherein the second mapping pair includes the second component carrier and the second control resource set group.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, a radio resource control message indicating a set of carrier indicator field values, with each carrier indicator field value being associated with two mapping pairs of component carrier and control resource set group values, each mapping pair including a different control resource set group from either the first control resource set group or the second control resource set group, and each mapping pair including a different component carrier from the plurality of component carriers, wherein transmitting the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions is based at least in part on a value of a carrier indicator field in the single message and the set of carrier indicator field values in the radio resource control message.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein transmitting the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions comprises:

transmitting the one or more first downlink data transmissions on the first set of downlink resources associated with the first control resource set group over the first component carrier in accordance with a first mapping pair of the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message, wherein the first mapping pair includes the first component carrier and the first control resource set group; and

transmitting the one or more second downlink data transmissions on the second set of downlink resources associated with the second control resource set group over a second component carrier different from the first component carrier in accordance with a second mapping pair of the value of the carrier indicator field in the single message, wherein the second mapping pair includes the second component carrier and the second control resource set group.

22. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first set of parameters, the second set of parameters, or both, comprise: a hybrid automatic repeat request configuration, a physical downlink shared channel scrambling sequence, a cell-specific reference signal rate matching configuration, a transmission configuration indicator state, or any combination thereof.

23. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a processor,

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from a base station and on a first component carrier of a plurality of component carriers, one or more messages, wherein each of the one or more messages includes a downlink control information that schedules two or more downlink data transmissions;

receive, based on the one or more messages, one or more first downlink data transmissions on a first set of downlink resources and one or more second downlink data transmissions on a second set of downlink resources, wherein the first set of downlink resources is associated with a first control resource set group, and the second set of downlink resources is associated with a second control resource set group; and

communicate using a first set of parameters associated with the first control resource set group and a second set of parameters associated with the second control resource set group based at least in part on receiving the one or more first downlink data transmissions and the one or more second downlink data transmissions.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the instructions to receive the one or more messages are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from the base station, a first message in a first control resource set of the first control resource set group, the first message comprising an indication of the first set of downlink resources; and

receive, from the base station, a second message in a second control resource set of the second control resource set group, the second downlink message comprising an indication of the second set of downlink resources.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the instructions to determine the first set of downlink resources and the second set of downlink resources further are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine that the first set of downlink resources associated with the first control resource set group includes first and second subsets of the first set of downlink resources within different component carriers; and

determine that the second set of downlink resources associated with the second control resource set group includes first and second subsets of the second set of downlink resources within different component carriers.

26. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the instructions to receive the one or more messages are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from the base station via the first component carrier, a single message that comprises an indication of the first control resource set group and the second control resource set group.

27. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a processor,

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine a first set of downlink resources and a second set of downlink resources, the first set of downlink resources being associated with a first control resource set group and the second set of downlink resources being associated with a second control resource set group, both the first set of downlink resources and the second set of downlink resources being associated with one or more component carriers of a plurality of component carriers used in communications with a user equipment (UE);

transmit, to the UE and on a first component carrier of the plurality of component carriers, one or more messages where each of the one or more messages schedules two or more downlink data transmissions;

transmit, to the UE based on the one or more messages, one or more first downlink data transmissions on the first set of downlink resources and one or more second downlink data transmissions on the second set of downlink resources; and

communicate, with the UE, using a first set of parameters associated with the first control resource set group and a second set of parameters associated with the second control resource set group.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the instructions to transmit the one or more messages are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, to the UE, a first message in a first control resource set of the first control resource set group, the first message comprising an indication of the first set of downlink resources; and

transmit, to the UE, a second message in a second control resource set of the second control resource set group, the second message comprising an indication of the second set of downlink resources.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the instructions to determine the first set of downlink resources and the second set of downlink resources further are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine that the first set of downlink resources associated with the first control resource set group includes first and second subsets of the first set of downlink resources within different component carriers; and

determine that the second set of downlink resources associated with the second control resource set group includes first and second subsets of the second set of downlink resources within different component carriers.

30. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the instructions to transmit the one or more messages are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, to the UE via the first component carrier, a single message that comprises an indication of the first control resource set group and the second control resource set group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2021
From: KHOSHNEVISAN, MOSTAFA; TAKEDA, KAZUKI; XU, HUILIN; ZHANG, XIAOXIA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 056419/0551 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63052748 · Jul 16, 2020
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