IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,101,742
Granted Patent B2
US 12,101,742 · App. 17/571,132 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

Beam control for repetitions

Inventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik (Herndon, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04W72/02H04L5/0051H04W72/0446H04W72/046H04W72/23H04W72/542
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Patent No.
US 12,101,742
App. No.
17/571,132
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Transmission repetitions may be used in wireless communications. Control channel repetition may be used for scheduling communications between a base station and a wireless device. Control information, sent via the control channel, may indicate a wireless resource for the scheduled communications. The wireless device may determine, using the control information, the wireless resource corresponding to a default resource pool, a resource pool used for at least one repetition of the control channel, and/or based on a resource pool indicated via the control channel.

Claims (46)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device via at least one of a first control resource set (CORESET) or a second CORESET, repetitions of downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink signal and comprising a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) field;

based on a first CORESET pool index of the first CORESET and a second CORESET pool index of the second CORESET being different, determining a default CORESET pool index among the first CORESET pool index and the second CORESET pool index; and

receiving the downlink signal based on a TCI state, among one or more TCI states activated for the default CORESET pool index, indicated by the TCI field.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the default CORESET pool index comprises one of:

determining a lowest CORESET pool index among the first CORESET pool index and the second CORESET pool index; or

determining a highest CORESET pool index among the first CORESET pool index and the second CORESET pool index.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the default CORESET pool index comprises determining a CORESET pool index, among the first CORESET pool index and the second CORESET pool index, that is equal to a preconfigured value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the default CORESET pool index comprises determining the default CORESET pool index based on an indicator in the DCI.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the default CORESET pool index comprises determining a CORESET pool index of a CORESET, among the first CORESET and the second CORESET, via which a last repetition of the DCI is received.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more configuration parameters indicating:

the first CORESET pool index for the first CORESET; and

the second CORESET pool index for the second CORESET, wherein the second CORESET is linked to the first CORESET for the repetitions of the DCI.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the downlink signal based on the TCI state comprises receiving the downlink signal based on at least one demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port of the downlink signal being quasi co-located with a reference signal associated with the TCI state.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink signal comprises at least one of:

a transport block;

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission; or

a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS).

9. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration parameters indicating:

a first control resource set (CORESET) pool index for a first CORESET; and

a second CORESET pool index for a second CORESET;

receiving, via at least one of the first CORESET or the second CORESET, repetitions of downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink signal and comprising a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) field; and

based on the first CORESET pool index and the second CORESET pool index being different, receiving the downlink signal based on a TCI state indicated by the TCI field and associated with a default CORESET pool index among the first CORESET pool index and the second CORESET pool index.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the TCI state is among one or more TCI states activated for the default CORESET pool index.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the default CORESET pool index is equal to a preconfigured value.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the DCI indicates the default CORESET pool index.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the default CORESET pool index is associated with a CORESET, among the first CORESET and the second CORESET, via which a last repetition of the DCI is received.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the receiving the downlink signal based on the TCI state comprises receiving the downlink signal based on at least one demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port of the downlink signal being quasi co-located with a reference signal associated with the TCI state.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the downlink signal comprises at least one of:

a transport block;

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission; or

a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS).

16. A method comprising,

sending, by a base station via a first control resource set (CORESET) and a second CORESET, repetitions of downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink signal and comprising a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) field;

based on a first CORESET pool index of the first CORESET and a second CORESET pool index of the second CORESET being different, determining a default CORESET pool index among the first CORESET pool index and the second CORESET pool index; and

sending the downlink signal based on a TCI state, among one or more TCI states activated for the default CORESET pool index, indicated by the TCI field.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the determining the default CORESET pool index comprises determining a CORESET pool index, among the first CORESET pool index and the second CORESET pool index, that is equal to a preconfigured value.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the determining the default CORESET pool index comprises determining a CORESET pool index of a CORESET, among the first CORESET and the second CORESET, via which a last repetition of the DCI is sent.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the downlink signal comprises at least one of:

a transport block;

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission; or

a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS).

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising sending one or more configuration parameters indicating:

the first CORESET pool index for the first CORESET; and

the second CORESET pool index for the second CORESET, wherein the second CORESET is linked to the first CORESET for the repetitions of the DCI.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; ZHOU, HUA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059384/0405 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; ZHOU, HUA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059384/0412 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; ZHOU, HUA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059384/0419 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17570837 · Jan 7, 2022
Provisional Application 63135318 · Jan 8, 2021
Provisional Application 63135329 · Jan 8, 2021
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