IP Library Granted Patent US 12,531,616
Granted Patent B2
US 12,531,616 · App. 17/593,712 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Full power transmission mode 2 TPMI list signaling enhancement

Inventors: Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Chunhai Yao (Beijing, CN); Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Dawei Zhang (Cupertino, CA); Hong He (Cupertino, CA); Jie Cui (Cupertino, CA); Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA); Sigen Ye (Cupertino, CA); Wei Zeng (Cupertino, CA); Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA); Yang Tang (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
H04B7/0639H04B7/0456H04B7/0623
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Patent No.
US 12,531,616
App. No.
17/593,712
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are enhancements for a Mode 2 TPMI list indication, including TPMI capability reporting design, TPMI list enhancement for four-port partial coherent UE, and TPMI list enhancement for four-port non-coherent UE.

Claims (940)

1 . A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), for facilitating full power transmission Mode 2 transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) list signaling, the method comprising:

generating one capability report indicating both an intended TPMI configuration and a downgrade TPMI configuration of the UE in the same capability report, the intended TPMI configuration corresponding to a maximum port and desired coherency capability, the downgrade TPMI configuration corresponding to fewer ports and non-coherent capabilities,

wherein the intended TPMI configuration indicates support for four-port full-coherent operation;

wherein the downgrade TPMI configuration includes:

a two-bit bitmap for supporting a two-port configuration,

a four-port non-coherent TPMI list index, and

a four-port partial-coherent TPMI list index, wherein a fall back non-coherent TPMI list is based on the four-port partial-coherent TPMI list index, wherein the fall back non-coherent TPMI list comprises non-coherent TPMIs corresponding to the four-port partial-coherent TPMI list index, and

wherein the capability report indicates the following precoding matrices for four-port partial coherent UE, and wherein the precoding matrices supports a power amplifier (PA) architecture [23, 17, 23, 17] dBm:

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transmitting to a radio access node the capability report to simultaneously report the intended TPMI configuration and the downgrade TPMI configuration of the UE the in a same capability reporting transmission.

2 . The method of claim 1 in which the capability report indicates the following precoding matrices for four-port partial coherent UE:

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3 . The method of claim 1 in which the capability report indicates the following precoding matrix for four-port non-coherent UE:

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4 . The method of claim 1 in which the capability report indicates the following precoding matrix for four-port non-coherent UE:

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5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising including in the capability report a TPMI group choice selected from a group of eight or more choices including a choice representing a combination of two other choices.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising including in the capability report a TPMI group choice selected from a group of eight or more choices including a choice representing a subset of TPMI from another choice.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising including in the capability report multiple TPMI group choices.

8 . A method, performed by a radio access node (RAN), for facilitating full power transmission in a mode 2 transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) list signaling, the method comprising:

processing one capability report from a user equipment (UE) to determine a codebook-based physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for the full power transmission, the capability report indicating both an intended TPMI configuration and a downgrade TPMI configuration of the UE, the intended TPMI configuration corresponding to a maximum port and desired coherency capability, and the downgrade TPMI configuration corresponding to fewer ports and non-coherent capabilities, wherein the capability report simultaneously reports the intended TPMI configuration and the downgrade TPMI configuration in a same capability reporting transmission,

wherein the intended TPMI configuration indicates support for four-port full-coherent operation;

wherein the downgrade TPMI configuration includes:

a two-bit bitmap for supporting a two-port configuration,

a four-port non-coherent TPMI list index, and

a four-port partial-coherent TPMI list index, wherein a fall back non-coherent TPMI list is based on the four-port partial-coherent TPMI list index, wherein the fall back non-coherent TPMI list comprises non-coherent TPMIs corresponding to the four-port partial-coherent TPMI list index, and

wherein the capability report indicates the following precoding matrices for four-port partial coherent UE, and wherein the precoding matrices supports a power amplifier (PA) architecture [23, 17, 23, 17] dBm:

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transmitting to the UE downlink control information (DCI) including a TPMI indication configuring the UE for the full power transmission.

9 . The method of claim 8 in which the downgrade TPMI configuration is based on a TPMI group choice excluding any partial-coherent TPMIs.

10 . The method of claim 8 , in which the TPMI indication represents the following precoding matrices for four-port partial coherent UE:

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11 . The method of claim 8 , in which the TPMI indication represents the following precoding matrix for four-port non-coherent UE:

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12 . The method of claim 8 , in which the TPMI indication represents the following precoding matrices for four-port non-coherent UE:

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13 . A user equipment (UE) apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the apparatus to:

generate one capability report indicating both an intended TPMI configuration and a downgrade TPMI configuration of the UE in the same capability report, the intended TPMI configuration corresponding to a maximum port and desired coherency capability, the downgrade TPMI configuration corresponding to fewer ports and non-coherent capabilities,

wherein the intended TPMI configuration indicates support for four-port full-coherent operation;

wherein the downgrade TPMI configuration includes:

a two-bit bitmap for supporting a two-port configuration,

a four-port non-coherent TPMI list index, and

a four-port partial-coherent TPMI list index, wherein a fall back non-coherent TPMI list is based on the four-port partial-coherent TPMI list index, wherein the fall back non-coherent TPMI list comprises non-coherent TPMIs corresponding to the four-port partial-coherent TPMI list index, and

wherein the capability report indicates the following precoding matrices for four-port partial coherent UE, and wherein the precoding matrices supports a power amplifier (PA) architecture [23, 17, 23, 17] dBm:

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transmit to a radio access node the capability report to simultaneously report the intended TPMI configuration and the downgrade TPMI configuration of the UE the in a same capability reporting transmission.

14 . The UE apparatus of claim 13 , in which the capability report indicates the following precoding matrices for four-port partial coherent UE:

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15 . The UE apparatus of claim 13 , in which the capability report indicates the following precoding matrix for four-port non-coherent UE:

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16 . The UE apparatus of claim 13 , in which the capability report indicates the following precoding matrix for four-port non-coherent UE:

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17 . The UE apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the capability report includes a TPMI group choice selected from a group of eight or more choices including a choice representing a combination of two other choices.

18 . The UE apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the capability report includes a TPMI group choice selected from a group of eight or more choices including a choice representing a subset of TPMI from another choice.

19 . The UE apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the capability report includes multiple TPMI group choices.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2021
From: SUN, HAITONG; YAO, CHUNHAI; YE, CHUNXUAN; ZHANG, DAWEI; HE, HONG; CUI, JIE; OTERI, OGHENEKOME; YE, SIGEN; ZENG, WEI; YANG, WEIDONG; TANG, YANG; ZHANG, YUSHU
To: APPLE INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/CN2020/107511 · Aug 6, 2020 · international
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