Granted Patent B2

US 12,362,850 · App. 17/827,459 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Inventors: Mostafa Khoshnevisan (San Diego, CA); Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim Abdelaziz Zewail (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04L1/0003H04L1/0061H04W24/08H04W72/1263H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (115)

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

at least one processor; and

at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor, the at least one memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive a control message scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission comprising a first codeword and a second codeword, the control message indicating a first modulation and coding scheme value and a first resource associated with the first codeword, and the control message indicating a second modulation and coding scheme value and a second resource associated with the second codeword;

monitor, based at least in part on the control message, the first resource for the first codeword in accordance with one or more first parameters determined by indexing a first modulation and coding scheme table using the first modulation and coding scheme value;

monitor, based at least in part on the control message, the second resource for the second codeword in accordance with one or more second parameters determined by indexing one of the first modulation and coding scheme table using the second modulation and coding scheme value or a second modulation and coding scheme table using the second modulation and coding scheme value; and

decode the first codeword and the second codeword based at least in part on monitoring the first resource and the second resource.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive an indication of the first modulation and coding scheme table and the second modulation and coding scheme table; and

receive the control message comprising a first grant scheduling the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword.

3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive an indication of a third modulation and coding scheme table;

receive a second grant scheduling transmission of a third codeword and indicating a third modulation and coding scheme value associated with the third codeword; and

receive, in accordance with the second grant, the third codeword based at least in part on indexing the third modulation and coding scheme table using the third modulation and coding scheme value.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive the control message that is a downlink control information message that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword; and

index the first modulation and coding scheme table, the second modulation and coding scheme table, or both, based at least in part on a format of the downlink control information message.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive control signaling indicating the second modulation and coding scheme table and a third modulation and coding scheme table;

receive the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises cyclic redundancy check information that is scrambled with a modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier;

receive the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier; and

receive the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive control signaling indicating the second modulation and coding scheme table and a third modulation and coding scheme table;

receive the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises cyclic redundancy check information that is scrambled with a modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier;

receive the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier; and

receive the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the second modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises cyclic redundancy check information that is scrambled with a modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier associated with multiple modulation and coding scheme tables;

receive the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier; and

receive the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the second modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises a field with a value that indicates that the UE is to receive the first codeword and the second codeword using different modulation and coding scheme tables;

receive the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in accordance with the value; and

receive the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the second modulation and coding scheme table in accordance with the value.

9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises a field with a value that indicates that the UE is to receive the first codeword and the second codeword using a same modulation and coding scheme table;

receive the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in accordance with the value; and

receive the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in accordance with the value.

10. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first codeword is a common codeword that is to be decoded by the UE and one or more additional UEs and the second codeword is a private codeword that is to be decoded by the UE.

11. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the second codeword is a common codeword that is to be decoded by the UE and one or more additional UEs and the first codeword is a private codeword that is to be decoded by the UE.

12. The UE of claim 1 , wherein one or more modulation and coding schemes of the first modulation and coding scheme table have a smaller maximum modulation order, or a smaller spectral efficiency, or both, than one or more modulation and coding schemes of the second modulation and coding scheme table.

13. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor, the at least one memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the network entity to:

transmit a control message scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission comprising a first codeword and a second codeword, the control message indicating a first modulation and coding scheme value and a first resource associated with the first codeword, and the control message indicating a second modulation and coding scheme value and a second resource associated with the second codeword;

generate the first codeword in accordance with one or more first parameters determined by indexing a first modulation and coding scheme table using the first modulation and coding scheme value;

generate the second codeword in accordance with one or more second parameters determined by indexing one of the first modulation and coding scheme table using the second modulation and coding scheme value or a second modulation and coding scheme table using the second modulation and coding scheme value; and

transmit, in accordance with the control message, the first codeword via the first resource and the second codeword via the second resource.

14. The network entity of claim 13 ,

wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the network entity to:

transmit an indication of the first modulation and coding scheme table and the second modulation and coding scheme table; and

transmit the control message comprising a first grant scheduling the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword.

15. The network entity of claim 14 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the network entity to:

transmit an indication of a third modulation and coding scheme table;

transmit a second grant scheduling transmission of a third codeword and indicating a third modulation and coding scheme value associated with the third codeword; and

transmit, in accordance with the second grant, the third codeword based at least in part on indexing the third modulation and coding scheme table using the third modulation and coding scheme value.

16. The network entity of claim 13 ,

wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the network entity to:

transmit the control message that is a downlink control information message that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword; and

index the first modulation and coding scheme table, the second modulation and coding scheme table, or both, based at least in part on a format of the downlink control information message.

17. The network entity of claim 13 ,

wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the network entity to:

transmit control signaling indicating the second modulation and coding scheme table and a third modulation and coding scheme table;

transmit the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises cyclic redundancy check information that is scrambled with a modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier;

transmit the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier; and

transmit the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier.

18. The network entity of claim 13 ,

wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the network entity to:

transmit control signaling indicating the second modulation and coding scheme table and a third modulation and coding scheme table;

transmit the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises cyclic redundancy check information that is scrambled with a modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier;

transmit the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier; and

transmit the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the second modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier.

19. The network entity of claim 13 ,

wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the network entity to:

transmit the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises cyclic redundancy check information that is scrambled with a modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier associated with multiple modulation and coding scheme tables;

transmit the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier; and

transmit the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the second modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier.

20. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the network entity to:

transmit the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises a field with a value that indicates that the first codeword and the second codeword are to be received using different modulation and coding scheme tables;

transmit the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in accordance with the value; and

transmit the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the second modulation and coding scheme table in accordance with the value.

21. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the network entity to:

transmit the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises a field with a value that indicates that the first codeword and the second codeword are to be received using a same modulation and coding scheme table;

transmit the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in accordance with the value; and

transmit the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in accordance with the value.

22. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the first codeword is a common codeword that is to be decoded by a UE and one or more additional UEs and the second codeword is a private codeword that is to be decoded by the UE.

23. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the second codeword is a common codeword that is to be decoded by a UE and one or more additional UEs and the first codeword is a private codeword that is to be decoded by the UE.

24. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein one or more modulation and coding schemes of the first modulation and coding scheme table have a smaller maximum modulation order, or a smaller spectral efficiency, or both, than one or more modulation and coding schemes of the second modulation and coding scheme table.

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

receiving a control message scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission comprising a first codeword and a second codeword, the control message indicating a first modulation and coding scheme value and a first resource associated with the first codeword, and the control message indicating a second modulation and coding scheme value and a second resource associated with the second codeword;

monitoring, based at least in part on the control message, the first resource for the first codeword in accordance with one or more first parameters determined by indexing a first modulation and coding scheme table using the first modulation and coding scheme value;

monitoring, based at least in part on the control message, the second resource for the second codeword in accordance with one or more second parameters determined by indexing one of the first modulation and coding scheme table using the second modulation and coding scheme value or a second modulation and coding scheme table using the second modulation and coding scheme value; and

decoding the first codeword and the second codeword based at least in part on monitoring the first resource and the second resource.

26. The method of claim 25 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of the first modulation and coding scheme table and the second modulation and coding scheme table; and

receiving the control message comprising a first grant scheduling the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword.

27. The method of claim 25 , further comprising:

receiving control signaling indicating the second modulation and coding scheme table and a third modulation and coding scheme table;

receiving the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises cyclic redundancy check information that is scrambled with a modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier;

receiving the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier; and

receiving the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier.

28. A method for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

transmitting a control message scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission comprising a first codeword and a second codeword, the control message indicating a first modulation and coding scheme value and a first resource associated with the first codeword, and the control message indicating a second modulation and coding scheme value and a second resource associated with the second codeword;

generating the first codeword in accordance with one or more first parameters determined by indexing a first modulation and coding scheme table using the first modulation and coding scheme value;

generating the second codeword in accordance with one or more second parameters determined by indexing one of the first modulation and coding scheme table using the second modulation and coding scheme value or a second modulation and coding scheme table using the second modulation and coding scheme value; and

transmitting in accordance with the control message, the first codeword via the first resource and the second codeword via the second resource.

29. The method of claim 28 , further comprising:

transmitting an indication of the first modulation and coding scheme table and the second modulation and coding scheme table; and

transmitting the control message comprising a first grant scheduling the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword.

30. The method of claim 28 , further comprising:

transmitting control signaling indicating the second modulation and coding scheme table and a third modulation and coding scheme table;

transmitting the control message comprising a grant that schedules the PDSCH transmission comprising the first codeword and the second codeword and that comprises cyclic redundancy check information that is scrambled with a modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier;

transmitting the first codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier; and

transmitting the second codeword based at least in part on indexing the first modulation and coding scheme table in response to the cyclic redundancy check information being scrambled with the modulation and coding scheme cell radio network temporary identifier.

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