IP Library Granted Patent US 12,160,379
Granted Patent B2
US 12,160,379 · App. 17/917,979 · Granted Dec 3, 2024

Enhancements of physical channels in multi-TRP

Inventors: Loic Canonne-Velasquez (Dorval, CA); Young Woo Kwak (Woodbury, NY); Afshin Haghighat (Ile-Bizard, CA); Moon-il Lee (Melville, NY); Tuong Duc Hoang (Montreal, CA); Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA); Virgil Comsa (Montreal, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04L5/0035H04L1/08H04L5/005
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Patent No.
US 12,160,379
App. No.
17/917,979
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described herein regarding enhancements of physical channels in Multi-TRP. Reliability enhancements are provided for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), including, for example, enhanced support for a control resource set (CORESET) combining. Reliability enhancements are provided for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), including, for example, activation/deactivation of repetition combining, resource selection, etc. Reliability enhancements are provided for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), including, for example, spatial relation determination and signaling, configured and dynamic grant enhancements, etc.

Claims (23)

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the WTRU comprising:

a processor configured to:

obtain configuration information associated with multiple transmit/receive point (M-TRP) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission decoding, wherein the configuration information comprises a condition associated with performing M-TRP PDCCH transmission decoding, wherein the condition is associated with a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), a control resource set identifier, a precoder granularity, and a mapping type;

determine to attempt to perform M-TRP PDCCH transmission decoding based on a determination that the condition is satisfied;

detect at least a first PDCCH transmission and a second PDCCH transmission, wherein the first PDCCH transmission is associated with a first transmit/receive point (TRP) and the second PDCCH transmission is associated with a second TRP;

attempt to perform M-TRP PDCCH transmission decoding for the first TRP and the second TRP;

determine that PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the first TRP has been successful, wherein the determination that PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the first TRP has been successful is based on a determination that the first PDCCH transmission associated with the first TRP has been successfully decoded;

determine that PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the second TRP has not been successful, wherein the determination that the PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the second TRP has not been successful is based on at least a determination that decoding the second PDCCH transmission associated with the second TRP has not been successful; and

send, to a base station, feedback via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, wherein the feedback comprises an RNTI associated with the first PDCCH transmission, a TRP index, and a control resource set index, wherein the RNTI associated with the first PDCCH transmission, the TRP index, and the control resource set index indicate that the PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the first TRP has been successful, wherein the feedback indicates an aggregation level associated with the PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the first TRP, and wherein the feedback indicates that M-TRP PDCCH transmission decoding was used.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the determination that the PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the second TRP has not been successful is further based on a determination that decoding a third PDCCH transmission associated with the second TRP has not been successful, wherein an attempt to decode the third PDCCH transmission associated with the second TRP is performed based on the determination that decoding the second PDCCH transmission associated with the second TRP has not been successful, wherein the feedback further indicates a repetition index associated with the second TRP.

3. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the determination that the PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the second TRP has not been successful is further based on a determination that decoding soft-combined information associated with the second PDCCH transmission and the third PDCCH transmission has not been successful, wherein the feedback further indicates that decoding using soft-combined information associated with the second PDCCH transmission and third PDCCH transmission was unsuccessful.

4. The WTRU of claim 3 , wherein the feedback further comprises an indication that indicates to switch to a single TRP transmission mode.

5. A method, the method comprising:

obtaining configuration information associated with multiple transmit/receive point (M-TRP) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission decoding, wherein the configuration information comprises a condition associated with performing M-TRP PDCCH transmission decoding, wherein the condition is associated with a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), a control resource set identifier, a precoder granularity, and a mapping type;

determining to attempt to perform M-TRP PDCCH transmission decoding based on a determination that the condition is satisfied;

detecting at least a first PDCCH transmission and a second PDCCH transmission, wherein the first PDCCH transmission is associated with a first transmit/receive point (TRP) and the second PDCCH transmission is associated with a second TRP;

attempting to perform M-TRP PDCCH transmission decoding for the first TRP and the second TRP;

determining that PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the first TRP has been successful, wherein the determination that PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the first TRP has been successful is based on a determination that the first PDCCH transmission associated with the first TRP has been successfully decoded;

determining that PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the second TRP has not been successful, wherein the determination that the PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the second TRP has not been successful is based on at least a determination that decoding the second PDCCH transmission associated with the second TRP has not been successful; and

sending, to a base station, feedback via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, wherein the feedback comprises an RNTI associated with the first PDCCH transmission, a TRP index, and a control resource set index, wherein the RNTI associated with the first PDCCH transmission, the TRP index, and the control resource set index indicate that the PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the first TRP has been successful, wherein the feedback indicates an aggregation level associated with the PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the first TRP, and wherein the feedback indicates that M- TRP PDCCH transmission decoding was used.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the determination that the PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the second TRP has not been successful is further based on a determination that decoding a third PDCCH transmission associated with the second TRP has not been successful, wherein an attempt to decode the third PDCCH transmission associated with the second TRP is performed based on the determination that decoding the second PDCCH transmission associated with the second TRP has not been successful, wherein the feedback further indicates a repetition index associated with the second TRP.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the determination that the PDCCH transmission decoding associated with the second TRP has not been successful is further based on a determination that decoding soft-combined information associated with the second PDCCH transmission and the third PDCCH transmission has not been successful, wherein the feedback further indicates that decoding using soft-combined information associated with the second PDCCH transmission and third PDCCH transmission was unsuccessful.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the feedback further comprises an indication that indicates to switch to a single TRP transmission mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2023
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 63006977 · Apr 8, 2020
Provisional Application 63061281 · Aug 5, 2020
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