IP Library Granted Patent US 12,588,020
Granted Patent B2
US 12,588,020 · App. 17/922,447 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Method and user equipment for multi-transmission/reception point operations

Inventors: Chia-Hung Lin (Taipei, TW); Chia-Hao Yu (Taipei, TW); Hsin-Hsi Tsai (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W72/1268H04B7/0639H04L1/08H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,588,020
App. No.
17/922,447
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performed by a UE for communicating with a plurality of TRPs is provided. The method includes: receiving, from the BS, one or more RRC messages that configure the UE with a first SRS resource set associated with a first TRP, a second SRS resource set associated with a second TRP, and a cyclical mapping pattern for a plurality of PUSCH repetitions, a usage of the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set being configured for codebook-based transmissions; and transmitting the plurality of PUSCH repetitions based on the cyclical mapping pattern at least by: transmitting a first PUSCH repetition of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions to the first TRP according to the first SRS resource set; and transmitting a second PUSCH repletion of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions to the second TRP according to the second SRS resource set after transmitting the first PUSCH repetition.

Claims (28)

1 . A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for communicating with a plurality of Transmission Reception Points (TRPs), including a first TRP and a second TRP, associated with a Base Station (BS), the method comprising:

receiving, from the BS, one or more Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages that configure the UE with a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set associated with the first TRP, a second SRS resource set associated with the second TRP, different from the first TRP, and a cyclical mapping pattern for a plurality of Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) repetitions, the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set being configured for codebook-based transmissions; and

transmitting the plurality of PUSCH repetitions based on the cyclical mapping pattern at least by:

transmitting a first PUSCH repetition of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions to the first TRP based on the first SRS resource set and the cyclical mapping pattern; and

transmitting a second PUSCH repetition of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions to the second TRP based on the second SRS resource set and the cyclical mapping pattern after transmitting the first PUSCH repetition.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more RRC messages comprise a first Transmit Precoder Matrix Indication (TPMI) associated with the first SRS resource set and a second TPMI associated with the second SRS resource set.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the cyclical mapping pattern determines a mapping relationship among the first TPMI, the second TPMI, and the plurality of PUSCH repetitions.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more RRC messages further comprise a first SRS resource set indicator corresponding to the first SRS resource set and a second SRS resource set indicator corresponding to the second SRS resource set.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving Uplink (UL) Downlink Control Information (DCI) from the BS, the UL DCI comprising a first Transmit Precoder Matrix Indication (TPMI) associated with the first SRS source set and a second TPMI associated with the second SRS resource set.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the cyclical mapping pattern determines a mapping relationship among the first TPMI, the second TPMI, and the plurality of PUSCH repetitions.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the second TPMI applies a same number of layers indicated by the first TPMI for the codebook-based transmissions.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the UL DCI further comprises a first SRS resource set indicator corresponding to the first SRS resource set and a second SRS resource set indicator corresponding to the second SRS resource set.

9 . A User Equipment (UE) for communicating with a plurality of Transmission Reception Points (TRPs), including a first TRP and a second TRP, associated with a Base Station (BS), the UE comprising:

transceiver circuitry; and

at least one processor, coupled to the transceiver circuitry, and configured to control the transceiver circuitry to:

receive, from the BS, one or more Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages that configure the UE with a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set associated with the first TRP, a second SRS resource set associated with the second TRP, different from the first TRP, and a cyclical mapping pattern for a plurality of Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) repetitions, the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set being configured for codebook-based transmissions; and

transmit the plurality of PUSCH repetitions based on the cyclical mapping pattern at least by:

transmitting a first PUSCH repetition of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions to the first TRP based on the first SRS resource set and the cyclical mapping pattern; and

transmitting a second PUSCH repetition of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions to the second TRP based on the second SRS resource set and the cyclical mapping pattern after transmitting the first PUSCH repetition.

10 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the one or more RRC messages comprise a first Transmit Precoder Matrix Indication (TPMI) associated with the first SRS resource set and a second TPMI associated with the second SRS resource set.

11 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the cyclical mapping pattern determines a mapping relationship among the first TPMI, the second TPMI, and the plurality of PUSCH repetitions.

12 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the one or more RRC messages further comprise a first SRS resource set indicator corresponding to the first SRS resource set and a second SRS resource set indicator corresponding to the second SRS resource set.

13 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the transceiver circuitry to:

receive Uplink (UL) Downlink Control Information (DCI) from the BS, the UL DCI comprising a first Transmit Precoder Matrix Indication (TPMI) associated with the first SRS source set and a second TPMI associated with the second SRS resource set.

14 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the cyclical mapping pattern determines a mapping relationship among the first TPMI, the second TPMI, and the plurality of PUSCH repetitions.

15 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the second TPMI applies a same number of layers indicated by the first TPMI for the codebook-based transmissions.

16 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the UL DCI further comprises a first SRS resource set indicator corresponding to the first SRS resource set and a second SRS resource set indicator corresponding to the second SRS resource set.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2024
From: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069028/0594 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: LIN, CHIA-HUNG; YU, CHIA-HAO; TSAI, HSIN-HSI
To: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061592/0710 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63023205 · May 11, 2020
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