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US 12,452,019 · App. 17/998,319 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Method and device for transmitting/receiving CSI-RS in wireless communication system

Inventors: Hyungtae Kim (Seoul, KR); Jiwon Kang (Seoul, KR); Kyuseok Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0053H04W72/232
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Patent No.
US 12,452,019
App. No.
17/998,319
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a device for transmitting/receiving a CSI-RS in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A method for receiving an aperiodic channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, may comprise steps of: receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the aperiodic CSI-RS; and receiving, from the base station, the aperiodic CSI-RS on the basis of the DCI, wherein, on the basis the scheduling offset of the aperiodic CSI-RS being smaller than the beam switch timing of a terminal, a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption of a downlink signal associated with the same CORESET pool index as the CORESET pool index of a control resource set (CORESET) for the DCI can be applied for the reception of the aperiodic CSI-RS.

Claims (31)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a terminal from a base station, downlink control information for triggering an aperiodic channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS); and

receiving, from the base station, the aperiodic CSI-RS based on the downlink control information,

wherein based on a scheduling offset of the aperiodic CSI-RS being smaller than a beam switch timing of the terminal, a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption of a downlink signal associated with the same control resource set pool index as a control resource set pool index of a control resource set for the downlink control information is applied for reception of the aperiodic CSI-RS,

wherein the downlink signal is a periodic or semi-persistent downlink signal, and

wherein based on the downlink signal being included in at least i) QCL reference signals configured for one or more control resource sets with the control resource set pool index or ii) other reference signals where the QCL reference signals are configured as QCL source reference signals, the downlink signal is determined to be associated with the control resource set pool index.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when one or more downlink signals exist in the same symbol as the aperiodic CSI-RS, the QCL assumption of the downlink signal associated with the same control resource set pool index as the control resource set pool index of the control resource set for the downlink control information among the one or more downlink signals is applied for the reception of the aperiodic CSI-RS.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein when one or more downlink signals do not exist in the same symbol as the aperiodic CSI-RS, or when all of the one or more downlink signals are not associated with the same control resource set pool index as the control resource set pool index of the control resource set for the downlink control information, a QCL assumption used for a control resource set having the lowest control resource set identifier (ID) among all control resource sets having the same control resource set pool index as the control resource set pool index of the control resource set for the downlink control information is applied for the reception of the aperiodic CSI-RS.

4. The method of claim 2 , when one or more downlink signals do not exist in the same symbol as the aperiodic CSI-RS, or when all of the one or more downlink signals are not associated with the same control resource set pool index as the control resource set pool index of the control resource set for the downlink control information, a QCL assumption used for a control resource set having the lowest control resource set identifier (ID) among all monitored control resource sets is applied for the reception of the aperiodic CSI-RS.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink signal includes a physical downlink shared channel, a physical downlink control channel, and a downlink reference signal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control resource set pool index associated with the downlink signal is determined based on a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state used for a specific control resource set or a TCI state pool configured for the specific control resource set.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein when the downlink signal is included in QCL reference signals configured by the TCI state pool configured for the specific control resource set, the control resource set pool index associated with the downlink signal is determined as a control resource set pool index of the specific control resource set.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein when any one of QCL reference signals configured by the TCI state pool configured for the specific control resource set for the downlink signal is configured as a QCL source reference signal, the control resource set pool index associated with the downlink signal is determined as a control resource set pool index of the specific control resource set.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the downlink signal is a QCL reference signal configured by a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state used for a specific control resource set, the control resource set pool index associated with the downlink signal is determined as a control resource set pool index of the specific control resource set.

10. A terminal comprising:

at least one transceiver for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal; and

at least one processor for controlling the at least one transceiver,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a base station, downlink control information for triggering an aperiodic channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS); and

receive, from the base station, the aperiodic CSI-RS based on the downlink control information,

wherein based on a scheduling offset of the aperiodic CSI-RS being smaller than a beam switch timing of the terminal, a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption of a downlink signal associated with the same control resource set pool index as a control resource set pool index of a control resource set for the downlink control information is applied for reception of the aperiodic CSI-RS,

wherein the downlink signal is a periodic or semi-persistent downlink signal, and

wherein based on the downlink signal being included in at least i) QCL reference signals configured for one or more control resource sets with the control resource set pool index or ii) other reference signals where the QCL reference signals are configured as QCL source reference signals, the downlink signal is determined to be associated with the control resource set pool index.

11. A processing apparatus configured to control a terminal, the processing apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a base station, downlink control information for triggering an aperiodic channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS); and

receiving, from the base station, the aperiodic CSI-RS based on the downlink control information,

wherein based on a scheduling offset of the aperiodic CSI-RS being smaller than a beam switch timing of the terminal, a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption of a downlink signal associated with the same control resource set pool index as a control resource set pool index of a control resource set for the downlink control information is applied for reception of the aperiodic CSI-RS,

wherein the downlink signal is a periodic or semi-persistent downlink signal, and

wherein based on the downlink signal being included in at least i) QCL reference signals configured for one or more control resource sets with the control resource set pool index or ii) other reference signals where the QCL reference signals are configured as QCL source reference signals, the downlink signal is determined to be associated with the control resource set pool index.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2022
From: KIM, HYUNGTAE; KANG, JIWON; KIM, KYUSEOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0057266 · May 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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