IP Library Granted Patent US 12,470,280
Granted Patent B2
US 12,470,280 · App. 18/019,593 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Beam indication based on TCI state group

Inventors: Young Woo Kwak (Woodbury, NY); Moon-il Lee (Melville, NY); Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA); Virgil Comsa (Montreal, CA); Afshin Haghighat (Ile-Bizard, CA); Prasanna Herath (Laval, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04B7/0623H04B7/0632H04B7/0695H04B7/088H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,470,280
App. No.
18/019,593
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to receive configuration information associated with a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state group and a second TCI state group. The WTRU may be configured to report first respective measured downlink received power values and first respective determined power reduction values. The WTRU may be configured to report second respective measured downlink received power values and second respective determined power reduction values. The WTRU may be configured to receive an indication of the first TCI state group via a downlink transmission. The WTRU may be configured to determine a first TCI state from the first TCI state group based on downlink received power information and power reduction information. The WTRU may be configured to send an uplink transmission based on the first determined TCI state.

Claims (45)

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

a processor configured to:

receive configuration information that indicates a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state group and a second TCI state group, wherein the first TCI state group comprises at least a first TCI state and a third TCI state and the second TCI state group comprises at least a second TCI state, and wherein the first TCI state is associated with a first downlink reference signal, the second TCI state is associated with a second downlink reference signal, and the third TCI state is associated with a third downlink reference signal;

measure a first downlink power value and a first power reduction value that are associated with the first downlink reference signal;

measure a second downlink power value and a second power reduction value that are associated with the second downlink reference signal;

measure a third downlink power value and a third power reduction value that are associated with the third downlink reference signal;

report the first downlink power value, the first power reduction value, the second downlink power value, and the second power reduction value;

report the third downlink power value and the third power reduction value;

receive, via a downlink transmission, an indication to use the first TCI state group for an uplink transmission, wherein the downlink transmission comprises scheduling information for the uplink transmission;

determine the first TCI state from the first TCI state group based at least on the first downlink power value and the first power reduction value, wherein the processor being configured to determine the first TCI state from the first TCI state group based at least on the first downlink power value and the first power reduction value comprises the processor being further configured to:

compare the first downlink power value and first power reduction value with the third downlink power value and third power reduction value in response to receiving the indication of the first TCI state group, and

determine the first TCI state from the first TCI group based on a comparison of the first downlink power value and first power reduction value with the third downlink power value and the third power reduction value; and

send the uplink transmission based on the first TCI state.

2 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor being configured to determine the first TCI state from the first TCI group based on the comparison of the first downlink power value and first power reduction value with the third downlink power value and the third power reduction value comprises the processor being further configured to:

adjust the first downlink power value based on the first power reduction value and the third downlink power value based on the third power reduction value; and

determine the first TCI state from the first TCI group based on the adjusted first downlink power value being greater than the adjusted third downlink power value.

3 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the first downlink power value is a downlink reference signal received power (RSRP) value, and wherein the first power reduction value is a power-management maximum power reduction (PMPR) value.

4 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the downlink transmission is a downlink control information (DCI) transmission, and wherein the uplink transmission is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission.

5 . A method implemented in a wireless transmit-receive unit (WTRU), comprising:

receiving configuration information that indicates a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state group and a second TCI state group, wherein the first TCI state group comprises at least a first TCI state and a third TCI state and the second TCI state group comprises at least a second TCI state, and wherein the first TCI state is associated with a first downlink reference signal, the second TCI state is associated with a second downlink reference signal, and the third TCI state is associated with a third downlink reference signal;

measuring a first downlink power value and a first power reduction value that are associated with the first downlink reference signal;

measuring a second downlink power value and a second power reduction value that are associated with the second downlink reference signal;

measuring a third downlink power value and a third power reduction value that are associated with the third downlink reference signal;

reporting the first downlink power value, the first power reduction value, the second downlink power value, and the second power reduction value;

reporting the third downlink power value and the third power reduction value;

receiving, via a downlink transmission, an indication to use the first TCI state group for an uplink transmission, wherein the downlink transmission comprises scheduling information for the uplink transmission;

determining the first TCI state from the first TCI state group based at least on the first downlink power value and the first power reduction value, wherein determining the first TCI state from the first TCI state group based at least on the first downlink power value and the first power reduction value further comprises:

comparing the first downlink power value and first power reduction value with the third downlink power value and third power reduction value in response to receiving the indication of the first TCI state group, and

determining the first TCI state from the first TCI group based on a comparison of the first downlink power value and first power reduction value with the third downlink power value and the third power reduction value; and

sending the uplink transmission based on the first TCI state.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the method determining the first TCI state from the first TCI group based on the comparison of the first downlink power value and first power reduction value with the third downlink power value and the third power reduction value further comprises:

adjusting the first downlink power value based on the first power reduction value and the third downlink power value based on the third power reduction value; and

determining the first TCI state from the first TCI group based on the adjusted first downlink power value being greater than the adjusted third downlink power value.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the first downlink power value is a downlink reference signal received power (RSRP) value, and wherein the first power reduction value is a power-management maximum power reduction (PMPR) value.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the downlink transmission is a downlink control information (DCI) transmission, and wherein the uplink transmission is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission.

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

a processor configured to:

receive configuration information, wherein the configuration information indicates a first control resource set (CORESET) and a second CORESET;

receive information, via a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), that indicates a first set of transmission configuration index (TCI) states and a second set of TCI states, wherein each of the first and second sets of TCI states comprises a respective first TCI state and a respective second TCI state;

receive downlink control information (DCI) that indicates one of: the first set of TCI states or the second set of TCI states; and

receive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signaling using one of the first CORESET or the second CORESET and one of the TCI states in the set of TCI states indicated in the DCI.

10 . The WTRU of claim 9 , wherein, based on a condition that the DCI indicates the first set of TCI states, the processor being configured to receive the PDCCH signaling comprises the processor being configured to receive the PDCCH signaling using the first CORESET and at least one of the TCI states in the first set of TCI states.

11 . The WTRU of claim 9 , wherein, based on a condition that the DCI indicates the second set of TCI states, the processor being configured to receive the PDCCH signaling comprises the processor being configured to receive the PDCCH signaling using the second CORESET and at least one of the TCI states in the second set of TCI states.

12 . The WTRU of claim 9 , wherein the first CORESET is associated with a first TCI state group and the second CORESET is associated with a second TCI state group.

13 . The WTRU of claim 9 , wherein the first set of TCI states is associated with a first TCI state group and the second set of TCI states is associated with a second TCI state group.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2025
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 070586/0298 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2025
From: KWAK, YOUNG WOO; LEE, MOON-IL; MARINIER, PAUL; COMSA, VIRGIL; HAGHIGHAT, AFSHIN; HERATH, PRASANNA
To: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 070587/0650 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 63185490 · May 7, 2021
Provisional Application 63091691 · Oct 14, 2020
Provisional Application 63061644 · Aug 5, 2020
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