Granted Patent B2

US 12,382,445 · App. 18/134,940 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Inventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Kai Xu (Great Falls, VA)

Assignee: OFINNO, LLC

H04W72/046H04W72/1268H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (78)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) used to map transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states to codepoints, wherein a TCI field of downlink control information (DCI) indicates a codepoint of the codepoints;

receiving a first DCI scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein:

a first time offset between a reception of the first DCI and a reception of the PDSCH is equal to, or greater than, a first threshold; and

a first codepoint, of a first TCI field in the first DCI, indicates two TCI states among the TCI states;

receiving a second DCI comprising a channel state information (CSI) request field indicating an aperiodic trigger state, wherein a second time offset between a last symbol of a PDCCH carrying the second DCI and a first symbol of an aperiodic CSI-RS resource associated with the aperiodic trigger state is less than a second threshold; and

based on the aperiodic CSI-RS resource and the PDSCH overlapping in one or more symbols, applying a first reference signal indicated by a first TCI state of the two TCI states when receiving an aperiodic CSI-RS via the aperiodic CSI-RS resource.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising one or more PDSCH configuration parameters, wherein the one or more PDSCH configuration parameters indicate a plurality of TCI states.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising mapping, after receiving the MAC CE, one or more respective TCI states to each codepoint of the codepoints, wherein the MAC CE indicates activation of the TCI states among the plurality of TCI states.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more RRC messages comprise a CSI aperiodic trigger state list parameter indicating one or more aperiodic trigger states that comprise the aperiodic trigger state.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the aperiodic trigger state comprises a CSI-RS resource set indicating one or more CSI-RS resources that comprise the aperiodic CSI-RS resource.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising receiving the PDSCH based on:

the first reference signal indicated by the first TCI state; and

a second reference signal indicated by a second TCI state of the two TCI states.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

at least one first demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) port of the PDSCH is quasi co-located with the first reference signal; and

at least one second DM-RS port of the PDSCH is quasi co-located with the second reference signal.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transferring, to a base station, a capability information message indicating:

the first threshold indicating a minimum number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols required by the wireless device to perform a PDCCH reception with a DCI and to apply a spatial QCL information received in the DCI for a processing of a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI; and

the second threshold indicating a minimum number of OFDM symbols between a DCI triggering an aperiodic CSI-RS and transmission of the aperiodic CSI-RS.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an overlap in at least one symbol among:

a first PDSCH indicated with the first TCI state;

a second PDSCH indicated with a second TCI state of the two TCI states; and

a second aperiodic CSI-RS resource; and

applying, when receiving a second aperiodic CSI-RS via the second aperiodic CSI-RS resource, the first reference signal indicated by the first TCI state of the first PDSCH or a second reference signal indicated by the second TCI state of the second PDSCH.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first time offset is between:

a last symbol of a PDCCH carrying the first DCI; and

a first symbol of the PDSCH.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first threshold is a time duration for quasi co-location (QCL); and

the second threshold is a beam switch timing.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the time duration for QCL indicates a minimum number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols required by the wireless device to perform a PDCCH reception with a DCI and to apply a spatial QCL information received in the DCI for a processing of a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI; and

the beam switching timing indicates a minimum number of OFDM symbols between a DCI triggering an aperiodic CSI-RS and transmission of the aperiodic CSI-RS.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transferring, to a base station, a capability information message indicating the first threshold and the second threshold.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aperiodic CSI-RS is received using the same downlink spatial domain reception filter as the first reference signal indicated by the first TCI state.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first TCI state indicates a QCL type of the first reference signal is QCL-TypeD.

16. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive a medium access control control element (MAC CE) used to map transmission configuration indication (TCI) states to codepoints, wherein a TCI field in downlink control information (DCI) indicates a codepoint of the codepoints;

receive a first DCI scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein:

a first time offset between a reception of the first DCI and a reception of the PDSCH is equal to, or greater than, a first threshold; and

a first codepoint, of a first TCI field in the first DCI, indicates two TCI states among the TCI states;

receive a second DCI comprising a channel state information (CSI) request field indicating an aperiodic trigger state, wherein a second time offset between a last symbol of a PDCCH carrying the second DCI and a first symbol of an aperiodic CSI-RS resource associated with the aperiodic trigger state is less than a second threshold; and

based on the aperiodic CSI-RS resource and the PDSCH overlapping in one or more symbols, applying a first reference signal indicated by a first TCI state of the two TCI states when receiving an aperiodic CSI-RS via the aperiodic CSI-RS resource.

17. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising one or more PDSCH configuration parameters, wherein the one or more PDSCH configuration parameters indicate a plurality of TCI states.

18. The wireless device of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to map, after receiving the MAC CE, one or more respective TCI states to each codepoint of the codepoints, wherein the MAC CE indicates activation of the TCI states among the plurality of TCI states.

19. The wireless device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more RRC messages comprise a CSI aperiodic trigger state list parameter indicating one or more aperiodic trigger states that comprise the aperiodic trigger state.

20. The wireless device of claim 19 , wherein the aperiodic trigger state comprises a CSI-RS resource set indicating one or more CSI-RS resources that comprise the aperiodic CSI-RS resource.

21. The wireless device of claim 20 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive the PDSCH based on:

the first reference signal indicated by the first TCI state; and

a second reference signal indicated by a second TCI state of the two TCI states.

22. The wireless device of claim 21 , wherein:

at least one first demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) port of the PDSCH is quasi co-located with the first reference signal; and

at least one second DM-RS port of the PDSCH is quasi co-located with the second reference signal.

23. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to transfer, to a base station, a capability information message indicating:

the first threshold indicating a minimum number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols required by the wireless device to perform a PDCCH reception with a DCI and to apply a spatial QCL information received in the DCI for a processing of a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI; and

the second threshold indicating a minimum number of OFDM symbols between a DCI triggering an aperiodic CSI-RS and transmission of the aperiodic CSI-RS.

24. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

determine determining an overlap in at least one symbol among:

a first PDSCH indicated with the first TCI state;

a second PDSCH indicated with a second TCI state of the two TCI states; and

a second aperiodic CSI-RS resource; and

applying, when receiving a second aperiodic CSI-RS via the second aperiodic CSI-RS resource, the first reference signal indicated by the first TCI state of the first PDSCH or a second reference signal indicated by the second TCI state of the second PDSCH.

25. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the first time offset is between:

a last symbol of a PDCCH carrying the first DCI; and

a first symbol of the PDSCH.

26. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein:

the first threshold is a time duration for quasi co-location (QCL); and

the second threshold is a beam switch timing.

27. The wireless device of claim 26 , wherein:

the time duration for QCL indicates a minimum number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols required by the wireless device to perform a PDCCH reception with a DCI and to apply a spatial QCL information received in the DCI for a processing of a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI; and

the beam switching timing indicates a minimum number of OFDM symbols between a DCI triggering an aperiodic CSI-RS and transmission of the aperiodic CSI-RS.

28. The wireless device of claim 27 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to transfer, to a base station, a capability information message indicating the first threshold and the second threshold.

29. The wireless device of claim 28 , wherein the aperiodic CSI-RS is received using the same downlink spatial domain reception filter as the first reference signal indicated by the first TCI state.

30. The wireless device of claim 29 , wherein the first TCI state indicates a QCL type of the first reference signal is QCL-TypeD.

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