Granted Patent B2

US 12,574,098 · App. 18/252,021 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Inventors: Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Navid Abedini (Basking Ridge, NJ); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA); Sourjya Dutta (San Diego, CA); Shuanshuan Wu (San Diego, CA); Anantharaman Balasubramanian (San Diego, CA); Hui Guo (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04B7/06968H04B17/328H04W16/28

Abstract

Claims (108)

1 . A method of wireless communication by a first device, comprising:

configuring the first device to receive, from a second device, a signal using a first receive spatial configuration of the first device that corresponds to a first transmit spatial configuration of the second device;

determining a receive configuration indicator (RCI) to indicate the first receive spatial configuration of the first device;

transmitting the RCI to the second device;

transmitting a sidelink communication to one or more devices using a second transmit spatial configuration of the first device,

wherein the sidelink communication includes:

a second transmit configuration indicator (TCI) of the first device, wherein the second TCI indicates the second transmit spatial configuration of the first device, and

a beam correspondence indication to indicate that the first device is capable of beam correspondence to form a receive beam that corresponds to a transmit beam indicated by the second TCI;

transmitting a slot indication of one or more future time slots available for the first device to communicate using a second receive spatial configuration that has a beam correspondence to the second TCI of the first device; and

receiving a transmission from at least one of the one or more devices on the one or more future slots using the second receive spatial configuration that corresponds to the second transmit spatial configuration indicated by the second TCI.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second device, a first transmit configuration indicator (TCI) indicating the first transmit spatial configuration of the second device,

wherein the first device is configured to receive the signal using the first receive spatial configuration based on the first TCI.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the RCI includes one or more beam indexes respectively indicating one or more receive spatial configurations including the first receive spatial configuration.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the second device, a slot indication of one or more future time slots available for the first device to communicate using the first receive spatial configuration indicated by the RCI; and

receiving a transmission from the second device on the one or more future slots using the first receive spatial configuration.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the second device, a channel quality measurement corresponding to the RCI,

wherein the transmission from the second device is based on one or more transmission parameters determined based on the channel quality measurement.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the channel quality measurement is based on at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP) value, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) value, a channel quality indicator (CQI), or a rank indicator (RI).

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the second device, a beam correspondence indication to indicate that the first device supports beam correspondence to form a transmit beam that corresponds to a first receive beam identified by the RCI.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to one or more other devices, a slot indication of one or more future time slots available for the first device to communicate using the first receive spatial configuration indicated by the RCI; and

receiving a transmission from at least one of the one or more other devices on the one or more future slots using the first receive spatial configuration.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the slot indication of one or more future time slots is transmitted via at least one of a broadcast transmission or a groupcast transmission.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot indication of one or more future time slots is transmitted via at least one of a broadcast transmission or a groupcast transmission.

11 . A first wireless device for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one processor;

a transceiver communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

configure the first device to receive, from a second device, a signal using a first receive spatial configuration of the first device that corresponds to a first transmit spatial configuration of the second device;

determine a receive configuration indicator (RCI) to indicate the first receive spatial configuration of the first device;

transmit the RCI to the second device;

transmit a sidelink communication to one or more devices using a second transmit spatial configuration of the first device,

wherein the sidelink communication includes:

a second transmit configuration indicator (TCI) of the first device, wherein the second TCI indicates the second transmit spatial configuration of the first device, and

a beam correspondence indication to indicate that the first device is capable of beam correspondence to form a receive beam that corresponds to a transmit beam indicated by the second TCI;

transmit a slot indication of one or more future time slots available for the first device to communicate using a second receive spatial configuration that has a beam correspondence to the second TCI of the first device; and

receive a transmission from at least one of the one or more devices on the one or more future slots using the second receive spatial configuration that corresponds to the second transmit spatial configuration indicated by the second TCI.

12 . The first wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, from the second device, a first transmit configuration indicator (TCI) indicating the first transmit spatial configuration of the second device,

wherein the first device is configured to receive the signal using the first receive spatial configuration based on the first TCI.

13 . The first wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to the second device, a slot indication of one or more future time slots available for the first device to communicate using the first receive spatial configuration indicated by the RCI; and

receive a transmission from the second device on the one or more future slots using the first receive spatial configuration.

14 . The first wireless device of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to the second device, a channel quality measurement corresponding to the RCI,

wherein the transmission from the second device is based on one or more transmission parameters determined based on the channel quality measurement.

15 . The first wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the channel quality measurement is based on at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP) value, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) value, a channel quality indicator (CQI), or a rank indicator (RI).

16 . The first wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to the second device, a beam correspondence indication to indicate that the first device supports beam correspondence to form a transmit beam that corresponds to a first receive beam identified by the RCI.

17 . The first wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to one or more other devices, a slot indication of one or more future time slots available for the first device to communicate using the first receive spatial configuration indicated by the RCI; and

receive a transmission from at least one of the one or more other devices on the one or more future slots using the first receive spatial configuration.

18 . The first wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the RCI includes one or more beam indexes respectively indicating one or more receive spatial configurations including the first receive spatial configuration.

19 . A method of wireless communication by a first device, comprising:

transmitting, to a second device, a signal using a first transmit spatial configuration of the first device;

receiving, from the second device, a receive configuration indication (RCI) to indicate a first receive spatial configuration of the second device that corresponds to the first transmit spatial configuration of the first device;

receiving, from the second device, a slot indication of one or more future time slots available for the second device to receive from the first device using at least one of the first receive spatial configuration respectively indicated by the RCI;

transmitting, to the second device, a communication on the one or more future slots using the first transmit spatial configuration of the first device;

receiving, from the second device, a sidelink communication using a second receive spatial configuration of the first device,

wherein the sidelink communication includes:

a second transmit configuration indicator (TCI) of the second device, wherein the second TCI indicates a second transmit spatial configuration of the second device, and

a beam correspondence indication to indicate that the second device is capable of beam correspondence to form a receive beam that corresponds to a transmit beam indicated by the second TCI;

receiving, from the second device, a slot indication of one or more future time slots available for the second device to communicate using a second receive spatial configuration that has a beam correspondence to the second TCI of the second device; and

transmitting a transmission to the second device on the one or more future slots using the second receive spatial configuration that corresponds to the second transmit spatial configuration indicated by the second TCI.

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the second device, a first transmit configuration indicator (TCI) indicating the first transmit spatial configuration of the first device,

wherein the second device is configured to receive the signal using the first receive spatial configuration of the second device based on the first TCI.

21 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the RCI includes one or more beam indexes respectively indicating one or more receive spatial configurations including the first receive spatial configuration.

22 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second device, a channel quality measurement corresponding to the RCI; and

determining one or more transmission parameters based on the channel quality measurement,

wherein the communication is transmitted based on the one or more transmission parameters.

23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the channel quality measurement is based on at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP) value, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) value, a channel quality indicator (CQI), or a rank indicator (RI).

24 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second device, a beam correspondence indication to indicate that the second device supports beam correspondence to form a transmit beam that corresponds to a first receive beam identified by the RCI; and

receiving a transmission from the second device using a first receive spatial configuration of the first device that corresponds to the transmit beam of the second device.

25 . A first wireless device for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one processor;

a transceiver communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit, to a second device, a signal using a first transmit spatial configuration of the first device;

receive, from the second device, a receive configuration indication (RCI) to indicate a first receive spatial configuration of the second device that corresponds to the first transmit spatial configuration of the first device;

receive, from the second device, a slot indication of one or more future time slots available for the second device to receive from the first device using at least one of the first receive spatial configuration respectively indicated by the RCI; and

transmit, to the second device, a communication on the one or more future slots using the first transmit spatial configuration of the first device;

receive, from the second device, a sidelink communication using a second receive spatial configuration of the first device,

wherein the sidelink communication includes:

a second transmit configuration indicator (TCI) of the second device, wherein the second TCI indicates a second transmit spatial configuration of the second device, and

a beam correspondence indication to indicate that the second device is capable of beam correspondence to form a receive beam that corresponds to a transmit beam indicated by the second TCI;

receive, from the second device, a slot indication of one or more future time slots available for the second device to communicate using a second receive spatial configuration that has a beam correspondence to the second TCI of the second device; and

transmit a transmission to the second device on the one or more future slots using the second receive spatial configuration that corresponds to the second transmit spatial configuration indicated by the second TCI.

26 . The first device of claim 25 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to the second device, a first transmit configuration indicator (TCI) indicating the first transmit spatial configuration of the first device,

wherein the second device is configured to receive the signal using the first receive spatial configuration of the second device based on the first TCI.

27 . The first device of claim 25 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, from the second device, a channel quality measurement corresponding to the RCI; and

determine one or more transmission parameters based on the channel quality measurement,

wherein the communication is transmitted based on the one or more transmission parameters.

28 . The first device of claim 27 , wherein the channel quality measurement is based on at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP) value, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) value, a channel quality indicator (CQI), or a rank indicator (RI).

29 . The first device of claim 25 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, from the second device, a beam correspondence indication to indicate that the second device supports beam correspondence to form a transmit beam that corresponds to a first receive beam identified by the RCI; and

receive a transmission from the second device using a first receive spatial configuration of the first device that corresponds to the transmit beam of the second device.

30 . The first device of claim 25 , wherein the RCI includes one or more beam indexes respectively indicating one or more receive spatial configurations including the first receive spatial configuration.

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