Granted Patent B2

US 12,395,216 · App. 18/298,246 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Inventors: Emad N. Farag (Flanders, NJ); Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX); Aristides Papasakellariou (Houston, TX); Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX); Dalin Zhu (Allen, TX)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04B7/0617H04B7/0626H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (85)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, information on a first set of joint transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for downlink and uplink;

when a number of the joint TCI states in the first set is one, transmitting, to the base station, first uplink transmissions using a first spatial filter, wherein the first spatial filter is identified based on the one joint TCI state in the first set; and

when the number of the joint TCI states in the first set is more than one, transmitting, to the base station, before applying an indicated TCI state from the first set indicated by the base station, the first uplink transmissions using a second spatial filter, wherein the second spatial filter is a same spatial filter for a last uplink transmission during a first random access procedure for initial access,

wherein the first uplink transmissions include a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station via the RRC signaling, information on a second set of uplink TCI states for uplink, wherein a number of the uplink TCI states in the second set is more than one; and

wherein transmitting the first uplink transmissions further comprises transmitting, to the base station, before applying an indicated TCI state in the second set of TCI states, the first uplink transmissions.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the base station, before applying the indicated TCI state in the first set, second uplink transmissions using a third spatial filter,

wherein the third spatial filter is a same spatial filter for a last uplink transmission during a second random access procedure,

wherein the second random access procedure is initiated by a reconfiguration with sync procedure with the base station, and

wherein the second uplink transmissions include a PUSCH transmission and a PUCCH transmission.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the base station, before applying the indicated TCI state in the second set, second uplink transmissions using a third spatial filter,

wherein the third spatial filter is a same spatial filter for a last uplink transmission during a second random access procedure,

wherein the second random access procedure is initiated by a reconfiguration with sync procedure with the base station, and

wherein the second uplink transmissions include a PUSCH transmission and a PUCCH transmission.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, a medium access control control element (MAC CE),

wherein, when one TCI state in the first set is activated by the MAC CE, the indicated TCI state is the one TCI state activated by the MAC CE, and

wherein, when more than one TCI state in the first set is activated by the MAC CE, the indicated TCI state is one TCI state indicated by downlink control information (DCI) among the more than one TCI state activated by the MAC CE.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, first downlink receptions based on assuming that first demodulation reference signals (DM-RSs) of the first downlink receptions are respectively quasi-co-located with a synchronization signal block (SSB) identified for the initial access, before applying the indicated TCI state in the first set,

wherein the first downlink receptions include a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception, and

wherein the first DM-RSs include a DM-RS of the PDSCH reception and a DM-RS of the PDCCH reception.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the last uplink transmission is a PUSCH transmission scheduled by a random access response (RAR) during the first random access procedure.

8. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to:

receive, from a base station via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, information on a first set of joint transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for downlink and uplink;

when a number of the joint TCI states in the first set is one, transmit, to the base station, first uplink transmissions using a first spatial filter, wherein the first spatial filter is identified based on the one joint TCI state in the first set; and

when the number of the joint TCI states in the first set is more than one, transmit, to the base station, before applying an indicated TCI state from the first set indicated by the base station, the first uplink transmissions using a second spatial filter, wherein the second spatial filter is a same spatial filter for a last uplink transmission during a first random access procedure for initial access,

wherein the first uplink transmissions include a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive, from the base station via the RRC signaling, information on a second set of uplink TCI states for uplink, wherein a number of the uplink TCI states in the second set is more than one; and

transmit, to the base station, before applying an indicated TCI state in the second set of TCI states, the first uplink transmissions.

10. The UE of claim 8 , wherein;

the transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the base station, before applying the indicated TCI state in the first set, second uplink transmissions using a third spatial filter,

wherein the third spatial filter is a same spatial filter for a last uplink transmission during a second random access procedure,

wherein the second random access procedure is initiated by a reconfiguration with sync procedure with the base station, and

wherein the second uplink transmissions include a PUSCH transmission and a PUCCH transmission.

11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein;

the transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the base station, before applying the indicated TCI state in the second set, second uplink transmissions using a third spatial filter,

wherein the third spatial filter is a same spatial filter for a last uplink transmission during a second random access procedure,

wherein the second random access procedure is initiated by a reconfiguration with sync procedure with the base station, and

wherein the second uplink transmissions include a PUSCH transmission and a PUCCH transmission.

12. The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive, from the base station, a medium access control control element (MAC CE),

wherein, when one TCI state in the first set is activated by the MAC CE, the indicated TCI state is the one TCI state activated by the MAC CE, and

wherein, when more than one TCI state in the first set is activated by the MAC CE, the indicated TCI state is one TCI state indicated by downlink control information (DCI) among the more than one TCI state activated by the MAC CE.

13. The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive, from the base station, first downlink receptions based on assuming that first demodulation reference signals (DM-RSs) of the first downlink receptions are respectively quasi-co-located with a synchronization signal block (SSB) identified for the initial access, before applying the indicated TCI state in the first set,

the first downlink receptions include a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception, and

the first DM-RSs include a DM-RS of the PDSCH reception and a DM-RS of the PDCCH reception.

14. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the last uplink transmission is a PUSCH transmission scheduled by a random access response (RAR) during the first random access procedure.

15. A base station comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to:

transmit, to a UE via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, information on a first set of joint transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for downlink and uplink;

when a number of the joint TCI states in the first set is one, receive, from the UE, first uplink receptions corresponding to a first spatial filter, wherein the first spatial filter is identified based on the one joint TCI state in the first set,

when the number of the joint TCI states in the first set is more than one, receive, from the UE, before indicating a TCI state from the first set to the UE, the first uplink receptions corresponding to a second spatial filter, wherein the second spatial filter is a same spatial filter for a last uplink reception during a first random access procedure for initial access; and

wherein the first uplink receptions include a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) reception and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) reception.

16. The base station of claim 15 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

transmit, to the UE via the RRC signaling, information on a second set of uplink TCI states for uplink, wherein a number of the uplink TCI states in the second set is more than one; and

receive, from the UE, before applying an indicated TCI state in the second set of TCI states, the first uplink receptions.

17. The base station of claim 15 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive, from the UE, before applying the indicated TCI state in the first set, second uplink receptions corresponding to a third spatial filter,

wherein the third spatial filter is a same spatial filter for a last uplink reception during a second random access procedure,

wherein the second random access procedure is initiated by a reconfiguration with sync procedure with the base station, and

wherein the second uplink receptions include a PUSCH reception and a PUCCH reception.

18. The base station of claim 16 , wherein;

the transceiver is further configured to receive, from the UE, before applying the indicated TCI state in the second set, second uplink receptions corresponding to a third spatial filter,

wherein the third spatial filter is a same spatial filter for a last uplink reception during a second random access procedure,

wherein the second random access procedure is initiated by a reconfiguration with sync procedure with the base station, and

wherein the second uplink receptions include a PUSCH reception and a PUCCH reception.

19. The base station of claim 15 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive, from the base station, a medium access control control element (MAC CE),

wherein, when one TCI state in the first set is activated by the MAC CE, the indicated TCI state is the one TCI state activated by the MAC CE, and

wherein, when more than one TCI state in the first set is activated by the MAC CE, the indicated TCI state is one TCI state indicated by downlink control information (DCI) among the more than one TCI state activated by the MAC CE.

20. The base station of claim 15 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the UE, first downlink transmissions based on assuming that first demodulation reference signals (DM-RSs) of the first downlink transmissions are respectively quasi-co-located with a synchronization signal block (SSB) identified for the initial access, before applying the indicated TCI state in the first set,

the first downlink transmissions include a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission, and

the first DM-RSs include a DM-RS of the PDSCH transmission and a DM-RS of the PDCCH transmission, and

the last uplink reception is a PUSCH transmission scheduled by a random access response (RAR) during the initial-first random access procedure.

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