IP Library Granted Patent US 11,044,619
Granted Patent B2
US 11,044,619 · App. 16/528,068 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Method for monitoring control signal of terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using the same

Inventors: Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W24/08H04W56/001H04W72/042H04W72/046H04W72/10
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Patent No.
US 11,044,619
App. No.
16/528,068
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of monitoring a control signal in a wireless communication system, where the method is performed by a user equipment (UE) and includes: selecting at least one control resource set (CORESET) among a plurality of CORESETs based on an overlap between physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions in the plurality of CORESETs; and monitoring a PDCCH only in the selected at least one CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs. The method also includes: based on the at least one CORESET including a first CORESET, and based on a first reference signal of the first CORESET and a second reference signal of a second CORESET being associated with a same synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB): monitoring the PDCCH in both the first CORESET and the second CORESET.

Claims (40)

1. A method of monitoring a control signal in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising:

receiving, from a base station (BS), a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB);

determining a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs) in which there is overlap between physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions;

selecting a first CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs, for monitoring;

determining that a first CSI-RS of the first CORESET is related with the SSB;

determining that a second CSI-RS of a second CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs, is also related with the SSB; and

based on the first CSI-RS of the first CORESET and the second CSI-RS of the second CORESET both being related with the SSB: monitoring at least one PDCCH in both the first CORESET and in the second CORESET.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in selecting the first CORESET, a first priority of a CORESET that includes a Common Search Space (CS S) is higher than a second priority of a CORESET that includes a UE-specific Search Space (USS).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first CORESET comprises:

based on the plurality of CORESETs comprising multiple CORESETs that include a CSS:

selecting a CORESET, among the multiple CORESETs that include the CSS, with a smallest index.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first CORESET comprises:

selecting, among the plurality of CORESETs, a CORESET that corresponds to a CSS having a lowest index, from a cell that has a smallest cell index and that contains the CSS.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first CORESET and the second CORESET are assumed by the UE to have same Quasi Co Location (QCL) properties.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the QCL properties are related to a spatial receive (Rx) parameter.

7. A user equipment (UE), the UE comprising:

a transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a base station (BS), a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB);

determining a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs) in which there is overlap between physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions;

selecting a first CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs, for monitoring;

determining that a first CSI-RS of the first CORESET is related with the SSB;

determining that a second CSI-RS of a second CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs, is also related with the SSB; and

based on the first CSI-RS of the first CORESET and the second CSI-RS of the second CORESET both being related with the SSB: monitoring at least one PDCCH in both the first CORESET and in the second CORESET.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein, in selecting the first CORESET, a first priority of a CORESET that includes a Common Search Space (CSS) is higher than a second priority of a CORESET that includes a UE-specific Search Space (USS).

9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein selecting the first CORESET comprises:

based on the plurality of CORESETs comprising multiple CORESETs that include a CSS:

selecting a CORESET, among the multiple CORESETs that include the CSS, with a smallest index.

10. The UE of claim 7 , wherein selecting the first CORESET comprises:

selecting, among the plurality of CORESETs, a CORESET that corresponds to a CSS having a lowest index, from a cell that has a smallest cell index and that contains the CSS.

11. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the first CORESET and the second CORESET are assumed by the UE to have same Quasi Co Location (QCL) properties.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the QCL properties are related to a spatial receive (Rx) parameter.

13. At least one processor that is configured to control a wireless communication device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a base station (BS), a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB);

determining a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs) in which there is overlap between physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions;

selecting a first CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs, for monitoring;

determining that a first CSI-RS of the first CORESET is related with the SSB;

determining that a second CSI-RS of a second CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs, is also related with the SSB; and

based on the first CSI-RS of the first CORESET and the second CSI-RS of the second CORESET both being related with the SSB: monitoring at least one PDCCH in both the first CORESET and in the second CORESET.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2020
From: SEO, INKWON; YI, YUNJUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 052277/0262 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0089551 · Jul 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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