Method for monitoring control signal of terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using the same
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.
1. A method of monitoring a control signal in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising:
receiving, through radio resource control (RRC) signaling, configuration information regarding transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for each of a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs);
based on an overlap between physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions in the plurality of CORESETs, determining at least one CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs, in which to perform the monitoring; and
monitoring at least one PDCCH in the determined at least one CORESET among the plurality of CORESETs,
wherein based on (i) a first TCI state among TCI states for a first CORESET indicating a Quasi Co Location (QCL) relation with a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), (ii) a second TCI state among TCI states for a second CORESET indicating a QCL relation with a second CSI-RS, and (iii) the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS being related with a same synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB):
the at least one CORESET is determined to include the first CORESET and the second CORESET, and
the at least one PDCCH is monitored both in the first CORESET and in the second CORESET.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a first Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) for the first CORESET, and a second MAC CE for the second CORESET,
wherein the first MAC CE activates one of the TCI states for the first CORESET, and
wherein the second MAC CE activates one of the TCI states for the second CORESET.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS have same QCL type D properties, based on QCL relations indicated by the TCI states.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in determining the at least one 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).
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one CORESET comprises:
based on the plurality of CORESETs comprising multiple CORESETs that include a CSS:
determining the at least one CORESET to include a CORESET, among the multiple CORESETs that include the CSS, with a smallest index.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one CORESET comprises:
determining, 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.
7. 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.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the QCL properties are related to a spatial receive (Rx) parameter.
9. A user equipment (UE) configured to monitor a control signal in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a transceiver;
at least one processor; and
at least one computer memory operably connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:
receiving, through radio resource control (RRC) signaling, configuration information regarding transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for each of a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs);
based on an overlap between physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions in the plurality of CORESETs, determining at least one CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs, in which to perform the monitoring; and
monitoring at least one PDCCH in the determined at least one CORESET among the plurality of CORESETs,
wherein based on (i) a first TCI state among TCI states for a first CORESET indicating a Quasi Co Location (QCL) relation with a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), (ii) a second TCI state among TCI states for a second CORESET indicating a QCL relation with a second CSI-RS, and (iii) the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS being related with a same synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB):
the at least one CORESET is determined to include the first CORESET and the second CORESET, and
the at least one PDCCH is monitored both in the first CORESET and in the second CORESET.
10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving a first Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) for the first CORESET, and a second MAC CE for the second CORESET,
wherein the first MAC CE activates one of the TCI states for the first CORESET, and
wherein the second MAC CE activates one of the TCI states for the second CORESET.
11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS have same QCL type D properties, based on QCL relations indicated by the TCI states.
12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein, in determining the at least one 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).
13. The UE of claim 9 , wherein determining the at least one CORESET comprises:
based on the plurality of CORESETs comprising multiple CORESETs that include a CSS:
determining the at least one CORESET to include a CORESET, among the multiple CORESETs that include the CSS, with a smallest index.
14. The UE of claim 9 , wherein determining the at least one CORESET comprises:
determining, 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.
15. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the first CORESET and the second CORESET are assumed by the UE to have same Quasi Co Location (QCL) properties.
16. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the QCL properties are related to a spatial receive (Rx) parameter.
17. At least one processor that is configured to control a wireless communication device to perform operations comprising:
receiving, through radio resource control (RRC) signaling, configuration information regarding transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for each of a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs);
based on an overlap between physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions in the plurality of CORESETs, determining at least one CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs, in which to perform the monitoring; and
monitoring at least one PDCCH in the determined at least one CORESET among the plurality of CORESETs,
wherein based on (i) a first TCI state among TCI states for a first CORESET indicating a Quasi Co Location (QCL) relation with a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), (ii) a second TCI state among TCI states for a second CORESET indicating a QCL relation with a second CSI-RS, and (iii) the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS being related with a same synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB):
the at least one CORESET is determined to include the first CORESET and the second CORESET, and
the at least one PDCCH is monitored both in the first CORESET and in the second CORESET.