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Granted Patent B2
US 11,812,447 · App. 17/443,295 · Granted Nov 7, 2023

Semi persistent scheduling physical downlink shared channels for new radio multicast

Inventors: Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Alberto Rico Alvarino (San Diego, CA); Le Liu (Fremont, CA); Xipeng Zhu (San Diego, CA); Prasad Reddy Kadiri (San Diego, CA); Umesh Phuyal (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/30H04L1/1896H04W72/046H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/1273H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 11,812,447
App. No.
17/443,295
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration indicating a plurality of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications associated with a multicast service. The UE may receive, based at least in part on determining that a reception condition is satisfied, an SPS PDSCH communication of the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (56)

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

receive a configuration indicating a plurality of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications associated with a multicast service; and

receive, based at least in part on determining that a reception condition is satisfied, an SPS PDSCH communication of the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications, wherein the reception condition is determined to be satisfied based at least in part on determining that a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with a dynamic physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication is different than a second TCI state associated with the SPS PDSCH communication and on determining that a source synchronization signal block (SSB) corresponding to the first TCI state corresponds to the second TCI state.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit acknowledgment or negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback corresponding to the SPS PDSCH communication, wherein transmitting the ACK/NACK feedback comprises transmitting the ACK/NACK feedback on at least one of a physical uplink control channel resource associated with the SPS PDSCH communication or a physical uplink shared channel.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a plurality of SPS PDSCH communication activation indications corresponding to the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of SPS PDSCH communication activation indications indicate a plurality of beams associated with the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications, and

wherein the SPS PDSCH communication is associated with a beam of the plurality of beams.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of SPS PDSCH communication activation indications are carried in at least one activation downlink control information (DCI) communication.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one activation DCI communication comprises a cyclic redundancy check that is scrambled using a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), wherein the RNTI comprises a group RNTI (G-RNTI) or a group scheduling RNTI (GS-RNTI).

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the G-RNTI or the GS-RNTI corresponds to the multicast service, and

wherein an additional G-RNTI or an additional GS-RNTI corresponds to an additional multicast service.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the RNTI is not a cell RNTI or a configured scheduling RNTI.

9. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one activation DCI communication comprises a plurality of activation DCI communications.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a first activation DCI communication of the plurality of activation DCI communications carries a first SPS PDSCH communication activation indication of the plurality of SPS PDSCH communication activation indications, and

wherein a second activation DCI communication of the plurality of activation DCI communications carries a second SPS PDSCH communication activation indication of the plurality of SPS PDSCH communication activation indications.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of activation DCI communications indicate a plurality of TCI states associated with the plurality of SPS PDSCH communication activation indications.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a first activation DCI communication of the plurality of activation DCI communications indicates a TCI state associated with a first SPS PDSCH communication of the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications, and

wherein a second activation DCI communication of the plurality of activation DCI communications indicates another TCI state associated with a second SPS PDSCH communication of the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of activation DCI communications indicate a plurality of resource allocations associated with the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications, wherein the plurality of resource allocations comprise at least one of a time domain resource allocation or a frequency domain resource allocation.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a first activation DCI communication of the plurality of activation DCI communications indicates a first resource allocation of the plurality of resource allocations, and

wherein a second activation DCI communication of the plurality of activation DCI indications indicates a second resource allocation of the plurality of resource allocations.

15. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one activation DCI communication comprises an activation DCI communication that carries the plurality of SPS PDSCH communication activation indications.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the activation DCI communication indicates a plurality of TCI states associated with the plurality of SPS PDSCH communication activation indications.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the activation DCI communication indicates a plurality of resource allocations associated with the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications, wherein the plurality of resource allocations comprise at least one of a time domain resource allocation or a frequency domain resource allocation.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the configuration indicates a plurality of resource allocations associated with the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications, wherein the plurality of resource allocations comprise at least one of a time domain resource allocation or a frequency domain resource allocation.

19. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive the dynamic PDCCH communication that schedules a dynamic PDSCH communication; and

store the first TCI state in a memory.

20. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine that the SPS PDSCH communication satisfies the reception condition;

determine that an additional SPS PDSCH communication satisfies the reception condition; and

select the SPS PDSCH communication to be received.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors, to select the SPS PDSCH communication, are configured to select the SPS PDSCH communication based at least in part on determining that the SPS PDSCH communication is scheduled to be transmitted before the additional SPS PDSCH communication.

22. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein determining that the reception condition is satisfied is based at least in part on a TCI state associated with a control resource set (CORESET) that is associated with a search space set, wherein the search space set carries an activation downlink control information transmission that carries an SPS PDSCH communication activation indication corresponding to the SPS PDSCH communication.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

monitor the search space set for a physical downlink control channel in a first slot that occurs before a second slot, wherein the SPS PDSCH communication is associated with the second slot, and

wherein the one or more processors, to determine that the reception condition is satisfied, are configured to determine that the search space set is associated with the first slot.

24. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive an additional configuration indicating an additional plurality of SPS PDSCH communications associated with an additional multicast service.

25. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a configuration indicating a plurality of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications associated with a multicast service; and

receiving, based at least in part on determining that a reception condition is satisfied, an SPS PDSCH communication of the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications, wherein the reception condition is determined to be satisfied based at least in part on determining that a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with a dynamic physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication is different than a second TCI state associated with the SPS PDSCH communication and on determining that a source synchronization signal block (SSB) corresponding to the first TCI state corresponds to the second TCI state.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:

receive a configuration indicating a plurality of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications associated with a multicast service; and

receive, based at least in part on determining that a reception condition is satisfied, an SPS PDSCH communication of the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications, wherein the reception condition is determined to be satisfied based at least in part on determining that a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with a dynamic physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication is different than a second TCI state associated with the SPS PDSCH communication and on determining that a source synchronization signal block (SSB) corresponding to the first TCI state corresponds to the second TCI state.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the UE further to:

transmit acknowledgment or negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback corresponding to the SPS PDSCH communication, wherein transmitting the ACK/NACK feedback comprises transmitting the ACK/NACK feedback on at least one of a physical uplink control channel resource associated with the SPS PDSCH communication or a physical uplink shared channel.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the UE further to:

receive a plurality of SPS PDSCH communication activation indications corresponding to the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28 , wherein the plurality of SPS PDSCH communication activation indications indicate a plurality of beams associated with the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications, and

wherein the SPS PDSCH communication is associated with a beam of the plurality of beams.

30. An apparatus for wireless communication comprising:

means for receiving a configuration indicating a plurality of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications associated with a multicast service; and

means for receiving, based at least in part on determining that a reception condition is satisfied, an SPS PDSCH communication of the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications, wherein the reception condition is determined to be satisfied based at least in part on determining that a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with a dynamic physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication is different than a second TCI state associated with the SPS PDSCH communication and on determining that a source synchronization signal block (SSB) corresponding to the first TCI state corresponds to the second TCI state.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE SECOND INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 057256 FRAME 0270. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 3, 2023
From: TAKEDA, KAZUKI; RICO ALVARINO, ALBERTO; LIU, LE; ZHU, XIPENG; KADIRI, PRASAD REDDY; PHUYAL, UMESH
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 064492/0850 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2021
From: TAKEDA, KAZUKI; ALVARINO, ALBERTO RICO; LIU, LE; ZHU, XIPENG; KADIRI, PRASAD REDDY; PHUYAL, UMESH
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 057256/0270 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62706249 · Aug 6, 2020
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