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US 11,924,131 · App. 17/875,289 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

Beam indication method and apparatus, device, and medium

Inventor: Yu Yang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04L5/0048H04B7/0626H04B7/0639H04L5/0076H04W72/046
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Patent No.
US 11,924,131
App. No.
17/875,289
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a beam indication method and apparatus, a device, and a medium. The method includes: receiving beam indication information transmitted by a network-side device, where the beam indication information is used to indicate a plurality of pieces of beam information of a channel or a reference signal, and the plurality of pieces of beam information correspond to different transmission and reception point TRP identification information; and transmitting the channel or the reference signal according to the beam indication information.

Claims (82)

1. A beam indication method, comprising:

receiving beam indication information transmitted by a network-side device, wherein the beam indication information is used to indicate a plurality of pieces of beam information of a channel or a reference signal, and the plurality of pieces of beam information correspond to different transmission and reception point TRP identification information; and

transmitting the channel or the reference signal according to the beam indication information;

wherein the channel comprises a PDSCH; and

if there is no TCI field in downlink control information DCI for scheduling the PDSCH, a mode of the DCI is a single-DCI mode, and the beam indication information comprises:

TCI state information of a PDCCH on which the DCI is located; or

a plurality of pieces of TCI state information corresponding to a lowest codepoint among codepoints containing a plurality of pieces of TCI state information in a TCI field of the DCI, wherein the plurality of pieces of TCI state information correspond to different TRP identification information; or

if there is no TCI field in DCI for scheduling the PDSCH, a mode of the DCI is a multi-DCI mode, and the beam indication information comprises:

TCI state information of a PDCCH on which the DCI is located;

or

wherein the channel comprises a PDSCH; and the beam indication information comprises:

a plurality of sounding reference signal resource indicators, wherein a plurality of sounding reference signal resources are associated with different TRP identification information; or

one sounding reference signal resource indicator having a plurality of pieces of spatial relation information, wherein the plurality of pieces of spatial relation information are associated with different TRP identification information; or

one sounding reference signal resource indicator having spatial relation information of a plurality of source reference signals, wherein the plurality of source reference signals are associated with different TRP identification information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when TCI state information is a group of TCI state information of a PDSCH on a second bandwidth part of a second component carrier and activated by a media access control control element, the group of TCI state information is applied to all PDSCHs corresponding to same TRP identification information as the PDSCH, among all component carriers in a component carrier list in which the second component carrier is located.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the PDCCH is used for cross-carrier scheduling of the PDSCH, and a scheduling offset is less than or equal to a preset offset threshold, TCI state information of the scheduled PDSCH is determined based on TCI state information with a smallest identifier in a group of TCI state information corresponding to preset TRP identification information and activated by the network-side device for the PDSCH.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the preset TRP identification information comprises any one of the following:

TRP identification information corresponding to the scheduled PDSCH;

TRP identification information corresponding to the PDCCH;

TRP identification information having a preset value; and

TRP identification information corresponding to the TCI state information indicated by the DCI of the PDCCH.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting one sounding reference signal resource indicator from a plurality of sounding reference signal resource indicators; or

selecting one piece of spatial relation information from one sounding reference signal resource indicator having a plurality of pieces of spatial relation information; or

selecting one source reference signal from one sounding reference signal resource indicator having spatial relation information of a plurality of source reference signals.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the beam indication information further comprises:

TRP identification information.

7. A terminal device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein

when the processor executes the computer program, the following steps are implemented:

receiving beam indication information transmitted by a network-side device, wherein the beam indication information is used to indicate a plurality of pieces of beam information of a channel or a reference signal, and the plurality of pieces of beam information correspond to different transmission and reception point TRP identification information; and

transmitting the channel or the reference signal according to the beam indication information;

wherein the channel comprises a PDSCH; and

if there is no TCI field in downlink control information DCI for scheduling the PDSCH, a mode of the DCI is a single-DCI mode, and the beam indication information comprises:

TCI state information of a PDCCH on which the DCI is located; or

a plurality of pieces of TCI state information corresponding to a lowest codepoint among codepoints containing a plurality of pieces of TCI state information in a TCI field of the DCI, wherein the plurality of pieces of TCI state information correspond to different TRP identification information; or

if there is no TCI field in DCI for scheduling the PDSCH, a mode of the DCI is a multi-DCI mode, and the beam indication information comprises:

TCI state information of a PDCCH on which the DCI is located;

or

wherein the channel comprises a PDSCH; and the beam indication information comprises:

a plurality of sounding reference signal resource indicators, wherein a plurality of sounding reference signal resources are associated with different TRP identification information; or

one sounding reference signal resource indicator having a plurality of pieces of spatial relation information, wherein the plurality of pieces of spatial relation information are associated with different TRP identification information; or

one sounding reference signal resource indicator having spatial relation information of a plurality of source reference signals, wherein the plurality of source reference signals are associated with different TRP identification information.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein when TCI state information is a group of TCI state information of a PDSCH on a second bandwidth part of a second component carrier and activated by a media access control control element, the group of TCI state information is applied to all PDSCHs corresponding to same TRP identification information as the PDSCH, among all component carriers in a component carrier list in which the second component carrier is located.

9. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein when the PDCCH is used for cross-carrier scheduling of the PDSCH, and a scheduling offset is less than or equal to a preset offset threshold, TCI state information of the scheduled PDSCH is determined based on TCI state information with a smallest identifier in a group of TCI state information corresponding to preset TRP identification information and activated by the network-side device for the PDSCH.

10. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the preset TRP identification information comprises any one of the following:

TRP identification information corresponding to the scheduled PDSCH;

TRP identification information corresponding to the PDCCH;

TRP identification information having a preset value; and

TRP identification information corresponding to the TCI state information indicated by the DCI of the PDCCH.

11. The terminal device according to claim 7 , when the processor executes the computer program, further implementing:

selecting one sounding reference signal resource indicator from a plurality of sounding reference signal resource indicators; or

selecting one piece of spatial relation information from one sounding reference signal resource indicator having a plurality of pieces of spatial relation information; or

selecting one source reference signal from one sounding reference signal resource indicator having spatial relation information of a plurality of source reference signals.

12. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the beam indication information further comprises:

TRP identification information.

13. A network-side device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein

when the processor executes the computer program, the following steps are implemented:

transmitting beam indication information to a terminal device, so that the terminal device transmits a channel or a reference signal according to the beam indication information, wherein the beam indication information is used to indicate a plurality of pieces of beam information of the channel or the reference signal, and the plurality of pieces of beam information correspond to different TRP identification information;

wherein the channel comprises a PDSCH; and

if there is no TCI field in downlink control information DCI for scheduling the PDSCH, a mode of the DCI is a single-DCI mode, and the beam indication information comprises:

TCI state information of a PDCCH on which the DCI is located; or

a plurality of pieces of TCI state information corresponding to a lowest codepoint among codepoints containing a plurality of pieces of TCI state information in a TCI field of the DCI, wherein the plurality of pieces of TCI state information correspond to different TRP identification information; or

if there is no TCI field in DCI for scheduling the PDSCH, a mode of the DCI is a multi-DCI mode, and the beam indication information comprises:

TCI state information of a PDCCH on which the DCI is located;

or

wherein the channel comprises a PDSCH; and the beam indication information comprises:

a plurality of sounding reference signal resource indicators, wherein a plurality of sounding reference signal resources are associated with different TRP identification information; or

one sounding reference signal resource indicator having a plurality of pieces of spatial relation information, wherein the plurality of pieces of spatial relation information are associated with different TRP identification information; or

one sounding reference signal resource indicator having spatial relation information of a plurality of source reference signals, wherein the plurality of source reference signals are associated with different TRP identification information.

14. The network-side device according to claim 13 , wherein when TCI state information is a group of TCI state information of a PDSCH on a second bandwidth part of a second component carrier and activated by a media access control control element, the group of TCI state information is applied to all PDSCHs corresponding to same TRP identification information as the PDSCH, among all component carriers in a component carrier list in which the second component carrier is located.

15. The network-side device according to claim 13 , wherein when the PDCCH is used for cross-carrier scheduling of the PDSCH, and a scheduling offset is less than or equal to a preset offset threshold, TCI state information of the scheduled PDSCH is determined based on TCI state information with a smallest identifier in a group of TCI state information corresponding to preset TRP identification information and activated by the network-side device for the PDSCH.

16. The network-side device according to claim 15 , wherein the preset TRP identification information comprises any one of the following:

TRP identification information corresponding to the scheduled PDSCH;

TRP identification information corresponding to the PDCCH;

TRP identification information having a preset value; and

TRP identification information corresponding to the TCI state information indicated by the DCI of the PDCCH.

17. The network-side device according to claim 13 , when the processor executes the computer program, further implementing:

selecting one sounding reference signal resource indicator from a plurality of sounding reference signal resource indicators; or

selecting one piece of spatial relation information from one sounding reference signal resource indicator having a plurality of pieces of spatial relation information; or

selecting one source reference signal from one sounding reference signal resource indicator having spatial relation information of a plurality of source reference signals.

18. The network-side device according to claim 13 , wherein the beam indication information further comprises:

TRP identification information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2022
From: YANG, YU
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060648/0042 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010082875.6 · Feb 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
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