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US 12,238,713 · App. 17/799,365 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving downlink channel from multiple transmission/reception points in wireless communication system

Inventors: Hyungtae Kim (Seoul, KR); Jiwon Kang (Seoul, KR); Hyunho Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/1273H04L1/08H04L5/0035H04W72/23H04W72/231H04W72/232H04W84/02H04W88/02H04W88/08H04W88/085H04W92/02H04W92/10
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Patent No.
US 12,238,713
App. No.
17/799,365
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a downlink channel from multiple transmission/reception points in a wireless communication system. A method for receiving a downlink channel by a terminal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: receiving configuration information associated with repetitive transmission of a downlink channel; repetitively receiving a downlink control channel including the same downlink control information (DCI) from one or more transmission/reception points (TRPs), wherein the DCI indicates at least one from among the number of code division multiplexing (CDM) groups and the number of repetitions for a downlink data channel; and receiving, on the basis of the DCI not including transmission configuration indicator (TCI) information, a downlink data channel from a single TRP (STRP) or multiple TRP (MTRP) from among the one or more TRPs on the basis of one or more from among the configuration information, the number of CDM groups, and the number of repetitions for the downlink data channel.

Claims (50)

1. A method of receiving a downlink channel by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information associated with downlink channel repeat transmission; and

repetitively receiving a downlink control channel including same downlink control information (DCI) from one or more TRPs (transmission reception point), wherein the DCI indicates one or more of a number of CDM groups or the number of repetitions for a downlink data channel; and

based on the DCI not including TCI (Transmission Configuration Indicator) information, based on one or more of the configuration information, the number of CDM groups, or the number of repetitions for the downlink data channel, receiving the downlink data channel from a single TRP (STRP) or multiple TRPs (MTRPs) of the one or more TRPs.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the downlink data channel transmitted from the STRP is received based on one specific TCI of a plurality of TCIs configured for one or more CORESETs associated with the DCI.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the downlink data channel transmitted from the MTRPs is received based on a plurality of TCIs configured for one or more CORESETs associated with the DCI.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

based on a time interval between a reception occasion of the DCI and the reception occasion of the downlink data channel being smaller than a predetermined threshold and one TCI state being configured for each of all TCI codepoints configured by a higher layer, the downlink data channel is received based on one default TCI state from the STRP.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

based on a time interval between a reception occasion of the DCI and the reception occasion of the downlink data channel being smaller than a predetermined threshold and a plurality of TCI states being configured for at least one of TCI codepoints configured by a higher layer, the downlink data channel is received based on a plurality of default TCI states from the MTRPs.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the DCI is transmitted at one or more downlink control channel transmission occasions (TO),

the downlink data channel is transmitted at one or more downlink data channel transmission occasions (TO).

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the DCI indicates one or more of:

first offset information having a predetermined value within a scope of negative numbers, 0 and positive numbers;

information on a total number of repetitions; or

second offset information for TCI mapping.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein:

the first offset information indicates a time offset between the DCI and the downlink data channel,

the first offset information included in the DCI transmitted at the downlink control channel TO after the downlink data channel TO has a negative value.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein:

the information on the total number of repetitions indicates the total number of the one or more downlink data channel TOs,

a parameter of the number of repetitions indicating consecutive slots that the downlink data channel is transmitted is additionally indicated by the DCI.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein:

second offset information for the TCI mapping indicates whether a numberth TCI state is applied in order of TCI states applied to the one or more downlink data channel TOs.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the configuration information includes a higher layer parameter for a repetition scheme.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the downlink control channel is a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel),

the downlink data channel is a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel).

13. A terminal of receiving a downlink channel in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

one or more transceivers; and

one or more processors connected to the one or more transceivers,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive configuration information associated with downlink channel repeat transmission through the transceiver,

repetitively receive a downlink control channel including same downlink control information (DCI) from one or more TRPs (transmission reception point) through the transceiver, wherein the DCI indicates one or more of a number of CDM groups or the number of repetitions for a downlink data channel; and

based on the DCI not including TCI (Transmission Configuration Indicator) information, based on one or more of the configuration information, the number of CDM groups, or the number of repetitions for the downlink data channel, receive the downlink data channel from a single TRP (STRP) or multiple TRPs (MTRPs) of the one or more TRPs through the transceiver.

14. A method of transmitting a downlink channel by a base station including a first TRP (transmission reception point) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting configuration information associated with downlink channel repeat transmission to a terminal;

repetitively transmitting, by the first TRP or by the first TRP with one or more other TRPs, a downlink control channel including same downlink control information (DCI), wherein the DCI indicates one or more of a number of CDM groups, or the number of repetitions for a downlink data channel; and

based on the DCI not including TCI (Transmission Configuration Indicator) information, based on one or more of the configuration information, the number of CDM groups, or the number of repetitions for the downlink data channel, transmitting the downlink data channel from a single TRP (STRP) or multiple TRPs (MTRPs) of the one or more TRPs.

15. A base station including a first TRP (transmission reception point) transmitting a downlink channel in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more processors connected to the one or more transceivers,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

transmit configuration information associated with downlink channel repeat transmission to a terminal through the transceiver;

repetitively transmit, by the first TRP or by the first TRP with one or more other TRPs, a downlink control channel including same downlink control information (DCI) through the transceiver, wherein the DCI indicates one or more of a number of CDM groups, or the number of repetitions for a downlink data channel; and

based on the DCI not including TCI (Transmission Configuration Indicator) information, based on one or more of the configuration information, the number of CDM groups, or the number of repetitions for the downlink data channel, transmit the downlink data channel from a single TRP (STRP) or multiple TRPs (MTRPs) of the one or more TRPs through the transceiver.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: KIM, HYUNGTAE; KANG, JIWON; LEE, HYUNHO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2020-0018536 · Feb 14, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0087818 · Jul 15, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0188391 · Dec 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230073095A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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