IP Library Granted Patent US 12,256,404
Granted Patent B2
US 12,256,404 · App. 17/689,540 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Method and apparatus for configuring beam in wireless communication system

Inventors: Kyunggyu Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jinyoung Oh (Suwon-si, KR); Youngrok Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Hyoungju Ji (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W72/23H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,256,404
App. No.
17/689,540
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a terminal is provided. The method performed by a terminal includes receiving, from a base station, DCI scheduling a plurality of PDSCHs on a PDCCH, wherein the DCI includes information on a TDRA and information on a TCI state, identifying symbol offsets between the PDCCH and the plurality of PDSCHs based on the TDRA, in case that a first symbol offset between the PDCCH and a first PDSCH is less than a threshold, receiving, from the base station, the first PDSCH based on a default TCI state, and in case that a second symbol offset between the PDCCH and a second PDSCH is equal to or greater than the threshold, receiving, from the base station, the second PDSCH based on the TCI state.

Claims (72)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the DCI includes information on a time domain resource assignment (TDRA) and information on a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state;

identifying symbol offsets between the PDCCH and the plurality of PDSCHs based on the TDRA;

in case that a first symbol offset between the PDCCH and a first PDSCH included in the plurality of PDSCHs is less than a threshold, receiving, from the base station, the first PDSCH based on a default TCI state; and

in case that a second symbol offset between the PDCCH and a second PDSCH included in the plurality of PDSCHs is equal to or greater than the threshold, receiving, from the base station, the second PDSCH based on the TCI state.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the TDRA indicates a slot offset and a start symbol of the first PDSCH, and

wherein the first symbol offset is identified based on the slot offset, the start symbol, and a number of symbols allocated for the PDCCH.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a time duration for a quasi co-located (QCL), in case that a beam switching time of the terminal is greater than a cyclic prefix (CP) length of the plurality of PDSCHs; and

transmitting, to the base station, user equipment (UE) capability information including information on the time duration,

wherein the time duration corresponds to the threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of PDSCHs are allocated consecutively in a time domain.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of PDSCHs includes a first PDSCH set and a second PDSCH set,

wherein a time gap is included between the first PDSCH set and the second PDSCH set,

wherein the first PDSCH is included in the first PDSCH set, and

wherein the second PDSCH is included in the second PDSCH set.

6. The method of claim 5 ,

wherein the time gap is configured by the DCI or a radio resource control (RRC) message.

7. The method of claim 1 ,

receiving, from the base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including information on a plurality of TCI states; and

receiving, from the base station, a medium access control element (MAC CE) indicating at least one TCI state among the plurality of TCI state,

wherein the default TCI state corresponds to a TCI state with lowest identifier (ID) among the at least one TCI state.

8. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to at least one of transmit and receive a signal; and

a processor communicably coupled with the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the DCI includes information on a time domain resource assignment (TDRA) and information on a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state,

identify symbol offsets between the PDCCH and the plurality of PDSCHs based on the TDRA,

in case that a first symbol offset between the PDCCH and a first PDSCH included in the plurality of PDSCHs is less than a threshold, receive, from the base station, the first PDSCH based on a default TCI state, and

in case that a second symbol offset between the PDCCH and a second PDSCH included in the plurality of PDSCHs is equal to or greater than the threshold, receive, from the base station, the second PDSCH based on the TCI state.

9. The terminal of claim 8 ,

wherein the TDRA indicates a slot offset and a start symbol of the first PDSCH, and

wherein the first symbol offset is identified based on the slot offset, the start symbol, and a number of symbols allocated for the PDCCH.

10. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify a time duration for a quasi co-located (QCL), in case that a beam switching time of the terminal is greater than a cyclic prefix (CP) length of the plurality of PDSCHs; and

transmit, to the base station, user equipment (UE) capability information including information on the time duration,

wherein the time duration corresponds to the threshold.

11. The terminal of claim 8 ,

wherein the plurality of PDSCHs are allocated consecutively in a time domain.

12. The terminal of claim 8 ,

wherein the plurality of PDSCHs includes a first PDSCH set and a second PDSCH set,

wherein a time gap is included between the first PDSCH set and the second PDSCH set,

wherein the first PDSCH is included in the first PDSCH set, and

wherein the second PDSCH is included in the second PDSCH set.

13. The terminal of claim 12 ,

wherein the time gap is configured by the DCI or a radio resource control (RRC) message.

14. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from the base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including information on a plurality of TCI state; and

receive, from the base station, a medium access control element (MAC CE) indicating at least one TCI state among the plurality of TCI state,

wherein the default TCI state corresponds to a TCI state with lowest TCI state identifier (ID) among the at least one TCI state.

15. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the DCI includes information on a time domain resource assignment (TDRA) and information on a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state;

in case that a first symbol offset between the PDCCH and a first PDSCH included in the plurality of PDSCHs, transmitting, to the terminal, the first PDSCH based on a default TCI state; and

in case that a second symbol offset between the PDCCH and a second PDSCH included in the plurality of PDSCHs, transmitting, to the terminal, the second PDSCH based on the TCI state,

wherein the first symbol offset and the second symbol offset is identified based on the TDRA and a number of symbols allocated for the PDCCH.

16. The method of claim 15 ,

wherein the TDRA indicates a slot offset and a start symbol of the first PDSCH, and

wherein the first symbol offset is identified based on the slot offset, the start symbol, and a number of symbols allocated for the PDCCH.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving, from the terminal, user equipment (UE) capability information including information on a time duration for a quasi co-located (QCL),

wherein the time duration corresponding to a threshold is received, in case that a beam switching time of the terminal is greater than a cyclic prefix (CP) length of the plurality of PDSCHs.

18. The method of claim 15 ,

wherein the plurality of PDSCHs are allocated consecutively in a time domain.

19. The method of claim 15 ,

wherein the plurality of PDSCHs includes a first PDSCH set and a second PDSCH set,

wherein a time gap is included between the first PDSCH set and the second PDSCH set,

wherein the first PDSCH is included in the first PDSCH set, and

wherein the second PDSCH is included in the second PDSCH set.

20. The method of claim 19 ,

wherein the time gap is configured by the DCI or a radio resource control (RRC) message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2022
From: LEE, KYUNGGYU; OH, JINYOUNG; JANG, YOUNGROK; JI, HYOUNGJU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059199/0438 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0030052 · Mar 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220295530A1 · Sep 15, 2022
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